Played a delightful game of Goblyn Market run by @jerodleupold.bsky.social himself. Our three goblyns — I played Snowball, aWrathful Cat Baker who is well-rounded and a pickpocket — were tasked with changing Scrooge's heart of coal into a heart of gold. We succeeded.

I’m slacking apparently. Only game in the schedule that I’m GMing is Yazeba. Anyway, the Raspy Raven, a great server. And this reminds me I need to schedule some more Paranoia.

I've now run a second group through the playtest of Arc Dream's The Black Company RPG. Both groups did very different things, and both groups loved the scenario and the mechanics. I had a blast and can't wait until this game comes out.

If you liked the dramatic interplay of Hillfolk but struggled to get a group together, Pelgrane’s latest might be the solution.

The rules PDF is supported by some spiffing Elizabethan character sheet designs (below). We know there are other great Elizabethan RPGs out there (especially Just Crunch's awesome Dee Sanction RPG, an indie fave), but this fills a hole in our range of rulesets. Plus I guess you could mix the two.

I have several games on DTRPG and Itch, including my own systems as well as a few Sanction Genre Setups. My most recent release is an adventure for the Dee Sanction "The Roots of Evil". I am currently working on a 2nd adv for TDS. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

New Swords of the Serpentine article about building foes from scratch — in this case, giant killer sharks! Lordy, I’m predictable. pelgranepress.com/2025/12/22/b...

Some of last year’s reading.

Want to game with me? 👀 I’m happy to run Traveller, Shadowrun, Necroscope, D&D 3.5, Palladium Rifts or pretty much whatever you’re itching to play. 🎯 Join the Patreon, pick a tier, and let’s roll some dice. Your table, your game. #TTRPG #ActualPlay #TabletopGaming #Patreon #GameMaster #IndieRPG

About a week ago, @irny.bsky.social’s TERMINUS arrived, so beautifully wrapped I was hesitant to open it. I did start to unwrap it, stopped, and tried to put it back together to photograph it.

There's a conspiracy theory about the serpent people having a tunnel complex beneath Denver International Airport. This probably isn't helped by the inexplicable fake ruins that look straight out of "The Two-Headed Serpent" Pulp Cthulhu campaign in Terminal C like the Lost Continent of Mu.

My "Font of All Evil" is the @drivethrurpg.com Deal of the Day! Not just a deal, but 80% OFF until tomorrow. #RiversOfLondon heads out to investigate a gruesome murder scene in Ealing. Hoarding, a troubled type, and a foreshore trip. @chaosium.bsky.social www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

I’ll note that both Darkened Hill and Dale and TERMINUS are lovely.

One final seasonal RPG scenario recommendation: if what you really want is a classic ghost story taking inspiration from the works of M. R. James, A Winter Haunting should be just the thing. Written for Cthulhu Dark, and adaptable to other horror games. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Have you joined the Company yet? It’s not too late, you can still enlist in the #BlackCompanyTTRPG playtest! ⚔️🎲 Don’t get left behind...your feedback can help shape where the game goes next. Fall in, soldier. #ArcDream

Swords of the Serpentine Alternative Genres #rpg #ttrpg

Ran session zero for a Coriolis: The Third Horizon today. A player asked the others whether they wanted to engage in political intrigue/factional politics and another player responded “Has there ever been a RPG campaign that didn’t get become about political intrigue?” They weren’t wrong.

I wrote a monster and some scenario ideas for @pelgranepress.bsky.social Fear Itself & The Esoterrorists. As it is 2025, I threw in some random tables. echovore pelgranepress.com/2025/12/11/e...

Join our playtest of #TheBlackCompanyRPG. Help boost our recruiting call by sharing and liking.

Borg Season is live, well the Google Forms lottery sign up is, a week of Borg games on The Raspy Raven Discord from 19-15 Jan. All curated by @savagespiel.bsky.social 🙏🏻 forms.gle/SeFx7om5wYJn...

A gift from the Pumpkin King: a free Halloween oneshot adventure! #ttrpg #dnd5e #tov koboldpress.com/need-a-quick...

Happy Halloween!

A Raspy Raven episode that goes deep into the dark heart of Ex Tenebris from @armadajosh.bsky.social & @beckyannison.bsky.social Kickstarting to 9/Oct - www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla... open.spotify.com/episode/0v9i... Please like and share and help out these wonderful indie RPG designers!

For Roll20 Con, I'm running the Alien RPG scenario "Mission FUBAR." The game does cost $5 per person to play, with all proceeds going to the Trevor Project and both Roll20 and Start Playing Games matching donations.

Check out our talk with @savagespiel.bsky.social as we discuss how to write an adventure for her Brindlewood styled game, Matrons of Mystery. The C word may be used, Cosy that is. open.spotify.com/episode/1EWQ... #TTRPG

Until the end of the Cörk Børd Kickstarter (in 48 hours time), all three Core Books — Cthulhu Hack, Sanction and The Dee Sanction — are 25% off on @drivethrurpg.com www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

I’m sad that so many Americans do t know what this photo shows or why it matters (metro train sign showing trains arriving within 2-4 minutes of each other, a mechanical feat of great proportions involving complex systems and systems analysis to deliver er us safely)

As part of Roll20 Con 2025 (Sept. 26-28), I'm running three online TTRPG one-shots: "The Swan's Way" (Swords of the Serpentine), "Mission FUBAR" (Alien RPG), and "Moonbase Blues" (Mothership). Each game is $5, with all proceeds going to the Trevor Project. Games described in thread.

Need some cuteness in your day? Here’s the Meeper. Now just about 6 years old, we found her one bitterly cold night when she was about six weeks old. She’s deaf, has a mild case of wobbly cat syndrome, and believes if anything is worth doing, it’s worth doing 211%.

The pace has quickened, the storyline is tight, and we have more questions than answers. Better get used to it. #cörkbord #mörkborg #nordicnoir #ttrpg www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

This is a very gratifying list to have appeared on, lack of a visible author notwithstanding. Also I somehow hadn't known that Dave Arneson also invented the prewritten adventure but of course he did: www.questportal.com/blog/ten-ttr...

Inspired by the Nordic Noir of Henning Mankell, Sjöwall & Wahlöö, Stieg Larsson, Jo Nesbø, and the doom-laden atmosphere of Mörk Borg, Cörk Børd is live on Kickstarter now. Check out the promo video! #NordicNoir #CörkBord #MörkBorg #RPG www.kickstarter.com/projects/all... youtu.be/s2PHsUXUHvs

The truth won’t wait. Neither should you. Sign up for notifications. Cörk Børd @kickstarter.com campaign starts tomorrow, 2 PM BST. Join the investigation before it slips away. #cörkbord #mörkborg #nordicnoir #rpg www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Game Designer Kenneth Hite's #1 GMing Tip #rpg #ttrpg #roleplaying #dnd #indiegame Pre-Order Trail of Cthulhu 2E Here: bit.ly/3UboGal

Curious about Page Turners? Catch the Unconventional GMs crew diving into our upcoming narrative RPG in their latest actual play. Watch the twists, choices, and page-flipping tension unfold. Link below. Let us know your favorite moment. #PageTurners #TTRPG bit.ly/41fbIMT

Back in Maryland after a trip back home in the mountains of western Colorado. Had this lovely sunset on my birthday.

New book; free download! Artificial Infrastructures investigates how AI reshapes technical & professional writing across high-technology industries. Salvo & Sherrill interview 3 experts to historicize, analyze, and contextualize the emergent disruptive technology wac.colostate.edu/books/practi...

#TTRPG hiatus begins, filling in the gaps in gaming with some family holidays and RPG writing & blogging. Speaking of which 👇 Mon 15th Sep, competition deadline. talesfromtheraspyraven.carrd.co #RPGJam #SanctionRPG #TheDeeSanction

CÖRK BØRD isn’t about causing bloodshed. It’s about uncovering who did. You don’t fight monsters—you chase them through witness statements, cigarette ash, and screaming silence. The grimness of it all? That stays. You’re still broken. Just quieter about it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

I played one of the sacrifices. It was a delightfully terrible ending.

Looking at my schedule for the next week,, I see I’ve booked a lot of TTRPGs. Tonight, I’m running The Dee Sanction. Sunday, I’m running two different sessions of Pendragon. Monday I play in the new Discworld rpg. Tuesday, I run Vaesen. Wednesday, I rest.

Two gentlemen, bothered ✔️ One globe, spun ✔️ One lute, soiled ✔️ One skull, stretched ✔️ — but no copy of The Dee Sanction: Monad Edition? Don’t be these fops. Embrace Elizabethan intrigue, supernatural horror, and plague-worthy plots. Late pledges still open: www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Just reread Electric Bastionland and Into the Odd in preparation for reading Mythic Bastionland, and this very thin has been on my mind.

Summer 2021 at the Old Creamery Co-Op in Cummington, Massachusetts. We have a lifetime membership. Their blueberry pies are phenomenal.

It’s hard for me to get mad at my neighbor for letting out her cat when he’s such a Ferdinand. He doesn’t give a flip for the birds. .

This is so great! Thanks for sharing. I’ve been thinking about this a lot and just wrote this somewhat related blog about how we can combat cynicism with intention. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind... Recognizing Kindness and Generosity Increases Them | Psychology Today

What Happens When You Trade Doomscrolling for Hopescrolling: Doomscrolling turns our phones into misery machines—and makes us see the world as a mean, scary place. Here's what happened when Jennifer Mercieca's students tried hopescrolling instead www.zocalopublicsquare.org/what-happens...

Mythic Bastionland is now up for general sale. Order directly from Bastionland Press: bastionlandpress.com/collections/... Or for those in the Americas, please go to: plusoneexp.com/collections/...

If you haven’t backed this, it is well worth it. I’ve playtested one if the to-be published scenarios, run scenarios from the game, and have followed its development via Walmsley’s Patreon. It’s a great, rules-light non-Lovecraftian weird cosmic space horror game.

From Father’s Day to the end of Free RPG Day weekend, Just Crunch Games is offering 50% off all core books for The Dee Sanction, Cthulhu Hack, and Sanction! Why not try something new? www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?pa...