The more I read about seminal games and their developers, the more it's confirmed people with passion and vision change the world... and how increasingly rare that trend is becoming. #FightMagicItems is an inspiring insight into early JRPG development and a must-read for game designers.

Well, if it wasn't hard enough not being in Tokyo, just watched #FamilyRental. That was simply perfection. Brendan Fraser is a miracle amongst miracles in this heartfelt film. Also nearly feel outta my chair when Tamae Andô of #MidnightDiner showed up. Easily one of my new favorites.

Yes, you can pet the kitty in #NIOH3... All praise the Great Scampus!

The irony of a Nazgul running after the Olympic Rings is not lost on me...

You know there's a nerd convention in town when the kid sitting at another booth in the sushi place is named Atreyu. Never in my life have I ever wished as hard to have had a stuffed horse on hand as I did yesterday...😏 (thumb's up to the parents setting their child on the road to trauma early).

Think I'm gonna have a minor heart attack XD IT'S HERE! #HeartsofRavensDale #LegendInTheMist

Proud to have been one of the lead writers on #HeartsofRavensdale

Rewrote my old KULT (2nd ed) 'starter' scenario for #KULT: Divinity Lost. A KULTmas present. Was so surreal revisiting something I created nearly 30 years ago. It's available for free, so do check it out 😅 drive.google.com/file/d/1XqNB...

#RedMoonRoleplaying took on my rewrite of Frozen Moments for #KULT: Divinity Lost. I never get used to talented people making my writing come to life 😅 youtu.be/IV-P9mLFCSg

The Factory Must Grow! #arknights #endfield

Second day work canceled. Not that I could get there anyway XD Not looking forward to going out to shovel the walk for the first time in two (?) years.

So surreal getting to contribute to JTAS after playing Traveller since the early 80s...

Spent the afternoon reading new game system, #Solitaria, and enjoying all-you-can-eat sushi/ramen/rolls/etc. Interesting system, thus far, with some cool ideas. Apart from the salmon skin roll, the food has been insanely good. Bart-in-eel-sauce was unexpected 😅 In-coming food coma...

My latest WIP the antagonists are a cosmic horror and its human loyalists (police) cleaning up the 'undesirables,' including the reporter stumbling onto their activities. It's a retelling/update of something I wrote back in the 90s, but felt uncomfortably relevant writing now.

I've read some dark stuff but holy hell... 100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Own Death just gets darker and darker. And we're only at story #40. In truth, the 'intros' are what makes my skin crawl. Surreal and sedate wtfness punctuated by mental and physical abuse. I am not making it to 100 😬😅

Xmas present from one of my #FabulaUltima players... I have the nagging suspicion they're trying to tell me something 🤨

Something tells me I'll be running down the street, screaming like Tippi Hedren any moment now...

Binging through seasons 1 & 2 of MIDNIGHT DINER, after discovering the TOKYO STORIES are actually seasons 3 & 4. If you've not watched this, serious Un-Fu%# that situation immediately. Easily the best TV and character writing I've seen in many years. Be ready, 'cause it keeps hitting in the feels.

📹 IHC - REMASTERED PANELS - 2025 📹 For your viewing pleasure, we have posted the remastered Illusion Horror & Con 2025 horror panels! 📺 PANELS 📺 - Keynote || First Time Horror GMs - Slot 1.5 || Player-Driven Horror - Slot 2.5 || Incorporating Real-Life Legends and Myths in TTRPG ...

Merry WhatNTheEver to you all... spending mine learning the true meaning of the season 😉

Tricksey ✦ sketchy comm for @otterpoet.bsky.social 💜

Got my xmas present to myself early. @minemir.bsky.social did this gorgeous character sketch for my beautifully obtuse cleric, Tricksey. Cannot rave enough 💙 Please check out their delightful art!

Why does Animal Speak resonate through every fantasy rpg? Because my players are who they are, last night I had to play a caged krenshar (giant feline thingie)...

<So hyped/terrified> #CONTROL is about as close to modern cosmic horror perfection as you can get. Also one of the very rare games I've Platinumed, 'cause I could not put it down.

What in the - and I do stress - EVERLIVING FUCK?! techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/m...

« KPop Demon Hunters Is TIME’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year » time.com/7338690/brea...

Ooooooh no. My players opened a Trauma-and-Venting channel on our game's Discord after Thursday's session. I'm going to mark that down as a success...? 🤔

With @otterpoet.bsky.social, @rufflejax.bsky.social @blktalon316.bsky.social, Petter Nallo (he/him), Gabriel (Gabe the Herald) (he/him), and moderated by Stephen Wall (he/him) ...

Talking about creating scenarios tonight: dateful.com/eventlink/12...

Glad to have you back!

Rambling about monsters tonight 👾 Incorporating Real-Life Legends and Myths in TTRPG (10:10CST) dateful.com/eventlink/26...

Okay, so... I may have gone a little nuts during Black Friday... stuff is beginning to arrive ☺️

I cannot believe they're doing a remaster of BLOOD... cannot express how many hours I used to play just the shareware demo at my old job... shhh... don't tell them XD

As a one-shot, we did an off-shoot of our main game, exploring characters at the Imperial College, using the #LegendoftheMist rules. I played the Court Spy, posing as a nerdy student with the Instantly Forgettable tag. At the end, another player said the voice I used for her was 'unbearably moist' 🤣

Had way too much fun playing Thirsty Sword Lesbians at @conventionzero.bsky.social. My utterly shameless and broken TRICKSTER - Señorita Winnebago Arozza Nimon (aka Swan). That awkward moment of being exposed for intercepting and rewriting the romantic correspondence of the PC you're smitten with 😇

What a delightful evening at @conventionzero.bsky.social, where an informative seminar on GM-less rpgs by a dear friend turned into a sweet and solemn impromptu game of A Diner at the End. The gaming community never ceases to amaze 💜

GM: Sets up gripping confrontation with misunderstood death priestess deep in the Temple of EverNight, where campaign secrets will be revealed. Players: Lure her into combat with an eldritch horror and run other way... GM: "You hear the unspeak-" Player: "I toss in my trapped djinn flask." GM: 😑

So, I'm mildly concerned about today's air quality... 🤔

I'll be on a couple panels for @illusionhorror.bsky.social this year. Always love hanging with far more intelligent and talented people than I... smiling, nodding, and praying I sound like what I'm talking about. www.theillusionhorrorcon.events/convention-f...

Currently watching N0S4A2 and I'm torn... genuinely love the dark, nasty stuff. Zachary Quinto is bloody brilliant. Give me just Charlie Manx being cool-creepy 24/7. But damn... I cannot stand the main 'protagonist.' I enjoy flawed heroes, but damn girl - can you make even ONE good decision?!

Quite enjoyed this very thorough overview of one of my favorite D&D series. In many regards, these modules continue to inspire my game design to this day.

Running SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE tomorrow... 'cause what better way to celebrate Halloween than diving into some Lynchian horror?

Hanging out in #GhostofYōtei... Literally left the game running while I took a nap, listening to the wind and the Watanabe Mode music XD

Well, I saw it in the theatre, and holy hell... what a trip. Worth the price of admission for the sound production alone. The elevator scene was amazing... the shift from growing menace to chest-thrumming violence (chef's kiss). So glad I went.

Easily one of my favorite pieces in my game collection. Actually have it up as art 💙

Well, my obsession with Rise of the Ronin finally has come to temporary halt... 'cause, #GhostofYōtei arrived last night. This game is already stupidly gorgeous and cinematic. Will spend half my time in photo mode. Some nice storytelling tricks, and slowly warming to the combat (RONIN spoiled me 😅).

Any day you get to use 'Squamous' in your writing is a good day...

I needed some serious cheering up today and #Ananta delivered. I swear, it's like every one of my favorite open-world games and animes had a love-child after a night of drunken debauchery... youtu.be/uYejjuRrLzw

Well, I know what I'm seeing in October...

So, for half my last session, I sat back while the players mused over the 'murder board' they'd assembled for the campaign. By the end of it, they were discussing if one of them should become the One True God or allow the world to descend into primordial chaos... these are the moments GMs live for 🤣