I was gonna post some joke along the lines of forget Alan Tudyk; Mr. Bean is the original TV space alien trying to fit in as a human. Then I realized it’s not just a funny interpretation; he really is.

The Appalachian woods are deep and dangerous. Let this book be your guide… All Your Gods Are Dead is chock full of creatures of great promise and power, an array of NPCs, optional rules, and cursed artifacts that promise powerful magic… at a cost. Preorder it today! www.montecookgames.c...

I recently visited Wisconsin. And a friend came bearing gifts from the UK. And I probably buy more cheese than I ought to generally. Anyway, the upshot is that this is my fridge, not the cheese cooler at the supermarket. . . .

Meeple-a-Thon is Nov 14 - 16 in Overland Park, KS! Come join MCG for a few days of games and laughs! Play Cypher System, Stealing Stories, and more! Sign up here ⬇️ ⬇️ Adventure is just a click away! meepleathon.com/rpg/

I was an election worker on Tuesday. Here's more good news that didn't make the national headlines. Context: Only local races. School board, mayor, city council, etc. None of the races were super hot, either—incumbent mayor is popular, Moms for Liberty has stopped targeting our schools, etc. 1/X

The people of the 8 prior worlds are gone—scattered, disappeared, or transcended. But their works remain. Some call them magic, others technology, but the wise know these are our legacy. They are our future. They are... the numenera. mymcg.info/numenera

"It's quite an achievement to adapt an IP to a roleplaying game so well that it doesn't matter if you know anything about that IP in the first place..." The Gaming Gang reviews Old Gods of Appalachia and gives it a whopping 9.5! thegaminggang.com/ou...

Tintin read-through, book 19 (of 21): The Castafiore Emerald. The least adventurous of all the stories, perhaps, but my favorite. Focused entirely on the characters (particularly Haddock). Hysterically funny; I laughed all the way through this spread.

Republicans in Congress were paid $43,500 over the last three months to do next to nothing.

Ima run a game or two at this show. If you’re in the KC area, join us!

What’s this? Maneuver warfare in Ukraine??? A weird and bold one-off, or do the Ukrainians have some new card up their sleeves?

Also rumors of widespread power outages and GPS jamming in Venezuela, airspace closures around US operating areas in Puerto Rico, and some coy comments from the political sphere. We may be striking Venezuela tonight.

When one cat is too smart for your puzzle toy, and the other is too dumb.

In this deleted scene from Prometheus we find that Fifield was just thirsty after his long walk back from the silo. All that violence could have been avoided if only the ship kept a six pack of Evian on board. Stay hydrated folks.

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If you don’t think AI was scary before, you need to start getting scared now. Because AI trains itself to come up with the answers it provides—and that training can be influenced.

Commanders vs. Chiefs tonight. No matter how it goes I can’t lose! (Erm. Or I can’t win?)

100% a great gift for a kindergarten-aged kid!

This is egregious and every American should be aware of it. A duly-elected representative is being kept out of Congress because Johnson doesn’t want her in. (And no, it’s not the shutdown—Congress has NEVER failed in its basic duties like this in ANY previous shutdown.)

Is it really fresh bruschetta season in late October? My tomatoes and basil plants haven’t given up yet, so neither shall I!

I’m giving Tintin a re-read (all of it!), and I’ve come to the scene that freaked me right the fuck out when I was 11.

We have a 🌟CASTING CALL🌟 open! Dive into a game of surreal fantasy, magic, and secrets. @archmageofdice.bsky.social will be running a long term game of Invisible Sun in 2026! Form closes on Saturday, November 8th Apply >>> forms.gle/abvJMn6u9URu... #ttrpg #casting #castingcall

I’m giving Tintin a re-read (all of it!), and I’ve come to the scene that freaked me right the fuck out when I was 11.

A Russian FPV drone hunting down and killing civilian farmers in the field. The Russians call this—their own term!—“human safari.” The rest of us call it murder and war crimes.

I also ran this one at #gameholecon last weekend. Both times were loads of fun!

Soooo guess who recently finished writing up a casting call for a long term Invisible Sun campaign... Just need to wait for the final read through and scheduling confirmations before posting it 👀

There have been eight previous worlds... This is the Ninth World. The people of the prior worlds are gone—scattered, disappeared, or transcended. But their works remain... Follow for advanced news about the Numenera TTRPG, exclusive sneak peeks, and a special gift free! mymcg.info/numenera

So this was such a great table to play with at Gamehole Con! We played All's Well, an Old Gods of Appalachia tale by @shannagermain.bsky.social. They got so into the negotiation with the Chester Witch they wrote a song and performed it at the table! Can't beat that kind of engagement!

100%

Fool me once, shame on you Fool me twice, shame on me Fool me every time, make me POTUS #Tomahawks

This is insane!

Look at this fine group of folk!

Late Pledges for Cypher are LIVE! There's still time to get everything we're making for this campaign—including exclusive items—at a fantastic, crowdfunding rate! Don't miss out! mymcg.info/cypher

OTD in 1906 Hannah Arendt was born. "The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".

The one-two-three punch of CoC, Paranoia, and Twilight 2000 in the early-mid 80s. Games like Traveller, Gamma World, and Star Frontiers let you basically play D&D in other genres, but those games opened up new vistas of what a game could be about and what experiences it could give you.

The one tomato plant that didn’t succumb to disease this summer has decided that mid-October is a great time for a comeback. I’m not gonna argue with it.

Jokes are already emerging: As the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, in retaliation, the US will impose tariffs on Norway and start supporting Maduro.

I think of this clip every election cycle. "Land doesn't vote, people do" or "Count people, not corn" (If the attached GIF doesn't work, I grabbed it from this link s3files.core77.com/blog/images/... ) #electoralCollege #representation #peopleNotLand #peopleNotCorn

Russia has been losing tanks at a rate of about 3 a day throughout 2025. They’ve been able to keep this up because of an enormous stockpile of retired hulls. Looks like that stockpile is starting to run out at last.

Quick guide to Tomahawk cruise missile variants TLAM - land attack TSAM - anti-ship GLCM - ground launched TACTOM - improved “tactical” version TACO - version talked about but never delivered to Ukraine

Over 30% of casualties are KIA. Throw in MIA (which are likely KIA), and it’s around 40%. That’s for 2025, but if it extrapolates to the whole war, that puts Russian dead at around 450K. That’s more than all US dead in WWII.

There have been eigth previous worlds... This is the Ninth World. The people of the prior worlds are gone—scattered, disappeared, or transcended. But their works remain... Follow for advance news about the Numenera TTRPG, exclusive sneak peeks, and a special gift free! mymcg.info/numenera

No rest for the wicked! Just finished up the Cypher campaign last week; already hard at work on this:

In this era, it’s impossible to see something like this and not immediately suspect Russian hybrid warfare.

I took this screen shot of the Dept of Housing and Urban Development’s website this morning. Using a government website for politicking is illegal. You are looking at actual evidence of and actual crime by this administration.

The 500+ star/flag-ranked officers and command-level NCOs who sat through the Hegesth/Trump confab today are super-professional--probably not one with less than 30 years' dedicated service. I can't imagine any of them feeling anything but anger and embarrassment at the pettiness of the whole affair.

I took part in a filming of a thing early this summer. Today I got to see a near -final cut of the thing. It’s super cool—I can’t wait until it’s something I can show off and talk about!

Congrats, Moldova! The pro-EU party got just over 50% of the vote and an absolute majority in the parliament; despite massive meddling efforts by Moscow the pro-Russia party only got 25% of the vote.

It’s Election Day in Moldova. Might seem like a far-off and obscure country of little consequence to us, but its proximity to Ukraine and relentless political meddling by Russia makes this a really impactful event. Good luck, Moldova!

Maybe killing a bunch of civilians in their beds will make Donald regret calling Russia a "paper tiger"