I'm trying out Miro as a venue to play an RPG in, a "virtual table-top" if you will. I made a frame for sketching quick maps in & moving tokens around on. I put down character sheets and rules references on the "table", just like pages. Stickynotes will be our Aspects. This is gonna work! #ttrpg

Oh the glorious things we are creating for this, friends! Oh the magic and wonder and mystery! Oh, the mirth and the melancholy, the thrill and the haunt, the swords and the sorcery, that we are brewing into our words and paints and pixels for you all!

Link me or show me to the weirdest, smallest, never heardofist TTRPG that you have played and enjoyed and can't shut up about

Today I #amwriting my cinematic zero-prep sword & sorcery #TTRPG. 100% how I want to spend my Saturday! 🤍⚔️

I really enjoyed reading the iHunt novels and the #TTRPG (haven't played it yet, alas). Marginalized folks hunting monsters in present day, but through a gigging app, Uber-style. Now there's a short film you can watch in 10 minutes? Giddy-up!

Best short fiction of the year, in 4 posts:

So Epimas is in a week, and the gift I most want for the holiday is to see the number of followers on this to hit 666: www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw... I think it's possible. I believe in the power! To help it along, for the next week, I'm doing an Advent of Swords.

I'd like to thank Teos @alphastream.bsky.social and @scottfgray.bsky.social for the @masteringdnd.bsky.social episode of Dec.11, 'How is an RPG Book Made?'. It's inspiring, full of great advice; an interesting peek behind the curtain. And I'm not halfway through yet. Thank-you, gents! #TTRPG

Oooo... 👀

The honourable leader of the NDP speaks for me. "Ontario NDP leader kicked out of question period after calling Ford government 'corrupt' " www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #OnPoli #CanPoli

Here's the TV ad that so embarrassed Trump, he suspended trade talks with Canada again and bumped up his tariffs another 10%. Guess we hit a nerve, eh? It would be a shame if you shared this widely. youtu.be/XWQRuRIxMBI?...

I'm excited about the don't-call-it-a-new-edition of Swords Without Master.

From my Larchives. Happy No More Kings Day. Schoolhouse Rock taught us all about it.

D'you like weird fiction that skates between Fargo, near-future sci-fi, detective, and horror? Think you would? I'm backing this short-fiction collection from Greg Stolze, author of Unknown Armies RPG and lots more. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gre... #ttrpg #books #booksky #reading #scifi #horror

"We need regulations. Quickly. Real guardrails on how these algorithms work and what they’re allowed to optimize for. Because right now, they’re optimized for engagement and profit, and the cost is our ability to function as a democracy." www.linkedin.com/posts/arlene...

GM Tip: Prepare meaningful consequences for failure. A loss shouldn't be the end: it should open new story paths that are equally compelling to explore. #ttrpg #dnd #rpg #gaming

I love the "Schedule Send" option. People are gonna get a lot of emails at 8:00am on Tuesday morning.

I don't know what the 2nd Age of Sunday Morning Swords will bring. Schedules are tight. The world is ass & only growing asser. But stealing a couple hours for towers & skulls & jewels, for panther-like thews & lost mysteries, for companions of the road. This. This is what's best in life.

Word!

Just want to make sure U.S. Americans in the #ttrpg hobby know about this. It will hit small creators (the vast majority of the role-playing game industry) outside of the U.S. very hard. Many postal services and couriers have simply stopped shipping to the U.S.. 1/X www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Guy manoeuvres himself & his briefcase onto the bus and into a seat, with great difficulty, nearly falling a couple of times as the bus gets moving. "With great difficulty", because he's holding a cellphone in each hand, and talking on one of them. Can't have too much connectivity.

I was today years old when I got tired of futzing with coffee makers and just poured boiling water over coffee grounds in my cup. And drank it. And it was fine. Coffee grounds sink, y'all! I just saved myself 5 minutes /day for the rest of my life.

The sandwich I've waited all year for.

I'm Canadian. I will not buy ANYTHING from the U.S. while it pursues a trade war against us. I buy from China now (something I used to avoid before 2025) before I'll buy a U.S. product. Think of all the RPGs and books I want, but am not buying. My toaster oven is busted, but I'm not replacing...

R.I.P. 🤘

My heart goes out to the kid who lost this on the bus, before I got on.

Hi @paulczege.bsky.social, I'm playing The Balsam Lake Unmurders. I super enjoyed the first few pages I wrote, but now I have questions. I hope you can help. FIVE. "CAN WE TALK?" I turned up a heart, so I learned a motive. Then I go to Nine, which instructs me to… learn their motive? Again?

Excited to be the 550th 😎 on @BackerKit for Cosmic Dark. #ttrpgs #fhtagn

In its current form, Bill C-5 is a gift to the fossil fuel industry. We have to move fast to pressure our MPs to improve the legislation, and make sure it puts people and the planet over corporate profits. Send a message now! #CanPoli #environment win.newmode.net/350org/c5

GM Tip: Always have at least one NPC ready who can provide an unexpected option—an escape, an alliance, a betrayal—so players never feel railroaded. #ttrpg #dnd #rpg

Burger Night: The Anticipation

The probability and statistics nerd in me wants 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and etc. -sided dice, with faces numbered 0-4, 0-6, 0-8, 0-10, 0-12 and etc.. #TTRPG

Why do I work for an hour "for free" on Sundays? To double my #productivity on Mondays. - Make to-do list and prioritize it - Delegate what I can - Block time in my calendar for top prio tasks Ideally I would do this at the end of every workday, too. "Time spend getting organized is never wasted."

I'm pretty excited about Graham Walmsley's latest: _Cosmic Dark_. An evolution of his clever micro RPG ruleset _Cthulhu Dark_ into a weird space horror setting. I'm v. curious to see how this works: character creation proceeds after role-playing starts. #TTRPG www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

am re-reading Ringworld, Larry Niven 1970.

Looking for a one-shot, or to try out a new game in your collection? Check out the first system-adventurous scenario from the upcoming @unwrittenearths.bsky.social Annual! Indie Wrestlers vs Intergalactic Gladiators! Play for humor, horror or adventure! Free! unwrittenearths.itch.io/annual-2025

Paoletta and Ravachol? TAKE MY MONEY. Click to be notified on launch, friends.

Dear fellow Canucks, here's a handy idea... pass it on.

Dear U.S. friends, I don't know if you know this but you are waging economic war against your closest neighbour, fellow NATO member, best friend and trading partner, while your prez demands we submit to annexation. Please stop. Please stop him. We will never submit, and this war hurts us both. 🍁

About to surpass 600,000 signatures. Will you sign? "To European leaders: We call on you to unlock the hundreds of billions in frozen Russian assets to strengthen Ukraine, compensate Russia’s victims, and deny Putin victory." secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

Canada can respond to U.S. tariffs by ignoring U.S. patents and copyrights -- LEGALLY. See article. Let your browser translate it to English. #CanPoli www.lapresse.ca/internationa...

Attention fellow Canucks! I know it's a long shot, but: desperate times...

Great news. Court gives the Cdn fed gov 6 months to re-examine its approval of glyphosate. The carcinogenic weed killer is illegal in Europe, but still approved for use on food crops in the U.S. & Canada. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Okay, F*CK TRUDEAU if you want. I don't like him either. But don't F*CK yourself too by voting for the billionaires' boy. Poilievre is not in it for you and me. The Conservatives have their big donors. We can counter that with people power. Check out LeadNow. 🍁 #CanPoli

I would tag my federal MP, a Conservative parrot, but shockingly she's not on BlueSky. #CanPoli We need to modernize our electoral system. Proportional Representation would make the mix of seats in Parliament match the proportion of votes each party gets. No more false majorities.

Doug Ford you coward, rip up the Starlink contract anyway. Musk is not someone we should be doing business with. #canPoli #OnPoli

Hi @gregstolze.bsky.social , I regret to tell you that I am cancelling my subscription with you, for now. I am Canadian, and America's arbitrary tariffs on Canada are going to hurt. My fellow Canadians and I must refrain from buying any U.S. products or services until this unfortunate attack ends.

#BlueSky question. Should I bother about all these sketchy accounts that follow mine? I seem to pick up a couple every day. Seems like too much trouble to block them all.