I am officially in the Tradestop. Pray for me. I love you.

In a more positive note, here are the reviews of all the different ttrpgs I ran this year, its important to note that I am not including any ones I Critiqued on Split/Party, this is faster moving and just to get some eyes on some games. Flying Circus: Folks. Play it. Its such a blast. 1/???

And another fucking thing, if you go into a hobby/specialty store we don't need to hear a whole preamble about "Well golly gee, I sure don't know nothing about X" just tell us what your snot nosed grandchild wanted. This goes double if all you need is a giftcard

Whenever I mention hating X-Mas, people inevitably leap to it with the same defense. "Oh, well I don't allow the hyper consumerism ruin the spirit of the Holiday." Cool, I do. It could be that I work in Hyper Consumerism factory, it could be that I have for ten years. Either way, Bah and Humbug.

To go forward, we must go back, to get to before, we must explore the rad rules light RPG open.substack.com/pub/splitpar...

Oddworld good.

y'all have to express to @hebanongames.bsky.social that you really do want Red Markets 2e because otherwise I don't get to write on one of my dream games this is serious I mean it

If you are a teenager and reading this post, let me tell you: When I was your age, I was also reading smut and looking at porn and, yes, jerking off a lot thinking about pretty World of Warcraft ladies. This is extremely normal, and even fine. The important thing is that you need to be safe.

You know the real harbinger of the holidays? Your local video game store employee hiding in the console room and eating fried chicken as fast as possible.

now watching - Tombstone for - forgetting how awful everything is, but also Frame Rate "I never saw a rich man who didn't wind up with a guilty conscience."

Cockpit set up

Everytime I read this, its a delight .

I don't want to get TOO ahead of myself here but: #iHunt: The Feature Film is now in development. Officially. And we have a casting director, who was responsible for casting one of my all-time favorite indie movies, Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.

I do wonder if there will be an uptick in megagames on discord due to recent events. It seems like a natural fit, you could have lite roleplay spaces and organized times to submit moves and such.

Six Days, just one more day of being awake remains, I can do it, I can do it... wait? When did I write this? open.substack.com/pub/splitpar...

This early morning’s tabletop frustration: “Mara why do you hate rules light games they’re amazing and most games are too hard to be any good” first of all they aren’t “too hard”, you’re afraid of showing vulnerability and working with me for accommodations, that’s different, I know you

One of these days I'm gonna stop just talking about it and run a vtuber stream actual play... probably Flying Circus

I spend a lot of social media time whining, so here's some positive ttrpg things. Running Hardwired Island with one group, it might be my favorite Cyberpunk game. Running Night's Black Agents (Dracula Dossier). It lures the players deeper and deeper in. Running Wild Talents, need I say more?

Zephyr has a great lifepath system! I am a noted lifepath lover.

Real Brad-heads know this, but I suffer from bouts of insomnia, and at one point, they were exacerbated by a brutal schedule of seven days on, seven days off, third shift work. During that time, I often fantasized about what it could be like to escape... splitparty.substack.com/p/8th-day-of...

Pbft, thats boring compared to the ones who come in without a scale and drop them on floor because and I quote "The extra weight will make them land face down."

There were three people

Tonight, its me from 7pm to 12am totally alone. Because of a game that has 15 pre-orders.

Doesn't matter.

Going into the lab to create the ultimate promo post that will multiply our Patreon income by 5x. I think the base will be that I say "Anime Sickos Podcast," people like that

For the sweet love of God. Edit your show, cut out rules questions, cut out non-entertaining table talk, you can have a four hour show that feels fun and engaging with the mechanics, but you must edit

Sick! Now that you read it we can learn the handshake... Oh, not with my right hand, I poisoned it with kingly matter so that I could better seize that rareified stuff, so you can't touch it. open.substack.com/pub/splitpar...

“Secret retributions are always restoring the level, when disturbed, of the divine justice. It is impossible to tilt the beam. All the tyrants and proprietors and monopolists of the world in vain set their shoulders to heave the bar.”

Hey folks, new month so time for another SHOWCASEY! #Showcasey If you are an indie developer with an upcoming game, reply below with a description or elevator pitch of your game and make sure to include a link to your store page. Let's get some eyeballs on those games! (NO GenAI!)

If there ever was a time, If there ever was a chance, To undo the things I've done and wash these bloodstains from my hands It has passed and been forgotten.

I want to highlight that this is I think one of the most genuinely interesting TTRPGs I've read in years, in ways that are hard to articulate in a bsky post. @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social has made something very special here, and if you love TTRPG design you owe it to yourself to read this game.

FROM 9 YEARS BACK: Costume A Halloween relic from the zero-interest era.

it's ironic that we, as men, go all the way to jupiter to get more stupider. the trip itself requires quite a bit of know-how and tech savvy. if we really cared about getting stupider, like we all claim, we would look into more sustainable stupidizing options

I’m a well known Star Wars EU hater - for every good idea in it, there were like twenty ideas so dumb that they kind of ruin Star Wars. However, it hits different when it’s a book no one has read, ya know?

What's crazy is how many people are treating Pokémon cards like the actual stock market. Dudes are coming in and swapping tips with each other like this shit is never gonna stop. I loathe each and every one of them

Hey bro, I promised a friend I would share this game with you, so do me a favor and share it with someone else. I'll teach you a pretty cool handshake, top secret stuff. splitparty.substack.com/p/zephyr-par...

Firelock 198X by DrekfortMDC, is a tabletop miniatures wargame centered around fantasy warfare in the nuclear age.

Katamari Damacy is the Pumped Up Kicks of videogames

Existential horror meet game design meet fiction meet a dungeon crawler in You Will Die In This Place, a masterpiece in TTRPG design. Now in your hands at gamefound.com/pt/projects/...

You Will Die In This Place, its unavoidable like the sun and tides. By reading this article you will come to understand the wonders and horrors of this truly magical entry into this medium. open.substack.com/pub/splitpar...

Pokemon midnight release tonight. Send ammo, food, and pinups

excerpt from the latest cyco meeting

Oh heck it I'll just post both witches, it's not like I don't have to draw like 5 more. Twice. Plus extras. You better be overtly enthusiastic with your reactions, i'm expecting questions, reposts, and demands to have your insides turned outsides in the name of toxic witch activitiy.

Contender for top flag.

friend's character in my flying circus game (tip o' the cap to @opensketchbook.bsky.social ) just made ace so i found this old (like, 1994) fokker d.viii (or kreuzer skorpion, if you like, which is what they fly) 1:48 model and I'm making the player a little trophy ^_^ (so much superglue & putty)

Cortex Prime X-Men high school drama campaign

We conclude our critic of Dragons and Traveller's Tales, going into how this game actually works mechanically, the pros and cons of its FitD lineage and how approachable is as a game for all ages open.substack.com/pub/splitpar...

Dudes used to hang out