Arrived today! (It's a Valentine's Day miracle 🤣) Latest adds to my #ttrpg bookshelves: Swords of the Serpentine, and A Life Well Lived. Beautiful! 👀❤️ Kudos @kevinkulp.bsky.social, Emily Dresner, @pelgranepress.bsky.social, @cubicle7games.bsky.social & @magicmadhouse.bsky.social #SotS

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one hundred percent here for Ice Karate let’s make this happen

Oh reddit, never change.

ARTISTS! Let’s do an art share! Life is heavy, but we need to also make room for joy and beauty. Let’s share, support, and find each other! Spread the post to reach the most! 💙

My wife of 34 years is insisting that we play Baldur’s Gate 3 together and *oh no woe is meeeeeee* I married well.

Flew to Wisconsin before dawn yesterday. There’s beauty in unexpected places.

It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this. I believe in you. You can do the things.

I’m currently doing consulting work at several cheese factories, and you know what that means? CHEESE GUITAR.

Got NO WALKS yesterday "for weather reasons." What the fluff? I staged a protest this morning. Pranced. Bwoofed. Yelled at the door like it owed me snacks. One toller, persistent. Relentless. Behold: Mom caved. We walked in −28°C weather with coats on. Moral: Even wee dogs can make power blink.

If all you did today was survive and not make things worse, that is a solid performance. Extremely respectable. 13/10. Would give treat. A++

Last, if you want to see Rascal survive; if you want more investigative reporting, more security for our small team, and more articles that celebrate TTRPGs, any level of support helps. Our investigative work is our pride and joy but it takes time, resources, and energy. Thank you again.

Dragged my human outside where it's a MILD -18°C/-1F and sunny. Snow was crunchy under my feet. Read the pee-mail. Left my mark on dog socials. Tackled the human as she knelt to pick up my dirty sinful business. She asked: “Why are you like this?!” LADY. I am DOG, and JOY IS A FULL-CONTACT SPORT.

Hello! Hi! You’re anxious. You keep checking the rectangle that makes your eyebrows do that thing. Listen. Things are weird. Those who tell you otherwise haven't been paying attention or have a very nice yard. We can be worried and alive at the same time. Joy isn't denial. Take 30. Throw the toy.

...it's cool but a LOT of horror stuff starts like this.

Swords of the Serpentine wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for Swords Without Master. Please check it out!

It has escaped from Worlds Without Master Vol 1, Issue 3. Get it before it gets you!

Just saw DINOGATOR (formerly COBRAGATOR, filmed in 2014 but shelved ‘til last year). You guys, this is going to be hard to believe but it was *terrible*. We ranked it #70 out if the 92 creature features we’ve seen.

Add: Sorcery +2, dmg modifier +2 (heat ray). Special: if the shark’s heat ray hits an object, spend 3 Malus to destroy the object as per a Spot Frailty spend.

Go with what you know. Figure out a way to get smoked meats involved.

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...

Last night was our first Swords of the Serpentine game of 2026, and we resolved a shocking number of plot hooks. I’m going to try to do something in this campaign that mirrors The Good Place: resolve plot arcs about twice as quickly as I usually do!

A Healthy List for a Happy New Year: Sleep more Eat less sugar Remove clutter Stay teachable Show gratitude Actually exercise Play more games Drink more water Read & write more Perform random acts of kindness Spend quality time with loved ones

What are your favourite podcasts? Mine are: No such thing as a fish The infinite monkey cage BBC Friday night comedy Not DnD Black Armada RPG Design Panelcast WW2 we have ways More or Less Cautionary Tales Word of Mouth In our time Accidental Tech Podcast Rest is Entertainment Rest is Science

Coffee & Chaos is a CRIT Award winning comedy ttrpg. bsky.app/profile/cobb...

People a couple generations behind me have no idea how bad suitcases used to suck. “Well, sure all the parts and shapes have invented already, how could they possibly become one thing”

For the record, tonight I got SPANKED and came in last. I played well but everyone else played better. 😀

2026 is beginning with a huge USD5k bill due on Jan 2nd, so if anyone wants to commission me, I could really use it. ["Heroes of the Realm", digital, 2024, personal piece.]

After not having played for three or four months (schedules), we’re sneaking in another game of Ticket to Ride Legacy with our friends to finish out the year!

ICYMI I want you to take my games please

Thinking of you, @kevinkulp.bsky.social (or at least your character Dranko)!

Forged in the Dark innovators thread! Who's doing cool new stuff with the FitD model? (promote your own or someone else's). I'll start: Slugblaster, by @wilkiescandylab.com is a smart hack of the core systems, tweaked in just the right way to fit the more light-hearted adventure style of the game.

Peak Wisconsin: i’m flying out of Milwaukee, and a woman just got flagged at airport security because she had a large cheese casserole in her bag.

Ok, fine, I'll write it up as a location for Dracula Dossier in the new year.

Meanwhile, I am listening to the soundtrack to a Muppet Christmas Carol. For me, it is now officially the holiday season.

The hard part of today was sorting through and discarding my late mom’s wallet. She kept a picture of my wife and me in there! Although she also kept three or four pictures of her horses, so I’m not THAT flattered. 😀

If I’ve learned anything from @johnrogers.bsky.social, it’s to live your life in such a way that this isn’t true for you.

Starting in a few minutes!

AMA with Swords of the Serpentine co-author (me!) - today (2pm Eastern Friday 12/5/25) at Pelgrane’s discord. You type questions, I make up answers. I’m prepped to answer questions on GUMSHOE, time travel, BBQ, human fatigue, shiftwork, and crappy shark movies. BRING IT. discord.gg/ZtjFBwrqA

Love and BRbed Wire is great

And no wonder they got caught. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Louvre heist thieves photographed!

Tomorrow I get up at 4 AM to drive three hours north into 7” of snow, to go sort through and close out my late mom‘s storage unit. My sister has come in from Utah for this. It’ll be an ADVENTURE!

Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.

My poor dog has a retrobulbar abscess and she is SO UNHAPPY. Work quickly, antibiotics!

Starting a reaction thread on 13th Age 2E. First, this is gorgeous edition, and it seems like a great upgrade and refinement of what already a really fun, smooth running game. /1

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that maybe this isn’t quite what my mom’s very somber and serious funeral home was shooting for when they emailed me the cremation receipt.

Heya, thanks for sharing your tips and frustration re: Gemini. I really appreciate it. Keep on, keepin' on.

I don’t usually swear online but what the actual fuck.