My hot take of the day is that storygames and OSR are two of the closest play cultures because they're both about emergent storytelling Storygames and OSRs differences (expectations of prep, role of mechanics in play, etc) do not make them as different as emergent storytelling makes them similar

flowers are little perverts. swelling forth enticing stamens and petals in tense expectance for a sensual bumblebee to weigh down their stem and carry their sweetness to share. quivering in anticipation for a curvaceous pollinator to make them twitch and flick in the wind. utter decadence

First ttrpg I played that wasn't D&D? Doom and Cookies. Played it with my dad and his uncle. I love so much that you keep a plate of actual cookies at the table. I actually played this long before D&D/Pathfinder, and I'll be damned if it isn't still one I really like, frankly

From the award-winning developer of "Seduced by the Busty Elf" and "Ravished by the Burly Orc" comes a brand new title, "Made To Question Your Long-Held Assumptions About What Constitutes Sex by Some Kind of Fucking Goblin".

had a very respectful chat about theology tonight

The striking resemblance between the work of Lewis Carroll and the plot of a particularly player-hostile point-and-click adventure game is in small part due to former inspiring the latter, but MOSTLY due to the fact that that's just what happens when you let people who do math for fun write stories.

Yeah, we do have a union, but in practice most of us are excluded because we're technically management. The only person on site who actually pays dues is the guy who puts the enormous iron spheres at the tops of sloping corridors. It doesn't pay much, but I'm told the job satisfaction is phenomenal.

“””Curate your feed””” but be prepared to go to bat for your fellow queers drawing Weird Art. It is NOT going to stop with the ones you find personally distasteful. They’re coming for all of us.

This is perhaps the most seen I've felt with regard to erotic TTRPGs in a while. It is such a frustrating but understandable sentiment, though it becomes all the more frustrating when it's the -dominant- sentiment. This is also true for Hawkmoth, and has been true for my own work to an extent.

The counterpart to "sex is disproportionately not seen as okay to explore" in the TTRPG space is that violence is something that becomes disproportionately okay to explore without any kind of thought. Finding a game or a table that's willing to grapple with the discomfort of violence is hard-

Standard supervillain team aura shot where the leader is up front monologuing and the rest of the team is randomly perched like gargoyles on various bits of scenery grinning at the viewer with way too many teeth, except it's a magical girl team and the one monologuing is the talking animal mascot.

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Oh no, you see, I only read Praise the Hawkmoth King for the articles

Here's all four. These sculpts have been the perfect opportunity to push myself out of a grimdark color habit and into something joyously weird. #MiniPainting

there is a kind of insane hyperreality of RTS storytelling that deeply appeals to me wherein minor personal slights or disagreements leads, inevitably, to building a small base, raising an army, and throwing said army at their foes

Sometimes opsec is not posting what you really think and feel on Bluesky. Something to keep in mind.

🚨BREAKING🚨 Zohran Mamdani will FORCE all New Yorkers to listen to all of Moment of Balance Book 1 including the Patreon Bonus content. What are your thoughts on this?

Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.

"the ttrpg system isn't gonna fuck you" it will. It will if i roll good

Is anybody still thinking about Heretic (2024) in this day and age or am I just late to the party on a horror movie perfectly constructed to make me obsess over it and hate everything it stands for

Inclusivity is the foundation of a thriving TTRPG community. Embrace diversity, challenge biases, and actively work to create a space where all feel welcome and empowered. #TTRPGMotivation

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"There's a man I hate so much that simply killing him will not satisfy me. For that reason, I refuse to die." sooooo you all know I love a vengeful dancer here, right? 👀 #fireemblem

We're finally released! Go check out episode 1 of Omens of Ruin wherever fine pods are casted, and enter the Network's giveaway for chances to win Shiny Pokemon!

EV Nova was a 2002 release??? Apparently????? Bonkers. Cool game, though!! Managed to muscle my way through a couple of storylines even as a kid - I remember the Pirate storyline being really fun.

Do you enjoy #TTRPG actual plays? How about #Pokemon? If you said yes to both, you'll love our new show @pmdomensofruin.bardrockcafe.com Their first episode just launched today! And to commemorate that, I'll be putting on a giveaway (details first reply!) We hope you enjoy the new show!

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Here at Moment of Balance, we want to encourage our fashion-forward listeners to take inspiration from our cast! Today, let's take a look at what Sabi wears during our first season! #ActualPlay #TTRPG #MomentOfBalance

I think a pride demon has finally rotted her brains.

The thing is, I'm going to headcanon a bunch of your favorite female characters as dykes and there's literally nothing and of you can do to stop me! "They didn't intend this to be read as-" don't care I don't have a "mind palace" I have an impenetrable fortress of lesbianism

An easy way to explain luddites: Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand. And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before. That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.

Real talk if I was enthralled by a cursed amulet I'd probably kill any of you fuckers that tried to get me to set the cursed amulet aside

This is one of the greatest posts I've ever seen on social media. Every item is a lovely little gem of inspiration

A friend got me this as a gift a while back and it's one of the few Steam games I have gotten 100% completion on. Like - cannot stress enough how fun this game is and how compelling I find the world!

So much of learning how to play ttrpgs better for me has been predicated on these specific questions, and as a GM, I'm looking to get answers for these questions from my players. Intentionality, and having a group that's actively working together towards a goal, is the *most* important step.

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The pinnacle of Event Donut Memes has been reached

Season 1 MoB NPCs: • Bamei and the pistols would survive • Midori would get bitten while doing something poorly thought out. Bamei has to shoot her • Fuzhou survives • Soma survives, unless zombies can fly • The twins die fast • Hikaru holes up in her mansion and becomes a cannibal

I asked all our network performed this on discord but .. How would your #TTRPG character fair in a Marvel Zombies style Zombie apocalypse? 💀 One bite and you turn 💀 Zombies retain powers, skills and abilities from life 💀 Only constructs and undead are truly immune

PROBLEM: Exhortations to get freaky with it being phrased in terms of permission implies that permission is required. SOLUTION: Exhortations to get freaky with it will now be phrased as commands.

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i don't trust people my age who start calling it a pfp. that's not your term. we call it an avatar, god damn it

you gotta learn to love the real thing

I want a girl with a short skirt and a

Folks in the replies asking "what is this?" reminded me like half this blog's current followers joined up after the last update dropped, so for clarity, the "Soon.™" refers to the forthcoming crowdfunding campaign; the game itself is already available in early access: penguinking.itch.io/eat-god

Hello again, tabletop RPG designers! The second Bannerless Games Tabletop RPG Grant is now taking applications! I'm looking to award up to 10 grants at $200 apiece. Applications open until the end of the month. Apply here: bannerless.games/grants

pro fighting game tip: you didn't make the wrong read, your opponent just deviated from what is considered normal human behavior and should be shamed for it

If you're new to following me, I want to remind folks that the new thing I'm up to will be airing on @bardrockcafe.com (give them a follow too!) September 1st! It's an Avatar: Legends actual play! #TTRPG #ActualPlay #Korra #ATLA open.spotify.com/show/4LAWomw...

We're all super excited about what we've been building with this - I'm currently playing the role of Sabi, the gunslinging orphan from Ba Sing Se! Anyway, check it out - and follow my fellow performers @acmusic.bsky.social, @dominothief.bsky.social, and @thebitterhedgehog.bsky.social too!