Starmer says he does not think Sauron would use an Orc army or unleash the Nazgûl to seize the one ring.

Thirteen more One Unique Things for 13th Age #out 1. I am the only [species] who has learned the ability to speak human languages 2. I look like an elf, but am actually a member of a highly logical pointy-eared race from another world

Part of the way social media makes people crazy is notifying them of every single damn thing. Turn it all off. Look at the site when you want to. Never, ever allow it to make your phone make noise. Nothing that important is going to happen here.

A memo: If I block you over some element of #TTRPG discourse, play, theory, whatever, it's not because we disagree. I interact with plenty of people on here that I disagree with, and I enjoy those interactions. 99% of the time, it's because you're an asshole.

Preemptively nominating “Blood Clot” for the Nobel Peace Prize

Yes! Something like this?

2016: We need to leave Europe! We're getting too close to these weird foreigners! The USA will give us a preferential deal - they speak English after all! We can trust English speakers! 2026: 😶

Thirteen example One Unique Thing for #13thAge. Some of them are fun, some are cliché, some are unhinged; it's up to you to decide which are which, this Sunday evening. So chip in on each, share in the fun. Maybe come up with some of your own, serious or shitpost. 💜 #ttrpg #out

Zero board games played But chatted, ate curry, and drank a bottle of St Emilion all by myself. No complaints

Hey @robheinsoo.bsky.social or @jonathantweet.bsky.social how safe is it to sail near Necropolis? We need to go to an island near it. I assume the ocean turns into bones the closer you get to it.

Just had an Android update and the Do Not Disturb tile which I use on a daily basis has been replaced with "Modes" Which does the same thing, but requires multiple interactions, not just one. I FUCKING HATE TECH BRO CUNTS

If there’s ever been a case for the UK imposing retaliatory tariffs it’s here. I will gladly pay 10% to defend democracy 🫡

Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking? Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me. 1/

Been reading 13th Age GM's Guide and specifically its snippets on the Dragon Empire setting. It's given me some thoughts about fantasy settings and how #13thAge and Shadow of the Weird Wizard settings differ in a minor but potentially significant way Having potential vs Being dynamic 1/

I know that on social media I sometimes present a jokingly arrogant persona, overly confident in his own intellect and prone to sweary rants at things that don't exactly align with his world-view. I just want to reassure you all that I am *absolutely* like that in real life too.

System matters in TTRPGs. For example, if you buy DIE RPG, I make money, which definitely matters.

Tomorrow, we have actual friends coming over to our actual house and we're going to drink alcohol and play actual boardgames. More on this unlikely story as details emerge...

You are now forced to have the same job as the main character in the last book you read. What is your job? Oh. Oh dear.

This is the kind of aggressive market research we really should be doing.

Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’ “A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles” BELGIAN WHISTLES

They were on my personal discord that I literally only use for RPG chat. They're probably on yours too.

Before ordering a physical copy of 13th Age Shards of the Broken Sky, I should probably have checked first whether it was a 220pg hardback. Oopsie. Right, need to find some shelf space. And avoid the missus for a few days...

This is probably a shot in the dark but if anyone has a copy of this I'm willing to pay a reasonable price for it. Also for: Victorian Adventure by Stephen Smith Dark Winter (a wargame) by not sure, but I think at least some of the SLA Industries people had something to do with it.

Play every game like this TBH

The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show some moral backbone inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...

#ThingsILoveinTTRPG #526 Feudal leaders whose idea of a reward is accepting adventurers into their service. They give you horses, arms, a plot of land, and retainers to work it. Now your heroism reflects on them. They'll brag to their friends about you. Bonus points: in a sci-fi setting.

Artificial Unintelligence: the government is in full retreat over copyright, and the attempts to make it look dignified only make it funnier. My SKETCH. thecritic.co.uk/arti...

Much “table-top roleplaying games.”

I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this

Since someone asked, here are some (hopefully) more Tolkien-y feeling #TTRPG rules I wrote which I've been using, avoiding the hyper-focus on combat. I dearly love #TheOneRing (we ran a game for years), and I wrote these rules to try and create tales more in line with Professor #Tolkien. Cheers!

The new Apocalypse World is coming my way, and I plan to take another shot at running it for my D&D/13th-Age focused game group. Can someone point me to a good actual-play session that I can listen to on the stationary bike? I've played it (thanks @johnharper.bsky.social) but want more.

@stephencollins.bsky.social made the point best

Now there's a thing. Clicked to watch some football highlights from the weekend for a couple of minutes with a fresh cuppa. Got an advert for Noble Knight games. What a world!

<preamble> 14yo's History GCSE syllabus includes victorian crime and punishment, which led to listening to Rest is History podcast on Jack the Ripper together, which led to me buying The Complete History of Jack the Ripper by Philip Sugden. </preamble> Now for the RPG gameable observation 1/

babybel implies the existence of scarybel, sportybel, gingerbel and poshbel

Started watching Fallout season 2 last night We remembered all the characters but even the recap didn't help us remember what had actually in the last series. Feels like they must've crammed a lot in. Complete mystery. Looks amazing though.

Minister of State Alex Norris tells the BBC he won't personally come off X because it's important for communicating with voters. None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.

Honestly, the miniature and model making folks on here are so absolutely fucking lovely, it makes me sad I don't use minis more. Sorry, it's not you, it's me! Buy things from @fenrisgames.com @badsquiddogames.bsky.social and their ilk and embrace quality craftsmanship from genuine nice folks.

Oh, this is EXCELLENT.

I'm down to just 41 saved searches in Ebay. 40 if something arrives shortly as it should. And lots of duplicate searches there (e.g. searches for each set of WFRP3 print on demand cards, as well as 2 catch-all WFRP3 searches) Getting perilously close to owning every RPG product I want Honest.

Taking some time away from working on Star Wars: Outgunned this weekend to do a little exercise of trying to build the same character concept in a few different #ttrpg systems. I've come to the conclusion that I can't build a satisfying pure caster in Shadow of the Weird Wizard. Gish? Yes.

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Just signed up for an online event with a major UK thinktank, and the terms of the event required you to tick a box agreeing to them processing your data (normal) AND sending your marketing mailings. In the same tick box (not normal). Consent my arse. If that isn't illegal it's pretty damn close.

Another addition to the collection - gonna do some paperback reading this year #Torg

No, you just ordered a bunch of 13th Age stuff from @pelgranepress.bsky.social Not me. I wouldn't do that. Especially not during belt-tightening post-Xmas January. Definitely you. I'm entirely innocent.

@waderockett.bsky.social just wondering, Crown of Axis is described as a one-shot - is that one-shot as in one session or as in a standalone adventure. I want a 3-4 session adventure for 13e2 later in the year and have been eyeing up your work 😉

These are perfect. They don't change a letter to make a word into a different word. They don't go too hard. They're lovely subtle little changes that exactly hit the *slightly* dimish brief. First class from Sue 👏😆