Quick response to @orthopraxy.bsky.social's excellent "Eating the Book--a response to 'We Need to Talk About Goodman Games'" to test my extremely cool new URL: dungeonmerl.in/3mcasvels6s2m (DM... get it?) #ttrpg #osr #blog

Tonight! At the Arthouse! A Netflix release! In 35mm??? What is the world coming to

New Blog Post: Eating the Book--a response to 'We Need to Talk About Goodman Games.' Wherein I critique that Questing Beast Video, articulate different approaches to game preparation, and advocate for more intellectually curious criticism in the RPG space. orthopraxy.bearblog.dev/eating-the-b...

Next month I will launch Cairn Press. I tried to make a publishing agreement that is fair, free, and mutually beneficial. Once the lawyer approves final contract I'll release it as CC-BY-SA, if possible. I've also written up a "plain English" version that you can read here: cairnpress.ink#terms

if you think you need your cereal to be more manly GO TO FUCKING THERAPY ALREADY

the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs

Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."

Some people want a revolution but they can't even delete their fucking Twitter or participate in boycotts because it inconveniences them too much. If you're still on Twitter you're an enabler, it's that simple.

Oh god I'm going to have to write a Blog Post critiquing the new Questing Beast video aren't I? I was going to write a post about module formatting anyway...

Legit, you should be reading Sprigs & Kindling (always free!) if you like Carved from Brindlewood or Trophy TTRPGs haha sprigsandkindling.com

Not only do we have @kierongillen.bsky.social, but our other stretch goal authors for this anthology are @thebadspot.bsky.social, @lincodega.com, and @lackingceremony.bsky.social!! This TTRPG cast is stacked :) Get notified when the kickstarter goes live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...

I think a big chunk of the "linux is hard" sentiment stems from the fact that most linux users do weird things with their computers. basically this:

ME: yeah could i get the impossible burger with cheese. THE VIZIER WHO'S BEEN ADVISING ME: ahh, an excellent choice sire. an imitation of the genuine article. there are some "friends" of yours to whom it bears a passing similarity ME: you want anything VIZIER: [chuckles] what i want is of no import

do it.

They gentrified the tinfoil hat

one hope is have for 2026 is that more folks join Paper Cult Club, an indie tabletop-focused forum i truly adore papercult.club

Today we launched a brand-new podcast! The Lands Remaining Podcast tracks the development of The Lands Remaining TTRPG. The first episode is straightforward enough: What is The Lands Remaining? Listen below or wherever you get podcasts. Please re-post! www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-lands-re...

Happy New Year, Bluesky.

Did you know that I released a new game this year? Going For Broke is a fast-paced, party roleplaying game that tells sitcom stories about a collective house that's scrambling to pay rent. It's cheap, easy to teach, and takes less than an hour to play. Check it out! buriedwithoutceremony.com/gfb

31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.

Coming soon… DEAD-PILLED! Game by @carrion-comfort.com, with art by @rocketsandpens.bsky.social Carved (up) from Brindlewood!

Ah, RPG Discourse. My take? Too many people have nothing going on between Christmas and New Years. Why awkwardly talk to relatives at holiday get togethers when you can get unreasonably mad at how the people who live in your phone play games instead?

Who's ready to die in a forest?

Two blog posts in one week! Wow! Wherein I detail my intentions for 2026. Not quite a set of New Years Resolutions, but a vision of the future nonetheless. I also discuss some of my upcoming projects Here's to a new year! orthopraxy.bearblog.dev/intentions-f...

My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.

There's an eternal debate on which is more important in play: the rulebook you're using or the habits and practices of the players? Here's my contribution, despite being more on the 'player practices' side: a taxonomy of ways books influence play. baatag.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

Again,

A blog post, in which I reflect on my 2025 in Games. I did a lot this year, including content for Liminal Horror, Cairn, Brindlewood Bay, and Public Access. Plus reflections on how my playstyle is evolving with OSR and CFB influence! orthopraxy.bearblog.dev/year-in-revi...

"nice try, boys. really I'm proud of you. now we're going back to apologize to the brewmaster and see if he needs any help with this year's winter ale"

That is not dead which can eternal lie, Like Tiny Tim, who did NOT die

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.

Bobby: "See, Joseph, with Powered by the Apocalypse games, you only need these two six-sided dice. And you use 'moves' to change the narrative flow of--" Hank: "Bobby, what are you doing in there?!" Bobby: "Uh... playing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Dad!"

Does anyone know of any Liminal Horror modules about tulpas? Specifically tulpas that take on a friendly form to spread through a group of children and gain power from their imagination? Asking for a friend Coming in Summer--*From Our Imagination*

In case you hadn't heard, Public Access is *finally* coming to crowdfunding! We're looking to launch early next year (basically once The Between is off to the printers). The Big Man is positively quivering with excitement! Sign up for prelaunch below! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

From the publisher that brings you Sprigs & Kindling (that's me!), in collaboration with @jesseross.com and @pemetawe.bsky.social comes a new anthology of one shot incursions for Trophy! Sign up to be notified of launch 😄 www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...

If you are a #YEG Indie #TTRPG enthusiast, I hope to see you this weekend at Pe Metawe! Saturday at 1:00, we're having a meet up for local TTRPG nerds :D shop.pemetawe.com

Go ahead. Try the sample questions. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/w...

Frank Kelly Freas

My nephew only plays Rocket League *through* Fortnite. We've agressively focused on monetization for the past decade or more, and the bill has come due. Players aren't moving from mobile to console, and they're not even moving from game to game anymore

Sketch art · donrice.art Shop · ebay.com/str/donrice #artadventcalendar #sketch #art week three · art advent calendar · day fourteen Tree Squirrel Eating a Sunflower Seed

#artadventcalendar #sketch #art week three · art advent calendar · day eighteen Stoic Bison Stands in a Field

Fish Poem

On top of the whole memory thing, there's this. And prices have been spiking for "outdated" (in the computer cycle sense) RAM, GPUs, and systems too. The tinfoil hat man inside me says this is all intentional. Mobile-ize, de-computerize the gen pop. "Real" computers become upclass exclusive.

global adoption of linux gets pushed back by 6 years every time a Linux Guy starts talking at me like max headroom

we're a few months away from the kickstarter so I'm still updating the website but I'm really excited for our upcoming #Trophy #TrophyTTRPG #TTRPG anthology of new incursions for Trophy Gold and Trophy Dark! You can sign up to get notified when the kickstarter launches! ruinanthology.com