So it turns out there's an upper bound to how many times I can say "if *I* ran a cataphract game, here's how I'd do it" before someone pays me to just fucking do it already. Here's a bit about how that happened, and my thoughts that led into the design. tangentjoy.blot.im/dragoons-a-w...

Environments in Baroque (saturn)....

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

“If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace. I am peace.” - Trump, 11/1/24 “I’m not going to start a war, I’m going to stop wars.” - Trump, 11/5/24

if the media had any integrity — and it doesn’t anymore — they’d be pointing out on a loop that Obama made a deal with Iran, Trump cancelled it because Obama is Black, and then Trump started a war on the pretense there is no deal

soon. or not actually this is taking me a while

The birthright citizenship IS an easy case. That’s the point. That’s the flex. “No matter what rights you think you have, no matter how universally acknowledged you think they are, no matter how central to American values those rights are, WE decide whether or not you have those rights”…… /1

The Bloggies have concluded for 2026! Congratulations to this year's winners. You can find the results (and a whole slew of awesome blog posts) here: www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/

Oh thank you god

These reviews are some of my favorites to read.

One of the things I really love about the Risen Empire in SUCCESSION is that it combines two of my favorite tropes; the Eighty Worlds is an incomprehensibly vast, ancient, and powerful realm, but it's also a petty warlord-state, ruled by fear, held together by force, and carved out in living memory.

That tote 👀👀👀

We survived the Plastic Bag Man and all we got was this traumatizing apparel. The Merch Table is now open. thepanictable-shop.fourthwall.com Shop the "HOW'S MY DRIVING?" collection: 🛍️ The "Thank You For Shopping" Tote 🌭 The Scorched Ween Crop Top 🐶 The Flinch Forward Shirt 🩻 The Priorities Tee

Hello Bluesky! Let's start off with my Five Senses Series, where each sense is represented by a member of a fantasy species. In order, here we have Smell (orc), Sight (dwarf), Hearing (elf), Taste (gnome)...

One of my all time favorites of @lamantia.bsky.social ‘s!!

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"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media. Off the top of my head: www.thehandbasket.co 404media.co www.garbageday.email Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

My #ZineMonth project for Mothership RPG is live! Get out the scissors and glue, cuz you're making a map to escape this portal tech twisted nightmare: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/5...

LOGGING ON

I don't think people have really grappled with what the mass decline of violent crime in the US has meant for the economic ecosystem of superheroes, which is rapidly approaching a demographic cliff, as street-level crimefighting becomes a thing of the past, and avenues for promotion dry up.

why do nerds suddenly appear every time I post here

It's like a podcast/game where every week you listen and every time I randomly say "Scram!" or "Beat Feet!" or "Take A Hike!" you vamoose as quickly as possible from wherever you happen to be. I call it Hightail: The Skedaddlecast About Hitting The Bricks

THE BLOGGIES!!! Please vote for the DESIGNING DUNGEONS COURSE for Best Blog Series! This totally free series provides a step-by-step course to follow along with to create a 30 room dungeon from scratch. Vote here 👉 forms.gle/d6YbnUqiuypv... Why I think you should vote for me 👇

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Voting for the Bloggies’ bonus categories is now open! My AD&D Series is nominated & I would love your support! The competition is crazy! & don’t forget to vote for Best Debut Blog.

The first of the Illustrations I did for @lostincult.co.uk's upcoming book "Perfect Organism" a celebration of Alien Isolation written by @ultrabrilliant.xyz Go check it out now!

Just arrived from @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io! Man there's so much cool stuff in this box

The final countdown! My personal vote for 🥇top post of 2025 is @elmc.at Mapping the Blogosphere Knowing the link to/from over time of various blogs is an incredible project not only from a hobby perspective but an academic & preservationist one as well! A true 💎

"thin places" are locations where the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is said to be particularly thin.

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

The next in my series of random advancement tables. Today is elf-friends (half-elves). You know, your Aragorns and Elronds. riseupcomus.blogspot.com/2026/02/rand...

"The supercarrier is the anchor of the Imperial Navy, the most capable and multifaceted warship ever commissioned, designed to carry out any mission designated by the Admiralty; from orbital bombardment to space superiority to system control to peer combat, either acting singly or in formation."

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This morning’s #BooksAndBrews is me slipping back into the right headspace for #DeadCityBlues. ☕🕵️‍♂️ I’m rereading The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett and letting that hardboiled rhythm do its work. Trying a few new things with the game, and I’m really liking how it’s shaping up. #HarlemUnbounding

If you're voting for any of the sci-fi, fantasy, or other speculative fiction awards, do consider some of my work from last year! I'm pretty sure voting is still open for the Nebulas, the Hugos, the Locus awards, the BSFA awards, and more!

Illustrations made this year

#over/under Day 8: ARIEL starts getting a lot of attention. Speaking only in ciphers and sending messages to the Code Breakers Club, her antics raise hackles across the Dream. The Church knows keeping our Cardinals happy will be our best chance of survival. Which means giving them Top 10 money.

THE GREATEST ADVICE OF ALL TIME. IGNORE YOUR THERAPIST DOCTOR LAWYER AND WRITE ROOMS IN PAIRS.

AND ID DO IT AGAIN

I'm not sure Gus—Mr. @ratkingrpg.bsky.social—even knew he was in the bloggies, or made it to the finals, but his post was one of my favourites. Hard to beat @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com, who I have it on good authority wrote "the greatest blog post of all time".

im not allowed to vote in the bloggies as a felon

THE TIME HAS COME. WRITING ROOMS IN PAIRS IS ASCENDANT. JOIN ME AND VOTE FOR THE GREATEST BLOG POST OF ALL TIME.

R E L E N T #art #DarkArt #Horror

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I voted (in the Bloggies). forms.gle/juxmJ4fTH7db... (Credit: Ulster County 2022 "I Voted" sticker by Hudson Rowan.)

this is definitely why they scare me at least!!

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