could everyone please help my cardinals elect a new space pope. it isn't healthy for them to be stuck in a conclave. they only do this when they are very distressed

We are actively in Conclave right now (going exactly as you’d expect and nothing else) and I’m so Cardinal-pilled that I thought “I can’t go on Bluesky, I’m sequestered.” #over/under

Found this old ink drawing I did in 95 for Monstrous Compendium: Savage Coast, a D&D book. I did not think I had any of those left. I sold most of the art from that book to a collector. #dungeonsanddragons #boardgames #rpgart

The passage of a real legend

Ok I just finished my second reading of Book of the New Sun (phenomenal, better the 2nd time). Before I jump back in with more Wolfe I want a sword and sorcery qpalette cleanser. What should I read next? The original Savage Sword of Conan comics or Karl Wagner's Kane books?

plenty of my peers and esteemed colleagues in tabletop are in #over/under and have just seen me roleplay out some truly radioactive old man yearning in a public discord thread. I hope i can still be taken seriously after this. But if not, it will have been worth it.

Do you want to have animal people without choosing between satanic beastmen and furries? Perhaps consider these unsettling human-animal hybrid from 1827 as an alternative.

Ktrey turns his formidable table powers to Mothership!

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Not every day you get to topple a fictional evil corporation as a big evil Nosferatu man and throw fictional executives out of fictional windows. #over/under

this week in #over/under when we decided on the Solarian holidays and I said Flare (today) was the day for big impacts and dramatic displays I was truly given the gift of prophecy by Invictus Sol. having our fireworks festival interrupted by a sudden Dream-wide catastrophe was perfect drama

Some people say that #over/under isn’t Mothership. But the amount of Stress and Panic I’ve seen in the game is *extremely* Mothership.

i know you're all sick of hearing about #over/under but I find I'm having a strange emotional response. For every high (and there are a lot!), there are lows like fomo, feeling disoriented by the tech (I'm almost 50 irl), feeling inadequate at the game, etc. It's stirring up a lot of old feelings.

"for religious reasons". THIS is the church I know and love. #over/under

I learned tonight that there's some place called Sem's Bar that failed an inspection. Someone has been appointed inspector by the teamsters to examine health and safety regulations for non-existent establishments. Let that sink in

Enjoying the episodes reading through Gene Wolf's Shadow of the Torturer on Alzabo Soup! I'm just finishing my second read of the Book of the New Sun. If you want to understand more on the 1st read thru I rec using the Lexicon Urthus and this podcast as a supplement. open.spotify.com/episode/2tTV...

So now in #OVER/UNDER I'm making and curating a virtual museum and art gallery in Unreal, to show off some of the amazing things people are creating (and hopefully end up as some kind of artefact of the inevitable chaos to come) I've somehow got to find time for so many things!

So @lukegearing.bsky.social as .beefstink has re-invented NFTs in the far future and is attempting to scam Syndicate shareholders with them. This made me laugh so hard I woke my partner up. #over/under

It's interesting how this hit everyone at the same time. Yesterday I had to step away for a long while for balance. I saw people leave. There was a lot of "What am I doing?" discourse. Just ask yourself, "How good does the game have to be to be having this effect on people?"

I wrote another adventure. It's free. It's a forestcrawl. Get it!

currently watching d100 Weird Space Plants roll into the thread & FEELING IT ALL........ someone included what appears to be block carved prints with their entry?? ugh i'm in love with the vibe

I wrote my thesis on magic in Middle-earth. This line from Fellowship is one of the fullest pictures of the "mechanics" of magic that we get. 1) There are many spells to accomplish similar things 2) Magic requires time to do properly 3) Counter-spells reverse or stop magic +🧵

day three & my most-used discord emojis have already been possibly irrevocably altered #OVER/UNDER

Been playing Over/Under as Pontiff Kuutar, boss of the Solarian Church. I'm recruiting by running google+ style big crowdsourced threads, where the faithful are writing a zine together one d100 table at a time. It will be the only Mothership zine actually made on Prospero's Dream! #over/under

Something so cool about #OVER/UNDER is how faction asymmetry leads to players leading totally different lives. Today, I heard about folks preparing powerpoints for their boss, the church is organizing art grants, the union is holding internal elections, and the hackers are shitposting.

more little avatars for #over/under players its been fascinating trying to draw stuff in a way that you can still see when it is tiny on discord

Rafael Kayanan Conan the Adventurer Kayanan is a massive talent

I am working on a new series of posts on some simmering projects. I'm also about to drop a whole boatload of resources for Mothership in honor of Mothership Month. You can get all this ttrpg goodness straight to your inbox by subscribing here: ultansdoor.substack.com

I was hoping to do a zine w/ the downtime system I've been developing for my Gradient Descent campaign that uses Prospero's Dream as the home base for Mothership Month. But I couldn't make the deadline! So I'm going to release it as a series of posts on my newsletter/blog. Just like it was 2010!

For those who play Delta Green or modern day Call of Cthulhu, you need to know about the "Shotgun Scenarios", 1500 word or less short scenarios that are submitted to a contest every year. A treasure trove! Start by reading Polygraph and Relief from 2024. fairfieldproject.wikidot.com/shotgun-scen...

Saw this at an antique store. Thought of my friend @grandscheme.bsky.social and @benlaurence.bsky.social when I saw him.

Today my new adventure Orestruck is officially released! Return to the Tannic Forest to confront monstrosities, both magical and mundane. Itch weirdwonder.itch.io/orestruck DrivethruRPG www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... @spacepenguinink.bsky.social spacepenguin.ink/collections/...

Astronaut, by Clifford Hooper Rowe, undated.

Finally! I have been lost for a span of time, at least a fortnight, during which Between Two Cairns, the weekly event by witch I measure the passing tempo of my life, was absent.

@kutalik.bsky.social's Hill Cantons blog is back with a glorious post. Just look at these charlatans and seedy ne'er-do-wells hillcantons.blogspot.com/2025/09/reme...

James Maliszewski has been doing the most incredible series of B/X classes for a Lovecraftian dreamlands setting, some on his blog and some on his new substack. They're SO GOOD. Check out this one: open.substack.com/pub/grognard...

Want a weird spellbook? I got you covered! The Pergamino Barocco kickstarter is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/los...

Stat this lunar pointcrawl

The design of these old covers for Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is amazing

This trailer for the remake of Deathstalker is stupid in the best possible way youtu.be/fAdo8drjc_M?...

They are a peculiar species that thrive in the arid plains. Telepathic and featureless, they often wear masks to facilitate interaction with humans, and scavenge gear from those who don’t survive the heat. #osr #ttrpg #art #illustration

My first video doing the Designing Dungeons course by @riseupcomus.bsky.social is up on youtube! I plan on streaming each segment of this process. Today was introductions and theme. Can't wait to dive in again! youtu.be/v4r3N-Mzw3k

Drome, Jesse Lonergan

Welp apnews.com/article/us-t...

It’s time for a fair contract. Our union is fighting to protect what makes @kickstarter.com special, and we need your support. Sign onto our petition to show your solidarity: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ks...

If you're a small press or independent tabletop creator who must soon halt shipments to the US because of Trump's axing the de minimis tariff exemption, I want to hear from you. email: [email protected] or, [email protected] DMs: open

I have three dark fantasy print bundles left here: mana-meltdown.backerkit.com/hosted_preor... Last chance to grab one before next print run

This seems real bad

*watching my crewmate be eviscerated by a xenomorph* “This is so sad. Mother, play Despacito.”

Last two minis I made for playing MAC Attack which is almost out of time to back here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...