In a universe slightly to the left of our own, Jork Peenor is a completely legitimate Star Wars character name that absolutely is not a joke. I have been awake long enough to have peered into that world, but unfortunately I am from the universe where this induces the Giggle Madness.

GenCon is soon. I will be there running games for @plusoneexp.bsky.social. I will also be hunting for folks to encourage to apply to @magfest.org's Indie Tabletop Showcase. If you want to meet up (for those things or anything else!) please don't hesitate to reach out.

Thanks to @dotsrpg.org for these Gencon demo braille dice! Swing by the accessibility panels at noon and one on Thursday to try them out. www.gencon.com/events/301852

Read a lot of Cairn modules back to back yesterday to get in the right headspace for laying out my Appx N Jam entry. I'm holding off on a blog post because if I end this month with 3 blog posts and 0 jam entries I'm gonna be real mad, but I can afford some 1-post reviews.

Been thinking about this - what other albums are there that are explicitly referencing TTRPGs? I know D&D officially released music by Midnight Syndicate bank in the 3e era & then the Spelljammer album a few years ago. And there's @lootthebody.bsky.social obviously. What else?

A weekday, daytime repost. Also if you get to the end of this and you're like "Dang, that's a project/jam/movement I could get behind," let me know.

It's time for one of the classics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ1S...

Been a weird weekend for comics arriving in the mail. Four very different parts of my personality represented, haha

It's funny how much Final Fantasy 1 owes to this 1986 Japanese Cindy Crawford Pocari Sweat ad, art directed by Moebius

The longer I dwell on my Appx N Jam entry, the more language puns try to creep their way into my my writing. I am powerless to stop them.

Poor knight, getting himself all worked up. Another armour study

Haven’t posted any more of my mech series in aaages… #scifiart #ttrpgart #mecha

Aha! This is live now so I can share it around publicly. So hi, I'm one of the two curators for MITS. If you're an independent tabletop game developer (card, board, RPG, w/e), a solo or indie publisher, or are a game student with a project to show off, we'd really like you to apply.

Gustav Klimt, Death and Life (1915)

I've got shit to do, so naturally I spent the night writing another blog post instead. If I didn't get all this out of my head I'd never be able to concentrate though, so... Shoutouts to @shing.bsky.social & @riseupcomus.bsky.social among many others who get passing references in this one.

Accidentally played Slough Feg's "Traveller" at 2x speed and uh. Actually this fucks. Would recommend.

I’m WHEEZING

It's done! Much like our diminutive heroine, I've reached the end of this particular quest. Shout out to every dungeon synth artist; I must have listened to most of them while working on this.

Fuck off. If anything is "millennial", it's those cool transparent colors our iMacs, Gameboys, and Tamagotchis came in. No fucking millennial likes the house flipper grey. Call it a millennial paint job when I can see through the exterior of a car because it's Glacier Purple like my GBA.

I don't need to click the link to imagine the scene: Taco Bell Exec: Look, people already accuse us of destroying buttholes. This is the one time we have a chance to do some good and nip this in the butt. Someone else in the room: Don't you mean "nip it in the bud?" Taco Bell Exec: No I do not.

Send us your software, cries Technopolis magazine. The cool mascot for their Do-Jin section covering doujin software sent in by readers and created by solo programmers or by circles, small groups of game or utility designers. 📖: Technopolis, June 1993

You’re in her dms, I’m in a haunted Antarctic research station being tormented by ghostly visions

Welcome to Trench Knights! The latest prototype from the Pixel Pushers Union workshop! Trench Knights is a strategy game involving quick thinking, accuracy, & enormous mecha engaging in incredible head-to-head battles! Grab the controls, it's time to fight! #indiedev #mecha #gamedev #gunpla

I don't really MTG anymore but this is a great callback

A repost for the day crowd

This might not be one of my all-time bangers, but it's absolutely a record in terms of time from "sit down to blog" to "blog done." It's for a very particular kind of sicko. Also shoutout to @isaacisafraid.bsky.social whose jam-winning adventure The Knight Errant gets used as an example.

Been doing a lot of retrospection this month. I still think my post on Triangle Agency might be one of the best things I've written over the years. I'm gonna try to top that tonight with the FEMA management guidelines as TTRPG narrative guidelines thing I'm rotating in my head, but in the meantime:

One of my collection issues that is Extremely Normal: back in the day, I was trying to buy all the Discworld books. Shortly after I started, they changed sizes - and because I had a bunch out of order, buying newer copies would mean getting taller skinnier ones that wouldn't stack well. AGH.

my unholy creation. its actually working, it hasnt been an hour yet and the air quality in my place is noticeably better. i can breathe in comparable comfort, and my eyes dont hurt! link to build ur own here: engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/science... beware walmart, they overprice their filters

A thing I've dealt with as I've attempted to move from "dork who plays RPGs" to "dork who writes RPGs" is navigating the parasocial barriers between being a fan of someone to being a Fellow Professional (TM). I know I'm much more a fan of some people than they are of me, and that's ok. This is life.

Portfolio Day! I'm Skullboy and this is some of my work.

Feeling super stoked on this recent drawing i made for @jedediahberry.bsky.social ! Ink on watercolor paper 8.5” x 11”

Born too late to discover microorganisms Born too early to discover life in space Born at the exact time to see formerly eradicated diseases come back inside your burger

From podcast to convention: the team behind Between Two Cons talks challenges and success after inaugural event www.rascal.news/from-podcast...

Josh: Hey Adam, do you know any good places to eat in Richmond while I'm in town? Me: You have activated Tour Guide Mode. You will come to regret this. A nice evening w/ @riseupcomus.bsky.social at KOGI before we both descended back into our various & sundry obligations for the evening.

Hey, the roller derby team I help with has a tournament coming up and is looking for teams to come play. This is the...4th year, I think? It's been a hoot every time. I usually announce. Come skate! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Herbie Hancock literally in the studio

Fantasy RPG naming hack - poorly phonetically spell bank names. Yes, this is my gnome wizard Weyll Zvargo and his husband, the traveling merchant Naveef A'derryl. They must stop the evil warlord Bebinti Wachovia. (Wachovia doesn't exist anymore but does have a fantasy-ass name)

I thought I'd start a regular thing where I feature some of my favorite client work! There's no better place to start than with the album cover for Victory Over the Sun's "Nowherer" — votsband.bandcamp.com/album/nowherer

worlds_longest_yeah_boi.mp3 God I've been waiting for this one

Me, learning about irradiating food as part as the preservation and distribution process, clapping my hands like a seal: hee hee Fallout yayyy

Like, if someone in the military wants to receive gender affirming care, I support that 100%. But if these fucking freaks want to force testosterone treatment on soldiers against their will, then they (once again) should be removed from any position of power.

I should blog about this, but 1. Brain currently melted cheese and 2. Can't alert the law ninjas so here's a quick review of @prismaticwasteland.com's Heist-Funded Totally Legal Parody of That One Series Using That One Game Based On That Other Game: game good.

I'm so fucking tired y'all. I think I'm gonna have a visit with my doctor soon - Doctor Brick-in-a-sock-to-the-back-of-the-head.

Public Domain Art is the lifeblood of small tabletop rpgs, but it can be a nightmare trying to find the right art and license. This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film. Link below 🔗👇

literally this meme:

w....wait.... you mean to tell me.... gulps..... putting money into the arts.......is profitable and..........produces............g-good outcomes for everyone?

THE MIDDLE-EARTH HEXCRAWL IS BACK, BABY. I have not been idle with this daily writing exercise. Come visit these troll-haunted lands. Gaze on the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Rhudaur, fight bandits allied with the Necromancer's forces, and explore the still-standing watchtowers for treasure.