The president of the US is a fat, ugly, stupid piece of shit with a tiny wiener. Fuck that waste of oxygen. I hope he has a painful heart attack and dies. This is not a political post.

Still time for posters

Extremely thankful for all my laborious buddies who have been working so hard for so long to unite and win.

A perfect amalgam of 80s/90s nostalgia, creepy weird horror, and the most innovative, literally game-changing investigative and engagement mechanics. This game has mechanical elements that have become standard practice in every rpg I run. It‘s a brilliant game, full of truly impactful fiction.

I'm starting to be concerned that, in addition to the current KS meltdown, our 48 hour warning email also did not go out. If you saved Public Access but did not pledge, please reply here letting me know if you received your 48 hour warning email from KS. PLEASE re-post this message.

Super sexy ghost in a cutoff-collar bare midriff tee and jean shorts recreating the solo dance scenes from Flashdance and Footloose but to Nine Inch Nails, and wearing a TMNT Raphael Halloween mask. They beckon you closer. What are you afraid is going to happen? It‘s worse than that. Back this!

Players! In this mystery game, you don’t have to dredge through the GM’s mental trauma to decipher their inscrutable “clues” to find their “resolutions”. GMs! in this game, you get to kill the players. Over and over again. Just gruesomely slaughter them. And they’ll thank you for it. Back this!

I already quoteposted this, but these amazing stretch goals are really close now. Also, I wanted to show off my new purple vhs clamshell keeper screen:

If you don’t back this, I swear by all the powers and principalities that dwell in the dark spaces between your fears imagined and your horrors realized, I will find you, and I will exact my revenge upon you. And it‘s worse than that: when I give a wet willy, I go extra sloppy and so very deep.

please please make this happen.

After having kicked the hornet‘s nest, I have determined that the conflict has ended, and I am the winner. The path to the front door is safe and clear, except for all the hornets. Victory!

This game has, in the few sessions I’ve run, made me a better GM. And I was a really good GM to start with. The text tells us what to do, but also how and why, and that sets it apart from so many others. The system demands and mechanically incentivizes player engagement. It’s just so fucking good.

Excellent first night of #gamestorm ! Fun panel with @themonstersknow.com (we built a monster by committee) and Pirate Borg with harbormaster @themightyjerd.bsky.social (we won, we were the best at piracy) Shadowdark tomorrow morning, running Public Access in the evening. I am a happy nerd.

Going to Gamestorm in Portland! Monster creation workshop and Pirate Börg tonight. Seats for Shadowdark, Cypher, Savage Worlds, Wizard Crack. Let’s fucking GO!

Why am I buying vintage Barney VHS tapes? It’s because I need purple VHS cases for my #PublicAccessRPG keeper screen. I’ll post pics when it’s done (hopefully before game night on Friday…) Oh, and back their kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

Barely an artist, but here’s a ghost sketch from a con game last year:

I have played and run dozens of #ttrpg games over the last 40 years. This one really is my favorite. As player or GM. Emergent backstory as a resource mechanic. Players compelled to contribute to world-building in every scene. Mystery-solving unburdened by canonical solutions. It’s so fucking good.

Jimmy Superfly Snuka!

Heh

Should have kickstarted this in the summertime, when Degoya County’s population doubles.

We’re sooo close to 4000 followers on the Public Access campaign! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

You guys! I’m starting a brand-spanking-new campaign of Public Access #publicaccessrpg tonight, and I‘m profoundly excited about it. I have one too many players, but we’re gonna do it anyway. I haven’t decided on the first Odyssey tape yet. Who has a favorite? #trrpg #notdnd #thegauntlet

The Dow is down to 48k. Is it ok to investigate pedophiles now?

If history is a reliable indicator, this is gonna be so fucking cool.

Operation Epstein Fury.

Psst, trans rights are human rights and anyone who tells you different is scapegoating for fascists.

My trans kid will live to see all these bastards in their graves.

Got my badge for Between Two Cons, trying to decide what game to run. Something old? (HōL, WFRP) Something new? (Slugblaster, His Majesty the Worm, Triangle Agency) Dare I commit to finishing and running my own heartbreaker by June? #ttrpg #between2cons

Some of the best rpg sessions I’ve ever played have been with this game. And I’m old as shit, so that‘s a huge statement. This game is Flavor Stripe gum that never goes bland. This game is an unrelenting kung fu grip. This game is a wink and a smile from cutest clerk at the video rental store.

Ok, so what if Gauntlet’s Public Access #rpg, but whenever the investigators play a TV Odyssey tape, it triggers a session of Joey Royale’s Weird Heroes of Public Access? And they get their clues from the outcome of that session?

Is it weird that I only just heard about Quinn’s Quest because of Public Access?

*Not to repost my own skeety bon mots here, but I rather hope that this observation is just some trippy cyberpunk riffing, and doesn't reveal itself as somber, omnipresent cyberpunk-social-realism twenty years later

Quick heads-up for the folks who’ve decided it’s ok to use “retarded” as a denigration: if you persist in this behavior, you may find it difficult to pick your teeth off the ground with ten broken fingers. themoreyouknowrainbow.gif

Given time, enough space, and adequate food, all kobolds can potentially become dragons. This is the premise of my new #rpg, Psycho Kobold Murderer.

Whoever is in charge of naming all the weed strains is the same person that names all the snowboard tricks.

Public Access is one of my all-time favorite games, @jasoncordova.bsky.social is in my top 5 game designer list, @thebadspot.bsky.social is a top 3 Podcast (all podcasts, not just AP). Today is an exciting day for this rpg fanboy, I’m going for a long drive.

Last night I dreamt i was as riding on Zok (the laser dragon from Herculoids). When I woke up, I remembered that Herculoids actually existed and was my very favorite cartoon. I had to google to see if it was even real, or a product of my addled imagination.

His name is Calvin Ball, and he’s changing the rules to stop ICE. www.wbal.com/calvin-ball-...