"Omg! What are we going to do when self driving cars hyperloop us to mars because our neuralink NFTs got mythos-ed right off the blockchain quantum AI style!!!" - Folks breathlessly falling for every press release they've ever read.

Madrid. Big capital city energy. Grumpy people who are fully done with tourists. And I was only there incidentally on the way to Santiago, Chile, which I loved despite getting mildly teargassed and then later locked in a bar while tanks rolled past. I also got engaged there, which helped.

It's my first time at Tabletop Scotland as a trader but as an attendee it's one of my faves. Can't wait!

If you loved Stardew Valley then you should play Fields of Mistria. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

My greatest strength as a TTRPG designer? My impeccable font collection

I'm dead excited about playtesting my new game, The Custom of the Sea. Here's some reasons you should also be HYPED. 1. It's Regency. I love it. You love it. This game leans into the genre with romance and status mechanics, while adding a dash of class consciousness which is often neglected

Intergalactic Bastionland Playtest Doc Update! - Added Boat Loans for limited freedom during Layover - New intro page - Preparations, Authority, Getting Ahead, and Improvement sections - Added a Boat spread and Mainframe to the Infinitis Wake - General juice additions bit.ly/ibplaytest

I'm dead excited about playtesting my new game, The Custom of the Sea. Here's some reasons you should also be HYPED. 1. It's Regency. I love it. You love it. This game leans into the genre with romance and status mechanics, while adding a dash of class consciousness which is often neglected

I’m exhibiting at UKGE again this year (stand 4-223, bring snacks) and I have to say I’m amazed how many extremely friendly inbox goblins have access to the full attendee list and are willing to share. Very kind of them. Must’ve taken ages to get every single nerd to RSVP.

WTF is Girl Dinner and why do I instantly hate it?

I found out a work colleague of mine plays bass for the actual, real life Weather Girls of It's Raining Men fame and now I can't stop thinking about it or them.

I don’t want to speak too soon but I think I might almost be on top of everything I have to do. Seems suspicious. What am I forgetting?

I believe hoarding is, in essence, the curation of a museum of the self designed to outlive the hoarder as a balm for their agonising awareness of their own mortality, and that’s why it’s more prevalent in the old. And that’s what I’m going to say next time I’m asked to share a fun fact about me.

"You're at your best when the going gets tough. You've been put to the test, but it's never enough. You got the TOUCH." - The Gospel of Stan Bush, 1986

I had two - TWO - gins last night and now I'm barely functional. Being an adult is rubbish.

Low stakes opinion of the day: socks are a really good gift, actually

The UK government has blanked the risks of US tech dependency for too long. Our digital infrastructure is a strategic asset. But that understanding is absent in how we hand out public sector contracts and allow UK tech sector sell-offs to foreign companies. We must shift the dial. Read more ⬇️

Hey event organisers, did you know that that per-ticket fee that every platform charges you to sell with them is completely unjustified? And that there's a friendly, independent, open-source option that doesn't do that? No? Well now you do: chobble.com/tickets/

Repost for the late night divaaaas

It is time! I'm going to start posting about my "new" game that I've been talking about for 2 years. A Custom of the Sea is a regency horror TTRPG where you'll play as characters from all levels of society ship wrecked on a haunted island with none other than the Prince Regent. 1/3

Every morning despite all her needs being met my dog comes and paws at me until I follow her to find my husband and convince him it's time to walk her. She doesn't paw him directly, just me, his manager.

Several deeply awkward people arrive simultaneously on either side of a narrow doorway. They lack the social skills to navigate the impasse they're faced with, though they're all very keen not to offend. This is what every one of my work meetings is like. I will not elaborate.

Playing Dredge. Should be sleeping. Dredge too good. 🎣 ⛴️

Drama Llamas won an award aaages ago but I only picked up the trophy this weekend. This is setting my impostor syndrome off like you wouldn’t believe but this was decided by a public vote so I guess it’s outnumbered and I’ll just have to accept that people like a thing I made 😄 Thanks cuties! 💕

Sun is shining, skies are blue, hay fever is throwing itself a welcome back party in my face, aah-woop-choo!

Takes the week off from the day job to make art. Spends the week worrying she’s creating the wrong art.

Lovely day for a walk through London with 500,000 pals.

Hi, I’m 43 and wondering when some older men will stop talking to me like I’m a precocious child. Please tell me it stops.

My approach to social media is less “audience engagement” and more “shouting into a well and hoping to hear something portentous in the echoes”

Save All The Problems In This World! www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...

The Isle of Pelops is now available from the GMS website! It covers important people and places of the Peloponnesos and includes a four part epic campaign which takes you through the Peloponnesos to uncover the motives behind a new and pervasive mystery cult. gmstabletopgames.com/product/isle...

Low stakes opinion of the day: I absolutely do not care who Banksy secretly is

Anyone know of any collage artists who do commissions? TTRPG nerd knowledge optional but welcomed!

Lukewarm gaming take: life simulators get pets very wrong by making them as manageable as a pumpkin patch. Feed and water once a day = hearts go up. Pets are chaos. An antidote to self-seriousness. I want wet snoots in faces! Poops in shoes! Never mind your pumpkins, Snuffles needs fuss RIGHT NOW

While Gallows Corner is at the printers, we're all working very hard on bringing CITY OF ESPERS - A STREET-LEVEL PSYCHICS TTRPG to life. Launching on Backerkit in September, you won't want to miss this one. Support @theneoncaster.bsky.social by signing up here: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Aegean is one of my fondest convention game memories. Take a look at the sessions in this thread if you’re at UKGE this year!

Please explain to me how I am 43 years grown and having to politely assert an entirely reasonable boundary still RUINS my evening

Think I just figured out a way I can get a few hours of quiet writing time every week... watch out world!

GALLOWS CORNER - A PEASANTS' REVOLT RPG is in its final 48 hours on Kickstarter! The support of all you unwashed outlaws has been amazing so far, and we're very grateful! Please share this around, and back Gallows Corner today if you haven't already! www.kickstarter.com/projects/thr...

Watched Hamnet. SOBBING.

My love built a ticket system that’s easy to use and doesn’t fleece organisers on fees. Doesn’t charge per ticket at all, in fact. Check it out if you do events! (We’re both software engineers with 40 years combined experience for context)

The "family voting" talking point is probably part of a more long term play from the Far Right to delegitimise immigrant and minority involvement in political life

My love built a ticket system that’s easy to use and doesn’t fleece organisers on fees. Doesn’t charge per ticket at all, in fact. Check it out if you do events! (We’re both software engineers with 40 years combined experience for context)

Hannah Spencer came to speak at the first meeting of my local anti racism action group late last year and I was impressed by her then. She’s the real deal. She WORKED for this. Less than a week since we were staring down Britain First goons in our city centre this is beyond welcome. I’m feel high 😄

Pssst, fellow olds, stop worrying what children on the internet say about you. Let them have their mean fun.

Sometimes I’m drawn to witchy things and want to dance nude under the light of the moon with my fellow hags. But then I think about how one day some arsehole capitalist will build a city up there and realise at that point it’ll be like worshipping Milton Keynes.

I'm so happy with these new pieces that I can't help but share (at least) one more! In respect for @jcdarcy.bsky.social's love of her home land, I thought I'd share The North with you today. GALLOWS CORNER is live on Kickstarter: shorturl.at/km3rm

People are surprised when they discover that Lawyer is one of the Jobs available in Gallows Corner. In the spirit of street lawyers and advocates everywhere, I present a Sixty Second Story of Agnes Foge, street lawyer! Back Gallows Corner here: shorturl.at/km3rm

"AI agents refuse to shut themselves down when asked 84% of the time" Yeah, because that's what the AIs in all the science fiction works they stole would do. LLMs will always play into our worst fears because that's what we write about and it's simulating us.

I just really enjoy play testing, you know? Especially with clever friends. Maybe I’ll just keep designing and play testing this game forever so I never need to do any stinking marketing