It’s Monday morning me, trying to get caffeine into my bloodstream and blearily cross-posting a podcast episode out of this deep need to scream into the dawn-hued void: changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/epis... ☕️

Realized I didn’t share on here yet that I’m helping coordinate a charity auction of #ttrpg books (from the vast library of the greatly-missed Terry Robinson). All the deets are available via forms.gle/i1FWnw3MN3gE... and it runs until Friday. We’re doing everything manually, so please be patient. 🙏

Riding the wave of Bluesky updates post-PAX to try and keep up the momentum…herewith today’s release for Changeling: the Podcast wherein, appropriately, we discussed the Goblin Markets supplement for the Changeling: the Lost #ttrpg. Projects! 🦋 changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/epis...

Another year, another #PAXU haul that was built on roughly equal parts curiosity, determination, and shameless nostalgia. Lovely times with lovely people, and even though I am utterly exhausted now, already looking forward to the next adventure. 🎉

Day threeeeee… getting ready to run Sorcerer’s Crusade and feeling the feels. A sensible way to round out the #PAXU, I dare say. 💜

Also, yesterday’s Expo Hall interview gauntlet went rather well! Herewith some chitchat with several cool creatives; have a listen, check out their booths and/or websites, live your best life. 🌈 changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/epis...

Day two of #PAXU. Realized I hadn’t done a lanyard photo; no new pins yet, but we’ll see if there’s an addition or two today. Preparing for a morning of game running with the elixir of the gods… ☕️

*dusts off Bluesky app* Time for one of my periodic “I’m definitely going to stick with social media THIS time” moments. But anyway, the descent into the expo hall of #PAXU begins… 🖖

So. I made #ttrpg resolutions that I'd hoped to record with Terry of @magethepodcast.bsky.social last weekend. As I continue to process his sudden passing, sticking with these feels like one way I want to remember his energy and generosity. (Let's see how this first attempt at a bsky thread goes...)

Recovered from PAX, immediately got flattened by COVID. That's the way the cookie crumbleth. 😷 But! I still managed to put out a fresh issue of the free webzine: www.storytellersvault.com/product/5059.... It's amazing that I've kept up a monthly pace on this thing, and I'll snag what pride I can. 🌈

A couple of great pages from YOUNG AVENGERS (v2) #2, by Jamie McKelvie, Mike Norton, and Kieron Gillen

The requisite post-con flat lay haul photo. I *might* have a problem. But I’ll also have the ineffable pleasure of swimming through gameworld text for the rest of the month, at least. (In my defense, almost everything here was used and/or free.) Overall, though—a lovely and exhausting experience. 🫀

Pretty amazed that I was able to get it together enough to pull off this diner rally-themed Changeling game and have people actually enjoy it. First (and second, not pictured) ever con game(s) GM achievement unlocked! One more this afternoon before I collapse. 🫠

Is it ethical to keep your friend as a pet if they turn into a werewolf? Is it ok to pet a druid wild shaped into a dog? Can a ghost allow a vampire into a building? These and other questions are being answered now at #PAXU but I'd love to hear your answers!

There’s no bsky for Changeling: the Podcast (yet) but herein the fruit of yesterday afternoon’s labors, running around the Expo Hall recording interviews with creators of faeishly inflected games: changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/epis... Now to frantically prepare for my C20 one shot in 2 hours…! 🦝

Ready as I’ll ever be for PAX. Let’s see if I can maintain all my neckbones this year against the weight of the lanyard… 💃

As the exodus is underway, I'm dusting this thing off once again. I've been busy, but not with things that bring joy; anxious, but not about things I can change. So I want to address both of those issues. The best medicine for me, to start, is posting random street art like this Brooklyn mural. 🦋

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In case you missed it live, watch the Rivals of Waterdeep @idlechampions.bsky.social one-shot on YouTube: youtu.be/qpPryuX1wJk I hope you have as much fun watching as we had playing. It was a delight. 💖

In culmination of my Sigilcraft thread, herewith seven days of sigils to start off 2024 with grounding intentions. Now to burn and bury and hide and lose and frame them, in some combination… 🔥🙏🎊

It’s late, and I feel like shouting into the void. (Sigilcraft, 1/7): With sigils, the materials are… immaterial? Maybe a bit material. Anyway, I favor fancy and/or colorful paper, sometimes cut into ✨shapes!✨. Silver marker is optional; pencil(s) and [fancy] pen(s) are not. Swagger is mandatory.

Getting back into my sigilcraft practice over the Yuletide break. Definitely need better pens and less caffeine-vibed hands for the next one… Might also do a short series of posts over the next week or so about my process, in my ongoing quest to figure out what kind of content to share here. 🤔

It’s taken me two full days to recover from PAX, but overall worth it. 👍 Every iteration brings new lessons to remember for the next one; still a good time overall. Now begins the season of curling up under blankets with new books. (j/k that’s every season)

PAX dispatches (disPAXtches?) from yesterday, in which I ran around like a fiend, doing on the spot interviews with creators of fae-themed TTRPG content! For the Changeling-adjacent-curious gamer and their ilk. 💃 changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/epis...

Live show of Into the Mother Lands at PAX Unplugged! 💜

…and the PAX haul: Day 1. Not too much in the way of TTRPGs at the secondhand booths, but a nice little assortment of other things. 💃

Forgot to do the PAX lanyard pic earlier, but here’s mine for the weekend…

Kodama: the Tree Spirits in its final phase (assuming we played it correctly). A fiver well spent at the used games depot, says I…!

It begins…

Dusting this thing off at last…! First, sharing this successfully completed NaHomebWriMo project for Changeling: the Dreaming— www.storytellersvault.com/product/4622... And riding the giddy wave of that success, I’m now about to dive into the maelstrom of PAX Unplugged. Dispatches to follow…

Checking things out, mostly hanging in the lurk yurt for now... ...but by way of an introduction: howdy, I'm Pooka. Here primarily for TTRPG and/or queer chatter, via yet another social media vector. ^~^/