My nights black agent group isn't a GREAT fit for the game we play, but last night we were all in our stride, infiltrating a government outpost and avoiding threats with careful planning. There was a moment where this game almost fell apart, but I think we're on the upswing

It did take me like 6 months to figure out whether woof was the best or worst rating. Related, stop putting symbols on dice for the smallest or biggest numbers. We have symbols for those! They're numbers!

At a formative age, I bought an outdated copy of Video Hounds Golden Movie Retriever, which rated movies from WOOF to 4 bones. It was $1.25 from the library sale I'd read through it and gain opinions about movies I've never seen, or take notes of what I wanted to watch

Slow Horses has the most unexpectedly poetic description of a person getting shot.

i did it, i 100%'d astro bot. what a game!

What channels do you want to see me on so I know who to pester?

Tonight's movie

Egg on my face! sTore was out of the brand of hops water I like, which I like specifically because it doesnt' taste like hops. I know. Grabbed an offbrand with similar design and whooo boy it sure is hoppy

I'm great at ending things. Not, like relationships, or even sentences. Often those just stop before you expected them. But stories and RPG sessions, and especially campaigns. I'm great at picking up lost threads and delivering a satisfying conclusion. I rule when it's improv, and when planning.

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Until CDs, there wasn't an easy way to skip a song on an album, so artists just had to make every song good.

Knives Out follows the Oceans 11 (or Indiana Jones) model of trilogy. First movie everyone loves. Subversive sequel with mixed reactions. Return to form for a safe, reasonably beloved third entry.

And drilling the fundamentals IS GOOD. But the actual fundamentals of TTRPGs are the social dynamics (responsibilities, authorities, techniques) that the play conversation moves around, and those are treated by convention as the 201 level (or beyond) of the craft. 2/4

Good GRAVY ebay makes it so hard to end a listing. My lav mics weren't selling and I got tired of it auto re-listing them each week. There's no way to end it from the "manage listing" page, I had to google to find the "end listings" page and select it from there. Baffling UX!

Cyberrats in Space is coming to Kickstarter Spring 2026. www.kickstarter.com/projects/201...

thank u daggerheart

My fabulous Black TTRPGers, If you are interested in playing a Black History Month Dread Game run by me don't forget to sign up as a player and put that you want to be considered for my game Revenge Renaissance - A Dread Oneshot! forms.gle/FvZr28yBqMXf...

I have read an early version of this game in its entirety, and it is very fun. Mechs, rats, great writing, and clear influence taken from none other than Mr. Chuck E. Cheese himself. Follow the prelaunch page!

I love hummus. I picked up this supremely spicy hummus and the problem is the spiciness doesn't kick in until like 3 minutes after the first bite. Friends my mouth is a pain all aburn

Garrrry

Been reading Slow Horses. It's extremely British! I had to check to make sure I didn't have a British copy, but I guess they just didn't localize it? It's not, like, a problem. But it's weird seeing tannoy and kerbside instead of loudspeaker and curbside.

A mecha for Aether Nexus

I don't believe in a Canon of movies anyone "must" see before they die, but it has been really fun and satisfying to have a family movie night where we share our favorites with each other. Last night was Iron Giant, which my wife hadn't seen, and I only remembered parts of

I'm usually content to walk away from games after the main plot and the most compelling side quests, but I think I'm going to 100% Astro Bot

If you missed out on the Showcase Zero 2025 stream this past weekend, the video archive is now up on YouTube: youtu.be/AYEMtWOthM8?.... Check out some cool presentations by @cutestpatoot.itch.io @alexrineh.art @yanahn.bsky.social @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social @22to22.bsky.social!

The Mecha TTRPG Bundle is live! Until Jan 12th, get Rivals, Mectors, Fist World Volga, Spectres Of Brocken, Rig, Leadbellies, S.W.O.R.D. Pilots, Brass, Rust Never Sleeps, Scars & Steel, MechFast, and more all in one place! itch.io/b/3426/sprin...

This is the fictional poetry I mentioned on the Cyberrats Q&A this morning. It would have appeared as an epithet in the Briny Bastards book, but unfortunately we couldn't work out the licensing.

The most famous Alfreds are the guy from Batman and Weird Al. Nobel is a distant third

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This is happening in like exactly 11 hours!

Finished with Cowboy Bebop disc 3. 2 discs to go!

I love the premise! I'll likely start with short stories I've already read. I've got lots of horror stories. I'm keen on trying it with. And Ursula K. Le Guin and other sci-fi compilations (e.g. Bicentennial Man by Asimov). That's a longwinded "Sounds fun! Here's what I wanna play with..."

Bumping for the weekend

Reupping this for the weekend crowd, a big thank you to the hundreds of you who have already downloaded this playtest! I hope you like this little taste of our space game, because there's a lot more coming. I'll be adding passengers, printer friendly sheets, and maybe even another location soon!

Lately I've been playing Plausible, which is just balderdash with strangers. It's fun to write like the dictionary and cackle with glee as I deceive my fellow strangers. plausiblegame.com/en

Last year in Brooklyn, I asked a construction worker if he could recommend a lunch place. He looked up over his cigarette, "I don't eat." Walked a few blocks, found a bar. They didn't serve food, and didn't even look up when we walked in. One guy at the bar, several drinks in. They knew we weren't

I am so so happy I got to be a part of this amazing showcase. Last year I saw the 2024 showcase zero in January and reached out to Aaron bc I knew playtest Zero was something I wanted to be a part of so it’s extra cool to have been able to be a part of the showcase this year!

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Maeve's on my naughty list. Darted out the door minutes before I was expecting an important call. Had to chase her in flip flops a quarter mile. She took shortcuts through backyards, I had to go around the long way. We dragged each other home, hunched and running.

It's so weird that guy pierce hasn't had a major lead role since like...momento? The guy's good!

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I'm one of these people! Come watch me talk about how playtest zero solved my roommate problems

We're kicking off the Playtest Zero 2026 with our annual #ShowcaseZero event for 2025! We’ll have @cutestpatoot.itch.io @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social @alexrineh.art @yanahn.bsky.social & @22to22.bsky.social talking about their games and process, live in 5 minutes at twitch.tv/ehronlime

Things are slowing down with my meatspace responsibilities, so I am looking for ILLUSTRATION GIGS! ALL OSR/NSR like- DCC OSE HMTW DND ADND SHADOWDARK MORK BÖRG MOTHERSHIP TRAVELLER MECHS DON'T SEE IT? JUST ASK! PRICES THAT WILL MAKE YOU SAY "WOW, ARE THESE FROM 10 YEARS AGO?!"

Set up a Cyberrats in space demo a few days before Christmas. 1 person showed up. Set up another one for Feb 1 and already have SEVEN sign ups? Golly.

The thing about count of monte cristo (2024) is that we skip over any scenes of Abbe Faria actually teaching Dantes, so when he comes out later with perfect mission impossible style face masks you just sort of accept it