2026 Writing: Day 4 ✍️ Daily word count: 10,345 Total word count: 13,523 No lie, today was a fire writing day. 🔥 Bounced between multiple projects, shifting gears, making real dents instead of noodling. Bit by bit, it all added up, and suddenly… boom. 📝⚡ #WritingLife #WordCount #AmWriting

Day off… allegedly. 😄 That means housework, a little home repair, Sunday Morning on in the background, the Eagles game, and squeezing in writing on [REDACTED 3] plus a Patreon post for later this week. Does downtime actually exist, or is this just a different flavor of work? ✍️🏈☕ #WriterLife

Watched The Ballad of Wallis Island on a total whim…and wow, what a pleasant surprise. A genuinely heart-warming comedy and exactly the kind of feel-good movie we need right now. Highly recommended. 🎥✨

2026 Writing: Day 3 ✍️ Daily word count: 875 Total word count: 3,178 A solid chunk was added to the pile, so now it’s cocktail hour. 🍸 Time to reward the words with a Boulevardier and a little video gaming before the family movie night. Balance is important. 🎮📚

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

GM prep isn’t always maps & plot twists; sometimes it’s upgrading the kit. I haven’t run many in-person "grid" games, so my old whiteboard never got replaced… until today. Behold its glory! It’s cleaned, shiny, & ready to track initiative, bad ideas, & player chaos for next week’s Starfinder game!

2026 Writing: Day 2 ✍️ Daily word count: 427 Total word count: 2,303 Not every day is a sprint. Progress is still progress, and the stack keeps growing. Onward. ☕📚 #WritingLife #WordCount #AmWriting

Draw Steel’s Crack the Sun’s BackerKit is almost over! Go grab your copy before it ends? Why? Because BATTLE ON THE SUN.

Taking the kiddo to see the Spider-Man of my youth! Thank you Regal cinema!

Happy New Year! 🥂🎉 It’s my year of writing, and I’m open for freelance work in the #TTRPG space. Game designer, writer, part-time historian. Need weird history, deep lore, Mythos, pulp, horror, cyberpunk, or smart design with teeth (and on time)? Slide into my DMs or toss a sending spell. 🎲✍️

2026 Writing: Day 1 ✍️ Daily word count: 1,876 Total word count: 1,876 Off to a solid start. Momentum feels good, bourbon did its job, and the page didn’t win today. Let’s keep this rolling. 📚🔥 #WritingLife #WordCount #AmWriting

To celebtrate the New Year, I have my annual look at the year in roleplaying. It was a year of disasters, including tariffs, distributor bankruptcy, and stolen AI art, but there were great successes too, particularly in the OSR and indie sides of the industry, and for Backerkit. Take a look!

Happy New Year! 🥂🎉 It’s my year of writing, and I’m open for freelance work in the #TTRPG space. Game designer, writer, part-time historian. Need weird history, deep lore, Mythos, pulp, horror, cyberpunk, or smart design with teeth (and on time)? Slide into my DMs or toss a sending spell. 🎲✍️

Welcome to the Public Domain, THE PICNIC (1930) 🐕 🐾 Little Rover barked onto the scene as Minnie’s dog in THE PICNIC (1930). He’d get a new name (Pluto) & a new owner, Mickey Mouse, the following year. Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree

I’ve partied for 4 hours and settling in at home with a scotch and Golden to watch the ball drop. #Lagavulin

Our hotshots jump into the cockpit 🚀 for a spin through ’90s mecha anime, taking a break from the western action. Can you handle the shows they picked? 🤖🔥 Want to be our wingman? Let us know what you think and drop your favorite mecha anime below!

Hello I have played more TTRPG systems on-mic than any performer in the history of TTRPGs and Actual Play, and more TTRPG systems than most players period, AMA www.partyofonepodcast.com

In years past, I’d drop plot hooks on New Year’s Eve. This year’s a bit unpredictable, so I’m resurrecting them from the other site along with a few new surprises I dug up today. Consider this your invitation to kick off 2026 with hooks, dangerous ideas, and gaming! let’s start the year rolling. 🎲✨

Want to game with me? 👀 I’m happy to run Traveller, Shadowrun, Necroscope, D&D 3.5, Palladium Rifts or pretty much whatever you’re itching to play. 🎯 Join the Patreon, pick a tier, and let’s roll some dice. Your table, your game. #TTRPG #ActualPlay #TabletopGaming #Patreon #GameMaster #IndieRPG

The new laptop has landed! 🎉 I’ve got an old favorite, #RememberWenn, playing in the background while I finish setting it up. Then a couple of writing hours on [REDACTED] before shifting gears to games and shows with the kiddo. I’ve always had a soft spot for old-school radio vibes. 💻✍️ #writerlife

This morning’s #BooksandBrews is more #BlackCompany & I’m having a great time with it. I’m gearing up to run #ArcDream 's The Black Company RPG playtest for my group next month. I’ve got a strong feeling they’re going to love it, though I’ll admit I might be a tad biased. ☕📚 #GameDevelopment #TTRPG

No New Year’s Eve plans? Don’t want to watch the ball drop? 🤠 Meet Haunted West! Gather your posse, pour a few drinks, and ring in the New Year battling the weird, the supernatural, robber barons, and corrupt politicians. 🎆👻 Explore the world as it was & fight to make the world as it could be.

Wahoo! The kiddo has agreed to watch #FellowshipOfTheRing! 🧙‍♀️✨ One chance to hook her, do I go theatrical or extended cut? My gut says extended, as she loves history and lore… the lack of PoCs has always been a hurdle (for me and likely her). Which version would you pick for a first-time watch?

What! Seth is covering Arc Dream’s #DeltaGreen?! 👀 Yep, dropping everything and watching this right now and yes, it absolutely counts as work. Double win. Now the real question: what would it take to convince Seth to do a full Delta Green series? Because I would 100% watch every episode. #Mythos

Yea-haw! 🤠 More #HauntedWest is riding out the door to folks who stopped by the saloon and snagged a copy. Seeing these books find new tables never gets old. Thank you all for the support, it truly means the world. Now saddle up and get weird. #TTRPG #HistoryBelongsToAllOfUS

Fly Eagles fly!!! 🦅

Plotting my writing schedule for the next few months so I can start fresh with clear goals. I’ve been hitting word count, but it’s time to focus and finish projects. One idea keeps eating mental bandwidth, the way Harlem Unbound and Haunted West once did. It’s time.

Showing the kiddo a 30-year-old classic tonight: The Truman Show. We’ve been talking about reality TV and WandaVision, and somehow it led here. Curious to see how it lands with fresh eyes 👀🎥 #Futurecinephile

There is a crazy passivity to the common conception of the dream of “becoming a writer”, where you find the right entry point and you are accelerated, bobsled run-like, to fame and fortune. No one wants to hear it’s just writing all the time and not taking a lot of negative things to heart.

No New Year’s Eve plans? Don’t want to watch the ball drop? 🤠 Meet Haunted West! Gather your posse, pour a few drinks, and ring in the New Year battling the weird, the supernatural, robber barons, and corrupt politicians. 🎆👻 Explore the world as it was & fight to make the world as it could be.

Finally getting a chance to break out the holiday gift board games for a family game night 🎲✨ Which should we play first: The Adventures of Robin Hood 🏹 or Hues & Clues 🎨? Cast your vote: strategy or color chaos? 😄 #BourbonandBoardgames

Have you joined the Company yet? It’s not too late, you can still enlist in the #BlackCompanyTTRPG playtest! ⚔️🎲 Don’t get left behind...your feedback can help shape where the game goes next. Fall in, soldier. #ArcDream

Thanks to some amazing family friends, I’ve officially discovered my first PieCaken 🥧🎂 Pie. Inside. Cake. Have you tried this glorious, indulgent masterpiece yet?

Song of the day:

The annual Spivey Christmas Eve tradition continues ✨ Braised short ribs over noodles, holiday family jammies on, and a surprise book in hand 📖 Let the reading night begin with Jade City! Thanks for all the book recs, I passed them along to Jill ❤️

All of this #Fallout has me itching for another playthrough. 🤖☢️ I’m debating between a #TalesOfTwoWastelands run or diving into #VivaNewVegas once the new laptop arrives. Has anyone played either (or both)? Which do you like better, and why?

10 TTRPGs I want to play/run in 2026 (other than Haunted West): -Black Company (Arc Dream) -Shadowrun 2E -One Ring -Necroscope -3.5 Forgotten Realms -Beyond the Mountains of Madness -Godlike -[REDACTED] -Traveller -Delta Green

You were splendid, NYC! I love traveling and living it up, but wow, coming home always feels incredible, especially after such a fantastic trip. 🗽✨ (I see you, laundry… you’re a tomorrow Chris problem.)

Torchy Brown in Heartbeats by Jackie Ormes from December 23, 1950. A great example of her work.

Freezing rain in NYC = stay in, relax ☔️ My game designer brain: “Cool, let’s make an urban fantasy TTRPG for the family.” So… here I am, making a game. Are you surprised? 😄

✈️🚆 Holiday travel mode: ON?Whether you’re train-bound, airport-stuck, or just hiding from holiday chaos 🎄, we’ve got your ears covered. 🎙️ Genreless Holiday Episode: The Muppet Christmas Carol ✨ Featuring special guest Jill Spivey Press play, get a few laughs, feel festive, and chill for a bit. 😄 🎧

🎲 Did you know I run games for my Patrons? 🎲 One of my solo-level backers just jumped in for #CthulhuConfidential and I’m thrilled. Writing Langston was one of my favorite freelancing gigs ever, so getting to reread it and run the game next month feels like coming full circle.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!

Watching Zora dive into another Zora at the New York Public Library 📚🤓 Curiosity + history + a shared name = next-level homework already. From cousin Zora to her own big questions, she’s soaking it all up and I couldn’t be prouder. #Mulebone #ProudDad

Fueling up on #Shadowrun: Sprawl Sites before the real quest begins: coffee and breakfast. ☕🍩 Big NYC plans today, but GM prep is always running in the background. 🎲🗽 #GMlife

Post-show perfection ✨ After Hadestown on Broadway, we headed to Strip House for dinner: killer cocktails, excellent Pittsburgh-rare steaks, great wine, and even better company with NYC friends. Couldn’t ask for a better Sunday. 🥩🍸🎭 #Hadestown #Broadway #NYC #SundayVibes

I know stream schedule said Mafia: The Old Country but I'm not feeling particularly mobbish today. let's chill in Palia for a bit, mainly so I can procrastinate weekend chores. Come hang out yeah? twitch.tv/cypheroftyr

Accepting that shit happens today. Dead laptop, delayed work, and an unexpected reset for the next week or two.

Today is the 85th anniversary of Captain America! December 20, 1940, was the publication date of Captain America Comics #1. Created by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.