Started up a Mythic Bastionland PbP campaign with some #over/under friends. Thought I'd post some very sketchy prelim character work for my knight, Sir Gauwyn the Key Knight. #sketching #ttrpg #MythicBastionland #inkdrawing

The newest Missive includes TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE DATACACHE, a Mothership freebie inspired by my time playing #OVER/UNDER last month, that lets you easily add datacaches, intel ops, counterintel, and tokens to your own space stations. Plus, more cool stuff: meatcastle.substack.com/p/dead-weigh...

Setting this up then seeing each of the 8 players pick up the Mythic Bastionland vibes and run with it has been a delight. I can’t wait to see where this all goes and what the knights choose to do next.

I have written a new blog about what an OSR is. I am told there is a lot of discourse about this, but am confident that this should settle the matter once and for all. thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr

Last Friday, @scarius.bsky.social invited @lukegearing.bsky.social onto Ansible Uplink for an impromptu bonus episode recording, all a big ol' debrief (a.k.a. chattin shit) about #Over/Under Enjoy the episode, one week after the game has finished, 🤠

@amby.navy - would love to join the O/U starter if you'll add me. How did things end up for Joyce? She seemed to go *pretty far* after passing by my crummy token outreach stall :)

it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement! Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*

#OVER/UNDER is open for new players, and it's a great time to dive in. The mass chaos of the initial days has cooled into more regular play, there's new clarity around the rules/safety tools, and overall, the story is spinning up for an interesting new Act II. Join in! samsorensen.blot.im

The people demanded more cyber-critter mascots, so Junie Briccs provides #OVER/under

I put my cat in the game. Let's see where she ends up in The Dream. #OVER/UNDER

#OVER/UNDER is some WILD fun. RP, espionage, memes, drama, surprise referenda and all kinds of crazy stuff.

Some thoughts on artificial intelligence [sic] and its perils to tabletop gaming as a medium #osr #ttrpg

Good morning. Did you call your local censorious payment processor and let them know you’re upset with their bullying of Steam and itchio? No time better than the present yellat.money

It's the one week I can share ENnie opinions sans win/loss scrutiny, so here's my pitch for awards reform: - Public voting for judges only - No more nominees/silver/gold—all 5 are award-winners - Winners are sent to expert/celebrity judges for each category - Judges' choices get blurb/gold star /1

Delighted to receive Johnson2 for Mothership in my post - it’s a gorgeous book and the extra touches from @peregrinecoast.press are appreciated!

AI is violence to culture. (Remember when everyone was like "3D movies are the future, deal with it"?)

It’s absolutely vital that we support independent media. Please seek out sites like @aftermath.site, @404media.co, @remapradio.bsky.social, and @rascalnews.bsky.social and, if you can, sign up for a paid subscription. Pick up a paid sub for your favourite podcast or newsletter. Media is dying.

RPGs are a form of art that is welcoming to people of every skill level. "But my map is bad!" "But my dungeon is kinda boring." WRONG. We're not talking about putting out albums, we're talking about singing around a campfire with a friend who has a guitar. Fun is the focus, not production quality.

The Carousing Collective (of which I am part), just launched our newsletter, Carouse, Carouse! March 2025 issue out now, and can be found at our page: www.carouse.blog

Thinking of getting into Caves of Qud. Hoping it’s not gonna do a Balatro on my brain…

When I first figured out what Realis was, I couldn't stop writing things for it. Classes, moons, NPCs, factions. I think it's a pretty good game (and hopefully will get to great as I continue to take in feedback from this release), but it's a fantastic creative prompt toy.

catch all the Realis Moon Jam entries here: itch.io/jam/realis-m... - so much cool stuff - Austin Walker's #Realis is such a provocative writing prompt.

Avershyre, Pastoral Moon of Propriety - my entry for the #Realis Moon Jam edmocat.itch.io/avershyre

Pre-order MEGADAMAGE here: mothership-wages-of-sin.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

@worldsbywatt.bsky.social and I will celebrate the conclusion of the first Cloud Empress game jam together, streaming on 11 February 2025 at 23:00 CET ( www.twitch.tv/fanterland/ ) We'll look at all the wonderful submissions, talk about what's next for Cloud Empress and announce the patch winners.

The first episode of RTFM, the RPG book club podcast I cohost with @snaxwell.bsky.social, was uploaded on this day in 2022. Now there are 73 episodes in the main feed, with so many cool guests. Happy birthday to us. Here's one of my favorite episodes, covering Wet Grandpa with @dialacina.bsky.social

#CloudEmpressWinterJam week 3 roundup Three new winter adventures and a ritual have been submitted. Go check them out! itch.io/jam/cloud-empress-winter-jam/entries We're in the last jam week. Submit your entry on time to be eligible for the Cloud Empress patch giveaway. Need help? Let us know!

Got my entry in to @fanterland.itch.io's Cloud Empress Winter Jam like promised! And with a whole 48 minutes to spare, 😂 chrisair.itch.io/unseen-froze...

My entry for the #CloudEmpressWinterJam: ‘Cold Comfort at Nebb’s Nook’. edmocat.itch.io/nebbs-nook #CloudEmpress is such an inspiring setting and game, and the Winter Jam was the shove I needed to finally get off the fence and put something out there for TTRPG folks beyond my home table.

#CloudEmpressWinterJam roundup: Week 2/4. 3 more fantastic modules have been submitted. Check 'em out and remember to leave a rating if you like it. Want to submit your own but could use some help? Let us know in the forums! itch.io/jam/cloud-em... #CloudEmpress #GameJam #OSR

While we all wait for the Bloggie finals voting to open, I hereby present my alternative awards: The Snubbies! My hand-picked favourites of this year's Bloggie finalists that did not get a podium finish. personabler.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-... Please share your own non-winning favourites!

Right, not much to celebrate today but solely because of this site we had our best ever DriveThruRPG sales this weekend, which was v. unexpected So to say thanks, we'll send 1 person who reposts this every copy of the mag in stock (issues 3-4) & 1 of each of our Johan Nohr & Łukasz Kowalczuk tees

RTFM by @snaxwell.bsky.social and @aaronmfking.bsky.social continues to be my favourite TTRPG podcast, always talking about games in a way that's both bruising and loving. Really enjoyed the latest episode, all about Pendragon creators.spotify.com/pod/show/aar...

"Biologically I'm 30 years old" says multi-millionaire Bryan Johnson

Apropos of nothing, Beyond the Pale is a pretty special module. Check it out! playfulvoid.game.blog/2024/02/19/b...

Just learning that Yochai Gal has left the platform. Genuinely upsetting news. I'm to struggle to think of a more positive voice with the hobby. #osr #nsr #ttrpg

Without downloading any new pics, what’s your energy going into 2025

I wrote a blog post about considering RPG books as physical objects beyond the game, and how sometimes we just like having beautiful things. personabler.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...

The Cloud Empress Winter Game Jam page just dropped. The jam's in January. Always wanted to make a module? Join the creative frenzy! @worldsbywatt.bsky.social has provided Cloud Empress templates for the occasion and will give CE patches to creators of up to 20 entries. itch.io/jam/cloud-em...

Fuck Humble. And now is more important than ever to clear up the misconception with @bundleofholding.com. They have nothing to do with Humble and now absolutely are where you should be getting your RPG bundles from.

Hello! I'm Markus AKA Personable, I like thinking (and talking) about tabletop RPGs almost as much as I like playing them. Occasionally I also make them. I also maintain the RPG blogposts feed, let me know if you want your blog included.

without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally

Thank you everyone! We set a new record for longest overtime. Over $1m raised. 21 projects funded. An amazing first #mothershipmonth

there's no brakes on the Mothership Month backer train! Will it break the 48hr record? Idk, I just think it's rad that 20 awesome indie creators got their projects funded alongside TKG.

The retrospection continues! I tempt Quinns back onto Yes Indie'd to talk about the year that was. Fun twist: We are now both full-time in RPGs. Not true at the start of the year! Less fun twist: We can't tell if it was a good year for games or not! creators.spotify.com/pod/show/yes...

Blogpost: We're all busy celebrating #mothershipmonth eve, so let's look at how you can add 'cursed magic items' and 'complicated treasure' to Mothership, and why you might want to do so. Let's make... pointlessmonument.blot.im/d10-emergent...

curating a bsky List of #Mothership creators, designers and other associated creatives for #MothershipMonth - pls let me know if there's anyone I've missed and subscribe if you find it useful :) bsky.app/profile/did:...

There's a new episode of RTFM, the RPG book club podcast. This time, @snaxwell.bsky.social and I talk about Mausritter: The Estate, a box set of adventures. What makes a good adventure? Are you a filler-inner or a chipper-awayer? How do you deal with cat wizard? creators.spotify.com/pod/show/aar...

(I'm moving one of my biggest twitter threads here, cause I think it will be helpful to keep it alive) A thread with free resources (or super cheap) that we can use on #ttrpg creation. Basically images, illustrations, vectors, fonts and so on