New Actual Play. Episode Today. Coming Soon. Migraine-Induced Headache. I mean. Editing-Induced Migraine. Merry Christmas. Gonna lie on floor. Huzzah

youtube.com/shorts/s0Ke4... And i took none of those comments personally

The "329.4K more than usual!" makes me laugh. Indeed, YouTube, this viral short is anomalous 😂

They always say that it's the shorts you put the least effort into that go viral and uh ... yep. "Your Short got 167.9K views. That's 167.2K more views than usual!" Also for other #GameMasters, does this seem like excessive prep? Cause YouTube comments would imply they're all Colin Mochrie. 😆

youtu.be/zAR5NP1NRdg?... So yesterday we premiered episode 10 of "The Gods of A" right around the time YouTube had a massive outage, so I'm resharing it! Editing this one was a *unique* challenge

Hey, Gang! Check out our brand new episode of "The Gods of A" over on the Youz and the Tubez (assuming it's back up 🙄). Come on down--we've got it all! Invisible monsters, arcane sigils, ... math. What could be scarier? youtu.be/zAR5NP1NRdg?...

youtu.be/Oz0vGBchRuA Hey, Gang! We're premiering our ninth episode of "The Gods of A" our horror actual play, RIGHT NOW! So exciting! As is the #TheMagnusArchives reference in the title!

Dunno if @chuckwendig.bsky.social will see this, but it's 1:30 AM and I'm so close to the end of "The Staircase in the Woods." I just can't stay up any longer to finish it. I've loved a lot of your books but I just...feel this one differently? Deeply. I haven't gotten to the end yet but thank you

This was a fun and wild moment for me as a GM for "The Gods of A" where I literally sat back and ... did nothing. On one hand, I had no idea what Chapman was going to say, on the other, Stan is rarely right about anything he says so it didn't really matter xD www.tiktok.com/@mellowzello...

Why is the latest episode of #TheGodsofA my favorite thus far? These screencaps were taken over the course of an hour of recorded footage. Who doesn't want to see a GM reduced to this state?

Come join us for "The Gods of A Episode 8: A Crater Lake Cliffhanger," also known as the session that broke EVERYBODY. We've got it all. Laughing! Crying! Laugh-Crying! No, but seriously, for a session that started as a slow burn it descends into raw chaos surprisingly fast. youtu.be/VrSpBRnvHdc

HEY GANG! It's that time again: I'm finalizing edits on "Gods of A" Epsiode 8 to release later today at 4:00 PM MDT! I tried a new approach where I forced myself to do complete passes rather than finagling each beat one at a time. Should expedite the process 😅 Countdown: 6 hours 43 minutes

Setting my horror #ActualPlay in the real world comes with fun benefits, like getting to add in the pizzeria where you went on your very first date! www.youtube.com/shorts/TVqz8...

What's this? A new episode of "Gods of A," my spooktacular Actual Play with my friends, Jenni, Cassie, Chapman, and Charleen? YES IT IS? On time? NO IT'S NOT. But that just means I had time to add the secret ingredient. Last Minute Panic—I mean Love. Enjoy, Gang! youtu.be/n8suB9cudr0

EPISODE IS ON ITS WAY. This delay has been brought to you by Adobe Premiere's dependable autosave feature

2 hours 51 minutes till "Gods of A" Episode 7 Premieres! I just have to finish this editing pass, add in the map transitions, export, and make the thumbnail. In under 3 hours. I can do this. Right?

One of my favorite details in my Actual Play, new episode premiering later today at 4:00 PM MDT is the CONSPIRACY BOARD. I set up a shared Miro board and started providing more detailed renders of information, clues, and maps the PCs have found along the way and it's been so fun watching them ...

It's been a minute since I talked about the concept of our Actual Play, The Gods of A (new episode coming later today at 4:00 PM MDT). It's a crossover using @montecookgames.com's "The Magnus Archives" and "Old Gods of Appalachia" Roleplaying Games.

New episode of The Gods of A premiering later today @ 4Pm MDT! Come Hell or high water! All I need to do is one more editing pass to tighten it up and add in the map transitions and bob's your uncle. And the damn thumbnail. I always forget the damn thumnail. Countdown: 6 hours 35 minutes

Hey gang! We've got a new episode of "The Gods of A" premiering in under an hour! Follow our intrepid investigators as they start trying to put the pieces of this mystery together! (They're about one step away from making a real life conspiracy board, folks.) youtu.be/h0540Ak-cWs

Okay! We've been doing this for just shy of a month now. 5 full episodes, 17 shorts, and 14 TikToks crossposted between here, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. What's the lesson? What is the takeaway? Don't mess with M--wait, no.

@cassluvsmusic.bsky.social has gently nudged me to possibly consider that I am potentially risking burnout what with being GM, editor, sound engineer, social media manager, graphic designer, and marketer simultaneously. Unbelievable. Obviously, I'm just lazy, and need to try harder.

youtu.be/762yQ2PO6k4?... NEW EPISODE OF THE GODS OF A!

Oh no.

New Episode is rendering. 16 minutes remaining. God, this edit has been a ... challenge, he said, attempting to put a positive spin on being driven to madness by a Sysephian task. ... Oh no 😱 the estimated time is going up not down 😬

Alright, gang! New episode of "Gods of A" is coming later today at 4:00 PM MDT. LUFS: -14 LRA: 10.3 Map transitions: endered. Just need to sit through the episode one more time to catch any stray issues. We're looking good! Countdown: 5 hours 53 minutes

One Week Ago: I'm a real content creator! I'm an Actual Play producer! I can keep to a schedule! I'll put it on all my posts, Wednesday @ 4:00 PM MDT! so episode 5 is running a little behind. Appreciate your grace as this one-man production company improvises his way to success. Will update here

I love how much of Sybil and Bernie's relationship was determined by these four roles. Like, sure, they were already roleplaying their characters, but the dice truly set their dynamic in stone. #GodsofA, #OldGodsofAppalachia, #TheMagnusArchives, #MonteCookGames, #ActualPlay, #HorrorTTRPG

One of my favorite things about running a #TheMagnusArchives / #OldGodsofAppalachia crossover campaign is seeing what ways my players do ... and more often do not, align with their respective universes. So what do you think, folks? Does Bernie inhabit the Jonathan Sims or Martin Blackwood role?

I really enjoyed writing this opening monologue for #GodsofA! I sat down with "Player vs. Monster: The Making and Breaking of Video Game Monstrosity" by @electroslav.bsky.social to brainstorm for it.

It’s a Duck-Blur! When doesn't a teleporting duck teleport? When it's funniest for the GM. #ActualPlay, #TTRPG, #CypherSystem, #HorrorTTRPG, #GodsofA, #OldGodsofAppalachia, #theMagnusArchives, #TabletopRPG

The real central tension is what happens when you cross over British and Appalachian horror: Utah #TheGodsofA, #ActualPlay #TheMagnusArchives, #OldGodsofAppalachia, #CypherSystem, #TTRPG

Episode 4 is premiering now! Come see why “Follow the Flesh” left Jenni hoping to “not die,” Cassie seconding “the not dying,” and Chapman assuring us all, “Stan don’t get stressed.” youtu.be/ZqwSP3vl-r8?...

Hey, gang! Premiere of Episode 4, "Follow the Flesh" in one hour! Come watch the "Gods of A," a horror TTRPG Actual Play Crossover between #TheMagnusArchives and #OldGodsofAppalachia using #CypherSystem.

Exporting Episode 4 of "Gods of A." Might give it one final viewing on the TV before the premiere today at 4:00 PM MDT, but really, it's not necessary. Don't stop me now! Don't stop me! 'Cause I'm having a good time, having a good time I'm a shooting star, leaping through the sky Like a tiger de ...

I know I announced last week that I'd be moving Gods of A releases to Wednesday. I know today is Thursday and Gods of A did not release yesterday. I know algorithmic feeds value consistency (and channels with over a million subscribers). You know who doesn't care? my anxiety and depression.

youtube.com/shorts/PHngY... When it came time to introduce Chapman's offbeat and quirky PC, I knew I had to challenge him with an even quirkier and more offbeat NPC. Thus was born Cactus Knotts: the Backwoods Prepper Redneck version of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl.

I've been so caught up releasing episodes of "Gods of A" I forgot I'm running the next session tomorrow. Ain't no rest for the anxious. Anybody else get so caught up in prep they drive themselves into a panic attack? Is that just me? I hope it's not just me. It worry it might just be me.

1. First played: Pathfinder 2. First ever ran: Cypher System 3. Played most: D&D 5e 4. Run Most: Cypher System 5. Favorite: Cypher System 6. Most Recently Played: Cypher System 7. Most Recently Run: Cypher System ... maybe i need to branch out

I did it again. I am cold and wet

I've been so focused this week on getting "Gods of A" Episode 3 released that I forgot I still need to prep for the next actual session of "Gods of A" ... being a one-man production team is fun, gang

How much of Cactus Knotts, protector of the town, captain of the neighborhood watch, and connoisseur of pepper spray, is based on two neighbors I had growing up? Impossible to say youtu.be/G-OXK89TrWU?...

It started raining in me at exactly the midpoint of my walk xD

youtu.be/lGgJ1h4vfng?... Episode 3 is premiering in half an hour, at 3 PM Pacific Time! Come join me, Jenni, Chapman, and Cassie in Monument Peak as their three intrepid investigators delve deeper--both figuratively and by the end literally--into the mystery at the heart of the town ....

Alright! I'm going to wrap up editing Episode 3 of #TheGodsofA today, like I mentioned yesterday. Hmm, maybe I should put together a banner with the release date. That's what a professional actual play producer would do, right? Wait, if I've invested money in this, can I put producer on my resume?

After careful consideration, I've decided to move the premieres of "The Gods of A" actual play to Wednesdays at 3:00 PM Pacific Time. Everything I'm reading says I have a better chance of finding my audience by posting at that time, so I figure, what the hey, let's give it a shot!

I saw a "Keep Christ in Christmas" bumper sticker and turned to @cassluvsmusic.bsky.social. "Yes, we can't let him escape." They popped off with, "the bindings are growing thin. We must perform the ritual!"

youtu.be/V9ghaVg0kio?... Episode 2 is premiering now! Come join! It's a fun, character-centric game.

Episode 2 is premiering in 15 minutes! Come back and join us in Monument Peak to continue the investigation with Sybil, Bernie, Stanford, and Bea. What is their connection to the murderous haint, Skin Tom? youtu.be/V9ghaVg0kio