I was a guest on the always brilliant @rookeryp.bsky.social talking about magic and magic systems in RPGs.

I made a "barebones" version of Cairn. Sort of. It's the 2e rules but with swingy and random character generation (no tables, no implied setting). I'm still tweaking it a lot so expect some changes. It's SRD only now, but here you go I guess. cairnrpg.com/barebones/

Well I guess I have to make t-shirts now.

Pelmeshki! They might not look like much but they are tasteeeehhh

We are about to go live with @lostpages.co.uk to chat about magic in #TTRPGs! www.youtube.com/live/RGs4nij...

Have I mentioned how cute Darcy is? 😻

If you want a whole bucket of magic items, look no further.

HP Lovecraft: now i don't usually pay a lot of attention to New york city Lovecraft: that seething, teeming metropolis Lovecraft: which i have been told is filthy with asiatics and saracens Lovecraft: but i'm just glad that new yorkers rejected the italian menace

I'll post some Factorio memes for safekeeping (yes, the game that make you tra(i)ns)

BOOK SICKOS AT 18:00

Hello gamers I'm opening *emergency* graphic design commissions, to help me keep my healthcare due this friday. Flexible pricing, I'll do: -Title typography -Iconography -flyers Looking forl ow effort/stress (ie not suited for short turnarounds and big expectations), great for mockups and prototypes

Had to share this from twitter just because

@gonzohistory.bsky.social and I will be at Dragonmeet talking about magic design in RPGs. I don't want to say it will be a magic design clinic for your elfgames, but...

Certainly possibly maybe in the far remote intermediate future

Self employment with ADHD is very hard. Not only I sometimes struggle to get stuff done during 9-to-5, but I also struggle to not work during my time off. I think I had only two weeks I did zero work in the past 6 years. I'm burnt out, so I'm taking the weekend off and listening to Bob James.

MLEM MLEM MLEM MLEM Darcy is the noisiest groomer 💕

it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!

EVIL EGG is OUT NOW and FREE FOREVER on Steam and Itch. infinite twin-stick paradise, no strings attached. it's not your fault you were born a monster. download on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/... other links below #gaming #indiegame #indie 🥚👽👾🍄

Yesterday, after five months of not writing A Ladder, I wrote a full page. It's not much but it's a bit of progress. Tomorrow, Kickstarter update.

You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.

I don’t know a nicer way to say this but: Grok stole my shit and turned it into third-class Wikipedia.

10. [...] As your future becomes progressively bleaker, a dark voice tempts you with small but wonderful luxuries. You forsake your hard existence in order to LIVE DELICIOUSLY, BAAAAAAAA 🐐😈🧹🧈

I'm hatewatching Twilight with my friends it's so bad AMA

my brain is fried & i can't remember if this is the first time seeing the banner i designed but hey! it looks great!!! also i'm reasonably sure i never posted the art here (this is the ex libris version)

"everything on your table looks like a cursed book" Why, yes, thank you for the compliment! 😎

Today we are at @tagsfest.co.uk and so should you because it's awesome and full of cool people who brought their cool comics and games. Also props to @brianbloodaxe.bsky.social who just delivered an unexpected sausage roll.

Well, you know what is really hard to avoid seeing and perhaps staring at? A giant decorative phallus. So the magical thinking is that the fascinum - a decorative phallus - draws and traps the eye, while also providing supplementary 'masculine' anti-invidia energy. 7/

Turns out, there are several version sof the Necronomicon out there. And, as the story goes, the copy in Glasgow's Mitchell Library was lent and stolen. fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/t...

"The river shall swarm up with frogs"

My first day at @tagsfest.co.uk was great. I had good chats with good people, and most importantly tanked next to @catsinook.bsky.social who felted me a wizard, like, in real time. But not simply a wizard. But a wizard with a great butt. Just look at that wizard butt. Look at it.

A beautiful thread about art and death and life by @chucktingle.bsky.social

Tiny Library 1: Danger Race

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

Glasgow street art is truly incredible. Keeper of Light by Smug is the latest addition. www.citycentremuraltrail.co.uk

@oddoblivion.bsky.social is really good and a joy to work with. His work on the Book of Gaub really pushed the book into that perfect extra uncomfortable area.

The past weeks have been a whirlwind of conventions, work trips, a little trip to the countryside with friends, end of fiscal year accounting for Lost Pages, a lot of IT work, getting the flu, and now a little surgery as a treat. I have a diary full of work until Tuesday. Then, maybe, rest.

@satelitesnaturales.bsky.social makes sick layout and your book needs her

I found a little easter egg in #factorio :)

Last day! We are down to one copy of Zephyr @araukana.bsky.social cyan starlight @adepticarus.com and Book of Gaub @lostpages.co.uk Grab the last copy at Booth 15 today!

Madison. WI:

It's awkward but it does happen.

A lot of AI enthusiasts are keen to use LLMs to write books, and then use LLMs to summarise books and avoid reading them. It seems to me they do not really care about books, nor reading. It's ok not to like books or reading, but I feel they are wasting time, silicon, and power.

I'm struggling a lot, 2025 is not exactly easy. Maybe this will help!

In todays TTRPG Dev Vlog, I chat about how I stay motivated in a pretty isolated job.

How about we all start Russ Nicholson art threads?

Home alone, tonight I'm reaching for the stars

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

The cat licked some lasagne bits from the container, licked it clean, and now he has a taste for lasagne. I'm not sure if this makes me Jon

Edinburgh (In Glasgow it's pronounced almost like "Embra")