I was there, and it's great!

The rules as written for an RPG are like the sheet music as written for a song. Some musical types hew closer to the written score than others (classical vs. jazz for example), but even in the "tighter" forms, there's still a ton of interpretation in a performance beyond the written page.

Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title Tom Clancy's Beloved

I don't think I really appreciated it at the time, but in retrospect, I think that for me, the best thing about being a baby was not having to go to work.

I've finally released the first full edition of Fear and Panic! This is the most focused, streamlined version of a d100 horror system I could build, based on countless hours of playtesting and experience as a horror GM. lymetime.itch.io/fear-and-panic

Fun AI fact of the day: Google doesn't know how longitude works.

Slightly diminish a band: 9,999 Maniacs

Slightly diminish a band: A Fairly Well-Drawn Circle

Reel Medium Fish

Age verification: Fish Police

Our friends are staring up a sweet new #TTRPG podcast! Our very own @tdtlc.bsky.social joins in on this intro episode! Check it out, it's a super cool concept!

@pretendingpod.bsky.social is good! Or at very least, significantly better than Malort coffee.

@trinite.bsky.social will be heading to Gen Con this week! He'll be running his #CallofCthulhu Civil War scenario "We Cannot Hallow This Ground" on Thursday, and hanging around at the #DeltaGreen, #RedMarkets, and #RPPR events! If you follow us, come say hi!

New One-Shot Episode! And it's a new game for us: I Have the High Ground! One-on-one dueling wits with no GM, courtesy of ‪@jessfrom.online‬ / @jumpgategames.itch.io !

I feel I should *probably* be doing a bit more promo for Darkened Hill & Dale, especially given the ENNIE nomination, but I really don't have time to sort out a marketing plan or anything coordinated right now, so...

We should bring back the robin hood hat.

While I was at the doctors today, a huge bottle of Omega 3 tablets fell on my head, but I only sustained super fish oil injuries.

We're going back to our roots! We originally formed the podcast to playtest #RedMarkets 1st edition by @hebanongames.bsky.social -- and now we're playtesting RM 2nd edition! And what better way than by *also* returning to our biggest ever campaign - The 10k Lakes!

The Bonsai Diary is now live on Kickstarter. Grow a tree with pen and ink and play to find out: What does it mean to leave a legacy? 💚 It's a meditative and tranquil drawing and journaling experience. Please consider backing it: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sti...

Why are random old posts of mine getting liked by marketing consultants, what did I do wrong

Weed, just enough for themselves.

New Episode! We ran the winner of the 2024 #DeltaGreen Shotgun Scenario Contest. And boy, did it deserve its victory! Thanks to NathanKlas for writing a phenomenal one-shot!

"Despite everything, it's still you." Once again trusted @jpawlik.com and once again was blown away. Glad to see Blackmane and Yellowmane brought to life. Of all my OCs, it's funny, because these two actually started as a pregen. Excited to see what nightmares come up in our Heart campaign.

1. Mage: The Ascension (kinda; just character creation) 2. Pathfinder 1e 3. Probably Red Markets 4. Definitely Red Markets 5. Red Markets 6. Delta Green (this Monday) 7. D&D 5e (this Wednesday)

I'm not a big fan of super-crunchy RPGs, but I do love the way complex rules systems can lead to insane situations that you would absolutely never come up with through normal narrative storytelling. Like the Strip Mall Dojo Outlaw Arsenal Full of Traitors.

He's risen to the challenges.

I will be privileged to join the cast for this production! I look forward ti making many poor decisions.

My monsters? Hearty.

Great track!

All those serious sociology nerd #DnD players who are like, "What would society REALLY be like if Polymorph and Teleport and Decanters of Endless Water were real?" Play #EclipsePhase, dudes. That's what it's about.

Googles response basically being “it’s not making things up, it’s just incapable of telling facts from made up bullshit” would have destroyed a product in the days before the economy was propped up by a thin framework of scams lashed together with investment capital

The beta for RED MARKETS launches today. The game is free to any who offer feedback in 2025. Download from... DTRPG (PWYW): www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... Itch (PWYW): hebanon-games.itch.io/red-markets-... HGOD Patreon (free): www.patreon.com/posts/red-ma...

I play a disgraced, executed former spy obsessed with his own guilt. If you need a secret agent who absolutely WILL break under interrogation and get all of his friends killed, Headless Ned is your guy.

It's finally happening!! Download the beta playtest today!

Red Market’s job and negotiation system changed the way i thought about games entirely. among many things, it taught me that the vast majority of games simply don’t bother mechanizing the part of the game players want to play the most

It should be illegal for places to refuse to take cash. Sure, I use my debit card for most stuff, and that's great, but businesses should be obligated to accept cash.

The game that started it all (for us) is on its way back with a new edition! #RedMarkets Thanks to @hebanongames.bsky.social , and @rosspayton.bsky.social ! Get hyped!! slangdesign.com/rppr/2025/01...

Starting the new year off right: woken up at 6:45 by the cat, stepping it cat yark on the way to the bathroom. Nowhere to go from here but up!

Loved the visuals. Not sure I'm keen on the moral implications of the story changes. Though as always, the true evil turns out to be real estate transactions.

Tell me you've never worked in a public library without telling me you've never worked in a public library.

Wait, you're saying that Frog & Toad are *farmers*? Ugh, gross.

That's certainly true for me. Encyclopedia readers tend to become GMs, librarians, or in my case both.

As a GM: When my player's creative actions and my own preparation blend together to create a new third thing that none of us could have predicted. That's the collaborative storytelling alchemy.

Mothers number 2 and 5 think it's pretty dope tho

Me: Okay, I've changed my name. My ST: Great! And have you done your backstory? Me: Yep! I was born in 1914, and before I was Embraced, I was a vaccine researcher. I did a lot of good work on polio. My ST: Wow, great detail! I love it! Oh, by the way, what's your new name? Me: Dr. Jonas Suck.

He's my boss.

Me: It's my first time playing Vampire the Masquerade, can I be a vampire doctor? My Storyteller: Sure, that's a cool concept. Me: Great, look over my character sheet and see if I did it right. My Storyteller: Looks good... My Storyteller: ... My Storyteller: ...your name cannot be Doc McSuckins.

Earlier tonight @techdiffgp.bsky.social played @gshowitt.bsky.social Crash Pandas at a rare, in-person get together. Max, the maxed out Raccoon, Chaz, the Dragon, and GW, our coked out mechanic, drove Pest Control, our Raccoon mafia pickup to victory against the Animal Underworld.

New One Shot! It's Dawn of the Orcs, right now on Kickstarter, and fully funded! Join in here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lym... It's a wild game of (possibly nefarious) wizards and strategic orc-building by committee! "We all agree they should be bloodthirsty, but what about bone claws?"

🧵 New to me, and one of the greatest things ever. Do not stop before you get to who's playing Jafar.