Babbage modding his Analytical Engine to run Doom

Dang ol' beavers distracted me by planting out my lettuce then defrosted my fridge while my back was turned

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off

A numbered stone for Zweihander

Fascinating set dressing for your next fantasy game, slash modern political commentary en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execrat...

I recently made HOARDING, a one-page RPG about being a hoarder and maybe finding what you were looking for: periapt-games.itch.io/hoarding I also currently have a 33% off sale running on lots of game books and resources! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher... #selfpromosaturday

I think a game in pretty much any genre would be well-served by being set inside one of these en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Nei...

absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/09/21/w... It's never too late to plant a tree, etc.

My hundredth one-page roleplaying game is HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOAT GIRL. You are a goat girl, most beautiful and dangerous creature, and it is always your birthday. Patrons get it a week early here: www.patreon.com/posts/138800...

something I’ve been thinking about is that all our content retrieval systems are biased towards recency rather than quality which makes it extremely hard to discover old good books, movies, blog posts, etc

Spring has sprung. (Peach blossom ✅, plum blossom ✅, plumcot blossom ✅)

It's #SelfPromoSaturday which means I want to see the #ttrpg stuff you've got available today, whether it's #dnd #pathfinder or #indierpg As always, don't forget; 👍 Like cool stuff 🗨 Engage with folks 🔃 Repost your favorites 🚫 No A.I Though

Speedrunning my telomeres shortening by listening to mashups on Soundcloud all day

Explaining some hats that are available to wear (oldie but a goodie) www.gamedeveloper.com/design/-quot...

When it's your first day and the sign guy asks the name of the hotel but you forgot.

Make a game inspired by good nutrition, maybe in the Spaghetti Western genre. (I'm imagining that it involves colourful rosters.)

Lots more tweaks. Plus I've been working on my tiny 8-page zine to go with it! #devlog #Overzealous

It strikes me that the communications between the humans and aliens in Peter Watts' Blindsight is almost an exact analogy for interacting with LLM text generation

Alien archaeologists find the last five relics of humanity and one is Gary Larson's Cow Tools

I woke up this morning deciding to enrich my user experience

Zypher's designer, @araukana.bsky.social, learned illustration by painting the RPG's fantastical world one page spread at a time. They talk about colors, breathing life into a breathing world, and the power of comics.

Having fun just arranging groups of these little guys #devlog #Overzealous

how it started how it's going

incredible photo on wikimedia commons that isn't currently used in any articles

Currently you can get 33% off my two-player puzzle RPG! There's a SMALL MEDIUM at large. Opposing them, a PSYCHIC who can see through the hubbub of confused SPIRITS and an AETHER that's been made muddy and unclear: An UNCLEARVOYANT. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/507211/small-medium-at-large

Fantastic-seeming actual real world hell-chasm to borrow for your next game: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza...

Fun #DnD fact: Ladner, R. E., & Arneson, D. developed a proof in 1975 that says if Appendix N and Appendix P are proper subsets of Appendix NP, then there are entries in the "NP-complete Appendices" which occur in neither.

LINK ROT: 38% webpages that existed in 2013 were no longer available 10 years later. Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website. Many implications for knowledge 🧪

Check out the art in this project. I don't know what you call the aesthetic (other than 'soulslike') but it's amazing

Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw

I can't help but read "dirigible" as an adjective Like, yeah this is something that can be dirigged

This week, in the Bathtub, is Straight Arrows. Does this commentary on the pharma-industrial-complex hit the bullseye, or does it fly wide of its target? Find out! idlecartulary.com/2025/09/15/b...

Ah heck I think I just saw a fnord

The adoption of genAI by researchers and universities in violation of centuries-old scientific research principles is tantamount to surrendering academia’s essential role as the institution that legitimizes authoritative, scientific knowledge to a handful of rapacious, for-profit US tech companies.

plan//execution

It is my understanding that authors are only allowed to put 1% of everything they painstakingly research into their actual books If you give them an outlet for that remaining 99%, prepare to be utterly obliterated by a concentrated laser of knowledge

Dudes getting into new hobbies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilmer_...

This whole "only AI uses endashes" discourse is especially funny from the perspective of a guy who has the ALT+numpad codes for en- and emdashes memorised so he can still use them when posting from desktop terminals which lack his accustomed keyboard shortcuts.

The wizard is snuggled into his bed, reading a poem about comets. The little cat is curled up above the covers, by his feet.

Last 6 hours for Asher’s Ridge by @montfordtales.com on Kickstarter. I started a game using the preview on Sunday, and it’s got a really intriguing combination of techniques for the game, and lovely background locations and characters. Please consider backing it!

Fending off Windows Updates like a caveman brandishing a burning branch at a bear

Even if I never get back into building miniature terrain myself, having a video of someone quietly making it on the other monitor is so pleasant

Notorious NYT

FYI #ttrpg map makers, "rpg_tabletops" on Instagram, Facebook, and elsewhere, is stealing people's maps and running them through AI to change the appearance slightly.

Ten reasons why a game should take an interest in how well-rested the PCs are. #TTRPG #blogpost periaptgames.blogspot.com/2025/09/winn...

I have a half-formed joke about Star Wars characters bypassing the "my time in Italy" part of a recipe and getting the actual recipe part, and the punchline is "Tuscany raiders", but I can't quite make it work

A dream of the Abyss

An artefact to put in your next game: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houmuwu...