More Mythic Bastionland content! #ttrpg

Just me recommending another Shadowdark adventure.

He gets me! He really gets me! @slyflourish.com summing up my feelings exactly about OSR style play and OSR style games and the OSR community and overcategorization in general. AND he pronounces “Primer” correctly!!

Going to be doing a live stream of this afternoon's #Shadowdark game on my friend's Twitch stream. Come check it out if you're interested 1:30 - 5:30(ish) EST www.twitch.tv/onlyhowardmoon

Ran my first game of Mythic Bastionland last night!

I link the Atlantic article I reference in the Substack, but I'll also put it in the second half of the post for easy reference.

Wrote about my ArcaneCon experience on Substack. Spoiler alert: It was awesome!

I mean, how can you *not* get behind mice and mechs?!?

Chatting with @nightnoon.games reminded me that I never shared my latest write-up here.

Recap of the last RPG convention I addended. Four great games!

Overheard today at the Verizon Store: Sales Associate: "Can I get your e-mail address?" Older Customer: "I don't have e-mail." SA: "Oh, uh ..." starts to mention ways to get past not having an e-mail address. OC: "I don't have e-mail. But I do have G-mail, will that work?"

What if it really was The Rapture yesterday, but just nobody qualified?

Another amusing (I hope) anecdote from my ttrpg playing career.

Logan’s Run needs a sequel where people who had their food, shelter, clothing, child bearing and parenting, etc. done for them - suddenly getting “freedom” from AI never knowing anything more than recreation and pleasure. It's a “that happy ending isn’t as happy as you think” kind of film.

Holy shit, it worked! :o

This week's Rulings, Not Rules - looking for lessons from a campaign session 37 years in the past.

Old man shares funny story from the old days.

My latest column dredges up a tired subject after a positive discussion on Discord gives me hope for better conversation. #RulingsnotRules #Shadowdark

NPC meant to throw a PC into a hot spring filled with dangerous creatures. He got advantage on the check. This was his roll.

Going to be honest, I backed #1 with a "Whatever. It's not expensive, why not?" approach. But it really blew me away! Definitely an "under the radar" Shadowdark zine. Very much looking forward to #2.

Big, big fan of YCBN adventures. AND art.

Latest installment of Rulings, Not Rules gets into extended travel in a West Marches campaign.

I've got no issue with Critical Role or D&D 5e. But regardless, this was maybe the best and most intense AP I've ever watched. (And shorter than a season of CR).

My wife: "Not everything they say on my crafting shows is a double-entendre!" Woman on crafting show: "I prefer 10" in the front, and 12" in the rear."

Rulings, Not Rules - Thinking about what makes a TTRPG complex or not.

Rulings, Not Rules today discussing game mechanics supporting role play, and not role play that supports game mechanics.

New Rulings, Not Rules column takes on one of my favorite classes in one of my favorite games. #rulingsnotrules #shadowdark

I'm convinced there's an annual conference where all the people in charge of writing up start-player rules for boardgames, and all the designers responsible for renaming the GM in every new ttrpg get together to plan out how they're going to re-reinvent the wheel for the coming year.

I don't pretend to offer much in the way of insight or analysis. Frankly it's just a bunch of paragraphs about how much I really want to play these games. Care to join me?

This is a pretty big announcement! I'm curious if the Arcane Library crew @nightnoon.games knew this was coming or was it a surprise?

I backed the Kickstarter for "Witch Lords of Skull Mountain" and it arrived a couple weeks ago ... but I'll be honest, I hadn't heard much buzz about it so I didn't put a priority on reading it. But now that I am ... this thing is just packed with lots of great little flavorful adventures!

That feeling when you find a creator who you'd normally agree with 100%, but you can't watch/read/listen to their work because they're such an asshole about it. #OSRProblems (follow up: If you have to advertise that your work is free from BS, it's probably 100% BS).

I pity the fool who makes me use up all my gear slots! #shadowdark #rulingsnotrules

Hey @joegola.bsky.social @richcsigs.bsky.social and I may be going, and it's in your backyard ridgefieldplayhouse.org/event/twin-p...

Sometimes when history repeats itself it feels less cyclical, and more like devolution. We live in terrible times.

Alice Morgan, Luther 🥰

It's here! No lie, this may be the single best investment I've ever made in a ttrpg book. And so far I've only had the pdf. #nomicon #mythmeregames.

Recap of the RPG action I got in at a local mini-convention this past weekend.

I'm #1!

Hot Take: If you can't discuss a new TTRPG without commenting on how bad D&D/WotC is, it's not a good look for the TTRPG you're promoting. "It's better than this shit" is not the compliment you think it is.

RPG Session Report: Live Free or Die! Our Magical heroes of 1972 go visit an ancient spirit and protector of the mountains to gain some wisdom.

"Put. The Cheetos. Down." Today's "Rulings, Not Rules" is about Persuading Players to Try Other RPGs

Pretty accurate picture of ttrpgs, I think.

Got seriously ticked off for about an hour tonight because I couldn't find any sign of the ttrpg bundle I bought on Humble Bundle the other day. Then I remembered I bought them on Bundle of Holding.

Second article this week is a session report.

Latest Rulings, Not Rules looks at what makes a good published adventure for a West Marches campaign

Brought a new player into our Shadowdark West Marches campaign today. He rolled a Nat 1 on each of his first three rolls. I think I'm gonna like this guy!

Me in 2024 (new to indie RPGs): "Wow, I haven't heard of any of these ENNIE nominees except for Shadowdark" Me in 2025: "Wow, so many awesome nominees, I wouldn't know who to vote for! I want them all to win!" What a difference a year makes!

This week's Rulings, Not Rules column is about an RPG game that took me over two years to get off the ground. Worth it.

At Elm City Games, New Haven, running the first of 3 sold out Shadowdark tables, playing Perilous Path of the Cursed Camel from @josephrlewis.bsky.social