Current downtime activity clocks in my Blades in the Dark game: - I Can Fix Him - God Forbid Women Have Hobbies

Last night in Blades in the Dark: the crew sees sunlight for the first time in their lives through a vision created by the ghost of a poet. They bottle the ghost for later use.

I cannot stress enough how good a rule "don't post stuff just to dunk on it" is. whether it's a big community or a friend discord. it is a declaration of "this isn't how I want to engage with people or with the world." things are bad enough out there.

Hell yeah dude, no one* does it** like I do!*** *in my building **laundry ***on the morning of Easter Sunday

this is what liberals literally believe

I was excited for Realis, I eas excited for the cool art, but I was not ready for the sheer volume of kick ass holy shit fuck yeah art. I cannot wait to have this book in my hands.

AI is bad and I do not want it.

I love how the narrator in "Whiskey in the Jar" admits he robs a dude he recognizes by sight, rolls up to his girlfriend's house armed and carrying a bag of cash, makes her promise she'll never lie to him, immediately passes out, and she's the asshole for unloading his guns and calling the cops.

*Pallisade intro Austin* "On *Realis intro Austin* Realis." This bit might only work in audio, huh.

Robert Pattinson as Paul Bettany as Rutger Hauer.

i have explained subcreation. i will explain it one more time, if you do good. i will explain it... two more times, if you do bad.

Also for any medievalists out there, especially if you're currently teaching medieval history, I've got a question* for you. Every medievalist who I've listened to lecture or in an interview has enthusiastically recommended A Knight's Tale whenever people bring up the Middle Ages in pop culture/art

I really am always doing this huh

Titus Groan, Heir of Gormenghast

My Gormenghastsona is a radical professor who wants to foment rebellion among the servants but is too nervous to say anything outright so just wanders around the kitchens quoting nonsensical theory and getting in everyone's way. #Gormenghast

Hell yeah, new Spell song! spellofficial.bandcamp.com/album/wretch...

for people not in vancouver, the mayor is now actively fleeing press inquiries after being caught referring to city council members from other political parties as drug dealers

Deeply evil, genocidal policy. Here are some orgs that may be able to help: Across Bsky, many people have shared Trans Continental Pipeline. This is a grassroots mutual aid network turned based in Denver that helps LGBTQ+ individuals relocate from unsafe situations to Colorado. tcpipeline.org

If you think about it, the 1970s are like the middle ages of the 20th century.

Rpg where each class has unique death mechanics.

A big part of what makes a trad RPG good is giving the players fun toys to play with, and understanding that the GM is also a player who needs fun toys. Also, if you want the game to be fun for non-combat things, you need non-combat toys.

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Some good news. It's a good reminder that pressure campaigns and boycotts can make a difference. www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/scotiabank-f...

Tired: "It's dangerous to go alone, take this!" Wired:

Does anyone go to a 3D movie on purpose these days, or do they solely exist to make you pay extra if they're the only time slot that works for you?

Adding this to the list of touchstones for the game I'm working on.

Packing my suitcase today! Call dibs on anything not Final Fantasy so I can bring it for you haha

I have become the type of guy who reviews books on my local library's online catalogue.

dad bod Thranduil

If I was cast as the Riddler in anything I would thereafter respond to all interview question with a dogshit impression of the Riddler. Grinch fingers, spinning chair, "wwWOULDn't YOU like to know?"

Why would you use AI art in your RPG when you can simply take images from an illuminated manuscript?

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

Came up with an idea for an RPG playbook/class called The Kingfisher so now I have to make a game for it to go in.

No context 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple spoiler: My only complaint is they cut out the guitar solo.

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one hope is have for 2026 is that more folks join Paper Cult Club, an indie tabletop-focused forum i truly adore papercult.club

One of my favorite podcasts is talking about Tolkien! Guess it's time for another reread.

2025 art summary I got more done than I thought despite various medical woes 💪 The bright blue in June was for a local music festival poster haha

I need everyone to make a shitpost game that fits into at most 3 posts on here before the end of the year otherwise thr sun will not rise again

The Quiet Apartment: play The Quiet Year but the map is the layout of your apartment. The Frost Shepherds are your landlord.

Celebrating a very important occasion today: I finally won Whammageddon!

I will not buy a game made with AI. There is no amount of anticipation I could have that will not immediately sour if I found out the game was made using AI.

this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Here's my dragon game hot take of the day: put classes before ancestries in your books. It's the thing that most significantly defines your character mechanically, and in my experience it's what everyone decides on first.

Apocalypse World is profoundly important work. It has shaped the landscape of roleplaying games for over a decade, and with this third edition, I'm sure it'll continue to shape it for a decade more. Clever, gripping, and human. There's still a few hours to snag your kickstarter copy!

This. When people talk about art that altered your brain chemistry, I think of this concept art from Morrowind.

Home for the holidays

The Sopranos is a masterpiece.

This Thursday at 6pm GMT I'm giving a lecture with the wonderful @archaeoplays.bsky.social about how to conceive and build living images of the past. All the in-person tickets have been snapped up, but you can still watch online for free (I think via Zoom) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carved-in-...

listen. listen to me. libraries are getting indie TTRPGs in circulation. high school teachers are bringing weird stuff to the teenz TTRPG club. we continue to be in a beautiful moment for showing more people the full breadth of what games can be. nurture it by playing & loving games!!! a gift!!!!!