Ken and Robin talk troupe-style group leaders, the town with 7300 eyes, hotheaded characters, and the mutiny against Magellan.

13th Age 2nd Edition Design Philosophy #Dev #gaming

Wishing my friends south of the border a Happy I Can't Eat Another Bite Please Pass the Pie Day

You should rush to get this if you're at Dragonmeet! If you need convincing, check out our #ActualPlay of it on UGMs youtu.be/Qand_rgCVYg?...

I have two scenarios in Page Turners! Loose Screws embroils you in 1930s screwball comedy hijinks, and True Rock Stories: Lizzie Liar casts you as the subject of a tell-all rock ‘n’ roll biography that kicks off in the wild, adrenaline-fueled LA punk scene in the 70s.

Due to a security breach* it has now been revealed that the special @pelgranepress.bsky.social advance edition available at Dragonmeet this weekend is Page Turners.

A news web site covering my hometown is called Orillia Matters, which sounds like special pleading

As the Pelgranes prepare to descend on London for Dragonmeet, it’s time for another update on the state of the production line:

Due to a security breach* it has now been revealed that the special @pelgranepress.bsky.social advance edition available at Dragonmeet this weekend is Page Turners.

The trick with a reminder list is remembering to put the things on it

Ken and Robin Consume Media: Nouvelle Vague, an Obscure New Wave Gem, and The Brain Stealers

This chocolate cranberry stout is rich and sweet and tastes redolently of the Aeroplan points that paid for it

All Star Wars Ranking Lists should be done while speaking like Yoda so it is extremely difficult to understand what the person's actual ranking is

Thanks to a print buying wonderworking from @catthm.bsky.social, the @pelgranepress.bsky.social booth at Dragonmeet this weekend will have a surprise advance edition of a game very near to my heart. Be sure to leave extra room in your backpack.

At dawn on the 26 Jan 1969 a very large panda head appeared on a chalk hillside in Laverstock near Salisbury. For years whoever carved it remained a mystery. Eventually some university students owned up to the stunt. Having fallen into disrepair, the fading features are being overtaken by nature.🐼

In 1785 King Ferdinand IV of Naples traded eighteen of the Herculaneum papyri for the same number of kangaroos.

The use of magical curses in chariot racing, including by the competitors themselves, became such a problem that Theodosius I proclaimed a law against it in 389.

Starting a reaction thread on 13th Age 2E. First, this is gorgeous edition, and it seems like a great upgrade and refinement of what already a really fun, smooth running game. /1

Nov 22 in history 845 Nominoe of Brittany defeats Charles the Bald 1497 Da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope 1842 Mount St Helens erupts 1914 bombing of Ypres 1928 Ravel's Bolero premieres 1963 JFK assassinated 2025 Pope speaks into microphone

Honorable Combat Rules in 13th Age #gaming #fun #rpg

Sorry I can't come over after all I'm waiting for an Amazon page to load

Excavation reveals 5th century Mayan games room with built-in patolli board

Successfully installed my HP printer on the new desktop. It's quiet. Too quiet.

This happened a lot to magic swords with annoying personalities

Marjorie Taylor Greene is returning to her small town to rediscover the meaning of Christmas

Hi @robindlaws.bsky.social - just read a book summary in the latest Friends of Arthur Machen newsletter about Erik Satie. I knew I recognised the name and he's in the 'people' bit of the Paris Yellow King book. Thought might be of interest.

Ken and Robin talk design by subtraction, thief turned detective Eugène-Francois Vidocq, recent fantasy film essentials, and telepathic Soviet dogs.

Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey. It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.

Researchers learn how loggerhead turtles sense magnetic fields by paying them to dance

The metaphor, when reached for comment, admitted to being “a wee bit heavy-handed.”

I'm unclear on what I'm supposed to do to celebrate International Men's Day so I guess I'll find a construction site to knowingly nod at

The nonspecific bad boyfriends Florence Welch slags on her new record know who they are

13th Age's Streamlined Combat Building Explained #rpg #ttrpg #writing

“We have gained access to the ultimate weapon, Mr. Bond.” “That old dream. An EMP satellite?” “Think again, 007.” “The Solex Agitator?” “You wish.” “Those nerve glass globe things.” “No, Mr. Bond, infinitely worse than that…”

Ken and Robin Consume Media: Blue Moon, Only Murders in the Building, Bring Her Back

The real victims of the Cloudflare outage are all the people who want to be typing their ongoing meltdowns into Twitter but instead have to settle for Bluesky

See me talk Pelgrane, Feng Shui, my upcoming game Page Turners, and the three pillars of success as a writer on this installment of the Writers’ Hangout youtu.be/gUjrFJ3QPIs...

“Here, just like you asked, we’re releasing the Earhart files.” “No, not Earhart, Ep—“ “A TELEPATH SAID SHE’S STILL ALIVE!”

It seems ominous but the kids just had to leave really early to make up the time it takes to print the super long receipts

You don't see a lot of wry wit on Wikipedia so chef's kiss to "Mrs Buchan died of natural causes in 1791, disproving her claim to immortality."

but also this one

Fighting 12 Health 12 Hit Threshold 3, Armor 2 (squishy) Aberrance 10

The expression of a man hoping for the Criterion Do the Right Thing Blu Ray

Google ads keeps serving me promos for a forever-spinning top so I must be incepting in my sleep again

Because Nolan did not destroy the IMAX camera it was able to make the long trip home to put its wife’s suitors to the sword

Ken and Robin talk scene calling in Page Turners, ornamental hermits, fantasy films of the 10s and 20s, and the grue jay.

Dear Chicago Manual of Style: Is the correct plural form doofuses, or doofi? Please advise.

Just got my flu and COVID shots, or as we call it in Canada, a double-double

Anglo Saxons still causing loneliness