Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.
Catapult Punishment
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Traditional tabletop RPGs, spirituality, PNW, food, IT, disability parenting, MST3K. He/him/his. Wherever you go ... there you are. Head Enchilada of Imperfekt Gammes. --- * https://www.lulu.com/search?contributor=Joshua+Kubli * https://jkubli.itch.io
ttrpg look much more like a toy then a game: you can play with it the way you want, can change the rules and don’t necessarily have to win!
And Rule -1000 of any game should be, don't plan for an extended game with anyone you wouldn't want to take a 3-hour car trip with.
PsiPrimeProductions@akesslerrpg.bsky.social · 7mo agoAside from bad players acting in bad faith, there is no one hard and fast rule for what makes a good game vs A bad game. It’s all about context and execution.
Very long = lengthy Very strong = strengthy Obviously.
“Well, well! I heard Ahab mutter, ‘Here someone thrusts these cards into these old hands of mine; swears I must play them, and no others.’ And damn me Ahab, but thou actest right; live in the game, and die in it!” -- Moby Dick, Herman Melville.
Metaphors. Some people say 'simple RPGs are better' with a quote from like, a sculptor. That's fine if you want an RPG like a sculpture. RPGs are also like vehicles. I like sports cars. I'll have bucket seats, massive engines, radios, leather interior, the whole deal. I don't want a pogo stick.
Mongoose Traveler 2E Star Trek Adventures 2E FFG Star Wars A hybrid of Action International with Uncanny Highway Blue Plate Special Edition
Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming@cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 3w agoShare the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits (or don’t. I’m not a cop). Urban Shadows 2e The Wildsea Pathfinder 2e Cyberpunk RED Honorable mention to Fox Curio’s Floating Bookshop, which I’ve done some prep for.
My next game will be a time travel LARP book, about getting out of a time loop. The manual will be laid out like this: Chapter 1: Intro Chapter 2: Character Creation Chapter 1: Intro Chapter 2: Character Creation Chapter 1: Intro Chapter 2: Character Creation
"I've got 'War' tattooed on this hand, and 'Peace' tattooed on this hand, and 'The Brothers Karamazov' tattooed down me spine. But like, you can't see that, 'cuz I got me shirt on." "Doesn't that hurt?" "Nah, it's polyesther and cotton." -- Balovsky and Neil, /The Young Ones/.
RPG folks: Post the villain of your next campaign. Behold. And tremble.
FunnyVia@funnyvia.com · last mo."I bet it would be funny to put a pancake on my cats face" 2 minutes later "JESUS CHRIST!"
flaovr FLAOVR I I just don't know anymore.
RPG folks: man, imagine a Traveller RPG that had art by Joe Kubert. Not to say they didn't have amazing art over the years (I'm especially fond of @jeffdee.bsky.social 's clean lines) but wow. What might have been.
Comics Covers@comicscovers.bsky.social · last mo.
STII: The Peevishness of Khan STVI: The Slightly Unfamiliar Country O Brother, I Guess You're Around Here Somewhere Around the House in 8.0 Minutes Chariots of Uncomfortably Warmth Unease and Disappointment in Reno
Bruce Baugh@ferrymanjones2.bsky.social · last mo.Downgrade a movie. pi/2 Fast, pi/2 Furious Bob and Carol and Ted Living on Little Tokyo Time
Here's how it works. For me. --- 1. Buy a new game. 2. Let's write some backstory on a little corner of this universe. 3. Whole new setting emerges. 4. Want to use it in other games, carve out mechanics, make it system-agnostic.
If you don't see this, you are legally obligated. For reals. The consequences will be severe.
Awesome to see some CoC adventures from my neck of the woods. Oregon is such an untapped mill of creepy weirdness, and no, I'm not talking about sasquatch, though that's one small part.
Chaosium@chaosium.bsky.social · 2mo agoEternity at Sea is set in 1925, making extensive use of real history and locations from the Oregon coast to create the most authentic #CallOfCthulhu #TTRPG setting possible. Available direct from HPLHS: store.hplhs.org/products/ete...
Working on a thing for a setting. Mecha pilots are like knights, right? So who would be the patron saints of mecha pilots? I'm thinking a couple saints is probably OK. "The Chivalric Order of Armored Cavalry of St. Blah and St. Blah." A mouthful, but it sounds dumb enough to be genuine.
Gee, I wonder why neighbors in Salem freaked out about the proposed datacenter and brought a guillotine to a meeting. Maybe it's because it could make existing water problems much worse. www.salemreporter.com/2026/08/05/v... Even thinking about this was a boneheaded move by city council.
Data center designed to use up to 3 million gallons on Salem's hottest days - Salem Reporter
Water usage projections shared with the city of Salem by a Portland-based engineering firm showed the data center proposed for the Mill Creek Corporate Center by a Google-funded company called Verrus ...
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Once a month my gaming group has a booze and bad movie night. Everyone gets a chance to choose a movie in turn. Lately we have themes. First it was "mummies" (I was saved because we decided that hopping vampires count). This time around it's superheroes.
One of my favorite behind-the-scenes stories of all time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb_L...
Patrick Stewart on meeting Sting on Dune
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Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains
Peter Amthor@peteramthor.bsky.social · 3mo agoPost a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains
You suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?
Clark Valentine@clarkvalentine.bsky.social · 3mo ago* Fellowship of the Mood Ring What groovy things do your elf eyes see, baby. * Fellowship of the Ring World I think adding Puppeteers and Kzinti to the party may have been a bad idea. * Fellow Ship of the Ring Mordor might want to watch out if the Interesting Times Gang gets involved.
Catapult Punishment@catapultpunishment.bsky.social · 3mo agoI give you a threefer. Where else you gonna find that. * Return Flight of the King There's always a 4-hour layover in Minas Tirith. * Tax Return of the King I bet even the Witch King of Angmar released his tax returns. * Return of the Burger King Your way, Strider way.
I give you a threefer. Where else you gonna find that. * Return Flight of the King There's always a 4-hour layover in Minas Tirith. * Tax Return of the King I bet even the Witch King of Angmar released his tax returns. * Return of the Burger King Your way, Strider way.
Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦@michaelastackpole.bsky.social · 3mo agoRuin a book by adding a word: The Joy Luck Club Sandwich
Got a good idea for a better introductory adventure for MELD. On the one hand, I want to write more lady villains. Equal opportunity evil. At the same time, "Weird creepy dude who gets obsessive evil about thing no one else is" feels so right and natural. I mean, * gestures vaguely all around *