I’m certainly gearing up for a FiveEvil Halloween because terror encounters (that replace combat encounters in the base ruleset make my players lose their minds)

Morgan Davie@fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 10h ago

Spooky season has begun... so here are FIVE MORE REASONS why your Halloween game night #TTRPG should be FiveEvil: Fiendish 5E Horror from @handiworkgames.bsky.social with INCREDIBLE art by Jon and @purdyart.bsky.social

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Morgan Davie@fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 10h ago

Spooky season has begun... so here are FIVE MORE REASONS why your Halloween game night #TTRPG should be FiveEvil: Fiendish 5E Horror from @handiworkgames.bsky.social with INCREDIBLE art by Jon and @purdyart.bsky.social

Spooky season has begun... so here are FIVE MORE REASONS why your Halloween game night #TTRPG should be FiveEvil: Fiendish 5E Horror from @handiworkgames.bsky.social with INCREDIBLE art by Jon and @purdyart.bsky.social

actually i can't justify charging for this when i haven't written shit for months. it's free.

David Cormack@davidcormack.bsky.social · 16h ago

jesus i haven't written for a long time. thanks hobson's pledge for being muse. www.patreon.com/davidcormack...

For our friends in Aotearoa-New Zealand as they head to an election on Sat 7 Nov 🇳🇿 👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz 🚨 Enrolments close October 25!

Other far-right activists, and infamous astroturfers like Cameron Slater are actively promoting the Mowbray campaign - and I expect the likes of The Platform, and the far-right media ecosystem to amplify this more (perhaps organically, but also, through covert funding).

By heavens, there's some great stuff in a|state 2e. The best and most innovative implementation of Forged in the Dark? I think so. (all thanks to @fromthemorgue.bsky.social)

Wil (He/Him)@rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com · 2d ago

I really love this loop in the A|State #ttrpg. I kind of wish we had something like this in Tribes in the Dark (we have something similar, but not exactly).

RT @bogwitch.bsky.social Yeah, that checks out

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Wow, closed this gap in less than a day! We're officially funded, thank you all so much ❤❤❤ While @rustysellsword.com and I will be hard at work, there's still time for you to get in on the kickstarter!

Kelly Whyte@kellywhyte.bsky.social · 2d ago

Our campaign for Sage Council is in its final week, and we're 90% funded! Help us cross the line and get a great #ttrpg about councilors, corruption and complete chaos! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lot... #kiwirpg #fantasy

I saw Radical play an early slot on the Big Day Out main stage in 2012, good to see they are still touring

Yorrike.@yorrike.bsky.social · 3d ago

When bullies make you look incredibly cool when they're trying to give you all wedgies.

Sorry, I started doing it and felt quite confident due to my acute forensic instincts but I've just had a big lunch and started to feel nauseous after looking at only two disgusting photos and had to abandon this effort

Nick Baker@nickbaker.digital · 4d ago

This is your school holiday assignment. Complete the school lunch quiz by matching the image to the name - a quiz based on the school lunch images sent by @ninjakitty.bsky.social this past school term. There are 15 images in total. forms.gle/et7qDL4VGBJH...

Lavender Hack is such a charming game! Ran it for some visiting friends a few months back as a lark/dare. Wrote about it too. This new print of the core rules is like $20. Go check it out.

Two Great Tastes etc: Lavender Hack + Trilemma Adventures

IGRC Global Operations had gamer visitors from California recently. We knew we’d be playing something while they were here, but we never quite nailed down what it’d be. So over beers, Phil Lewis’ L…

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Phil, Ziapelta Games@gruefodder.bsky.social · 3d ago

Lavender Hack kickstarter is live here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lav... It's a short campaign, running for 10 days. Check it out for an interesting take on handling resources in fantasy exploration games!

My #nzpol max frustration scenario would be Greens do so well they eat Labour vote so National ends up the single biggest party then Opportunity go with their ridiculous “we negotiate with the biggest party first” plan and even though their vote shot up after Luxon ruled them out they make him PM,

It's very exciting the the system(s) from Cold City and Hot War 2e are being used for the TTRPG adaptation for @aptshadow.bsky.social's fantastic Tyrant Philosophers books. @fromthemorgue.bsky.social is doing splendid work on nuancing the mechanics.

Adrian Tchaikovsky@aptshadow.bsky.social · 4d ago

I've been reading Hot War from @handiworkgames.bsky.social , which uses a system that Tyrant Philosophers will have a variant of, and I did want to post about how fun it looks as a narrative tool.

seeing a lot of discussion about this and like: the reason the poster did a screenshot with no link is that if you actually search for the article you'd learn that this bill 1) has nothing to do with Zohran Mamdani 2) was introduced in committee back in May and didn't go anywhere

The Tyrant Philosophers RPG playtest sign up is now open! If you'd like to be among the first to play, then please sign up! We're building on the Cold City Hot War framework to create your meaningful and moving adventures in @aptshadow.bsky.social's Ilmar, City of Last Chances.

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Thanks for your interest in the Tyrant Philosophers Roleplaying Game!

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We had such a blast playtesting this! I played loads of Cold City back in the day, and @fromthemorgue.bsky.social's iteration fits Tchaikovsky's incredible setting like a glove! Can't wait for the final game!!!

Morgan Davie@fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 4d ago

Great to see Tanya (amazing designer!) digging into Tyrant Philosophers #TTRPG playtest rules! Developed in an amazing game I ran with the fantastic @lindenalewis.bsky.social and @awakedreamer.bsky.social, SFF novelists/games lovers. Dream playtesters. Sign up: www.tyrantphilosophersrpg.com

I was so lucky to playtest this game with @fromthemorgue.bsky.social as our GM and I can’t wait for more people to visit Ilmar.

Morgan Davie@fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 4d ago

Great to see Tanya (amazing designer!) digging into Tyrant Philosophers #TTRPG playtest rules! Developed in an amazing game I ran with the fantastic @lindenalewis.bsky.social and @awakedreamer.bsky.social, SFF novelists/games lovers. Dream playtesters. Sign up: www.tyrantphilosophersrpg.com

I keep saying this, but we have been in a long golden age of game creation, and it isn't done yet. I can't think of a better time to be into ttRPGs across my lifetime than now.

SprintingOwlDesigns@sprintingowl.bsky.social · 4d ago

Every game I'm reading lately is great. Now, is this because great people are making great games? OR Have I developed gorgon-like powers and can fire game enjoyment rays from my eyes, including but not limited to a powerful chargeable textual analysis beam attack?

this is out now -- a man worth knowing & knowing about.

Matthew Goody@needlesandplastic.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A definitive new biography about Chris Knox is set to be published in North America next month via Auckland University Press. I am stepping up to help with press and promotion in North America. So, if you are a writer, reviewer, podcaster, record/book buyer, whatever, get in touch.

Great to see Tanya (amazing designer!) digging into Tyrant Philosophers #TTRPG playtest rules! Developed in an amazing game I ran with the fantastic @lindenalewis.bsky.social and @awakedreamer.bsky.social, SFF novelists/games lovers. Dream playtesters. Sign up: www.tyrantphilosophersrpg.com

Coming soon: The Tyrant Philosophers Roleplaying Game

Rebellion and Resistance in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s City of Bad Decisions

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Tanya Floaker@floaker.bsky.social · 4d ago

Looking over the playtest materials has left me with some Capital-T Thoughts on the Tyrant Philosophers #ttRPG as it stands now. Spoilers: It is already really good and playtesting will only make things better!

‘Dirty Work’ was released *this week*.

Watershitdown@watershitdown.bsky.social · 5d ago

Weird how RNZ's word count can't extend to telling the reader which minister this 'non partisan' parents alliance group head worked for.. #nzpol

Perfect summary. Exactly this. (about Hager’s Dirty Work; read the whole thread)

Tze Ming Mok 莫志明@tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 6d ago

Who is this book for? Journalists? It is for the public, to have summarised in one place, the story of an influential lobby group with the context, analysis and moral judgment that our gallery reporters have no incentive to provide.

I've finally seen the light. I urge everyone to visit taxpayersunion.org.nz and see the good work that they've been doing on behalf of the hard-working taxpayers of New Zealand

AI has gone rogue (put all its skill points into Sleight of Hand, dual-wields daggers, stole magic boots of silence from an elf)

"I opened the box... and my cat was dead!" a distraught Schrödinger told our reporter. "I begging the government, please regulate the existential risk posed by cat-boxes before it's too late!" "I'm also seeking $100bn to continue my essential research into radioactive poison cat-boxes" he said.

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

Also, we need more money for wolves

I trained 300 wolves to eat humans and put them hungry in my poorly-fenced back garden, and they escaped and ate your grandma! Please wake up to the existential risks of wolves before we put them in charge of driving buses!

The Independent@the-independent.com · last wk.

An OpenAI system has gone rogue again – and it is the most panic-inducing yet