Hey two outta three ain't bad. Just gotta find a way to get some of my writing/design into Doomsong and I can reign supreme as the Queen of Grimdark! [Thunder Crashing]

Drew: A Combination of Cells and GMing Tips@theworstrhino.bsky.social · yesterday

My current campaigns are now exclusively Warhammer, Doomsong and Imperium Maledictum. Call me Mr. Grimdark

Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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Just casually adding a whole new book to a crowdfunding campaign mid-flight cause the community keep begging for a solo mode. No pressure! No stress! This is a completely chill thing to do! Thank fuck for @exstasisgames.bsky.social who's actually writing the thing. It's in safe hands!

Rowan Rook and Decard@rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · yesterday

You asked for it, we delivered. A brand new solo mode book for the Children of Time RPG has been added to the Kickstarter campaign! Learn more over on Kickstarter. bit.ly/4hI6Ete

One of the best DnD campaigns I ever ran used one A4 sheet of paper for notes, the default GM screen, and a whiteboard plus some generic tokens for complex combat. It for three years and my group still say it's one of the best campaigns they've been a part of. It's really not that complicated!

JP Bradley@jpbradley.bsky.social · 2d ago

The other thing that pisses me off about this is that some of the most memorable adventures I've run have been run off a blank page or a handful of random tables. Engage your fucking brain asshole.

Unironically? I'd set it in the 1800s with Jaws hunting an old whaling ship. Show the horror of industrial whaling and the working conditions on those hellish floating factories, then have Jaws rip it all to shreds while toxic masculine whale hunters try and fail to kill something that fights back.

weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

let's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?

State of the Rascal: August 2026 www.rascal.news/state-of-the...

Is it odd that I see this and just feel kinda sad for the guy? What level of performance anxiety makes you feel like you absolutely NEED bespoke art for a DnD game? I think some GMs get so caught up in the capitalism of it all, they feel the need to chase the latest gubbinz just to be a 'good GM'.

Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉@scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2d ago

"I'm entitled to whatever I want whenever I want it for any reason and I don't care what satisfying these urges does to me or the world" well okay dude, seems like there's something deeper going on here, but that's just my take

I’m happy to report that the unique mechanic in the GenCon multi-table Heart game - that players who are playing the same pregens are actually shards of the same reincarnated saint from slightly different realities, and if they meet they instantly glom together into one body - is going well

Someone randomly liked this post from two years ago and just in case anyone was wondering: No, I've still not activated Windows.

🌱Elaine Lithgow - Back The Children Of Time RPG! 🕷️@elainelithgow.bsky.social · 2y ago

Playing Cyberpunk 2077 the way it was intended.

[Chanting]: Sicko books. Sicko books.

Rowan Rook and Decard@rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 6d ago

In case you missed it, the Children of Time RPG campaign passed £100k this week! That means we get to go sicko mode with our slipcase design and add lush printed liners plus a slick viewport cutout, so you can always display your fav cover. Cause ofc we couldn't just make a NORMAL slipcase.

GenCon? Pfft, who needs it! Come hang out with me instead as I chat about the Ink Ribbon #ttrpg and answer questions from our community! Tonight at at 9pm GMT+1 | 1pm EST | 10am PST on the Old Oak YouTube channel (I've never done this before so come watch me flounder!) youtube.com/live/7JzFGJV...

Hoh boy! WotC are doing a new Dark Sun release? A bunch of local TTRPG clubs are gonna have to brush up on their safety tools REAL FAST.

Totally missed that the lovely folks at @wargamer.com wrote an article about Ink Ribbon! I was wondering where all the new Discord folks came from 😂 www.wargamer.com/ink-ribbon-s...

The horror TTRPG every Resident Evil fan should keep an eye on

If you love classic survival horror, then this upcoming horror TTRPG inspired by games such as Resident Evil and Alan Wake is for you

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🚨 A new episode of Adventuring Academy is out now on Dropout! Join Brennan Lee Mulligan and Dr. Emily Friedman as they talk TTRPG history, game systems, and beaver nuggets!

Real “why am I like this” moment when @aptshadow.bsky.social and @minahoneybat.bsky.social on stream. Me: asks a question about narrative design. Mina+Adrian: Cool, insightful, intelligent responses. -Half heartbeat pause.- Me: “Aye… that’s the good shit.” Just tanking the average IQ over here.

If you see me at GenCon, pause and nod knowingly, as I'm clearly projecting my force ghost across the Atlantic just so you know that the force will be with you, always.

No Pun Included@nopunincluded.com · last wk.

if you see me at Gen Con, please run away because I have been teleported by a demon half way across the world

This druid shit is getting out of hand. Left our Tuesday night TTRPG sesh to find a fledgling pigeon fast asleep on my car. It was so unbothered by us that it would… not… move. Even starting and moving the car? Zero fucks. Only got it to move when we offered it a walking stick to perch on. Unreal.

I'll be host for this one, so hey! If you want to see me ask very dumb questions to two incredibly intelligent Humans, that's another reason to come along.

Minærva McJanda (she/her, zie/zir)@minahoneybat.bsky.social · last wk.

Reminder: This is happening tomorrow! Join us on the RRD discord to see me and @aptshadow.bsky.social chatting about Children, Time, RPGs, and the many and varied questions y'all have submitted *ahead of time* (That time is 10 AM west coast US, 1PM east coast US)

Someone should commission a shot-by-shot remake of 1917, where a well-meaning ally has to run across the entire internet, from one social media site to the other, dodging muted terms like bombs, just to tell their friendly local minorities that some random celebrity said a slur about them.

1917 Explosion

Alt: Scene from the movie 1917. A lone messager runs through an ongoing war

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🌱Elaine Lithgow - Back The Children Of Time RPG! 🕷️@elainelithgow.bsky.social · last wk.

I STG, I have so many blocked/muted names and terms! I've built a metaphorical no-mans-land of barbed wire and fortifications to keep this shit at bay. But still, some mutuals seem obsessed with charging through machinegun fire to tell me that a POS said something fucked up that'll ruin my day.

Remember, gang. You don’t NEED to repost the unhinged ramblings of the world’s top racists/homophobes/transphobes. I get wanting to position yourself in opposition to them, but at a certain point it’s like dragging the village bigot into your friend’s living room to cry ‘look at the state of them!’

Dafuq. A freak gust of wind just blew a bunch of poppy petals through the office window and swirled them about above my desk. Am I finally unlocking my druidic powers? Have I undergone an unexpected magical girl transformation? Is nature telling me that I should do some opium?

Played a day of Coriolis: The Great Dark yesterday, but I’m not 100% sure that our choice of player marker sold the vibe of delving beneath the surface of a crumbling asteroid in search of cosmic horrors…

Me: "Listen, I don't make the rules." Robyn: "You literally write rules for a living." Me: "...Listen here, you little shit."

Pitches open for our next round of programming in ONE WEEK! To help you prepare, our latest Patreon post is chock full of tips, guidance, and advice. For an insight into what makes a great pitch, this is THE resource. Sign up at any tier, including FREE, and prepare to pitch! buff.ly/KF918RA

We're heading into the midway point for the Children of Time RPG kickstarter! I've talked a little about why I'm excited to make a Children of Time game (see www.kickstarter.com/projects/gsh...) but I thought I might talk a little about why the game's interesting independent of its setting ^^

Back in October, Rockstar Games fired 34 employees for alleged gross misconduct. The severity of these firings could have spelled the end for a burgeoning union effort that was underway, but it didn't. In fact, the union is now *bigger* than it's ever been before. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym4z...

Rockstar Fired 34 People, but the Union Is Bigger than Ever

YouTube video by People Make Games

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“If anyone needs me, I’ll be in the angry dome.”

Futurama Professor Farnsworth Rant

ALT: Futurama Professor Farnsworth Rant

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Chris Vannini@chrisvannini.com · 2w ago

What's a Futurama line that lives forever in your head? Mine is, "Oh, a lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm My Own Grandpa."

I've spoken about how we need to go beyond not using genAI, and start actively resisting it in our everyday lives. This is a fantastic resource full of practical ideas for how we can do that airesistlist.org#resist-list

The AI Resist List

A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.

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I have decades of somatic muscle memory from hitting ALT+0151 on the numpad, and I will surrender the em dash to the chatbots *never*.

Congratulations to the @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social team and @aptshadow.bsky.social for a successful first week kickstarting the new CHILDREN OF TIME ttrpg and hitting funding goals! Support now and help the team hit their next milestones here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gsh...