FriendlyFiend
@friendlyfiendish.bsky.social
Telly writer, quondam story editor, full-time geek. This is my account for the geeky stuff.
Cracking not review of Stonetop. Having run my fabulous players through Session Zero last Sunday, I’ve passed it onto them so they can get even more of a feel for the system (and a sense of how hard I’ll be working on their behalf as I put together Adventure 1, natch).
Kieron Gillen@kierongillen.bsky.social · 2d agothe only stonetop not-review to reference a charlixcx remix album.
I've just seen the cover to the Complete Trumptonshire blu-ray, and now I need you all to see it too, so there can be an outbreak of delighted cooing and "aw" noises all across Bluesky. It's done my heart the power of good, it really has.
Worth a mention that along with Sanction's hardcover, @allrolledup.bsky.social has discounts across the roleplaying section of their site for those hankering something new to add to their shelf. 13th Age, a|state, Alien, BRP, CoC, Mörk Borg, indie stuff... www.allrolledup.co.uk/product-cate...
More art from Faerie and Folklore, upcoming supplement for #LiminalRPG. jasonbehnke.com/news/faeriea... #faerie #folklore #art #artsky #drawing #painting #illustration #conceptart #scifi #sciart #sff #fantasy #horror #ttrpg #rpg #booksky #noai @bsky.art 🎨💙🪐📚🐡
Faerie and Folklore Art — Jason Behnke
Interior art for Faerie and Folklore for Liminal rpg.
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Ran my first Session Zero for Stonetop, today. My players are fantastic and the books and playbooks lay everything out so wonderfully clearly that even an idiot like me could breeze through the process. Can't wait for Session One!
Isekai as a genre is exploding in popularity because it appeals to a universal desire to get hit by a truck rather than live in the 21st century.
Re: Dark Sun 5th E Annoucement/Trailer, I invoke the Bill Hick's Basic Instinct Rule on edgy media... youtu.be/6a7j1kNb4KY?...
Bill Hicks - Basic Instinct (Capsule review)
YouTube video by Chomsky
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Today is my birthday (turning 30), which is the only time each year when I ask you for a repost should you like my art. Have a good day! 🦦🌿✨️ - Simon
Really, *really* dislike what I'm seeing of the new Dark Sun. OG Dark Sun had some seriously cool, *very relevant* themes (life under tyranny, life after genocide, life after ecocide) + bondage glam rock Jojo-pose aura-farming. This new stuff is busy-gore + generic metal + cyberpunk (???) Urgh.
Guy who went on holiday to Toontown and made it his whole personality:
That feeling when you were 'specially selected' for the same offer at twice the price (and no tote bag).
London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last wk.Tell me about a complicated magazine. Try the 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 for three months, in print and online, for just £6. subscription.lrb.co.uk/offers/social
I loved running this sequence of Blade Runner: Replicant Rebellion games, still more to come at Owlbear. Also writing about it was eye-opening, a lot of thoughts about what makes a good IP RPG. Sign up to Patreon to get this digi or print zine on your doormat each month patreon.com/NeverMindthe...
Never Mind the Dice Rolls Zine — is a monthly RPG magazine.
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Never Mind the Dice Rolls Magazine@nmtdrzine.bsky.social · last wk.We aren't replicants (honest!) But we are live with issue 59! Bringing you some cracking reviews, articles, and more. Check us out on DriveThru or via our Patreon www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Thief Gold has officially joined the @gog.com Preservation Program! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI1n...
THIEF GOLD HAS JOINED GOG PRESERVATION PROGRAM!
YouTube video by GOG Classics Vault
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Had a glance at the preview PDFs for 7 Part Pact (kickstarting here www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...) and gosh-oh-golly does this look an extraordinary, enticing game.
Seven-Part Pact
A fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Possum Creek about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.
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Anyone not saying ‘Oliver Postgate’ is doing this wrong.
Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · 2w agoYou 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?
This utter muppet of a conservative Canadian politician in New Brunswick forgot to remove the LLM text from his floor speech and read it out loud.
WRITERS & ARTISTS Time is running out to get your short stories, articles, and portfolio links in for our next zine. Deadline is 31 July. Please repost to help us reach your audiences and share with any spooky creative friends who might be interested. generalwitchfinders.com/blog/call-fo...
Call for Submissions
As the wheel of the year turns, we invite you to contribute to our biannual zine. We produce two issues a year – one for Beltane (released 1 May) and one for Samhain (released 31 October). To better ...
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Woohoo! It’s here! And just in time for next week’s Session Zero.
Do not adjust your set! Network returns - a new company with a mission to celebrate the best of classic British TV and film.
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It's #FiveEvil Friday! This was one of the first things we released for FiveEvil: Fiendish 5E Horror. It shows that when we reworked 5E's rules, we went for the throat. It's not D&D adventure, it's FiveEvil horror. It's still 5E. If you've played D&D, you'll learn this in no time. But it's scarier.
I am the only parakeet to hold an Olympic record for cross-country yoga.
James McLeod@jamespmcleod.ca · 2w agoIt's safe to assume that all major LLMs are scraping Bluesky data to train future models. As an open protocol, Bluesky is one of the few sources of fresh human-generated content that anybody can gobble up. So all this is probably going in the models. There are submarines in the Great Lakes.
9 hours left on the #PsiRun2e kickstarter. $772 left to unlock the "More Money For Artists" stretch goal. That would be way cool to wake up to! Thanks to everyone who played it, backed it, shared it, talked about it; you've made this a blast. #pbta #ttrpg #dnd www.kickstarter.com/projects/117...
PsiRun Second Edition
Whoever was holding you captive, you're free, for now. You have superpowers & amnesia. You know they're after you. What could go wrong?
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