Last year at the end of the season I had a whole bunch of red jalapenos and nothing really to do with them, so I processed them all up into a sauce. Like a hot sauce, but I wouldn't normally make a hot sauce w/ just jalapenos b/c they aren't really that hot. But the color was perfect and ...

This is a fantastic game.

Rise Up Comus@riseupcomus.bsky.social · 10h ago

If you have ever wanted to play an RPG where you don't go on no adventures (bothersome things, make you late for dinner) but instead just tend your halfling hole's garden all summer, have I got the game the game for you: Under Hill, By Water riseupcomus.itch.io/under-hill-b...

Great thread. I don't play trad games, so maybe I don't fully get the issue at stake, but ... Do these people just not do buy-in? If I were running a game about exploring dungeons and my players enacted some elaborate scheme to avoid exploring a dungeon, I would simply stop playing that game.

Dan Talks Games@dantalksgames.bsky.social · 2d ago

A good example I saw recently was someone saying how they want to be able to get to a dungeon, plug up all the entrances, exits, and holes, and then cast a spell that unleashes a torrent of endless water to flood out the dungeon and drown everyone inside.

Went to a record store w/ my kid (a pretty hip 18 yr old) last weekend. We browsed around for awhile. He came up to me and said, "You know that Cramps album, Bad Music for Bad People?" He knows I like the Cramps, knows I know the album. "Well," he said w/ a smile, "Look a *this*!"

Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” is set on August 4th, 2026. Today’s the last day to read it before the future becomes the present and then the past. thephilosopher.net/bredberi/wp-...

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I wrapped up my Soth campaign last night. My players went **so** **hard** and I worry that I failed to match their energy. But it was ... fine. Right? Probably not worth thinking about. I definitely won't think about it. Nope. I'll think about something else.

I only wear my nipples on special occasions.

wut?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: "John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to 'leave town' until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER ... Remember, stupidity always brings LOSING & DEATH!"

Here's a thing that will get me to stop reading an adventure module: "... made for <X> level characters ..." That's just not for me. I'll look elsewhere.

Mork Borg took the concept and asked, "Why should collectors have all the fun?"

MeatCastle GameWare@meatcastlegameware.com · 2w ago

Collector's editions should actually be uglier and worse. They should be challenges to the so-called "collectors." Oh yea, you really wanna collect all of our stuff? Well, will you pay more for an uglier and worse book? It comes with a terrible bookmark too, you sick fuck.

This month I'm trying to schedule my (3) regular tables in parallel rather than serially. In practice, this means I sent out my scheduling inquiries all at once. I *think* this will up my chances of getting all three tables on the calendar w/o conflicts. I'll let you know how it goes.

Burl Ives.

Sam The Snowman Rudolph

Alt: Sam The Snowman from the old-timey Rudolph animation.

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Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · 2w ago

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?

Oooh ooh - can we revisit the "what is a game" discourse?!

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

Orcas seen ramming prey so hard it explodes may be playing game

I'm a little concerned about this coffee.

I very much recommend the DeMoulin museum. It's a real gem. DeMoulin is known for their band uniforms, and there's plenty of that. But before that they sold regalia, paraphernalia, and devices for secret societies, and that features big at the museum. www.demoulinmuseum.org

DeMoulin Museum in Greenville, Illinois

You&#8217;ll walk in wondering why... and leave thinking why not? The DeMoulin Museum, founded in 2010, pays tribute to the founders, employees, and amazing products created by the unique factory: DeM...

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Paweł Kicman@pawelkicman.bsky.social · 2w ago

I second that. Museums, often those very niche, obscure and small (but the big ones would work too!), can provide a wealth of inspiration.

House painter here. This isn't a "house flipper" thing. This is just the current variation on a standard practice. If you're going to put a house on the market, you give it a fresh coat of paint, you're likely to make it something neural - a blank slate the buyers can project their preference on.

Jack Saint@lackingsaint.bsky.social · 3w ago

No fuck off we're not calling this "Millennial grey" this shit was dictated completely by boomer retiree house flippers we absolutely had NO say in this

I got to run Morningstar's Uncle Gordo's House for the 2nd time tonight. It was a great! There was body-swapping, a grandma robot, and a herd of mind-controlled goats. The pacing was just about perfect and we all had a wonderful time. bullypulpitgames.itch.io/uncle-gordos...

Uncle Gordo's House by Bully Pulpit Games

an online-friendly tabletop game about weird people and weird machines finding meaning in one another

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The deathbringer demo crowd was all 30-50 yo white men. Chanting, laughing—prof DM really puts on a show. Deathbringer’s art shows you what they find funny. Women are funny. Enemies that look like black people are funny. I am Red Box D&D old. And I thought we ALL had grown up more than this.

From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes a high-octane look at some kinda gross stuff! Deathbringer is ENWorld's most-anticipated RPG of 2026, it's currently raising hundreds of thousands of dollars, and also the marketing is kinda full of misogyny. magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...

The Thoughtlessness of Deathbringer's Marketing

As I write this, Deathbringer , the self-proclaimed most anticipated RPG of 2026, is entering day two of its  Backerkit campaign  and h...

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Right, right. Just like we imposed "collective punishment" against apartheid South Africa. This is some serious clown shoes stuff.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 3w ago

it’s a discourse thermonuclear weapon, but I do *wonder* how many of the Americans who are vocally outraged by calls to collectively sanction/punish/disempower red states…..also throughly believe in collective punishment for Israel over its war crimes in Gaza.

These people slept through US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Rep. Rich McCormick on Iran: "Crush them. We are the big boy on the block."

I'm not a Catholic, but I attended a SSPX Latin Mass in Cincinnati something like 20 years ago. During the homily, the priest said there were 3 great evils plaguing society. - wealth inequality - unjust treatment of workers - gay stuff

Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 3w ago

now we've been talking about this fringe cult of scary right-wing assholes for weeks, and I know you've been thinking to yourself, "but Claire, when do we get to the part where they blame this on homosexuals?" come on, bestie! would I let you down like that?? of COURSE they blame it on homosexuals!

I have a table full of regular players who are, obviously, weirdos and gender nonconforming in various ways, but none of them are obviously *queer* (none of my regulars, anyway; we've had some walk-ons). I've been thinking of introducing more overtly queer games, but I'm not sure where to start.

I picked up the 1st Harry Dresden book. I know the series is influential. I watched the TV show and it was ... fine. My partner said it seemed like a male wish-fulfillment fantasy and that's fair. I didn't have super high expectations going in, but it's so so much worse than I expected.