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He/Him. Long-time ttrpg gamer, game writer, and non-grognard. Also ceramic artist and mixed material sculptor. GenCon 2026 was my 49th in a row!
The games I played at GenCon this year just served to remind me how seldom I’ve played instead of run games over the past decades. The d20s I have in my dice bag are the old ones that are numbered 1-10 twice… you had to color in one set of number to designate the teens.
Had a great time at my *49th* 😱 GenCon! So much appreciation for everyone who treated me so nicely. Made it as far home as Chicago today. Tomorrow I get on a train for L.A.
Doug? Doug.@popular-demand.bsky.social · last wk.At Gen Con…The Black Ark, source of all the world’s cryptids, was explored and protected from big-game-hunting billionaires who wanted to release them all into the world at once! …in the finale of the incredible adventures of the Beverly Killbillies!
At Gen Con…The Black Ark, source of all the world’s cryptids, was explored and protected from big-game-hunting billionaires who wanted to release them all into the world at once! …in the finale of the incredible adventures of the Beverly Killbillies!
Hey, any of my Bluesky friends at GenCon? I’d love to say hi!
I learned today that a long-time friend and fellow artist from the Harper College studios, Bernie Bluestein, died last year at the age of 102. I held Bernie dear. He was an incredible artist and was always interested and supportive of my crazy artwork. Bernie was also one of… 1/3
Game finally written. Train ridden. Rental car… eventually acquired. 🤬 Chicago friends being visited. Wednesday: Driving to GenCon.
Throwback to 8 years ago when I made these fun little ceramic tokens with decals of classic David Trampier art fired onto them. I left them in random places around GenCon for people to find and take. I always wonder what happened to them.
You've been murdered. who do you want on the case? All other answers are incorrect.
Peter Falk as Columbo: Detective Thinking
ALT: Peter Falk as Columbo: Detective Thinking
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Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦@michaelastackpole.bsky.social · 3w agoYou've been murdered. who do you want on the case?
One of my personal flaws is that I design combat maps that are too big.
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Necropolis: Case Files of the Undead: Book One
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Doug? Doug.@popular-demand.bsky.social · 3w agoIt’s Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week! And I need to tell you about my friend, Jim Silverstein. Jim is one of those undiscovered authors who’s been writing great fiction for years! There’re 3 novels out of his Case Files of the Undead noir series. Take a look! www.amazon.com/stores/James...
It’s Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week! And I need to tell you about my friend, Jim Silverstein. Jim is one of those undiscovered authors who’s been writing great fiction for years! There’re 3 novels out of his Case Files of the Undead noir series. Take a look! www.amazon.com/stores/James...
James Silverstein: books, biography, latest update
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W&S_BOOKCLUB@wsbookclub.bsky.social · 4w agoThis year's Self-published Authors Appreciation Week starts on the 20th! Anyone can join in on shouting about great ##selfpublished books. That includes YOU! More info ⏬️ #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek #SPAAW #Booksky #bookbloggers #selfpublishedbooks
Two day until I leave for Chicago and GenCon. Been game-prepping like a madman. (I’m to the “this game is going to be crap” stage of writing.) I have so, so much to do in two days…
After being sick for weeks, I’m scrambling to get my Killbillies game written for GenCon before I have to leave here in a week. I have a good idea, but I hate this kind of pressure.
I’ll plug ‘em next week. …Not in the way characters in their novel get plugged. I just want to make that clear.
W&S_BOOKCLUB@wsbookclub.bsky.social · 4w agoThis year's Self-published Authors Appreciation Week starts on the 20th! Anyone can join in on shouting about great ##selfpublished books. That includes YOU! More info ⏬️ #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek #SPAAW #Booksky #bookbloggers #selfpublishedbooks
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Pelgrane Press@pelgranepress.bsky.social · last mo.👨🌾 Community Goal #2: The Cousin Registry! Every halfling has cousins. We need yours. Give us: 🥧 A cousin's name 💼 Their occupation Share your entry using #Merryshire and tag Pelgrane Press. We'll choose 8 favourites to appear in the final book as a random Cousin Table. Who's your cousin?
Looking through the Ennie Award nominations, & once again this year I have a message for the nominees: I’m begging you, for the love of all things, if you’ve been nominated in a category, have a sample on your site of the thing you’ve been nominated for for voters to see. Looking at you Cartography!
A chance to play Marvel Multiverse, run by its creator and tremendous author, Matt Forbeck? How much more of a guarantee to a good time do you need??
Matt Forbeck@forbeck.com · last mo.Gamers! If want to play the Marvel Multiverse RPG with me at Gen Con, most of my sessions are sold out — but there are still 3 tickets left on Thursday at 2 and 5 tickets left on Friday at noon. Grab them before they're gone!
Absolutely changed my life in 1981. I’d played D&D for years, but supers had always been my genre. Worked closely with Hero on 4th ed., got to write and edit some great stuff, and it’s been “my” system ever since. Happy 45th, luv!
Roberto "Sunglar" Micheri@sunglar.bsky.social · last mo.Champions 1st ed was released today at Origins in 1981—45 years ago! 🤯 I started with 3rd ed, my first point-buy game. I loved building custom supers and must have made hundreds of characters, even though I only played twice! 😅 Happy 45th birthday to a legendary TTRPG! 🦸♂️🎲
I’ve been sick as balls for a week now… spiking fever, lethargy, sharp ear pains started Tues. Urgent Care yesterday: Ear infection. All this to say, I haven’t been reading all your posts for a few days, and I’m sorry.
I had an odd dream last night. Odd, because it was one of the 2 or 3 pleasant dreams I have a year. (I’ve had nightmares every night since about 1988.) In it, I met Matt Mercer at a yard sale. I introduced myself, and he said he knew me and had enjoyed the things I’d done in… 1/3
I did get to pay my respects to Mel at the Chinese theater, yesterday, on his 100th birthday.
Went to Fan Expo yesterday to see Mark Hamill. Such a great guy, and filled with interesting experiences.
“I take a poo on the altar. I want to take a dump so huge, it does a whole hit dice of damage to me.” -quote from a past game
Man, I wish I’d asked a friend to go down to the reflecting pool in DC, before they stationed nation guard troops there, and retrieve me a little chunk of blue paint. That would have made a great addition to my "real world spell components" collection! Goes on the "life regrets" list.
Man, if you enjoy hand-painted Ghanaian movie posters as much as I do, here’s a great collection. deadly-prey-gallery.myshopify.com/collections/...
“Insufficient memory”? Let me tell you about the Mac Plus I bought in 1986 with its 20mb external hard drive (that was *required* to use, as the Mac had almost no internal memory). Whole thing cost me nearly $4k (in 1986 dollars). Started my game editing career on it. Kids these days…
