Waiting for my order at the local taqueria and keep falling asleep on Bsky and waking up to discover I’ve almost texted a post link to random friends and family members.
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Does anyone know where "the average RPG campaign lasts 6 sessions" originated? This had a big upswell as a concept 5 years ago or so. But I'm not sure if there's actual data or it's just something we started saying.
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
NEW: Sherwood is a game of outlaws and arcana, inspired by modern Robin Hood fantasies, the Robin of Sherwood television series, and medieval outlaw ballads and romances. Sherwood is set in a fantastical version of 13th-century England. From @rrookstudio.bsky.social @plusoneexp.bsky.social
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Tabletop Bookshelf@tabletopbookshelf.com · 3d agoNEW: Sherwood is a game of outlaws and arcana, inspired by modern Robin Hood fantasies, the Robin of Sherwood television series, and medieval outlaw ballads and romances. Sherwood is set in a fantastical version of 13th-century England. From @rrookstudio.bsky.social @plusoneexp.bsky.social
Stealing an idea from @carrion-comfort.com: anyone who brings me a Helm iced coffee gets a 10% one of my books!
Plus One Exp @ 🔜 GenCon Booth 449@plusoneexp.bsky.social · 4d agoToday at Gen Con Booth 449: @ellacarterart.bsky.social, @quinnblackwell.bsky.social, @theurbanavian.bsky.social, @carrion-comfort.com, @rrookstudio.bsky.social, AND Team Stonetop! Come find us, demo some rules, sign books!
Today at Gen Con Booth 449: @ellacarterart.bsky.social, @quinnblackwell.bsky.social, @theurbanavian.bsky.social, @carrion-comfort.com, @rrookstudio.bsky.social, AND Team Stonetop! Come find us, demo some rules, sign books!
Indie TTRPG highlights from my trip to @leisuregames.bsky.social. ✨ (Part 1) Terminus by @irny.bsky.social Suburban Consumption of the Monstrous by @sadiabies.bsky.social & @bananachangames.bsky.social Moonlight on Roseville Beach by @rrookstudio.bsky.social Firelight by @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com
played triangle agency today. basically? you should play triangle agency
At 70s–80s night at the Village Station in Dallas, the DJ hung a sign over the request list that said "The more you request Xanadu, the longer you will have to wait for me to play it."
"Eppy-Deppy-Diah!" a thing I say at the end of every episode.@epidiah.bsky.social · last wk.Finally watching this Xanadu everyone's talking about.
The last garlic scapes of the 2026 season were minced with cashews and pecorino and cooked with sardines in lemon olive oil, sweet basil, and Calabrian chiles in a blanc vermouth sauce.
Hey so I haven’t really talked about it much but I finally started a new job! I’ll be running a tabletop game store called Play Play Asia at GMBB KL (GM1-13 on level 1) We focus exclusively on Asian tabletop games, including TTRPGs! More details as we get closer to opening.
Aaron Lim 林家丰@ehronlime.bsky.social · 2w agoLearning games as we set up the store - Overparked was a really fun puzzle, 108 Outlaws is exactly my kind of card combo bullshit, Buffet Boss is always cute, and Cooking Noodles is a nice thematic puzzle card game with gorgeous art.
Me: I'd like to buy 100 labels to Australia. Shopify: Okay, but I need you to review each label's customs data individually, even though they're all getting the exact same thing. Me: Sure, I did it. Buy those 100 labels. Shopify: Here are 10. Me: Okay, but buy the other 90. Shopify: No.
Richard @ R. Rook 🔜 Sleep@rrookstudio.bsky.social · 2w agoPeople who are excited to learn I work somewhere around 3/4 time in tabletop games are always disappointed to learn how much of that time is spent trying to get international shipping to fucking work.
People who are excited to learn I work somewhere around 3/4 time in tabletop games are always disappointed to learn how much of that time is spent trying to get international shipping to fucking work.
My first impression on seeing Lee Pace and his arms in a trailer for The Fall, but I was too corwardly to admit it.
Aaron Lim 林家丰@ehronlime.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat if John Cusack was hot
Every time I try to get a later dinner at the neighborhood sports bar, I end up sitting uncomfortably close to a local grad student's awkward first date. Until tonight! Tonight I was uncomfortably close to both an awkward undergrad's first date and a very loud, very awkward attempted hookup.
TTRPG peeps, I'm begging you. If you release TTRPGs digitally, make sure your document file names contain the game's title (at minimum). It makes it really hard to keep track of the games I have and find the ones I'm looking for when the documents are called stuff like GAME DRAFT.pdf
The people who get paid to keep things exactly as they are have some very well meaning advice for people who want desperately needed change on how to effect that change: wait for a more convenient season. More convenient for who? hey great question—sadly we’re out of time
So the Democrats can't take radical positions or they'll lose but there's a danger of Democrats taking more radical positions via the DSA because they'll lose. But also the Democrats are losing because the Republicans are taking extreme positions. Also the mainstream Democrats are actively losing.
Mona Charen@monacharen.bsky.social · 2w agoThe DSA Is a Gift to MAGA www.thebulwark.com/p/the-dsa-is...
Hi all, I am looking for articles, posts, podcasts about: - GMless/GMfull games - worldbuilding games - the practice of hacking in TTRPGs/ LARP Note: I am not necessarily interested in specific games, but rather in pieces that talk *about* these kinds of games and practices. Links are appreciated!
It pains but I need help again and I wrote about it here. Sorry it's so verbose. I have been having a terrible bunch of years ko-fi.com/post/The-Str...
The Straight Story (or why I once again need help with money)
Learn Math with an Artist published a post on Ko-fi
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Is PsiRun also one of your favorite games of all time? Run to find out!
Richard @ R. Rook 🔜 Sleep@rrookstudio.bsky.social · 2w agoThree days left to nab a new edition of one of my favorite games of all time.
And the Nominations keep coming!! Bonds Between, our Duet Card-Altering Dragon game, made in partnership with @graftbound.bsky.social has been nominated for Best Gmless TTRPG by the @critawards.bsky.social! If you would like to cast your vote, you can do so here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
"Some people just want to watch the gin bruise," I say to myself as I shake a martini while the spirits of my gay ancestors watch in horror.
Aha! This is live now so I can share it around publicly. So hi, I'm one of the two curators for MITS. If you're an independent tabletop game developer (card, board, RPG, w/e), a solo or indie publisher, or are a game student with a project to show off, we'd really like you to apply.
MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival@magfest.org · 3w agoSuper MAGFest 2027 Indie Tabletop Showcase Application is now LIVE! Application: forms.gle/si8FNN3x3jAP... Application Close: August 15th Team Invites Sent: September 1st- 15th If you have any questions for MITS please send them to mits@MAGFest.org.
In the legends I'm spreading, Tony spent two weeks (possibly just six work days?) testing various packing options. For a 5.5 lb book and slipcase, only the corner protectors were going to work, and Tony found the one corner protector vendor with enough protectors to get it all out.
Craig (Doc Webb) 🔜 home!@docwebb.bsky.social · 4w agoShout out to @plusoneexp.bsky.social @rrookstudio.bsky.social @quinnblackwell.bsky.social and all the other great folks at +1 Exp for handling wildly bulky heavy book shipping with aplomb. Stonetop just arrived in great shape despite the box being caught out in a torrential downpour.
No, actually, I did not NEED to heat up the entire house by running the stovetop for an hour, but in doing so: red gravy over meetballs and ravioli.