Simon Rogers
@simonjrogers.bsky.social
Publisher of map-making software and #TTRPGs. Co-owner of Pelgrane Press and ProFantasy Software. Larper. He/him.
The August Annual is available now. Explore alien planets and try to not get eaten by weird carnivorous plants! rpgmaps.profantasy.com/august-annua...
August Annual – Alien Planet
The August Annual is here, ready to take you strange new worlds where alien flora grows in weird colors and shapes, making it abundantly clear that any visitors are not on Earth anymore. The style …
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If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky
Simon Spanton@simonguy.bsky.social · 3d agoIf you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
If you’re a Gondorian soldier your experience with hobbits is a tiny guy shows up with a wizard and is immediately taken in the Steward’s counsel. He saves Faramir when the Steward goes mad. A second tiny guy arrives with the Rohirrim and kills the Witch King. The first one then goes on campaign …
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.
I've run Paragon Blade twice using Owlbear Rodeo as a VTT for two members of my 13th Age group. It's a one-2-one game with a choice of three protagonists. They both played Puc, a heist expert working for a spy master in a dark fantasy city.
I came up with the basic concept for a 13th Age mega-campaign which @mytholder.bsky.social has written. Annoyingly, I can't tell you what the concept is because it's a massive spoiler. I'll just leave you with the cover. #ttrpg #13thAge
How to design a game by subtraction pelgranepress.com/2026/07/28/d...
Design by Subtraction
Every so often someone gets in touch with me to ask for an easily cited reference to a concept Ken or I at one time or another floated on the podcast. Even more occasionally I remember to create su…
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I was sitting on the Tube, and the baby opposite smiled at me. Her mother saw my face, realised what was happening and grinned. Honestly, it made my day.
Pelicon returns on September 19th and 20th, and GM signups are now open! Join us online for a weekend of Pelgrane Press games. Tell us what you would like to run and select your preferred time slots using the form below. GM signup remains open through mid-August. bit.ly/4fmgBuS
GM = Game Moderator. Job done.
Simon Burley@squadronuk.bsky.social · last wk.#TTRPGTHOUGHTS 1 A return to yesterday: what to call the person running the TTRPG? You all know I find terms for things and pedantically stick to them. Long ago I settled on the term REFEREE. (TLDR: I don’t like anything with the term MASTER in and found all other terms quirky or…. 1
The Fractured Authority Gambit: a 13th Age Game. The Chatty DM is back! critical-hits.com/blog/2026/07...
The Fractured Authority Gambit: A 13th Age Game
The cleric fell. Tension was rising. Players got worried and antsy.
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New Ranger animal companion for 13th Age just dropped: Jimothy Advantage Cute Distraction: You get +2 bonus to disengage checks. Fetch and Carry Melee attack - recharge 11+ Special: improves the animal's basic attack by allowing it to snatch an item from an enemy and bring it back to you.
I've seen all of these mentioned as a thing you discuss in Session Zero: • Lines and veils • Safety mechanics • Tone and genre • World creation • Character and group creation • PvP • Rules tweaks • Expectations over advancement • Lethality • Open vs Closed Secrets • Table Talk • Absences
One of the things I love about BlueSky discourse is "I was wrong, but my point still stands."
While Polanski appears to have learned something from Mamdani, his more recent comms are echoing the Corbyn era. He needs to accept that Burnham has a honeymoon bounce, and has the vibes of a vaguely competent PM.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Ignore the haters. The evidence is clear: crime is falling and London remains one of the safest big cities in the world.
Last weekend I played LARPs including: Touch the Truck Resurrection: a dead teen comes back to her family aged 30 Slimming Smartly: a series of meetings at a weight loss clubs A Pale Dot: gaze at the stars while portraying alien space travellers about to move on (or not) #LARPS
If you like weird little guys and cozy murder mysteries, the Merryshire Detective Club is your cup of tea. Halflings, boggarts, dwarves and pookas work together to eat second breakfast, drink tea and use the power of gossip and nosiness to solve crime. Back now! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...
Merryshire Detective Club
You play amateur detectives in a cozy-fantasy setting. Your band of plucky investigators solves mysteries (quite often, murder mysteries) that crop up with remarkable regularity in the lovely little h...
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I have the week off next week. I have one mission: finish Duty & Honour. Expect heavy D&H commentary incoming. You have been warned. If you're extra good I might be able to persuade Pete to share some art!
Sharpe & Harper: I'll Drink to That!
ALT: Sharpe & Harper: I'll Drink to That!
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I've known @mytholder.bsky.social a long time, and I challenge anyone to find a pic where he looks as contented and at home as he does in this cozy cottage garden. (if you're wondering about the image, it's from Gareth's upcoming cozy halfling murder mystery TTPRG: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...
Again, I was seriously going to give the Merryshire funding campaign a pass, because I just don't play rpgs that much any more. But as I should have expected, the charm is insidious, and is winning me over. There's a 19-page preview in the Backerkit campaign; well worth looking over.
Help settle an argument about why they carve crosses in the bottom of Brussels Sprouts. My mum says it’s so they cook more evenly, I say it’s because they’re undead and it’s the only way to stop them coming back and eating your brains. My brother claims it’s so they expand on impact for a kill shot
And - a fashionable twenty minutes late - MERRYSHIRE DETECTIVE CLUB is live on backerkit. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...
Merryshire Detective Club
You play amateur detectives in a cosy-fantasy setting. Your band of plucky investigators solves mysteries (quite often, murder mysteries) that crop up with remarkable regularity in the lovely little h...
backerkit.com
