Hey they said my word again. 😲 Uhura said it twice! 🥰 #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds

How am I just now learning that there's a Kung-Fu Panda knockoff starring Rob Schneider. #Culture #Cinema #Kunst

I never stop finding wonder in how certain creative works (songs, films, poems, favorite RPG books) have a kind of healing / re-energizing effect. Renewal of purpose, renewal of enthusiasm, renewal of hope, all just bound up in a good work.

Heading into a week of film noir screenings like

From ~4 of the #HTTRPG workshops: GM: [idea!] Me: Love the vibe, but you've embodied the problem in the villain. It's optimal to just stab him in the face. Solved. GM: I thought this is for those who don't play that way? Me: It's for those who trust their GM to not put them in that situation. 🙃

My tuna salad is full of stuff. Onions, apples, pickles, cherry-pepper relish, et multiple cetera, to the point that three little cans of yellowfin result in nearly a half-gallon of fresh tuna salad. Easy on the mayo, though. It's chonky. It's a biblical miracle. Loaves and fishes. Ish.

Two of Miss Piggy's most iconic co-stars gone, this world is trash.

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

Beneficent [ben-IF-iss-ent] (adj.) - Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence. Used in a sentence: “Few stars have been so beneficent as Dolly, transforming a lifetime of legendary success into a legacy of gentle munificence.”

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

Some GMs, if you tell them you like lots of action but aren't partial to games that rely on violence ... Smoke and sparks flow from their ears, like a computer that's just been Captain Kirked. BUT ... HIT IS ... only VERB, only VERB also SHOOT is HIT is ONLY ... VERRrrrrrB. >click< #TTRPG #GMing

When my endless delving of #TTRPG adventure libraries turns up a good one, I get such a sense of relief and excitement that I immediately go look up the designer and see what else they've done. A good ~half the time, that one adventure was all. Well, if you only do one thing, and it's good? 🫡🫡🫡

Of the 109 FRP city guides I've studied, ~40 of them give you a good sense of what it'll be like (a) being a mercenary adventurer (b) visiting that city. Not in a failure way. Just in an ambition way. A scope way. An intended-use way. Alas. The others do more, fortunately. 😊 #TTRPG

My hope is that this article will serve as a single landing-point for folks curious about what I mean by "High-Trust Trad" roleplaying, or HTT. rolltop-indigo.blogspot.com/2026/08/what... But, I know about hope, and the Internet. 😁 #HTTRPG #TTRPG #GMing #AdventureDesign

When I say someone is an excellent RPG designer, there's maybe an 80% chance I'm thinking about their _scenario_ designs, specifically. Because I know what that requires vs. what it frequently gets. With the remainder I'm referring to either setting or resource design. #TTRPG #TTRPGDesign

Farewell to saxophonist Plas Johnson, who played the iconic tenor sax solo for the "Pink Panther" title theme. He said: "We only did two takes, I think... When we finished, everyone applauded, even the string players. And that's saying something. They never applaud for anything." #filmsky #musicsky

The Maltese Falcon (1941) #FilmNoir

Comics, lore and collectible cards. Great book for Bazooka fans.

Dipping a toe into that new RPG store, and naturally I begin with the most important thing I've ever created, or ever will: rpg-trader.com/products/690... #TTRPG #Fantasy

100 Names for an Albino Owl Familiar Formerly Named Oscar on RPG Trader

A carefully-designed solution-set for the classic RPG dilemma.

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On Ron Glass (1945-2016), aka Shepherd Book in Firefly (2002). "I sat across from Ron. (...) I’d been a big fan of his going all the way back to Barney Miller. He just sat there, looking very Zen, observing the energy of the place. He was very present but not saying much. I asked him what..."

Great moments in U.S. History.

Another way of summarizing that niche style of RPG I'm often on about. 😊 I always say it's "mostly about adventure design." Maybe this clarifies why that's so. I never can tell. 😅 #HTTRPG #TTRPG

Walked in the local #Pride parade, handing out flower seeds and just generally vibing. Weather: too hot. Me: same. 🏳️‍🌈 Had some very nerdy mead at the little festival market after.

The great Groucho Marx — Hollywood (1935)

Honestly, these days one of my favorite things about detailing this fantasy city is the escapist side of the work. That's not my usual, but I'm getting used to it. 😆 #TTRPG #FantasyMaps #Hammondal