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#wargames #warhammer40k Fun discovery of the moment: The Joy of Wargaming has done a video on the predecessor to Warhammer 40k, Imperial Commander. youtu.be/uzcDvgcr3M4 If you're curious, this is basically the Chainmail of Warhammer tabletop sci-fi gaming evolution. This

#TTRPG #Entity Heads up, the deal of the day over on DriveThruRPG today is Entity by Candlenaut. You can have this bad boy for just a single dollar. That's right, $1. drivethrurpg.com/en/product/444… This is probably not a game that you've ever heard of, but if you have even a slight

My well-read mutuals of course know that Johnston McCulley introduced the world to Zorro with his 1919 novel The Curse of Capistrano, and that it is available to read FOR FREE—like all things worth reading—right NOW! en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Curse…

#TTRPG There are times I am almost painfully reminded that I may be the only story game nerd in my local circle. My familiarity with minimalist, prep-free, procedurally generated gameplay is not a shared experience. It's quite the thing to witness the convergent evolution of

You know what? I know this is going to be an OSR-alike, but even I'm tempted by something this egregiously over-the-top heroic space opera. Are the mechanics to my taste? Probably not. Is it good inspirational material? More than likely.

Heart of the Machine just got a new unit type: the Armored Executive. This imitation unit poses as a human business executive. 👨‍💼 Update 26 also includes improvements to targeting, balance, & more. Read the full notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/20010…

Alright, boys. It's finally our time. Gear up and get ready.

Ironically, if I run into a girl with this big a back piece of Cthulhu, I know I'm set. It's going to be a good night. Somebody's pulling their hair back into a ponytail before the evening's over.

You know one of the big problems with the old school 8.5x11, 8-10 point body text, TTRPG layouts? They also tend to run hundreds of pages. They are, not to put too fine a point on it, too fucking long. There's absolutely no pressure to keep things short, to cut down elaboration,

I didn't expect the author of ACKS2 to be the source of my Moment of RPG inspiration today, but here we go. The funny thing is, I immediately know what game I would use to play out this setup, because I would want the players to be the aliens, which are, in fact, interstellar

#TTRPG #design I'm currently going through a video that Clint Warren-Davey did with Fight Club International called Fundamentals of Wargame Design. And I really want to do something in-depth with this as an article at some point. youtu.be/3LgKSYPWt8A But ultimately, the most

#wargames #AgeOfSigmar #COIN I think I may have taken the next step of evolution beyond vibe coding. I have moved into *vibe game designing*. With my AI servitor, I have put my finger on what it is about the Age of Sigmar which fails to excite me. I restructured the

#wargames #AgeOfSigmar #design Of course, this had to get turned into less of an ephemeral construct over on Grim Tokens. Some things are just too good to waste. grimtokens.garden/Thoughts/_date…

Let's be fair. Calling this a Moment of RPG Inspiration is underselling the case. This is your sword-and-sandal, over-the-top, blood-on-the-sands Conan-might-be-a-wuss story setup that harkens back to the most over-the-top of pulps. That is in no way, shape, or form a bad thing.

#TTRPG #ShadowCity #Kickstarter I did say that when this goes live, I would be one of the first to put in my money, and I'm living up to that promise. I just backed ShadowCity: Blood and Neon on Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/chubb… I want to say again how much I appreciate the

Quite an interesting read if you have the time. From Dragon 53, Sept 1981 “Adventuring With Shaky Hands” by Judith Sampson speaks of trying to play D&D in person and the trials having cerebral palsy presents. She also speaks of the escape it provides her, albeit temporary.

#TTRPG #design #strategy #tactics I'm not going to ramble too much about this one because the article really speaks for itself. But Skeleton Code Machine is bringing us another article about the difference between strategy and tactics. skeletoncodemachine.com/p/game-state-c… Given how much

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm pleased to report: we're back.

#writing #tribalism You know, the real problem with having to put together an idea that somebody else is going to publish, no matter what the length is, becomes very quickly that you want to make something accessible. And if the platform you're going to be publishing on tends

On the one hand, ouch. Another expensive tabletop board game for my collection in a particularly obscure field, which is absolutely in my wheelhouse. On the other hand, hooray! As well as hooray for more board game creators making sure that their demo and sometimes even the full