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I love the Bureau 13: Stalking the Night Fantastic RPG by the late, great Richard Tucholka.
I've seen the CRPG but never played. The first ad looks… fine. WTF 2nd ad. There are vac suits in equipment, sometimes needed, but nothing like power armor.
A 3rd-party supplement "Stalking the Steel City" (magical Pittsburgh!!!) *does* have a ridiculous power armor like that for one scenario.
#ttrpg #bureau13 #tritac
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Phil Foglio cover for B13 1992. Goofy adventurers, FBI guy, Rambo with advanced rifle, elf chick with katana, burst in on a room fulla demons & zombies. This is called "Slow Wednesday in B13".
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five '90s CGI people & one in a bubble? psychic? in a dark street
"one agency congress doesn't fuck with"
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same tagline, but metal bikini chick in stupid power armor
@Tim_Eagon @HeyeBodo Deathbringer especially is just Senzar. It's rediscovered the same fast but mediocre mechanics, same comic book aesthetics, ultra-violence, "edge boy" girlie pinups, level 20 god mode. Nobody needs this. But if you market it to the right people, it'll sell 50,000 deluxe box copies.
#ttrpg #osr #dnd #deathbringer #senzar
Recent articles about the Deathbringer crowdfunding campaign have really crystallized for me why I've found the whole thing kind of off-putting (as much as I've thought about it, I'm not a huge fan of the 5e D&D YouTube ecosystem in general). Ostensibly, it should appeal to me as a 50-year old, straight white male who played in the 80s, likes current old-school games, and is a fan of classic fantasy, S&S, and sci-fi. But this is 2026, not 1976.
Die Bestellfrist für Grenzland 8 läuft noch bis 31. Juli!
#grenzland #pnpde #ttrpg #fanzine
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Ad for issue 8 of the Grenzland ttrpg fanzine. The cover mockup shown looks suspiciously similar to a famous 2d6 sci-fi role playing game. The table of contents lists: The original tabletop role playing dice mechanic, The Space Empire of Alexander the Great, Seven Patrons, The Cover Game, Reflections on Traumstein, Sword World, Warum 2W6 Spiele?, Leviathan, Welcome to grenzland.club, Classifieds, Feedback, Save the Date!, Outlook, Imprint
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Quick survey for you #ttrpg folks: what's your favorite free resources, apps, tools, or whatever for roleplaying games (and other related hobbies)?
In the 80s, before cable TV came along, before VCR and rentals were around, if you wanted to watch a movie as a kid, you were stuck with Sunday Movie Matinee on TV in the afternoon. "Lost World" movies were usually in the rotation. Movies made in the 60s and 70s, so you can imagine just how good the special effects were.
You also might have started to wonder how it is that Doug McClure ended up in so many strange places.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052948/
The Land That Time Forgot
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073260/
At the Earth's Core
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074157/
The People That Time Forgot
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076535/
Cleric
The mini is Sister Ailene from Reaper Miniatures
#miniatures #miniaturepainting #ttrpg
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A painted miniature of a hooded cleric. She wears leather armor under a hooded cloak. She carries a mace in her right hand, and a red and brown shield in her left. The miniature is photographed on an uneven stone floor.
July 2026: I'm making good progress on my #Dungeon23 🫠
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Three years too late, but who could have guessed that actually starting a campaign in my setting would force me to make actual progress on it? 😅
Running #LiminalHorror Deluxe, an #IntoTheOdd based urban fantasy #TTRPG.
I made a quick and dirty JS character generator to save some time when rolling new PCs: https://www.whidou.fr/liminal_horror_crea.html
#OSR #DrawIO #Megadungeon #JDR
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Diagram view of a megadungeon, white modes and edges on a black background, drawn with DrawIO, labels in 21st century French.
A cluster of nodes in the top left is labelled "Plan général" / "Overall layout".
Next to it is a cluster of elliptical nodes labelled "Factions".
The first three levels of the dungeon are a huge mess of intermingled nodes. The level labels read "Parking", "Envers"/"Other side", "Bureau 33", "Congélo"/"Freezer".
Three kernels of ideas for TTRPGs, Fire & Smoke edition.
1. A dryad's tree is threatened by an encroaching forest fire. How can you help?
2. An entire village is blanketed by a miasma of smog except for one deserted house, whose environs is crystal clear. Everyone wants you to investigate.
3. An arsonist and murderer was hung for her crimes 7 years ago. Now a flaming skeleton is putting the town to the torch. Can you stop a vengeful ghost, if that is what it actually is?
Glen Mastodon ☠I saw a title "Call of Cthulhu Keeper Tips" and first thought "there's something called call of cthulhu keeper? Tell me more!"
Well, I have a feeling that my little 8Gb Linux box isn't going to run Ollama very quickly. I did get it up and running and fed an export of my Etinerra wiki into it.
I'm exploring options so that it hallucinates less and provides facts more.
But it's not too difficult to set up and feed documents to.
It is, however, kinda pokey. I'm exploring how to address that.
Boot Hill: had a training game with the first scenario from the book today on Roll20. (The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral).
The game is as deadly as it is said, and even if you are a stat monster a protracted fight can get you killed, as Wyatt Earp found out in this game (headshot).
In the end the last lawman (Virgil Earp) managed to reach safety on the last point of strength he had, while the remaining three of the Cochise County Cowboys were chasing after him.
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view of Boot Hill scenario mid-play on Roll20, scenario is The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, but the lawmen are represented by elves and dwarves, while the cowboy side is represented by goblins
Gumshoe Creator Robin D. Laws Explains The Basics Of His Dramatic Game Engine, DramaSystem #ttrpg #gmtips #dungeonmaster
I'm considering installing one of the light-weight open-source AI models on my bitty standalone Linux machine and putting all of my Etinerra documents in it. HTML websites, Media Wiki, campaign notes and rules.
The goal is to have a searchable tool I can use to find things. I'm discovering that 17 years worth of material is hard to keep track of. And I would do it locally and on my own metal.
I've done some initial research and this seems doable.
In the year and a bit since we released the pdf we have funded five supplements for Embers by other designers and have run an Embers game jam with twenty entries.
We also have a small but active discord. If you come and join in will happily share the Embers pdf. https://discord.gg/xDRKhCsz
If any of that sounds good, please click the links and share with anyone you think might be interested! Thanks!!
Kann ein Ennie-Award eine Deportation verhindern?
Vielleicht.
Wieso das so ist, und wieso die Stimme, die du abgeben kannst, nicht nur ein Mittel ist, herausragende Leistungen zu würdigen, sondern ein Mittel zur Umverteilung von Macht, erklärt der Ennie-Nomminierte Em Costa in seinem Blog.
https://thepsychicmaelstrom.pika.page/posts/on-why-i-hate-awards-or-please-vote-for-me-at-the-ennies
I'm bringing this back. Three kernels of ideas for TTRPGs:
1. It's a 100-degrees Fahrenheit! Your AC can barely keep up. But it's January?
2. The moon! It's orbiting in reverse.
3. Oh Fuck! Someone trained the Pentagon's new AI LLM on the movie War Games! Now every government terminal is asking "Would you like to play a game...?"
#TTRPG gang! I am thinking of taking a few of my hodgepodge google doc adventures and polishing them up into proper PDFs and putting them up online somewhere.
So, my question:
What are the best-formatted adventures you've ever read? The ones that have GREAT information design, deliver the kind of information you want to see, and do it in the perfect sized package?
#TTRPG #GameStore
I spent a bit more than I had intended, mostly because they had a lot of books I was looking for.
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Some RPG books I bought - Painted Wastelands books, Savage Worlds Horror companion, Two Cloud Empress books, and a nice copy of Gardens of Ynn.
On my way back south, I made a point of stopping at Games and Stuff in Glen Burnie, MD, a short drive from I-95. It's perhaps my favorite #TTRPG store anywhere.
It's big, roughly the size of a small supermarket. One whole wall is dedicated to just RPGs.
There's a shelf for D&D, one for Pathfinder, and several shelves for other indie games.
There are three spinner racks for RPG zines, nicely organized by type.
There are also a few shelves of used games, at fairly reasonable prices.
If you're anywhere near Baltimore, worth a visit.
#GameStore
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Wide view of the Games & Stuff store
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Indie RPG shelves
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Used RPG shelves
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Spinner racks for RPG zines
Glimmermark session 56: they went down to the troglodyte cave again and tried to defeat the tribe that lived there. In between they met mostly inconsequential random encounters... and a giant leech that just dropped on them.
The fight with the stinky lizards was tough, although nobody really went all that close to death and smart spell use took care of some opponents. Lucky for them about half the tribe was out at that moment, and they managed to take down the king of troglodytes.
List of RPG products that I have bought but not read:
* Waking of Willoughby Hall
* Electrum Archive (vol 1) by @EmielBoven
* Hole in the Oak
* Ultraviolet Grasslands
* Troika!
* Whalgravaak's Warehouse
Very short by some people's standards, but I'm really struggling to read RPG stuff at the moment - chronic fatigue and a lot of stress. Managed a few minutes today. Wish me luck!
#knave #ElectrumArchive #HoleInTheOak #UltravioletGrasslands #Troika #ttrpg #elfgame #osr #nsr #ose
Gumshoe Creator Robin D. Laws Explains The Basics Of His Dramatic Game Engine, DramaSystem #ttrpg #gmtips #dungeonmaster
I know that I already posted for #PortfolioDay but I wanted to show off my black and white stuff.
#MastoArt #illustration #ink #comics #commission #horror #ttrpg #fantasy #dnd #BlackAndWhite
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A ink portrait of Frankenstein.
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A digital ink drawing of a barbarian woman swinging a large axe. She is wearing animal furs.
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A digital ink drawing of a beholder from Dungeons and Dragons.
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A digital ink drawing of a creature that looks like a mummified child. It floats on a beam of light coming from the moon.
#TTRPG #Gamestore
I'm a little sad to see some of the changes, mostly out of pure nostalgia. This place was mostly unchanged from the 70s. The Strategist was essentially CBGBs for nerds.
I completely understand why they did it. The Strat's a business, not a museum, and I hope it keeps them open longer.
A lot of the glass cases are now filled with older, more collectible RPG stuff. There are signs saying Not For Sale on most of them. Not sure if that's temporary or not.
#TTRPG #Gamestore
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Glass case filled with classic RPGs
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Glass case filled with classic RPGs
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Glass case filled with classic Warhammer stuff
I stopped by at NYC's oldest gaming store over the weekend, The Compleat Stratgeist. After decades, it looks like they've updated the floor layout a bit.
The ancient bowed wooden shelves are still there, but it looks like they've gotten rid of a lot of the old books that presumably never sold. They still have all of the newer RPGs. I picked up a few items myself.
The center shelves are newer and smaller, and you can walk around a little more easily.
#TTRPG #Gamestore
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Interior of Compleat Strategist. Shelves filled with RPGs.