(coworkers reacting with laughing emojis to my slack messages) This is great. I am going to get a good grade in being a coworker, something that is normal to want and possible to achieve,

lmao, I'm at "well, my day job pays me, I'd just like to get these ideas out there and I don't think a brand new no name substack will get the interviews / statements"

I keep wanting to post more here but my issue is I've been too busy to have interesting thoughts lately, and short-form isn't where I thrive

I've been so long out of the game I have no idea anymore what sites are accepting pitches about actual play, especially more cultural criticism focused pieces

Editing Sam is available for editing tabletop RPGs. Please see the Other Work page for a list of previous editing credits. Here are brief descriptions of...

If you're looking for an editor, my availability starts in June!

I'm open for developmental and line/copy editing, and I'm prioritizing games that are < 10k words.

You can find more information, testimonials, and a list of games I've edited on my website.
www.blinkingbirchgames.com/editing

I'm about to have a significant amount of time in my hands, and I'm considering again doing a blog about actual play just to have a formal place for thoughts about it. But, I don't know if it should be a Patreon or a Substack or an otherwise separate blog.

This week on Party of One DON'T KILL A BIRD WITH A BASEBALL Feat. Tom Harrison (Anime Sickos Podcast) You’ll dig this episode if you like: Thinking about that time Randy Johnson killed a bird with a baseball partyofonepodcast.com

This Week on Party of One:

DON'T KILL A BIRD WITH A BASEBALL FEAT. TOM HARRISON
@tomharrison.bsky.social @ratbastardgames.bsky.social

Tom from @animesickos.bsky.social, my actual favorite podcast, joins me as we try to avoid killing a bird w/ a baseball.

www.partyofonepodcast.com/2026/04/05/4...

Party of One Kicks Off Spring Season With Award-Winning Authors, Actors, and More Guests include Lachlan Watson, Sarah Gailey, Isabel J Kim, John Allison, and More

Want a look at what's coming this Spring to Party of One? We dropped a breakdown of the upcoming season over at @rascal.news!

www.rascal.news/party-of-one...

AH so excited for the Isabel Kim episode 👀👀👀👀👀

unironically we play SUCH a good game and make SUCH a good narrative in my ep, like, i was genuinely delighted by the end of the session by how everything turned out and im excited for other ppl to listen >:3c !!

>:3c superhero vs their creator

We've got some very exciting episodes in the next few weeks, including:

Death of the Author by @goblinmixtape.bsky.social, feat. @isabel.kim

We Did Start The Fire by @morganeilish.bsky.social, feat. @sarahgailey.bsky.social

Not A Tabloid by @psychhound.bsky.social, feat. @badmachinery.com

I really gotta be more active on here, but I don't have anything to report on 😭

Full time job employed with none left over for hobbies or personal writing

I've been playing Crown Gambit all day, and I've been enjoying it a ton. Some really interesting worldbuilding, beautiful visual style, and delightful mechanics.

The influenced response mechanic is one of my favorite mechanics I've seen in a minute.

I've been absolutely awful about posting here, but I've once again arrived in the fair city of Philly for PAX U. :3c

What a mood. I'm heading out this year again, but it's the first year I have a full-time job in a decidedly not TTRPG space, so don't have as much time for PAX-relevant things.

As always, would love to say hello though! Just as a social call.

I do wanna say LOVE the war hammer.

Also, I know we're gonna hear it when the campaign but maybe a little preview on how to pronounce his name?

The Relationship Between Game Design and Art Direction with Naoki Yoshida and Hiroshi Minagawa YouTube video by Square Enix

If you’re at PAX West, please come to the Relationship Between Game Design and Art Direction tomorrow, Sunday, on the main stage at 11am PT. If you’re not at the show you can tune in, and see me, your host, along with Naoki Yoshida and Hiroshi Minagawa! www.youtube.com/live/aB2WfPs...

Tumulus 04. Return to the sea, a TTRPG and board game publication by Exeunt Press / Skeleton Code Machine.

Tumulus 04. Return to the sea.

Shipping early in September 2025: tumulus.exeunt.press

It's always funny when formal commentary or academic publications try to extrapolate trends and deduce attitudes of a fandom at large off how a Fandom wiki is handled. 95% of the time, less than seven people maintain that wiki and the decision in question was unilaterally made by one despotic admin.

The Mecha TTRPG Newsletter You are about to discover that mecha ttrpgs are legion. Or more likely you already know, and that's why you're signing up. It seems as if a new mech game is coming out every month, and so many of these games are worth reading, if not playing. How do you

Last week of the month! That means last chance for you to submit community content to the mecha ttrpg newsletter:

I've confirmed, but I will be going to PAX U this year!

I've been feeling the imposter syndrome again in the TTRPG space, as I haven't done as much as I hoped to in the past year, but we push through it.

😔🙏🏼🫡

Using Environments to Streamline your Daggerheart GM Prep YouTube video by Mike Underwood

Daggerheart's Environments can help you streamline your game prep while maintaining a balance between flexibility and utility. Here's my advice on doing it for yourself:

youtu.be/h-ht-wMbrms?...

Comically, he made a joke about it in an ad read in early C2, alongside deadEarth and Empire of Satanis.

So, someone told him, he remembers it / has a mental list of infamously bad RPGs, or looked it up again to make the same joke (positive), and I can't decide which is funniest to me.

Come watch a weird, wonderful, and practically never theatrically screened movie with me!

It's actually been really great to have a stable job, but, man, it hasn't helped with the energy for creative projects.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT..
Sword & Key SUMMER SLAM FIGHT THREE ended this past Saturday with Saskia the Air Genasi Oath of Watchers Paladin/ @genathan.bsky.social moving on to the FINAL FIGHT!
The stats show how WILD this fight was!

Check out FIGHT FOUR this Saturday August 9th at 10am PT / 1pm ET!

Doesn't... The New Yorker's style guide have it famously spelled out, two words, NO hyphen on top of this? What?

It's very interesting at any rate — and exciting from a production management and creative direction standpoint.

And, ngl, as someone who ultimately found C3 mid, this "giving a breather" is exaCtly the kind of thing I wanted to see after a debrief on what happened there.

It's kinda funny bc I think a many who could clock it was true, just accidentally posted, kept it to themselves. I mean, I know I and a bunch of friends did lmaoo

It's kinda funny how ime the people who can recognize when it's genuine, just mispubilshed, will keep it private and just be patient.