From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks

Gareth Hanrahan on the DIE RPG: Metadungeon - Old Men Running The World The DIE RPG: The Metadungeon is presently crowdfunding as part of the Mega Dungeon Month. It's a frankly ludicrous endeavour, born of Gareth Hanrahan going

Declarations of conflict of interest are for lesser bloggers. Here's my interview with @mytholder.bsky.social about the the process behind the currently crowdfunding DIE RPG: The Metadungeon. oldmenrunningtheworld.com/gareth-hanra...

Crowdfunding Best Practices - #GDCRewind #GDC2025 YouTube video by GDC Festival of Gaming

The @officialgdc.bsky.social team has put an extract of my 2025 GDC talk as a Youtube Short:

www.youtube.com/shorts/_09Sr...

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Two hardback books site on a wooden table. One book is ash-white, the other is charcoal-black. Each book has one side of the Doomcoin embossed into its cover: the skull of a dead saint on the white corebook, and the crest of Pestilence on the first campaign, Lord Have Mercy Upon Us

The same TTRPG books with their protective dust jackets. Again, one is white and the other black. Doomsong: Lord Have Mercy Upon Us. They rest on orange leaves. The Doomcoin (a special coin we cursed by a real witch!) rests atop the Doomsong corebook.

if you're like, "What is this?" -- #Doomsong is a beautiful tabletop roleplaying game with grimdark monsters, tons of apocalyptic art and super-smooth rules that are easy to pick up!

kickstarter.com/projects/caesarink/doomsong (fulfilled!)
kickstarter.com/projects/caesarink/doomsong2 (June!)

The First WORLD FENCING LEAGUE is happening April 25th!!! I'M GEEKING!!!

Japanese engineers developed this "Sword Tip Visualisation" tracking technology specifically for this event that will make it so much easier for the average person to see what's going on!

I MUST WATCH THIS ENTIRE TOURNAMENT

An island chain with Very French Names.

Six of Marsh's fabulously and sinister character illustrations for GOLD TEETH. Eighteenth century hats and wigs abound.

Six non-player characters designed by Marsh Davies, each set within a picture frame reflecting their demeanour. Meet them on the high seas, and in low places in GOLD TEETH.

A port on an island where things are not going smoothly for the powers that be.

Hey, so we recently posted these extremely fine maps and character designs by @marshdavies.bsky.social in an update for our GOLD TEETH backers.

Might as well do the same here, because you can still pre-order: www.kickstarter.com/projects/149... Our pirate RPG book should absolutely not be missed!

Not what the fossil fuel oligarchs had in mind, exactly. But very, very nice.

It's super boring but i know i'd just write for myself. I write not for public consumption all the time, so doing it for a year and still being paid would be juuust fine.

VERY COOL PERSON: It's four-twenty, you know what that means?

ME: Hell yeah! [starts shoving blackbirds into a pie]

LORE - A Lord of the Rings Adventure Game Retroclone "I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a ...

Every year, I reread the LotR trilogy. This last year's reread amped me up and I started keying Middle-earth 12 miles at a time

Concurrently, without meaning to, I wrote a game to run the hexcrawl

I call it Lore - a Lord of the Rings Adventure Game retroclone

Here's what I think is fun about it🧵

This is the most important thing you will read today – and probably the whole year, honestly.

We cannot let the AMOC collapse. For one thing it will make Iceland uninhabitable, and I would really like my children and grandchildren not to become refugees. But the effects will be almost everywhere.

Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

It was a delight to be interviewed for this issue, which is chock full of interesting articles and features. Wyrd Science continues to set a high bar for indie journalism in games.

Palantir are about six months away from ordering their employees to leave audio logs scattered around their offices

Digital painting. A Dreamcatcher readies his equipment in a city backstreet

Dreamcatcher

An island chain with Very French Names.

Six of Marsh's fabulously and sinister character illustrations for GOLD TEETH. Eighteenth century hats and wigs abound.

Six non-player characters designed by Marsh Davies, each set within a picture frame reflecting their demeanour. Meet them on the high seas, and in low places in GOLD TEETH.

A port on an island where things are not going smoothly for the powers that be.

Hey, so we recently posted these extremely fine maps and character designs by @marshdavies.bsky.social in an update for our GOLD TEETH backers.

Might as well do the same here, because you can still pre-order: www.kickstarter.com/projects/149... Our pirate RPG book should absolutely not be missed!

Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation

"Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail"

"About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation"

The beautiful, fungal cover of Wyrd Science magazine.

A feature spread about the RPG Doomsong.

A feature spread about Blades in the Dark Deep Cuts.

So @wyrdscience.bsky.social arrived. It's a beauty and that handsome @rossignol.bsky.social guy wrote two articles!

You aren't going to want to miss out, so pick up your own copy today: shop.wyrd.science/products/wyr...

Sunday morning reminder I’ll be chatting with @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social at 11am (uk time) as part of this year’s virtual Grogmeet, I think you can still sign up if you’re interested in hearing me quack on about games, magazines & what happens when you make them kiss

warhorn.net/events/virtu...

Scientists Prove That Experimental Animation Can Cure Social Media Brain Rot A new study from UC Santa Barbara shows that watching experimental animation expands creativity and opens new ways of seeing the world. #Animation #ExperimentalAnimation #MentalHealth #BrainRot

A new study from UC Santa Barbara shows that watching experimental animation expands creativity and opens new ways of seeing the world.

#Animation #ExperimentalAnimation #MentalHealth #BrainRot

Nice dissonance. Let me guess, cognitive?

Painting of an armored woman, with flowing long hair, and a flaming sword, her green robe has a floral print

Painting of an elden ring character in Drake armor with a dragon wing cape

Painting of a bat helmed knight in green armor, holding a Lance with a banner in front of a burning field

Painting of a tall statue-esque elf with straight blonde hair carrying an olive branch and a candle

I need work. You need art. Comms open. 🖤🗡️🌻

When a person loses 1 sense the others are heightened. That's why people who have no sense of humor have an amazing sense of self-importance.

The beautiful, fungal cover of Wyrd Science magazine.

A feature spread about the RPG Doomsong.

A feature spread about Blades in the Dark Deep Cuts.

So @wyrdscience.bsky.social arrived. It's a beauty and that handsome @rossignol.bsky.social guy wrote two articles!

You aren't going to want to miss out, so pick up your own copy today: shop.wyrd.science/products/wyr...

Labour: You don't understand we can't change our leader because if they become unpopular we're stuck with them

SNP: About to win a thumping victory with their third leader of this Holyrood term

So the AI companies won't *ever* raise their fees? :hmm_emoji:

An astronaut I drew some years back now, the eggstronaut! Yep, am not over the Artemis II mission, now got the ISS feed on and it’s gorgeous :)

Save 10% on ShantyTown on Steam ShantyTown is a relaxing diorama-building game about finding beauty in everyday chaos. Bring new locations to life, stack your urban buildings high, and fill each little nook and cranny with your own ...

It's been an absolute honour to be a part of publishing ShantyTown, which launched today on Steam & GOG!

If you're looking for a cozy city-builder with some absolutely popping lo-fi tunes where you live with your mistakes, ShantyTown is the game for you.

store.steampowered.com/app/2434600/...

A pile of colourful print designs

Sometimes being a one woman creative business isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Today has been one of those days where I haven’t sold anything in my online shop.
Have a look at my shop and please repost to spread the word. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk

"The rise of extreme wealth is one of the clearest signs of this imbalance. In 1987, billionaires held wealth equal to 3% of global GDP. Today this tiny elite, just 0.0001% of the world population, owns the equivalent of *16%* of world GDP in wealth."