Tiny Table released the Q&A episode with yours truly on it today! I cried a lot when we recorded this episode, although they did a good job of editing it out. Thanks for having me on!
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Had our session three...and both of our investigators died at the hands of the serial killer. It was great, like a real 90s thriller or classic giallo.
Looking forward to seeing the full game.
Sony doesn’t ever get decide whether or not I can watch Utena, and my region doesn’t matter. I never have to read a Kotaku article about Disney censoring Revy’s butt. My DVDs don’t send me annual emails about them raising the price on me.
This and more is decidedly not inconvenient.
Amen.
What's been interesting, particularly with the Changeling thing has been the issue you point to: different visions of what you do in the setting or what its about. The iterations of CtL have honed it down to what I like in the setting, which hasn't always been what some players dig or vice versa
We're playing the QS right now (I think that's what @donogh.bsky.social is running from) and really enjoying it with two investigators and a GM.
A really interesting essay-- worth a read. It points at other kinds of fandom in rpgs: where you dig a particular setting but want to run in that world with a different set of rules. I've done that for L5R, Changeling the Lost, Coriolis & others. It's an associated form of rpg curation.
Love to see the QS
Target sales and traffic slumps continue, but it now expects growth in 2026 Story by Adam Uren Target continued to experience sales and traffic decline in its most recent financial quarter, but its new CEO says there are signs of recovery after a turbulent 12 months for the Minneapolis retailer. In its results for November-January released Tuesday, Target revealed that customer traffic both in-store and online fell for the fourth quarter in a row, while its net sales of $30.5 billion is 1.5% lower than in the 4th quarter of 2024. Comparable sales fell by 2.5%, comprising a 3.9% in-store decline and a 1.9% decline in website sales. It follows a year in which Target faced a series of challenges, starting with consumer backlash in late January 2025 when it announced it was ending a series of George Floyd-era diversity initiative just days after President Donald Trump returned to office.
My hobbies incl walks, cooking, & laughing as Target sales continue to fall:
“…customer traffic both in-store and online fell for the fourth quarter in a row… Comparable sales fell by 2.5%, comprising a 3.9% in-store decline and a 1.9% decline in website sales.”
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John of Patmos: In my book I invented the Antichrist as a cautionary tale.
Modern evangelicals: At long last we can worship the Antichrist from the classic book Don't Worship The Antichrist.
A Different Kind of Hex Ep. 8 - Your Home Table
Ian, José, and Danny put the knowledge gained from past episodes into practice. We talk about figuring out what you like in a game & advocating for it, playing to lift fellow players, and Danny's 4-step method for iterative improvement in play.
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https://www.politico.eu/article/orban-just-lost-his-populist-touch/ Magyar’s highlighting of corruption was also telling, said Timothy Ash of Britain’s Chatham House. “People may go along with a kleptocracy for as long as an economy is doing well, but ultimately, if the economy starts failing, and they see all these guys lining their pockets, then you can expect a reaction.” Kim Lane Scheppele, a professor at Princeton University and an expert on Hungarian elections, said: “Orbán was able to be continuously reelected as long as the Hungarian economy was strong and Orbán’s corruption remained hidden from the general public.” “But the economy flatlined. Combine that with many exposés of Orbán’s corruption — the palatial estate nominally in the name of his father, the extraordinary wealth of his closest friends … and the public soured on him in a context in which ordinary Hungarians are finding it hard to make ends meet,” she told POLITICO.
“People may go along with a kleptocracy for as long as an economy is doing well, but ultimately, if the economy starts failing, and they see all these guys lining their pockets…”
On how Orban's 16 yr misrule of Hungary ended, economist Timothy Ash @chathamhouse.org
www.politico.eu/article/orba...
God the Zhenya's art is so fucking good
First game: White Box D&D
Latest game: Midnight of the Century
Longest game: Action Cards
Favorite game: Hearts of Wulin (tho I wrote it), Star Trek Adv
Favorite mechanics: Apocalypse Keys, Mountain Home
Favorite setting: Changeling the Lost 1e, Karanduun
Favorite art: Dune, Weapons of the Gods
"Researchers at Dublin City University created 10 blank smartphones registered as male teenagers, five on TikTok and five on YouTube Shorts, with no history, likes or prior searches. Within 23 minutes, all of them were being served misogynistic content they had never looked for. …
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>𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬.𝑰𝑺.𝑵𝑶.𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑻𝒀
>𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬.𝑰𝑺.𝑵𝑶.𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑻𝑬
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My final class illustration for @austinwalker.bsky.social’s
Realis: kickstarter.com/projects/crum/realis
Montana has figured out a way to put the screws to Citizens United.
Good.
All states need to do what the gutless SCOTUS won't.
You should never be afraid to ask tabletop RPG authors dumb questions about their games because that's literally how we tell whether or not what we wrote is working.
The Rotted Capes Kickstarter is reaching its last few days. We did an interview with the lead designer for the podcast a while back. It's a really interesting blend of horror & supers.
Campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/141...
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Pete Hegseth Laid On Side For Cabinet Meeting Pentagon Chief Positioned To Prevent Aspiration Of Vomit
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Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History: Ep. 8 Smallville & Marvel Heroic
Lowell and Jay bring on Rich Rogers (Hit the Streets: Defend the Block; +1 Forward) to give his perspectives as a GM and player. We talk about mechanics, MWP's history, these properties & general thoughts
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TODAY! Come join us! Hang out as we attempt to live build a dungeon made from TTRPG history!
I'd like to apologize in advance for posting daily about my Kickstarter. If you're so inclined, the best way to shut me up is to hit all the stretch goals quickly so I have nothing to talk about.
Launching in 20 minutes:
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Last year I rewatched Utena and drew this poster. And... I think it's time to show it?? 🤺
This is an amazing collection-- Ruincairn's a love letter to Dark Souls with a Norse wrapper and We Deal in Lead is a smart, simply-written approach to doing a Gunslinger/Dark Tower game.
It's a little niche, but I've been reading through Land of Eem and it's a real joyful pleasure.
A medieval styled illustration of the cosmological map of Realis and its thousand moons
So excited to be finally sharing my cover for @austinwalker.bsky.social ’s upcoming ttrpg ‘REALIS’
Crowdfunding starts soon!
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Open Hearth Podcast Ep 16: Ars Magica, Long Campaigns & Modern Supers
This time we have veteran community couple Tyler and Patrick. We talk prep for an upcoming Ars campaign, the challenges of long-running story campaigns, and the intersection of current events and modern superhero gaming.
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So what do you get in this?
I'll speak a little bit to the Incursion I wrote, a 3-Set Gold adventure called "The Soirée at Machadio Manor".
(In-progress art by Brian Sago, shared with permission)
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