Han and Luke are eating a giant gingerbread cookie shaped like Yoda’s head. Yoda looks on. #toyphoto

“Lie I will not. Uncomfortable this makes me.”

Words are Music whether written or Spoken and Music is a Voice and another Sound of Words.
(Sun Ra)

A photo of a customised robot kit in front of a Scifi Ruins and Interiors Backdrop

A photo of a customised robot kit in front of a Scifi Ruins and Interiors Backdrop

A photo of a customised robot kit in front of a Scifi Ruins and Interiors Backdrop

A photo of a customised robot kit in front of a Scifi Ruins and Interiors Backdrop

The ScitFi Ruins and Interiors Backdrop Book is one of our best sellers. It's really great for your grim dark future war models, your modern day troops, and your weird customised rewilded robot models all covered in rust, soil and tufts and flowers.#jhbackdrops handiwork.games/product-cate...

My Partner-in-Crime has better emotional control than I …

My Partner-in-Crime is a college professor. She meets new young people every year. A few years ago, one student said they liked Classic Rock.

PIC: “Oh, like Journey and Led Zeppelin?”

This was met with a blank look & …

Student: “Like Nirvana & Pearl Jam.”

for the sake of pedestrian safety we decided electric cars should make noise. but the specific nose we decided on was "the ghost o' the moor with long, spidery fingers who sucks your soul into her distended mouth"

I already drafted it. I need to actually try running the darn thing.

Honestly, I cannot shake the idea of an Avatar Transfer Protocol--which would be a FLAILSNAILS/ STARSLUGS-like agreement that allows Cyberpunk TTRPG PCs to hop from Virtual Reality "dreamland" to VR "dreamland."

Sorta like Simulacron-3 meets Neuromancer meets Tron, turned up to 11.

And the Alt-Text didn't make it through: A small animated lizard stands on a thick branch in a forest or jungle. The camera zooms in on him, he sees the observer, and--with a big friendly smile--waves into the camera. Apparently, he is called Tom the Lizard and is from Pixar's Hoppers.

OK. This fella's new to me but is adorable. Deets are in the Alt-Text.

Hand-drawn hex map from the header of the Raven CrowKing's Nest blog.

A photo of the Raven Crowking, apparently. (Older white fella, with a beard, sitting at a desk with a sheaf of papers. Run through a PhotoShop filter.)

OK. So, I am thinking about the design of funnels (0-level adventures) for Dungeon Crawl Classics, Mutant Crawl Classics, Umerica Survival Guide, & NetCrawl--and this cat seems to have done a lot of useful thinking about the subject.

ravencrowking.blogspot.com/2012/04/devi...

Ah, yeah—I have those too. Totally keep it!

Do you mean the exported archive? Or do you still have an otherwise unused account on the site that shall not be named?

A flatscreen display on a "smart" water fountain, demanding to be reconnected to the internet.

In 1999, I was playing a decker in Shadowrun, and tried to distract a guard by hacking a water fountain to overflow, and my GM said "why would a water fountain be on the network? That's fucking stupid. No you can't try."

Well it's 2026 and I just want you to know, Phil, that I FUCKING CALLED IT!

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It’s funny—I have been on the lookout for talking toasters references, since I learned about PKD describing his anxieties around them and other intelligent appliances. There’s a wee reference to one in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx & Crake.

“How about a waffle?”

Does Anyone Want Any Toast? | Red Dwarf | BBC YouTube video by BBC Studios

Hear me out, everyone!

Toaster. Plus. AI. Equals. BILLIONS!!!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_...

Does Anyone Want Any Toast? | Red Dwarf | BBC YouTube video by BBC Studios

Hear me out—toaster plus AI?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_...

I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"

Shoulda tagged this Blackmoor Day post with #OSR, #TTRPG, #DND … 🤦‍♂️

Fully documented source code for Elite on the 6502 (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, Apple II, NES) Fully documented source code for Elite on the 6502 (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, Apple II, NES), with more than 100 deep dive articles explaining how every aspect of this iconic game works...

Someone has documented the entire source code for Elite and explained how every line works, plus included deep dives into various functionality. Covers all main versions like BBC Micro, Commodore 64 and NES. You can also play online in browser. elite.bbcelite.com

50 Years of Blackmoor! Today, April 17th 2021 marks the 50 year anniversary of the first official Blackmoor Game session. The session was announced in Dave Arneso...

Happy Blackmoor Day, to all who celebrate it! (April 17, 1971) #D&D #TTRPGs

blackmoormystara.blogspot.com/2021/04/50-y...

This is a dance off. If you see this repost a dance, or you are eliminated.

I believe she does. (I didn’t tag her, because I don’t want to SPAM her with my rando thoughts. 🙃)

Lots of stealable-I-mean-adaptable ideas for SFF TTRPGs in @timsbrannan.bsky.social's two reviews of Margaret St. Clair's books--and an opportunity to revisit her work! What's not to like?

This game fixes D&D's "roll persuasion" problem YouTube video by Ginny Di

OK. So Ginny Di's latest video, reviewing the social persuasion rules from Draw Steel is really intriguing.

Wondering how to adapt Interest, Patience, Motivations, and Pitfalls for D100 (BRP, Mythras, Comae Engine) & 2D6 (Traveller) games.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAQj...

That's why I always carry a sword (so I can Draw Steel 🗡️)

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And—good gracious! What a strange episode that was! #Blakes7 Animals

What’s with the blonde femme troopers? Are they another mutoid variant or humans? #Blakes7 Animals