Posts by Ben M | Periapt Games
The Onion!Infowars Store having both a "turn your piss into gold" and a "turn your gold into piss" product currently "sold out" is an extremely good bit.
sleep [stock market graph trending down]
coffee [stock market graph trending up]
Increasingly violent bar-room brawl is being fought over whether it's called a "pickup", a "boost", or a "special". There's only one guy calling it a "weapons mod" but he's big and standing in a corner sweeping a broomstick around like it's a halberd so everybody's keeping clear
"One For Sorrow", ink on paper. A bird with a human, female head with long black hair, standing above two human skulls and in front of a church window.
I made a colourised version of this sketch. Usually, I'm not one for bold colours like this, but it feels kinda right.
What do you think? #art
"We already lost Pluto"
Something indie TTRPG authors have got to accept is dice tables of Weird Shit cannot be brief. A haunted doll that looks like the party leader's mother is creepy in isolation, but when it comes up four times in one session because the table it's on only has like twelve entries it's a running gag.
Preposterous! Everybody knows that two or three specific Hammer Horror films were the sole popular media inspiration for D&D
They're so CUTE
Spiral droste applied to the sticker design in green, black, red, and tan; base image depicts a knife over the "women's" bathroom symbol (itself holding a knife) surrounded by the text "GIRL IS A TYPE OF KNIFE IS A TYPE OF"
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In working on the no gen AI directory, I've looked at a LOT of artist portfolios. Like, 350+ of them at this point. And I thought I'd compile what I was seeing done right, what surprised me (positively), and then what I was commonly seeing done wrong. Use this to tweak your own portfolio!
Children have been drawing in books for centuries, here are a few examples.
Such a wonderful bridge to the past, the doodles seem so familiar 🥹
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
a patch or sticker design in four colors (green, black, red, and tan) depicting a knife over the "women's" bathroom symbol (which is holding a knife) surrounded by the cyclical text "GIRL IS A TYPE OF KNIFE IS A TYPE OF"
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Spiral droste applied to the sticker design in green, black, red, and tan; base image depicts a knife over the "women's" bathroom symbol (itself holding a knife) surrounded by the text "GIRL IS A TYPE OF KNIFE IS A TYPE OF"
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Me when I hear someone grumbling about Gen α slang: lol get tf over it, language descriptivism stays winning
Me when I hear someone say "hone in on" or using "nonplussed" to mean "unimpressed": We Need To Bring Back Hitting With Rulers
Text: when you spend $10 or more on bakery items. In-store or online. Offer can be redeemed once during the promotional period. Bakery offers exclude pre-packaged sliced bread, all other ambient bakery items including rolls and buns (e.g., burger buns, hot dog rolls, sliders, brioche buns), flatbreads (e.g., pita, naan, tortillas, wraps), breakfast items (e.g., crumpets, English muffins, pancakes), snack breads (e.g., fruit bread, pizza bases, garlic bread)
"Ambient" bakery items
Very odd vibe when the supermarket promotion lists "participating products". This soda is proud to join in. This cat food volunteered
Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.
my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
RIP to a real one from back in the day when your surname was your career
It's #selfpromosaturday, so let me hold up the card that reads #Overzealous: the solo RPG of tactical cult management and heretical hijinks!
Play as a god and deal with the bunch of little weirdos who worship you for some reason.
itch: periapt-games.itch.io/overzealous
DriveThruRPG: bit.ly/overz
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Manifesting in our reality this week, #Overzealous is a solo pen-and-paper game of cult coordination and heretical hijinks!
1. Be a god trapped outside space and time
2. Encourage a cult that starts to worship you
3. Discover they're all complete frothing zealots
periapt-games.itch.io/overzealous
In this digital illustration, three baby dragons are sheltered from rain by their gigantic mama dragon. They are on a rooftop in front of a cityscape. The babies gaze up at their mom, smiling.
Sheltering the littlest flames
Oh hell yeah that looks incredible
Manifesting in our reality at last, #Overzealous is a solo pen-and-paper TTRPG revolving around tactical cult management and heretical hijinks!
1. Be a god trapped outside reality
2. Encourage a cult to worship you
3. Discover they're all complete frothing zealots
periapt-games.itch.io/overzealous
#SelfPromoSaturday time once again!
Show off your artwork, TTRPG projects, sale, rpg kickstarter or anything you're proud of!
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A superhero RPG but all the game powers are taken from the stories children tell.
Your paper guy can shoot poisonous milk from his toes or fly around on an electric harpoon or "go inside an egg" or only see (and be seen by) things that are red. 600 powers but no super speed or regeneration