2026 Writing: Day 60 ✍️
Daily word count: 4,919
Total word count: 46,208
Dove back into #DeadCityBlues today for a Patreon drop later this month. It’s going well, I’m experimenting with some new tweaks to the #OuroborosSystem & really liking where it’s heading.
What are you all writing right now?
Cab Calloway needs a solid. His drummer has vanished and he needs you to find the wayward musician. The investigators find the band member frozen to death in the dead of summer. The words “The Walking Winter Hunts” carved into the frozen flat’s wall. #HarlemUnbound #ouroborossystem
In 1776, an integrated minuteman squad is trapped behind British lines at the Battle of Harlem Heights.
They witness a British Major summon a Shoggoth to stop George Washington’s first battlefield victory. Can the heroes turn the tide and survive the horror? 👁️🩸
#HarlemUnbound #OuroborosSystem
Zora Neale Hurston
The investigators burst into the Fire “offices” & find Zora Neale Hurston battling three zombies. 🧟♂️🔥When the dust settles, she reveals the truth: the Brotherhood of the Skin stole a forbidden tome. They have 10 hours to stop the ritual or every dead soul in NYC rises. #HarlemUnbound #OuroborosSystem
I'm doing the dad thing and waiting to drive the kiddo home after her activities and listening to old Genrlesss episodes. This #OuroborosSystem actual play was a blast! #Xmen97
Did you know I run a small Patreon, #HarlemUnbounding, packed with goodies for TTRPG fans? I just dropped a brand-new Harlem Unbound profile with stats, for none other than Rudolph Fisher, ready for the #OuroborosSystem! Check it out & bring one of Harlem’s sharpest mind to your table!
Drafts of the Ouroboros System Documents, with the Swords and Sorcery draft on top of the other two system mechanics documents. Near an African American History Museum coffee mug, notebook, and the Marvel Conan graphic novel.
A copy of Chris's Gamehole Con schedule with Panels and Conan without Conan game.
T-11 days until Gamehole Con! Reviewing my Ouroboros System Swords & Sorcery ⚔️🧙♂️mechanics and making a player OS crash sheet for Monday’s test run. I love how easily it adapts. Building "classes", spells⚡, and the real cost of magic has been a blast! #GameDesign #TTRPG #OuroborosSystem
Haunted West scenario Prosperity, Are you going my way writer by Chris Spivey cover
Art by Kurt Komoda in the Haunted West scenario Prosperity, Are you going my way writer by Chris Spivey
🚗💨 Morning ride = #GameDesign time!Working on Haunted West: Prosperity, my scenario “Are You Going My Way?” 👻 Wrote it for the Kickstarter… and challenged myself: No supernatural.
(Okay okay, I did sneak in a few #WeirdWest options in the margins. 🤠📦)
#HauntedWest #IndieRPG #Ouroborossystem
Haunted West mouse pad with the Demon train art. A black keyboard with blue lit keys next to a Swing's filled coffee mug and Chris's Black hand near the keyboard.
Deep in revision mode on [REDACTED] this morning, combing through notes from the last two playtests and player feedback. Sharpening mechanics, tightening lore, gearing up for the final round of playtesting later this year. #GameDesign #TTRPG #WorldBuilding #OuroborosSystem
Working on my post-mortem for yesterday's #HauntedWest actual play, it's something I always do after running a game. Time to reflect, revise, and dive into the creation process. New word counter starts… now. 📝🤠
Day 1
Week 1
Current Word Count: 748
#TTRPG #GameDesign #OuroborosSystem
Haunted West Corebook standing next to a bottle of Garrison Brothers Cowboy 10th Anniversary Bourbon. In front of them, a two-finger pour of bourbon beside a Haunted West Ourboros System Crash sheet, dice, and a notepad.
It’s almost time for the Haunted West Actual Play! Players have their pregens. I've got my crash sheet, notes & a two-finger pour of #GarrisonBrothers Cowboy to set the mood as we explore the weird & #HauntedWest alternate history. Saddle up, y’all, let’s ride! 🤠🥃📜 #TTRPG #OuroborosSystem
Going to #GameholeCon? If not, why not? If so, checkout all of those amazing Balladeers running #HauntedWest! If you want to play in my game, I’m running a #swordsandsorcery oneshot with the #OuroborosSystem !!! Can you tell, I’m excited for my first Gamehole Con?
Hey HepCats! Just dropped an exclusive #HarlemUnbound profile + character sheet on my Patreon! I’ve been digging deep into the era to bring more vibrant folks into your games. Check it out! #OuroborosSystem #CthulhuMythos #HistoryBelongsToAllOfUs
Somewhere between Gate B12 and a wild idea—I'm crafting my #GameHoleCon special event game with the #OuroborosSystem. Can't share details yet ([REDACTED], you know the drill), but it's going to be something else. #TTRPGs #GameDesign
My #GameHoleCon exclusive scenario is officially submitted! 🎉 Now it’s time to dive into some deep lore, crack open the research books, and spend a couple of hours outlining this wild ride. Scheming and scotch await!📚✨ #GameDesign #TTRPG #OuroborosSystem
Decisions, decisions… With some incredible #HauntedWest games already lined up by the Balladeers at #GameHoleCon, I’m tempted to mix things up. Maybe it’s time to unveil something from the #OuroborosSystem —a Darker Hue original. New worlds to explore, new stories to tell. 🔥 #TTRPGs #GMLife
T-Minus 1.5 hours until [REDACTED] session 3! I'm prepping and (re)reviewing previous player feedback from the last few playtests. I'm immensely pleased with how it's going, but the playtest brings out a few fiddly bits that need to be smoothed out. #OuroborosSystem #GameDesign #TTRPGs
Gamer designer dad moment! Kiddo’s played 5E D&D in the campaign I run and some #OuroborosSystem for solo games. She’s asked how BGEE worked, while I was playing and I broke it down for her. Then she asked I run her lot of #TTRPGs, so she can learn game mechanics how I did at her age! Where to start
Spent most of yesterday working on a #HarlemUnbounding project and pretty pleased with how it turned out. #Ouroborossystem #GameDev
The verdict? A smashing success! It went deeper than session one, flexed more of the system, and so engaging the players only thought a couple of minutes has passed after hours of play. Got some greet feedback and a mechanic suggesting for something very cool. #OuroborosSystem
Ouroboros System Playtest Documents with a beer.
It’s [REDACTED] session 2 night! I’m pretty excited after how well the last one went. Everyone really got into the game. Tonight with a smaller group I’m focusing on another aspect of the game. I love this part. The writing, the designing, and player feedback. #OuroborosSystem #GameDesign
Plotting is one of my favorite parts; another is running it and seeing the players' reactions as history, horror, and hijinks ensue. 3/? #OuroborosSystem #HauntedWest
Am I making an entirely new #OuroborosSystem game for my kiddo to play tomorrow for a series she loves? Maybe… or in dad speak, Yes! #gamedesignchallenge
The kiddo overhead I was running three campaigns and demanded thier game be a campaign. So, four campaigns it is! I've been reading a lot of fantasy, and it was a heavily altered 5E. Z and I could make a fantasy game with the #Ouroborossystem (OS) instead. #kiddesigner
Did you miss this epic #Xmen actual playing using the #ouroborossystem? Come checkout how Storm, Cyclops, Rogue, and Wolverine tackle a powerful former antagonist!
I’ve been noodling around on a #WorldWar2 idea and putting pen to paper this morning with the #OuroborosSystem. It’s a time period I’ve worked in and have been reading up on. #gamedevelopment #TTRPG
Tonight is #XMen97 season one finale with an excellent bourbon. 🥃 This season has been killing it and makes me want to run another #OuroborosSystem X-men’97 one shot! What do you say @genreless.bsky.social ?
I’m giving Jill the greatest #MotherDay gift in addition to flowers, alone time! No kid and no hubby. I’m taking advantage of that time while Z is busy and picking backup on revising the #OuroborosSystem based on player feedback. Before taking the kiddo out to lunch.
I just dropped the last two pregens and an #OuroborosSystem rules one-pager for tomorrow's #Genreless X-Men'97 actual play!
