Kieron Gillen

I had to basically dash as well - all trains back to Bath after 10pm were bus replacements, so I'd have been home at 3am.

I will get package in post ASAP! It was great seeing you three briefly. And thanks for finding my bag!

(I forgot to do it yesterday. I was a bit of a mess yesterday!)

The cover of DIE loaded 5.

It's a DIE: Loaded #5 week.

I released a new little game over the weekend. It sort of started as an elaborate shitpost, and became something a little more, while also remaining an elaborate shitpost.

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I’m speaking at this tonight. Come hear us all yabber.

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Probably worth adding the caveat to that as well, to make sure folks know I'm appreciative. I am also delighted when people do pay. Zine money is my favourite money. If the big companies knew how much happier earning $50 from a zine makes me, they'd probably cut my rate.

My work here is done.

Cover of (I must remain) The Glad Cowboy, by me. It's a freeware bit of cowboy art with a smiling emoji over it.

I just released another short ttrpg zine.

(I must remain) THE GLAD COWBOY is storygame where one player plays a Glad Cowboy and the other player plays The Repressed Horror At The Thing They Did. #ttrpg #indiettrpg

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Oh no! :(

Amazing. I am also pro comfort. Eliza is in hell, but you needn't be.

Ah, awesome. Did the show go well?

👀 an exclusive sneak peek at some behind the scenes photos of our shoot from @kierongillen.bsky.social and @casparw.bsky.social 's The Power Fantasy cosplays 😍💖
@digitaldrifter.bsky.social absolutely *crushes* these photos - I cannot wait to show you the full set!!!

A mockup of the Blades '69 book where the 69 has been crossed out and replaced with 69 in bright purple. Below that, the bio for April Kit Walsh which reads: April Kit Walsh writes games about feelings, vulnerability, and caring for one another, including Thirsty Sword Lesbians and End of the Line. She used to be a swordfighting ballerina, but claims those days are behind her; she has absolutely no idea who that masked heroine with the sword and the tutu might be. When not writing RPGs, April is a civil liberties attorney working to protect the rights of criminal defendants, activists, journalists, and everyone else impacted by the technologies of control or empowerment. Next to the bio, the description for the $420k stretch goal: Blades '69: The Sexual Revolution The 1960s were a time when the counterculture challenged establishment norms around sex, love, family, and a person's right to choose what happens to their own body. How does this conflict manifest in Doskvol? How does the Consensus exercise control through these dimensions of human experience, and what struggles and delightful deviancies does your group want to explore? Blades '69 is a combination of a worldbuilding exercise and safety tool to help you bring themes of both real-world and fantastical sexual liberation to your game.

yeah yeah we saw all you sly posters going "Blades '68? ...just ONE off."
Well we're not COWARDS. Challenge accepted!
At $420k we'll commission April Kit Walsh (designer of Thirsty Sword Lesbians) to write up... Blades '69
Time to put your money where your mouth is.
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It is a fine example of the ludicrous creative mindset that reads that and thinks "Cai thinks I have sucked for a long time."

Write what you know, etc.

Thank you!

I had probably too much fun with the random spark tables in this. For example...

It's Time for DIE: Read Along With Class! [Intro to Literary Studies] YouTube video by Critical Prof

Saturday is a dumb day for drops, but I am feral and cannot be contained.

I'll note this again in the coming days, but for those interested in joining my class read-along of @kierongillen.bsky.social DIE, you have until March 16 to finish Volume 1: FANTASY HEARTBREAKER.

The State of the Art by Iain M Banks - BBC Sounds A spaceship arrives on Earth and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like 'money'.

My BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Iain M. Banks' The State of the Art can now be found and played here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

It's got a $4 suggested price, but just download it if you're interested. I'd release it for free, but while I don't need the money, it's worth stressing that indie ttrpg art games are worth paying for.

Cover of (I must remain) The Glad Cowboy, by me. It's a freeware bit of cowboy art with a smiling emoji over it.

I just released another short ttrpg zine.

(I must remain) THE GLAD COWBOY is storygame where one player plays a Glad Cowboy and the other player plays The Repressed Horror At The Thing They Did. #ttrpg #indiettrpg

kierongillen.itch.io/i-must-remai...

Comics Disassembled: Ten Things I Liked or Didn't Like from the Past Week in Comics, Led by the Internet Becoming Real! - SKTCHD It was a wild week in comics, one with surprising twists and turns throughout. But in this kind of, sort of abbreviated edition of Comics Disassembled, in which I look at nine things I liked or didn’t...

Some really nice words about the Power Fantasy #16 in @sktchd.bsky.social's Top 10 things for the week. For example, "It was a perfect execution of a wild idea, and each and everyone involved is an absolute mad person for doing this."

Deep Lake road sign

There are roughly 5000 residents of Deep Lake, NM, but only 4200 followers on the campaign so far. Give it a follow and help us get to 5000! You don't even have to move to a strange, isolated town in the desert! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

Ruin: An Anthology of One Shot Incursions for Trophy A collection of 14 new incursions for Trophy Gold and Trophy Dark.

We've unlocked all our goals for our Trophy TTRPG anthology of one shots! Look forward to incursions written by @lackingceremony.bsky.social, @thebadspot.bsky.social, @lincodega.com, @kierongillen.bsky.social, @quinnblackwell.bsky.social & @premeemohamed.com :D www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...

"Putting the shipping in the fellowship."

Free League: Kieron. Do you have any ideas for The One Ring sourcebooks?
Kieron: Actually, now you mention it, I do!
[Kieron Sends mail.]
[Free League reads mail.]
[Free League blocks Kieron's e-mail address.]

The muppet's christmas carol meme, revealing it's Kieron goes on about beorn's origin being tom bombadil fucking a bear" day.

It comes around quicker every year.

That is fun, but this is Beorn's canon origin

It's also worth remembering, I have been tempted to do a fan cut of the hobbit which solely consists of the Beorn scenes and a bunch of re-purposed footage from Gentle Ben.

Every time people talk about the Hobbit movies being padded, I think of all the stuff they cut.