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Epistolary Richard

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(h/h) '24 ttrpg What's Hot Year in Review see https://therpgpipeline.blogspot.com My '25 ZineQuest Teen Noir ttrpg see https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1591846918/teen-noir-ttrpg-2e-zinequest (indie ttrpg organiser, designer, former Warhammer novelist)

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Anthropic "We would like there to be a human involved at some point in the process of deciding to kill someone."

All other bidding AI companies "..."

24.02.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a joke, but it's also not a million miles from a project I've been considering...

24.02.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

First idiot, Second idiot, Third idiot, Stig

24.02.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

While it's true that their real names were pretty ridiculous, most of the Drones acquired even more ridiculous nicknames (Bingo, Tuppy, Gussie, Oofy).

02.02.2026 07:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming soon: Swords Without Master A ttrpg of strange sorceries, ferocious deeds, and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.

It's happening!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

12.01.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 30

You can! I did! playmakerawards.blogspot.com

08.12.2025 07:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll be there with the fam for the first time. Fingers crossed for the day...

23.11.2025 19:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone know if #Dragonmeet will include a board game play test area or Indie TTRPGs on the Hour?

23.11.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
What It Sounds Like | Synchronized Roller Coasters (K-Pop Demon Hunters)
What It Sounds Like | Synchronized Roller Coasters (K-Pop Demon Hunters) YouTube video by Tube Cody

I'm not the one weeping at a 16 bit rollercoaster. YOU'RE the one weeping at a 16 bit rollercoaster. youtu.be/VDLhS-nFPU8?...

21.11.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the strengths of KPDH has been how little it explains around its mythology and backstory. It left a huge fertile void for fan theories without having to engage with the more complicated questions it raises.

16.11.2025 06:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Joy from the movie Inside Out weepa as she cradles some of Riley's forgotten memories

Joy from the movie Inside Out weepa as she cradles some of Riley's forgotten memories

Inside Out just hits differently once you've had kids. All I'm saying.

15.11.2025 08:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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October 2025 TTRPG Crowdfunding Retrospective October: big month for Kickstarter, not so much for Backerkit, and Gamefound is around too I guess. Here's the raw data , let's dive in: 181...

Delighted to discover another person tracking ttrpg crowdfunding. If anyone knows if they are on this site please tag them so I can follow them.
ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com/2025/11/octo...

13.11.2025 07:32 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Norse Crown (A Love in the Time of SeiΓ° Game Replay) - Epistolary Richard | DriveThruRPG NOTE: This is not a game. This is an annotated replay (transcript/AP) of a game intended for entertainment and to help inspire your own play. The kingdom is on the brink. The King is old, his daughter...

I'm probably not your intended audience as I find audio and video APs pretty dull. Give me a written AP (preferably including footnotes from the players as to their thoughts at the time) and I am so there! I did a few myself before, this is an example www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...

09.11.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What am I getting with all the daylight I've saved?

With my luck, probably sunburn.

03.11.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I went to the first Pirates of the Caribbean when it was first out in the theatres. When the movie title/rating card came up, someone in the audience made the pirate AAAARRRR noise.

That was acceptable.

30.10.2025 17:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, Sanguinius should not be marked as Least Concern IMHO

30.10.2025 17:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

With three young children, the idea of international travel is completely foreign to me.

25.10.2025 17:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking for recommendations for business card sized ttrpgs suitable for kids. All guidance appreciated!

20.10.2025 07:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dice? GMs? These sound like dangerously modern inventions to me!

29.09.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

IIRC the Smart Party coined the pithy phrase on this topic "you want the chat to go around the wheel because that's where the rubber hits the road!"

23.09.2025 17:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm just going to say "Super Nashwan" and let others recall the terror at facing them.

23.09.2025 16:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

20.09.2025 06:51 πŸ‘ 1793 πŸ” 797 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 51

Apparently the only way to organise a gaming convention is for folk to put in the work to prepare games in advance and then hope to hell that people will want to play them.

19.09.2025 07:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How do you feel about html?

16.09.2025 06:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Who is it a call to arms against? Or is it just a general 'stand back and stand by'?

13.09.2025 09:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

...we created a 'playset' that I then took & developed into Anarktika which was my first credit. I used the same rules to create a GoT version which I never released but had a good game of once. I also used it as the basis for a generic One Shot Story Game Generator which I was proud of at the time.

13.09.2025 09:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Probably Love in the Time of SeiΓ° by Matthijs Holter and @jmstar.bsky.social

Pretty early on in my time in indie ttrpgs, I was inspired by a Fiasco playstorm to do the same for SeiΓ° (which then got named SeiΓ°storm). It was not well-attended, but...

13.09.2025 09:11 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If it's pronounced Korfs are their cannon balls called Korfballs?

13.09.2025 09:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The earliest dedicated journalling game I recall of the more recent period is The Beast rpggeek.com/rpgitem/2001...

11.09.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Heavy metal? That's like Tubular Bells right?

10.09.2025 15:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0