Nookacabra

Fuck yes @leisuregames.bsky.social

57 fucking likes.

I'm going to have to buy more books

Filthy enablers

Man, Wildhearts were retrospectively so good

Didn't appreciate it at the time

I saw them at a free festival in Leeds back in the late 90s. Fucking class.

But I would suspect the 25th anniversary gigs would be a cash in

To be honest, I do not want RPG books on kindle.

Maybe PDF isn't the perfect solution, but I'd rather have that than epub

Although I've just remembered that the only celebrity autograph I have is from their drummer, a scrap of notepaper that says "To Nook Love and Bollocks, Shutty"

He had a stint selling educational display equipment and my WFRP GM worked with him.

That's absolutely fair. I'm literally thinking "I liked Josephine, Tequila (Mint Royale Shot), Scream if you want to go faster..." so you're probably right.

See also later Therapy? albums

Top tip: prep batches of posts. I was doing 8 - 10 at a time towards the end

I’ll just say it. Don’t want to see Mothra in worm form

Deleted scene from Terminator 2.

Oh I know. I'm referencing that Rein•Hagen went on to design VtM using the Houses of Hermes blueprint to define the Clans and Tweet went on to use the Attribute + Skill + dice roll plus Class and Feats (Merits) in D&D 3e.

Ars Magica produced the 90s/2000s RPG scene (hot take)

I kind of tapped out with RUS, Perseverance et al kind of took the formula to it's logical conclusion.

Although I did enjoy Shaving Peaches and Scream If You Want To Go Faster

I blame Ars Magica

That only ended in 2024.
Also see Germanic/Scandinavian characters all being Nazis

Listening to How To Make Friends and Influence People by Terrorvision on a whim (had Oblivion stuck in my head)

Golly it's aged well, which is unsurprising as it's basically 45 minutes of good time rock guitar riffs and happy shouting

Yet White Wolf got away with it for [checks notes...] Um Werewolf: the Apocalypse fans are still cross that native American tribes are no longer magical sub types

I mean, yes and no.
I feel that Playbooks are more devices to signpost theme and cool shit, less function and ability.

Although that's as well defined as an ink blot

I remember reading somewhere that the first draft of VtM didn't have Clans, but one of the internal playtesters wanted some way to know who the combat build was, the social build etc

This feels like a rod for your own back here, as you've increased the expected word count per entry significantly

The "Stolze" alert hasn't sounded for a while. It's usually the "Zweihander", "Grognard" or "Genocide" alerts.

Yes, things often escalate

Ah, I'm not clever enough to understand that, I just thought that using your analogy there would be a lot more plane crashes

I'm a moderator in the I'm Begging You To Play Another RPG group, and we have an alert set up specifically for nerds raging about the side saddle rule

Also, to adequately cover for staff absences using the Pilot/Plane analogy then you need to maintain a pool of staff who have read all texts for all subjects and all years.

The doesn't feel possible

Given the volume of staff absences and substitute teachers my 15yo has, and my 18yo when they were at highschool, I don't think this argument holds as much water as it should.

A large number of kids are taught by teachers who have not read the text or know the subject.

[Side eye at PE teachers]

Genuinely begging RPG writers to give more of a shit (read: any of a shit) about the actual craft and art of writing.

Yes, get into poetry, for the love of god.

It certainly is free

loottheroom.itch.io/a-dungeon-game

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Beware, it's the monkey's paw of posts

Lads, I've run out of distinct TTRPG books.
The rest are supplements.
I could show you my Monster Manual or Players Guide, but they're still D&D and Vampire respectively.

But this exercise has shown me that I need to buy more games. So thank you for that...

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A Dungeon Game by @loottheroom.bsky.social
I like Chris's approach to design, graphic and game, and A Dungeon Game is a nice example of both.
And it's free (I think?).