@darkerhue
Multi-award-winning writer and game designer. Veteran, part-time historian, podcaster, SFWA, and WWA member. Harlem Unbound, Haunted West, Genreless Podcast. Arc Dream Publishing Director (He/Him) #BlackLivesMatter
Did you know the #BlackCompanyTTRPG Playtest 2 is underway? ⚔️
Want the skinny? Check out the Rascal article, join the playtest, enlist in The Company, and hop into the Discord before filling out the feedback survey. Your input helps shape the game.
Come be part of it! #ArcDream
Discover history as it was and history as it could have been. This is the West in full color! Explore #HauntedWest, where the Weird West meets real U.S. history. Let's ride! darkerhuestudios.com/shop #ttrpg #gaming #supportblackbusiness
Here is one of the post about Haunted West.
It's been ages since I've done a #HauntedWest101, and I'm writing a scenario for the Patreon (plus a convention I'm attending later this year). Let's whip up (as my day permits) a new pregen for the other two made on the hellsite (and reposted here). I'm aiming for a crew of six... 1/??
Makers & Shakers: A Hidden History of Black Americans in Booze on a Haunted West mousepad of Demon Train battle near a Captain America filled coffee mug.
This morning’s #BooksandBrews: Makers & Shakers: A Hidden History of Black Americans in Booze. ☕🥃
It was a gift I’m excited to dive into, maybe it sparks a new scenario, or maybe it’s just the joy of reading something I love.
Thank you, Jill!
My song of the day: The Gambler by Kenny Rogers. 🎶♠️ Because sometimes life advice comes from a stranger on a train.
Hey new folks! 👋 I'm a writer, game designer, Arc Dream Prod. Director & part-time historian. I’ve worked on Harlem Unbound, Haunted West, Dune, Cyberpunk Red, Doctor Who, Vampire 5E, Cthulhu Confidential & more. I chat booze, game design, politics & GMing (a lot). Welcome aboard! #TTRPGs
I also had to write each scenario (20 - 30K) words per month.
Even before I started writing I had to pitch multiple scenarios ideas and I think my initial document has 10 different ones.
I like this game and I’m taking a break from writing…
Castle Falkenstein: Curious Creatures: Explore the Wild Side of New Europa cover art
Castle Falkenstein: Curious Creatures: Explore the Wild Side of New Europa…
Snake Oil, Hustlers, and Hambones: The American Medicine Show on Chris’s IPad in his lap.
Waiting room reading: Snake Oil, Hustlers, and Hambones: The American Medicine Show. 🐍💊
This month, I’m recementing myself in the old West and crafting a new Haunted West Bag of Nails (scenario) that bites back. 🌵☠️
Might need a rewatch of The Ox-Bow Incident… all in the name of “research.” 🎬
Interior Chinatown pilot
I’ve been wanting to check out #InteriorChinatown for ages, so I’m taking a break this morning to watch the pilot. 📺 Curious to finally see it in action.
Making #BlackCompanyTTRPG characters and want someone to walk you through it? Not sure which skills to grab? Or just want to roll up a bunch because it’s fun? ⚔️
@praxthebard.bsky.social dives headfirst into Playtest 2 to show you how. Come check it out!
@arcdreampublishing.bsky.social
Making #BlackCompanyTTRPG characters and want someone to walk you through it? Not sure which skills to grab? Or just want to roll up a bunch because it’s fun? ⚔️
@praxthebard.bsky.social dives headfirst into Playtest 2 to show you how. Come check it out!
@arcdreampublishing.bsky.social
Have you heard of KamCon? If not, you should absolutely check it out. 🎲✨ Arc Dream’s own Shane and Dennis will be there, and it’s going to be brilliant. (Prices listed in Canadian dollars.)
The kiddo’s music knowledge never ceases to amaze me. I’m driving her this morning, Walk On By comes on the radio, and she starts belting it out lyric for lyric like she and Dionne Warwick recorded it together. 🎶😄
For her, music is life. #MusicKid #ClassicSoul
2026 Writing: Day 66 ✍️
Daily word count: 4,074
Total word count: 50,282
Solid writing day. Not my best, not my worst, just good forward momentum.
Now I’m off for Chinese food and a family movie night. The only question left is… what do we watch? 🍜🎬
Man in Blue Suit by Kurt Komoda
Something new is coming.
I’m starting a series where we build a noir game together and it starts with Dead City Blues.
If you like noir, mystery, and helping shape a TTRPG from the ground up, come take a look.
Patreon link below. #HarlemUnbounding #DeadCityBlues
This morning’s #FilmNoir double feature kicks off with City That Never Sleeps. 🎥It jumped to the top of my list while reading Dark City & getting into #DeadCityBlues writing headspace for later today.
Has anyone else seen it? What did you think & what’s your go-to noir? 🕶️📚
Chris shipping out a Haunted West
Ride Haunted West, ride! 🤠 Another copy of the award-winning #weirdwestern with a #Reconstruction alternate history timeline is heading to a new home.
Always makes me smile knowing a new table is about to ride into strange history, horror, and legend. #HistoryBelongsToAllOfUs #SupportSmallBusiness
Locked in for a full day. ☕
Coffee: check.
Background YouTube videos queued: check.
Homemade maple sugar scones from a neighbor: check (and extra yummy).
And Working Man by Rush echoing in my head and getting me energized.
Alright…
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Excellent.
Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir by Eddie Muller in front of a Tardis and Old Foresters 1910 bourbon
Got some incredible news today, so I’m celebrating with a heavy bourbon pour and a little #FilmNoir research for Dead City Blues. 🥃🕶️📚
Today’s a very good day.
Just look at that overcast sky…
Delta Green The Good Life cover in Chris’s lap on an iPad
Today’s waiting room reading is work-related: The Good Life. 📚
I’m between campaigns right now, as I’m getting ready to run a Black Company one, but it’s been ages since I’ve run Delta Green.
A couple of my players have been seriously jonesing for it, so the gears are turning (always)… 👀🎲 #GMLife
Come Join me LIVE NOW on twitch.tv/praxagorathesmophoria as we do some GM plotting and playtest the new character creation for #TheBlackCompanyTTRPG
So guess what Im streaming tonight?
Who wants to join me as we playtest the character creation rules for #BlackCompanyttrpg?
