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Teacher, writer, and podcaster into tabletop roleplaying, spirituality, and rat-keeping. Building communities of discovery in which people can feel accepted.
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Prepping with Basic Fantasy, reflecting on how much easier it was to write a couple of #ttrpg adventures with BFRPG than crunchier systems: roleplayrescue.com/2025/02/22/p...

Is something up with @drivethrurpg.com ? All of a sudden it declines all forms of payment including PayPal. 🤔 Oh, well, if they don’t want to sell stuff… 🤷‍♂️

Enjoyed knocking up a quick adventure powered by Basic Fantasy for next weekend’s face-to-face session today. Am working on a second scenario to play tomorrow night online in the same setting too! Game on!

Daily bunny no.2872 must seek an alternate route

Basic Fantasy Again, or how I have been delving back into creating a classical fantasy adventure with reckless abandon: roleplayrescue.com/2025/02/19/b...

Today we were mostly walking in Sherwood Forest…

Been reading this today…

Played HeroQuest as Evil Zargon today and it all went a bit Gilliam once @mjhiblenart.bsky.social got hold of a photo! Thanks to @mazzi294.bsky.social and @rattusdebicus.bsky.social for playing too!

Fighting Fantasy and Other Thoughts, musing about what on Earth to do with the desire to play this minimalist old RPG: roleplayrescue.com/2025/02/15/f...

New Frontiers, podcasting about the ideas that led up to the creation of my new SF universe: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...

Forgot about this one… from the Sorcery book line but useable with Fighting Fantasy RPG and/or Dungeoneer.

Purchased and giving this new/old storygame system a go… 👍

Being on the FF show-your-books groove, here’s the rest of the collection. I am missing only “Allansia” afaik.

This collection of FF #ttrpg books from 1984-86 is something I want to play with again soon.

Lunchtime reading today was a win… 🥇

Back to basics…

If you see this post a knight. (This guy thinks of himself as one, anyway. [ art by @mjhiblenart.bsky.social ]

The Collecting Hobby, as distinct from the roleplaying games hobby: roleplayrescue.com/2025/02/08/t...

Worthless bronze medallion.

It’s map time with my SF setting powered by #GURPS in the blog today: New Frontiers, Part V —> roleplayrescue.com/2025/02/06/n...

New Frontiers, Part IV on the blog, where we delve into space travel ideas for my new SF setting: roleplayrescue.com/2025/02/05/n...

Today’s New Frontiers post involves musing around methodology choices for my SF setting: roleplayrescue.com/2025/02/04/n...

New Frontiers, Part II: more blogging about my SF #GURPS choices for a new sandbox setting —> roleplayrescue.com/2025/02/03/n...

New Frontiers, Part I, being an initial blog in a sequence wherein I outline the decisions I make when designing my own #GURPS Space #ttrpg campaign universe: roleplayrescue.com/2025/02/02/n...

Improvising II, a blog post about realising I've radically shifted from a pre-planner to being an improv #ttrpg GM and how it is more enjoyable: roleplayrescue.com/2025/02/01/i...

Listen to the latest podcast Voices From The Abyss: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...

Evil Zargon lives! Thanks to @mjhiblenart.bsky.social for digitally editing and @rattusdebicus.bsky.social for playing Zargon in our game last night!

Hugely fun time playing HeroQuest with @rattusdebicus.bsky.social @mjhiblenart.bsky.social and @mazzi294.bsky.social last night! I totally appreciate it when friends and family indulge in my fantasy gaming hobby with me! Thanks, guys! Real quality time.

Brain-purge post: Had some good dialogue today about the different things we do in #TTRPG spaces, and needed to dump more thoughts about the importance of differentiation if we all want to flourish. May or may not be helpful. A Case for Classification: unboxedcereal.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-ca...

The Roots of Fantasy, reflecting on the affect of an old album for my imagination: roleplayrescue.com/2025/01/26/t...

The thing X.Peanuts #art #charlieBrown #thething #johncarpenter #snoopy

What if GM prep didn’t have to feel like work? Listen to the latest podcast, More Playful Prep: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...

Received a belated Christmas gift from a good friend yesterday. Not sure I’ll get to play it, but it was a nice thought. 🖖

Did you know The Design Mechanism published two linked modules that I wrote back in 2016? The Terror of Ettinmarsh is the first, Module M1 for Mythras Classic Fantasy (d100-based): www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2...

Despite being a long-time GM, I am following the RuneQuest part of New GM Month out of curiousity and because I am learning to run that game’s Starter Set at the school club: newgamemastermonth.com/2025/01/07/w...