Brickroad
@brickroad.bsky.social
Gamer, writer, dungeon master. Card-carrying Florida Man. Author of 𝘍𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴.
Website: rjscibbe.com
Website: rjscibbe.com
In an hour, I'll be premiering a new YouTube series of a game I'm absolutely obsessed with these days:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n54c...
#youtube #demonbluff #premiere
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n54c...
#youtube #demonbluff #premiere
DEMON BLUFF • #1 • Logic Train to Pound Town
YouTube video by Brickroad's Ridiculous Nonsense
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November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In an hour, I'll be premiering a new YouTube series of a game I'm absolutely obsessed with these days:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n54c...
#youtube #demonbluff #premiere
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n54c...
#youtube #demonbluff #premiere
Phew, this is a relief. Posting to social media is actually a non-trivial source of stress in my life, so having one less thing to worry about would be a load off. Bye everyone!
#scam
#scam
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Phew, this is a relief. Posting to social media is actually a non-trivial source of stress in my life, so having one less thing to worry about would be a load off. Bye everyone!
#scam
#scam
Some days, you eat Spaghettios for breakfast like you're an eight-year-old. For me, that day is "Tuesday."
Happy Tuesday, everyone.
#happytuesday
Happy Tuesday, everyone.
#happytuesday
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Some days, you eat Spaghettios for breakfast like you're an eight-year-old. For me, that day is "Tuesday."
Happy Tuesday, everyone.
#happytuesday
Happy Tuesday, everyone.
#happytuesday
If you're a D&D player, your job is to create a character who is willing to run the presented content. Don't roll up a character who looks at the DM's prepared dungeon and goes, "Nah."
This isn't railroading. This is respecting your friend's time and energy. Plus, you'll have fun!
#dnd #dnd5e
This isn't railroading. This is respecting your friend's time and energy. Plus, you'll have fun!
#dnd #dnd5e
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The correct answer here is: close the books, thank them for coming, and ask what they'd like to do instead.
If players ignore *everything* you've prepped, they're not interested in playing the game you're offering. DMs burn out every day trying to appeal to players who won't buy in.
#dnd #dnd5e
If players ignore *everything* you've prepped, they're not interested in playing the game you're offering. DMs burn out every day trying to appeal to players who won't buy in.
#dnd #dnd5e
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Blades in the Dark! This is a game about goofy criminals who live in a Lovecraftian nightmare.
youtube.com/live/BVD_qc_...
#bladesinthedark #ttrpg #youtube #stream
youtube.com/live/BVD_qc_...
#bladesinthedark #ttrpg #youtube #stream
Blades in the Dark: Session 1
YouTube video by SaluteTheFlumph
youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Blades in the Dark! This is a game about goofy criminals who live in a Lovecraftian nightmare.
youtube.com/live/BVD_qc_...
#bladesinthedark #ttrpg #youtube #stream
youtube.com/live/BVD_qc_...
#bladesinthedark #ttrpg #youtube #stream
I don't know what "retro" means, but I know it doesn't mean "old". We don't call Shakespeare retro, or Groucho Marx, or the Beatles. Most old media is not retro.
Anyway, I've made my peace with the Wii and Xbox 360 being old. But that doesn't make them "retro". We can talk about the PS2, maybe.
Anyway, I've made my peace with the Wii and Xbox 360 being old. But that doesn't make them "retro". We can talk about the PS2, maybe.
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I don't know what "retro" means, but I know it doesn't mean "old". We don't call Shakespeare retro, or Groucho Marx, or the Beatles. Most old media is not retro.
Anyway, I've made my peace with the Wii and Xbox 360 being old. But that doesn't make them "retro". We can talk about the PS2, maybe.
Anyway, I've made my peace with the Wii and Xbox 360 being old. But that doesn't make them "retro". We can talk about the PS2, maybe.
This bat lady keeps showing up in my villages and I'm SICK OF IT.
youtube.com/live/80KJTro...
#demonbluff #youtube #stream #batlady
youtube.com/live/80KJTro...
#demonbluff #youtube #stream #batlady
Demon Bluff is a game about saving villages from the bat lady
YouTube video by Brickroad's Ridiculous Nonsense
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November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This bat lady keeps showing up in my villages and I'm SICK OF IT.
youtube.com/live/80KJTro...
#demonbluff #youtube #stream #batlady
youtube.com/live/80KJTro...
#demonbluff #youtube #stream #batlady
"Why play 5e when another system does [thing] better?"
Because while [thing] is great, I don't want it exclusively. I want to run a jewel heist this week, a jungle hexcrawl next week, a tense political banquet the week after. And then maybe go after a dragon in a gods-honest dungeon.
#ttrpgs 🧵1/3
Because while [thing] is great, I don't want it exclusively. I want to run a jewel heist this week, a jungle hexcrawl next week, a tense political banquet the week after. And then maybe go after a dragon in a gods-honest dungeon.
#ttrpgs 🧵1/3
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Why play 5e when another system does [thing] better?"
Because while [thing] is great, I don't want it exclusively. I want to run a jewel heist this week, a jungle hexcrawl next week, a tense political banquet the week after. And then maybe go after a dragon in a gods-honest dungeon.
#ttrpgs 🧵1/3
Because while [thing] is great, I don't want it exclusively. I want to run a jewel heist this week, a jungle hexcrawl next week, a tense political banquet the week after. And then maybe go after a dragon in a gods-honest dungeon.
#ttrpgs 🧵1/3
Enough of this. There are drunks in this game, and I must yell at them:
youtube.com/live/cALAZDe...
#youtube #stream #demonbluff #socialdeduction #drunks
youtube.com/live/cALAZDe...
#youtube #stream #demonbluff #socialdeduction #drunks
Demon Bluff is a game about being mad at drunks
YouTube video by Brickroad's Ridiculous Nonsense
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November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Enough of this. There are drunks in this game, and I must yell at them:
youtube.com/live/cALAZDe...
#youtube #stream #demonbluff #socialdeduction #drunks
youtube.com/live/cALAZDe...
#youtube #stream #demonbluff #socialdeduction #drunks
Here's a short list of rad things from our D&D table in the past few years:
- pop-up book of the PCs' travels
- gay pirate wedding
- fought a gazebo
- Amish wickerball
- mapped the planet from orbit
- nice picnic with Strahd
- entire dungeon in a guy's butt
- stick bug robot
#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpgs
- pop-up book of the PCs' travels
- gay pirate wedding
- fought a gazebo
- Amish wickerball
- mapped the planet from orbit
- nice picnic with Strahd
- entire dungeon in a guy's butt
- stick bug robot
#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpgs
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
My meatspace group is pretty casual. This past year we've played Lancer, Broken Compass, Vampire, Darkest House, and of course 5e. We're pretty excited to play whatever someone feels like running. I go back 20+ years with one of these guys, and we've tried out dozens of systems in that time.
#ttrpgs
#ttrpgs
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My meatspace group is pretty casual. This past year we've played Lancer, Broken Compass, Vampire, Darkest House, and of course 5e. We're pretty excited to play whatever someone feels like running. I go back 20+ years with one of these guys, and we've tried out dozens of systems in that time.
#ttrpgs
#ttrpgs
There's a lot of this on Bluesky. Some days it feels like half of the D&D feed is just this sort of awful negativity. It'd be nicer for everyone if these folks spent their energy championing the games they do like, rather than tearing down people for playing the one they don't.
"Genuinely cannot bring myself to believe there are people out there who actually prefer D&D to other systems, it's so bad."
That's a snippet from a thread that came across my feed today, filled with this weird negativity and elitism. It's a growing problem with TTRPGs in general, I've observed.
That's a snippet from a thread that came across my feed today, filled with this weird negativity and elitism. It's a growing problem with TTRPGs in general, I've observed.
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
There's a lot of this on Bluesky. Some days it feels like half of the D&D feed is just this sort of awful negativity. It'd be nicer for everyone if these folks spent their energy championing the games they do like, rather than tearing down people for playing the one they don't.
More Demon Bluff, because I still don't know how Dreamers work:
youtube.com/live/vPnyOOM...
#youtube #stream #demonbluff #socialdeduction
youtube.com/live/vPnyOOM...
#youtube #stream #demonbluff #socialdeduction
Another day of Demon Bluff because I've lost control of my life
YouTube video by Brickroad's Ridiculous Nonsense
youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
More Demon Bluff, because I still don't know how Dreamers work:
youtube.com/live/vPnyOOM...
#youtube #stream #demonbluff #socialdeduction
youtube.com/live/vPnyOOM...
#youtube #stream #demonbluff #socialdeduction
I like social deduction games but I hate being around other people. Fortunately, someone made a game for that:
youtube.com/live/UTLHryb...
#youtube #stream #socialdeduction #demonbluff
youtube.com/live/UTLHryb...
#youtube #stream #socialdeduction #demonbluff
Let's try not to get addicted to Demon Bluff
YouTube video by Brickroad's Ridiculous Nonsense
youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I like social deduction games but I hate being around other people. Fortunately, someone made a game for that:
youtube.com/live/UTLHryb...
#youtube #stream #socialdeduction #demonbluff
youtube.com/live/UTLHryb...
#youtube #stream #socialdeduction #demonbluff
Today we're doing session zero and character creation for Blades in the Dark:
youtube.com/live/UVilLTg...
#ttrpgs #bladesinthedark
youtube.com/live/UVilLTg...
#ttrpgs #bladesinthedark
Blades in the Dark, Session Zero
YouTube video by SaluteTheFlumph
youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Today we're doing session zero and character creation for Blades in the Dark:
youtube.com/live/UVilLTg...
#ttrpgs #bladesinthedark
youtube.com/live/UVilLTg...
#ttrpgs #bladesinthedark
Whenever someone mentions a thing you can't do with D&D, my immediate thought is, "You can totally do that with D&D."
And, quite often, my second thought is, "I have a fond memory of a time where I did that in D&D."
My third thought is usually about how I could go for a sandwich.
#dnd #dnd5e
And, quite often, my second thought is, "I have a fond memory of a time where I did that in D&D."
My third thought is usually about how I could go for a sandwich.
#dnd #dnd5e
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There's a rhetorical device I use: "On a scale of 1 to 10, how much risk are you willing to accept here?" That's their signal that they're about to head off the rails.
Of course the most common response is "ELEVEN." Because my players are lovable psychopaths.
Of course the most common response is "ELEVEN." Because my players are lovable psychopaths.
What the DM thought he was asking was “Do you want to do this reckless activity?”
What we thought he was asking was “Do you accept this invitation to stay longer and play Dungeons and Dragons?”
This left me feeling like I was being punished for trying to be a good player and stay on the rails.
What we thought he was asking was “Do you accept this invitation to stay longer and play Dungeons and Dragons?”
This left me feeling like I was being punished for trying to be a good player and stay on the rails.
October 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
There's a rhetorical device I use: "On a scale of 1 to 10, how much risk are you willing to accept here?" That's their signal that they're about to head off the rails.
Of course the most common response is "ELEVEN." Because my players are lovable psychopaths.
Of course the most common response is "ELEVEN." Because my players are lovable psychopaths.
A pet peeve of mine in fantasy: using a character's race as a primary descriptor. The author I'm reading now constantly refers to main characters as "the halfling" and "the gnome".
We don't see this in non-fantasy as much, characters thinking of themselves as "the botanist" or "the 29-year-old".
We don't see this in non-fantasy as much, characters thinking of themselves as "the botanist" or "the 29-year-old".
October 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A pet peeve of mine in fantasy: using a character's race as a primary descriptor. The author I'm reading now constantly refers to main characters as "the halfling" and "the gnome".
We don't see this in non-fantasy as much, characters thinking of themselves as "the botanist" or "the 29-year-old".
We don't see this in non-fantasy as much, characters thinking of themselves as "the botanist" or "the 29-year-old".
MINORITY OPINION:
I like an exclamation-first interrobang: '!?'. Puts the straight edge against the sentence, then curves pleasantly away from it. The more popular '?!' strikes me as aesthetically confused. But I think we can all agree it's a good thing the combined '‽' never caught on. Yeesh.
I like an exclamation-first interrobang: '!?'. Puts the straight edge against the sentence, then curves pleasantly away from it. The more popular '?!' strikes me as aesthetically confused. But I think we can all agree it's a good thing the combined '‽' never caught on. Yeesh.
October 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
MINORITY OPINION:
I like an exclamation-first interrobang: '!?'. Puts the straight edge against the sentence, then curves pleasantly away from it. The more popular '?!' strikes me as aesthetically confused. But I think we can all agree it's a good thing the combined '‽' never caught on. Yeesh.
I like an exclamation-first interrobang: '!?'. Puts the straight edge against the sentence, then curves pleasantly away from it. The more popular '?!' strikes me as aesthetically confused. But I think we can all agree it's a good thing the combined '‽' never caught on. Yeesh.
Reading through Blades in the Dark. Demon-haunted Victorian-era city where the player characters pull heists to build their criminal empire. The mechanics seem overly-fiddly for my taste, but I'm interested to see how they work in practice. Seems like it's a game that fills its niche well.
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Reading through Blades in the Dark. Demon-haunted Victorian-era city where the player characters pull heists to build their criminal empire. The mechanics seem overly-fiddly for my taste, but I'm interested to see how they work in practice. Seems like it's a game that fills its niche well.
I've done it and it works great. The PCs were all members of the same noble house, and then they got sucked into Ravenloft. Shenanigans ensued, Azalin got pissed, one of them turned into a werewolf, you know how it goes.
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I've done it and it works great. The PCs were all members of the same noble house, and then they got sucked into Ravenloft. Shenanigans ensued, Azalin got pissed, one of them turned into a werewolf, you know how it goes.
I had my players fight a full-sized gazebo mimic. I gave it the stat block of a rhinoceros.
"I shoot the gazebo" an actual phrase used early in tonight's D&D session, much to the GM and the rest of the party's amusement.
Everyone got the reference.
Everyone got the reference.
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I had my players fight a full-sized gazebo mimic. I gave it the stat block of a rhinoceros.
I'm seeing people post "here's 10 games to get to know me!" and honestly there's no point in me doing that, since eight of them would be various remakes of the original Final Fantasy, one would be Bionic Commando, and one would be Princess Maker 2.
#retrogaming
#retrogaming
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I'm seeing people post "here's 10 games to get to know me!" and honestly there's no point in me doing that, since eight of them would be various remakes of the original Final Fantasy, one would be Bionic Commando, and one would be Princess Maker 2.
#retrogaming
#retrogaming