Owen BC
@infinitetwin.bsky.social
VFX industrial complex & soi disant TTRPG writing/consumption. Microplastics screaming through my bloodstream.
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But the way that the TTRPG industry uses it, as a high-profile, boom-or-bust product launch strategy that leverages flashy upsells and manufactured urgency to try to make number go up, that stakes 6-18 months of work on how big that number gets, structurally produces precarity and volatility.
January 21, 2026 at 4:35 AM
But the way that the TTRPG industry uses it, as a high-profile, boom-or-bust product launch strategy that leverages flashy upsells and manufactured urgency to try to make number go up, that stakes 6-18 months of work on how big that number gets, structurally produces precarity and volatility.
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Little January update for Melsonia. Watch me do an amazing job of burying the lede. TLDR: January is killing us. Share it around, help a small TTRPG publisher out.
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With a Little Help From Our Friends - January News
Phew, what a month! And it's not even over yet. Yikes! I'm sure you don't need to be reminded about tariffs but here we are anyway. New ones incoming next month, so if you are a USAian and you were lo...
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January 20, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Little January update for Melsonia. Watch me do an amazing job of burying the lede. TLDR: January is killing us. Share it around, help a small TTRPG publisher out.
www.melsonia.com/blogs/news/w...
www.melsonia.com/blogs/news/w...
It's time to start a new Troika game
My wilderness rules for my Troika! megadungeon game I got running. Happy Troika! Tuesday all!
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Troika! Wilderness Crawling Rules
Travel speed dictates how many hexes, grids, points, etc can be traveled along during one day's travel. and these rules can serve as a useful scaffold for t...
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January 20, 2026 at 7:56 AM
It's time to start a new Troika game
'A census guide to the Citte of The Smoke' continued - d66 Weirds, Wizards and Witches for always evolving our Swyvers district project.
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d66 Weirds, Wizards and Witches of The Smoke
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The census continues - d66 Weirds, Wizards and Witches of The Smoke. The others - not noble, not usually chancing it but dr...
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January 19, 2026 at 9:15 AM
'A census guide to the Citte of The Smoke' continued - d66 Weirds, Wizards and Witches for always evolving our Swyvers district project.
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infinitetwin.bearblog.dev/d66-weirds-w...
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The #hovelsjam26 now has KICKASS FUCKIN ART BY @hodagrpg.bsky.social
SIGN UP NOW WINNER GETS A SHILLING
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SIGN UP NOW WINNER GETS A SHILLING
itch.io/jam/swyvers-...
January 18, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The #hovelsjam26 now has KICKASS FUCKIN ART BY @hodagrpg.bsky.social
SIGN UP NOW WINNER GETS A SHILLING
itch.io/jam/swyvers-...
SIGN UP NOW WINNER GETS A SHILLING
itch.io/jam/swyvers-...
Petition to change 26 to 2d6, please everybody only play 2d6 based games from now on.
January 17, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Petition to change 26 to 2d6, please everybody only play 2d6 based games from now on.
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We live in a world where Life Without Buildings are back together so maybe everything is going to be ok after all.
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
We live in a world where Life Without Buildings are back together so maybe everything is going to be ok after all.
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I am here in this critical ocean to kill whales for my living, and not to be killed by them for theirs
January 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I am here in this critical ocean to kill whales for my living, and not to be killed by them for theirs
Continuing to mistranslate Troika Tuesday as Swyvers S'allday - d20 What's wrong with your dog?
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Swyvers - What's wrong with your dog?
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You come across a lot of dogs in The Smoke. Well, we do anyway. To add a bit of additional detail to the presumably many interesting a...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Continuing to mistranslate Troika Tuesday as Swyvers S'allday - d20 What's wrong with your dog?
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infinitetwin.bearblog.dev/swyvers-what...
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anyone in the wider spheres have a recommendation for the best free and not evil RSS feed/reader in 2026?
January 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
anyone in the wider spheres have a recommendation for the best free and not evil RSS feed/reader in 2026?
The Swyvers Census continues - here's d66 Nobs and Church Brass of The Smoke, for district preparation
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d66 Nobs and Church Brass of the Smoke
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The census continues - d66 Nobs and Church Brass of the Smoke. Simpering, scary, violent, louche, stupid and venal? ...
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January 11, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The Swyvers Census continues - here's d66 Nobs and Church Brass of The Smoke, for district preparation
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Big fan of this
New Blog Post: Eating the Book--a response to 'We Need to Talk About Goodman Games.'
Wherein I critique that Questing Beast Video, articulate different approaches to game preparation, and advocate for more intellectually curious criticism in the RPG space.
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Wherein I critique that Questing Beast Video, articulate different approaches to game preparation, and advocate for more intellectually curious criticism in the RPG space.
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Eating the Book--a response to 'We Need to Talk About Goodman Games'
Look--I get that people have their opinions about how things ought to work, yeah? here in the OSR/NSR/POSR space, people like their fancy interior covers wi...
orthopraxy.bearblog.dev
January 11, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Big fan of this
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Fuck yes - best coffee sub/wholesale in London with one of the best RPG designers
Coffee + game, on general sale from Dark Arts Coffee later in January!
I am so hype for this coffee from @alfredvalley.bsky.social and Dark Arts Coffee
January 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Fuck yes - best coffee sub/wholesale in London with one of the best RPG designers
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Once again.
No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?
Contrary to what he would have you believe, President Bush’s plans to invade Iraq have nothing to do with such high-minded goals as liberating the Iraqi people or saving the world from terrorism. His ...
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January 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Once again.
When I was younger I made the terrible mistake of confusing David Gemmell and Gene Wolfe, and in the process set my life back about twenty years.
January 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
When I was younger I made the terrible mistake of confusing David Gemmell and Gene Wolfe, and in the process set my life back about twenty years.
After the miscreants - d66 Merchants and Workers of The Smoke. All from our district-in-progress, and the heists we're working on. Next: the Nobs, Weirdos and the Law... and maybe some dog cosmetics? For Swyvers, from @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io
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d66 Merchants and Workers of The Smoke
Merchants, arts and crafts, the petite bourgeoisie and anyone else stuck between the top and the bottom. People to run into, haggle with, steal from, lea...
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January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
After the miscreants - d66 Merchants and Workers of The Smoke. All from our district-in-progress, and the heists we're working on. Next: the Nobs, Weirdos and the Law... and maybe some dog cosmetics? For Swyvers, from @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io
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infinitetwin.bearblog.dev/d66-merchant...
It might be Troika! Tuesday but instead, here is a table of 36 (other) Swyvers for that (other) Melsonian Arts Council game
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2026, the year of the return of the year of the blog
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2026, the year of the return of the year of the blog
d66 (other) Swyvers of The Smoke
Working on populating some 'census' tables for my version of The Smoke.
Here is the working shape of the first, d66 (other) Swyvers and miscreants to fight...
infinitetwin.bearblog.dev
December 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It might be Troika! Tuesday but instead, here is a table of 36 (other) Swyvers for that (other) Melsonian Arts Council game
infinitetwin.bearblog.dev/d66-other-sw...
2026, the year of the return of the year of the blog
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2026, the year of the return of the year of the blog
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
the best kind of right/left discourse for me this holiday season:
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December 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
the best kind of right/left discourse for me this holiday season:
www.thefletcher.co.uk/options/feat...
www.thefletcher.co.uk/options/feat...
One of the last books of 2025 - stumbling into another alternate-history without realising, three in a row. Incredibly dense and oblique beginning with diegetic future slang opens up to pretty fascinating and intricate almost-thriller. Elvis cults, Moby-Dick, Fisher-King, newspeak. Recommend.
December 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
One of the last books of 2025 - stumbling into another alternate-history without realising, three in a row. Incredibly dense and oblique beginning with diegetic future slang opens up to pretty fascinating and intricate almost-thriller. Elvis cults, Moby-Dick, Fisher-King, newspeak. Recommend.
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What are the practical steps of getting an RPG book printed? I pull back the curtain on the process and share my current progress in this blog post.
The Lifecycle of RPG Publishing
As I've mentioned before on this blog, I'm currently doing a preorder campaign instead of a "traditional" crowdfunding campaign for my first...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
What are the practical steps of getting an RPG book printed? I pull back the curtain on the process and share my current progress in this blog post.
Re-reading the 2012 reboot of PROPHET by Brandon Graham. Trying to 'out-Conan the current run of Conan' the series is such an amazing dense batch of ideas and imagery. Seems wild it doesn't seem to have a bigger footprint in the Swords & Sorcery (and Space) scene.
December 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Re-reading the 2012 reboot of PROPHET by Brandon Graham. Trying to 'out-Conan the current run of Conan' the series is such an amazing dense batch of ideas and imagery. Seems wild it doesn't seem to have a bigger footprint in the Swords & Sorcery (and Space) scene.