Leo
@infrabeige.bsky.social
Author and indie game designer. I wrote 'Vaults of Vaarn', a science-fantasy RPG, and 'The Shrike', an award-winning OSE adventure. I am the co-founder of @antipodezines.bsky.social
the current 2E dungeon exploration rules. unlikely to surprise anyone but some have asked how I run dungeons so here it is vaultsofvaarn.com/2026/02/05/e...
EXPLORATION BENEATH THE URTH
The fabled vaults of Vaarn – ah! Those tech-tombs that glimmer with tantalising shards of the Long Ago, tablescraps of the gods gone to rot in the recesses of the Urth! Concrete caverns, open…
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February 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM
the current 2E dungeon exploration rules. unlikely to surprise anyone but some have asked how I run dungeons so here it is vaultsofvaarn.com/2026/02/05/e...
Another of the brand new factions from the Vaults of Vaarn 2E corebook: the (now renamed) Children of the Darkling Sun. Dream-weaving mystics who seek to make the waking world into a living nightmare vaultsofvaarn.com/2026/02/03/c...
CHILDREN OF THE DARKLING SUN
Desire contains the seeds of its opposite, and thwarted love can easily curdle to hatred. Perhaps this is what drives some men to abandon the faith of the Promised Sun and walk a darker path. The C…
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February 3, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Another of the brand new factions from the Vaults of Vaarn 2E corebook: the (now renamed) Children of the Darkling Sun. Dream-weaving mystics who seek to make the waking world into a living nightmare vaultsofvaarn.com/2026/02/03/c...
a preview of a Major Faction spread from Vaults of Vaarn 2E. The Seekers have been mentioned before but not fully explained vaultsofvaarn.com/2026/01/30/s...
SEEKERS OF EYELESS WISDOM
Self-knowledge and spiritual purity are achieved not through enlightenment, but through a slow and patient process of endarkenment. There are other powers in this grand and mysterious cosmos that r…
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January 30, 2026 at 3:05 PM
a preview of a Major Faction spread from Vaults of Vaarn 2E. The Seekers have been mentioned before but not fully explained vaultsofvaarn.com/2026/01/30/s...
Newest Vaults of Vaarn 2E update ONYX LOTUS is out www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
Vaults of Vaarn Second Edition Project Update: January 2026 Preview Draft [ONYX LOTUS]
Hello wanderers,
wishing everyone a happy new year! I hope the festive season treated you well. This missive comes a little later in the month than I wanted,
Anyway, prod...
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January 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Newest Vaults of Vaarn 2E update ONYX LOTUS is out www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
Final touches on the Major Faction spreads today. PCs can have a Reputation stat with each faction, so here are some suggested ways of gaining reputation with some Major Factions
January 23, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Final touches on the Major Faction spreads today. PCs can have a Reputation stat with each faction, so here are some suggested ways of gaining reputation with some Major Factions
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The Shadow of the Torturer.
January 22, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The Shadow of the Torturer.
One funny things that’s happened recently is my hidden ad targeting profile has realised I’m involved in D&D stuff and now my sponsored ads are exclusively for robes and armour
January 19, 2026 at 9:45 AM
One funny things that’s happened recently is my hidden ad targeting profile has realised I’m involved in D&D stuff and now my sponsored ads are exclusively for robes and armour
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One more apocalypse for VoV 2E. The victory of the Jigsaw Courtiers, supplicants of a mad Autarch who transformed himself into an undying tesseract of hypergeometric flesh. This the House of Leaves apocalypse where the laws of geometry get eaten away like termite-riddled wood.
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 PM
One more apocalypse for VoV 2E. The victory of the Jigsaw Courtiers, supplicants of a mad Autarch who transformed himself into an undying tesseract of hypergeometric flesh. This the House of Leaves apocalypse where the laws of geometry get eaten away like termite-riddled wood.
Still think about him…
January 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Still think about him…
A few more Major Faction endgames. These are also all apocalypses of one kind or another. The Brotherhood of the Black Sun are trying to usurp waking reality and replace it with a dream, hence the change of format
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
A few more Major Faction endgames. These are also all apocalypses of one kind or another. The Brotherhood of the Black Sun are trying to usurp waking reality and replace it with a dream, hence the change of format
Something I've been thinking about with Vaarn 2E is what happens if the Major Factions win? What would their ideal world look like? I think it's an interesting question that has helped me characterise them with prose
January 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Something I've been thinking about with Vaarn 2E is what happens if the Major Factions win? What would their ideal world look like? I think it's an interesting question that has helped me characterise them with prose
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I'm relaunching THE MEAT GRINDER, my TTRPG writer's group, and structuring things to let us support 16-20 total members. For more info on how it all works and to let me know if you're interested, check out this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
THE MEAT GRINDER - Interest Form
Hello! THE MEAT GRINDER is a designer/writer's group for TTRPG and TTRPG-ish games organized by Christian Sorrell of MeatCastle GameWare (that's me!). The group is intended to give TTRPG creators in t...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I'm relaunching THE MEAT GRINDER, my TTRPG writer's group, and structuring things to let us support 16-20 total members. For more info on how it all works and to let me know if you're interested, check out this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
One of my very favuorite modern horror stories electricliterature.com/tiptoe-by-la...
The Family Game I Never Wanted to Win - Electric Literature
"Tiptoe" by Laird Barron, recommended by Kelly Link
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January 2, 2026 at 7:49 AM
One of my very favuorite modern horror stories electricliterature.com/tiptoe-by-la...
Always hard to admit when you fucked up but don’t make my mistake. Denzels coins are not cryptocurrency, I lost all my savings and they also upset my stomach
December 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Always hard to admit when you fucked up but don’t make my mistake. Denzels coins are not cryptocurrency, I lost all my savings and they also upset my stomach
I’d love to see a Paw Patrol prequel that tells the story of all the city council meetings where they decided to hand over responsibility for all emergency services to a child and some dogs
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I’d love to see a Paw Patrol prequel that tells the story of all the city council meetings where they decided to hand over responsibility for all emergency services to a child and some dogs
It’s super funny that you think I don’t recognise my own work. Completely divorced from reality.
Because it is not YOUR writing, dickhead. Wanna look through DTRPG for every instance of some shitty randomizer table and realize thousands of people aren't attributing VoV?
If you are serious, why don't you levy accusations against ALL the "UNCONQUERED" writers?
I'll wait here
If you are serious, why don't you levy accusations against ALL the "UNCONQUERED" writers?
I'll wait here
December 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It’s super funny that you think I don’t recognise my own work. Completely divorced from reality.
If there’s no intent what is my writing doing in the text unattributed dipshit. Did it fall in there by accident. You’re talking in circles.
I didn't argue intent. You did. So prove it, jackass.
Prove that Noora Rose intended to make people think your work was hers. I don't think you even glimpse at how serious plagiarism accusations are, how hard it is to prove them, ESPECIALLY in the creative space you inhabit.
Prove that Noora Rose intended to make people think your work was hers. I don't think you even glimpse at how serious plagiarism accusations are, how hard it is to prove them, ESPECIALLY in the creative space you inhabit.
December 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If there’s no intent what is my writing doing in the text unattributed dipshit. Did it fall in there by accident. You’re talking in circles.
If there was no plagiarism then Nooras intent was irrelevant. So why bring it up unless there was actually plagiarism. You can’t keep your own argument straight. Bit of a waste of your time two years ago it seems
Never backed down. I argued this "extensively" 2 years ago, and today, in spite of not liking Rose one bit. Because it "is" my business when y'all try to socially murder a black trans woman over online beef, YET again.
The burden of proving this is on "you", and you ain't lifting the half of it.
The burden of proving this is on "you", and you ain't lifting the half of it.
Lol so you tried to argue there was no plagiarism, backed down when you realised I have eyes and can recognise my own writing, now we’re splitting hairs over ill intent. You are a tedious fool who has decided to insert yourself into a situation you clearly don’t understand.
December 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If there was no plagiarism then Nooras intent was irrelevant. So why bring it up unless there was actually plagiarism. You can’t keep your own argument straight. Bit of a waste of your time two years ago it seems
Lol so you tried to argue there was no plagiarism, backed down when you realised I have eyes and can recognise my own writing, now we’re splitting hairs over ill intent. You are a tedious fool who has decided to insert yourself into a situation you clearly don’t understand.
I'm quote yourself @infrabeige.bsky.social dipshit. Show me proof of ill-intent in the attempt to pass your work as her own.
December 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Lol so you tried to argue there was no plagiarism, backed down when you realised I have eyes and can recognise my own writing, now we’re splitting hairs over ill intent. You are a tedious fool who has decided to insert yourself into a situation you clearly don’t understand.
Wait so now there might have been plagiarism but I should’ve been sure of the thought process behind it. I thought you ran it all through a supercomputer and it gave the all clear. Keep the story straight
So you're sure of the thought process, and so certain of the supposed il-will of this person, so much so you're willing to go an have a trans black woman socially killed a second time?
Do you really think *I* who has no dog in this fight, am the one fooling around and poking the hornets nest?
Do you really think *I* who has no dog in this fight, am the one fooling around and poking the hornets nest?
Funnily enough I know my own work very well and can tell if someone copy pasted from it then rewrote it to sound a bit different. There are numerous examples including stuff Marcia didn’t catch. Don’t be a fool.
December 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Wait so now there might have been plagiarism but I should’ve been sure of the thought process behind it. I thought you ran it all through a supercomputer and it gave the all clear. Keep the story straight