Luke Gearing
@lukegearing.bsky.social
consumed by 1d6 normal rats; thinking adventures thought leader; lead writer at Tuesday Knight Games (mothership etc); vernacular rpg enthusiast; email at lukegearing.games@gmail.com; 4⁄3
lukegearing.blot.im
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Glass Men is an adventure module about a girl called Honey and what a fragile, brittle, cruel man did to her. One of its 4 varient covers was made by me. You can read a full break down of how I designed it here: thegardenbelow.blot.im/depicting-vi...
Heed the content warnings on this one folks.
Heed the content warnings on this one folks.
Depicting Violence - The Garden Below
An artists breakdown of her cover for Luke Gearing’s Glass Men.
thegardenbelow.blot.im
February 18, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Glass Men is an adventure module about a girl called Honey and what a fragile, brittle, cruel man did to her. One of its 4 varient covers was made by me. You can read a full break down of how I designed it here: thegardenbelow.blot.im/depicting-vi...
Heed the content warnings on this one folks.
Heed the content warnings on this one folks.
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Help our friend Maya out by picking up this bundle and you too can read this and imagine the mid-2010s Villenueve film of your nightmares. Seriously, I cannot recommend this enough from a quality standpoint, but the content warnings are not a drill. Let me know what you think when you read it, yeah?
a new adventure for violence is now for sale. all proceeds are being donated to @cosmic-chill.bsky.social to help her relocation efforts. if you already donated, lmk and i'll hit you with the pdf.
it's a very horrible adventure.
lukegearing.itch.io/glass-men
it's a very horrible adventure.
lukegearing.itch.io/glass-men
February 18, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Help our friend Maya out by picking up this bundle and you too can read this and imagine the mid-2010s Villenueve film of your nightmares. Seriously, I cannot recommend this enough from a quality standpoint, but the content warnings are not a drill. Let me know what you think when you read it, yeah?
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I helped consult on Glass Men. It's a hell of a thing given the subject matter and worth checking out. Sometimes saying less in a work is saying more, and this is one of those times, on top of saying anything at all. Plus it goes to a good cause.
a new adventure for violence is now for sale. all proceeds are being donated to @cosmic-chill.bsky.social to help her relocation efforts. if you already donated, lmk and i'll hit you with the pdf.
it's a very horrible adventure.
lukegearing.itch.io/glass-men
it's a very horrible adventure.
lukegearing.itch.io/glass-men
February 18, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I helped consult on Glass Men. It's a hell of a thing given the subject matter and worth checking out. Sometimes saying less in a work is saying more, and this is one of those times, on top of saying anything at all. Plus it goes to a good cause.
a new adventure for violence is now for sale. all proceeds are being donated to @cosmic-chill.bsky.social to help her relocation efforts. if you already donated, lmk and i'll hit you with the pdf.
it's a very horrible adventure.
lukegearing.itch.io/glass-men
it's a very horrible adventure.
lukegearing.itch.io/glass-men
February 18, 2026 at 1:44 PM
a new adventure for violence is now for sale. all proceeds are being donated to @cosmic-chill.bsky.social to help her relocation efforts. if you already donated, lmk and i'll hit you with the pdf.
it's a very horrible adventure.
lukegearing.itch.io/glass-men
it's a very horrible adventure.
lukegearing.itch.io/glass-men
your latter day polygonal excesses indicate the moral decay of your culture and surety that it wall fall into ruin. the children of those who squat in the ruins will ask why and their parents will have no language with which to explain. but you and i know why. videogame graphics too good
February 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM
your latter day polygonal excesses indicate the moral decay of your culture and surety that it wall fall into ruin. the children of those who squat in the ruins will ask why and their parents will have no language with which to explain. but you and i know why. videogame graphics too good
if i was a knight of the accursed realm i would simply choose not to succumb to the darkness that my order has held back for millennia
February 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM
if i was a knight of the accursed realm i would simply choose not to succumb to the darkness that my order has held back for millennia
since meeting in over/under, maya has become a very good friend. if anyone is able to help her out of a bad spot, it would be much appreciated.
Posting to spread the word on this fundraiser for a friend and incredible individual who I had the absolute pleasure of meeting through #Over/Under, the delightful Maya @cosmic-chill.bsky.social who was our bartender on the dream. Hoping to get her some relocation help <3 gofund.me/bb7fbac71
Donate to Help Maya Find a Safe Home, organized by Goose Wittke
Maya, known to some as “Millie, Bartender of the Ember”, is a much beloved staple of the ttrpg… Goose Wittke needs your support for Help Maya Find a Safe Home
gofund.me
February 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM
since meeting in over/under, maya has become a very good friend. if anyone is able to help her out of a bad spot, it would be much appreciated.
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Only through total blogging dominance in the meta catagory can "What is an OSR?" defeat all discourse forever for real this time (honest). Vote with your heart, but vote extra hard if your heart likes me specifically.
Bloggies voting has begun! This week is the tournament: the Thunderdome of rpg blogs. If you're thinking to yourself, "This is a lot of reading." I've got bad news: you're already running out of time.
Here's everything you need to know for this week... 1/4
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Here's everything you need to know for this week... 1/4
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
The Bloggies 2026
A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.
www.explorersdesign.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Only through total blogging dominance in the meta catagory can "What is an OSR?" defeat all discourse forever for real this time (honest). Vote with your heart, but vote extra hard if your heart likes me specifically.
the conflation of descending armour class and THAC0 is indicative of a chronic masturbator
February 16, 2026 at 8:35 AM
the conflation of descending armour class and THAC0 is indicative of a chronic masturbator
rpg illuminati want me dead for this
February 15, 2026 at 8:41 AM
rpg illuminati want me dead for this
RED ALERT::: straits of anian updated!!!!
February 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
RED ALERT::: straits of anian updated!!!!
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The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people.
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people.
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
evil dogshit phase 1 engage
February 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
evil dogshit phase 1 engage
true as fuck
OSR is the Arch Linux of ttrpgs
February 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
true as fuck
learning about whig historiography is one of the things that irreparably altered my brain
February 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
learning about whig historiography is one of the things that irreparably altered my brain
Lip Critic - Hex Dealer (Full Album Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Lip Critic
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February 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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Wolves Upon the Coast
February 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Wolves Upon the Coast
curling up and taking a nap in the nice warm barrel of a plasma cannon post battle
February 10, 2026 at 3:33 PM
curling up and taking a nap in the nice warm barrel of a plasma cannon post battle
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imagine still driving a tesla lmao. nonce car
February 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
imagine still driving a tesla lmao. nonce car
rpg industry king alaric
February 6, 2026 at 12:57 PM
rpg industry king alaric
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Dredge Quick and Drown is a project written as a joke attempt at recreating the OSR from first principles. It has unsprisingly failed to do that but I'm very happy with whats come out of it. Enjoy Design Diary #1: covering stats, checks, skills. and equipment.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/dq-d-design-...
thegardenbelow.blot.im/dq-d-design-...
DQ&D Design Diary 1 - The Garden Below
An introduction to Dredge Quick and Drown
thegardenbelow.blot.im
January 31, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Dredge Quick and Drown is a project written as a joke attempt at recreating the OSR from first principles. It has unsprisingly failed to do that but I'm very happy with whats come out of it. Enjoy Design Diary #1: covering stats, checks, skills. and equipment.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/dq-d-design-...
thegardenbelow.blot.im/dq-d-design-...
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It would be a shame if there were millions of example of this exact thing happening at literally every d&d table anywhere despite this lack of incentive. I wonder if maybe this suggests that there are other things about rpgs that make them different from Suitsian games. Maybe players are just stupid
January 31, 2026 at 11:02 AM
It would be a shame if there were millions of example of this exact thing happening at literally every d&d table anywhere despite this lack of incentive. I wonder if maybe this suggests that there are other things about rpgs that make them different from Suitsian games. Maybe players are just stupid
if you ever thought "wow that luke gearing guy sure is smart" you were right and based to do so
January 30, 2026 at 9:28 AM
if you ever thought "wow that luke gearing guy sure is smart" you were right and based to do so