lumpley
@lumpley.bsky.social
D. Vincent Baker, longtime indie ttrpg creator. Co-creator of Apocalypse World, Under Hollow Hills, and many more. Disarm, defund, abolish. He/him. https://lumpley.games
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Нова стаття в блозі від @azzzik.bsky.social
— «Використання Apocalypse World для створення схеми та чернетки вашої власної НРГ, частина 2», переклад другої частини deep dive в дизайн PbtA від автора рушія Вінсента Бейкера.
#нрі
— «Використання Apocalypse World для створення схеми та чернетки вашої власної НРГ, частина 2», переклад другої частини deep dive в дизайн PbtA від автора рушія Вінсента Бейкера.
#нрі
Використання Apocalypse World для створення схеми та чернетки вашої власної НРГ, частина 2
Це переклад серії статей про використання рушія Apocalypse World. Список усіх частин: • PbtA, Дизайн та розробка НРІ на рушії Апокаліпсиса (Powered by the Apocalypse), частина 1 • Використання Apocaly...
www.rpgdesign.net
February 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Нова стаття в блозі від @azzzik.bsky.social
— «Використання Apocalypse World для створення схеми та чернетки вашої власної НРГ, частина 2», переклад другої частини deep dive в дизайн PbtA від автора рушія Вінсента Бейкера.
#нрі
— «Використання Apocalypse World для створення схеми та чернетки вашої власної НРГ, частина 2», переклад другої частини deep dive в дизайн PbtA від автора рушія Вінсента Бейкера.
#нрі
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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It looks possible, even likely, that we'll hit 666 backers.
Might celebrate that by writing a scenario wherein our heroes must claw their way out of the underworld that you can only play with rogues who have died in previous adventures.
Might celebrate that by writing a scenario wherein our heroes must claw their way out of the underworld that you can only play with rogues who have died in previous adventures.
I spent so much time over the last decade wringing my hands about putting together a stand-alone version of Swords. Largely because I didn't have the resources to do it justice and I was worried there wouldn't be the interested to justify it.
What a fool I was.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
What a fool I was.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
Swords Without Master
A ttrpg of strange sorceries, ferocious deeds, and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.
www.kickstarter.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
It looks possible, even likely, that we'll hit 666 backers.
Might celebrate that by writing a scenario wherein our heroes must claw their way out of the underworld that you can only play with rogues who have died in previous adventures.
Might celebrate that by writing a scenario wherein our heroes must claw their way out of the underworld that you can only play with rogues who have died in previous adventures.
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SO HYPE
I meant to do this last week but time sure is slippery at the moment. Here's my playtest report for AW-Dark Ages.
We've been playing, adapting, and re-writing this game for a few months at this point, and we just wrapped a 6ish session playtest with some new folks
We've been playing, adapting, and re-writing this game for a few months at this point, and we just wrapped a 6ish session playtest with some new folks
January 25, 2026 at 2:38 PM
SO HYPE
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I’m not much for religion but if I were, if a line of clergy flew in to freezing weather to line up and oppose me while singing songs of faith, I might be thinking “are we the baddies?”
Singing
January 23, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I’m not much for religion but if I were, if a line of clergy flew in to freezing weather to line up and oppose me while singing songs of faith, I might be thinking “are we the baddies?”
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Come great, come small, come revelers all! Join the faerie circus and put on the show of a lifetime for the Undermountain King and his freshly made son! Never before has there been a show like this, not under the sun, not under the moon and not Under Hollow Hills!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Join Come one, come all, come revelers all! - Discord - Under Hollow Hills | StartPlaying Games
We are going to be using the game Under Hollow Hills by Lumpley Games, whom you might know for Apocalypse World. It is a game of fun and fancy, wherein you'll take on the roles of a troupe of a fairy ...
startplaying.games
January 23, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Come great, come small, come revelers all! Join the faerie circus and put on the show of a lifetime for the Undermountain King and his freshly made son! Never before has there been a show like this, not under the sun, not under the moon and not Under Hollow Hills!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Fixing your heart is, for us born into our arsenal of privilege in the world's most empire, both a lifelong undertaking requiring discipline, patience, perspective, and good teachers, and a necessary first step toward reclaiming your self.
It's our essential duty and our most precious opportunity.
It's our essential duty and our most precious opportunity.
January 23, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Fixing your heart is, for us born into our arsenal of privilege in the world's most empire, both a lifelong undertaking requiring discipline, patience, perspective, and good teachers, and a necessary first step toward reclaiming your self.
It's our essential duty and our most precious opportunity.
It's our essential duty and our most precious opportunity.
I assume somebody's seen him this morning, right?
January 21, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I assume somebody's seen him this morning, right?
Another very fun conversation!
January 20, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Another very fun conversation!
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🚨”If everyone who came before me had just complied and complied and complied, then I probably would have entered this theater, any theater, through a colored section. Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.” ~ Josh Johnson
Message: Do Not Comply
Message: Do Not Comply
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 AM
🚨”If everyone who came before me had just complied and complied and complied, then I probably would have entered this theater, any theater, through a colored section. Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.” ~ Josh Johnson
Message: Do Not Comply
Message: Do Not Comply
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to
The Pentangle
Cordelia's Dad
The Stone Coyotes
Tracy Grammer & Jim Henry
Tim Eriksen & The Trio de Pumpkintown
The Pentangle
Cordelia's Dad
The Stone Coyotes
Tracy Grammer & Jim Henry
Tim Eriksen & The Trio de Pumpkintown
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to.
Lmao
Matchbox Twenty
The Fray
No Doubt (w Paramore)
Gin Blossoms x2 (1. w Spin Doctors, 2. w Tonic)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Lmao
Matchbox Twenty
The Fray
No Doubt (w Paramore)
Gin Blossoms x2 (1. w Spin Doctors, 2. w Tonic)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to
Paleface Swiss
Ethel Cain
Cancer Bats
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
The Armed
Next one is Snot
Paleface Swiss
Ethel Cain
Cancer Bats
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
The Armed
Next one is Snot
January 20, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to
The Pentangle
Cordelia's Dad
The Stone Coyotes
Tracy Grammer & Jim Henry
Tim Eriksen & The Trio de Pumpkintown
The Pentangle
Cordelia's Dad
The Stone Coyotes
Tracy Grammer & Jim Henry
Tim Eriksen & The Trio de Pumpkintown
What a pleasure this was!
Last Friday, I had a wonderful, free-wheeling, heartwarming conversation w Vincent @lumpley.bsky.social & Meg @megueyb.bsky.social, thanks to Ben @benriggs.bsky.social. And it's already up! Did we gush too much? I don't think so. #ttrpg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pev...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pev...
Are these the most influential RPG designers of all time? Ep. 84
YouTube video by Reading D&D Aloud
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January 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
What a pleasure this was!
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Know, oh princex, that between the years when the oceans drank Friendster and the GeoCitites, and the years of the rise of the Bots of Xitter, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining communities lay spread across G+ like blue mantles beneath the stars…
Hither game #SundayAMSwords…
Hither game #SundayAMSwords…
a man with a beard and long hair is standing in the clouds looking at the camera .
Alt: William Smith playing Conan's father with wild hair and a bushy beard wearing heaps of leather or hide, turning to and pointing at his sword, telling young Conan (not pictured) "This you can trust."
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August 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Know, oh princex, that between the years when the oceans drank Friendster and the GeoCitites, and the years of the rise of the Bots of Xitter, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining communities lay spread across G+ like blue mantles beneath the stars…
Hither game #SundayAMSwords…
Hither game #SundayAMSwords…
Tim Eriksen + Eliza Carthy - Gabriel's Trumpet
YouTube video by houseconcerts42
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January 19, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Re: Bird Neighbors
Today there's a red-shouldered hawk around.
The songbirds in our yard were agitated. I didn't pay much mind — it snowed overnight, so I assumed that's what they were discussing. Trying to find the birdseed under the snow, figuring out which feeders weren't empty, the usual.
Today there's a red-shouldered hawk around.
The songbirds in our yard were agitated. I didn't pay much mind — it snowed overnight, so I assumed that's what they were discussing. Trying to find the birdseed under the snow, figuring out which feeders weren't empty, the usual.
January 18, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Re: Bird Neighbors
Today there's a red-shouldered hawk around.
The songbirds in our yard were agitated. I didn't pay much mind — it snowed overnight, so I assumed that's what they were discussing. Trying to find the birdseed under the snow, figuring out which feeders weren't empty, the usual.
Today there's a red-shouldered hawk around.
The songbirds in our yard were agitated. I didn't pay much mind — it snowed overnight, so I assumed that's what they were discussing. Trying to find the birdseed under the snow, figuring out which feeders weren't empty, the usual.
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I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
This is very true!
it’s very good for your spirit to learn to recognise the individual birds around your home, and to give them names
once you can identify them by name, you’ll learn so very many things about these neighbours you didn’t realise you had
after a time, you may even start to learn their language — a joy
once you can identify them by name, you’ll learn so very many things about these neighbours you didn’t realise you had
after a time, you may even start to learn their language — a joy
January 17, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This is very true!
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Yesterday, we sent a bunch of emails to artists, thanks to the swift success of this Kickstarter. And folks, I can't wait to see what they create!
January 17, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Yesterday, we sent a bunch of emails to artists, thanks to the swift success of this Kickstarter. And folks, I can't wait to see what they create!
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Recording our first post-KS-launch episode of @unwrittenearths.bsky.social today, with special guest @portablecity.bsky.social, and I expect this to be a full-on celebration!
Just blown away by this support!
Just blown away by this support!
January 15, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Recording our first post-KS-launch episode of @unwrittenearths.bsky.social today, with special guest @portablecity.bsky.social, and I expect this to be a full-on celebration!
Just blown away by this support!
Just blown away by this support!
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In that context, such a pure reminder of what we create together—the laughter, yes; & the care, the encouragement, the invitation: to say something silly, to build on each other's ideas, to be bold, to be honest, to be extravagant & to be ourselves—well, it felt more precious than any fairy coin. ✨
January 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
In that context, such a pure reminder of what we create together—the laughter, yes; & the care, the encouragement, the invitation: to say something silly, to build on each other's ideas, to be bold, to be honest, to be extravagant & to be ourselves—well, it felt more precious than any fairy coin. ✨
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Get Ready for Five Fires!
Follow the BackerKit page and help take this #ttrpg of DJs, breakers, MCs, and graffiti writers from PDF to Print.
Follow the BackerKit page and help take this #ttrpg of DJs, breakers, MCs, and graffiti writers from PDF to Print.
Get Ready for Five Fires
From Thoughtcrime Games LLC - Get Ready for Five Fires
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January 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Get Ready for Five Fires!
Follow the BackerKit page and help take this #ttrpg of DJs, breakers, MCs, and graffiti writers from PDF to Print.
Follow the BackerKit page and help take this #ttrpg of DJs, breakers, MCs, and graffiti writers from PDF to Print.