Nick Hendriks
@nickdrawthing.bsky.social
Goblin wrangler, Wong Bongarok enthusiast
Protect trans kids, resist fascists 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Currently into: OSR/NSR style #ttrpg play (but in a cool queer-friendly way)
Currently playing: Helldivers
My blocks are sometimes just feed curation not criticism.
Protect trans kids, resist fascists 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Currently into: OSR/NSR style #ttrpg play (but in a cool queer-friendly way)
Currently playing: Helldivers
My blocks are sometimes just feed curation not criticism.
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Nick Hendriks
@nickdrawthing.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Blog
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I have a blog. I'm a terrible writer but I enjoy sharing tabletop thoughts anyway.
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"Better a pig than a fascist"
January 4, 2026 at 8:02 AM
"Better a pig than a fascist"
I've decided that this year I would like to run a minimum of two games a month. I want to end 2026 with at least 25 sessions under my belt. I'm slowly adding more people to my west marches game, and would like to run other stuff, too.
January 5, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I've decided that this year I would like to run a minimum of two games a month. I want to end 2026 with at least 25 sessions under my belt. I'm slowly adding more people to my west marches game, and would like to run other stuff, too.
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Being on our best behavior is the biggest problem we fucking have, actually
January 4, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Being on our best behavior is the biggest problem we fucking have, actually
Played some ttrpgs last night and I discovered that there are some downsides to simultaneous initiative when there are like 12 NPCs in a scene. Remembering what they're all doing and resolving them all in a timely fashion is... A LOT haha
January 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Played some ttrpgs last night and I discovered that there are some downsides to simultaneous initiative when there are like 12 NPCs in a scene. Remembering what they're all doing and resolving them all in a timely fashion is... A LOT haha
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Guess what?
knight shetchess 🗡
knight shetchess 🗡
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Guess what?
knight shetchess 🗡
knight shetchess 🗡
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Ah, my favourite Sword & Sorcery hero: Godzilla.
November 4, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Ah, my favourite Sword & Sorcery hero: Godzilla.
I'm late to the party I'm sure, but I've just discovered these exist and I want to put them on literally everything. My god they're delicious.
January 1, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I'm late to the party I'm sure, but I've just discovered these exist and I want to put them on literally everything. My god they're delicious.
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The vehicle stats!
I like drawing crusty cars.
I like drawing crusty cars.
January 1, 2026 at 5:17 AM
The vehicle stats!
I like drawing crusty cars.
I like drawing crusty cars.
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End the year with a free game! Thank you for an amazing year, Excited for the next!
Let's keep on truck'n!
Let's keep on truck'n!
December 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
End the year with a free game! Thank you for an amazing year, Excited for the next!
Let's keep on truck'n!
Let's keep on truck'n!
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Happy New Year, everyone.
I just published the round-up for the December 2025 RPG Blog Carnival, with the theme "The End Times And After." Thanks to everyone for participating, and let me know if I missed yours.
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I just published the round-up for the December 2025 RPG Blog Carnival, with the theme "The End Times And After." Thanks to everyone for participating, and let me know if I missed yours.
advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/december-202...
December 2025 RPG Carnival Round Up: The End Times And After
For the month of December 2025, I hosted the RPG Blog Carnival, having chosen the theme, "The End Times and After." As a reminder, I asked for blog posts on any of the following topics: ...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Happy New Year, everyone.
I just published the round-up for the December 2025 RPG Blog Carnival, with the theme "The End Times And After." Thanks to everyone for participating, and let me know if I missed yours.
advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/december-202...
I just published the round-up for the December 2025 RPG Blog Carnival, with the theme "The End Times And After." Thanks to everyone for participating, and let me know if I missed yours.
advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/december-202...
Happy new year, friends!
Unhappy new year, foes!
Unhappy new year, foes!
January 1, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Happy new year, friends!
Unhappy new year, foes!
Unhappy new year, foes!
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also a tiny mech:) 🖤🖤🖤
December 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
also a tiny mech:) 🖤🖤🖤
I wrote a simple adventure outline for testing my vehicle combat rules for All Out Apocalypse and spent some time condensing them onto one page just for fun. I need to write all the vehicle stats still.
(If you are a person with plans to test these rules with me soon, maybe don't read all the text)
(If you are a person with plans to test these rules with me soon, maybe don't read all the text)
December 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I wrote a simple adventure outline for testing my vehicle combat rules for All Out Apocalypse and spent some time condensing them onto one page just for fun. I need to write all the vehicle stats still.
(If you are a person with plans to test these rules with me soon, maybe don't read all the text)
(If you are a person with plans to test these rules with me soon, maybe don't read all the text)
Reading an article from my hometown newspaper and found this quote.
Totoro WOULD say that!
Totoro WOULD say that!
December 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Reading an article from my hometown newspaper and found this quote.
Totoro WOULD say that!
Totoro WOULD say that!
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Over the holidays @nickdrawthing.bsky.social and I were talking about finding public domain or Creative Commons-licensed images for #ttrpg blog posts, so I wrote about it: advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/how-i-find-p...
How I Find Pictures For My Posts
When it comes to pictures for my blog posts, I'm committed to only using images in the public domain or ones with Creative Commons or similar licenses, such as Unsplash's license. How I find these...
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December 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Over the holidays @nickdrawthing.bsky.social and I were talking about finding public domain or Creative Commons-licensed images for #ttrpg blog posts, so I wrote about it: advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/how-i-find-p...
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Merry Christmas! Let’s go kill Skeletrex
December 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Merry Christmas! Let’s go kill Skeletrex
My wife knows me well
December 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My wife knows me well
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I like #TTRPGs with simple systems and a lot of tables and lists of stuff. I like stuff lists. Idea generators.
That's why I do games like #GOZR. Sci-fantasy. Robots, wizards, and ruins. I had a hell of a lot of fun making this stupid game. I really hope I can return to it some day and do another.
That's why I do games like #GOZR. Sci-fantasy. Robots, wizards, and ruins. I had a hell of a lot of fun making this stupid game. I really hope I can return to it some day and do another.
December 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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there used to be beauty in the world
December 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
there used to be beauty in the world
Having finished the Hobbit, we've moved onto LoTR as a bedtime story. We've reached Rivendell, and this time I gave Gloin a rolling Scottish accent (inconsistent from my treatment in the Hobbit).
After a few pages of this my 8yr old says "I wonder why he sounds so different in this one."
After a few pages of this my 8yr old says "I wonder why he sounds so different in this one."
December 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Having finished the Hobbit, we've moved onto LoTR as a bedtime story. We've reached Rivendell, and this time I gave Gloin a rolling Scottish accent (inconsistent from my treatment in the Hobbit).
After a few pages of this my 8yr old says "I wonder why he sounds so different in this one."
After a few pages of this my 8yr old says "I wonder why he sounds so different in this one."
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Mystery always works
December 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Mystery always works
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Perchta humors a Straggele with a waltz ❄️✨
December 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Perchta humors a Straggele with a waltz ❄️✨
A solo test session of my All-Out Apocalypse vehicular combat rules: nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/solo-all-out...
Solo All-Out Apocalypse: Vehicles Playtest 1
Recently I wrote for my All-Out Apocalypse game (some day I will nail down the specific styling for that title)! If you're unfamiliar with that rule set you...
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December 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A solo test session of my All-Out Apocalypse vehicular combat rules: nickdrawthing.bearblog.dev/solo-all-out...
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My brother @nickdrawthing.bsky.social and I were talking about factions in ttrpgs the other day (though this surely goes for any worldbuilding project) and something came up that I suppose might not be widely understood:
One way of characterizing a faction is by deciding on a controversy within it.
One way of characterizing a faction is by deciding on a controversy within it.
December 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My brother @nickdrawthing.bsky.social and I were talking about factions in ttrpgs the other day (though this surely goes for any worldbuilding project) and something came up that I suppose might not be widely understood:
One way of characterizing a faction is by deciding on a controversy within it.
One way of characterizing a faction is by deciding on a controversy within it.