percival hornak
@percivalhornak.bsky.social
he/him
theater, TTRPG, trans stuff ✨
theater, TTRPG, trans stuff ✨
I love working in TTRPGs because I can be at a planning meeting dealing with a lore reconciliation issue and earnestly say to my collaborators, "would mech suits solve this problem?"
(for the record: mech suits did solve it)
(for the record: mech suits did solve it)
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I love working in TTRPGs because I can be at a planning meeting dealing with a lore reconciliation issue and earnestly say to my collaborators, "would mech suits solve this problem?"
(for the record: mech suits did solve it)
(for the record: mech suits did solve it)
fearing the day that listening to Sean Kingston at an unsafe volume won't get me through doing last-minute article edits
October 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
fearing the day that listening to Sean Kingston at an unsafe volume won't get me through doing last-minute article edits
it's just me and my talenti jar of peanut butter pretzels against the world
September 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
it's just me and my talenti jar of peanut butter pretzels against the world
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it's out, it's in the world!! tune in to our main podcast feed for the first two episodes of our season of @stillfleet.bsky.social — listen to our brief Explainer to get a sense of how the game works + why we were so excited to play it on the podcast, then dive into our first actual-play episode 👾
September 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
it's out, it's in the world!! tune in to our main podcast feed for the first two episodes of our season of @stillfleet.bsky.social — listen to our brief Explainer to get a sense of how the game works + why we were so excited to play it on the podcast, then dive into our first actual-play episode 👾
really enjoying the avatar selections on my family's shared streaming accounts
September 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
really enjoying the avatar selections on my family's shared streaming accounts
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good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
The Expressionist Games Manifesto
“Work! Intoxication! Brain-racking! Chewing, eating, gorging, rooting up! Rapturous birth pangs! Jabbing of the brush, preferably right…
possumcreek.medium.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
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Me @percivalhornak.bsky.social and @nsorvis.bsky.social went on Why We Roll to chat game stuff! And it’s a back door promo for our UPCOMING SEASON of @dndramanerds.bsky.social, releasing to your podcast feeds on 9/10!!!
We're back with more lovely actual play friends! On this episode, we're joined by Percy Hornak, Nicholas Orvis, and Ben Ferber of Dungeons + Drama Nerds! As we discuss the intersection of stage plays and games, improv, tiered authorship in TTRPGs, and more. #WhyWeRoll #Podcast #RPG #TTRPG
August 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Me @percivalhornak.bsky.social and @nsorvis.bsky.social went on Why We Roll to chat game stuff! And it’s a back door promo for our UPCOMING SEASON of @dndramanerds.bsky.social, releasing to your podcast feeds on 9/10!!!
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We're back with more lovely actual play friends! On this episode, we're joined by Percy Hornak, Nicholas Orvis, and Ben Ferber of Dungeons + Drama Nerds! As we discuss the intersection of stage plays and games, improv, tiered authorship in TTRPGs, and more. #WhyWeRoll #Podcast #RPG #TTRPG
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We're back with more lovely actual play friends! On this episode, we're joined by Percy Hornak, Nicholas Orvis, and Ben Ferber of Dungeons + Drama Nerds! As we discuss the intersection of stage plays and games, improv, tiered authorship in TTRPGs, and more. #WhyWeRoll #Podcast #RPG #TTRPG
tonight at our d&d session I did say the sentence "roll to make a croquembouche"
August 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
tonight at our d&d session I did say the sentence "roll to make a croquembouche"
sometimes writing stuff about trans art is just googling "[name] pronouns?" over and over
August 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
sometimes writing stuff about trans art is just googling "[name] pronouns?" over and over
copiously weeping at the new episode of Game Changer, wysocki-heads are thriving in this chili's tonight
July 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
copiously weeping at the new episode of Game Changer, wysocki-heads are thriving in this chili's tonight
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AMAZING presentation by @persephone.blue and @percivalhornak.bsky.social, I was spellbound right to the end! Go read their full paper, it is so good: analoggamestudies.org/2025/07/lich...
So hyped to be talking about liches, trans play, lyric games, and parasitic eels with the fantabulous @percivalhornak.bsky.social in ~10 minutes at Generation Analog! @analoggamestudies.bsky.social 🌔🎲💀✨
July 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
AMAZING presentation by @persephone.blue and @percivalhornak.bsky.social, I was spellbound right to the end! Go read their full paper, it is so good: analoggamestudies.org/2025/07/lich...
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So hyped to be talking about liches, trans play, lyric games, and parasitic eels with the fantabulous @percivalhornak.bsky.social in ~10 minutes at Generation Analog! @analoggamestudies.bsky.social 🌔🎲💀✨
July 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
So hyped to be talking about liches, trans play, lyric games, and parasitic eels with the fantabulous @percivalhornak.bsky.social in ~10 minutes at Generation Analog! @analoggamestudies.bsky.social 🌔🎲💀✨
had to be the hottest person in the audience for Prince Faggot tonight for some reason
July 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
had to be the hottest person in the audience for Prince Faggot tonight for some reason
in order to ensure maximum productivity while i'm writing i work for 25 minutes while my roommate's cat naps next to me, then i spend 5 minutes rumpling his fur, and work for another 25 minutes while he fixes what i have wrought upon him
June 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
in order to ensure maximum productivity while i'm writing i work for 25 minutes while my roommate's cat naps next to me, then i spend 5 minutes rumpling his fur, and work for another 25 minutes while he fixes what i have wrought upon him
if you call Twelfth Night Shakespeare's most trans play you have no imagination or understanding of what being trans actually is at all
May 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
if you call Twelfth Night Shakespeare's most trans play you have no imagination or understanding of what being trans actually is at all
rolled a nat 20 on developing a new civil infrastructure for the bottom of the continent of Issylra in the penultimate session of our d&d campaign today
you better believe my artificer invented trains and public transit
you better believe my artificer invented trains and public transit
May 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
rolled a nat 20 on developing a new civil infrastructure for the bottom of the continent of Issylra in the penultimate session of our d&d campaign today
you better believe my artificer invented trains and public transit
you better believe my artificer invented trains and public transit
my coworker brought me some Percy Pig candy back from Ireland and unfortunately they may be my new favorite candy (unfortunate only bc it seems like you can only get them in the UK)
May 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
my coworker brought me some Percy Pig candy back from Ireland and unfortunately they may be my new favorite candy (unfortunate only bc it seems like you can only get them in the UK)
what if I asked the panel moderator play to walk-up music for me when I present at academic conferences
May 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
what if I asked the panel moderator play to walk-up music for me when I present at academic conferences
the bonus of editing your own podcast is you can drink apparently the loudest drink known to man during your recordings
April 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
the bonus of editing your own podcast is you can drink apparently the loudest drink known to man during your recordings
forgot how when you need to make dinner you can actually just put a bunch of stuff together in a bowl and you need not plan a cohesive dish
April 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
forgot how when you need to make dinner you can actually just put a bunch of stuff together in a bowl and you need not plan a cohesive dish
I am washing my bedding and my roommate's cat will not be deterred from his habit of spending the morning laying on my bed but as more things go in the wash his nest is shrinking and I fear what will happen when I have to wash the final blanket
March 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I am washing my bedding and my roommate's cat will not be deterred from his habit of spending the morning laying on my bed but as more things go in the wash his nest is shrinking and I fear what will happen when I have to wash the final blanket
practicing queer vulnerability (finishing my greek yogurt bowl on camera during zoom writer's group)
March 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
practicing queer vulnerability (finishing my greek yogurt bowl on camera during zoom writer's group)
Last night my roommate and I decided Snoopy would probably be a libertarian if he had the right to vote and it is eerie how many people arrive at that conclusion on their own when we've asked them about it
February 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Last night my roommate and I decided Snoopy would probably be a libertarian if he had the right to vote and it is eerie how many people arrive at that conclusion on their own when we've asked them about it