Ben M | Periapt Games
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🦆 New Zealand indie TTRPG maker, art enjoyer, he/him, tags #devlog posts
🦆 Blog! bit.ly/periaptb
🦆 Weird wizard/wikipedia zine! bit.ly/weirdwiz
🦆 Cartoon cultists game! bit.ly/ovze
🦆 Dungeon archaeology! bit.ly/dundig
🦆 Other games! bit.ly/periaptg
🦆 Blog! bit.ly/periaptb
🦆 Weird wizard/wikipedia zine! bit.ly/weirdwiz
🦆 Cartoon cultists game! bit.ly/ovze
🦆 Dungeon archaeology! bit.ly/dundig
🦆 Other games! bit.ly/periaptg
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Coming soon: Overzealous: Your cult has no chill!
A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.
www.kickstarter.com
For #selfpromosaturday I'd love to get some more eyes on #Overzealous, my upcoming solo RPG of cultist management and cartoon mayhem. We're kicking off as soon as next week: can we get to 50 followers before then?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
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With so many #ttrpg crowdfunds launching in 2026, it’s hard to keep up, so let’s share our projects for #ttrpgteaser!
- Like & repost
- Showcase your projects below
- Don’t forget to save your favourites!
#Kickstarter #BackerKit #selfpromosaturday #ZineMonth #ZiMo #Pocketopia #zinetopia
- Like & repost
- Showcase your projects below
- Don’t forget to save your favourites!
#Kickstarter #BackerKit #selfpromosaturday #ZineMonth #ZiMo #Pocketopia #zinetopia
January 10, 2026 at 9:13 AM
With so many #ttrpg crowdfunds launching in 2026, it’s hard to keep up, so let’s share our projects for #ttrpgteaser!
- Like & repost
- Showcase your projects below
- Don’t forget to save your favourites!
#Kickstarter #BackerKit #selfpromosaturday #ZineMonth #ZiMo #Pocketopia #zinetopia
- Like & repost
- Showcase your projects below
- Don’t forget to save your favourites!
#Kickstarter #BackerKit #selfpromosaturday #ZineMonth #ZiMo #Pocketopia #zinetopia
For #selfpromosaturday I'd love to get some more eyes on #Overzealous, my upcoming solo RPG of cultist management and cartoon mayhem. We're kicking off as soon as next week: can we get to 50 followers before then?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
Coming soon: Overzealous: Your cult has no chill!
A pen-and-paper solo RPG about some overenthusiastic cultists… and you, the god they’ll summon if they can just stay focused.
www.kickstarter.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
For #selfpromosaturday I'd love to get some more eyes on #Overzealous, my upcoming solo RPG of cultist management and cartoon mayhem. We're kicking off as soon as next week: can we get to 50 followers before then?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/per...
As the new CEO of Microsoft I pledge to increase spending on AI (archaeological informatics), to match the number of adult playgrounds on the Google campus, to ditch Copilot, and to put an end to the ungodly practise of Microsoft Excel treating 1900 as a leap year
January 9, 2026 at 10:52 PM
As the new CEO of Microsoft I pledge to increase spending on AI (archaeological informatics), to match the number of adult playgrounds on the Google campus, to ditch Copilot, and to put an end to the ungodly practise of Microsoft Excel treating 1900 as a leap year
Today's #fantasticaluniquities is a weird ad pastiche!
Art credits: Adobe Stock. Artworks by Bertdrawsstuff (bertdrawsstuff.itch.io) and Francisco Lemos (lemos.itch.io) are CC-BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...), modified.
Fonts: Precious, Eutemia I, Playfair Display, Cormorant, Spring, Zebra.
Art credits: Adobe Stock. Artworks by Bertdrawsstuff (bertdrawsstuff.itch.io) and Francisco Lemos (lemos.itch.io) are CC-BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...), modified.
Fonts: Precious, Eutemia I, Playfair Display, Cormorant, Spring, Zebra.
January 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Today's #fantasticaluniquities is a weird ad pastiche!
Art credits: Adobe Stock. Artworks by Bertdrawsstuff (bertdrawsstuff.itch.io) and Francisco Lemos (lemos.itch.io) are CC-BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...), modified.
Fonts: Precious, Eutemia I, Playfair Display, Cormorant, Spring, Zebra.
Art credits: Adobe Stock. Artworks by Bertdrawsstuff (bertdrawsstuff.itch.io) and Francisco Lemos (lemos.itch.io) are CC-BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...), modified.
Fonts: Precious, Eutemia I, Playfair Display, Cormorant, Spring, Zebra.
Here's the writeup of my description-based treasure system:
periaptgames.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-si...
periaptgames.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-si...
A simple treasure table system
Here's a classic problem: The characters find some treasure – let's say diadems, gilt-framed paintings, jade figurines, and various other ar...
periaptgames.blogspot.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Here's the writeup of my description-based treasure system:
periaptgames.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-si...
periaptgames.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-si...
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Learn to GM Daggerheart 🗡️❤️🔥
The first of 8 articles at New Gamemaster Month for #Daggerheart is out!
Every Tues & Thurs from now till Jan. 29th, a new article with everything from getting the game to running your first session will be released at:
https://newgamemastermonth.com
The first of 8 articles at New Gamemaster Month for #Daggerheart is out!
Every Tues & Thurs from now till Jan. 29th, a new article with everything from getting the game to running your first session will be released at:
https://newgamemastermonth.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Learn to GM Daggerheart 🗡️❤️🔥
The first of 8 articles at New Gamemaster Month for #Daggerheart is out!
Every Tues & Thurs from now till Jan. 29th, a new article with everything from getting the game to running your first session will be released at:
https://newgamemastermonth.com
The first of 8 articles at New Gamemaster Month for #Daggerheart is out!
Every Tues & Thurs from now till Jan. 29th, a new article with everything from getting the game to running your first session will be released at:
https://newgamemastermonth.com
Misspelled quotations make me sic
January 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Misspelled quotations make me sic
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🫧 There is talk of the AI bubble bursting.
@jenitennison.com recently wrote for Big Issue about AI in 2026 and suggests "If the bubble doesn’t burst, we will still be trapped in it, along with AI firms increasingly desperate to bring in revenue".
📰 www.bigissue.com/opinion/art...
@jenitennison.com recently wrote for Big Issue about AI in 2026 and suggests "If the bubble doesn’t burst, we will still be trapped in it, along with AI firms increasingly desperate to bring in revenue".
📰 www.bigissue.com/opinion/art...
From bubbles to 'SlopTok': Why 2026 could see both the highs and lows of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is everywhere, with some grim consequences. But 2026 could be a turning point, writes Jeni Tenison.
www.bigissue.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
🫧 There is talk of the AI bubble bursting.
@jenitennison.com recently wrote for Big Issue about AI in 2026 and suggests "If the bubble doesn’t burst, we will still be trapped in it, along with AI firms increasingly desperate to bring in revenue".
📰 www.bigissue.com/opinion/art...
@jenitennison.com recently wrote for Big Issue about AI in 2026 and suggests "If the bubble doesn’t burst, we will still be trapped in it, along with AI firms increasingly desperate to bring in revenue".
📰 www.bigissue.com/opinion/art...
Sure, one must imagine Sisyphus happy, because he wasn't picking caterpillars off his pepper plants every day. Next year I'm investing in insect netting.
January 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Sure, one must imagine Sisyphus happy, because he wasn't picking caterpillars off his pepper plants every day. Next year I'm investing in insect netting.
Here is I think a good #TTRPG idea: A list of treasure/item classes and associated monetary values. Tables of positive and negative descriptors, each with a fractional modifier, known only to the GM.
Now discovered treasure gets described as e.g. "cracked antique jade statuette". The players aren't
Now discovered treasure gets described as e.g. "cracked antique jade statuette". The players aren't
January 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Here is I think a good #TTRPG idea: A list of treasure/item classes and associated monetary values. Tables of positive and negative descriptors, each with a fractional modifier, known only to the GM.
Now discovered treasure gets described as e.g. "cracked antique jade statuette". The players aren't
Now discovered treasure gets described as e.g. "cracked antique jade statuette". The players aren't
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You MUST secure the wizard's staff with lockout / tagout once the ritual is complete! Remember the checklist!
January 8, 2026 at 10:35 PM
You MUST secure the wizard's staff with lockout / tagout once the ritual is complete! Remember the checklist!
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Turns out that the gestures and incantations of a magic spell are mandated by OSHA in order to ensure that the wizard is compliant with workplace safety
January 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Turns out that the gestures and incantations of a magic spell are mandated by OSHA in order to ensure that the wizard is compliant with workplace safety
Wake up! It's #Fantasticaluniquities Friday! A simple one today.
Art credits: CDD20, via Pixabay.
Fonts: Alegreya Small Caps, Molot.
Art credits: CDD20, via Pixabay.
Fonts: Alegreya Small Caps, Molot.
January 8, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Wake up! It's #Fantasticaluniquities Friday! A simple one today.
Art credits: CDD20, via Pixabay.
Fonts: Alegreya Small Caps, Molot.
Art credits: CDD20, via Pixabay.
Fonts: Alegreya Small Caps, Molot.
Reading this article about archaeological diagrams, I encountered the extremely science fiction phrase
"Loops are sequences in the matrix that produce temporal anomalies"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_...
#dungeondigsite #archaeology
"Loops are sequences in the matrix that produce temporal anomalies"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_...
#dungeondigsite #archaeology
Harris matrix - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Reading this article about archaeological diagrams, I encountered the extremely science fiction phrase
"Loops are sequences in the matrix that produce temporal anomalies"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_...
#dungeondigsite #archaeology
"Loops are sequences in the matrix that produce temporal anomalies"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_...
#dungeondigsite #archaeology
"wet archaeology costs around four times as much as dry archaeology"
I'm getting answers to questions I didn't even know I should be asking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterlo...
I'm getting answers to questions I didn't even know I should be asking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterlo...
Waterlogging (archaeology) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 8, 2026 at 8:29 AM
"wet archaeology costs around four times as much as dry archaeology"
I'm getting answers to questions I didn't even know I should be asking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterlo...
I'm getting answers to questions I didn't even know I should be asking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterlo...
Lichenometry is where you can find the age of an exposed rock by looking at rates of lichen growth.
Lichometry is the same thing but with the extent to which a rock resonates with the dark energies of the lich’s dread dominion.
#dungeondigsite #archaeology #devlog
Lichometry is the same thing but with the extent to which a rock resonates with the dark energies of the lich’s dread dominion.
#dungeondigsite #archaeology #devlog
January 8, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Lichenometry is where you can find the age of an exposed rock by looking at rates of lichen growth.
Lichometry is the same thing but with the extent to which a rock resonates with the dark energies of the lich’s dread dominion.
#dungeondigsite #archaeology #devlog
Lichometry is the same thing but with the extent to which a rock resonates with the dark energies of the lich’s dread dominion.
#dungeondigsite #archaeology #devlog
If I mentioned that 'wiggle matching' was a 'kind of dating method', what would you assume?
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 AM
If I mentioned that 'wiggle matching' was a 'kind of dating method', what would you assume?
Here's my latest #fantasticaluniquities poster. I made all the individual pages separately and went way, way over time, and then the final thing didn't really work out. Whoops.
January 8, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Here's my latest #fantasticaluniquities poster. I made all the individual pages separately and went way, way over time, and then the final thing didn't really work out. Whoops.
I only listen to classical music, by which I mean music played on water, fire, earth, and air
January 7, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I only listen to classical music, by which I mean music played on water, fire, earth, and air
Amateur #gardening has me asking a lot of questions like:
Are the caterpillar-ravaged stubs of my lettuces drawing fire away from my peppers, like the zinc on a galvanised nail? Or are they making things worse as an attractive landing pad for butterflies in the area?
Are the caterpillar-ravaged stubs of my lettuces drawing fire away from my peppers, like the zinc on a galvanised nail? Or are they making things worse as an attractive landing pad for butterflies in the area?
January 7, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Amateur #gardening has me asking a lot of questions like:
Are the caterpillar-ravaged stubs of my lettuces drawing fire away from my peppers, like the zinc on a galvanised nail? Or are they making things worse as an attractive landing pad for butterflies in the area?
Are the caterpillar-ravaged stubs of my lettuces drawing fire away from my peppers, like the zinc on a galvanised nail? Or are they making things worse as an attractive landing pad for butterflies in the area?
(Almost twenty years after I set up the redirects, the plug gets pulled, and my first email account slips quietly into the darkest and eternally silent deeps)
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching
: It's January 2026, and Google is finding innovative new ways to make one of its services worse
www.theregister.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:19 AM
(Almost twenty years after I set up the redirects, the plug gets pulled, and my first email account slips quietly into the darkest and eternally silent deeps)
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
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Just another day in the map lab
January 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Just another day in the map lab
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broke: software design is about managing the client's expectations
woke: most jobs are about managing most stakeholders' expectations
bespoke: "plays well with others" really should have been the most important grade in elementary school
woke: most jobs are about managing most stakeholders' expectations
bespoke: "plays well with others" really should have been the most important grade in elementary school
January 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
broke: software design is about managing the client's expectations
woke: most jobs are about managing most stakeholders' expectations
bespoke: "plays well with others" really should have been the most important grade in elementary school
woke: most jobs are about managing most stakeholders' expectations
bespoke: "plays well with others" really should have been the most important grade in elementary school
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After many hours of messing with colors, drawing and printing, today’s craft project!
4 home printed/laminated/rounded corner bookmarks! By this afternoon I don’t know that I even love them but they were hard-earned
🥵
4 home printed/laminated/rounded corner bookmarks! By this afternoon I don’t know that I even love them but they were hard-earned
🥵
January 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM
After many hours of messing with colors, drawing and printing, today’s craft project!
4 home printed/laminated/rounded corner bookmarks! By this afternoon I don’t know that I even love them but they were hard-earned
🥵
4 home printed/laminated/rounded corner bookmarks! By this afternoon I don’t know that I even love them but they were hard-earned
🥵