Marx S—
@phophos.bsky.social
he/him
ttrpg designer/editor/project lead
@FarHorizonsCoOp.bsky.social community manager
obsessed with the pastoral
pfp: @duamn.bsky.social
https://marx-shepherd.carrd.co/
ttrpg designer/editor/project lead
@FarHorizonsCoOp.bsky.social community manager
obsessed with the pastoral
pfp: @duamn.bsky.social
https://marx-shepherd.carrd.co/
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Marx S—
@phophos.bsky.social
· Oct 17
hey so uhh i'm Marx, voted TTRPGs' most horrible goose 2021-22.
i'm a freelance editor, a sometimes designer and writer, community manager for @farhorizonscoop.bsky.social, and the former host of Yes Indie'd Pod.
sometimes i do promo but mostly i post bad jokes and beatles x dnd satire.
i'm a freelance editor, a sometimes designer and writer, community manager for @farhorizonscoop.bsky.social, and the former host of Yes Indie'd Pod.
sometimes i do promo but mostly i post bad jokes and beatles x dnd satire.
get your fucking hands off of South America, usa.
January 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
get your fucking hands off of South America, usa.
as above, so below: sipping a drink whilst having a pee.
December 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
as above, so below: sipping a drink whilst having a pee.
I'm trying to find some people for ongoing royalty payments for San Jenaro / Far Horizons stuff. They are:
Brian York
Galen Evans
Grym @grymdraig.bsky.social ?
Jan Martin @hellotenbear.bsky.social ?
Extra Life Charity @extralife4kids.bsky.social ?
If anyone has a lead on these folks let me know!
Brian York
Galen Evans
Grym @grymdraig.bsky.social ?
Jan Martin @hellotenbear.bsky.social ?
Extra Life Charity @extralife4kids.bsky.social ?
If anyone has a lead on these folks let me know!
December 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'm trying to find some people for ongoing royalty payments for San Jenaro / Far Horizons stuff. They are:
Brian York
Galen Evans
Grym @grymdraig.bsky.social ?
Jan Martin @hellotenbear.bsky.social ?
Extra Life Charity @extralife4kids.bsky.social ?
If anyone has a lead on these folks let me know!
Brian York
Galen Evans
Grym @grymdraig.bsky.social ?
Jan Martin @hellotenbear.bsky.social ?
Extra Life Charity @extralife4kids.bsky.social ?
If anyone has a lead on these folks let me know!
in the midst of your year end review filled feeds, can i present to you the funniest thing that happened in mainstream titterpigs this year: the choice for Critical Role's next campaign to be 5e instead of their in-house game Daggerheart.
December 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
in the midst of your year end review filled feeds, can i present to you the funniest thing that happened in mainstream titterpigs this year: the choice for Critical Role's next campaign to be 5e instead of their in-house game Daggerheart.
Reposted by Marx S—
Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
kids can't agree and won't compromise so the person sitting in the boot today is me. this would have perks of being Left The Chuff Alone except i now have to act as quartermaster for the entire vehicle.
December 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
kids can't agree and won't compromise so the person sitting in the boot today is me. this would have perks of being Left The Chuff Alone except i now have to act as quartermaster for the entire vehicle.
please get this actual human made short film back to the top of the rankings, because it deserves to win, but also because fuck so-called genAI.
We were in first place in this film award voting.
A film made purely with AI just netted over 150 votes in 12 hours.
Now it's personal.
Please. Help us kick this THING's ass fair and square. ART FOR ARTISTS.
Reshare? VOTE!
www.shortoftheyear.com/audience-cho...
A film made purely with AI just netted over 150 votes in 12 hours.
Now it's personal.
Please. Help us kick this THING's ass fair and square. ART FOR ARTISTS.
Reshare? VOTE!
www.shortoftheyear.com/audience-cho...
Audience Choice Awards | Short of the Year
Vote for your favorite short films in the Short of the Year Audience Choice Awards. Watch, vote, and support independent filmmakers.
www.shortoftheyear.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
please get this actual human made short film back to the top of the rankings, because it deserves to win, but also because fuck so-called genAI.
rightmove and zoopla adverts need the "sequences shortened" disclaimer
December 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
rightmove and zoopla adverts need the "sequences shortened" disclaimer
can't spell poser without osr
December 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
can't spell poser without osr
why am i suddenly getting so many follows?
December 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
why am i suddenly getting so many follows?
10 games i might get to play in 2026 if i play my cards right:
Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast
Fall of Magic
Apawthecaria
Apothecaria
Mausritter
Ryuutama
Pathfinder 2e
Cairn 2e
Golden Sky Stories
... Loves Me, Loves Me Not ...
Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast
Fall of Magic
Apawthecaria
Apothecaria
Mausritter
Ryuutama
Pathfinder 2e
Cairn 2e
Golden Sky Stories
... Loves Me, Loves Me Not ...
Seeing people posting 10 games they'd like to play in 2026 and here I am thinking I'll be lucky to play 10 sessions, let alone 10 different games
December 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
10 games i might get to play in 2026 if i play my cards right:
Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast
Fall of Magic
Apawthecaria
Apothecaria
Mausritter
Ryuutama
Pathfinder 2e
Cairn 2e
Golden Sky Stories
... Loves Me, Loves Me Not ...
Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast
Fall of Magic
Apawthecaria
Apothecaria
Mausritter
Ryuutama
Pathfinder 2e
Cairn 2e
Golden Sky Stories
... Loves Me, Loves Me Not ...
it says more about my accent and my gutter-brain, but i didn't know what they called motorways in the USA until a long time after i heard "Driving Home for Christmas" for the first time, and it had me wondering why Chris Rea was singing about a festive three-way.
December 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
it says more about my accent and my gutter-brain, but i didn't know what they called motorways in the USA until a long time after i heard "Driving Home for Christmas" for the first time, and it had me wondering why Chris Rea was singing about a festive three-way.
of all the Christmas specials this year, the one for Adolescence was the one i expected the least.
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
of all the Christmas specials this year, the one for Adolescence was the one i expected the least.
i'm not convinced by the argument that using the aesthetic of K-pop, a very artificial and outward-looking cultural genre, as part of a ttrpg supplement produced outside of South Korea, is cultural appropriation. it might be a bad idea for other reasons, but it's not even in a top ten of shit ideas.
December 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
i'm not convinced by the argument that using the aesthetic of K-pop, a very artificial and outward-looking cultural genre, as part of a ttrpg supplement produced outside of South Korea, is cultural appropriation. it might be a bad idea for other reasons, but it's not even in a top ten of shit ideas.
alright jfc all i have seen on ttrpg bsky today is fucking discourse, the colour, temperature, and fragrance of cold sick. JUST FUCKING STOP. it's mfing December, peace on earth and all that shit. CHILL THE BEANS. if you see some eejit trying to stoke the rage machine, IGNORE IT. I BELIEVE IN YOU.
December 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
alright jfc all i have seen on ttrpg bsky today is fucking discourse, the colour, temperature, and fragrance of cold sick. JUST FUCKING STOP. it's mfing December, peace on earth and all that shit. CHILL THE BEANS. if you see some eejit trying to stoke the rage machine, IGNORE IT. I BELIEVE IN YOU.
oh my gods one of the eternal and most incredibly stupid arguments in the world of TTRPGs is back, gird your loins folks
December 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
oh my gods one of the eternal and most incredibly stupid arguments in the world of TTRPGs is back, gird your loins folks
after his famous Christmas song, Jona Lewie became a very militant animal rights activist. one of his most successful campaigns was objecting to the construction of a Sunday lunch "super-restaurant" in his home town. it took many years, but he was finally able to stop the carvery.
December 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
after his famous Christmas song, Jona Lewie became a very militant animal rights activist. one of his most successful campaigns was objecting to the construction of a Sunday lunch "super-restaurant" in his home town. it took many years, but he was finally able to stop the carvery.
at my most charitable, i would guess that the reason for this is that most if not all of the games /of any format/ that these people have been exposed to have been violent or highly competitive, and consequently they cannot conceive of a game that does not meet one of these two categories.
I think the weirdest part to me is why would someone make a game based on Studio Ghibli vibes for "gotta kill something" as a game pillar?!?!
Contrast this to "I made an RPG based on grindhouse movie aesthetics" "I made Die Hard with the serial numbers scraped off" etc.
Contrast this to "I made an RPG based on grindhouse movie aesthetics" "I made Die Hard with the serial numbers scraped off" etc.
This belief that "you need something to kill" in rpgs is just so bizarre to me, but it's everywhere.
I even got this when developing my medical drama game: "How are you supposed to run combat in this?"
Combat... in a game about the messy lives of medical professionals.
Not fights... COMBAT. WHY?!
I even got this when developing my medical drama game: "How are you supposed to run combat in this?"
Combat... in a game about the messy lives of medical professionals.
Not fights... COMBAT. WHY?!
December 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
at my most charitable, i would guess that the reason for this is that most if not all of the games /of any format/ that these people have been exposed to have been violent or highly competitive, and consequently they cannot conceive of a game that does not meet one of these two categories.
the masculine urge to fantasise about enacting violence on others
I think the weirdest part to me is why would someone make a game based on Studio Ghibli vibes for "gotta kill something" as a game pillar?!?!
Contrast this to "I made an RPG based on grindhouse movie aesthetics" "I made Die Hard with the serial numbers scraped off" etc.
Contrast this to "I made an RPG based on grindhouse movie aesthetics" "I made Die Hard with the serial numbers scraped off" etc.
This belief that "you need something to kill" in rpgs is just so bizarre to me, but it's everywhere.
I even got this when developing my medical drama game: "How are you supposed to run combat in this?"
Combat... in a game about the messy lives of medical professionals.
Not fights... COMBAT. WHY?!
I even got this when developing my medical drama game: "How are you supposed to run combat in this?"
Combat... in a game about the messy lives of medical professionals.
Not fights... COMBAT. WHY?!
December 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
the masculine urge to fantasise about enacting violence on others
paper scissors stone roll and write version:
each of you have a scoreboard which is a three-way Venn diagram. each of the big circles is marked with one of paper, scissors, or stone.
when you win, you can put a token in one area of the circle corresponding to your winning choice.
each of you have a scoreboard which is a three-way Venn diagram. each of the big circles is marked with one of paper, scissors, or stone.
when you win, you can put a token in one area of the circle corresponding to your winning choice.
December 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
paper scissors stone roll and write version:
each of you have a scoreboard which is a three-way Venn diagram. each of the big circles is marked with one of paper, scissors, or stone.
when you win, you can put a token in one area of the circle corresponding to your winning choice.
each of you have a scoreboard which is a three-way Venn diagram. each of the big circles is marked with one of paper, scissors, or stone.
when you win, you can put a token in one area of the circle corresponding to your winning choice.
if you've got spaceships that can do devastating orbital barrages that annihilate enemy combatants in a given location, why bother sending troops to the surface at all?
December 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
if you've got spaceships that can do devastating orbital barrages that annihilate enemy combatants in a given location, why bother sending troops to the surface at all?
tonight's unholy flavour combination is banana bread with cheddar cheese, yw.
December 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
tonight's unholy flavour combination is banana bread with cheddar cheese, yw.
life's feeling bleak, y'all, so please reply here with something from anytime in the last twenty years which has widely been celebrated as a good, positive thing for humanity.
December 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
life's feeling bleak, y'all, so please reply here with something from anytime in the last twenty years which has widely been celebrated as a good, positive thing for humanity.
optimistic that this takes another ten years.
The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
optimistic that this takes another ten years.
whenever i hear a vehicle reversing i am reminded of The Rasmus
December 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
whenever i hear a vehicle reversing i am reminded of The Rasmus