Richard @ R. Rook 🔜 PAGE 3
@rrookstudio.bsky.social
ENnie winner / SFWA member / gay / he/him
Moonlight on Roseville Beach, Sherwood, Silver Age
Supports swearing, trans agenda, #TTRPGS, climate cult & Antifa
📧 rook@r-rook.com
🌐 https://r-rook.studio
🗓️ https://r-rook.click/hello
🎮 rrookstudio
Moonlight on Roseville Beach, Sherwood, Silver Age
Supports swearing, trans agenda, #TTRPGS, climate cult & Antifa
📧 rook@r-rook.com
🌐 https://r-rook.studio
🗓️ https://r-rook.click/hello
🎮 rrookstudio
It’s incredible to see this from Ryan and Hunter @theweeklyscroll.com
New episode!
It's time for our annual YEAR END REVIEW! We talk about our highest scoring games of the year, pass out some superlatives, and give our personal TOP 5s. We also discuss the future of The Weekly Scroll and how it will be changing in 2026. Oh, it's also episode #300. Crazy, right?
It's time for our annual YEAR END REVIEW! We talk about our highest scoring games of the year, pass out some superlatives, and give our personal TOP 5s. We also discuss the future of The Weekly Scroll and how it will be changing in 2026. Oh, it's also episode #300. Crazy, right?
EP 300 | 2025 YEAR END REVIEW
YouTube video by The Weekly Scroll
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
It’s incredible to see this from Ryan and Hunter @theweeklyscroll.com
This is quite a list to be on!
RPGs I want to play in 2026
Mythic Bastionland @bastionland.bsky.social
Sherwood @rrookstudio.bsky.social
Keeper's Quest @jpcoovert.bsky.social
Mork Sol @infinite-citadel.com
Wraithlands @wraithlands.bsky.social
His Majesty the Worm @riseupcomus.bsky.social
Hunt @gilarpgs.bsky.social
Mythic Bastionland @bastionland.bsky.social
Sherwood @rrookstudio.bsky.social
Keeper's Quest @jpcoovert.bsky.social
Mork Sol @infinite-citadel.com
Wraithlands @wraithlands.bsky.social
His Majesty the Worm @riseupcomus.bsky.social
Hunt @gilarpgs.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 7:12 PM
This is quite a list to be on!
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RPGs I want to play in 2026
Mythic Bastionland @bastionland.bsky.social
Sherwood @rrookstudio.bsky.social
Keeper's Quest @jpcoovert.bsky.social
Mork Sol @infinite-citadel.com
Wraithlands @wraithlands.bsky.social
His Majesty the Worm @riseupcomus.bsky.social
Hunt @gilarpgs.bsky.social
Mythic Bastionland @bastionland.bsky.social
Sherwood @rrookstudio.bsky.social
Keeper's Quest @jpcoovert.bsky.social
Mork Sol @infinite-citadel.com
Wraithlands @wraithlands.bsky.social
His Majesty the Worm @riseupcomus.bsky.social
Hunt @gilarpgs.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
RPGs I want to play in 2026
Mythic Bastionland @bastionland.bsky.social
Sherwood @rrookstudio.bsky.social
Keeper's Quest @jpcoovert.bsky.social
Mork Sol @infinite-citadel.com
Wraithlands @wraithlands.bsky.social
His Majesty the Worm @riseupcomus.bsky.social
Hunt @gilarpgs.bsky.social
Mythic Bastionland @bastionland.bsky.social
Sherwood @rrookstudio.bsky.social
Keeper's Quest @jpcoovert.bsky.social
Mork Sol @infinite-citadel.com
Wraithlands @wraithlands.bsky.social
His Majesty the Worm @riseupcomus.bsky.social
Hunt @gilarpgs.bsky.social
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Ya'll thirsty for it huh?
@plusoneexp.bsky.social has a lot of big announcements over the next few months, but the first big announcement of the year is that many copies of @bastionland.bsky.social’s games will go live on the site before EoD tomorrow. Our email list will be the 1st to know. plusoneexp.com/products/myt...
Mythic Bastionland
UPDATE: New copies have arrived in the US and 3000 will be added to our e-commerce inventory by end of day on January 5. As soon as they are ready for sale, we will notify our email list. Our team wi...
plusoneexp.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Ya'll thirsty for it huh?
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
Been live for 15 minutes and we've already got 25 orders. Gotta get changed so I can catch a train and pack some books.
The Bastionlands return to North America, and if you get either through Jan 26, you'll get a cart discount on any NSR/OSR titles you pick up with them.
plusoneexp.com/collections/...
plusoneexp.com/collections/...
January 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Been live for 15 minutes and we've already got 25 orders. Gotta get changed so I can catch a train and pack some books.
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I'm now four days late on the rent. I just need $300 more to make it. That's 3 people at $100, 6 at $50, or 15 at $20. Anything helps! Thank you.
I'm sorry, it feels so gross to have to post this during a crisis, but the world spins on and I still have to make rent. I'm about $350 short. Anything helps, especially shares. Thank you.
Pay Colonel Bosch's Mech Hanger
Tap to finalize your purchase. No PayPal account? No worries.
paypal.me
January 5, 2026 at 8:14 AM
I'm now four days late on the rent. I just need $300 more to make it. That's 3 people at $100, 6 at $50, or 15 at $20. Anything helps! Thank you.
The Bastionlands return to North America, and if you get either through Jan 26, you'll get a cart discount on any NSR/OSR titles you pick up with them.
plusoneexp.com/collections/...
plusoneexp.com/collections/...
January 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The Bastionlands return to North America, and if you get either through Jan 26, you'll get a cart discount on any NSR/OSR titles you pick up with them.
plusoneexp.com/collections/...
plusoneexp.com/collections/...
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Been waiting for Mythic Bastionland to restock in the US? Get ready.
@plusoneexp.bsky.social has a lot of big announcements over the next few months, but the first big announcement of the year is that many copies of @bastionland.bsky.social’s games will go live on the site before EoD tomorrow. Our email list will be the 1st to know. plusoneexp.com/products/myt...
Mythic Bastionland
UPDATE: New copies have arrived in the US and 3000 will be added to our e-commerce inventory by end of day on January 5. As soon as they are ready for sale, we will notify our email list. Our team wi...
plusoneexp.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Been waiting for Mythic Bastionland to restock in the US? Get ready.
One More Sleep
January 5, 2026 at 3:45 AM
One More Sleep
@plusoneexp.bsky.social has a lot of big announcements over the next few months, but the first big announcement of the year is that many copies of @bastionland.bsky.social’s games will go live on the site before EoD tomorrow. Our email list will be the 1st to know. plusoneexp.com/products/myt...
Mythic Bastionland
UPDATE: New copies have arrived in the US and 3000 will be added to our e-commerce inventory by end of day on January 5. As soon as they are ready for sale, we will notify our email list. Our team wi...
plusoneexp.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
@plusoneexp.bsky.social has a lot of big announcements over the next few months, but the first big announcement of the year is that many copies of @bastionland.bsky.social’s games will go live on the site before EoD tomorrow. Our email list will be the 1st to know. plusoneexp.com/products/myt...
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Requiring militaries to be transparent about their aims and seek approvals is **a feature not a bug.**
Yes, it makes it harder to pull off sneaky shit because of a slog of debate over long-term plans and consequences …
That’s the whole point.
Yes, it makes it harder to pull off sneaky shit because of a slog of debate over long-term plans and consequences …
That’s the whole point.
January 3, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Requiring militaries to be transparent about their aims and seek approvals is **a feature not a bug.**
Yes, it makes it harder to pull off sneaky shit because of a slog of debate over long-term plans and consequences …
That’s the whole point.
Yes, it makes it harder to pull off sneaky shit because of a slog of debate over long-term plans and consequences …
That’s the whole point.
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Every time I think I can't get more ashamed of this country, it proves me wrong.
January 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Every time I think I can't get more ashamed of this country, it proves me wrong.
LLMs didn’t create academic fraud, but the human fraudsters we studied in ed tech grad school (like the proponents of learning styles) attributed fake content to actual papers. AI just fabricates research and then creates fake abstracts for it.
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
LLMs didn’t create academic fraud, but the human fraudsters we studied in ed tech grad school (like the proponents of learning styles) attributed fake content to actual papers. AI just fabricates research and then creates fake abstracts for it.
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RPG Relic-commendations from the Relic & Roll staff! Freddie's favourite: Mythic Bastionland by Bastionland Press. #mythicbastionland #ttrpg #gamereview #indiegames #relicandroll #afflecks #manchester
January 2, 2026 at 12:43 PM
RPG Relic-commendations from the Relic & Roll staff! Freddie's favourite: Mythic Bastionland by Bastionland Press. #mythicbastionland #ttrpg #gamereview #indiegames #relicandroll #afflecks #manchester
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yes i do think less of you if you use genAI tools
no i don't think it makes anything faster or better
please just take more time and make mistakes, i promise you we'll all be here when you're ready, making our own mistakes
no i don't think it makes anything faster or better
please just take more time and make mistakes, i promise you we'll all be here when you're ready, making our own mistakes
January 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
yes i do think less of you if you use genAI tools
no i don't think it makes anything faster or better
please just take more time and make mistakes, i promise you we'll all be here when you're ready, making our own mistakes
no i don't think it makes anything faster or better
please just take more time and make mistakes, i promise you we'll all be here when you're ready, making our own mistakes
What books could this be about a mysterious land of secure places… Bastions you might call them.
More on Monday.
More on Monday.
I (Tony) put my finger in one of these so you’d know I was helping
Team unloaded & received 6000 books and got them stored in about 2.5 hours
@rrookstudio.bsky.social
Will, Steven & a rare warehouse appearance by @quinnblackwell.bsky.social
I would estimate about 1000 of these are gone next week
Team unloaded & received 6000 books and got them stored in about 2.5 hours
@rrookstudio.bsky.social
Will, Steven & a rare warehouse appearance by @quinnblackwell.bsky.social
I would estimate about 1000 of these are gone next week
January 2, 2026 at 10:13 PM
What books could this be about a mysterious land of secure places… Bastions you might call them.
More on Monday.
More on Monday.
The eternal conflict between martinis with olives and martinis with citrus twists has been solved by olives in tangerine brine.
January 2, 2026 at 12:36 AM
The eternal conflict between martinis with olives and martinis with citrus twists has been solved by olives in tangerine brine.
January 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This whole list, but esp C.
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
January 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM
This whole list, but esp C.
More people should be pushing back on hype cycles, and few people are positioned to do that like tabletop press, reviewers, and awards programs.
New year, same old The Awards nonsense! Design Diary #4 is here and explaining an important decision: The Awards 2026 is picking up right where we left off in June 2024.
ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
The Awards 2026 Design Diary #4: Gaming Like It's 2024-2025
As I mentioned in the previous Design Diary , The Awards 2026 will be picking up where we left off: in June 2024. Despite this announceme...
ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:27 PM
More people should be pushing back on hype cycles, and few people are positioned to do that like tabletop press, reviewers, and awards programs.
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Hello I have played more TTRPG systems on-mic than any performer in the history of TTRPGs and Actual Play, and more TTRPG systems than most players period, AMA
www.partyofonepodcast.com
www.partyofonepodcast.com
Home - Party Of One
An actual play podcast focused on two-player roleplaying experiences. Every week, Jeff Stormer sits down with a friend to play a two-player TTRPG.
www.partyofonepodcast.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Hello I have played more TTRPG systems on-mic than any performer in the history of TTRPGs and Actual Play, and more TTRPG systems than most players period, AMA
www.partyofonepodcast.com
www.partyofonepodcast.com
The afternoon after the 2016 election, I was the off-camera interviewer for Ashley Biden as part of a video series on non-profit management.
Also, I was once on a malfunctioning elevator with someone who turned out to be Anna Quindlen.
Also, I was once on a malfunctioning elevator with someone who turned out to be Anna Quindlen.
I bumped into a ginger man right by where the Dartmouth graduation ceremony was to be held next morning. He apologized very nicely.
I turned to my friend. “Was that an alum of our fraternity? He looked so familiar!”
She goggled. “Honey, that was Conan O’Brien!”
I turned to my friend. “Was that an alum of our fraternity? He looked so familiar!”
She goggled. “Honey, that was Conan O’Brien!”
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The afternoon after the 2016 election, I was the off-camera interviewer for Ashley Biden as part of a video series on non-profit management.
Also, I was once on a malfunctioning elevator with someone who turned out to be Anna Quindlen.
Also, I was once on a malfunctioning elevator with someone who turned out to be Anna Quindlen.
Me, when people send in proposals for games with AI art or writing....
December 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Me, when people send in proposals for games with AI art or writing....
If you're of the opinion that a small or indie publisher owes you a PoD version of book because you want a PoD version, you should try getting better opinions.
Here's a big ick. People who juat write "POD" in a DTRPG comment, especially if the book is already offset printed.
December 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If you're of the opinion that a small or indie publisher owes you a PoD version of book because you want a PoD version, you should try getting better opinions.