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@vspar.bsky.social
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Gamer, game developer and tester, TTRPGer, madman, BattleTech Real Play Creator of The Fortunate Few

Sys-het but attempting ally. Anti-facist, anti-neoconfederate.
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Every #BattleTech #RPG group needs a hot Canopian catgirl, right? I'm glad we have ours...
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
vspar.bsky.social
You're at Beaker. I need you at Dr Bunson Honeydew.
michaelastackpole.bsky.social Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦 @michaelastackpole.bsky.social · 6d
You’re at Watson.

I need you at Holmes.
klaybourne.bsky.social Kat Alderson 🎉 @klaybourne.bsky.social · 7d
You're at Crofts.

I need you at Seals.
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
vspar.bsky.social
Things I learned today, that I never knew had affected me so much so long ago...
Thanks @michaelastackpole.bsky.social for your contributions to making my childhood so much better. I can honestly say I'm still around because of your work back then. (Timestamp 45:27)
The 3 Waves of the RPG Moral Panic - RPG History
YouTube video by Seth Skorkowsky
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November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
vspar.bsky.social
Some possible NPCs you'll all be meeting...

#BattleTech #RPGActualPlay #RPG #MechWarrior
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
vspar.bsky.social
Played the first game of #BattleTechGothic and it's all right. The addition of 'infantry' and 'battle armor' and 'mechs' that are organic but augmented with some unique but simpler weapons ended working pretty well.
Didn't get too far, cause we were deciding on what units to play with.
October 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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I'm not sure exactly WHEN we will release, but hopefully it'll be SOON.
#BattleTech #MechWarrior #ActualPlayRPG
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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fortunatefew.bsky.social
SOON
#BattleTech #ActualPlay #MechWarrior #RPG
October 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
vspar.bsky.social
All right, #BattleTech fans. I've decided not to spoil the future use of this character by naming them so: it's GUESSING time. Name the BT Character and then the real life person I based them on.
What do you win? I dunno... Maybe I draw your favorite BT character?
October 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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bishopsteiner.bsky.social
Fire Martial Bill (I think I'm def better at backstroies than painting, but watchu gonna do?) yeah, I know it's "Fire Marshal", but it's a Battlemech, aka, a martial unit. Lemme has my wordplay. Ain't got much else going my way atm. Anyhow, on to "Bill", here. FMB is a Clan Invasion era 5 series Hatchetman that has been extensively modified by it's pilot, one Seamus "Jimmy" Ó Ciardha, a member of Hatchy's Helpers, during the late Dark Age era. While trained as a mechwarrior, Jimmy's original MOS was as a 12M in the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces. After Grey Monday, in the Chaos, Jimmy would take his family Hatchetman and join the Stormhammers. After seeing the utter devastation wrought on civilian and miltiary alike, by Malvina's Descant first hand on Skye, he would leave the Stormhammers in disenchantment, and eventually land with Hatchy's Helpers, looking to heal, instead of destroy. Clad in 12 tons of Heat Resistant Armor, "FMB" was also had it's original 10 SHS switched for doubles, and been restrung using prototype Triple Strength Myomers. Aside from it's hatchet, all the original weapons are stripped, and in their place a Fluid Gun, with a 3 ton external "ammo" tank on the back. In the left arm, it carries a re-engineered medium laser, to take advantage of it's ability to cut thru various materials with ease, to use as cutting torch. The hatchet itself appears to be taken from a later model, possibly a 7S. Buried in it's left breast is a specially tuned & modified Bloodhound Active Probe, reconfigured to help look for survivors in a SAR role. And in the mechs' "belt buckle", Jimmy had a paramedic gear locker installed, complete with portable defibrillator, and other such gear. While largely pacificist now, Jimmy has been known to unleash the beast upon those who are harming innocents, and more than one of Malvina's Mongols last sight was a Firefighter helmet adorned Hatchetman wading out of the flames to sink it's massive, red hatchet in their cockpit.
September 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
vspar.bsky.social
So what do you all think of the #Lego buildings and classic #BattleTech terrain combo?
September 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
vspar.bsky.social
The #Lego buildings and bridges for my Open WarHex terrain looks pretty good! Can't wait to use these in our upcoming games of #BattleTech
September 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Watching myself on the playback (unedited) of our first recording of our #BattleTech #MechWarrior #RPG #ActualPlay and...
Honestly not as cringy as I was expecting...!

We are going to do the second session and edit both before we get our upgraded equipment.
September 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
vspar.bsky.social
Help this man so he can do more #BattleTech art!
bishopsteiner.bsky.social Bishop Steiner @bishopsteiner.bsky.social · Sep 11
home, resting, and.. $5000 USD upside down in medical bills, and counting. (Bank acct currently has.. oh.. $500)?

ko-fi.com/bishopsbeerf...

If you can help, bless you, and in this economic environment, if you can't, I also fully understand, and still bless you.
Proof of Life. Discharged today. Will avoid getting into the weeds for now, as I really do not have all the information myself, and don't want to be wildly inaccurate. Was in the middle of a full blown 2 day migraine, on top of the effects from the Hypertensive Crisis* and Tachycardia rollercoaster, so my Spanish was not up to the full details. I already apparently misunderstood at least one thing. Best I know, something triggered my BP to spike to over 200/120, 30ish minutes later at the Clinic was in tachycardia, with very stroke adjacent symptoms, they stabilized me enough to ship an hour and a half away, because Manzanillo apparently doesn't have an MRI that they could fit shoulders into. (Cue "the more you know") Spent last 2 days there undergoing a full barrage of tests, and them trying to get my BP stable at "only" 130ish resting. Home now, migraine medicine taken, resting. Will do a follow up with the local Doctor to hopefully actually find out the details, and the plan going forward, tomorrow. So at least I'm flat on my ass, at home, with my kitty, instead of racking up more $2000 a night stays in Colima. * Kevin Dub is there a better term for that? Doesn't even sound accurate how I stated it. Anyhow, I'm down and out for several days to weeks, it appears, and I'm going to need help recovering from this more than ever before. (Sitting at $5000 approx in hospital bills already, let alone meds, follow up and cardiologist visit) https://ko-fi.com/bishopsbeerfund/goal?g=1 If you can help, bless you, and in this economic environment, if you can't, I also fully understand.
September 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
vspar.bsky.social
Modular custom Lego buildings for my Open WarHex terrain!
September 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
vspar.bsky.social
#BattleTech behind the scenes...
August 31, 2025 at 7:50 AM
vspar.bsky.social
I'm SO excited! We start recording today. Everyone wish me luck on our new #MechWarrior campaign! Let the #BattleTech commence!
August 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
vspar.bsky.social
And now for my GENIUS moment of the year: Custom color and number of rolls slam box for #BattleTech !
Links to where you can buy the three components in the replies!
August 30, 2025 at 4:34 AM
vspar.bsky.social
We get the camera, mics, and lights on Wednesday. Then we set up and start recording on Saturday (hopefully).

I gotta write a script for the intro.

We are planning on releasing Episode 0 mid September so look put for our new YouTube channel and project!

#BattleTech #ActualPlay #MexhWarrior #RPG
August 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM
vspar.bsky.social
The 3d printed minis look good, but there are some issues I run into when painting. The lack of 'seams' between the major armor plates makes it hard to define shapes in some spots.
Still, I think these came out pretty good. Gonna need a new black marker soon - the tip is gone. #BattleTech
August 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
vspar.bsky.social
Whelp. Hurdle 1 of oh so many to getting my #BattleTech / #MechWarrior RPG campaign up and running is mostly done with the completion of some character sheets and a GM Screen.

Now we just need the camera, microphones, and set up the space.
August 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
vspar.bsky.social
Moar Mechs is what we need! #BattleTech
August 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
vspar.bsky.social
Gotta say. Doing the Viper in a half hour and the Vulture in a little over an hour is... Well it's revolutionary for me and painting minis. Not sure if this will translate to non-mech minis, but we will see soon (I have 20 sci Fi military dudes to do soon)
#BattleTech #MiniPainting
August 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
vspar.bsky.social
Clan Hell's Horses Fire Horse Star. #BattleTech
Really enjoying the paint markers. Can not stress how much easier painting is with them. This wouldn't have looked so good and would have taken me four times as long to accomplish. I have noticed how quick I lose the fine tips, though.
August 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
vspar.bsky.social
There was one thing for sure: the acrylic paint markers sure made this job a lot easier. #BattleTech #MiniPainting
August 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Always clear your landing zones, people. It's a fast but painful death having a dropship land on you. #BattleTech
August 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM