Andrew D. Devenney
@adevenney.bsky.social
historian, associate director: CMich Center for Learning through Games & Simulations (class.cmich.edu/clgs & cmichpress.com), publisher: Superhero Necromancer Press (superheronecromancer.com), 💖💜💙
First time in the pool since, hmm, August? Early September? Can’t remember…
November 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
First time in the pool since, hmm, August? Early September? Can’t remember…
Before it got too hot today, my son and I got up this morning and cleared all the overhanging branches on the sidewalk along the side of the house (which was getting only passable by little people). Exhausted now, but we’re done.
August 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Before it got too hot today, my son and I got up this morning and cleared all the overhanging branches on the sidewalk along the side of the house (which was getting only passable by little people). Exhausted now, but we’re done.
Another day working the #gencon2025 grind with @cmichpress.bsky.social (despite the happy face, my body is falling apart, getting old is dumb 😂).
August 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Another day working the #gencon2025 grind with @cmichpress.bsky.social (despite the happy face, my body is falling apart, getting old is dumb 😂).
Hey, what’s this? Rules for a duet version of Five Hundred Year Old Vampire? What’s that even mean? I wonder if you’ll be able to check these out at @cmichpress.bsky.social’s #GenCon2025 Exhibit Hall booth (#2759) this year? Now, I’m not one to gossip, but I have it on good authority that you can!
July 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Hey, what’s this? Rules for a duet version of Five Hundred Year Old Vampire? What’s that even mean? I wonder if you’ll be able to check these out at @cmichpress.bsky.social’s #GenCon2025 Exhibit Hall booth (#2759) this year? Now, I’m not one to gossip, but I have it on good authority that you can!
Hey what’s this, Drew? Oh nothing, just an idea for a Rainy City adventure laid out as a trifold brochure. Brainstorming some RPG stuff tonight. #ttrpg #RainyCityRPG
July 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Hey what’s this, Drew? Oh nothing, just an idea for a Rainy City adventure laid out as a trifold brochure. Brainstorming some RPG stuff tonight. #ttrpg #RainyCityRPG
Gazetteer in back has details on old name, modern name, their classifications, their confidence in placing it, and where things are located in their map pages.
July 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Gazetteer in back has details on old name, modern name, their classifications, their confidence in placing it, and where things are located in their map pages.
Apologies, got home from work and got distracted by prep for game night tonight (ran Night’s Black Agents!). Anyway, this is the book you want: The Helsinki Atlas of the Near East in the Neo-Assyrian Period, from 2001. Best estimation at the time for Assyria’s historical geography.
July 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Apologies, got home from work and got distracted by prep for game night tonight (ran Night’s Black Agents!). Anyway, this is the book you want: The Helsinki Atlas of the Near East in the Neo-Assyrian Period, from 2001. Best estimation at the time for Assyria’s historical geography.
Been a long time since I was able to do a metric mile. And like 500-600 yards was freestyle, which I never usually have much stamina to do. #progress
June 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Been a long time since I was able to do a metric mile. And like 500-600 yards was freestyle, which I never usually have much stamina to do. #progress
Only took them 4.5 years, but I finally have a name tag like a real boy.
May 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Only took them 4.5 years, but I finally have a name tag like a real boy.
Still gotta work while the world burns, so here’s a WIP of a game setup diagram for the game manual for Keep the Faith I’m making in Illustrator. #TTRPG #CMichPress #WIP
April 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Still gotta work while the world burns, so here’s a WIP of a game setup diagram for the game manual for Keep the Faith I’m making in Illustrator. #TTRPG #CMichPress #WIP
Finished reading James Romm’s _Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire_ last night. Way more engrossing than I had expected. Now I’m thinking way too much about how to turn this into a prestige tv show. Damn, might need to write a treatment. 😂
April 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Finished reading James Romm’s _Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire_ last night. Way more engrossing than I had expected. Now I’m thinking way too much about how to turn this into a prestige tv show. Damn, might need to write a treatment. 😂
Back to the drawing board. Doing a map in Flott’s Miscellany Vol.3, 1st time we’ve done that, so of course I have to draw the damn thing. #TTRPG #RainyCityRPG #Zinequest
January 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Back to the drawing board. Doing a map in Flott’s Miscellany Vol.3, 1st time we’ve done that, so of course I have to draw the damn thing. #TTRPG #RainyCityRPG #Zinequest
Hey what’s this, Drew? Oh you know, just a #zinequest / #zinemonth thing for the Rainy City from @superheronecro.bsky.social. Been a couple of years since the last volume. More official info soon… #ttrpg #RainyCityRPG
January 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hey what’s this, Drew? Oh you know, just a #zinequest / #zinemonth thing for the Rainy City from @superheronecro.bsky.social. Been a couple of years since the last volume. More official info soon… #ttrpg #RainyCityRPG
1st swim of the year. Funny story: in seemingly empty locker room after, got interrupted at my locker while I was trying to take a weird Dutch angle picture of the tableau of my swim gear, gym bag, towel, and legs in front of me. No, good sir, I was not trying to take a dick pic. I had pants on. 😂
January 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
1st swim of the year. Funny story: in seemingly empty locker room after, got interrupted at my locker while I was trying to take a weird Dutch angle picture of the tableau of my swim gear, gym bag, towel, and legs in front of me. No, good sir, I was not trying to take a dick pic. I had pants on. 😂
Friday Game Night: investigating the curious case of flying umbrellas in a small Headlands village of the Rainy City. #ttrpg #RainyCityRPG
January 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Friday Game Night: investigating the curious case of flying umbrellas in a small Headlands village of the Rainy City. #ttrpg #RainyCityRPG
Here’s a better view of the list in the previous image, all polished up a bit. Gee, I wonder what this will be from? #ttrpg #RainyCityRPG
December 27, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Here’s a better view of the list in the previous image, all polished up a bit. Gee, I wonder what this will be from? #ttrpg #RainyCityRPG
It’s Xmas, Drew, whatcha doin’? Oh you know, mucking around with the Rainy City, as you do. We survived another Midwinder Night recently, so that’s cause for celebration, right? #ttrpg #RainyCityRPG
December 26, 2024 at 3:57 AM
It’s Xmas, Drew, whatcha doin’? Oh you know, mucking around with the Rainy City, as you do. We survived another Midwinder Night recently, so that’s cause for celebration, right? #ttrpg #RainyCityRPG
The Girl wanted a sea food boil tonight for some reason, so we compromised on a shrimp boil with a side of rice (also her choice). Turned out pretty good.
December 15, 2024 at 1:34 AM
The Girl wanted a sea food boil tonight for some reason, so we compromised on a shrimp boil with a side of rice (also her choice). Turned out pretty good.
“Old Glasses / New Glasses, A New Hotness Diptych”
December 11, 2024 at 7:12 PM
“Old Glasses / New Glasses, A New Hotness Diptych”
Yuuuuup, this checks out. Very much. 😂
December 4, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Yuuuuup, this checks out. Very much. 😂
Here’s an untitled piece by Sigmar Polke, which caught my eye because of how much it reminds me of Rainy City art by my talented friend @warbeard.bsky.social. Like I could see this in a Rainy City zine and not bat an eye. Bill worked well in finding accurate references for the Rainy City style.
November 19, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Here’s an untitled piece by Sigmar Polke, which caught my eye because of how much it reminds me of Rainy City art by my talented friend @warbeard.bsky.social. Like I could see this in a Rainy City zine and not bat an eye. Bill worked well in finding accurate references for the Rainy City style.
A few more things from the SFMOMA I liked. This is “Das Museum” by Anselm Kiefer, which is a depiction of the planned Nazi Soldatenhalle (“the Soldiers’ Hall”) by the architect Wilhelm Kreis. Kiefer used lead in making this piece to contaminate the image and show how fascists poison history.
November 19, 2024 at 1:09 PM
A few more things from the SFMOMA I liked. This is “Das Museum” by Anselm Kiefer, which is a depiction of the planned Nazi Soldatenhalle (“the Soldiers’ Hall”) by the architect Wilhelm Kreis. Kiefer used lead in making this piece to contaminate the image and show how fascists poison history.
Spending the afternoon in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art while I wait for my flight to leave later. Really like this piece by Pat Steir, “Three Pointed Waterfall,” that I stumbled across in the floor with a bunch of abstract pieces. I might try to make a #ttrpg monster inspired by this.
November 17, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Spending the afternoon in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art while I wait for my flight to leave later. Really like this piece by Pat Steir, “Three Pointed Waterfall,” that I stumbled across in the floor with a bunch of abstract pieces. I might try to make a #ttrpg monster inspired by this.
And here’s a snippet of “Planet of the Shapes” from the start of the Brown album part of the show…wish I had had the foresight to record “Oolaa” from the Green album as the live version tonight was fucking awesome, but I was mostly in the moment. 😀
November 17, 2024 at 9:46 AM
And here’s a snippet of “Planet of the Shapes” from the start of the Brown album part of the show…wish I had had the foresight to record “Oolaa” from the Green album as the live version tonight was fucking awesome, but I was mostly in the moment. 😀