Ben Torell
bentorell.com
Ben Torell
@bentorell.com
Tabletop enthusiast and general giga-nerd.

TTRPG blog: https://gordianblade.com/
Itch Store: https://gordianblade.itch.io/
Absolute cinema this morning with Telegram spammers
June 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Ok, doodling on a tablet is very fun...
March 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
February 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My tests of the 14b Qwen distill of Deepseek R1 are going great, nothing to see here
January 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
(Spoilers for Tomb of Golden Ghosts from His Majesty the Worm)

Having fun playing with a new IRL GM setup, getting ready to run His Majesty the Worm. I'm tickled by the idea of using a three-ring binder as a GM screen of sorts, without creating too large of a barrier between myself and the players.
January 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#Lancer #TTRPG GM Tip: If you're playing in person and suddenly need a map for a combat, break out 15-20 d6's and roll them on a blank hex map, and draw terrain based on their results:

1-3: Size 1
4-5: Size 2
6: Size 3

(Examples featuring terrain from The Upgrade Factory on Etsy)
January 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Looking at some doodles I did for my module, I actually really kind of like this one overlooking the gulch from Porthull. It uses an older version of the map, but I think I was onto something here. Might clean it up into some sharpie lineart and put it in the module somewhere, if I have time.
January 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Had a great time running my playtest of #Lancer #TTRPG at @levelupgames.bsky.social last night!
January 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Update
December 28, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Fun arts and crafts for #Lancer #ttrpg today
December 28, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Here's the PDF spread, as displayed by SumatraPDF. Just a bit of a toy example for now that I've been experimenting with
November 21, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Seeing shockingly few people discussing using an Elgato Stream Deck for uptime monitoring (using the Uptime Kuma Stream Deck plugin) github.com/MarlBurroW/S...

#homelab
November 16, 2024 at 3:49 PM
My little #homelab, such as it is. Aoostar GEM12 for Docker/Portainer, 3x RPi4 for Pihole, secondary Pihole, and dedicated uptime monitoring (Uptime Kuma + ntfy.sh), and a UGREEN DXP4800 Plus running TrueNAS Scale.

Not pictured: RPi4 running Home Assistant, next to my router across the room
November 14, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Reminder
November 6, 2024 at 9:54 PM