My back hurts so much because of the flu. I wish I had something clever to write here.

Instead, go follow my Zinetopia project: tinyurl.com/blightfalltt...

We’re one away from 50 followers, and I just know that the 50th follow is going to cure me of the flu*.

*It will not.

It's 5am on Dec. 26, but since I never went to sleep, it's technically still Christmas. My present to you is this Draw Steel review.

TLDR; I really really like the game.

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I was looking at @soulmuppet.co.uk for something Orbital Blues related when I saw this. This is the coolest thing ever. Not only are they taking a break, they are so serious about it that they won't even take my money for an order during that break.

Hell yeah SoulMuppet, all praises to you.

I sent a picture of @moreblueberries.bsky.social legendary door at PaxU (taken by @friede.bsky.social) with no other info. Apparently he raced around the vendor hall and got me a signed copy! A Christmas miracle.

For everyone doing their 10 games they want to play in 2026: I made a real life spinner to help me choose my next game, so here are my top 16. (Yes it's two paper plates and a thumbtack)

Arts and crafts are fun!

There are two wolves inside of me: One that wants to prevent all my hobbies from turning into rampant consumerism and another that wants to buy *all the cool rpg shit.* Today wolf #2 wins.

I ran around 30 RPG one-shots this year, the majority of which were with players I didn't know and a game I hadn't played before. I wrote up how I structure my one-shots to keep them short and pack in as much fun as possible, regardless of system. Hope it's helpful!

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In the next two weeks I plan to:

- Play 5 new RPGs (Maybe 6 if I can sneak in Two-Hand Path by Mikey Hamm)
- Write 13 reviews
- Realize that means I need to write one review a day
- Panic
- Do it anyway

Glad I took time off my real job to do this silly pretend one, wouldn't have it any other way!