Allen Varney
@bundleofholding.com
Writer and game designer (PARANOIA XP, Mongoose Publishing 2004). I operate the Bundle of Holding (bundleofholding.com). Currently in Reno, Nevada. allenvarney(at)Gmail.
This search (on the Science magazine page for biochemist Derek Lowe) brings up 53 entries in his long-running series of blog posts, "Things I Won't Work With":
www.science.org/action/doSea...
www.science.org/action/doSea...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This search (on the Science magazine page for biochemist Derek Lowe) brings up 53 entries in his long-running series of blog posts, "Things I Won't Work With":
www.science.org/action/doSea...
www.science.org/action/doSea...
Outgunned and its support line are in the Bundle of Holding through Monday 01 December:
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bundleofholding.com/presents/Out...
Outgunned Bundle
Time for action! This Outgunned Bundle presents Outgunned, the tabletop roleplaying game of cinematic action from Riccardo "Rico" Sirignano and Simone Formicola at Two Little Mice, the Italian designe...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Outgunned and its support line are in the Bundle of Holding through Monday 01 December:
bundleofholding.com/presents/Out...
bundleofholding.com/presents/Out...
And Archie Goodwin becomes his talking dog. Run a focus group to choose the breed.
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And Archie Goodwin becomes his talking dog. Run a focus group to choose the breed.
I don't know about "friends" as such, but I did inquire some months back about a Triangle Agency Bundle of Holding offer.
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I don't know about "friends" as such, but I did inquire some months back about a Triangle Agency Bundle of Holding offer.
Small correction: Your comics bundle is presented through Humble Bundle, which is different from and unrelated to my Bundle of Holding site.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Small correction: Your comics bundle is presented through Humble Bundle, which is different from and unrelated to my Bundle of Holding site.
Next, talk about Gilgamesh in terms of Fred Allen and Allen's Alley.
November 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Next, talk about Gilgamesh in terms of Fred Allen and Allen's Alley.
"Madam Secretary" was a fantasy of good governance, and ultimately a fairy tale of absurdly happy state-sponsored outcomes.
October 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"Madam Secretary" was a fantasy of good governance, and ultimately a fairy tale of absurdly happy state-sponsored outcomes.
Twist ending: You've been working for a demon who has concealed terrible commitments in the contracts the wizards executed.
October 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Twist ending: You've been working for a demon who has concealed terrible commitments in the contracts the wizards executed.
That book "The Ingoldsby Legends" has quite a track record:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ing...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ing...
The Ingoldsby Legends - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
That book "The Ingoldsby Legends" has quite a track record:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ing...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ing...
I recommend Atlas Games founder John Nephew ( @johnnephew.bsky.social ) for this excellent list.
October 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I recommend Atlas Games founder John Nephew ( @johnnephew.bsky.social ) for this excellent list.
Thai kickboxing matches have that same energy, plus every match has live musical accompaniment.
October 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thai kickboxing matches have that same energy, plus every match has live musical accompaniment.
Good gravy, there are a TON of ZBS audio dramas. I remember losing interest in that series as early as "Moon Over Morocco" (1973), but I guess they still find their audience: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZBS_Fou...
ZBS Foundation - Wikipedia
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October 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Good gravy, there are a TON of ZBS audio dramas. I remember losing interest in that series as early as "Moon Over Morocco" (1973), but I guess they still find their audience: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZBS_Fou...
I remember starting to read about Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen, getting to the phrase "ten-book series," and instantly closing the browser tab, as if by galvanic reflex.
October 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I remember starting to read about Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen, getting to the phrase "ten-book series," and instantly closing the browser tab, as if by galvanic reflex.
Probably you're nearing the time to start prepending a zero to the show number.
October 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Probably you're nearing the time to start prepending a zero to the show number.
YouTuber "languagejones" talks all the time about the merits of different language apps.
October 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
YouTuber "languagejones" talks all the time about the merits of different language apps.
I remember the World Science Fiction Convention where Michael displayed this Friday painting in the art show. A sticky note on the panel beside the painting said "FRIDAY ZIPPER PULLS! On sale in the Dealers' Room!"
October 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I remember the World Science Fiction Convention where Michael displayed this Friday painting in the art show. A sticky note on the panel beside the painting said "FRIDAY ZIPPER PULLS! On sale in the Dealers' Room!"
Time to update Dostoyevsky: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dou...
The Double (Dostoevsky novel) - Wikipedia
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October 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Time to update Dostoyevsky: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dou...
That car is going 70mph while standing still.
October 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
That car is going 70mph while standing still.
If you mean Arkadia, the Ancient Greece-inspired 5E setting, I presented it in April 2022. But I'm guessing you mean another game?
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you mean Arkadia, the Ancient Greece-inspired 5E setting, I presented it in April 2022. But I'm guessing you mean another game?
Asimov's 1959 story "A Statue for Father," collected in "Buy Jupiter" (1975) is a fun take on the delicious-dino idea:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Statu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Statu...
A Statue for Father - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Asimov's 1959 story "A Statue for Father," collected in "Buy Jupiter" (1975) is a fun take on the delicious-dino idea:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Statu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Statu...
Frederic Chopin would have started on Twitch, then relaunched as a falling-notes pianist on YouTube hawking his online piano course.
October 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Frederic Chopin would have started on Twitch, then relaunched as a falling-notes pianist on YouTube hawking his online piano course.