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Gordo
@gallowglass.bsky.social
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he/him. old enough to know better, dumb enough to try anyway.
An ambulatory pile of expensive hobbies in an overcoat.
I'm here for TTRPGs, retro tech, heavy metal, illustration, and genre fiction.
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Age yourself with a movie you saw in theaters
Two men standing in front of an F16 fighter jet. Above the fighter jet is a cloudy blue sky - in the upper right, a small blue jetcraft is on fire and falling. The foremost figure is a young man in a red tshirt and jeans, standing with his right thumb hooked to a pocket and holding a white helmet in his left. Behind and on his right is a man with a shaved head and mustache wearing a green flightsuit, and holding a white helmet against his right hip. Both men wear sunglasses and are looking straight at the viewer.
February 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Okay look. I've tried to be neutral when it comes to Paizo, since they're ostensibly the "better" option when it comes to big name dragon-games. But you cannot expect me to take them seriously when they start releasing character options that look like they're made of spare He-Man toy parts.
Two strange blue skinned vaguely humanoid creatures. They are heavily muscled, with overly long necks and arms, legs that seem to end at their knees, and white zigzag patterns on their skin. The one on the left is dressed in blue robes and holds a curly topped staff. The one on the right is dressed in patchwork armor and is holding a crude spear of some sort. both stand in front of a blank white background.
February 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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There's absolutely no contest. The Eternal Champion gave us the concept of multiverses, the alignments of Law and Chaos, and the 'white haired brooding anti-hero". D&D and Warhammer are directly inspired by them.
January 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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The list of options is a *lot* longer than I would have expected. That said?
HEAR THE BLACKENED CALL. 🤘
A cartoon image of the fictional black metal band, Belzebubs. The image is of four characters standing menacingly against a smoky black backdrop, facing the viewer. All of the characters are grey-white skinned, with corpse paint make up and long black hair. The characters are ordered tallest to shortest from left to right; the character on the far right is noticeably rounder and shorter than the other three.
January 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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This one stands shoulder to shoulder with the Basic Red Box for me.
Cover of the 1st edition Shadowrun tabletop role playing game. It shows two groups of retro-futuristic characters engaged in a firefight with a distant trio of antagonists hiding behind a car.
January 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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When in doubt, consult the ancient tomes.

I do tend to use them interchangeably, but 'dwarves' really carries a lot of Middle Earth baggage.
Cover of the Dwarfs army book supplement for Warhammer Fantasy Battles. The image is of numerous dwarf characters engaged in battle with green skinned goblins wearing black robes. In the center a white bearded dwarf sits on a throne, holding a tome in one hand and an ax in the other.
January 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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I'm sure there has got to be some game that does it better than this, but I would love to have an open world Drakengard with good flight mechanics and a more interesting fighting system on the ground.
Cover of the video game Drakengard. The image shows a dark haired young man in fantastical armor holding a sword, looking at the viewer. Behind him in the background is a large red dragon looming over the man, breathing fire towards the ground. Above both figures is the title of the game and its logo.
December 30, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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My brother gives me a gift certificate to one of the local pen shops every year, which usually means I come home with a new fountain pen. This year is no different.
It came down to a choice between the new Esterbrook Land colors and this, the Diplomat Viper.
A blue metal fountain pen with a hooded nib on an open spiral bound notebook. The pen's cap is off, and the pen is pointed towards the bottom of the screen. The body of the pen has a knurled pattern. A blue metal fountain pen with a hooded nib on an open spiral bound notebook. The pen's cap is off, and the pen is pointed towards the left of the screen. The body of the pen has a knurled pattern. A blue metal fountain pen with a hooded nib on an open spiral bound notebook. The pen's cap is off, and the pen is pointed towards the left side of the screen. The body of the pen has a knurled pattern. On the notebook page, the words "Diplomat Viper + Diamine Athol Violet. I am not immune to shiny new pens" are written in cursive with a blue-purple ink.
December 28, 2024 at 10:54 PM
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Post your first RPG.
I had no idea what I was doing but I was enthralled.
December 22, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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My personal favorite set is a pair of milled aluminum (aluminium?) dice made by AKO that replaced the numerals or pips with a series of lines. I love how they stand out on the table, even if they did cause a few fights during wargame matches.
A set of black metal dice with lines carved into the faces instead of numbers. Above and to the left of them on the tabletop is a black paper box with the words Ako Dice in a stylized font. Also shown is a website url, www.ako-dice.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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Stopped by the FLGS today in order to pick up some gifts and told myself 'no new books'.

Oops.
A copy of His Majesty the Worm hardback roleplaying game book, with a black cover that has a silver reflective logo.
December 14, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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After all these years, I still think these two are the weirdest ones I have as physical copies.
Image of two books on a desktop mousepad. The book on the left is a small black and white booklet titled "8-Bit Theater The Roleplaying Game" and shows small cartoon characters at all four corners. The book on the right is a larger gold, white, and black hardback with a very stylized title that reads Engel. Below the title is a black and white yin-yang symbol, with an angel and monstrous insect forming the two halves.
December 10, 2024 at 1:54 AM
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Post a ship that is neither Star Wars nor Star Trek.
November 25, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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The fewer overly polished and bizarrely rendered cover shots of painfully generic composites that look like they belong on an ad for a sketchy mobile game the better.
Give me stuff like this instead; at least then I can trust that you actually care about your project enough to do it yourself.
A mock up cover of a small tabletop RPG book. An amateurish pencil drawing of three characters is scribbled on the page of a typical notebook page, complete with blue lines. The characters are a squinting elf holding a lute, a grumpy looking dwarf holding a very long, bendy ax, and a hooded figure casting a strange spell. Above them, the words Terror at Bone Skull Crypt is written at an angle. Below the notebook image is a logo for "Designed for use with Old-School Essentials". Beneath that are the words "An adventure for three to five characters, levels 1 to 3. Scribbled by Toast McFolden." Everything is set on a black background.
November 21, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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November 20, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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The RG40XXV gets bonus points for the nostalgic form factor and a nice screen. The stick below the dpad is nice but not actually analog.
A blue portable video game console, shaped like a classic Game Boy with a color screen. It is being held in hand above a wooden countertop.
November 18, 2024 at 11:14 PM
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This might be the explanation.
October 16, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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> Star Wars & Street Fighter = Star Fighter.

Capcom thought that was a great idea too.
Cover of the Star Gladiator video game; image shows a stereotypical anime protagonist of the early 2000's, rendered in PS2 era polygons, with a metal headband and an energy sword facing the viewer. The background is red and has an enlarged ghostly image of an armored figure with glowing highlights and an elongated skull mask, holding up a hand menacingly. In the upper left corner, the logo for STAR GLADIATOR EPISODE ONE: FINAL CRUSADE sits on top of an upside down red triangle.
October 13, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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Quote tweet with one of your fave films that isn't a huge hit.

There's apparently a black and white version of this floating around, and I need to get my hands on a copy.
October 11, 2024 at 9:15 PM
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October 8, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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If the #OldestTTRPGontheShelf is going by print date, then there's no contest. I've managed to preserve most of my rpg books over the years, with the exception of a few that have fallen apart from wear and tear. #ttrpg
A blue, paperback book with the title Dungeons and Dragons; the booklet is old, held together at the spine with tape, and shows a pair of characters in anachronistic costumes preparing to fight a large dragon in the background. One of the characters holds a bow and is in ancient armor, while the other is dressed in a stereotypical wizard costume and is preparing to cast a spell.
October 3, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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Bluesky Fountain Pen friends! What pens are you carrying today?
October 1, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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Been a while since I did one of these.
September 29, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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Been a rough couple of days, so I thought I'd indulge in something I usually don't do and throw together some fan art.
Some dipshit forgot to charge their ipad though, so this is as far as I got. #sketch #bocchi #kikuri #fanart #myart
A rough colored sketch of a skinny anime woman with squinting eyes and sharp, shark-like teeth. she has long pink-red hair in a braid, and is wearing a loose green sundress with one strap hanging off. She's smiling at the viewer.
November 23, 2023 at 6:53 AM
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Working up a character for a new campaign made me smash through a months-long artblock like the goddamned Kool-aid Man. Meet Declan, my new half elf stealth paladin charged with babysitting the world's most scatterbrained engineer and a klepto druid. #TTRPG #OC #sketches #illustrations #D&D
A rough sketch of an anime style character with elfin ears, shown from the shoulders up. The character has long hair and an exaggerated, frustrated expression, A rough sketch of an anime style character with elfin ears peering down into a box; the character has a surprised expression and has a small word-bubble to one side that says "uh". An ink and marker sketch of an anime style character from side profile, shown from the shoulders up. The character has long dark blue-gray hair and a pensive expression A rough sketch of an anime style character with elfin ears.
November 18, 2023 at 10:33 PM