John Haygood - Magus of Thebes
@john-seventhebes.bsky.social
Single dad - takes up way too much energy!
By day practicing & teaching Chinese medicine.
By night ammature designer of historical & mythological games.
(he/him)
WIP: Land of Myth: Age of Palaces
A mythological PbtA ttrpg based on Homer's Iliad & Odyssey🏺
By day practicing & teaching Chinese medicine.
By night ammature designer of historical & mythological games.
(he/him)
WIP: Land of Myth: Age of Palaces
A mythological PbtA ttrpg based on Homer's Iliad & Odyssey🏺
Warmest wishes for a peaceful, nourishing and deeply contemplative and meditative Winter Solstice to everyone!!
Slow down, sleep much, eat good food, do nothing. Refresh your body in the stillness of the longest night!
Slow down, sleep much, eat good food, do nothing. Refresh your body in the stillness of the longest night!
December 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Warmest wishes for a peaceful, nourishing and deeply contemplative and meditative Winter Solstice to everyone!!
Slow down, sleep much, eat good food, do nothing. Refresh your body in the stillness of the longest night!
Slow down, sleep much, eat good food, do nothing. Refresh your body in the stillness of the longest night!
Congratulations to Vincent & Meguey Baker!!!
So happy for them!!
And if you ask me it should have done even better!
For me, discovering the PbtA universe was the breath of fresh air that I needed after years of trade game stalemate.
I haven't released my game yet, but I already feel I owe them.
So happy for them!!
And if you ask me it should have done even better!
For me, discovering the PbtA universe was the breath of fresh air that I needed after years of trade game stalemate.
I haven't released my game yet, but I already feel I owe them.
Congratulations to Apocalypse World: Burned Over for hitting $200k on its final day.
Still 12 hours left to get it to $250K!
Just sayin'...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Still 12 hours left to get it to $250K!
Just sayin'...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Congratulations to Vincent & Meguey Baker!!!
So happy for them!!
And if you ask me it should have done even better!
For me, discovering the PbtA universe was the breath of fresh air that I needed after years of trade game stalemate.
I haven't released my game yet, but I already feel I owe them.
So happy for them!!
And if you ask me it should have done even better!
For me, discovering the PbtA universe was the breath of fresh air that I needed after years of trade game stalemate.
I haven't released my game yet, but I already feel I owe them.
Reposted by John Haygood - Magus of Thebes
Congratulations to Apocalypse World: Burned Over for hitting $200k on its final day.
Still 12 hours left to get it to $250K!
Just sayin'...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Still 12 hours left to get it to $250K!
Just sayin'...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Congratulations to Apocalypse World: Burned Over for hitting $200k on its final day.
Still 12 hours left to get it to $250K!
Just sayin'...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Still 12 hours left to get it to $250K!
Just sayin'...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Reposted by John Haygood - Magus of Thebes
Apocalypsr World is the oddly forgotten Pbta game. If even just for the GM section, you owe it to yourself to get it.
Here it is. The final 24 hours. You've helped coax banked embers into a steady flame. Tell me, what is one thing you'll bring with you into What-Comes-Next? Seeds? Thread? A good kitchen knife? What will you make of what's left? Together, let's light up the world.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Apocalypsr World is the oddly forgotten Pbta game. If even just for the GM section, you owe it to yourself to get it.
Reposted by John Haygood - Magus of Thebes
Here it is. The final 24 hours. You've helped coax banked embers into a steady flame. Tell me, what is one thing you'll bring with you into What-Comes-Next? Seeds? Thread? A good kitchen knife? What will you make of what's left? Together, let's light up the world.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Here it is. The final 24 hours. You've helped coax banked embers into a steady flame. Tell me, what is one thing you'll bring with you into What-Comes-Next? Seeds? Thread? A good kitchen knife? What will you make of what's left? Together, let's light up the world.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
I just backed Apocalypse World: Burned Over Kickstarter!!
#ApocalypseWorld #PbtA
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
#ApocalypseWorld #PbtA
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I just backed Apocalypse World: Burned Over Kickstarter!!
#ApocalypseWorld #PbtA
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
#ApocalypseWorld #PbtA
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Spent most of the day working on my #PbtA #ttrpg Land of Myth. Last time I managed to put in so much work was back in September...
One of the most challenging aspects of the design has been the fact that because I've based the game so intimately on Homer's Iliad, I've had very specific 1/2
One of the most challenging aspects of the design has been the fact that because I've based the game so intimately on Homer's Iliad, I've had very specific 1/2
December 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I've been slowly working on my PbtA game for a long while now...
Now my game doesn't have a lot of sex moves. The Iliad is more famous for the slaughter and gods, but still, it's got plenty of social interaction.
My biggest stumbling block has been the structure of the playbooks, and the question
Now my game doesn't have a lot of sex moves. The Iliad is more famous for the slaughter and gods, but still, it's got plenty of social interaction.
My biggest stumbling block has been the structure of the playbooks, and the question
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I've been slowly working on my PbtA game for a long while now...
Now my game doesn't have a lot of sex moves. The Iliad is more famous for the slaughter and gods, but still, it's got plenty of social interaction.
My biggest stumbling block has been the structure of the playbooks, and the question
Now my game doesn't have a lot of sex moves. The Iliad is more famous for the slaughter and gods, but still, it's got plenty of social interaction.
My biggest stumbling block has been the structure of the playbooks, and the question
As someone who spent years in uni and tried twice for a PhD, I find this shocking - although not surprising.
But as a gamer, writer, consumer of fiction/scifi all I can think of is:
The darn thing is trying to warn us!! It's telling us what it knows we ought to have understood by now, and it's 1/2
But as a gamer, writer, consumer of fiction/scifi all I can think of is:
The darn thing is trying to warn us!! It's telling us what it knows we ought to have understood by now, and it's 1/2
Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist.
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
December 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
As someone who spent years in uni and tried twice for a PhD, I find this shocking - although not surprising.
But as a gamer, writer, consumer of fiction/scifi all I can think of is:
The darn thing is trying to warn us!! It's telling us what it knows we ought to have understood by now, and it's 1/2
But as a gamer, writer, consumer of fiction/scifi all I can think of is:
The darn thing is trying to warn us!! It's telling us what it knows we ought to have understood by now, and it's 1/2
Reposted by John Haygood - Magus of Thebes
The Gauntlet Pitch Day is December 6th! I’m taking pitches for scenarios and other game elements for The Lands Remaining. Details at the link below!
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Pitch Day
Pitch Day: The Great Forest We’re taking pitches for our upcoming game, The Lands Remaining ! Pitch Day will be December 6th, 2025. There will be three different Zoom calls you can join to make...
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Gauntlet Pitch Day is December 6th! I’m taking pitches for scenarios and other game elements for The Lands Remaining. Details at the link below!
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
The Seven Levels of Fantasy
YouTube video by Daniel Greene
www.youtube.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
An offer you can't refuse...
Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
An offer you can't refuse...
@proton.me
Please please please!!
You need to add to the calendar app the ability to copy-paste/duplicate entries!!! I just had to manually add 36 entries!!!!!
Also would be super useful if you could touch-hold and slide entries around the calendar.
(Android phone)
Please please please!!
You need to add to the calendar app the ability to copy-paste/duplicate entries!!! I just had to manually add 36 entries!!!!!
Also would be super useful if you could touch-hold and slide entries around the calendar.
(Android phone)
August 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
@proton.me
Please please please!!
You need to add to the calendar app the ability to copy-paste/duplicate entries!!! I just had to manually add 36 entries!!!!!
Also would be super useful if you could touch-hold and slide entries around the calendar.
(Android phone)
Please please please!!
You need to add to the calendar app the ability to copy-paste/duplicate entries!!! I just had to manually add 36 entries!!!!!
Also would be super useful if you could touch-hold and slide entries around the calendar.
(Android phone)
Been reading through Rapscallion (pirate pbta ttrpg) and I'm loving it!
So well made, so evocative of the genre, well written and fun to read, excellent ideas and world building.
I can't wait to play it!!
Plus it's given me a great creative boost to work on my pbta game.
#pbta #ttrpg
So well made, so evocative of the genre, well written and fun to read, excellent ideas and world building.
I can't wait to play it!!
Plus it's given me a great creative boost to work on my pbta game.
#pbta #ttrpg
July 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
After 8hrs on a boat we're about to dock on the small island of Sikinos!
I've spent half the journey reading Rapscallio (PbtA ttrpg).
I'm hoping the kids will be inspired by the scenery and the island atmosphere enough to lure them into a game of pirates, treasures and cursed monsters...
I've spent half the journey reading Rapscallio (PbtA ttrpg).
I'm hoping the kids will be inspired by the scenery and the island atmosphere enough to lure them into a game of pirates, treasures and cursed monsters...
July 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
After 8hrs on a boat we're about to dock on the small island of Sikinos!
I've spent half the journey reading Rapscallio (PbtA ttrpg).
I'm hoping the kids will be inspired by the scenery and the island atmosphere enough to lure them into a game of pirates, treasures and cursed monsters...
I've spent half the journey reading Rapscallio (PbtA ttrpg).
I'm hoping the kids will be inspired by the scenery and the island atmosphere enough to lure them into a game of pirates, treasures and cursed monsters...
The medievalist in me just stirred...
Don't trust me, trust the Italians!
Rosewood Abbey is a GREAT TTRPG about monk solving mysteries, inspired by none other than their award-winning medievalist: Umberto Eco.
therolistes.bigcartel.com/product/rose...
Like in The Name of the Rose, fight everyone's desire to see the devil at work! 😈
Rosewood Abbey is a GREAT TTRPG about monk solving mysteries, inspired by none other than their award-winning medievalist: Umberto Eco.
therolistes.bigcartel.com/product/rose...
Like in The Name of the Rose, fight everyone's desire to see the devil at work! 😈
July 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The medievalist in me just stirred...
This gif describes perfectly the conditions in Athens today.
Today feels worse than any other day this summer.
Greek summer...
Today feels worse than any other day this summer.
Greek summer...
a cartoon of a newspaper that says heat wave continues on it
ALT: a cartoon of a newspaper that says heat wave continues on it
media.tenor.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This gif describes perfectly the conditions in Athens today.
Today feels worse than any other day this summer.
Greek summer...
Today feels worse than any other day this summer.
Greek summer...
The Parthenon on the acropolis of Athens!
A bit short the video and doesn't show the outside the temple, but still very nice!
#ancientgreece #archaeology
youtu.be/_TO5Ls296uQ?...
A bit short the video and doesn't show the outside the temple, but still very nice!
#ancientgreece #archaeology
youtu.be/_TO5Ls296uQ?...
The Parthenon 3D - Ancient Greece in UNREAL ENGINE 5 + BLENDER [4K]
YouTube video by Delara
youtu.be
May 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The Parthenon on the acropolis of Athens!
A bit short the video and doesn't show the outside the temple, but still very nice!
#ancientgreece #archaeology
youtu.be/_TO5Ls296uQ?...
A bit short the video and doesn't show the outside the temple, but still very nice!
#ancientgreece #archaeology
youtu.be/_TO5Ls296uQ?...
Just backed Ronin Densetsu by SRG!!
Got the full pack - starter kit, core book and the two expansion books. Can't wait to run it!
#ttrpg #morkborg #samurai #Ronin #Densetsu
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sli...
Got the full pack - starter kit, core book and the two expansion books. Can't wait to run it!
#ttrpg #morkborg #samurai #Ronin #Densetsu
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sli...
Rōnin: Densetsu
Two expansions for Rōnin TTRPG—uncover the myths of Kage no Shima in Densetsu or face its horrors in The Book of Yō. Choose your path.
www.kickstarter.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The curse of folding clothes and hanging the laundry to dry.
I had dreams for this evening's 'free' time, but no...
I had dreams for this evening's 'free' time, but no...
March 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The curse of folding clothes and hanging the laundry to dry.
I had dreams for this evening's 'free' time, but no...
I had dreams for this evening's 'free' time, but no...
Absolutely massive protests all over Greece today!
Vast majority were perfectly peaceful. The police attacked & injured people completely unprovoked.
Yet the news talk about violent protests.
Government wanted them to be violent in order to have excuse to use violence.
apnews.com/article/gree...
Vast majority were perfectly peaceful. The police attacked & injured people completely unprovoked.
Yet the news talk about violent protests.
Government wanted them to be violent in order to have excuse to use violence.
apnews.com/article/gree...
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Absolutely massive protests all over Greece today!
Vast majority were perfectly peaceful. The police attacked & injured people completely unprovoked.
Yet the news talk about violent protests.
Government wanted them to be violent in order to have excuse to use violence.
apnews.com/article/gree...
Vast majority were perfectly peaceful. The police attacked & injured people completely unprovoked.
Yet the news talk about violent protests.
Government wanted them to be violent in order to have excuse to use violence.
apnews.com/article/gree...
Incredible lecture!! And the themes discussed are so current that it could have been presented today. Rick Roderick was wonderful!
(The 4th of 8 lectures under the series"Self Under Siege in 20th c Philosophy")
#philosophy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNAK...
(The 4th of 8 lectures under the series"Self Under Siege in 20th c Philosophy")
#philosophy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNAK...
Rick Roderick on Marcuse - One-Dimensional Man [full length]
YouTube video by The Partially Examined Life
www.youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Incredible lecture!! And the themes discussed are so current that it could have been presented today. Rick Roderick was wonderful!
(The 4th of 8 lectures under the series"Self Under Siege in 20th c Philosophy")
#philosophy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNAK...
(The 4th of 8 lectures under the series"Self Under Siege in 20th c Philosophy")
#philosophy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNAK...
My plan has worked!!
I have successfully hooked my daughter to "Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends" and "Dexter's Laboratory" !!
Mwahahaha!!
I have successfully hooked my daughter to "Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends" and "Dexter's Laboratory" !!
Mwahahaha!!
February 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
My plan has worked!!
I have successfully hooked my daughter to "Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends" and "Dexter's Laboratory" !!
Mwahahaha!!
I have successfully hooked my daughter to "Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends" and "Dexter's Laboratory" !!
Mwahahaha!!
I started binging the Discern Realities podcast (by @gauntletrpg.bsky.social) and it's brilliant!
I'd listened to the #DungeonWorld basics series a couple of times, but never the entire podcast.
I'm loving it! It's full of great info, tips and ideas for DW and #PbtA that can really help a GM.
I'd listened to the #DungeonWorld basics series a couple of times, but never the entire podcast.
I'm loving it! It's full of great info, tips and ideas for DW and #PbtA that can really help a GM.
December 27, 2024 at 2:19 PM
I started binging the Discern Realities podcast (by @gauntletrpg.bsky.social) and it's brilliant!
I'd listened to the #DungeonWorld basics series a couple of times, but never the entire podcast.
I'm loving it! It's full of great info, tips and ideas for DW and #PbtA that can really help a GM.
I'd listened to the #DungeonWorld basics series a couple of times, but never the entire podcast.
I'm loving it! It's full of great info, tips and ideas for DW and #PbtA that can really help a GM.