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Mason Masteka
@masonmasteka.bsky.social
Former kitchen ogre, now I herd cats and get to see the sun on occasion.
TTRPGs are my nerd-vice.
Also known as Roninchef.
No worse for the wear.
Gen X parent pride moment, taking the eldest offspring to get his first tattoo and getting another for myself right after. He drew my lighthouse and I designed his Jonah crab. A fine graduation present.
August 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My 13yo took control of the car stereo and started bumping Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man". I turned and looked at him and he said "What? I'm in a jazz fusion phase."

WTF am I supposed to do with that? Besides supporting him on his jazz odyssey of course.
July 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Probably? But I am trying to be better.
April 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The perfect organism can be made from this $20 kit from Target
March 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I made you a sandbox. You'll have to provide your own sand.
#hexmap #osr #map #ttrpg
February 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
What's living in the abandoned barn?
#osr, #sketchbook, #meetingdoodles
December 12, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence

These are the foundations of real freedom.
September 20, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Feeling pleased with the results.

#hexplore, #rpgmap, #diyrpg
February 27, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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Just released the March Playtest of the Cairn 2e player's guide. This should be the penultimate (or final???) version of the playtest before the Kickstarter!

The biggest changes are seeing @amandalee.bsky.social's eye-watering art! Check out the spreads!

drive.google.com/drive/folder...
game files - Google Drive
drive.google.com
February 24, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Haven't finished the season yet but the Ron Perlman episode of Mr and Mrs Smith might be the highpoint.

Watched it with my eldest. I kept saying that he was just like that not too long ago and he kept saying that I am going to be just like that not too far from now.
February 21, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Crafts & Cartography
Hand made stamps for mapmaking.

Inspired by Castle Grief's solo campaign blog posts.

castlegrief.substack.com/p/solo-shado...

#rpg #crafts #hexplore
February 17, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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If a witch is to be in constant conversation with place she needs to listen to all its voices. The first voice to learn the language of is the river. In flood-churn or calm progress, it is a news-bringer, mood-teller. It knows the land well. – #EmilyBanting, 1981 #WitchWednesday
January 25, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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The Solo But Not Alone bundle is back for a 4th time! If you bought it last year, never fear cause there are no repeats! This is an all new collection.

A massive bundle of Solo RPGs covering the full spectrum of the genre, not just journaling games, to support charity.
itch.io/b/2256/solo-...
January 22, 2024 at 11:09 PM
In the latest Ken & Robin podcast, Ken was discussing a book given to him from a friend.

"It was something he found in his father's library as he was disassembling it."

New life goal, have a library big enough my offspring have to disassemble it when I'm gone.
January 13, 2024 at 4:00 AM
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store.cairnrpg.com/products/fab...

I now sell print copies of @bradkerr.bsky.social's follow-up to Hideous Daylight on the Cairn store!
Fabien's Atelier
THE WIZARD FABIEN IS DEAD. The magic in his flying island sputters and fades. Brave adventurers will enter the wizard’s floating workshop and unravel its mysteries before catastrophic failure send...
store.cairnrpg.com
November 13, 2023 at 11:49 PM
TFW you give a new box of wine the one finger death punch and pretend the spout is its still beating heart. Victory is mine!
November 9, 2023 at 11:49 PM
You find a gap in the hedge big enough to get through.
October 25, 2023 at 2:13 PM
My brain: Hey!
Me: Yeah?
My brain: You look like you need a rathole.
Me: Nah, all set. Busy, busy!
My brain: Remember Ska music?
Me: Oh yeah! I should make a playlist...

Then the hours slip away like grains of sand in the wind but with an upbeat horn section and all productivity disappears.
October 16, 2023 at 2:48 PM
TTRPGs are merely a front for justifying my obsession with office supplies.
Graph paper, 3 ring binders, pens, pencils, and fancy notebooks! Heck yeah!
October 13, 2023 at 6:52 PM
My last red envelope, the end of an era.
#redenvelope
October 2, 2023 at 4:14 PM
As a grown up I faced my fear of navigating Boston today and hoofed it from one train station to another just to get my steps in, like a big boy.
September 14, 2023 at 9:47 PM
Oh happy day, another corner of the Internet I can peruse for entertainment!
September 12, 2023 at 2:34 PM