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My man @skrrtvonnegut.bsky.social puts his homemade plum liqueur over an ice cube 1:1 with rye or blended whiskey and a preserved cherry garnish.
Help name this cocktail. Submit your name ideas in the comments. At end of Nov. Skrrt and I pick a winner, who gets some Breakup Gaming Society swag.
Help name this cocktail. Submit your name ideas in the comments. At end of Nov. Skrrt and I pick a winner, who gets some Breakup Gaming Society swag.
Your stocking stuffer and problem is solved. Give Midnight Market a look and shop some small game makers.
The Midnight Market by @lunarpunk.games is now open and you can buy some awesome indie games! Check the comments for an outline of each game available.
#boardgames #indie
#boardgames #indie
Lunarpunk Games | Midnight Market
Coming midnight of November 7th with. . .
Tootin' & Hollerin'
Pyrotechnic
What if I'm the Devil?
Duck, Duck, Choose & What Does My Rival Desire?
the night is for indie games . . .
A boutique-style...
www.lunarpunk.games
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Your stocking stuffer and problem is solved. Give Midnight Market a look and shop some small game makers.
Started a living post at Breakup Gaming Society where capsules and links for all my #indie #ttrpg interviews with @liberludorum.com will live. Episode 104, dropping in six days, will feature a chat about the soul-flensing and stunning Lichoma.
@natewarren.bsky.social and I are only just getting started. www.breakupgamingsociety.com/blog/best-in...
Wild and Plucky Indie TTRPGs You Could Be Playing Instead of D&D — Breakup Gaming Society
The dark. The ribald. The inventive. The bold. A curated interview series about the best in indie TTRPGS.
www.breakupgamingsociety.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Started a living post at Breakup Gaming Society where capsules and links for all my #indie #ttrpg interviews with @liberludorum.com will live. Episode 104, dropping in six days, will feature a chat about the soul-flensing and stunning Lichoma.
I'd never seen anything like Cave Evil when it hit my radar in 2011. An utter commitment by three friends who simply had to design the dungeon wargame they wanted to play.
I interviewed co-designer and fellow Coloradan Nate Hayden about the decision to reprint it in 2024. Interview's down there 👇
I interviewed co-designer and fellow Coloradan Nate Hayden about the decision to reprint it in 2024. Interview's down there 👇
November 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I'd never seen anything like Cave Evil when it hit my radar in 2011. An utter commitment by three friends who simply had to design the dungeon wargame they wanted to play.
I interviewed co-designer and fellow Coloradan Nate Hayden about the decision to reprint it in 2024. Interview's down there 👇
I interviewed co-designer and fellow Coloradan Nate Hayden about the decision to reprint it in 2024. Interview's down there 👇
"Once your eyes map a face in the night boughs, you’ll start searching it out whether you want to see it or not; mine is a giant or golem with a steam shovel jaw."
- From Session 5 of my ongoing work with Dwelling, a solo RPG for ghosts from @goodluckpress.co
Listen or read: link in comments 👇
- From Session 5 of my ongoing work with Dwelling, a solo RPG for ghosts from @goodluckpress.co
Listen or read: link in comments 👇
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Once your eyes map a face in the night boughs, you’ll start searching it out whether you want to see it or not; mine is a giant or golem with a steam shovel jaw."
- From Session 5 of my ongoing work with Dwelling, a solo RPG for ghosts from @goodluckpress.co
Listen or read: link in comments 👇
- From Session 5 of my ongoing work with Dwelling, a solo RPG for ghosts from @goodluckpress.co
Listen or read: link in comments 👇
Alula, a hidden land that reveals itself to travelers in the Faraway card game, is coming to grips with an influx of wiry fintech people in Mercedes-Benz sprinter vans, bringing with them what might be the modern analog to blankets infected with smallpox: podcasts.
I reviewed 8 of them 👇
I reviewed 8 of them 👇
October 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Alula, a hidden land that reveals itself to travelers in the Faraway card game, is coming to grips with an influx of wiry fintech people in Mercedes-Benz sprinter vans, bringing with them what might be the modern analog to blankets infected with smallpox: podcasts.
I reviewed 8 of them 👇
I reviewed 8 of them 👇
My man @skrrtvonnegut.bsky.social puts his homemade plum liqueur over an ice cube 1:1 with rye or blended whiskey and a preserved cherry garnish.
Help name this cocktail. Submit your name ideas in the comments. At end of Nov. Skrrt and I pick a winner, who gets some Breakup Gaming Society swag.
Help name this cocktail. Submit your name ideas in the comments. At end of Nov. Skrrt and I pick a winner, who gets some Breakup Gaming Society swag.
October 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My man @skrrtvonnegut.bsky.social puts his homemade plum liqueur over an ice cube 1:1 with rye or blended whiskey and a preserved cherry garnish.
Help name this cocktail. Submit your name ideas in the comments. At end of Nov. Skrrt and I pick a winner, who gets some Breakup Gaming Society swag.
Help name this cocktail. Submit your name ideas in the comments. At end of Nov. Skrrt and I pick a winner, who gets some Breakup Gaming Society swag.
I wrote down some of my favorite sentences from J.G. Ballard's debut novel, The Drowned World (1962).
Hit the link below if you want to hear me read my Drowned World simile collection (and hear plot spoilers) 👇
#sciencefiction #jgballard
Hit the link below if you want to hear me read my Drowned World simile collection (and hear plot spoilers) 👇
#sciencefiction #jgballard
October 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I wrote down some of my favorite sentences from J.G. Ballard's debut novel, The Drowned World (1962).
Hit the link below if you want to hear me read my Drowned World simile collection (and hear plot spoilers) 👇
#sciencefiction #jgballard
Hit the link below if you want to hear me read my Drowned World simile collection (and hear plot spoilers) 👇
#sciencefiction #jgballard
Use a maqui's most powerful action and they may end up tied to a chair somewhere, coughing up teeth and secrets.
I contend with the evocative mechanical dilemma at the heart of Resist! from @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social in Episode 101 of Breakup Gaming Society.
👇Listen with link in comments
I contend with the evocative mechanical dilemma at the heart of Resist! from @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social in Episode 101 of Breakup Gaming Society.
👇Listen with link in comments
October 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Use a maqui's most powerful action and they may end up tied to a chair somewhere, coughing up teeth and secrets.
I contend with the evocative mechanical dilemma at the heart of Resist! from @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social in Episode 101 of Breakup Gaming Society.
👇Listen with link in comments
I contend with the evocative mechanical dilemma at the heart of Resist! from @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social in Episode 101 of Breakup Gaming Society.
👇Listen with link in comments
Reposted by TheLordChiefRockaNumberOne
Well... this is what I get for devoting my energy to a dying industry. My department has been made redundant and I'm out of a job.
If you know anybody who's looking for an emotionally dysfunctional super-genius, tell 'em you know a guy.
If you know anybody who's looking for an emotionally dysfunctional super-genius, tell 'em you know a guy.
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Well... this is what I get for devoting my energy to a dying industry. My department has been made redundant and I'm out of a job.
If you know anybody who's looking for an emotionally dysfunctional super-genius, tell 'em you know a guy.
If you know anybody who's looking for an emotionally dysfunctional super-genius, tell 'em you know a guy.
Coming up in just a few days: Episode 101, featuring my first plays of Resist! from @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social and a retrospective of David Thompson designs that conquered my table this year.
#cardgames #podcast #soloboardgames #wargames
#cardgames #podcast #soloboardgames #wargames
September 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Coming up in just a few days: Episode 101, featuring my first plays of Resist! from @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social and a retrospective of David Thompson designs that conquered my table this year.
#cardgames #podcast #soloboardgames #wargames
#cardgames #podcast #soloboardgames #wargames
"I have some of the ingredients and none of the touch. But those wouldn’t be enough, either. I don’t have the infrastructure: The bower of Saturdays and people who would just appear in them, or me in theirs, while I was mistaken for sweet and bankable."
Dwelling Solo RPG Session 4: One Plate of Sugar After Another — Breakup Gaming Society
I think I was being fattened up for nuptials. Until love arrives, bet on calories.
www.breakupgamingsociety.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"I have some of the ingredients and none of the touch. But those wouldn’t be enough, either. I don’t have the infrastructure: The bower of Saturdays and people who would just appear in them, or me in theirs, while I was mistaken for sweet and bankable."
Episode 100 features:
• Review of the brisk and charming Fireworks 2p card game from @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
• Interview with @liberludorum.com about two wild #indie #ttrpgs from @sandroad.moe: Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel
Hear it all with link in comments 👇
• Review of the brisk and charming Fireworks 2p card game from @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
• Interview with @liberludorum.com about two wild #indie #ttrpgs from @sandroad.moe: Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel
Hear it all with link in comments 👇
September 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Episode 100 features:
• Review of the brisk and charming Fireworks 2p card game from @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
• Interview with @liberludorum.com about two wild #indie #ttrpgs from @sandroad.moe: Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel
Hear it all with link in comments 👇
• Review of the brisk and charming Fireworks 2p card game from @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
• Interview with @liberludorum.com about two wild #indie #ttrpgs from @sandroad.moe: Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel
Hear it all with link in comments 👇
Got a touch of orange and a fistful of ice for my second sit with Kansas City Whiskey.
Jumped into the recording room with @liberludorum.com and talked two TTRPGs that were too wild for the wusses at Itch.io — Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel.
Hit the link in comments to hear our chat 👇
Jumped into the recording room with @liberludorum.com and talked two TTRPGs that were too wild for the wusses at Itch.io — Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel.
Hit the link in comments to hear our chat 👇
September 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Got a touch of orange and a fistful of ice for my second sit with Kansas City Whiskey.
Jumped into the recording room with @liberludorum.com and talked two TTRPGs that were too wild for the wusses at Itch.io — Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel.
Hit the link in comments to hear our chat 👇
Jumped into the recording room with @liberludorum.com and talked two TTRPGs that were too wild for the wusses at Itch.io — Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel.
Hit the link in comments to hear our chat 👇
A very happy one to @whovian223.bsky.social: Voracious player, voluminous blogger, con junkie and all-around swell pal and fun opponent.
Cheers, brother. 🫡
Cheers, brother. 🫡
September 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A very happy one to @whovian223.bsky.social: Voracious player, voluminous blogger, con junkie and all-around swell pal and fun opponent.
Cheers, brother. 🫡
Cheers, brother. 🫡
Now that a solitaire wargame (Thunderbolt Apache Leader) has claimed #1 on my favorites list, these kinds of posts are catnip.
It is time for our annual article on Solitaire Wargames. We will take a look at new releases as well as classic titles. Join us!
⏩ theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/06/01/m...
@gmtgames.bsky.social @benhull.bsky.social @djackthompson.bsky.social
⏩ theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/06/01/m...
@gmtgames.bsky.social @benhull.bsky.social @djackthompson.bsky.social
My Top Solitaire Wargames: New Designs and All-Time Classics
Solitaire Wargames – category of boardgames which in the beginning of my tabletop journey was completely alien to me – are becoming more and more important in my overall passion about h…
theboardgameschronicle.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Now that a solitaire wargame (Thunderbolt Apache Leader) has claimed #1 on my favorites list, these kinds of posts are catnip.
Outmatched Commonwealth forces in Malaya about to get bulldozed off the Eastern Road by an overwhelming Japanese push in Battle Card from @postmarkgames.bsky.social
Link's down there if you want to hear me talk this one up 👇
#ww2 #sologames #printandplay #boardgames
Link's down there if you want to hear me talk this one up 👇
#ww2 #sologames #printandplay #boardgames
September 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Outmatched Commonwealth forces in Malaya about to get bulldozed off the Eastern Road by an overwhelming Japanese push in Battle Card from @postmarkgames.bsky.social
Link's down there if you want to hear me talk this one up 👇
#ww2 #sologames #printandplay #boardgames
Link's down there if you want to hear me talk this one up 👇
#ww2 #sologames #printandplay #boardgames
Reposted by TheLordChiefRockaNumberOne
When I saw @zillablitz.bsky.social mention the new Combat Commander anniversary box, I should have known @whovian223.bsky.social was already on it.
Anyway, here's a big roundup of upcoming wargames from one of the nicest guys in the hex-and-counter ecosystem:
Anyway, here's a big roundup of upcoming wargames from one of the nicest guys in the hex-and-counter ecosystem:
Upcoming Wargames + Giveaway | September 2025 | New Releases | Board Games
YouTube video by Zilla Blitz
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August 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
When I saw @zillablitz.bsky.social mention the new Combat Commander anniversary box, I should have known @whovian223.bsky.social was already on it.
Anyway, here's a big roundup of upcoming wargames from one of the nicest guys in the hex-and-counter ecosystem:
Anyway, here's a big roundup of upcoming wargames from one of the nicest guys in the hex-and-counter ecosystem:
Check it out @printinkling.bsky.social, one of your frogs hopped the pond and now adorns the laptop of James from the War with a Mate podcast.
James and Andy let me be on their show because of Defiant Frog's unyielding diplomatic stance.
James and Andy let me be on their show because of Defiant Frog's unyielding diplomatic stance.
August 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Check it out @printinkling.bsky.social, one of your frogs hopped the pond and now adorns the laptop of James from the War with a Mate podcast.
James and Andy let me be on their show because of Defiant Frog's unyielding diplomatic stance.
James and Andy let me be on their show because of Defiant Frog's unyielding diplomatic stance.
Pyrotechnics from @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social leads off a small-creator parade of things I'm going to play this fall, also including work from @bullypulpithq.bsky.social @postmarkgames.bsky.social @bogfolk.com and @partymeeple.bsky.social down in Perth.
Peep the preview. Link in comments. 👇
Peep the preview. Link in comments. 👇
August 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Pyrotechnics from @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social leads off a small-creator parade of things I'm going to play this fall, also including work from @bullypulpithq.bsky.social @postmarkgames.bsky.social @bogfolk.com and @partymeeple.bsky.social down in Perth.
Peep the preview. Link in comments. 👇
Peep the preview. Link in comments. 👇
My big bro @partymeeple.bsky.social sent me a pic from his workshop, where he's brutalizing the card corners off of his PnP submarine game, Dive Dive Dive, before he sends it to me. What a guy.
August 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My big bro @partymeeple.bsky.social sent me a pic from his workshop, where he's brutalizing the card corners off of his PnP submarine game, Dive Dive Dive, before he sends it to me. What a guy.
Tipped some remote Palomas with @liberludorum.com and talked the Lichoma TTRPG from @bogfolk.com. The drinks must have worked, because I bungled the audio. Except for Track of the Week: "Murder by Contract" by Depth Charge, coming up in the next Breakup Gaming Society episode.
August 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Tipped some remote Palomas with @liberludorum.com and talked the Lichoma TTRPG from @bogfolk.com. The drinks must have worked, because I bungled the audio. Except for Track of the Week: "Murder by Contract" by Depth Charge, coming up in the next Breakup Gaming Society episode.
TIL my new Florida pal and Ep. 96 guest, @liberludorum.com, founded a Mörk Borg content and resource directory.
I have never played a Mörk Borg title — or almost any indie TTRPG for that matter — but I recognize the passion and diligence. Check the product.
morkborg.exlibrisrpg.com#content
I have never played a Mörk Borg title — or almost any indie TTRPG for that matter — but I recognize the passion and diligence. Check the product.
morkborg.exlibrisrpg.com#content
Ex Libris Mörk Borg
A directory of content, tools, and resources
morkborg.exlibrisrpg.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
TIL my new Florida pal and Ep. 96 guest, @liberludorum.com, founded a Mörk Borg content and resource directory.
I have never played a Mörk Borg title — or almost any indie TTRPG for that matter — but I recognize the passion and diligence. Check the product.
morkborg.exlibrisrpg.com#content
I have never played a Mörk Borg title — or almost any indie TTRPG for that matter — but I recognize the passion and diligence. Check the product.
morkborg.exlibrisrpg.com#content
I finally get @hollandspiele.bsky.social's Sykes-Picot: The Secret Treaty to Partition the Ottoman Empire on my table. And a beer-fueled screed off my chest. Plus, a Masta Killa track. It all works, trust me.
Ep. 97 link in comments if you'd like to check it out 👇
Ep. 97 link in comments if you'd like to check it out 👇
August 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I finally get @hollandspiele.bsky.social's Sykes-Picot: The Secret Treaty to Partition the Ottoman Empire on my table. And a beer-fueled screed off my chest. Plus, a Masta Killa track. It all works, trust me.
Ep. 97 link in comments if you'd like to check it out 👇
Ep. 97 link in comments if you'd like to check it out 👇
I love watching the evolution of @printinkling.bsky.social's Potion Hero character. I've seen PH on the beach, wishing it was a kaiju and more, but I missed this one:
Potion Hero: Red Mech STICKER | Inkling | Custom Printing and Artisan Geekery
Watch out, realm -- a Potion Hero in a high-tech, tricked out mech?!Unstoppable.This 3.25 x 2.75 creation is printed on high quality vinyl and laminated (UV and waterbottle safe!) for a long, beautifu...
www.printinkling.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I love watching the evolution of @printinkling.bsky.social's Potion Hero character. I've seen PH on the beach, wishing it was a kaiju and more, but I missed this one: