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Potatoes at the back, pork at the front. She/her. https://pebblesucker.com/ My default state is *desperate cackler*
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Pebble Sucker
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· Nov 27
My main GM advice for #TTRPGs is don't be afraid to say "I need a minute." No-one will ever be annoyed by it; it doesn't interrupt flow. It does reduce pressure and allows more interesting things to happen when used judiciously.
Offer it to players too—they need to think they say, "Gimme a minute."
Offer it to players too—they need to think they say, "Gimme a minute."
Wouldn't mind seeing something on Old School Stylish.
Really feel we're at the point of *Gaming Generations* where inter-generational connections between gaming styles, the OSR, storygames, etc. can be really played with by people still in touch with everything. #TTRPG
Really feel we're at the point of *Gaming Generations* where inter-generational connections between gaming styles, the OSR, storygames, etc. can be really played with by people still in touch with everything. #TTRPG
I write a lot of my long threads in advance, often multiple at a time. Of these threads I have partially done, which would yall want to see posted next?
1) Break! RPG review
2)Old School Stylish post mortem
3)Resident Evil 2 retrospective
A thread doesn’t mean it won’t be on the blog too btw
1) Break! RPG review
2)Old School Stylish post mortem
3)Resident Evil 2 retrospective
A thread doesn’t mean it won’t be on the blog too btw
April 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Wouldn't mind seeing something on Old School Stylish.
Really feel we're at the point of *Gaming Generations* where inter-generational connections between gaming styles, the OSR, storygames, etc. can be really played with by people still in touch with everything. #TTRPG
Really feel we're at the point of *Gaming Generations* where inter-generational connections between gaming styles, the OSR, storygames, etc. can be really played with by people still in touch with everything. #TTRPG
In my new place I'm gonna have a bigger desk so I can keep important things like notebooks and custard creams close to hand.🧠
January 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In my new place I'm gonna have a bigger desk so I can keep important things like notebooks and custard creams close to hand.🧠
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I don't like D&D in any form and prefer other systems that suit my needs.
However, my current group loves it; I've run 5e for the last 9 months because I'm feeding off of their enthusiasm. It's great fun.
I'm a believer that it's *who* you play with that makes a good game, not so much the system.
However, my current group loves it; I've run 5e for the last 9 months because I'm feeding off of their enthusiasm. It's great fun.
I'm a believer that it's *who* you play with that makes a good game, not so much the system.
January 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I don't like D&D in any form and prefer other systems that suit my needs.
However, my current group loves it; I've run 5e for the last 9 months because I'm feeding off of their enthusiasm. It's great fun.
I'm a believer that it's *who* you play with that makes a good game, not so much the system.
However, my current group loves it; I've run 5e for the last 9 months because I'm feeding off of their enthusiasm. It's great fun.
I'm a believer that it's *who* you play with that makes a good game, not so much the system.
Finally feeling better after my surgery, to the point medical elements are just annoying now.
Hoping to get back to my VtM game by next weekend or the start of the week after that.
Then it's my Traveller duet game. I want to start working out the political alliances in my subsectors this weekend.
Hoping to get back to my VtM game by next weekend or the start of the week after that.
Then it's my Traveller duet game. I want to start working out the political alliances in my subsectors this weekend.
January 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Finally feeling better after my surgery, to the point medical elements are just annoying now.
Hoping to get back to my VtM game by next weekend or the start of the week after that.
Then it's my Traveller duet game. I want to start working out the political alliances in my subsectors this weekend.
Hoping to get back to my VtM game by next weekend or the start of the week after that.
Then it's my Traveller duet game. I want to start working out the political alliances in my subsectors this weekend.
Looking through MTrav 1e's Merchant Prince (privateers) There's a lot to get a handle on in Traveller before my campaign.
And it's not mechanics, but mechanics indicating methods of interaction and opportunities for "game" all from small little asides buried over various books. There's *a lot!*
And it's not mechanics, but mechanics indicating methods of interaction and opportunities for "game" all from small little asides buried over various books. There's *a lot!*
January 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Looking through MTrav 1e's Merchant Prince (privateers) There's a lot to get a handle on in Traveller before my campaign.
And it's not mechanics, but mechanics indicating methods of interaction and opportunities for "game" all from small little asides buried over various books. There's *a lot!*
And it's not mechanics, but mechanics indicating methods of interaction and opportunities for "game" all from small little asides buried over various books. There's *a lot!*
Yeah, you could say I'm a bit of a TTRPG player... A dice roller... A Games Master!
*waits for emails of bundles of PDFs I can buy*
*waits for emails of bundles of PDFs I can buy*
January 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Yeah, you could say I'm a bit of a TTRPG player... A dice roller... A Games Master!
*waits for emails of bundles of PDFs I can buy*
*waits for emails of bundles of PDFs I can buy*
My New Year's Resolution is to give up homework for Lent.
January 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My New Year's Resolution is to give up homework for Lent.
Gaming Resolution for 2025 (Abridged Edition): Finally move into my new place so I'll be within walking distance of "places" where people "socialise" then attempt to "socialise" via the medium of "games."
EZPZ!
EZPZ!
January 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Gaming Resolution for 2025 (Abridged Edition): Finally move into my new place so I'll be within walking distance of "places" where people "socialise" then attempt to "socialise" via the medium of "games."
EZPZ!
EZPZ!
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I cannot wait until it is the first of January 2025 all around the world AND I NEVER HAVE TO SEE THE FECKING TNG IRISH UNIFICATION 2024 SCREENSHOT.
I am very over that meme.
I am very over that meme.
December 31, 2024 at 9:25 PM
I cannot wait until it is the first of January 2025 all around the world AND I NEVER HAVE TO SEE THE FECKING TNG IRISH UNIFICATION 2024 SCREENSHOT.
I am very over that meme.
I am very over that meme.
I'm in my pyjamas eating cheese.
December 31, 2024 at 8:54 PM
I'm in my pyjamas eating cheese.
RPG Year in Review: It started with me getting a house (this is important...) Pulling out 10yo boxes to arrange for when I finally move (actually move? haha...)
This meant I saw my old RPG books in them.
A few months later I'm now running a VTM game, planning a Traveller game And! more nerd stuff.
This meant I saw my old RPG books in them.
A few months later I'm now running a VTM game, planning a Traveller game And! more nerd stuff.
December 31, 2024 at 7:04 PM
RPG Year in Review: It started with me getting a house (this is important...) Pulling out 10yo boxes to arrange for when I finally move (actually move? haha...)
This meant I saw my old RPG books in them.
A few months later I'm now running a VTM game, planning a Traveller game And! more nerd stuff.
This meant I saw my old RPG books in them.
A few months later I'm now running a VTM game, planning a Traveller game And! more nerd stuff.
Remember! If you missed bin day other people didn't and their bins are out on the street and probably empty!
December 31, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Remember! If you missed bin day other people didn't and their bins are out on the street and probably empty!
This! So much this!
And in real life space getting the small little trinket someone just made for laffs.
And if you really are broke reviewing something, a genuine heartfelt review you share.
The money can truly matter but it's the offering of real kindness that gets you.
And in real life space getting the small little trinket someone just made for laffs.
And if you really are broke reviewing something, a genuine heartfelt review you share.
The money can truly matter but it's the offering of real kindness that gets you.
Do you know what feels really good? Slinging $10 at a modder or community creator for something you usually enjoy for free.
Seriously, it's like £8.30 in UK money.
Get s small but significant dopamine hit for saying thanks for all the other little dopamine hits they gave you.
Seriously, it's like £8.30 in UK money.
Get s small but significant dopamine hit for saying thanks for all the other little dopamine hits they gave you.
December 31, 2024 at 2:07 PM
This! So much this!
And in real life space getting the small little trinket someone just made for laffs.
And if you really are broke reviewing something, a genuine heartfelt review you share.
The money can truly matter but it's the offering of real kindness that gets you.
And in real life space getting the small little trinket someone just made for laffs.
And if you really are broke reviewing something, a genuine heartfelt review you share.
The money can truly matter but it's the offering of real kindness that gets you.
Debating if my current cheapo Aldi candle runs out tonight whether I'm bold enough to light the Soft Cashmere candle I got for Christmas.
It's the standard pre new candle nerves. And this is a very real anxiety covered in all the best medical manuals.
It's the standard pre new candle nerves. And this is a very real anxiety covered in all the best medical manuals.
December 28, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Debating if my current cheapo Aldi candle runs out tonight whether I'm bold enough to light the Soft Cashmere candle I got for Christmas.
It's the standard pre new candle nerves. And this is a very real anxiety covered in all the best medical manuals.
It's the standard pre new candle nerves. And this is a very real anxiety covered in all the best medical manuals.
This just makes natural business sense. If you want to sell to an entirety of a market you need people who have knowledge of the entire market, especially in actual experience.
The issue, in general, is needing to move away from diversity box ticking and towards people with embedded understanding.
The issue, in general, is needing to move away from diversity box ticking and towards people with embedded understanding.
Costco denies shareholder demand to back down from DEI hiring
Costco denies shareholder demand to back down from DEI hiring
The Costco Board pushed back against its shareholders who requested a proposal over diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices.
www.newsweek.com
December 28, 2024 at 1:39 PM
This just makes natural business sense. If you want to sell to an entirety of a market you need people who have knowledge of the entire market, especially in actual experience.
The issue, in general, is needing to move away from diversity box ticking and towards people with embedded understanding.
The issue, in general, is needing to move away from diversity box ticking and towards people with embedded understanding.
Them: Any plans for New Years?
Me: Same as usual. Plan to avoid the Hootenanny and inevitably end up watching the Hootenanny.
Me: Same as usual. Plan to avoid the Hootenanny and inevitably end up watching the Hootenanny.
December 28, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Them: Any plans for New Years?
Me: Same as usual. Plan to avoid the Hootenanny and inevitably end up watching the Hootenanny.
Me: Same as usual. Plan to avoid the Hootenanny and inevitably end up watching the Hootenanny.
I need to source a little, cuddly Godzilla outfit (decent quality but not too expensive) in the EU or maybe the UK in time for my niece's first birthday in April.🦎
December 28, 2024 at 11:35 AM
I need to source a little, cuddly Godzilla outfit (decent quality but not too expensive) in the EU or maybe the UK in time for my niece's first birthday in April.🦎
An old theory in photography is amateurs are more "artists" then professional as they're not constrained by commercial appeal. (Also includes trust fund kids, to a degree.) People are *free.*
It applies to any art. Just look at all the write-by-numbers fiction that's basic generic *genre* writing.
It applies to any art. Just look at all the write-by-numbers fiction that's basic generic *genre* writing.
It may surprise some people that fiction can be made just for fun and with no commercial objective. Like, maybe you write it and people ask “well, have you sold any books?” and if not, they say you’re not a writer. But don’t let that mindset stop you from playing with fiction as part of any #ttrpg
December 28, 2024 at 11:09 AM
An old theory in photography is amateurs are more "artists" then professional as they're not constrained by commercial appeal. (Also includes trust fund kids, to a degree.) People are *free.*
It applies to any art. Just look at all the write-by-numbers fiction that's basic generic *genre* writing.
It applies to any art. Just look at all the write-by-numbers fiction that's basic generic *genre* writing.
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one thing I do not miss about when this place was much smaller is being forced to know about every blood feud against my will
sometimes these days I run into two posters having a fight to the death and I don’t know who either of them are or why they hate each other and I think that’s wonderful
sometimes these days I run into two posters having a fight to the death and I don’t know who either of them are or why they hate each other and I think that’s wonderful
December 27, 2024 at 1:11 AM
one thing I do not miss about when this place was much smaller is being forced to know about every blood feud against my will
sometimes these days I run into two posters having a fight to the death and I don’t know who either of them are or why they hate each other and I think that’s wonderful
sometimes these days I run into two posters having a fight to the death and I don’t know who either of them are or why they hate each other and I think that’s wonderful
Had surgery today (I'm fine.) What's weird is waking up from it I had a mini-dream/persistent thought last with me.
In my mind I was being hella trans and hella into TTRPGs. Which is really fucking cool that my brain recognised the two important things to me atm while me guts were being cut open.
In my mind I was being hella trans and hella into TTRPGs. Which is really fucking cool that my brain recognised the two important things to me atm while me guts were being cut open.
December 27, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Had surgery today (I'm fine.) What's weird is waking up from it I had a mini-dream/persistent thought last with me.
In my mind I was being hella trans and hella into TTRPGs. Which is really fucking cool that my brain recognised the two important things to me atm while me guts were being cut open.
In my mind I was being hella trans and hella into TTRPGs. Which is really fucking cool that my brain recognised the two important things to me atm while me guts were being cut open.
Vampire: Bloodlines canonically exists in my setting/city after the Prince met the coterie in a nightclub and made them all dance.
They did the Vampire: Bloodlines dance.🤣
They did the Vampire: Bloodlines dance.🤣
December 26, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Vampire: Bloodlines canonically exists in my setting/city after the Prince met the coterie in a nightclub and made them all dance.
They did the Vampire: Bloodlines dance.🤣
They did the Vampire: Bloodlines dance.🤣
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Marriage is mostly one person yelling something from the other room and the other person yelling back “I can’t hear you because you are in the other room”.
December 25, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Marriage is mostly one person yelling something from the other room and the other person yelling back “I can’t hear you because you are in the other room”.
I just ordered this as my library trip/TTRPG/GMing bag. Should be fine for a few RPG books, some paper and some pens.
And I can't wait until I'm in the new place and able to walk to the library!
And I can't wait until I'm in the new place and able to walk to the library!
December 26, 2024 at 9:17 AM
I just ordered this as my library trip/TTRPG/GMing bag. Should be fine for a few RPG books, some paper and some pens.
And I can't wait until I'm in the new place and able to walk to the library!
And I can't wait until I'm in the new place and able to walk to the library!
All kitted out to be a roving GM; I've got the books and something to carry them in, the snacks, the earpods and the charging device for everything. As well of course as the voucher for getting the paints I need for the minis.
Did I mention the snacks? There's also a candle in the tiny box.
Did I mention the snacks? There's also a candle in the tiny box.
December 25, 2024 at 5:22 PM
All kitted out to be a roving GM; I've got the books and something to carry them in, the snacks, the earpods and the charging device for everything. As well of course as the voucher for getting the paints I need for the minis.
Did I mention the snacks? There's also a candle in the tiny box.
Did I mention the snacks? There's also a candle in the tiny box.