Prof Murder, Your Host
@profmurder.bsky.social
AKA Adrian Berk
English Prof 25+ yrs
#TTRPG Plotter and Player 40+ yrs
Decidedly from NJ 50+ yrs
He/Him
English Prof 25+ yrs
#TTRPG Plotter and Player 40+ yrs
Decidedly from NJ 50+ yrs
He/Him
Pinned
“For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard. There isn't any other tale to tell, it's the only light we've got in all this darkness.”
James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
Real talk: The final chapter of “The Dark Knight Returns” where he faces off against Superman is the weakest bit.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Real talk: The final chapter of “The Dark Knight Returns” where he faces off against Superman is the weakest bit.
So this is odd. Bsky is now putting items in my “following” tab that are not by people I am following, but contain responses of people I follow. Not a fan. This is what the “discover” tab is for.
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
So this is odd. Bsky is now putting items in my “following” tab that are not by people I am following, but contain responses of people I follow. Not a fan. This is what the “discover” tab is for.
Dear Daggerheart
Super keen to see the next release planned for next year. The deluxe edition looks lovely but is likely outside my budget.
However.
Please release the screen as a separate product.
Thanks in advance
Prof Murder.
Super keen to see the next release planned for next year. The deluxe edition looks lovely but is likely outside my budget.
However.
Please release the screen as a separate product.
Thanks in advance
Prof Murder.
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Dear Daggerheart
Super keen to see the next release planned for next year. The deluxe edition looks lovely but is likely outside my budget.
However.
Please release the screen as a separate product.
Thanks in advance
Prof Murder.
Super keen to see the next release planned for next year. The deluxe edition looks lovely but is likely outside my budget.
However.
Please release the screen as a separate product.
Thanks in advance
Prof Murder.
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Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
“Allegedly.”
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
“Allegedly.”
Bad Ass Billy Gun to follow?
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Bad Ass Billy Gun to follow?
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I adore miniminuteman and his efforts as a science/history communicator, fighting the tide of bullshit out there. But he left one important note out of his vid on the "mystery" out the Roanoke colony.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
America's Atlantis: The "Lost" Colony of Roanoke
YouTube video by Miniminuteman
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I adore miniminuteman and his efforts as a science/history communicator, fighting the tide of bullshit out there. But he left one important note out of his vid on the "mystery" out the Roanoke colony.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
“How did you get into TTRPGs?”
Riddles in the dark
Witches sacrificing lions
A farm boy wielding starlight
Owls made of brass
The itch to seek the monstrous
Faerie rings in the glens of my forbears
Crawling in castles before I could walk
How could I not?
Riddles in the dark
Witches sacrificing lions
A farm boy wielding starlight
Owls made of brass
The itch to seek the monstrous
Faerie rings in the glens of my forbears
Crawling in castles before I could walk
How could I not?
"How did you get into TTRPGs"
There was a book. There were words. I had to say the words. I think something might have gone amiss. I'm here now, writing new words. I don't know why. I am compelled.
I have become the cycle. It is horrible. It is bliss.
Join us.
There was a book. There were words. I had to say the words. I think something might have gone amiss. I'm here now, writing new words. I don't know why. I am compelled.
I have become the cycle. It is horrible. It is bliss.
Join us.
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“How did you get into TTRPGs?”
Riddles in the dark
Witches sacrificing lions
A farm boy wielding starlight
Owls made of brass
The itch to seek the monstrous
Faerie rings in the glens of my forbears
Crawling in castles before I could walk
How could I not?
Riddles in the dark
Witches sacrificing lions
A farm boy wielding starlight
Owls made of brass
The itch to seek the monstrous
Faerie rings in the glens of my forbears
Crawling in castles before I could walk
How could I not?
Red Pal.
Could also go with scarlet or crimson for possibly better results.
Could also go with scarlet or crimson for possibly better results.
Your GI JOE name is the color of your shirt followed by your first pet's name.
GO.
GO.
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Red Pal.
Could also go with scarlet or crimson for possibly better results.
Could also go with scarlet or crimson for possibly better results.
Hard Rain. Some proper cheese
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hard Rain. Some proper cheese
No lie, anyone looking to run a game set in the time period will benefit from picking up a replica Sears Roebuck catalog.
Doing a little research reading over lunch today. Is it all about the #Mythos and horror? Absolutely. #gamedesign
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
No lie, anyone looking to run a game set in the time period will benefit from picking up a replica Sears Roebuck catalog.
A fun teaching tech: make the students get up and explain the material you made them read with the pretext of that they will be doing your job.
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A fun teaching tech: make the students get up and explain the material you made them read with the pretext of that they will be doing your job.
I ran a D&D game I had been dreaming up for years untitled “Legally Distinct from the Smurfs.” It had the PCs hired by an Ogre wizard named Garhamel to find and exterminate a malicious Xvart village in the nearby forbidden woods. Good times.
Do you have a "most memorable" one shot you played in/ran? Any tabletop roleplaying game, any setup, just the one that sticks out in your mind the most, for better or worse.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I ran a D&D game I had been dreaming up for years untitled “Legally Distinct from the Smurfs.” It had the PCs hired by an Ogre wizard named Garhamel to find and exterminate a malicious Xvart village in the nearby forbidden woods. Good times.
My wife and I have been working on a solo #Daggerheart game for me to run her on. We finished up her character and ran the prelude/first session tonight. We both enjoyed and it worked very well. We look forward to more.
November 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
My wife and I have been working on a solo #Daggerheart game for me to run her on. We finished up her character and ran the prelude/first session tonight. We both enjoyed and it worked very well. We look forward to more.
I got to sit down with my wife and friends to finally watch the latest adaptation of Frankenstein by @realgdt.bsky.social. We were all blown away. I have to admit specifically I got choked up by the creature's reaction when it dropped the brandy. A masterwork. Bravo.
November 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I got to sit down with my wife and friends to finally watch the latest adaptation of Frankenstein by @realgdt.bsky.social. We were all blown away. I have to admit specifically I got choked up by the creature's reaction when it dropped the brandy. A masterwork. Bravo.
So mixed feelings here.
Some truly great games, system wise, have been licensed properties. Perhaps the expected sales that being an established property allows for new creativity. However, all licenses end, and in the long term, it can make it very hard to get a great game that is out of print.
Some truly great games, system wise, have been licensed properties. Perhaps the expected sales that being an established property allows for new creativity. However, all licenses end, and in the long term, it can make it very hard to get a great game that is out of print.
Dynamite Games and Comics is adapting the 80s cartoon THUNDERCATS into a TTRPG.
Yes, it is a 5e conversion. Why do you ask? www.kickstarter.com/projects/toy...
Yes, it is a 5e conversion. Why do you ask? www.kickstarter.com/projects/toy...
Coming soon: The Thundercats Roleplaying Game is Here!
Thunder - Thunder - Thundercats Hoooo! You can play as your favorite Thunderian in an awesome paper and pencil roleplaying game!
www.kickstarter.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
So mixed feelings here.
Some truly great games, system wise, have been licensed properties. Perhaps the expected sales that being an established property allows for new creativity. However, all licenses end, and in the long term, it can make it very hard to get a great game that is out of print.
Some truly great games, system wise, have been licensed properties. Perhaps the expected sales that being an established property allows for new creativity. However, all licenses end, and in the long term, it can make it very hard to get a great game that is out of print.
What fictional creature/villain traumatized you as kid?
(I came up in the 80s, so seriously, there are SOOOOOOOO many. So top 3.)
(I came up in the 80s, so seriously, there are SOOOOOOOO many. So top 3.)
November 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
What fictional creature/villain traumatized you as kid?
(I came up in the 80s, so seriously, there are SOOOOOOOO many. So top 3.)
(I came up in the 80s, so seriously, there are SOOOOOOOO many. So top 3.)
Newspeak hard at work.
Jazz up your economic crisis by giving everything fun little names.
It's not "working two jobs," it's "polyworking."
It's not "working two jobs," it's "polyworking."
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Newspeak hard at work.
Where my head is at:
Nine Inch Nails – LESS THAN
YouTube video by Nine Inch Nails
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Where my head is at:
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
This is what I have to work with. Yourself?
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This is what I have to work with. Yourself?
Real Talk: You should watch this now. Excellent work by @sskorkowsky.bsky.social on this with clear, strong research. I learned a lot about something I assumed I was pretty familiar with which is some of the best learning. The term "Moral Entrepreneur" is going to get a lot of milage from me.
The 3 Waves of the RPG Moral Panic - RPG History
YouTube video by Seth Skorkowsky
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Real Talk: You should watch this now. Excellent work by @sskorkowsky.bsky.social on this with clear, strong research. I learned a lot about something I assumed I was pretty familiar with which is some of the best learning. The term "Moral Entrepreneur" is going to get a lot of milage from me.
Repost with an iconic fictional band
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Repost with an iconic fictional band
Amen
I think owning a bunch of TTRPG books, even if only to read them and never play them, is a good sign that you are someone who is curious about the nature of play.
Now excuse me while I go sit on my hoard of games, I will never get to play but love dearly.
Now excuse me while I go sit on my hoard of games, I will never get to play but love dearly.
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Amen
(I’m not inclined for hot takes but why not, given the amusing discourse on bsky today.)
Hot Take: Any James Bond stories not written by Ian Flemming are fan fiction, which isn’t disqualifying. If anything it should be freeing.
Hot Take: Any James Bond stories not written by Ian Flemming are fan fiction, which isn’t disqualifying. If anything it should be freeing.
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
(I’m not inclined for hot takes but why not, given the amusing discourse on bsky today.)
Hot Take: Any James Bond stories not written by Ian Flemming are fan fiction, which isn’t disqualifying. If anything it should be freeing.
Hot Take: Any James Bond stories not written by Ian Flemming are fan fiction, which isn’t disqualifying. If anything it should be freeing.