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Girl with Wicked Green Eyes
A Haphazard Writing and RPG Session Blog
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Every once in an age, I remember that I have a short fiction and actual play fiction blog and I add something to it. You can check it out if you want: wickedgreeneyes.blogspot.com. Hope you get something out of it.
December 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I don't even like most actual play but Tales from Woodcreek, I think, represents an impressive new evolution in that performance space. It's really pretty damn cool.
November 2, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I don't even like most actual play but Tales from Woodcreek, I think, represents an impressive new evolution in that performance space. It's really pretty damn cool.
Day 1 of asking Taco Bell to stop screwing around and put the Chicken Gordita Supreme back on the menu, permanently. Do I have the willpower to do it again?
October 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Day 1 of asking Taco Bell to stop screwing around and put the Chicken Gordita Supreme back on the menu, permanently. Do I have the willpower to do it again?
Everytime I go to Taco Bell, I get pissed off again. They got rid of half the stupid menu, they rotate weird stuff in for a whole second, and then bring the good stuff back as "retro" for even less time. Used to be my favorite, my go to. Get your shit together, Taco Bell. Goddamn.
October 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Everytime I go to Taco Bell, I get pissed off again. They got rid of half the stupid menu, they rotate weird stuff in for a whole second, and then bring the good stuff back as "retro" for even less time. Used to be my favorite, my go to. Get your shit together, Taco Bell. Goddamn.
I've been gaming a long time but it was mostly mainstream until so far into adulthood, I got to the middle. It's not like I hadn't come across indie stuff before but I didn't understand what it could be until Ironsworn. Completely altered my brain chemistry and changed the way I thought about RPGs.
For tons of folks, there was that -one- game that blew the doors open and showed what #TTRPGs could be. The one that started the #IndieGame rabbit hole.
What was YOUR "gateway" indie #TTRPG? The first one that made you realize a whole other world was out there?
What was YOUR "gateway" indie #TTRPG? The first one that made you realize a whole other world was out there?
October 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I've been gaming a long time but it was mostly mainstream until so far into adulthood, I got to the middle. It's not like I hadn't come across indie stuff before but I didn't understand what it could be until Ironsworn. Completely altered my brain chemistry and changed the way I thought about RPGs.
It's not that I believe that weird, controlling, performative liberal posts don't exist, it's the idea that they're common on or define Bluesky that I find hard to buy. And if that's the joke, people, we left xhitter 100 yrs ago, so...I dunno...be funnier.
October 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It's not that I believe that weird, controlling, performative liberal posts don't exist, it's the idea that they're common on or define Bluesky that I find hard to buy. And if that's the joke, people, we left xhitter 100 yrs ago, so...I dunno...be funnier.
Preorders are predatory, they say as they preorder. Microtransactions, FOMO tactics, straight up gambling...all greedy and despicable they say as they continue to support games that run on them. Grossly overpriced, they cry as they pull out their wallets like the puppets they are. Seems so easy.
August 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Preorders are predatory, they say as they preorder. Microtransactions, FOMO tactics, straight up gambling...all greedy and despicable they say as they continue to support games that run on them. Grossly overpriced, they cry as they pull out their wallets like the puppets they are. Seems so easy.
I get what people mean when they say they don't need rules to roleplay but I like mechanical game in my games and when all I get outside of combat is a task resolution mechanic, even if it's a really clever one, it almost never feels there's enough game there to satisfy that particular desire.
August 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I get what people mean when they say they don't need rules to roleplay but I like mechanical game in my games and when all I get outside of combat is a task resolution mechanic, even if it's a really clever one, it almost never feels there's enough game there to satisfy that particular desire.
I like Daggerheart, don't like Critical Role, think it makes sense they crossed over w D20 bc those guys are better at AP by a mile, am baffled by the decision to go w dnd again for camp4, but ultimately don't care much bc the eps are still going to be a million hrs long.
August 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I like Daggerheart, don't like Critical Role, think it makes sense they crossed over w D20 bc those guys are better at AP by a mile, am baffled by the decision to go w dnd again for camp4, but ultimately don't care much bc the eps are still going to be a million hrs long.
k. Computer, end program.
August 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
k. Computer, end program.
Y'all seem tired. A random CEO caught cheating and a tired South Park takedown are the most shocking and scandalous events you got? Really? After everything we've been through recently? And by recently, I mean the past whole ass decade of nonsense. All farmed out, are you?
July 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Y'all seem tired. A random CEO caught cheating and a tired South Park takedown are the most shocking and scandalous events you got? Really? After everything we've been through recently? And by recently, I mean the past whole ass decade of nonsense. All farmed out, are you?
Criticisms are always fine but ONCE AGAIN, I'm just ignoring the Star Trek fandom because they don't know how to just be fucking normal. Really, I've stopped paying much attention to any fandom. Out here dodging stray bullets from you weirdos.
July 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Criticisms are always fine but ONCE AGAIN, I'm just ignoring the Star Trek fandom because they don't know how to just be fucking normal. Really, I've stopped paying much attention to any fandom. Out here dodging stray bullets from you weirdos.
At this point, if you negatively describe things as "woke," I am 100% guaranteed to never take you seriously again.
July 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
At this point, if you negatively describe things as "woke," I am 100% guaranteed to never take you seriously again.
DTRPG no doubt considered their response to Rascal's article about them delisting Rebel Scum measured, reasonable, and thought-provoking. It makes me tired. A boilerplate, deadeyed corpo response would have been a stronger answer...not that I would condone either.
July 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
DTRPG no doubt considered their response to Rascal's article about them delisting Rebel Scum measured, reasonable, and thought-provoking. It makes me tired. A boilerplate, deadeyed corpo response would have been a stronger answer...not that I would condone either.
Whether b/c depression dulls or I'm a creatively average person, I sometimes struggle with how to make a ttrpg setting come alive and breathe wonderment into my players. W/ modern city games, I struggle with sameness. W/ fantasy stuff, I have a hard time relating and connecting.
July 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Whether b/c depression dulls or I'm a creatively average person, I sometimes struggle with how to make a ttrpg setting come alive and breathe wonderment into my players. W/ modern city games, I struggle with sameness. W/ fantasy stuff, I have a hard time relating and connecting.
You know what's kind of weird about my World of Darkness...fandom, I guess...is the imbalance between settings I like and the tribal options therein I'm interested in. Pretty even for 2nd fav setting Vampire among clans but Mage is my favorite and I can't list a favorite tradition or convention.
June 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
You know what's kind of weird about my World of Darkness...fandom, I guess...is the imbalance between settings I like and the tribal options therein I'm interested in. Pretty even for 2nd fav setting Vampire among clans but Mage is my favorite and I can't list a favorite tradition or convention.
I used to get kind of defensive when accused of using tv/movies/games as escapism, as though escapism was a dirty word and only engaged with by unserious, shallow people. But I've been here a long time now and you know what? Fuck me and fuck you too if that's the stance.
June 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I used to get kind of defensive when accused of using tv/movies/games as escapism, as though escapism was a dirty word and only engaged with by unserious, shallow people. But I've been here a long time now and you know what? Fuck me and fuck you too if that's the stance.
Here's some context. I didn't get all that mad at Hello Games for the NMS release and I still play it. Hell, I'll still play Ubisoft or EA games. And I love Dune. I'll admit to playing the shit out of Conan. But you know what I won't do? Give Funcom another single, solitary cent.
June 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Here's some context. I didn't get all that mad at Hello Games for the NMS release and I still play it. Hell, I'll still play Ubisoft or EA games. And I love Dune. I'll admit to playing the shit out of Conan. But you know what I won't do? Give Funcom another single, solitary cent.
I'm a revival fan, in since 2005. Still working my way through the og. Doctor Who is sometimes the silliest and sometimes the best. Whatever the script, though, I've thought every Doctor gave a worthy performance.
June 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I'm a revival fan, in since 2005. Still working my way through the og. Doctor Who is sometimes the silliest and sometimes the best. Whatever the script, though, I've thought every Doctor gave a worthy performance.
Nah, but here's the thing. I was responding to the current Bad Take before I knew it even existed. B/c, ya know, lots of other people have it. I think I heard some version of it in a dndtuber video a couple of days ago and it festered in my head til I dispelled it. You sit pretty, I'ma take aim.
June 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Nah, but here's the thing. I was responding to the current Bad Take before I knew it even existed. B/c, ya know, lots of other people have it. I think I heard some version of it in a dndtuber video a couple of days ago and it festered in my head til I dispelled it. You sit pretty, I'ma take aim.
Like, all disclaimer, I know I'm the unmotivated wastrel who doesn't publish but the take that systems are easy to write and the only worthwhile games have quickstarts and adventures and such reinforces my notion that no one will care if I ever do publish. B/c I'm not doing that. That's ok.
June 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Like, all disclaimer, I know I'm the unmotivated wastrel who doesn't publish but the take that systems are easy to write and the only worthwhile games have quickstarts and adventures and such reinforces my notion that no one will care if I ever do publish. B/c I'm not doing that. That's ok.
Watching Eric Northman pretend to be a free willed security robot, I was inspired to go back and finally finish True Blood (11 yrs later). I had abandoned it early in its 6th season. Everyone said it had a terrible ending but I don't think that's right. It had an awful 6th season. Show ended fine.
June 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Watching Eric Northman pretend to be a free willed security robot, I was inspired to go back and finally finish True Blood (11 yrs later). I had abandoned it early in its 6th season. Everyone said it had a terrible ending but I don't think that's right. It had an awful 6th season. Show ended fine.
Despite my first character being a ninja and the fact that I am decidedly a Wizard type player, I wasn't a cemented dnd or ttrpg fan until AD&D 2nd Edition brought me the Psionicist. It being a core part of my personal experience is why I default to genre mixing.
June 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Despite my first character being a ninja and the fact that I am decidedly a Wizard type player, I wasn't a cemented dnd or ttrpg fan until AD&D 2nd Edition brought me the Psionicist. It being a core part of my personal experience is why I default to genre mixing.
I can barely make progress on my games. I can't imagine being full on into selling them. My intention was always going to be to throw them up for free, if I ever finished. Maybe charge for hard work expansions, which I know I will never write anyway. But it seems like free or PWYW is frowned upon?
June 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I can barely make progress on my games. I can't imagine being full on into selling them. My intention was always going to be to throw them up for free, if I ever finished. Maybe charge for hard work expansions, which I know I will never write anyway. But it seems like free or PWYW is frowned upon?
Haven't read it yet but Daggerheart has my hopes up. Listening to folks talk about it, it seems like so much of its design is a direct answer to the ancient frustrations of dnd. I'm hearing about a lot of its design that is conceptually similar to the past heartbreakers of mine and my friends.
June 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Haven't read it yet but Daggerheart has my hopes up. Listening to folks talk about it, it seems like so much of its design is a direct answer to the ancient frustrations of dnd. I'm hearing about a lot of its design that is conceptually similar to the past heartbreakers of mine and my friends.