Rockamis
@rockamis.bsky.social
Fan of games across mediums (TTRPG, VG, TCG, miniatures) | Editor
FYI to those with Office subscriptions and dreading the sudden intrusion of MSFT's AI Copilot. Link below details how to resub to Office sans AI.
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January 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
FYI to those with Office subscriptions and dreading the sudden intrusion of MSFT's AI Copilot. Link below details how to resub to Office sans AI.
Default opt-in for both AI AND a 30$ yearly price hike? Call me enshittified!
support.microsoft.com/en-us/office...
Default opt-in for both AI AND a 30$ yearly price hike? Call me enshittified!
support.microsoft.com/en-us/office...
DND campaign ended tonight after we defeated a dinosaur amalgam we dubbed "the Horrorzord," prompting a planar ship to sail out of a volcano to pick us up. My buddy has the best flair for the ridiculous and awesome. Power metal the whole way through.
January 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
DND campaign ended tonight after we defeated a dinosaur amalgam we dubbed "the Horrorzord," prompting a planar ship to sail out of a volcano to pick us up. My buddy has the best flair for the ridiculous and awesome. Power metal the whole way through.
Doing my first real close read-through of the B2 module, and I have to admit that I'm just getting dissonance when reading #osr play expectation back onto the text and the actual implication of the dungeon design. The most natural way I see of playing this module as a PC is novel combat tactics.
December 21, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Doing my first real close read-through of the B2 module, and I have to admit that I'm just getting dissonance when reading #osr play expectation back onto the text and the actual implication of the dungeon design. The most natural way I see of playing this module as a PC is novel combat tactics.
Me: Path of Exile 2 Early Access launches today! I'm so hyped!
My projects:
My projects:
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December 6, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Me: Path of Exile 2 Early Access launches today! I'm so hyped!
My projects:
My projects:
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A long, but good impassioned post about the OSR blogging culture and how you can participate in it! tasker.land/2024/12/05/w...
Why You Should Nominate For the Bloggies
Way back in 2022, the Prismatic Wasteland blog hosted an award called the Bloggies. The award was designed to showcase the best blog-posts to appear on an RPG blog during the course of that year. H…
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December 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM
A long, but good impassioned post about the OSR blogging culture and how you can participate in it! tasker.land/2024/12/05/w...
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December 4, 2024 at 3:31 AM
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I feel this. It took me a full 6 months to recover, and that was only after being able to direct all my energy into recovery. It's crazy how fast the wick can burn and reach critical levels.
Burnout straight up destroyed me. It was an ordeal to even do basic daily tasks for my job. Wild executive dysfunction and mood swings. Been recovering about a year but I’m not back to 100 (and I’m not sure I ever will be).
Finally connected the dots between long term burnout issues and feeling physically incapable of checking my email
December 3, 2024 at 8:44 PM
I feel this. It took me a full 6 months to recover, and that was only after being able to direct all my energy into recovery. It's crazy how fast the wick can burn and reach critical levels.
After soaking in a lot of blog posts about fantasy sandbox campaigns over the years, I wish two things were made way more clear. First, it's critically important to treat the map as a game board you're designing. Second, the rumor table is load-bearing.
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December 3, 2024 at 12:31 AM
After soaking in a lot of blog posts about fantasy sandbox campaigns over the years, I wish two things were made way more clear. First, it's critically important to treat the map as a game board you're designing. Second, the rumor table is load-bearing.
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Just a reminder that I run a Discourse forum for OSR & other Indie RPGs. If you're not up for the ephemeral chat of Discord and you yearn for more long-form discussions, please have a look! It's been quiet for a while but with the death of Twitter I aim to change that.
discourse.rpgcauldron.com
discourse.rpgcauldron.com
The Cauldron
A place to discuss NSR/OSR/FKR and Indie Games of All Stripes!
discourse.rpgcauldron.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Just a reminder that I run a Discourse forum for OSR & other Indie RPGs. If you're not up for the ephemeral chat of Discord and you yearn for more long-form discussions, please have a look! It's been quiet for a while but with the death of Twitter I aim to change that.
discourse.rpgcauldron.com
discourse.rpgcauldron.com
Colville drops an interesting vid related a bit to all this #osr discourse. As there were D&D(s) since the very beginning, we have OSR(s) now. I think embracing the lack of consensus and the sharing of ideas about what this all can be is how we don't cede the territory.
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
November 26, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Colville drops an interesting vid related a bit to all this #osr discourse. As there were D&D(s) since the very beginning, we have OSR(s) now. I think embracing the lack of consensus and the sharing of ideas about what this all can be is how we don't cede the territory.
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Production editor: ...okay, but where's the other half of the manuscript? The weird cup-shaped pages lost us a month with the printer.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Production editor: ...okay, but where's the other half of the manuscript? The weird cup-shaped pages lost us a month with the printer.
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
TTRPG editor: pretty sure the house style guide has guidance for this, but it's currently being used as a coaster for the cup.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
TTRPG editor: pretty sure the house style guide has guidance for this, but it's currently being used as a coaster for the cup.
November 24, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Production editor: ...okay, but where's the other half of the manuscript? The weird cup-shaped pages lost us a month with the printer.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Production editor: ...okay, but where's the other half of the manuscript? The weird cup-shaped pages lost us a month with the printer.
OSR games appeal to me because they can convey the "zero to hero" journey, so consequence/lethality with in-built character development? Sign me up.
In Apocalypse World, when a character dies, the player gets four choices.
They come back a little bit more frail
They come back a little bit weirder and more mystical
They change playboook (ie. class)
They die
I think this could easily be added to OSR games to make lethality more narrative
They come back a little bit more frail
They come back a little bit weirder and more mystical
They change playboook (ie. class)
They die
I think this could easily be added to OSR games to make lethality more narrative
November 24, 2024 at 5:24 PM
OSR games appeal to me because they can convey the "zero to hero" journey, so consequence/lethality with in-built character development? Sign me up.
Introduce yourself with your top 5 #TTRPG picks!
Not a top 5 in terms of favorites, but those that played a big role in my gaming journey:
Mutants & Masterminds
D&D 3.5 / 5e
Call of Cthulhu
Fiasco
Shadowrun 2e
Not a top 5 in terms of favorites, but those that played a big role in my gaming journey:
Mutants & Masterminds
D&D 3.5 / 5e
Call of Cthulhu
Fiasco
Shadowrun 2e
Introduce yourself with your top 5 #TTRPG picks!
Hmmm! 🤔
Here's 5 I most want to play next:
Fist
Eco Mofos!!
Pirate Borg
Black Sword Hack
Mythic Bastionland
Hmmm! 🤔
Here's 5 I most want to play next:
Fist
Eco Mofos!!
Pirate Borg
Black Sword Hack
Mythic Bastionland
November 24, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Introduce yourself with your top 5 #TTRPG picks!
Not a top 5 in terms of favorites, but those that played a big role in my gaming journey:
Mutants & Masterminds
D&D 3.5 / 5e
Call of Cthulhu
Fiasco
Shadowrun 2e
Not a top 5 in terms of favorites, but those that played a big role in my gaming journey:
Mutants & Masterminds
D&D 3.5 / 5e
Call of Cthulhu
Fiasco
Shadowrun 2e
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The part of the “old school” worth reviving has never been THAC0 or fighting orcs in gray corridors but the DIY attitude of design that ceased once D&D grew from being just a Game to being a Brand
November 24, 2024 at 12:29 AM
The part of the “old school” worth reviving has never been THAC0 or fighting orcs in gray corridors but the DIY attitude of design that ceased once D&D grew from being just a Game to being a Brand
I know better than to try, but I wonder if it'd be possible to design a #ttrpg around Disco Elysium's fever dream of a trait/skill system, with all these voices pushing and pulling you with impulses and insights. Does it require too much to be pre-written? Maybe only ever possible as a solo RPG?
November 22, 2024 at 3:45 PM
I know better than to try, but I wonder if it'd be possible to design a #ttrpg around Disco Elysium's fever dream of a trait/skill system, with all these voices pushing and pulling you with impulses and insights. Does it require too much to be pre-written? Maybe only ever possible as a solo RPG?
Really thankful for the starter pack feature and the people who make them for newbies like me. So much easier to start getting in on the conversation.
November 22, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Really thankful for the starter pack feature and the people who make them for newbies like me. So much easier to start getting in on the conversation.