The Venomous Pao
@strangestones.bsky.social
RPG nerd since nineteen and eighty-one. Rarely blogging about assorted games at strangestones.com.
Happy #BreakawayDay to those who celebrate! Be sure to leave out sideburns and bellbottoms for the Eagle pilots!
September 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Happy #BreakawayDay to those who celebrate! Be sure to leave out sideburns and bellbottoms for the Eagle pilots!
My first three #TTRPGbox sets were
1. Basic D&D (Moldvay)
2. Expert D&D (Cook/Marsh)
3. Traveller (LBB/Free Trader Beowulf)
#4 would be Champions 2e.
I still have the books from 1 & 2, but the boxes are long gone. I still have the books & boxes for 3 & 4, but damn those boxes are in rough shape.
1. Basic D&D (Moldvay)
2. Expert D&D (Cook/Marsh)
3. Traveller (LBB/Free Trader Beowulf)
#4 would be Champions 2e.
I still have the books from 1 & 2, but the boxes are long gone. I still have the books & boxes for 3 & 4, but damn those boxes are in rough shape.
What were your first 3 #TTRPGbox sets, you say?
1. D&D Basic Set (B/X - Moldvay)
2. Stormbringer
3. Traveller Starter Edition
(I still have the Traveller & Stormbringer, though the Traveller box is long expired: the content is now in the Tarsus boxed set that was one of its companions.)
1. D&D Basic Set (B/X - Moldvay)
2. Stormbringer
3. Traveller Starter Edition
(I still have the Traveller & Stormbringer, though the Traveller box is long expired: the content is now in the Tarsus boxed set that was one of its companions.)
What were your first 3 #TTRPGbox sets, you say?
1: Top Secret (1st edition)
2: D&D Basic (Moldvay)
3: Star Frontiers
1: Top Secret (1st edition)
2: D&D Basic (Moldvay)
3: Star Frontiers
August 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
My first three #TTRPGbox sets were
1. Basic D&D (Moldvay)
2. Expert D&D (Cook/Marsh)
3. Traveller (LBB/Free Trader Beowulf)
#4 would be Champions 2e.
I still have the books from 1 & 2, but the boxes are long gone. I still have the books & boxes for 3 & 4, but damn those boxes are in rough shape.
1. Basic D&D (Moldvay)
2. Expert D&D (Cook/Marsh)
3. Traveller (LBB/Free Trader Beowulf)
#4 would be Champions 2e.
I still have the books from 1 & 2, but the boxes are long gone. I still have the books & boxes for 3 & 4, but damn those boxes are in rough shape.
Of the big name (or at least touring) type, working backwards:
* Soul Coughing
* The Sword
* X
* The Baseball Project
* Yo La Tengo
* Soul Coughing
* The Sword
* X
* The Baseball Project
* Yo La Tengo
Hmm
* Bit Brigade
* Brian Wilson's band
* Chicago
* Great Big Sea
* Moody Blues
Oh & that Candlelight traveling event series, a string concerto--oh oh & the Carolina Symphony Orchestra performing Holst's the Planets
I've hardly been to any in like the last 15 years, I've seen more standup shows
* Bit Brigade
* Brian Wilson's band
* Chicago
* Great Big Sea
* Moody Blues
Oh & that Candlelight traveling event series, a string concerto--oh oh & the Carolina Symphony Orchestra performing Holst's the Planets
I've hardly been to any in like the last 15 years, I've seen more standup shows
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended:
-Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra
-Tokyo Police Club
-Blonde Redhead
-Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES
-Murder by Death
Probably accurate? I don't have that good memory, I just searched my iphone photos for "concert" and these came up.
-Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra
-Tokyo Police Club
-Blonde Redhead
-Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES
-Murder by Death
Probably accurate? I don't have that good memory, I just searched my iphone photos for "concert" and these came up.
August 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Of the big name (or at least touring) type, working backwards:
* Soul Coughing
* The Sword
* X
* The Baseball Project
* Yo La Tengo
* Soul Coughing
* The Sword
* X
* The Baseball Project
* Yo La Tengo
A joyous 808 Day to all who celebrate!
August 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A joyous 808 Day to all who celebrate!
You see this post a title screen that is iconic to you.
August 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
You see this post a title screen that is iconic to you.
The third single from Concrete Horse, my old school #metal band is live on the streaming services today.
Crunchy grooves, Sabbath-y freakouts, and a coda in 7/8. A veritable smorgasbord of yummy delicious metal tropes.
artists.landr.com/whispers9
Crunchy grooves, Sabbath-y freakouts, and a coda in 7/8. A veritable smorgasbord of yummy delicious metal tropes.
artists.landr.com/whispers9
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The third single from Concrete Horse, my old school #metal band is live on the streaming services today.
Crunchy grooves, Sabbath-y freakouts, and a coda in 7/8. A veritable smorgasbord of yummy delicious metal tropes.
artists.landr.com/whispers9
Crunchy grooves, Sabbath-y freakouts, and a coda in 7/8. A veritable smorgasbord of yummy delicious metal tropes.
artists.landr.com/whispers9
Did I finally, after decades, just succeed in forcing my brain to pronounce zine right automatically? Elementary for Silent E and all that has been hard to overcome for me. But I think I did it.
February 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Did I finally, after decades, just succeed in forcing my brain to pronounce zine right automatically? Elementary for Silent E and all that has been hard to overcome for me. But I think I did it.
The second single from the Mecha-themed album from my old school #metal band is now on the streamers. Get you some doomy tunes!
artists.landr.com/055905949381
artists.landr.com/055905949381
Concrete Horse - The Ghosts of Gwang Ryu - Single
Listen to The Ghosts of Gwang Ryu - Single by Concrete Horse.
artists.landr.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The second single from the Mecha-themed album from my old school #metal band is now on the streamers. Get you some doomy tunes!
artists.landr.com/055905949381
artists.landr.com/055905949381
You ever play The Mecha Hack? That great Black Hack-based mecha game with the name that fits? How about listening to my band’s album that was heavily inspired by it? Old school metal + sci-fi RPG flavor.
concretehorse.bandcamp.com/album/to-sav...
concretehorse.bandcamp.com/album/to-sav...
To Save The Iridium Throne, by Concrete Horse
7 track album
concretehorse.bandcamp.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
You ever play The Mecha Hack? That great Black Hack-based mecha game with the name that fits? How about listening to my band’s album that was heavily inspired by it? Old school metal + sci-fi RPG flavor.
concretehorse.bandcamp.com/album/to-sav...
concretehorse.bandcamp.com/album/to-sav...
Hey @mattclick.bsky.social! You may or may not recall that on a different platform a while back I mentioned working on a doomy/proggy metal album inspired in no small part by #TheMechaHack. Well, it’s released at last: concretehorse.bandcamp.com/album/to-sav...
To Save The Iridium Throne, by Concrete Horse
7 track album
concretehorse.bandcamp.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Hey @mattclick.bsky.social! You may or may not recall that on a different platform a while back I mentioned working on a doomy/proggy metal album inspired in no small part by #TheMechaHack. Well, it’s released at last: concretehorse.bandcamp.com/album/to-sav...
You will be visited by three spirits…
December 24, 2024 at 8:23 PM
You will be visited by three spirits…
Wishing a platonic National (possibly International) Dice Day to all who celebrate. Which, let’s me honest, should be most of the people who might even possibly see this. Roll well, comrades!
www.daysoftheyear.com/days/dice-day/
www.daysoftheyear.com/days/dice-day/
National Dice Day
Get ready to roll with endless possibilities! These small cubes hold the key to fun, excitement, and endless entertainment with friends and family!
www.daysoftheyear.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Wishing a platonic National (possibly International) Dice Day to all who celebrate. Which, let’s me honest, should be most of the people who might even possibly see this. Roll well, comrades!
www.daysoftheyear.com/days/dice-day/
www.daysoftheyear.com/days/dice-day/