Unpanny_Valley
@unpanny-valley.bsky.social
Tabletop Roleplaying game designer and co-founder of @leylinepress. Designed the ENNIE nominated post-apocalyptic Mech TTRPG @salvageunion. They/them. Bi.
everytime some osr chud hears I like mork borg and smugly says they're not into 'story games' Im going to challenge them to run a single phase in cataphract
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
everytime some osr chud hears I like mork borg and smugly says they're not into 'story games' Im going to challenge them to run a single phase in cataphract
I have managed to resolve a single day on mr bones wild demesnes ride
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I have managed to resolve a single day on mr bones wild demesnes ride
no panny the game has started dont add vassal rules
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
no panny the game has started dont add vassal rules
So cataphract has made me realise that actually if a lord of a keep has a problem with a bunch of bandits in a nearby ruin it genuinely is tremendously easier to hire 5 local adventures for a few hundred coin to deal with them than ready and supply your entire army and hope it doesn't rout.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
So cataphract has made me realise that actually if a lord of a keep has a problem with a bunch of bandits in a nearby ruin it genuinely is tremendously easier to hire 5 local adventures for a few hundred coin to deal with them than ready and supply your entire army and hope it doesn't rout.
Theres like a dozen people in the Cataphract game now and it's already feeling like a second job and we haven't even started.
I can't wait. Not been this excited to run a game since my early days of DnD.
If there's anymore sickos out there hit me up.
I can't wait. Not been this excited to run a game since my early days of DnD.
If there's anymore sickos out there hit me up.
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Theres like a dozen people in the Cataphract game now and it's already feeling like a second job and we haven't even started.
I can't wait. Not been this excited to run a game since my early days of DnD.
If there's anymore sickos out there hit me up.
I can't wait. Not been this excited to run a game since my early days of DnD.
If there's anymore sickos out there hit me up.
Perhaps the worst designed mechanic I added to Cataphract was tracking a holds settlement score (abstracted wealth/levy/food) by counting hexes around it based on its type. Each hex has a different value.
Then to compound things neighbouring holds compete for them creating nested zones.
Then to compound things neighbouring holds compete for them creating nested zones.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Perhaps the worst designed mechanic I added to Cataphract was tracking a holds settlement score (abstracted wealth/levy/food) by counting hexes around it based on its type. Each hex has a different value.
Then to compound things neighbouring holds compete for them creating nested zones.
Then to compound things neighbouring holds compete for them creating nested zones.
Sam Sorensen wrote a beautiful, albeit complex, roleplaying wargame called Cataphract, and I took the rules and mashed them into a sheer monstrosity. Set loosely in Britain in the Dark Ages, you play as competing warlord households in real time.
I'm looking for people bad enough to play.
I'm looking for people bad enough to play.
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Sam Sorensen wrote a beautiful, albeit complex, roleplaying wargame called Cataphract, and I took the rules and mashed them into a sheer monstrosity. Set loosely in Britain in the Dark Ages, you play as competing warlord households in real time.
I'm looking for people bad enough to play.
I'm looking for people bad enough to play.
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Did you know there's now a full Salvage Union Mech builder and pilot creator, as well as full system reference document, all available for free and created by Jrvs and the pilots of #812 Haven?
Build your Mech here today! #ttrpg
salvageunion.io
Build your Mech here today! #ttrpg
salvageunion.io
Salvage Union System Reference Document
System Reference Document (SRD) for the Salvage Union TTRPG. Complete reference guide with chassis, systems, modules, abilities, and more.
salvageunion.io
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Did you know there's now a full Salvage Union Mech builder and pilot creator, as well as full system reference document, all available for free and created by Jrvs and the pilots of #812 Haven?
Build your Mech here today! #ttrpg
salvageunion.io
Build your Mech here today! #ttrpg
salvageunion.io
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For a limited time, the Salvage Union Core Book + all 3 adventure modules, are available at Bundle of Holding for just $19.95! bundleofholding.com/presents/Sal...
Salvage Union Bundle
Salvager! This all-new Salvage Union Bundle presents Salvage Union, the rules-light post-apocalyptic tabletop roleplaying game from Leyline Press about ragtag pilots who scour the ruined wasteland in ...
bundleofholding.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
For a limited time, the Salvage Union Core Book + all 3 adventure modules, are available at Bundle of Holding for just $19.95! bundleofholding.com/presents/Sal...
I ran a playtest game of Salvage Union a while ago, presenting players the options of the Mountain or Desert from the starting map location, a rather annoying player said "can't we just go down the middle." (which I've artfully rendered with an arrow), and it's lived rent free in my head ever since.
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I ran a playtest game of Salvage Union a while ago, presenting players the options of the Mountain or Desert from the starting map location, a rather annoying player said "can't we just go down the middle." (which I've artfully rendered with an arrow), and it's lived rent free in my head ever since.
Sometimes you get into a 3am hole of calculating relative % population growth of a settlement derived from its excess yearly supplies, determined by monthly crop yield adjusted by seasonal modifier, and wastage, for your dark age rpg heartbreaker, and you need a friend to pull you from the brink.
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Sometimes you get into a 3am hole of calculating relative % population growth of a settlement derived from its excess yearly supplies, determined by monthly crop yield adjusted by seasonal modifier, and wastage, for your dark age rpg heartbreaker, and you need a friend to pull you from the brink.
The original cover artwork for the first edition of Warhammer, featuring John Blanche’s Harry the Hammer is being sold at auction, with estimates of it selling for up to £400,000 - I'm torn, do you guys think I should get this, or one of the new 40k Christmas battleforce box sets?
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The original cover artwork for the first edition of Warhammer, featuring John Blanche’s Harry the Hammer is being sold at auction, with estimates of it selling for up to £400,000 - I'm torn, do you guys think I should get this, or one of the new 40k Christmas battleforce box sets?
Is there any better feeling than sitting down with a 0.5% beer, putting on some dungeon synth, and writing some shitbrew home rules for B/X DnD? Tonight I'm adding group light, several character conditions, and detailed rules for packs, sacks, and belts. You can't stop me.
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Is there any better feeling than sitting down with a 0.5% beer, putting on some dungeon synth, and writing some shitbrew home rules for B/X DnD? Tonight I'm adding group light, several character conditions, and detailed rules for packs, sacks, and belts. You can't stop me.
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📣MuppetMeet 2025 Announcement!
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📣MuppetMeet 2025 Announcement!
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
Pet TTRPG peeve of mine is when you say a game is complicated, and someone interjects and says 'No it isn't, in Rolemaster you just roll a d100, and if your skill is 65% you succeed on a roll of 65 or less.', as though the core resolution is the only element of a game that can make it complicated.
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Pet TTRPG peeve of mine is when you say a game is complicated, and someone interjects and says 'No it isn't, in Rolemaster you just roll a d100, and if your skill is 65% you succeed on a roll of 65 or less.', as though the core resolution is the only element of a game that can make it complicated.
OSR GMs saying PBTA has too much improv with a straight face whilst generating a random wilderness encounter of 3d10 x 10 Bandits, with a 4th Level Fighting-Man for every 30 bandits,and a 8th or 9th level fighter for every 100 bandits, and a Magic User for every 200 Bandits....
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
OSR GMs saying PBTA has too much improv with a straight face whilst generating a random wilderness encounter of 3d10 x 10 Bandits, with a 4th Level Fighting-Man for every 30 bandits,and a 8th or 9th level fighter for every 100 bandits, and a Magic User for every 200 Bandits....
feeling nostalgic for the days when statblocks looked like this
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
feeling nostalgic for the days when statblocks looked like this
I for some reason am reading through the AD&D 2e skirmish rules and my god you have to pre-declare your miniatures movement before you measure how far the distance is!
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I for some reason am reading through the AD&D 2e skirmish rules and my god you have to pre-declare your miniatures movement before you measure how far the distance is!
I've been reading through Torchbearer 2e in prep for a game I'm running of the Dread Crypt of Skogenby and whilst I love the vibe, holy hells it's dense with rules.Am I just being a big dumb dumb or has anyone else struggled with it, and does anyone have any advice for running it for the first time?
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I've been reading through Torchbearer 2e in prep for a game I'm running of the Dread Crypt of Skogenby and whilst I love the vibe, holy hells it's dense with rules.Am I just being a big dumb dumb or has anyone else struggled with it, and does anyone have any advice for running it for the first time?
A way back a player contacted me to run a game for them, offering to pay.
I was deep in a January depression and really didn't want to, so said a stupidly high figure - £250.
He immediately agreed and it was one of the most fun games of B/X, running Bastard King of Thraxford Castle, I've ever run.
I was deep in a January depression and really didn't want to, so said a stupidly high figure - £250.
He immediately agreed and it was one of the most fun games of B/X, running Bastard King of Thraxford Castle, I've ever run.
November 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
A way back a player contacted me to run a game for them, offering to pay.
I was deep in a January depression and really didn't want to, so said a stupidly high figure - £250.
He immediately agreed and it was one of the most fun games of B/X, running Bastard King of Thraxford Castle, I've ever run.
I was deep in a January depression and really didn't want to, so said a stupidly high figure - £250.
He immediately agreed and it was one of the most fun games of B/X, running Bastard King of Thraxford Castle, I've ever run.
accidentally stumbled onto r/lfg and now I'm depressed
October 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
accidentally stumbled onto r/lfg and now I'm depressed
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Jrvs and the pilots of #812 Haven have created this incredible Salvage Union Mech and Pilot builder as well as a full SRD reference of the game. The enthusiasm of our community blows us away. Build a Mech here - suindex.netlify.app
Salvage Union Index
A dynamic web application for viewing and exploring Salvage Union game data
suindex.netlify.app
October 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Jrvs and the pilots of #812 Haven have created this incredible Salvage Union Mech and Pilot builder as well as a full SRD reference of the game. The enthusiasm of our community blows us away. Build a Mech here - suindex.netlify.app
Your honour, there's a simple explanation, I write games about elves.
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Your honour, there's a simple explanation, I write games about elves.
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Fancy some folk horror for Halloween. www.kickstarter.com/projects/imp...
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Fancy some folk horror for Halloween. www.kickstarter.com/projects/imp...
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After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...