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.
This rule went from bad to unplayable when I attempted to calculate the shared zones of domain control around hadrians wall.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This rule went from bad to unplayable when I attempted to calculate the shared zones of domain control around hadrians wall.
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.
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?
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!
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
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.
signs you're a ttrpg writer
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
signs you're a ttrpg writer
POV: You've been invited to play Rolemaster.
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
POV: You've been invited to play Rolemaster.
One of my favourite moments from The Boys comic
September 12, 2025 at 6:19 AM
One of my favourite moments from The Boys comic
today we meme
September 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
today we meme
Good to be back on normal island, I need to show them my haggered face to shit post now.
August 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Good to be back on normal island, I need to show them my haggered face to shit post now.
Poured one out for our fallen heroes. 🇬🇧
August 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Poured one out for our fallen heroes. 🇬🇧
I've been in America a month now and this is the first electric kettle I've encountered and I couldn't be happier.
August 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I've been in America a month now and this is the first electric kettle I've encountered and I couldn't be happier.
Day 1 at GenCon has been wild! Busiest con day we've ever had on the quietest day.... Godspeed.
July 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Day 1 at GenCon has been wild! Busiest con day we've ever had on the quietest day.... Godspeed.
Whilst I commend the effort in a cold marketing e-mail to discuss specifics of the company you're contacting, you should probably *double check* the game you claim made you 'feel like a whole new person.' :)
July 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Whilst I commend the effort in a cold marketing e-mail to discuss specifics of the company you're contacting, you should probably *double check* the game you claim made you 'feel like a whole new person.' :)
When Shadow of Mogg was a pbta game
July 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
When Shadow of Mogg was a pbta game
The ttrpg mines have worn me down to the bone
June 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The ttrpg mines have worn me down to the bone
some meze prep for my weekly Achaean playtest game (Ancient Greece Borg)
April 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
some meze prep for my weekly Achaean playtest game (Ancient Greece Borg)
I have like 6 copies of salvage union on my shelf for guests to lo and behold.
April 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I have like 6 copies of salvage union on my shelf for guests to lo and behold.
You can now have your scathing satire of capitalism delivered by amazon prime www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Mogg-...
March 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
You can now have your scathing satire of capitalism delivered by amazon prime www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Mogg-...
If Baldurs Gate 3 achieved anything it was making 5e DnD players realise how often their GM fudges dice to keep them alive.
February 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If Baldurs Gate 3 achieved anything it was making 5e DnD players realise how often their GM fudges dice to keep them alive.