Mark Chaplin
@yugblad.bsky.social
Board game designer: LIFEFORM, THE THING, REVOLVER, and WHERE HUMANS DON'T BELONG, etc. Likes toad licking, gamebooks, and freediving with Megalodon sharks.
Big fan of the WARLOCK RPG - it’s a hybrid of Fighting Fantasy and the original Warhammer Roleplay. It also helped me get through a dark time in my life.
February 15, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Big fan of the WARLOCK RPG - it’s a hybrid of Fighting Fantasy and the original Warhammer Roleplay. It also helped me get through a dark time in my life.
I played a solo WALKING DEAD RPG session. Notes below:
February 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I played a solo WALKING DEAD RPG session. Notes below:
Been tinkering with THE WALKING DEAD RPG - I really like the nuts and bolts system, but am going with a fungus zombie apocalypse
February 12, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Been tinkering with THE WALKING DEAD RPG - I really like the nuts and bolts system, but am going with a fungus zombie apocalypse
I simply don’t understand the dislike for JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH.
Watched it again and it’s still glorious. The best dinosaur island movie, and so many fantastic water sequences.
Watched it again and it’s still glorious. The best dinosaur island movie, and so many fantastic water sequences.
February 11, 2026 at 9:54 AM
I simply don’t understand the dislike for JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH.
Watched it again and it’s still glorious. The best dinosaur island movie, and so many fantastic water sequences.
Watched it again and it’s still glorious. The best dinosaur island movie, and so many fantastic water sequences.
Something that seemingly only I remember: THE ALIENS ARE COMING -TV pilot from 1980 that terrified young me.
It's the weirdness of the two attacks, and the screams of the victims that has stayed with me all these years. The 2nd spaceship also has PROJECT BLUE BOOK energy @scarredforlife.bsky.social
It's the weirdness of the two attacks, and the screams of the victims that has stayed with me all these years. The 2nd spaceship also has PROJECT BLUE BOOK energy @scarredforlife.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Something that seemingly only I remember: THE ALIENS ARE COMING -TV pilot from 1980 that terrified young me.
It's the weirdness of the two attacks, and the screams of the victims that has stayed with me all these years. The 2nd spaceship also has PROJECT BLUE BOOK energy @scarredforlife.bsky.social
It's the weirdness of the two attacks, and the screams of the victims that has stayed with me all these years. The 2nd spaceship also has PROJECT BLUE BOOK energy @scarredforlife.bsky.social
Probably the best art in the rulebook - the rest has little action, just wonky hipsters in spacesuits or spandex.
But I bought it for the ideas - not the art.
But I bought it for the ideas - not the art.
February 6, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Probably the best art in the rulebook - the rest has little action, just wonky hipsters in spacesuits or spandex.
But I bought it for the ideas - not the art.
But I bought it for the ideas - not the art.
This is an interesting Sci-fi RPG: SUBSTRATUM PROTOCOL. Think The Core mixed with Mothership RPG and The Descent - spelunking adventures vs viscous monsters. Has a cool card-based task resolution system. Good for solo.
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
This is an interesting Sci-fi RPG: SUBSTRATUM PROTOCOL. Think The Core mixed with Mothership RPG and The Descent - spelunking adventures vs viscous monsters. Has a cool card-based task resolution system. Good for solo.
Unfortunately I did not enjoy CRYPT OF THE MOON SPIDER. Overpriced and not my cup of tea.
February 5, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Unfortunately I did not enjoy CRYPT OF THE MOON SPIDER. Overpriced and not my cup of tea.
Once again, BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS proves a delight!
February 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Once again, BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS proves a delight!
I like the LAST FLEET RPG. It’s very Battlestar Galactica. I’m not a massive fan of the Apocalypse World-like moves system, but there’s some gold in this book you can pan for.
February 2, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I like the LAST FLEET RPG. It’s very Battlestar Galactica. I’m not a massive fan of the Apocalypse World-like moves system, but there’s some gold in this book you can pan for.
I’ve never seen anyone else talk about the ASHEN STARS RPG. It’s uses the Gumshoe system - and is overflowing with cool ideas and concepts. You play alien freelance detectives.
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I’ve never seen anyone else talk about the ASHEN STARS RPG. It’s uses the Gumshoe system - and is overflowing with cool ideas and concepts. You play alien freelance detectives.
Some of you not be aware that @modiphius.bsky.social created an excellent SPACE 1999 RPG (that uses the 2D20 system). Can certainly recommend!
January 30, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Some of you not be aware that @modiphius.bsky.social created an excellent SPACE 1999 RPG (that uses the 2D20 system). Can certainly recommend!
TERRORS FROM THE COSMOS series 2 just arrived!
More MOTHERSHIP RPG goodness
More MOTHERSHIP RPG goodness
January 29, 2026 at 8:20 PM
TERRORS FROM THE COSMOS series 2 just arrived!
More MOTHERSHIP RPG goodness
More MOTHERSHIP RPG goodness
Once again, been pouring over THE FALL OF DELTA GREEN rulebook - great fuckin hardback. Nicely evokes the otherness of interdimensional beings!
January 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Once again, been pouring over THE FALL OF DELTA GREEN rulebook - great fuckin hardback. Nicely evokes the otherness of interdimensional beings!
I created a set of homebrew rules and some helpful charts for the SPACE 1999 RPG - see below:
January 29, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I created a set of homebrew rules and some helpful charts for the SPACE 1999 RPG - see below:
Brilliant SPACE 1999 Eagle Transporter modelwork I saw on X:
January 29, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Brilliant SPACE 1999 Eagle Transporter modelwork I saw on X:
How it started (1984's ALIEN on c64)
How it finished (LIFEFORM board game 2019)
How it finished (LIFEFORM board game 2019)
January 29, 2026 at 7:32 PM
How it started (1984's ALIEN on c64)
How it finished (LIFEFORM board game 2019)
How it finished (LIFEFORM board game 2019)
This is a really good, very playable ALIEN RPG adventure.
January 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
This is a really good, very playable ALIEN RPG adventure.
Reading ALIEN RPG RAPTURE PROTOCOL:
January 28, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Reading ALIEN RPG RAPTURE PROTOCOL: