@burnafterrunning.bsky.social
Mostly TTRPGs and shizz. He/Him. Blog at burnafterrunningrpg.com, run and play games at Unconventional GMs. All about games. Check out pacy all-action Actual Plays: https://www.youtube.com/@unconventionalgms
You should pick this up - one of my #TTRPG highlights of 2026!
Uranium Chef is one of the most distinctive in the Fate Worlds series - an intergalactic cookery contest, complete with rules for sabotage!
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Out now for Patrons - I look at two of @modiphius.bsky.social 's supplements for Star Trek Adventures 2nd edition - join patreon for early access now, or wait for it to land on the blog in a week!
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This makes me think of the @jasoncordova.bsky.social quote that "System matters, play culture matters more."
Question for the TTRPG designers out there: you've experienced your game as a GM/ref, how many of you have experienced your game as a player?
Sadly I cannot double-back this project. But this should persuade any fence-sitters
I love the bit of game prep where you've sort of almost got it, and excited to see how it'll actually play at the table - in this case, a run of @leylinepress.bsky.social Salvage Union @lukegearing.bsky.social Rainmaker tomorrow!
Some of them, I wish I could 😁
"Perception" is always rubbish. Chargen is massively overrated. Bling is the least important part of convention games
I dunno, if you wanted to see a game of Candela Obscura that isn't heavily productionised, there's one right here:
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You didn't ask for a solution, but (a) recruit a couple more players, and play if you get at least 2 / (b) rotate GMs if you're not jazzing with it / (c) check if weekly really works and shift to fortnightly if needed - book another game on the off weeks if you want!
Resharing for the weekday crowd - brand new #13thAge 2nd ed #ActualPlay !
Do you like swamps? Do you like princesses? Check out our latest #ActualPlay #TTRPG of @pelgranepress.bsky.social @jonathantweet.bsky.social @robheinsoo.bsky.social 13th Age 2nd Edition, one of my most favourite games given the 2 hour one-shot treatment - SWAMP PRINCESS.
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Fantastic score from Quinto books today - I've never seen 2nd hand Armed Services Editions before, they are great little relics.
It's not giving "FIFA peace prize," is it?
I think (despite all the discourse about D&D Neopets) the vast majority of licensed games have been absolute bangers - it'd be much easier to name the ones that haven't been (but not very nice)
Getting on with the hard yards of turning Labour’s fortunes around after pulling every lever and straining every sinew to put Labour in this position.
There's some advice here on running one-shot Carved from Brindlewood games - this might help!
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This one's on the blog, but around 50% of them will be patreon exclusives, including one out now for 13th Age!
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New project up on Burn After Running - ACTUAL PREP. A look at some actual prep notes from me and others, beginning with @bastionland.bsky.social 's Mythic Bastionland!
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Hot War 2e - believe the hype! (From @handiworkgames.bsky.social and @malcolmcraig.bsky.social ) - just played a fantastic one-shot
This thread really makes me think. Although I'd say that playing a one-shot is better than not playing at all - especially if you want to really understand a game
Aren't those the four pillars of play?
My work examining prep in #TTRPGs continues, with a Patreon exclusive - my prep notes from a soon-to-be-released 13th Age 2nd Edition adventure. Join the patreon to check it out, or buy the individual post (the former is better value!) www.patreon.com/posts/actual...
Reposting this for the weekday crowd - check out the latest cast about small group #TTRPG play
If you want to see some of these in action, we've got a playlist of duet games on Unconventional GMs
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It was great to chat about small group #TTRPG play - there's some really good stuff out there for this
Just been running @jasoncordova.bsky.social 's Beach Blanket Body Bag - fantastic to see the setup create really juicy character subplots and interactions - even before they find the body!
I think the sorcerer is deliberately very swingy, and contains its own solution in that you don't *have* to Gather Power at the start of combat. But I would play it like that, too!
There's definitely a question of frequency here; last year I ran 16 convention one-shots, and it's usually much more (I didn't make either Kraken last year) - I couldn't playtest all them on top of channel recordings and games "for fun!"