Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs)

Nobody fights quite like a team on -10 points! I have a lot of sympathy for the Wemblies right now.

I think more of us should write this sort of musing about the kinds of games we like and play a lot of, exploring what's so interesting about them. Mine are "trindie evolved" and/or "games that have a combat system and very little else" - what are yours?

A picture of a small softback book/pamphlet of The Ink That Bleeds by Paul Czege

This from @paulczege.bsky.social is absolutely stunning (I'm-trying-not-to-read-it-in-one-sitting stunning), and an approach to writing about games I've not seen before. And I want to play a journalling game now!

Second shout on this - a one shot showcasing @theworldanvil.bsky.social 's amazing Fairytale horror game, Broken Tales, in #ActualPlay

I think generally that "X isn't a game" is an opinion that can be ignored.

I've got some bloggage noodling around about links between solo and group RPGs coming up

YouTube video by Unconventional GMs Broken Tales : One Shot | Red-hood Iskra | Actual Play

Our latest #ActualPlay #TTRPG release takes us to a Europe of upside-down fairy tales, in World Anvil publishing's Broken Tales. A judge, a swordsman, and a big bad wolf - who will triumph?
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Thanks! That looks like an excellent resource

The Form Factor – alternatives to the 4 hour Session Regular readers of this blog will know that one of the things I always say is that sessions, and campaigns, should be shorter. On bluesky a few weeks ago, I went further – somebody asked what…

Out now on the blog - why the 4 hour session, and the long campaign, aren't the only way to play #TTRPGs

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O #TTRPG Blusky people, tell me of your good solo journalling games (and also why they're good if you can be bothered)

One of my fave recurring convos is on the Call of Cthulhu fb group, when someone asks about modern day Call of Cthulhu, everyone reccos Delta Green before somebody points out all the modern day rules are actually in the core Call of Cthulhu books

See, that's why chargen is overrated!

Great game of @lackingceremony.bsky.social The Quiet Year tonight. Might be a decace since I last played it; it's still so deep and satisfying

YouTube video by Unconventional GMs Daggerheart : One Shot | Ghost Town | Colossus of the Drylands | Tier 2 | Actual Play

Second call on this - we showcase all-action Tier 2 #Daggerheart content with our one-shot set in the Colossus of the Drylands campaign frame
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YouTube video by Unconventional GMs Daggerheart : One Shot | Ghost Town | Colossus of the Drylands | Tier 2 | Actual Play

Lots of #TTRPG folks off to #Dragonmeet - if you're not, consider banishing your FOMO with an hour and a half of top quality youtube content, as we return to @darringtonpress.bsky.social #Daggerheart - the Colossi of the Drylands await!
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The Form Factor - alternatives to the 4 hour Session | Burn After Running Get more from Burn After Running on Patreon

Out now to Patrons (have I told you about my Patreon? It's excellent value) - different forms to the 4-hour session or endless campaign in #TTRPGs www.patreon.com/posts/form-f...

You should rush to get this if you're at Dragonmeet! If you need convincing, check out our #ActualPlay of it on UGMs
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This is excellent. You should go! Themed conventions are the best conventions

Become the Beast: Three Gaming Things from Grendel Grendel is a 1971 novel by John Gardner, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the point of view of the monster. It’s excellent, but if you’ve picked it up thinking “ooh, I like axes and fighting mo…

Like I'd just ripped off a Saxon's arm with my sharp teeth, I suck all the good #TTRPG juices out of John Gardener's GRENDEL, in my latest post on Burn After Running
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YouTube video by Unconventional GMs Daggerheart : One Shot | Ghost Town | Colossus of the Drylands | Tier 2 | Actual Play

@darringtonpress.bsky.social #Daggerheart one-shot #TTRPG #ActualPlay alert! Watch our colossus of the drylands heroes face spectral enemies in Ghost Town!
youtu.be/RHkPjW92M50?...

Great to read the replies from Mint to my gaming questions... check Theres a TTRPG for that out!

Yeah, its doomed space marines exploring pointcrawl locations. Works really well with a Danger Die encounter / tension mechanic

Oh, hundreds! Got Broken Tales and Vaesen lined up already... might try and get some festive one shots on the calendar too

Consulting my records, I'm still on target for 100 #TTRPG games in 2025 - 93 so far, including 69 one-shots, 41 run by me!

Great Saturday morning game of @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io Stay Frosty - just one survivor from the missions to Ares-4, who left her infected companions planetside. This game is stonking good fun - will be running more on Open Hearth for sure

Just (finally) watched Fantastic Four: First Steps. Good film, loved Mole Man.

"She sure is a shodoinkel horse"

Just share it in a thread on here yeah?

Have you considered recording it on your youtube channel? It'd be good to get the message out.

TTRPG bluesky, tell me of good festive adventures/one shots/games as we approach Xmas...

Become the Beast: Three Gaming Things from Grendel | Burn After Running Get more from Burn After Running on Patreon

Out now for patrons, some gaming stuff you can steal from John Gardner's mythic fantasy novel Grendel! www.patreon.com/posts/become...