Antagonist Relations (Zack)

A shot of an Old School Essentials sheet RPG sheet showing Gordo, a chaotic 1st level Magic-User. His background is below. His illustration shows a froglike humanoid with a cone hat covered with eyes, a staff, a frogskin grimoire, a frog eye ring and a waterskin full of 'delicious fermented swamp water'. You are an itinerant collector of occult lore and unwitting servant of the frog demon Habzarg the Relentless. You came under your infernal master's sway after somewhat over-eagerly practicing the summoning magicks in a stolen, frog-skin grimoire that came into your possession. Still, the demon's demands mesh well with vour own wicked inclinations Your skin and eyes have begun to betray your afhliation to the amphibious, causing you to hide away from other humans (except for those obsequious and obliging friends you have beguiled with your magic) You scheme to establish a lair in an isolated bog where you can continue your research in peace, away from the prying eyes of civilisation. You'll first just need to amass a certain level of wealth and a suitably impressive occult library...

Playing some #OldSchoolEssentials at @conofthenorth.bsky.social & Gordo's new favorite weapon is the severed human foot in a boot he found.

#ttrpg

Do you want 1,439 games for just $10? Of course you do, that’s BANANAS! All proceeds from this bundle on @itchio.bsky.social go to the MN Immigrant Law Center. Get you some rad games (including one by @thatwordyguy.bsky.social) & help hit the $500,000 goal, already at 70%! ❤️

itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

Highly recommend inviting a bunch of Bluesky randos (now friends) to come play a #ttrpg in your basement where you dupe some farm boys, let out someone’s troublesome goat, carry the fox PC around in a cauldron for most of the adventure, accidentally summon a demon, then banish it and save the day! ❤️

What a delight to get to run a session of Beyond the Wall tonight. Truly a fantastic zero prep #ttrpg that helps players build interesting and rich characters.

Got character creation & a satisfying session in under four hours.

www.flatlandgames.com/btw/

Still three open player spots for this, reach out if you're interested.

#ttrpg #minneapolis

If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.

BE SO BRILLIANT NONE OF YOUR ENEMIES WOULD DARE LOOK AT YOU.

The game Pacts on a table top featuring a dark green playmat with different colored areas in blue, purple, and red and gorgeous Celtic knotwork and dragon illustrations in white. The assorted black and white cards with matching artwork lay on the table in front of the mat

First play through of Pacts by @dvcgames.bsky.social A thinky little 2-player area control dueler that has solid components & gorgeous Celtic artwork. I played as the Kelpies, but there are many factions of the seelie & unseelie courts (all with different powers) we can’t wait to try! #boardgames

Pacing the Hunt - Desperation & Danger Storyteller Tips for Hunter: the Reckoning 5th Edition A set of four Hunter dice, two orange regular dice and two black Desperation dice, showing the range of results with standard d10s underneat...

Just put up a new article on Antagonist Relations: Pacing the Hunt - Desperation & Danger Storyteller Tips for Hunter: the Reckoning 5th Edition

antagonistrelations.blogspot.com/2026/01/paci...

#ttrpg #worldofdarkness #hunterthereckoning

Every great adventure in a TTRPG, no matter which system, should include at least one (if not more than one) element that needs to be solved without using the character sheet. Puzzles, Role Playing encounters, hard choices - players feel more satisfied when it is more than dice that wins the day.

Pacing the Hunt - Desperation & Danger Storyteller Tips for Hunter: the Reckoning 5th Edition A set of four Hunter dice, two orange regular dice and two black Desperation dice, showing the range of results with standard d10s underneat...

Just put up a new article on Antagonist Relations: Pacing the Hunt - Desperation & Danger Storyteller Tips for Hunter: the Reckoning 5th Edition

antagonistrelations.blogspot.com/2026/01/paci...

#ttrpg #worldofdarkness #hunterthereckoning

Last night I ran a fantastic @landofeem.bsky.social game where the party put "Glasses & Fake Mustache" (an actual item from the equipment list in the book) on the NPC they were escorting & tricked 2 sets of bounty hunters & avoided any combat the entire session.

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Want to play more #ttrpgs in 2026? We can help with that! 😁

Behold my new iridescent Cat Butt Dice Tower! 😆

A photo of the Land of Eem core rulebook with a tiny mushroom bookmark in it, the Bestiary and a notebook with bananas on it containing GM notes.

Time to run some @landofeem.bsky.social

Party will be leaving Crickstop on their long journey to Muckland Harbor.

#ttrpg

Still looking for a few #ttrpg players for online @landofeem.bsky.social & #shadowdark games that play Saturday afternoons every other week.

& in-person #hunterthereckoning #alienrpg & other #rpg player opportunities in the #minneapolis #stpaul #twincities metro area.

full details in thread.

My #ttrpg players know me too well... #toothd4 #d4 #teeth

A set of fancy sparkly translucent HeroQuest dice showing the skull, hero shield and Zargon shield icons. They look nice but are slightly hard to read in person.

#HeroQuest has come a long way from the old wooden dice I used as a child...

YouTube video by Transmit Him HeroQuest UK TV ad

And for extra delight, this vintage commercial...

youtu.be/f0gBe0BiXb8?...

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An array of player materials showing a character sheet, dwarf card & mini and the classic HeroQuest board.

A closer view of the dwarf mini and card.

Indulging in some New Year's nostalgia with HeroQuest which one of my gateways into #ttrpgs in the early '90s.

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10 #TTRPGs I want to play/run in 2026:

Land of Eem
Shadow of the Weird Wizard
Five Torches Deep
Ultraviolet Grasslands / Our Golden Age
Trail of Cthulhu
Blade Runner RPG
Vaesen
Alien RPG
Penumbra City
The Green Knight RPG

I have solid plans to get to 4 of these-it's the other 6 that will be tricky

Gateway to a World of Darkness - Hunter: the Reckoning 5th Edition Review Full disclosure: I have been a paid contractor for Renegade Game studios working as a Test Reader on World of Darkness books that have incl...

Wrote up a little review of Hunter: the Reckoning 5th Edition

antagonistrelations.blogspot.com/2025/12/gate...

Knocking out playing Trail of Cthulhu, Alien RPG and Shadow of the Weird Wizard at Con of the North in February.

10 #TTRPGs I want to play/run in 2026:

Land of Eem
Shadow of the Weird Wizard
Five Torches Deep
Ultraviolet Grasslands / Our Golden Age
Trail of Cthulhu
Blade Runner RPG
Vaesen
Alien RPG
Penumbra City
The Green Knight RPG

I have solid plans to get to 4 of these-it's the other 6 that will be tricky

Xmas with the In-Laws was resceduled because of the snow, so today will be plotting & prepping my #ttrpg games in between shoveling.

Plotting out a #VampireTheMasquerade game for next weekend & a pair of upcoming @landofeem.bsky.social games.

STRENGTH CRUSHES ENEMIES! DO YOU NEED TO CLEAN YOUR GLASSES?

A photo of a floofy gray cat with a rainbow on her back with a wizard's hat, magic crystals and a floating skull.

TL;DR

I have 2 online games that run on alternating Saturdays from 11:30a-4p CST that I'm hoping to recruit a new player or 2 for.

I am looking for both regular players as well as 'drop-in' players who can't play regularly but would like to join when there is an absence.

#TTRPG

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Bittersweet to be down a player for the final session of a #hunterthereckoning chronicle, but excited to start up @landofeem.bsky.social with this group in two weeks.

#ttrpg

TOMORROW YOU WILL GRAB THE SUN WITH BOTH HANDS AND DEVOUR IT. FOR NOW ARE YOU HUNGRY?

A photo of a floofy gray cat with a rainbow on her back with a wizard's hat, magic crystals and a floating skull.

TL;DR

I have 2 online games that run on alternating Saturdays from 11:30a-4p CST that I'm hoping to recruit a new player or 2 for.

I am looking for both regular players as well as 'drop-in' players who can't play regularly but would like to join when there is an absence.

#TTRPG

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