Paul Baldowski 🔜 Dragonmeet, ExCel 🐉

I wouldn't go that far. Always up for collaborations.

Hey, when I'm done with Cörk Børd and Monad Dee, maybe it'll be a worthy next project 😂

It probably will not be a perfect fit because part of Cörk Børd and the business of Nordic Noir is that solving the crime is almost at odds with the resolution of the adventure. Almost. You will inevitably solve it, but it's the fresh accumulation of anguish and personal baggage that matters more.

When in doubt, research/write it yourself 🤔

It is indeed. Get those Late Pledges while they're sad and cold.

The Pioneer RPG: Explore the Solar System Pioneer – a new RPG set 10–20 years into the future as humanity explores the Solar System, based on the popular Traveller rules.

Pioneer brings the Traveller system near contemporary, setting characters as astronauts on the stage of near-future space exploration.

I have no clear idea what attracts my attention, but I've backed it and I'm buckled in the countdown.

Fulfilment in 5... 4...

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I wanted to take the original adventure that formed Nocturnal Rites and add a layer of example and explanation that reinforced how Cthulhu Hack does things different from the norm—notably, the discover and then roll for impact or revelation mechanic, served up as a Break.

I appreciated it in a good way. Peculiar, in this instance, is definitely good. I've generally had good feedback about this adventure, both people running it and people playing it. Thanks 🙏

I'm happy with "peculiar."

Valkyrie-9 is one of those ideas that sprang from a single thought, possibly while reading Lovecraft's commonplace notes.

I've ran it many times because it's fun, especially when the revelation strikes.

#CthulhuMythos #SciFi #RPG

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Cthulhu Hack: Nocturnal Rites - Jumpstart Rules - Just Crunch Games | Cthulhu Hack | DriveThruRPG Of course, the revelation was not as clearly cut at the time as it sounds now. There were several conceivable explanations, and we did a good deal of indecisive whispering. Most important of all, we d...

Nocturnal Rites provides jumpstart rules and a short and heavily notated adventure to guide you into the world of Cthulhu Hack.

It's a really strong guide for anyone who doesn't quite get Resource checks and breaks—rolling after revelations, not to find them.

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Cthulhu Hack: Nocturnal Rites - Jumpstart Rules - Just Crunch Games | Cthulhu Hack | DriveThruRPG Of course, the revelation was not as clearly cut at the time as it sounds now. There were several conceivable explanations, and we did a good deal of indecisive whispering. Most important of all, we d...

Somewhat extended version with additional guidance for the Game Moderator and refreshed art.

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Cthulhu Hack: Boston 1973 (part one) I thought I'd give Stuart a break from running games , celebrate the "spooky season", and also cross off one of my many unplayed games , and...

I ran some Cthulhu Hack last night! It was fun! Here's what the players did, mainly as a reminder for them when the next session rolls around on Sunday and they've forgotten everything:
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Dread: Dredd As the iron fist of the Justice Department tightens its grip on the people of Mega-City One, there stirs once again movement towards democracy. As pro-democracy agitators, now is the time to take a st...

Absolutely. Adapted/written by Epidiah Ravachol and published by Rebellion.

It's a play set, really, where you participate as citizens fighting for democracy. I tinkered with it so you could play as Judges, here tracking down a dangerous gang in the Cursed Earth.

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That day, three years ago, when I struggled to get close to that famed picture of Doctor John Dee, advisor, alchemist and angel-chaser to Queen Elizabeth Tudor.

#AshmoleanMuseum #Art #Portrait

I ran Dread: Dredd recently, and will again soon. It's was great fun. Nice to have the tension building around the stacks and the should-we-shouldn't-we decisions of whether to push an extra block for added effect.

I ran it for a Revelations. Weird and a little bit saucy. Great artwork.

If you feel the urge for some well cared for hardcovers... 😂

I love @kholbatar.bsky.social art, so wanted to continue the flow of reposting, even though what I create is... I'll say "unskilled" in comparison 😂

I have my moments.

Reskeet with yours.

It's an interesting system combining elements of two interations of Fate with new subsystems that support the game's themes. Zone-based space combat was fun to play out at the table. I used snakes-and-ladders to shortcut the complexities of getting in and out of a secured station and it's systems.

Elysium Flare - VSCA Publishing | DriveThruRPG There are aliens. Lots of them. And blasters and hyperdrive and psychics and mystics who actually seem to have a handle on something that works. It’s a booming, burgeoning space full of technology fro...

I was about to suggest Free market ❤️

So, instead, @evilgaz.bsky.social I will suggest Elysium Flare, which I've run at a Garri-con in the past. @burnafterrunning.bsky.social played and I did my usual waylaying of the concept and used a snakes-and-ladders board.

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We'll see how Sad & Cold goes and take it from there. Theoretically, as an inhabitant of Manchester for 25 years I should have the Sad & Wet supplement sorted in short order.

The emoji is a dragon, and ExCel (capital C) is the location of the event. I'm not suggesting that anyone planning to attend Dragonmeet doesn't know where they're going this year, but you never know. Sometimes you get used to things, and when change comes, your brain rebels!

They have chosen a terrible time to run their event. 23rd to 30th May!? I wonder what that clashes with...

As if by strange magic, @louiestowell.bsky.social, I just picked this up at Waterstones.

It looks like Waterstones is changing it's colour palette. Downstairs, on the ground floor, it's all light walls and pale wood. Upstairs, the old black shelves and wine coloured walls. A work in progress. Not much fun for those keen on certainty and same, but I managed to get most books downstairs.

Waterstones, on Deansgate, has been good enough to furnish me with new reading of an apposite nature for #DeeSanction research, while simultaneously being heavily unfurnished due to a massive refit.

@waterstones.bsky.social #Books #UnderConstruction @booksky.club

Is it just me that wastes perfectly good creative bandwidth redesigning other people's RPG covers because my mind can't not get distracted with pointless tasks?

Yes, no one asked. Yes, it will sit on my hard drive until I delete it. Yes, it's pretty much a waste of time. You're welcome.

#ADHD #art

a man has a tree bursting from his chest

S&K Volume 5 is all about Trophy! The cover that @jesseross.com made for us is SICK. Everything is edited except one last incursion, layout is 78% done, and our copy editor @rebeccahall15.bsky.social is having an amazing honeymoon but will power through when she is back (she's great!)
I'm excited!

Not been a day of tremendous progress, but our intro adventure for MORK ORG has a title page now...