Pond Ponderer

The wizards of the Seven-Part Pact are rarely prudent, in my experience. Even a seemingly benign spell like Mending can create enormous trouble in their hands, as this unfortunate soldier tells us.

I'm helping playtest the latest draft of Seven-Part Pact by @possumcreekgames.com There are many, MANY reasons why you should play this game, and this single spell is not even in the top 20, but frankly it should be reason enough for you to give it a shot.

Eureka @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social is a smart, smart TTRPG about playing investigators, with elegant mechanics and an assemble-parts ethos to character creation. This was clearly made by someone who put a lot of care into creating a good private detective game. Bravi!

Hyper Gunsport is clearly a love letter to old-school fighting games of the Street Fighter variety as far as presentation goes, with the tournament brackets showing off who you're up against and the art style and the varied nationalities, but packages this with a frenetic sci-fi pseudosport. Fun!

Here are my messy takes on a few games from the "No ICE in Minnesota" bundle, which 1) is still going strong, 2) is excellent value for your money and 3) supports the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota as it pushes back against ICE's abuse itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

I made a little something for St. Valentine's! It's a Guide built using the #Scion2e rules and the #storypath system. Have a good one!

See, the problem is, they ALSO said a whole bunch of stuff regarding Universes Beyond that they didn't stick to, so forgive me if I am doubtful.

I'm going to go out on a limb as say that I also don't like it when non-citizens are terrorized by ICE.

I fully intend to try other games in this bundle and provide more recommendations. Remember, you can find all of these games in this here bundle for only 10 bucks. Melt some of that ICE!

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Girl Underground shoots for a specific genre, and nails it, which really is what good PtbA games are all about. One special playbook, the Girl, is passed to share the spotlight, and it has moves such as Refuse to Mind your Manners - how appropriate to today's age! And look at this writing, my gosh.

I am biased towards Mudborne (for obvious reasons) but I maintain that it is a charming, well-drawn game that belies a fiendishly intricate game loop. So many moving parts must be just right to breed the frogs you need: mud, temp + humidity, food... a game with many moving parts!

This one is made by the excellent @silkandstone.itch.io and here TPK means Total Personal Katabasis, so you KNOW it's good. I played a paranoid criminal personality who thought everyone was out to GET US. At one point our detective ate a raw potato. Very fun!

Presenting: good games in this bundle (plenty of reasons to buy it but still.)

silkandstone.itch.io/detect-or-die gives us PCs that are parts of an amnesiac's detective personality, trying to figure out who they are and maybe even solve a case. It's as good as you'd expect from a Disco Elysium RPG.

Well! The Under Hollow Hills game went well, we are planning one extra session to give it a proper send-off. I'm very proud of the big reveal I had with the son of the King Under the Mountain! (Not telling what it is, I might just use this scenario again in the future)

Deedeequest or The Wonders of Mundus: Be Careful Who You Pretend To Be - A Genderous Isekai Quest Mature Previously titled Isekai/Online. In which our heroine finds themselves in the world of the VRMMO The Wonders of Mundus: Mundane Phantasy Historia, to her confusion, and must rediscover who she pretend...

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Deedeequest Part 3.8.2: You're Looking Glamourous

In which Deedee gets some drip, gender fluid is imbibed, Ralph reveals some secrets, and Kevin reels in a live one.

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Day 5 of cool Under Hollow Hills stuff: the best move ever conceived for a PbtA game, no question. It belongs to the Chieftain Mouse playbook.

I lost a couple of days of cool Under Hollow Hills facts since my paid game of it is now full (!!!) amd had to focus on that. Sorry about that! In any case....

Day 4 of cool Under Hollow Hills features: names! Lots of good naming schemes in this game.

Join Come one, come all, come revelers all! - Discord - Under Hollow Hills | StartPlaying Games We are going to be using the game Under Hollow Hills by Lumpley Games, whom you might know for Apocalypse World. It is a game of fun and fancy, wherein you'll take on the roles of a troupe of a fairy ...

By the way: my Under Hollow Hills game has enough players to start, but we have still available spots! Come join the circus, we have such wonders to show you! startplaying.games/adventure/cm...

Day 3 of cool Under Hollow Hills facts: the game is about planning shows forces you to think outside the box a bit. How are you going to put together your act? What can you do, what SHOULD you do? The playbooks provide guidance but it's quite different from most RPG fare, a breath of fresh air!

Day two of cool Under Hollow Hills facts: fairy characters get summer and winter imagery; you will switch from one to the other during play. I am fond of this example they use to describe it.

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Text that say: When you serve someone tea and honeycakes, roll. Your magic can help them change their fate. On any hit, they may, as they wish, become invisible until the next setting of the spheres, sun or moon. On a 10+ hit, choose 1 of the following that they may, if they wish, also receive. • Comfort, calm, and courage. • Good fortune and increase, up to and including a coming child. • Progress toward summer. • Insight into the weakness of their rival or enemy. • Some favor of the one they name, and if their intended refuses, it’s an insult to you, your magic, your tea, and your cakes, all. On a miss, they choose 1 of the above to receive for themselves, but they do not become invisible.

I intend to post one cool thing from Under Hollow Hills every day until the day of my game on @startplaying.bsky.social For starters here is a move from the Feather-Cloak, who is "shifty kind, and a
bird: resourceful, cheerful, busy, graceful, and humble." I highlighted my favorite part!

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Join Come one, come all, come revelers all! - Discord - Under Hollow Hills | StartPlaying Games We are going to be using the game Under Hollow Hills by Lumpley Games, whom you might know for Apocalypse World. It is a game of fun and fancy, wherein you'll take on the roles of a troupe of a fairy ...

Come great, come small, come revelers all! Join the faerie circus and put on the show of a lifetime for the Undermountain King and his freshly made son! Never before has there been a show like this, not under the sun, not under the moon and not Under Hollow Hills!

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This is Carver, my #wildsea PC drawn by @tredlocity.bsky.social ! Unlike most ironbounds, she wasn't born from a wreck but from a heavily damaged ship. No one noticed her during emergency repairs or after, which convinced her she was the ship's spirit. Now she knows she's a person instead! Woohoo!

- A very old OC of mine that was originally meant to exist in the setting of Scooby Doo And The Ghoul School (yes, really)
- Hell as portrayed by Nobilis by Dr. Moran
- and obviously the lore of In Nomine itself, with the way it partitions reality. Does Hedonism belong to Gula or Lust? We'll see!

Elements that I have pooled together to create my character for @taliadoesrpgs.smallbird.social 's upcoming In Nomine/Atomic Robo Fate game:
- The name of a devil who appears in the Divine Comedy, Ciriatto
- The decision of the Catholic Church to count pollution as a sin of Gluttony
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Man, ask me to pick a favorite vital organ next time, it'll be easier. I guess... gun to my head, right now, it would have to be @jdragsky.bsky.social 's Seven-Part Pact - there is nothing quite like it at the moment in the TTRPG world.

I'm in this game! Come, so my character can talk your ear off about the key differences between Gluttony and Lust!