Luke / ÆtherCorp Games

A community book exchange in a red telephone box with a copy of Orchidelirium, a copy of Advanced Double D6 and two Field Agent Handbooks nestled on one of the shelves

Sneaky sneaky...

First time making leather armour. Have realised the aim of leather work is not the end product but to finish the project with no more or fewer fingers than you go in with.

I'm not saying I'm needy but I've sent two messages to a Facebook Marketplace seller in the last 48hrs and they've not responded to either of them so I'm now trying to figure out just what is wrong with me, y' know, deep down, as a person—why don't they like me-eee??

😂 I hope you were able to salvage it (and have appropriately stocked up in case it ever happens again)

Nothing is perfect, everyone will probably have fun, if they don't then that's probably on them. Unless you've kicked them in the shin, then it's probably on you. Or you didn't bring enough nerf guns. Pack some more nerf guns. And water. That should do it. Good luck. (Have fun!)

ÆC|Agent Central | The Ætherial Corporation A gathering place for the Ætherial Corporation's Field Agents to share stories and reports from their Field Agent Handbooks, a series of solo role-playing games for curious note-taking people to go & ...

More information on the games can be found at aec.ac

(I will be doing actual outreach at some point but it's really hot and I'm tired and just want to melt into a puddle of water & drift out to sea following the currents to find cooler waters)

A whole set of Field Agent Handbooks with ID card, button badge, handbill, red string with key and a red button badge spread out on a grassy mound

Right! since I've *nearly* caught up on my January tasks & so about to get them into US distribution channels—

If you'd like to review the Field Agent Handbooks (a play always/everywhere solo larp with pendulum-dowsing) for your channel or blog give me a nudge!

They could do with some eyeballs 👀

Three or more types of punctuation cosying up together (like this!), repeated phrases, puns, more than one footnote per page, use of a language foreign to the main text with no translation, deus ex machina, use of the past tense, ampersands, repeated phrases, alliteration, & questionable quotations

Thank you to prize donor @aethercorpgames.bsky.social! ÆtherCorp Games is the world's smallest interstellar megacorporation whose sole operative is weirding the world, one game at a time. Play 1865 orchid hunters and immersive exploration RPGs here: aethercorp.games #stampquest #stampquest25 #ukge

Sixty stacked brown boxes worth Field Agent Handbook labels

An empty bowl that had a delicious Thai red curry in it and a half-drunk glass of red wine on an outside table under a blue evening sky

Celebrating six years of Æther Corp's incorporation by packing sixty('ish) boxes of Field Agent Handbooks and having a staff night out (woo!) 🎉

Also, rules are available online for FREE!

The Universe always needs more Harvesters.

This gave me quite a chuckle.

While I feel like I should apologise for some my design decisions, it's a very accurate representation & thoroughly thematically appropriate playthrough :D

Thanks @agameofonesown.bsky.social!

A complimentary fruit basket & one of our famous holofoiled indemnity waivers will be with each of your Harvesters' families shortly. We thank you for your service in making the Universe safer, One Jump at a Time #æthercorpcares

—Æther Corp's Care Team

The wide release is coming later, but I'm so happy this story is being released to some people on Friday 13th. It's perfect for what the dice put our poor characters through.

I duetted with @maddyisabstract.bsky.social on the brilliant A Game Of One's Own! Spare a jolt of energy for our coils?

I had a fantastic time playing Coiled Space with @merelymatt.bsky.social for A Game of One's Own! Our harvesters really went through the wringer...

!!! Well, this is very, very exciting—think it's the first AP of one of my games! Looking forward to listening in on Tuesday 🤩

An art print of a flying whale and a more impressionist painting of a sky whale chasing birds alongside a selection of RPGs, two board games and one card game: The Long Road Home Which Familiar? MINIGODS Dungeon Delvers! Litter Detective! HAUNTED HEIST Fox Curio's Floating Bookshop GRAB BAG JUNGLE Soulaween COMMUNIST CATS

Belated UKGE haul of rampant consumerism (with special thanks to @juunikyuu.bsky.social, @goblincow.bsky.social and @montfordtales.com for extra bobbins!)

Two business cards stuck in sand with a melting ice cream design, one titled Role Playing Game, the other Story Guide

Front and back of A Wonderfully Unexpected & Terribly Small RPG stuck in sand at a beach

Front and back of A Wonderfully Unexpected & Terribly Small Story Guide stuck in sand at a beach (the back one is inexplicably upside down)

Oh noes! I dropped my ice cream (edition of A Wonderfully Unexpected & Terribly Small RPG) in the sand

Guy gerting Lazered from DEath Games by 12 pins press

As we move into the PDF era of Games, striking art and layout will become more and more desirable in your releases. I am positive that, while they may be lean-er, this era will produce some of the BEST OSR/POSR/NSR works of all time.

My commissions are open, now, BTW.

Let's get to work! 😈

A phalenopsis, a dendrobium, and an air plant mounted on a lump of wood with a heavy covering of moss

Have mounted a couple of my potted orchids onto a lump of wood. Looks great, feels risky. Wish me luck.

Maybe I should pivot iwanttoplay.games to be more of a news outlet replacement than a dtrpg replacement.

Would be nice to have the time to work on it to get it into any reasonable state to replace anything first though. Ho hum.

Both sides of the business card RPG above a sea background

Both sides of the business card Story Guide above a breach background

Happy May Day! You look like you need something refreshing.

First expansion to 'A Wonderfully Unexpected & Terribly Small RPG' is now on Itch—a 'Story Guide' to help you build adventures!

They're ice cream flavoured because it's hot. Do not lick your screen.

#TTRPG #IceCream

aether.click/wuats

ÆC|Agent Central | The Ætherial Corporation A gathering place for the Ætherial Corporation's Field Agents to share stories and reports from their Field Agent Handbooks, a series of solo role-playing games for curious note-taking people to go & ...

The Ætherial Corporation is proud to announce Agent Central is NOW OPEN!

Boasting a Supplies Cupboard, Records Office and most importantly, a Tearoom in which to share reports & gossip.

All curious, note-taking Field Agents welcome at aec.ac!

Stay watchful.

#ttrpg #solorpg #larp

CONSTANTLY. Although this time it was attention and food so there's some variance I guess.

Two black fluffy, expectant looking cats on either side of a laptop on my lap

Erm, I feel like these two might want something...

Upward photo of my green checkered shirt sporting a 1" red Field Agent button badge with my face in the background looking off into the sunny distance

Out on Official business

Two preview pages of the review AfterGlow on a reddy orange patterned background

A solo game that can also be a duo?

Look no further than this charming game from @fistfulofcrits.bsky.social We found it to be a great world building and exploratory game!

Issue 43 is out now on DriveThru or via our Patreon

Close up of a website with a logo at the top that says 'ÆC Tearoom' and two headings visible that say 'Calibration' and '1924 Revolution'

Late night last night but tea's on the way...

Yes, sadly so very much, yes