Chant Evans

Enter the Metadungeon - Rowan, Rook and Decard Fifty years of roleplaying games. One impossibly massive basement. Even infinity doesn’t have enough room to hold it all.  The DIE Metadungeon is intruding upon our reality. We’ve played roleplaying g...

Setting up an interview about @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social ‘s Metadungeon for the DIE RPG

rowanrookanddecard.com/enter-the-me...
The concept reminds me a little of Tad William’s series “Otherland”

Bloody criminal that this isn't funded yet, tbh.

Werewolves. But not doing werewolf stuff. Picking up after your goddamn packmates who ARE doing werewolf stuff.

'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.

[Lindisfarne]

Me: (chanting) teeth, teeth-

Other fossil hunters: teeth, TEETH

British Geological Society: [pounding its clipboard] TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!

I think map is default, but specific verbal description overrides map. Just a time sequence thing.

I hope players who don't feel like engaging (or can't, for various reasons including FUCKING LIFE) get a kick out of enjoying what other people make. It's why I keep the reward real small - I'd hate to disadvantage anyone, you know?

In this group, it's a race to whether I get a short story or a fully-illustrated comic first.

I love all you talented nerds.

We've got a diary. We've got battlefield flashbacks. We've got two character portraits. We've got bog witch beats to hex the undead to.

We've got it all.

I bribe my players with little treats (XP, a little boost to any resource they can spend in game - Luck, Willpower, etc.) if they write fiction, draw pictures, make playlists, or otherwise engage with the game between sessions.

I can't recommend it enough. This is delicious tribute.

William Blake’s illustration for “The Tyger” has what appears to be a dippy grin for some reason.

The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night

What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!

Crossing all my claws... but also acknowledging that some players are extremely busy!

When I don't GM for a while I forget what a buzz I get from it. This 7th Sea group has immaculate vibes and I wish I got to play more than once a month 😢

Havoc Engine Jam A game jam from 2026-03-02 to 2026-04-14 hosted by gshowitt, Rowan, Rook and Decard & Ex Stasis Games. Let's keep this brisk. The Havoc Engine powers Eat the Reich, our game of monstrous and sexy unde...

This engine is more candy than you should eat. This engine is a greased pig. This engine is a drum kit for your seventh birthday. This engine is Friday night forever.

Make it sing.

itch.io/jam/havoc-en...

Look I’m just gonna use this the next time I teach DIE

An 80s synthwave background with, neon purple, pink, and purple grid as far as the horizon and a blazing golden sunrise with hotpink stripes. Euphoria logo at bottom right, a round yellow frame with navy blue background, and a large shooting star made up of yellow d4s streaking from right to left, a yellow tail trailing behind. TTRPGirls logo at top, a neon blue striped triangle behind the words ttrp in blocky blue and pink font, and girls in white cursive. Header reads 'seeking players of colour' Subheader reads 'six live actual plays with all-women and femme tables, casting now'

We are seeking more PoC applicants for TTRPGirls!

*banging pots and pans*

If you are a woman or femme of colour, apply now for any of the 6 incredible games we're running live in March. We want YOU to be part of our event!

*scream from the rooftops*

tally.so/r/Pd9a4x

i need everyone to join this Legally Distinct Virtual Pet Game Jam 🙏

Me too, but as an idea I am actively trying to unlearn. Not saying this should be true for you, just that Mordin is the demon on my shoulder.

The angel is Urdnot Wrex.

you will never catch me Posting my real thoughts. every time i have a real thought (between once weekly and once monthly), i catch it in my hands, admire it like one would a strange moth, and then immediately forget it

What a deal - push back against an authoritarian force wielding cruel and illegitimate authority for $10 or more!

Oh, and also, this bundle is packed with great games. This deal keeps getting sweeter, huh?

Oh! Do Triangle Agency!

(And yes, I did completely forget you already did the Daggerheart quickstart, sorry)

I'd really like to see your take on Daggerheart.

And Swyvers. I think I just want someone to talk about Swyvers with.

Writer Gareth Hanrahan in Conversation Fantasy fiction author and game designer Gareth Hanrahan will visit The City Library on Grand Parade to celebrate Ireland Reads!

Cork locals, and not-locals who might be some lucky chance have the honour of being in Cork at the time: I'm doing a chat at the Cork City Library as part of Ireland Reads on the 28th of Feb.

www.eventbrite.ie/e/writer-gar...

A 2 panel sketch disgram of a 1 meter tall pod. in the second panel, an oval section pops off and a demonic little face with short tentacles flies out, crudely drawn.

My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.

second spark a rocket blasting off

a rad taco in funky colours

Ever thought "ooh i need an awesome spaceship or a RAD TACO on the wall to enrich my environment?"

well good news! I've made art like that & you can get it as fancy gallery-quality art prints or fun posters

AND IT'S FREE WORLWIDE SHIPPING FRIDAY ON ORDERS OVER $30

inprnt.com/gallery/carlydraws/

As producer of the DIE RPG I endorse this message.

@atnathanyaffe.bsky.social playing DIE is one of my favourite things on the internet. Just so you know.

A cutaway diagram of the interior of the spaceship Fermi.

A pic of "Every Which Way is West" a micro-setting for the TTRPG Disposable Bags of Meat

The cover of Fermi's Wake

So the Fermi's Wake @scarletferret.com season pass includes:
-@mrjalco.bsky.social's Fermi cutaway
-A Fermi/Wild West scenario for @exstasisgames.bsky.social's Meatbags TTRPG
-New short story
-Liz Gordon's reading recs
-Alien lander concept art
-Oh, and Fermi's Wake
scarletferret.com/books/fermis...

Never been done.

Slow down, Chris, next you'll be saying we should be, you know, collectively contributing to health and social care, or for retired people to have pensions when we're not even old yet.

a dungeon game by Chris Bissette the second edition of a dragon game

A Dungeon Game is here and it's free! (It's been both of those things for ages tbh)

Explore subterranean depths, face dragons, and discover what lurks beneath. It's classic dungeon crawling with modern design (i.e. it's good).

https://loottheroom.itch.io/a-dungeon-game

Immediately following <3

Fuck yeah! I want to admire that layout in physical form. And scrawl all over it (sorry).