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Tool using higher primate. Bipedal Charismatic Fauna. Wrong opinions about games. JSBX. Afghan Whigs. Florence + the Machine. Olivia Rodrigo. Spiritualized. The Go! Team. Taylor Swift. Tom Waits. V:tM. Vaesen. D&D. BitD. Gumshoe. Mork Borg.

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If you follow me and haven’t read Over the Edge 3rd ed, here is your chance to get it at half off as a fundraiser! It’s my best game writing ever.

23.02.2026 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Maybe you're thinking of the "gotta twist it out (I got the skills I got the skills)" part?

22.02.2026 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've not watched that one in a while.
I dunno.
It might have aged better.

The Wheedon script doctoring and Reynolds banter maybe less so

22.02.2026 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is. The Del Toro one.

It's ok, but immediately moves from street level Vampire hunter uncovers world shattering plot of Blade to an endless series of set piece fight sequences.

Like how John Wick 2 is a very different movie to John Wick.

The point is lost.

22.02.2026 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watched Blade II last night.

Lads, it hasn't aged well.

22.02.2026 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Malcolm in the middle -There is no right sandwich-
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We all love the "I like the wine, not the label" scene from Schitt's Creek, but are you aware of the "there is no right sandwich" scene from Malcolm in the Middle when both boys think the other is secretly gay and are trying their best to be supportive youtu.be/PMJybmR8ces?...

22.02.2026 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think those are the lyrics, but maybe I'm hearing it wrong?

22.02.2026 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Chris is a standup guy who's donated books to our local mental health gaming charity, and his work is also the dogs bollocks.
Like a double threat; beautiful human being and talented.

You should buy some of his stuff.

22.02.2026 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chris Bissette | Patreon creating dungeon games

The best way to support my work? Patreon. The best way to get exclusive content? Patreon. The best way to join a community of TTRPG weirdos? You guessed it. It's Patreon.

https://patreon.com/chrisbissette

22.02.2026 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Heaven is a half pipe

22.02.2026 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I note the exclusion of Salubri

Hmmmmmm

21.02.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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21.02.2026 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Growing excitement at the prospect of starting a new Vampire game to fill my vacant Thursday night slot.

Lovely mix of traditional power fantasy characters and someone purposely making the least powerful character possible (Thin-Blooded)

21.02.2026 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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34 years ago today, Barney Gumble and Wade Boggs got into a raucous debate over England’s greatest prime minister.

β€œHomer at the Bat” first aired on February 20, 1992.

21.02.2026 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 622    πŸ” 120    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 14

UK next please!
Shipping from Germany is still expensive (mostly due to our own stupidity)

21.02.2026 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OH MY GOD YOU COULD NAME IT PACIFIC GYM COME ON

21.02.2026 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 202    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Finally, the best player set up is either: group of stereotype teens who fall into a bad situation, or
Average Joe's who fall into a bad situation.

21.02.2026 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does ghost stories and mysteries that don't require overt violence to resolve really well.
The combat system is functional, but not the point.

Simplified skill list.

Fear Itself 2nd Edition – Pelgrane Press Ltd share.google/mnn2ZLeqMuz0...

21.02.2026 07:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok.
It's affordable.
It's a Gumshoe game designed for shorter horror and slasher genre games, but also does thriller and supernatural very well.
Original system was designed to be learnt and played within 15 minutes.
Robin Laws and Gareth Hanrahan.

21.02.2026 07:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

13th Age hack

21.02.2026 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Based on what you've just outlined it's either:
Liminal (probably your best option)
A World of Darkness hack (using the nuWoD rules)
Fear Itself from Pelgrane Press (I think this is a strong suggestion)
A Vaesen Mythic Britain and Ireland modern day hack (which would be Liminal YZE)

21.02.2026 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gorillaz are back so time to resurrect the greatest of all music tweets. We're all out here tryna be The Quietus and she just walks up and zeroes in on the essence.

14.02.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1922    πŸ” 444    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 26

My father was an AI toolmaker

20.02.2026 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

My brother fell into poverty following the NFT crash

20.02.2026 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New Atlantis story setting just dropped

19.02.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tabletop industry veteran Ryan Dancey loses Alderac COO job after saying AI can generate game ideas as good as some of his company’s designs - Dancey told BoardGameWire, "This tide is, in my opinion, only running one way, and AEG is going to have to fight hard to hold it’s [sic] position."

Since this thread started with how it started, it seems only fair to end with how it ended.

19.02.2026 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Dancey’s impact was really interesting to me, because I am intimately familiar with how opening up an RPG was prior to the OGL. It was flawed, but it was light years ahead of other options (creative commons wasn’t yet suited, and most other open licenses were software specific).

19.02.2026 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

But anyway, have a great day.

19.02.2026 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That solely produced 3rd party OGL content during the D20 boom.

That's not bullshit, that's facts conflicting with your bias.

Paizo are and were complicit. The fact that they've moved to ORC after the second rug pull doesn't make them less so.

19.02.2026 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For a Paizo fan account, you really need to learn about their history.

They were a publisher producing D&D content using the OGL in monthly magazine format under licence to WotC.

Saying they weren't a tabletop publisher at the time is pretty naive.

19.02.2026 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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