Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball

YouTube video by Z. Mann Zilla Unboxing This Artisan Tarot Gift Box I Got

Well thanks Ko-Fi for not publishing the thumbnail. Here's the YouTube link:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy3K...

I seem to recall that the Smiler was an established & experienced politician prior to his presidential campaign. His ruthlessness was calculated by precise knowledge.

My read was, he knew perfectly well what was expected of him, and NOT doing it was just one more thing he took sick pleasure in.

Unboxing An Artisan Tarot Swag Box ZMannZilla published a post on Ko-fi

NEW VIDEO HYPE!
Just threw together a little unboxing of some swag Artisan Tarot sent me. Pleasantly surprised in a number of ways. Apologies as it kind of devolved into me showing off 1/2 my tarot collection, lol

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There's an alternate universe where someone pitches "A criminal escapes prosecution thru the only path he has left - becoming President Of The United States" as a pratfall-heavy summer comedy starring Will Ferrell & Jack Black, since that universe also didn't have the "Kyle's Joke" thing in it.

"That's a hell of a pitch, got a title for it?"

"I been calling it 'State Of The Felon' but what do you think of 'Campaign Trail Of Evidence'?"

"That sounds more like a horror movie. How about 'Hail To The Thief'?"

"LOVE IT! Can we can get Woody Harrelson?"

"This needs the right director. What do you think of Paul Verhoeven?"

"Gonna level with you; love his satire, but this alternate universe of ours couldn't POSSIBLY make any actual cogent point about IRL social issues with this unrealistic premise."

"True. What about Taika Waititi?"

"CALL HIM."

The funny thing about Dollar Tree is they sell gift cards, but like, without discounts, so the big ticket high-roller item there is a shopping spree somewhere else.

The main way in which Transmet betrays reality is that both the Beast & the Smiler at least understood their jobs well enough to exploit them.

I cannot be convinced our own version of the Beast knows or understands his job in any way.

"This needs the right director. What do you think of Paul Verhoeven?"

"Gonna level with you; love his satire, but this alternate universe of ours couldn't POSSIBLY make any actual cogent point about IRL social issues with this unrealistic premise."

"True. What about Taika Waititi?"

"CALL HIM."

"That's a hell of a pitch, got a title for it?"

"I been calling it 'State Of The Felon' but what do you think of 'Campaign Trail Of Evidence'?"

"That sounds more like a horror movie. How about 'Hail To The Thief'?"

"LOVE IT! Can we can get Woody Harrelson?"

There's an alternate universe where someone pitches "A criminal escapes prosecution thru the only path he has left - becoming President Of The United States" as a pratfall-heavy summer comedy starring Will Ferrell & Jack Black, since that universe also didn't have the "Kyle's Joke" thing in it.

I'm now imagining Scott C praying & a Chuck E Cheese robot with 12 eyes says "BE NOT JUMPSCARED" & hands Scott a copy of "Crass Exploitation For Dummies".

This implies something that should be obvious about the mega rich:

When given the question "What's in it for me?", the answer "a better world" isn't good enough.

This implies something that should be obvious about the mega rich:

When given the question "What's in it for me?", the answer "a better world" isn't good enough.

I have gotten something like 15 hours out of this game so far, and it's just the bare bones early access version.

This is, dollar for dollar, my vote for the best value in 2025 gaming to date, and I know it's only gonna get better.

I have gotten something like 15 hours out of this game so far, and it's just the bare bones early access version.

This is, dollar for dollar, my vote for the best value in 2025 gaming to date, and I know it's only gonna get better.

Squash is great because you can roast the seeds afterwards and have a light snack that your kiddo's gonna demand like half of.

STONE BY STONE - A MÖRK BORG Misery by Z. Mann Zilla A 28-page PDF adventure for MÖRK BORG

I decided, after much soul searching, to release it on Itch. There's 2 reasons for it:

1) I originally did this to participate in @dwgaffy.bsky.social FORT MAXXING jam, so, this is just finishing what I started.

2) There's a gratuitous "Ass Monster" in it, so it FEELS more punk to have it on Itch.

STONE BY STONE - A MÖRK BORG Misery by Z. Mann Zilla A 28-page PDF adventure for MÖRK BORG

I decided, after much soul searching, to release it on Itch. There's 2 reasons for it:

1) I originally did this to participate in @dwgaffy.bsky.social FORT MAXXING jam, so, this is just finishing what I started.

2) There's a gratuitous "Ass Monster" in it, so it FEELS more punk to have it on Itch.

Troika! | Dive into Science-Fantasy Adventures TROIKA! is a science-fantasy role-playing game where you and your cosmopolitan group of fellow travelers explore the ends of the multiverse.

Check out TROIKA! It's not precisely that but it's in the same ballpark: www.troikarpg.com

I wanna say part of the reason there's no "70s/80s prog rock art Borg" specifically is because there's a "public domain only" rule for using art.

STONE BY STONE - A MORK BORG Adventure - ZMannZilla's Ko-fi Shop The first Misery - 1:3 - has visited the lands, both figuratively and literally. Stone by stone, the walls, roads, and fortifications of the world are...

"Of those who build mightily, stone by stone, so shall they fall, stone by stone." Nechrubel 1:3

The 1st Misery befalls the damned world.

Skulk through ossified woods...
A pirate's graveyard...
And the innards of a living alien...

To make the 2nd Misery someone else's problem.

You have TEN DAYS.

STONE BY STONE - A MORK BORG Adventure - ZMannZilla's Ko-fi Shop The first Misery - 1:3 - has visited the lands, both figuratively and literally. Stone by stone, the walls, roads, and fortifications of the world are...

"Of those who build mightily, stone by stone, so shall they fall, stone by stone." Nechrubel 1:3

The 1st Misery befalls the damned world.

Skulk through ossified woods...
A pirate's graveyard...
And the innards of a living alien...

To make the 2nd Misery someone else's problem.

You have TEN DAYS.

On to proof reading and last looks before this one's ready to ship.

Let your #morkborg friends know!

I wonder if this will B A Start to some other controller puns.

A snake wrapped around a wooden mannequin and a blowfish with a robot body are out hunting "butterguys" with a butterfly net.

Oh yeah I never posted this drawing a I did for an art telephone game a while back. Enjoy it; I call it "Mobility Aids".

I guess I'm keeping the Ass Monster.

I swear it makes sense in context, even though the adventure is still played mostly straight-faced.

The overall silly stuff is more incidental garnish/easter egg than an actual focus. But feel free to get as silly with it as you please, I'm not your dad.

The Scarlet Ramparts - ZMannZilla's Ko-fi Shop This one-shot scenario pits the skvm of the Dying World against the Scarlet Ramparts, a micro-kingdom ruled by rodents. If they manage to survive, the...

Here's a PWYW preview of what I'm working on. If you're a MORK BORG player, feel free to grab it and get a small taste of what I'm throwing down.

(Yeah it's already on my Itch page too but, again, not trying to throw them any money until they get with the program.)

ko-fi.com/s/d19f4798e2

A squatting eight-eyed monster with a large head and tentacles instead of a mouth.

Almost done with this MORK BORG project I've been working on. It'll be available on my Ko-Fi Shop alongside my other writings.

Not sure if I'll put it on Itch just yet, at least til they sort out their relationship with payment processors. No porn in this one but it does end with an Ass Monster.

A giant tentacle monster with a butt for a head. A stat block reads "THE ASS MONSTER: HP 28, Morale nil, thick hide -d2, Thrashing Tentacles d8, attacks 2x on its turn, huge, DR 10 to hit

Quick show of hands from my #morkborg homies, & be honest:

Would you play a mid-length Mork Borg puzzle-centric adventure with cosmic horror elements & a ticking-clock mechanic, if you know the big bad was a butt-shaped kaiju called "The Ass-Monster"?

Asking for a thing I'm almost done with.

The thing that's programmed to say what we want it to say, is saying the thing we want it to say. More breaking news to come as it develops.