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George Mayhew

@scubaninja.bsky.social

Shepherd that moonlights as a computational biologist. TTRPG grognarf. Cypher fanatic and lover of indie publishers, scuba diving, history, science, art, literature, synth, death metal and prog. Collector of way more RPG stuff than I could ever use.

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I had that book. Great find. But troubling that things I grew up with are now museum-worthy.

05.10.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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27.09.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve reached the age where a sneeze or a hard cough will throw out my back. ๐Ÿฅด

13.09.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Titanomachy RPG Games for facing yourself.

check out the sick new logo on my website courtesy of @hyenablood.yeen.world + click one of the buttons to support a trans artist in these precedented times #indiettrpg

08.08.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thatโ€™s so early 2000โ€™s.

07.08.2025 01:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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03.08.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I used to study mosquitoes and the parasites they transmit. Sacrificed hundreds of thousands for the sake of learning their secrets. I think the local population got wind of it and decided I was to be sacrificed to their blood god.

29.07.2025 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Put me down for ten cases of bioluminescence.

28.07.2025 03:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reasons to play Dieselpunk 1921:
You can shoot imperialists in it
It's good
It's straightforward
There's tons of character options
I didn't use AI to make it
It's free!

28.07.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was veeeery into horror comics in the 1970s. I still remember a few, though I would be challenged to find the titles. Probably explains why I am always looking for something weird to experience in books and games.

27.07.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m starting to agree with the โ€œsnowbirdsโ€ who live in the nearby towns. Except I want to be a โ€œreverse snowbirdโ€: during the winter, live in southern Wisconsin; during the summer move to Greenland.

27.07.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s an adventure!

27.07.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We have a dog. Heโ€™s not exactly a good herder. Sheep populations expand exponentially. I didnโ€™t intend to have this many! We are having a sale this fall. Maybe get them back down to a handleable 30 or so.

27.07.2025 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nah, the wool works like an insulator and keeps them a bit cooler. A couple degrees anyway. But direct sunlight for them is bad. They are basically vampires.

27.07.2025 15:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I completely agree. Iโ€™ve never sold anything I designed - and that was in the before time, when electrons werenโ€™t owned by the corporations - so Iโ€™m not technically a designer. But as a GM, it does drive me a little nuts when I roll up with a cart full of options, and everyone picks 5e.

27.07.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I mean, to be fair, most of us started telling stories to each other in elementary or middle school. No rules. Usually. I think our addiction kinda grew from that. And whatever game got slapped down in front of us first was like throwing a bag of crack into the window of a crackhouse.

27.07.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hmmโ€ฆ still around. SL is, too.

26.07.2025 22:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

60+ sheep deciding they donโ€™t want to cooperate is a force to be reckoned with.

26.07.2025 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me: โ€œChill for an hour; youโ€™ll love the spot Iโ€™m moving you to.โ€ <Starts opening gate to the holding lot.>
Sheep: <knocking down fence and running for the adjacent pasture> โ€œFrreeee! Ffrrreeeee, my Precious!! Om nom nom nom!!โ€
Me: โ€œ*sighs* fuckโ€
2/2

26.07.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me: โ€œOkay sheep, time to move to the holding area while I work out the temporary fence for getting you to the back pasture. No shenanigans.โ€
Sheep: โ€œBut that pasture right over there has lots of yummy sweet grass!โ€
Me: โ€œThatโ€™s for the week after next.โ€
Sheep: โ€œWe wants it, Precious!โ€
1/2

26.07.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Right? It takes a village. Every. Single. Successful. YouTuber. Has an entire team backing them up. I cannot emphasize this enough. Creators do not have to do everything by themselves, because the necessary people with the right skill sets are out there. We all can help each other make things.

26.07.2025 18:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You need to re-lyric Soft Cellโ€™s Sex Dwarf (very NSFW and mildly off for some folks) to Space Dwarf. All the grognards will fall all over themselves.

26.07.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gen Con is around the corner. The Old Gods of Appalachia RPG is back in stock on the MCG Shop. We've been sharing exciting news about upcoming changes to the Cypher System every week. Surely we haven't had time to be cooking up anything else.

Surely....

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26.07.2025 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s because everybody in charge has an elementary school equivalent maturity. Full stop.

26.07.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Free League is doing amazing things; and frankly Iโ€™ve never seen a bad title come out of them. Not that Iโ€™ve had the chance to play them all! I have a crew that I run Vaesen for and Iโ€™m all over Alien right now - need players for that. Dragonbane and Symbaroum are our funny/dark fixes.

26.07.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s super exciting. This is one Iโ€™ve been drooling over since the new edition dropped. Unfortunately, some of my crew are solid fantasy-only, so we may need toโ€ฆ split the party! <rimshot>

26.07.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A photo of a cute black lamb.

A photo of a cute black lamb.

Hot sheep huddling in the shade

Hot sheep huddling in the shade

On a hot day, sheep hide in shady spots to stay out of the sun. Kind of like me!

On a hot day, sheep hide in shady spots to stay out of the sun. Kind of like me!

I feel really bad for our sheep right now. Everyone is basically just a floof potato.

23.07.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Todayโ€™s heat has me feeling like digging a series of tunnels and moving underground. ๐Ÿฅต

23.07.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œSheep are so cute!โ€ Yeah, until they get out of the pasture and donโ€™t want to come back in. โ€œThey flock, so it should be easy to move them all at once.โ€ Unless the grass they want covers five acres, then they scatter like marbles on pavement. Bunch of fleece-covered assholes. #iampooped

23.07.2025 02:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, thatโ€™d be bad for me. Iโ€™d be thinking โ€œIโ€™ll die of old age before I get done, and my ghost will haunt the developers, forever asking how it endsโ€.

21.07.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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