Lester Smith

Fanged Smileys dice sets

Black Oak Workshop recently produced a limited run of "Fanged Smileys" dice for me, based on my Lester Smith Games logo. The set includes one of those d2 coins pictured above, with their company logo on one side and mine on the other. To say I'm thrilled is an…

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I am not a Linux evangelist, but . . .

If you'll forgive this YouTube video's clickbait title, the content is actually a pretty balanced explanation of what's happening with Windows right now. For most of the past 40+ years, I've been a Windows user because that's what was generally an employer's…

Alerting @lollardfish.bsky.social

quick someone award Jeffrey Epstein a Greatest Pedophile Ever medal and Trump will get so jealous he'll release the Epstein Files just to prove he deserves it more

It's tragic that those first four board members died so young. :-(

And every single month, my eyes misread this as "autopsy."

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Update 6: The End is Nigh · Children of the Elder Sign Hey, gang!As I write this, we're about nine hours away from the Kickstarter's close, and at 272% of the funding goal. Your enthusiasm for the Children of the Elder Sign premise has been both heartenin...

"The End is Nigh"

This modest little Kickstarter ends tonight. Role-play a Lovecraftian demigod -- sort of like if H. P. authored the Odyssey or the Percy Jackson series.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/les...

Span or Tandem?

Image by bafritch from Pixabay In my head are two horses. One is a creative force, prone to enthusiasms, award-winningly clever, easily bored, easily dispirited. The other a disciplined adult, clear-eyed, trained as an editor and educator, tempered by experience. Faithful, honest,…

Nice to see this modest little project funded this morning. Just 8 hours.

Celebrating Halloween with a new RPG project

This "Children of the Elder Sign" idea has been rattling around in my head for a few years. The success of The King of Elfland's Daughter bundle, and Kickstarter's October "Witchstarter" promotion, inspired me to finally tackle the project, and to do it…

Fight or Flight in the Time of Trump

We're all familiar with the "fight or flight" concept: Our early ancestors, when faced with danger, instinctively either fled or fought that danger, depending on the situation. It's easy to think that we've somehow outgrown those instinctive impulses. We're…

Why am I using Windows?

What with the end of support for Windows 10, and a bit of self-publishing windfall a few months ago, I bought a brand-new HP ENVY x360 laptop for a move to Windows 11. Didn't want to, but it seemed a necessity. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I discovered that Windows 10…

Battle Bookmark Turns Silver!

The Battle Bookmark has reached Silver Best-Seller status on DriveThruRPG! This is the Bookmark HP RPG supplement that adds tactical options—including range, movement, ambushes, outnumbered foes, cover/concealment, and deadlier damage—while still retaining the game's…

Role-Play the Apocalypse

It isn't yet the apocalypse, so there's still time to have some escapist fun Borderlands style, or Mad Maxish, or Twisted Metallic, or whatever brand of ruined wasteland you prefer. Speaking of which, Larcenous Designs released a new apocalypse-themed GameMaster's…

Actually, you can get another year of Windows 10 support for free.

Most of my actual writing nowadays is done in Google Docs on a Chromebook. But most of my graphic design and layout over the past several years has been done on a robust Lenovo ThinkPad running Windows 10. As you probably know,…

Halloween Horror Card Games Sale

My horror-themed card games have joined the role-playing games in celebrating Halloween! Through the end of the month, these card games are just 66¢ for the print-&- play PDFs, and 31¢ above my cost for print decks. Here are direct links to those card games: Wolf…

Halloween 31+2=33 % Off Sale

Through the end of October, all Lester Smith Games horror RPG titles on DriveThruRPG are on sale for 1/3 off! Including all four best-selling core rules titles! Here's your chance to score something new to celebrate your Halloween on the cheap. Dare I say,…

Got my autism booster yesterday. Taking autism pills today for the achiness and fever.

Dear friends and fans outside the US. I apologize that our President is such a buffoon. :-/ Be thankful that he isn't yours. And please keep it up with the Trump+Epstein photos! :-D

Role-Playing The King of Elfland’s Daughter

Way back in April, I started reading Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter, due to its reputation as a fantasy classic before there were fantasy classics. (The Hobbit wasn't published until 13 years later; Lord of the Rings fully 30 years later.)…

Frankie & Pudge Meet Apep

Back in February of this year (2025), I mentioned here, in "Fey and Fedoras, Nixies and Noir," that my old college buddy Tim Ryan and I were using the Fairyland Confidential solo mystery game by Teapot Dome as a GM-less framework for play-testing the d4ce rpg.  Before I…

Too Much Credit

Image by Constance Kowalik from Pixabay I have been told by a European buddy that I fret too much about being impolite to objectionable friends and family. And honestly, yeah, before posting, I take a lot of time to think things through, craft my words, and research and reevaluate…

Good Enough Close Enough Isn’t

I just came back from a session with a behavioral therapist I see on and off. Last time was months ago, before my autism/ADHD evaluation. I Iet her know the phyciatrist's conclusions (forgive my summarizing them here if you've seen an earlier post), which were: (1)…

Ready for Gamehole Con!

Last night I filled a hole my Gamehole Con schedule—things I'm running—so I'm good to go. Some of those events are sold out, others have a slot or two left, and the newest one is wide open, of course. Click the banner or link above to see what all is on the list. The first…

I believe the First Council of Carthage and the First Council of Constantinople tacked on the Book of Revelations because they felt the Council of Nicea's Bible was missing a climax.