@vorpalcoil.bsky.social
Actually a living doll. Author of fiction and tabletop RPGs. There is a cat sleeping on my lap as you read this. My blog: https://vorpalcoil.bttg.net/ My games: https://vorpalcoil.itch.io/ My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/user?u=77546454
"Eat God" is live on Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pen...
Be a blue-furred social justice advocate with detachable limbs, a many-eyed horror with strong opinions about metaphysics, or a jet-powered telepathic crab and stick it to the Man though the power of gratuitous cartoon violence.
Alright, the first in-depth article of my awards debrief is live. "How do the Ennies work?" A top-down look at my judging experience from A to Z.
Please share, leave comments, and ask questions. And don't forget to read part 1 if you haven't already.
www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-2/
Hence me starting earlier this year! I have made connections in the community since then, which has been encouraging. It just feels like more of an uphill battle now that I missed the heyday of TTRPG blogging.
07.10.2025 17:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I'm sad that I didn't start blogging sooner. I read RPG blogs copiously years ago, but I felt like I needed to have more complete things to show to get into that scene myself. I now realize that everyone else was doing stream-of-consciousness while working on things, and I could have done that too.
07.10.2025 15:44 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0My reflexive response is that the GM should roll dice for the sake of simulative parity with the players, and because GMs should get to play a game and not just be an entertainer for the other people at the table. There is something to be said for the simplicity of not rolling, though.
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I love award shows. It's no secret. It's why I've spent months writing, refining, and trying to distill my Ennies judging experience.
It's a 4-part series (I know, I know). One article a day. Today's lays out my goals and puts the focus on awards in general.
www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-1/
A woman with straight black hair and thickly-lashed eyes drinks from a glass, looking into the distance.
Watched Funeral Parade of Roses. I enjoyed it a lot, but I was not prepared for the tonal whiplash of going from a suicide to a slapstick comedy routine, then a documentary interview. As a final loop, reading about the film afterward revealed that the protagonist is played by Grimoire Weiss.
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I put up a goal on my ko-fi because I want to help my parents pay for my matriculation fees.
My mom lost her full-time job so my dad has taken on most of our expenses.
Any amount will help immensely! If you can't give anything, even sharing this around will help, too.
ko-fi.com/goobernuts/g...
Grey gradient background, a book with a cover reading "Dread Mondays". Available October 25th, pre-order now wherever books are sold.
My short story, "Alignment", is in this anthology, just in time for All Hallows' Eve!
checkout.square.site/merchant/ML5...
#booksky #horrorsky
@whisperhousepress.bsky.social
Random table for generating wines made of the souls of sinners.
05.10.2025 15:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Type 1 fun can entertain a whole planet.
Type 2 fun can entertain all of the intelligent life-forms in a single star system, probably through the use of a Dyson sphere.
Type 3 fun can entertain a whole galaxy.
Still waiting for the Fungularity to happen.
04.10.2025 17:12 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0"Combats" is a tropical fish of a plural, only able to survive in the warm, mineralized waters of roleplaying game discourse.
04.10.2025 15:08 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I think this would count as a form of the anchoring effect: the initial price sets a heuristic of how valuable the product is (a lower price would make it seem like the product as less valuable), so the lower sale price then feels like a good deal. Anchoring plus good old fashioned FOMO, of course.
03.10.2025 16:02 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0DURF Expanded is now live on Kickstarter! ๐ฅ
www.kickstarter.com/projects/emi...
Incredible work as always. You are the patron (matron?) saint of "I wish that were me".
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A porcelain doll soldier with gold filigree & spools of glowing thread stands alone, holding a sword and a rifle.
Threaded Knight
03.10.2025 15:29 โ ๐ 3716 ๐ 1114 ๐ฌ 33 ๐ 2"Combats"
03.10.2025 15:02 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Pokรฉmon BX!
Day 3!
Cyndaquill!
Adorable.
03.10.2025 13:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I've never been more ready in my life.
03.10.2025 13:55 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This is like if you told me Half Life 3 was just officially announced. I didn't think I'd live to see the day.
03.10.2025 13:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Do it, be bold!
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Copies of the new print run on the left, the proof pages of the book (a cutaway map of a pub pictured) below and a few holographic stickers on top
Barkeep on the Borderlands is in its 2nd printing! It is now perfect bound with a spine and has much more consistent colors in the interior.
To celebrate, the next ~50 orders of Barkeep or the Barkeep Bundle will also come with a random autographed โprint proofโ page
#osr #rpg
Careful with that kind of talk, you'll get takers.
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The first public version of Protoplastic, the plastic robot roleplaying game, is now available!
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It looks like the rpg designers are back from summer break, because this month's issue of The Explorateur is over-encumbered with designer reviews, advice, and resources.
What should I do for the anniversary issue next month?
www.explorersdesign.com/the-explorat...
It's that time of the month, girls: The Idle Digest! SO MUCH going on entering the last quarter, and I try to get on top of as much as possible here! The Idle Digest the newsletter to join if you want to keep a track of me and my thoughts, but don't use an RSS feed! open.substack.com/pub/idlecart...
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