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Going Ham on Cold Turkey I quit smoking cigarettes in 2006; cold-turkey.

A PERFECT VACUUM by brine "The universe required an immune system and thus humans were born." ~ K.

PAPER AND CLOTH The United States is not a monarchy, a single religion, an ethnicity, or a chunk of dirt.

Bulls Roundtable Podcast: Draft Chat w/ Jam from No Ceilings 'Twas my pleasure to join some of my Bulls brethren, and chat about the draft with Jam from No Ceilings.

Drive home safely, Stacey.

The Frog & the Scorpion A scorpion asks a frog to carry it across a river.

Calling CQ So... there are people that write a blog and there are bloggers.

2026 NBA Draft This is my annual NBA draft tradition.

Platform-Brain is brutal.

So...

"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." ~ Goodhart's Law paraphrased I'm paraphrasing Charles Goodhart from 1975.

For the past week I've been rewriting the software I use to run this blog.

Wightbred and Brine definitely don't talk about AI, zine page counts, future warfare weapons that make you a wizard, whether Dark Secrets needs a hopeful counterpart and migrating off Discord.

I bumped into this thread from Vincent Baker about character sheets.

Wightbred and Brine bring in the new year by talking about why systems are awesome!

Wightbred and Brine get in the holiday spirit and wrap up 2025 by bashing systems.

A character was fighting a bunch of wraiths and found my regular combat rules weren't cutting it.

Wightbred and Brine talk about trust... why real trust at the table isn't about verification or "high trust" frameworks... it's about creating a normal conversational environment where everyone collaborates to tell interesting stories together.

A gothic fantasy one-shot for Of Yarn and Bone or any system Compatible With Roleplaying Introduction Fog chokes Veshra Cemetery.

After a hiatus, I'm back podcasting about TTRPGs.

This is the first episode in a new series of conversations between myself, Wightbred and whomever else.

"I never want to belong to any club that would have me as a member."

Setup Establish The World at the table; setting, tone, and stakes Play Loop Set the Scene build from their last choice (they chose to go to the temple) honor or twist their expectations (ghouls attack as expected OR are friendly?)

Based on Richard Williams' Unfamiliar and adapted for use with Of Yarn and Bone.

Of Yarn and Bone is a conversation-first game of identity with stakes, magic with awe, and play with trust.

I'm updating my magic system, including the original post that describes the system narratively (sorry if this annoys).

The Southern Coast, despite its rugged terrain, enjoys a mild climate shaped by soft sea breezes and rolling coastal fog.

Torrential rain in Ravencross washed over Blackthorn Lane Lucinda got her stockings wet when she called on Edmund Graves all along the wrought-iron gate the shadows scratch and claw while drops the size of bullets strike the eaves with wild applause Who c…

A vengeful dybuk haunts the town that burned her at the stake.

an actual play using Named Toolkit Amongst the jukebox joints and DJ dives, there are only four lounges left in downtown Night City where a band can get a regular gig.

From the memoirs of Rown Varkana - Mage, Council of Six @Yagul Fane...

Welcome aboard the Delta Queen, your ticket to cosmic extravagance and discovery!

This is session 0 for a new Traveller/Named game.

At any one time, there are exactly 42 Incarnates in the world; give or take 9 months.

Kurt Vonnegut is my fav author.

I love me some random generators but mine were showing my neglect and kinda all over the place.

With 2023 in the rear-view, I began to reflect on the year from a gaming perspective.

an actual play using Named toolset The final chapter in our Stamford Bridge adventure.

an actual play using Named toolset Jens awakes on the banks of the river Derwent.

An actual play using Of Yarn and Bone; recorded live on the Play Worlds Discord server.

Skypirates of Jotnaar is an actual play using Named toolset.

Skypirates of Jotnaar is an actual play using Named toolset.

an actual play using Of Yarn and Bone Hergest travels alone to The Prison of Mon to find help with a fell beast.

an actual play using Named toolset.

an actual play using Of Yarn and Bone Hergest travels to Fellstead Monastery on the Southern Coast.

The crew returns to Hag's Knife full of helium and two captured ships.

an actual play using Wightbred's Named toolset.

We are exploring different approaches to TTRPGs.

v1.4 Hexcrawls are awesome!

FKR (Free Kriegsspiel Roleplaying) is an approach to playing tabletop roleplaying games.