I didn’t have any games this week, but that doesn’t prevent my internal randomizer1 from firing off in strange directions. Here’s some random TTRPG thoughts for the weekend.
- Ecclesicon badges are selling, the sales are slow. I am sweating. If you’re in the Philly/South Jersey area and have some free time April 12-14, come on out and roll some dice!
- I submitted a sabbatical grant proposal that would kick in July-August in 2025. Why is it in this list? Because the grant proposal is to write a TTRPG that can be used as a spiritual development tool.
- I started reading The Origin from Monte Cook Games and, I am hooked. Except now I need to go back and re-read the Cypher Core book. Drat.
- The Dragonbane Bestiary is printed on flat paper! I celebrate Free League’s wisdom!
- If you haven’t checked out the Cypher Unlimited Discord, and their weekly streams, it’s worth checking out.
- What would a 6 AM TTRPG session look like? I wonder if, pre-coffee, it would be all bar room brawls and murder-hoboing–only to shift into something less grumpy after the caffeine kicked in.
- I sometimes see folks ranting about people typing TTRPG instead of RPG because pen and paper RPGs were first. We humans latch on to weird things 2.
- I want to run a Shadowdark funnel. And I will, because its chaos is wonderful. I’ll probably run a DCC funnel at some point as well, but I’m more smitten with Shadowdark as a system.
- I must recommend against purchasing a Dungeon Crawl Classics soft-cover book. I did this, and it was a mistake because the book is huge and the soft cover is almost unreadable. If you made this mistake, Goodman Games gives a PDF code with every purchase3 so you can get the rules electronically. I will rectify my error in judgement at some point this year. Get the game, it’s wild, but get the hard bound book!
- I spent [too much] time tweaking the site yesterday. I need to optimize the images now but I like the results.
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My brain, in case you were wondering. ↩
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And people who reheat coffee in a microwave should be barred from drinking the beverage at all. If you need to reheat coffee it is stale, stop it. Change my mind. ↩
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The code is on a sticker on the inside front cover. At least, it used to be. ↩
3 responses to “Random TTRPG Thoughts #15”
Convention badges tend to sell more at the beginning and end of the open period. Just an observation.
On the other hand… “Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!”
jn3Storyteller
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My brain knows this. My brain is also telling me that it’s not true and I need to sweat. My brain is weird. Thanks for the reminder!!
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Your brain is weird… well, you’re conversing with me, so… yeah. }:-)
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