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  • Approaching the autumn superhighway

    As summer wraps up, I get this distinct feeling that the remainder of the year accelerates; autumn rushes by you and all of a sudden it’s December and time to think about an entire new year that will also go too quickly. I don’t think it’s just me, but in the last couple of years…

  • Down with the sickness

    Got sick this weekend, unusually and surprisingly. There’s no post this week, but I’ll be back at it in another day or two.

  • Parasociality is weird

    Parasocial relationships are a weird artifact of the streaming age, but parasocial becoming social is not a part of being an RPG blogger I have ever gotten used to.

  • Energy levels

    Every time I plan a new game, it’s an explosion of possibility where anything can happen. But when I’m sitting alone getting everything ready is the exact moment I’m most afraid that all we’ll have is a wet lump of clay.

  • Pittsburgh at Night

    I wrote a little fiction as I did some prep for my online group’s next game: Urban Shadows, set in Pittsburgh.

  • The nerd shift (if it exists)

    Basically anyone can play a TTRPG. Basically anyone can share their opinion on Reddit. Combine those with Skinner Box upvoting, and you’ve got yourself some lowest-common denominator discourse.

  • Who Am I?

    We’ve started a new #ttrpg campaign in my main gaming group, and that means I’m writing a new long-term character for the first time in years.

  • Continuing adventures in worldbuilding

    As I continue to write my next game world and riff off of Electric Bastionland, I’m thinking about how culture evolves in a fantastical society.

  • First half 2026: Review of projects

    2026 is nearly half over. What have I gotten done in the first six months, and what on earth am I planning for the next?

  • Last Laugh

    “Holy shit, it’s Tickles the motherfucking Clown.” I hope you’ll indulge me and this little bit of table fiction featuring a short reprise of my first character in my group’s Cyberpunk Red game.