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Writer/Designer/Artist of TTRPGs (as Rat Wave Game House) "Stand-Up" Comedian Kayla MacQuarrie Podcasts with Game Soup and This is Your Lifepath Buy books: ratwave.square.site

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Yeah it's definitely eerie feeling

06.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I read another book recently that gave me this feeling, as I was 80% sure the university featured was the one I went to

The opening scene at the SU bar where one character dresses as a woman for the first time was plausibly the same bar where I did that in real life

Someone's been stealing my past

06.03.2026 11:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My brief wrestling career (obscure enough to not have a CageMatch page) places me six degrees of separation from Saddam Hussein

05.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was catching someone up on my life and said I "developed" fibromyalgia a while back cause I couldn't place the right word

but that feelt like the wrong one, it sounds like I was on the team that created it

"When I joined lack of sleep was just a trigger, I said hey lets make it a symptom too"

04.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Back in the campaign one of the faction write ups had a joke about a Clare's accessories knock off going out of business and then that happened this year

If one more i write comes true I think I owe it to myself to make sure every second page only says "nice things happen to Kayla", just to be safe

03.03.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote a puzzle for Mechritter recently involved trying to get a heavy box from a stack without pulling them onto yourself and then I just found myself in a shop having to do the same thing to try and get a 24 pack of tp off a top shelf without leaving my wheelchair

03.03.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If I get back into standup I should probably figure out my last name

all my old stand up was under my real name, but when I started rpgs I was teaching so I used a pseudonymic name, which it would feel odd to take back to stand-up considering I don't teach

But like fuck am I making extra accounts

02.03.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've decided to try getting back into stand up and I will say it feels very foolish to do it immediately as uk lgbt history month ends

That used to be so good for my bookings, then it'd roll into March I'd get some international womens day gigs, cash was flowing

02.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Damn, one like means I can't delete and repost this to fix spoes (spies, shoulda been spies)

02.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was talking to a friend who also uses a powerchair, about the robot cleaners that are taking the shopping centre and asked "are you also having to fight the urge to just ram them?" and then when we were leaving the little fuckers kept tailgating us so I'm thinking they're spoes

02.03.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My take in the episode is "I hosted a wrestling show three weeks after bottom surgery, I'm sure I could've solved a murder and escaped a timeloop if I needed to" because it's important to believe in the hypothetical version of yourself seven and a half years ago stuck in a situation

01.03.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"London's so unfriendly, no one smiles"
Damn that's wild, everyone smiles at me, maybe your vibes were off

01.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This episode is all about one game idea (which that question is just a part of) which is specific enough that I do have to raise the question in the ep of whether this is an idea for a book instead

01.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
#113 – Stanford-le-Hope, 4am
#113 – Stanford-le-Hope, 4am YouTube video by Game Soup

Game Soup this week dares ask questions other podcasts fear, like "what if you were recovering from bottom surgery and got stuck in a time loop?"

01.03.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Ben White

Ben White

Benoit Blanc is just

28.02.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

oh i see we did this because we oppose the iranian government. because if there’s one thing US involvement in the middle east has reliably done these last 40 years, it’s stabilize governments

28.02.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 455 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

Spreading medical misinformation by just replying yeah but I'm happy to abort whenever

26.02.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly heartwarming that medicine today allows anyone to be a doctor regardless of their knowledge of medicine πŸ’œ

26.02.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just got quite earnestly asked by a real doctor whether the "surgical corrections" I'd had involved a uterus being put in and if that meant I could be pregnant

26.02.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
On the Conventions of Genre: Protect the Child and Hopeful Storytelling. You might put them in the wrong dimension or have to talk them down after a nightmare, but at the end of the day... The Kid is going to be Okay. The following is my first attempt to talk about a...

I wrote about using genre conventions in your Session Zeros to facilitate communicating about vulnerability, safety, and story expectations on my blog.

theresattrpgforthat.tumblr.com/post/8093065...

23.02.2026 03:01 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Games Gone Football Clip
The Games Gone Football Clip YouTube video by Dan Leather

Sharing the news of the latest high street shop to close by just sending my mates this clip

22.02.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Heres my impression of an animal-hating misogynist who's against borders, after being asked if they'll give to charity: No, I would not like to make a Doe Nation

19.02.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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the sea around us – ITCHFUNDING! by tori truslow | tooth & shore an oceanic worldbuilding game for 2 or more players

coming in with a stylishly late #ZineMonth entry – THE SEA AROUND US, a GM-less game where you collaborate to create a world through sharing the stories of its oceans, now itchfunding 🌊πŸͺΈπŸŽ² #ZiMo #ttrpg tori-truslow.itch.io/the-sea-arou...

18.02.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

I think I'm a very understanding person, which is all the more impressive for how bad I am at just standing

10.02.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm with the Damned & Other Games | Rat Wave Webstore This collection features three tarot-powered musical RPGs. Play as superstar musicians on their first tour after a deal with the devil in I'm with the Damned. Try to escape from a extradimensional...

You can buy this picture of me and it includes three entire games as well!

08.02.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A pink glove pulled over a powerchair controllers front and then folded over.

A pink glove pulled over a powerchair controllers front and then folded over.

I didn't want the light on my controller distracting people in the cinema but I also didn't wanna completely turn my chair off so this was my solution

(Took this photo before the film began, chill out, I'm not a fucking monster)

08.02.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
The My Car Broke Down Sale! by Biscuit Fund Games A bundle by Biscuit Fund Games, $50.00 for 19 games

Biscuit Fund Games sale! Everything (and god do I mean everything) is on sale for 50% off so we can fix the car! Go forage as a mouse in Mouse in the House, join the team in Tournament Arc, or make some mischief in Goblin Country!
itch.io/s/180071/the...

08.02.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I'm taking this interview as confirmation, Kayla is right again and honestly this is because Chalamet is the Kenny Omega of acting (I'm making that comparison as a compliment but it works if you hate both too)

(variety.com/2026/film/gl...)

08.02.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was the same book where the last page is half taken up by a photo of me

08.02.2026 11:21 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Lewisham
Tomorrow is the last time the sun will set
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Lewisham Tomorrow is the last time the sun will set [Image fails to load after this]

A post in a local FB group didn't load properly so came across pretty ominous

08.02.2026 10:01 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0