The magic stone transported me into another universe, a fantasy world full of beasts and magic. And I was 300 pounds of rippling muscle, completely hairless, and had a huge cumbersome penis which got in the way as I fought nudely
Commodified fantasy takes no risks: it invents nothing, but imitates and trivializes. It proceeds by depriving the old stories of their intellectual and ethical complexity, turning their truth-telling to sentimental platitude.
I am gonna do a solo hexcrawl of the land of Zurth one day per day. It's gonna be under the tag #ImwilinTheBlue I'm starting as a castaway in the lilac wastes.
Reading @idraluna-archives.bsky.social's Zurth hexcrawl and I'm thrilled. There's like a minimum of 10 good ideas per page.
I'm Zurthpilled. I'm a Zurthhead. I'm standing on the street asking strangers if they heard of Zurth
Thank you so much!! I'm glad it's been an enjoyable read. Credit for at least 8 of every 10 good ideas is owed to fellow AAJ participants.
The greatest ever to do it...
Creator of WigglyPaint wrote about how his work (free WigglyPain program from awesome Decker) is stolen by AI/mobile grifters to elicit profit. The most striking thing for me is how those grifters mutilate a free program to lock tools behind the paywall.
beyondloom.com/blog/onwiggl...
How I organize papers for my in-person games:
www.imaginaryhistory.org/scribblesand...
Can you shoot me a DM? It's the "Gay Beholder" OSR server, but I'll need to get mod permission to extend an invite.
Thank you so much, and thanks for kicking off such a neat jam! That sounds cool as hell. My stuff alludes to long winter nights, but I haven't fleshed it out as much as I ought to. I've also been wanting to make a calendar with day length, inspired by your twin moon almanac.
A mask for @500poundsofnothing.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy 's mask relay:
idraluna-archives.bearblog.dev/mask-23-the-...
Hmm, so he does not. I think he may have assumed that his audience would reach out through Discord. If you're interested I can try to put you in touch
Thank you so much! 😊
Finished my entry for the Antarctic Adventure Jam:
idraluna-archives.itch.io/the-land-of-...
Sorry, you can’t have healthcare or supportive housing or anything because 50 billion dollars have been set aside to ensure ample munitions for Operation Vanquished Toddler
Things really fell off after the 3rd generation of demon princes
Solomon lowkey cooked with all these tbh
An absolute banger
Here's a little dialogue I've been cooking up [1/3]
www.imaginaryhistory.org/scribblesand...
gn Hags, I look forward to reading your posts
One of the best writers in DIY RPGs has a new blog!
Tag yourself, I'm "Ferret Shingar"
If you're ever worried about your settlements being underprepped, remember that people used to run years-long campaigns with Wilderlands of High Fantasy which described towns like this:
Why I think everyone should be writing session reports for their games (even if nobody reads them!):
idraluna-archives.bearblog.dev/four-brief-a...
"Okay, so, some of you are gonna say it, and in discussing this with friends some of you have already said it: 'Oh, so are we just gonna let the players read the dungeon first, now?'
I don’t know. Maybe?"
Running it Back: The Case For Replaying Modules.
kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/running-it-b...
more theoryposting i guess:
www.imaginaryhistory.org/scribblesand...
composite satellite image of Antarctica, the snow & ice appearing as different shades of blue and beige, the sea is black. following three images are variations of this theme.
GUYS have you seen this. antarctica on google maps. go look at it. this is tech struggling to process the Sublime
