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Chris Wilson

@miniblin

Gamer, DM, dilettante

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Did we ever see Trump's tax records?

08.03.2026 07:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There were complaints about the bloggies not having a poetry category, an obvious oversight.
I have no idea how to write poetry but I think this wrong should be righted, one bad poem at a time.
blog.wormlikechain.com/posts/On-Maps

04.03.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm Bringing Accuracy Back β€” Prismatic Wasteland Into the Odd famously jettisoned the β€œroll to hit” aspect of D&D derived combat. How can accuracy, specifically reducing an opponent’s accuracy by means of sand in the eyes or otherwise, be re-introdu...

If you ask someone how Into the Odd has streamlined their games, they will probably mention removing the "to hit" roll and just rolling damage.

I blasphemously ask the question: can we re-incorporate accuracy and missed attacks with Into the Odd without turning it into a major slog?
#osr #ttrpg

03.03.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5
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Monthly Mecha: Girl Frame w/ Isabelle M. Reubsaat Mecha TTRPGs Monthly

The March Mecha Newsletter features Girl Frame and an interview with the creator @anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social! Girl Frame is a PBTA game about lesbian pilots, forced into half-living mech suits and sent by their Handler to kill eldritch beings from outside reality.

It's incredibly well-written.

03.03.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Pear Wigglers, Marathon and You - Rambled Worlds Talking about Marathon as a proverbial

Marathon is a great game. It's also a brilliant Pear Wiggler - the social layer is sure to get the O/U sicko in your head chomping at the bit.

Feat @tjslotus.bsky.social and @juniperhl.bsky.social (and @eldritchbee.bsky.social's character Noll, but not by name. Lol.)

amby.navy/marathon-pea...

03.03.2026 09:43 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A fold out game board with panels of information. The cover has the four tarot suits.

A fold out game board with panels of information. The cover has the four tarot suits.

A fold out game board with panels of information. The cover has the His Majesty the Worm logo.

A fold out game board with panels of information. The cover has the His Majesty the Worm logo.

A stretch goal has been added to THE CASTLE AUTOMATIC, the new dungeon for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM.

If we get 999 early worms, we'll add an option for discounted Divination Boards!

A Divination Board is like a GM screen that reveals, not obscures, information. Put your tarot cards on them!

28.02.2026 12:59 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I thought I was pretty online but I don't even understand what sectarian means in this context.

27.02.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's weird.
My ex said she was Christian.
When I asked for details she didn't pray, didn't go to church, didn't believe in god.
I pointed out that she did nothing Christian but she was absolutely insistent she was.
Christian as a cultural signifier, non Christian is "other" to some people

26.02.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tales of the Valiant after 50 Sessions A review of Kobold Press's Tales of the Valiant 5e TTRPG after playing 50 sessions with it. What's in the books, how it plays and whether it is worth switching from D&D

I reviewed Tales of the Valiant after 50 sessions
blog.wormlikechain.com/posts/Tales-...

17.02.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But it is an age at which we grant children some of the rights of an adult.
It might be scientifically sound to age gate things around 9 or 32 but is completely alien to us as a society

16.02.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Of course, and it isn't like I don't benefit from children being educated and I was educated myself, but of all the major categories of spending I either benefit in some way or it is there when I need it, education spending is the one you could look at and see as a penalty

16.02.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have never objected to my taxes being used to pay for other people's kids but the fact that they do means I am already being penalised for not having enough kids.

16.02.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think this might be the thing we all miss with Brexit.
It has been a huge success.
If you were an influential Brexiteer.
They don't, and never did, give a shit about the effects on the country. They have made our like bandits.

11.02.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Posting that a public figure died? It's just straight up misinformation.

26.01.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

writing stuff is overrated too, steal, improvise, take your players ideas and build on them.
The key thing is to get started, you dont have to be perfect and can learn as you go

17.01.2026 09:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every amazing GM you see hadn't done it before until they did and voice acting is not a necessary skill.
My voices all suck, but no one cares, the point is to have fun. You don't even have to do voices.

17.01.2026 09:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If the government wants to improve productivity they could do a lot worse than fixing it. We moved for my wife's work and it took 5 months with the house.
We could move again for better jobs but it's so painful we can hardly bear to think about it.

15.01.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This does need to be sorted out but I can't quite get past "we don't know who is wearing these masks"
Yes, that's the point

15.01.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd like to think he knows better considering his background, but whether he does or not I really wouldn't want PM Farage to be able to point to the precedent.

13.01.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You have to assume it is a suggestion that the government could put pressure on the judiciary to influence their decisions.
I think they probably could, but I really hope they don't. That is not a good way to run things.

13.01.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think they have broken a completely idiotic law.
But if I'm arrested and on remand awaiting trial if I go on hunger strike do they just have to let me go? How could you run a justice system like that?

12.01.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't like a lot of what they are doing but what is the correct way to deal with hunger strikes?
If they starve to death it's awful, if you give in to their demands you are encouraging it, if you force feed them you violate their rights.

12.01.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What a lovely story, people who complain about writing in books are insane.

10.01.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It looks like you already did.
Is that a blodstain?

10.01.2026 08:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Kind of worrying that it implies your address might not exist by the 8th March

09.01.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think a year post general fulfillment before closing them and a final email to say if they get in touch within another year you will sort them out.
You don't want to feel like you are robbing anyone but as a customer it's going to be unreasonable to be mad after you ignored reminders for a year

08.01.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When my wife gets home I know immediately whether the house on our street with the wood burner has it lit.
Maybe a minute of exposure and the smell is overpowering.

08.01.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Getting this out of the way now: The Dungeons & Dragons Basic/Expert set (1981) should be abbreviated to BX in all cases. The slash in the common abbreviation "B/X" is unnecessary and leads to the utterly tragic "B/X/OSE." This is a hill I will die on.

07.01.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You should be mad, watching from outside the US your whole system is insane.

07.01.2026 06:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He's definitley going to be out by 2032, no way he can do a 4th term

05.01.2026 08:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0