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Eddy Webb - Pugsteady

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Eddy Webb (with a “y”) is a writer, designer, and consultant for video games and RPGs. He’s worked on Pugmire, Transformers, Futurama, Red Dwarf, Sherlock Holmes, and much more. When not talking in the third person, he can be found at pugsteady.com.

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Eddy Webb - Pugsteady @pugsteady.com · 13d

Curseborne Player's Guide, Pokemon-themed wrestling, and the need for absurdity in our lives. It's my latest newsletter! buttondown.com/pugsteady/ar...

Love What's Weird

The Curseborne Player's Guide, the Green Hornet, and the need for absurdity in our lives.

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tommurr.bsky.social @tommurr.bsky.social · 5h

Let's meet for some urban horror stories!
Today 7pm BST/ 2pm EST

kick.com/illusionhorror
www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath

#ttrpgs #curseborne
@theonyxpath.bsky.social @illusionhorror.bsky.social

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Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 11h

For anyone who can, a GoFundMe has been set up to help Rob's wife and their young daughter. Sending tons and tons of love and deepest condolences to Rob's family and friends.

www.gofundme.com/f/family-of-...

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Jesse Scoble @jscoble.bsky.social · 10h

Subversive Sci-Fi -- essays by some of gaming's luminaries on futuristic films that broke the rules!

Please check out the campaign and consider chipping in!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...

Just check out this line-up:

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Subversive Sci-Fi Evolution

More Reflections on Futuristic Films That Broke the Rules

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 11h

Hey, I know everything’s tight, but Rob was a great advocate for our #ttrpg community, a fine game writer himself, and has sadly left his family behind in the capitalist hellscape. I’ve given a bit and ask you to consider it if you can.

gofund.me/4b2b51738

Donate to Family of Robert Wieland, organized by Vickie ONeill

Friends of Robert Wieland have requested that we set up goFundMe page for the benefit of his f… Vickie ONeill needs your support for Family of Robert Wieland

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Onyx Path Publishing @theonyxpath.bsky.social · 14h

On this day in 2020 we released Sunken Bones a Pirates of Pugmire story for 4th to 5th level characters in association with @pugsteady.com via @drivethrurpg.com drivethrurpg.com/product/3268... Available in POD & PDF! Also available: Pirates of Pugmire Guide Screen! drivethrurpg.com/product/3322...

On a parchment background with the faded image of a pirate treasure map, an anthropomorphic turtle opens a treasure chest under a full moon. Text reads Sunken Bones an Adventure for Pirates of Pugmire

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Eddy Webb - Pugsteady @pugsteady.com · 1d

Making drinks and changing lives, obviously.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 1d

Dad used to moan about how I hadn't grown out of Doctor Who. I now get paid to write about it, so when I visit him I wear Dalek socks.

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Genreless Podcast @genreless.bsky.social · 3d

Our Paragons are icons of thier own Western Genres: Lola Colt, Beau Maverick, Cat Ballou, and James West. 🌵🔥 But can they survive a journey into the Haunted West, where horrors both mundane and supernatural stalk the edges of a thriving Reconstruction?👻🤠
#HauntedWest #TTRPG #Genreless #WeirdWest

Lola Falana as Lola Colt in Spaghetti Western (With musical numbers), Lola Colt (1967)

Robert Conrad as James West in the Western Spy-Fi (aka Weird Western), The Wild Wild West (1965)

Jane Fonda as Cat Ballou in the Western Parody (with musical beats) Cat Ballou (1965)

Roger Moore as Beau Maverick in the Western Satirical Comedy Maverick (1960)

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Genreless Podcast @genreless.bsky.social · 3d

🤠🎙️ YEA-HAW, Genreless just hit its 200th episode! For this milestone, we’re saddling up for a Haunted West 101 & an #actualplay in the alternate history of 1868. Joining us are friends of the pod, Ariel Celeste, Matthew Dawkins, & Jennifer Kretchmer. Saddle up, partner...it’s gonna get weird!👻🌵

Episode 200! Haunted West Actual Play

Podcast Episode · Genreless · 10/12/2025 · 1h 29m

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Eddy Webb - Pugsteady @pugsteady.com · 1d

Hrm, that's interesting. And I can see the temptation to avoid moving to AI nonsense.

Eddy Webb - Pugsteady @pugsteady.com · 1d

Yeah, very likely. Of course, this is a small indie publisher, so the occasional editing gaff and formatting quirk is going to happen, but in general I find the epubs to be quite servicable.

Eddy Webb - Pugsteady @pugsteady.com · 1d

Massgrave is a pirate site. It seems more open than some hacker sites, but while it might do as it claims, I'd personally assume backdoors are going to happen.

cybernews.com/security/hac...

Hackers claim major breakthrough in Windows and Office license fraud

Massgrave claims to have discovered a new method to permanently activate “almost any version of Windows and Office.”

cybernews.com

Eddy Webb - Pugsteady @pugsteady.com · 1d

I have been loving these. I mean, of course I'm going to read a parody of Doctor Who as a masked luchador scientist in 1970, but there's a lot of love and fun in these stories. Even though I opted for the ebook versions, I'm glad these are now in print!

Obverse Books @obversebooks.co.uk · 3d

For the first time in paperback, the Periodic Adventures of Senor 105!

3 novellas to a volume, 9 novellas in total, with books by @purserhallard.com, @stuartdouglas.com, @signorfurioso.bsky.social, @selinalock.bsky.social, 105 creator Cody Schell and others!

obversebooks.co.uk/product-cate...

Senor 105 – Obverse Books

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Matt Forbeck @forbeck.com · 1d

Gamers! If you're going to Gamehole Con, you can donate to help out Rob Wieland's wife and daughter by purchasing tickets to our memorial event there. If you can, please do!

The link for those donations is here: www.gameholecon.com/events/event...

In lieu of our annual Baron's Ball, we will be toasting our beloved Admiral with our own tall tales of Rob, our friendships, and his legacy 8pm Friday at Gamehole Con.

Please join us and help support his family at this time through this link:

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Eddy Webb - Pugsteady @pugsteady.com · 1d

a cartoon of a man wearing a yellow uniform with a star on it

ALT: a cartoon of a man wearing a yellow uniform with a star on it

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Eddy Webb - Pugsteady @pugsteady.com · 1d

Yuuuup.

Eddy Webb - Pugsteady @pugsteady.com · 1d

Oh, I'm sure. As a historical artifact, I'm sure it's fascinating. But me and my friends got erased from the story because we refused to suck up to a sex offender, so I'm a bit salty.

Eddy Webb - Pugsteady @pugsteady.com · 1d

Oh cool, now I can ignore it on a whole new platform!

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 1d

#MythBustingMonday
“Vaccines contain dangerous and toxic ingredients.”
This one never dies, so let’s tackle it properly. Yes, vaccines contain multiple components but context, chemistry, and dose matter. Vaccine ingredients have been studied for decades, across trials and billions of doses. A 🧵

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Amos Posner @amosposner.bsky.social · 1d

Chef Boyardee was a real Italian immigrant who produced huge volumes of rations for Allied troops during World War II.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_...

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Doctor Who Minus Context @nocontextwho.bsky.social · 1d

#doctorwho

Jon Pertwee episode. The Doctor is in a laboratory wearing a white clean suit, and behind him wearing a white lab coat while holding a clipboard and a vial of green something is Liz Shaw, who could arm wrestle a statue. Liz Shaw, who taught Deep Blue how to play chess, says, “They’ve sent you just about every drug in existence.” Sounds like they’re in for a fun night.

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Eddy Webb - Pugsteady @pugsteady.com · 1d

Y'all don't look a day older than Season 40!

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Worldcon In Memoriam @wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 2d

Game designer Rob Wieland (b.1978) died on October 12. He worked on Shadowrun, Star Wars Saga Edition, Firefly, and Vampire: The Masquerade. Wieland hosted the Theatre of the Mind Players livestream and wrote for Geek & Sundry, Dicebreaker, and Forbes.

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Fred Hicks @deadlyfredly.bsky.social · 2d

Rob Wieland's first email to me was on Sat, Oct 21, 2006, asking to get the PDF of Spirit of the Century to go with his physical-copy purchase.

There since the beginning.

Wish he could've been there until the end.

Cover of Fate Worlds Volume 2: Worlds in Shadow, featuring cover art taken from Rob Wieland's contribution to this book, the amazing King-Arthur-in-Mech-Suits CAMELOT Trigger setting. Armored mech-knights suit up to face the robotic horde led by the giant-floating-head MerGN-A!

In this interior image from CAMELOT Trigger, we get a closer look at the giant floating head MerGN-A as her mouth opens to disgorge endless flying robots.

Writing credit:

CAMELOT TRIGGER
by Rob Wieland
editing by Tom Cadorette, Mike Olson, and Brian Engard
art by Brett Barkley

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Necro’D Howletta 👻 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 2d

It’s a real blow to see the news of Rob Wieland’s passing. A true original who has supported small indie designers for years, including me and my games. Love and peace to his family and everyone else grieving today.

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