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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks for your staunch refusal to be boring~

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 12h

To horse! Pendragon Classic is live on Kickstarter. This is a full and faithful reprint of the 1st edition of this magnificent game, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of its original publication. Just looking at the cover makes me want to go questing.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...

Pendragon: Classic Edition

Bringing the iconic Pendragon 1st Edition collection back to life!

www.kickstarter.com

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 21h

I listened, and enjoyed the podcast history and the discussion of Bite the Bullet~

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 1d

Truth

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 2d

I will be listening during my commute home tonight~

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 2d

I am very pleased to see someone else refer to BRP, Mythras, and Ubiquity in the same post, and have this sense of "blending with the play not causing a shift in play" for 'getting out of the way.' If you are not careful, you might have me thinking you are a good egg.

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 3d

Important words

roleplayrescue.com/2025/10/12/f...

Finding What’s True

I started this roleplaying games thing when I was pre-teen, during Middle School in the days when RPGs were finding their identity. Before going to Secondary School, I liked to imagine and explore.…

roleplayrescue.com

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Go Bag RPG Podcast @gobagpod.com · 4d

Running our first recruitment ad for new assets.

youtu.be/Aok7DmjHA4c

Go Bag Promo

YouTube video by RPG Sean

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 4d

If you have not heard of The Sandbaggers, I cannot recommend it highly enough. An intense and inside view of the life of spies during the cold war, written by a naval officer who died or disappeared mysteriously and may have been an agent himself~

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_San...

The Sandbaggers - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 4d

The yearly rewatch of Sandbaggers has begun. This year it is sweetening my first reads of Mick Herron's Slough House novels. I watched the TV series earlier this year. This means that after Pendragon, it will be time for choice selections from my spy RPGs @gobagpod.com

youtu.be/gUQ2dVm0raw?...

youtu.be

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 7d

How long has it been since you first read 'Frankenstein; The Modern Prometheus'?

Have you read it more than once? How recently have you re-read it?

What thoughts did it bring to life within you?

Will you watch the del Toro film, and if so, will you read/re-read the book prior to doing so?

Cover of the first edition of Frankenstein; The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, published in 1818.

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 9d

It can be hard to feel confident as a player when the characters' specialized knowledge informs so much of how play flows. Tools like this are very useful~

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 10d

We have released a shorter but no less spicy and detailed cut of the conversation with Thieves Guild Games for the Casting Shadows podcast for your listening pleasure~

open.spotify.com/episode/1vuK...

Is Immersion Impossible? A Friendly, Abridged Discussion~

open.spotify.com

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 10d

Good idea. The police procedures list in Blade Runner works wonders for guiding IC thought and enabling IC conversation~

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 11d

I had a #ttrpg chat with 1/2 of Thieves Guild Games about a variety of things including their past, present, and future games, some design considerations which went into them, and the ever-popular notion that "that word we keep using might not mean what we think it means"~

youtu.be/LdqytLSQd9o

Talking with @ThievesGuildGamesOfficial about "Immersion"

YouTube video by Runeslinger

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 12d

That's a good feeling! I look forward to hearing about it~

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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 13d

Episode 120 - Bryan Talbot part 2.
@tomeenmurphy.bsky.social joins me as we welcome back @bryan-talbot.bsky.social to talk about Alice in Sunderland, Grandville, the soon to be released Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor and more.
Now with added James and a special guest appearance from Dr Mary Talbot.

Bryan Talbot Part Two

Bryan Talbot returns to Derry and Toms to talk to about Alice in Sunderland, Grandville and his upcoming release, The Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor – and we get a special guest appearance fr…

breakfastintheruins.com

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 14d

It is a treasure~

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 16d

If you were going to run @chaosium.bsky.social 's Pendragon next, how would your vision for the land and its people take shape and influence how you presented them to the players?

youtu.be/7tTHkYoVLXo

#rpg #ttrpg #pendragon

On Pendragon 6th Edition - Part 2 [Perspective]

YouTube video by Runeslinger

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 17d

Short but intense session of CoC today. One of the expected players was able to make the session due to a power outage, and a schedule conflict meant play time was suddenly limited to an hour. It would have been very easy to cancel, but I am glad we didn't. It was a momentous hour~

#RPG #ttrpg

Lightning strikes ocean, seen from coast.

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 17d

Returning to Pendragon… again

What is Pendragon, really? Can we come to terms with it without first finding and naming our Arthur as King?

Returning to Pendragon… again

What is Pendragon, really? Can we come to terms with it without first finding and naming our Arthur as King?

castingshadowsblog.com

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 20d

I am very curious about the spirit and context in which that was written. Taken on its own like this, it raises more questions than it answers~

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 21d

Craig and I are in talks to explore Zephyr and/or Nibiru. Our imaginary aides are hammering out the details~

Craig (Third Floor Wars) @thirdfloorwars.bsky.social · 22d

I got to learn about how Frederico Sohns makes their incredible, subversive, and rich #ttrpg. What can we say about our world when making games about other worlds? Listen on all the podcatchers or here: open.spotify.com/episode/5wDy...

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 22d

There are lots of RPG references throughout the series, but False Value currently stands as the single entry with the most references and the deepest cuts for gamers by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social

Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 22d

FALSE VALUE, the 8th novel in @benaaronovitch.bsky.social’s internationally-bestselling #RiversOfLondon series, is on sale today!

The eBook, published by @dawbooks.bsky.social, is only $2.99 in the U.S. and Canada!

www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

False Value ebook by Ben Aaronovitch - Rakuten Kobo

Read "False Value" by Ben Aaronovitch available from Rakuten Kobo. Now in paperback, the eighth book of the bestselling Rivers of London series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, d...

www.kobo.com

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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 24d

There is a suspicious lack of ghost UFOs in comparison to ghost ships...

The weathered Flying Dutchman crosses a stormy sea

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