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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball

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ART IS A VERB He/They - Pan/Ace 🐼 Creative-work oddjobber for hire (yes, you can hire me! https://pandangit.com/lynx). Co-Editor of The Jimquisition. Tarot Trader. Creator of The Sesamerot. Also A Lvl 2 Pharma-Troll, Apparently.

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · Aug 19

Presenting, the most ME thing I have ever made: A TTRPG about indie wrestling that uses tarot cards.

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HOTDOGS & HANDSHAKES: A Card Game About Indie Wrestling by Z. Mann Zilla

An 8-page PDF game for 2 or more players

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 7h

That was also a weird quirk of 90s games. I remember Traveler, deadEarth, and some others having it. HoL even parodied it in its Buttery WHoLsomeness expansion.

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 11h

My thoughts wander to Ray Winninger's UNDERGROUND, a 1990's TTRPG that was decades ahead of its time.

A quirky & filthy Aeon Flux/Marshall Law inspired setting gives way to biting sociopolitical satire and that most unconventional of TTRPG goals, improving society as a whole.

The cover of a book called "Ray Winninger's Underground" featuring a man covered in blades holding a gun.

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 7h

Cherish it. TREASURE IT.

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 20d

It's all fun and games until a cop handles a Tylenol gelcap with no gloves and within seconds their socks are bothering them.

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 10h

Once I beat the boss tho, I'm prolly done with this game. Any praise I have dissolves in the face of giving players all these fun build possibilities, making most of them useless, then accusing the player of a "skill issue".

Glue-sniffing in a casino is a better habit than MEGABONK.

Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 10h

I mention this cos I was trying to find info on what this game expects from players during the boss fight, & the guides I read say "there's no way to get your other weapons back".

But I got my Aegis back as Birdo thanks to grabbing gems off the rare mook spawns.

Didn't help, still lost. But STILL.

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 10h

MEGABONK discovery: it is possible to have additional weapons during the Stage 3 boss fight.

If the rare lvl-up gems actually trigger a level-up & you take a non-main weapon, it'll give it to you.

I imagine this info is nigh-useless but I figured I'd share it since I managed to do it last night.

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · Jun 23

Here's what's wrong with the internet.

Just saw a video called "I learned this from the Amish"; it's a recipe using Skippy, Cool Whip, Jello, & confectioner's sugar.

It has 1000s of comments & 5M+ views. Algo-math says it's what we all want to see.

We are letting Hedy Lamarr down so hard.

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · Jun 22

Speaking of my un-posted doodles, this one seems relevant.

A billionaire in a tuxedo holding a guitar shaped weapon that says THIS MACHINE KILLS

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · Jun 25

Gul Menards believes in Cardassia, but also in saving big latinum.

Dave W @dave.io · Jun 25

oh no

A plush Jean-Luc Picard next to a 5-pack of lightbulbs showing only four bulbs in the illustration

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · Jun 28

I want floppy games with floppy graphics made by floppy people who are paid more to flop floppily and I'm not kidding.

Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · May 8

"Fuck ultra-high resolution down to pores and gpu-melting horse testicle temperature physics. We want our characters floppy. The floppier the better. Give us the ol floppy flop."

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · Apr 7

Harrison Ford should be the patron saint of inexpensive small-studio video games.

Think about it: he's a carpenter who played Indiana Jones and Han Solo.

He's an indy rogue-like deck builder.

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · Jul 25

OK this one I remember drawing.

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · Aug 9

"Of those who build mightily, stone by stone, so shall they fall, stone by stone." Nechrubel 1:3

The 1st Misery befalls the damned world.

Skulk through ossified woods...
A pirate's graveyard...
And the innards of a living alien...

To make the 2nd Misery someone else's problem.

You have TEN DAYS.

STONE BY STONE - A MORK BORG Adventure - ZMannZilla's Ko-fi Shop

The first Misery - 1:3 - has visited the lands, both figuratively and literally. Stone by stone, the walls, roads, and fortifications of the world are...

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · Aug 11

This implies something that should be obvious about the mega rich:

When given the question "What's in it for me?", the answer "a better world" isn't good enough.

Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · Aug 11

Mark Cuban getting ratiod by a complete rando

Mark Cuban posts:

Want to use rich people like me to your advantage? Incent us to help those who need it the most. Lower corp taxes for comps that pay a min of $25 per hour. Lower corp taxes if employees get stock at the same pct as the CEO.

Bottom up incentives work. Dems never innovate. They bitch

marthapearce55.bsky.social replies:

You have more money than God. But you want incentives to do good, moral things?

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · Aug 27

Look at this amazing thing!

Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · Aug 27

Eagle eyed fans of @commandersterling.bsky.social might spot some art of her in the latest update.

HUGE overhaul for this version of the game. Tons more art. Now's the time to grab it!

1.1 Is LIVE!

OK I am tired and a bit loopy, so let's keep this short and to the point: NEW PAGE COUNT! The main book has literally quadrupled in size, to 32 pages. This gives the rules a little more space to breat...

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · Sep 12

And now it exists.

I gave the snail a pixie friend, because space is lonely.

A snail flying around Jupiter while eating chili dogs. A pixie in an astronaut suit is riding the snail. There's a sign that says WELCOME TO JUPITER, SHUT UP IT JUST IS

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 23h

Every jar of sandwich pickles starts with good sandwich intentions, and ends at 1am with a shirtless no-sandwich'd me, tiny pickle fork in hand, saying "well I can't put the jar back with only six pickles in it"

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 11h

Dang, I think I talked myself into hunting down a PDF of it and seeing if I can get a game going.

Gonna have to be PDF probably; physical copy prices are RIDICULOUS.

Anyways, thank you for your time. 💜🐼Z

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 11h

Tired of dungeon crawls? Try defending a ghetto of prefrontals while scientists rush to cure them of their genetically-imposed fast food dependency.

Bored with quest-givers giving you a kill-list? Form a secret school where people can learn the nigh-forgotten art of growing their own food.

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 11h

I really do feel like a re-release of UNDERGROUND nowadays would be more well-received. I mean, you'd have to change some dates (the game takes place in 2021), but I feel its rich social mechanics & unique ulterior goals would be way more welcome in 2020's gaming.

Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 11h

I even ran a few sessions of it back in the day, having only really read the first 1/2 of the book. It was fun combat (if not a bit overcomplex), but players often agreed there were other games that did the superhero & cyberpunk stuff better.

I prolly should have read & understood the actual meat!

Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 11h

It also appeared to have that other 90's TTRPG problem of infodumping its setting, with the "what players do in it." info not immediately obvious.

Oh, it's a VIBRANT setting. Terrifying, even. If you read Transmetropolitan, you're 90% of the way there. But it's also not a good elevator pitch.

Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 11h

I imagine it didn't get the shine it deserved because the majority of 90's TTRPG games were designed to recreate the first 4 pages of any given Liefeld comic.

UNDERGROUND played more like an alt-universe Captain America in the world of Transmetropolitan, which on its surface is a bit oil-and-water.

Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 11h

And I don't mean "they say that's the goal" and let you vaguely figure out how to get there.

No, there's actual systems in place to measure & track your society-building progress in a number of ways. Fairly complex & interconnected ones, where raising one trait lowers others.

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