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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox

@sfxprb.bsky.social

540 followers 1K following 4K posts

TTRPGer, excellent cook, barely managing dad, home maker, internet ditherer, Philadelphian. Anti-chud. Here for rad art, cool ideas about RPGs, and to harass OSR luminaries with posts about food. He/him

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 3d

Wrote a new #OSR focused blog post about how both players and GMs can make the play style more fun. With thanks to @magnoliakeep.itch.io, @serket08.bsky.social, and @dodo-decahedron.bsky.social.

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How to make OSR play unfun

An examination of bad OSR behaviors

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 1h

You played with fire Hodag...

Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 3h

How're you feeling?

Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 7h

@magnoliakeep.itch.io?

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Jon Davis @sivads-sanctum.bsky.social · 19h

Gonna need 10 new subcommanders for this by November, hit me up if you're interested!

Jon Davis @sivads-sanctum.bsky.social · 18d

Starting up a game of @samsorensen.bsky.social's Cataphract!

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 11h

Jeebus, I hope you don't see this until after midnight. Good luck, have fun, puke as often as feels appropriate!

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Joshy McBoo! @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 14h

Use this Camping Procedure if you want to get more HP back in Dolmenwood or if you're trying to piece together house rules for the Middle-earth Hexmap Project

A Camping Procedure

Here is a procedure to simulate getting a good night's sleep in the wilderness. An adventuring party will need to perform several jobs aroun...

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 13h

I know there's been some concern that we haven't done the meme yet, but c'mon would we let you down? so here we go, freshly updated for issue 7 (now please buy a copy, thanks)

a photo of Taika Waititi showing a disapproving looking Cate Blanchett dressed as Hela from the MCU the latest issue of Wyrd Science

the towering balnchett is tagged "My Executive level bread winning wife"

Waititi is tagged "me, showing her yet another magazine about wizards I've just made"

same time, same place, next issue folks!

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 14h

I like Cable about 40% of the time. I quite enjoyed Cable/Deadpool aside from finding Deadpool pretty annoying.

Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 14h

Ok, I'll pick Hellions back up post X of Swords.

Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 16h

Kirhon, are you planning on having the world be a megadungeon?

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Kirhon.vi @delvingwolf.itch.io · 16h

My new blog post, where I talk about the idea for my next Duet campaign, is now live!

#ttrpg #dnd #5e #osr #duet #blog

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My next campaign project

Lately my wife has been obsessed, like millions around the world, with Hollow Knight: Silksong. It's a beautiful game, and I look forward to...

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 17h

And Havok himself isn't particularly compelling here.

Other books (X-Factor, X-Corp, Wolverine ,Cable, Children of the Atom) I haven't been reading. Lack of interest, or my library doesn't have them digitally.

Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 17h

But it just feels so tawdry. Also really disliking the way they're using Colossus here. Maybe there'll be a payoff that makes it somewhat satisfying, but I'm expecting it to be even more frustrating as it continues.

Hellions: I dropped, boring. Aside from Havok I don't care about these characters.

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 17h

And then we have X-Force. It feels like this book is the most/second most important book in terms of driving the story, which is the only reason I'm still reading it. I *HATE* this take on Beast. I understand that the point of the book is that nations do horrible things for survival...

Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 17h

Slowly making my way through the Krakoan Age of X-books and I'm getting toward the end of year two "Reign of X". Excalibur: meh. Highs and lows
Marauders: surprisingly fun
New Mutants: very good
X-Men: consistent favorite
S.W.O.R.D.: have to read the 2nd volume, good not great.

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HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.social · 1d

H'ween Playlist from the H'ween Mega-Zine!

Adult hween faves
Creature the Tijuana Panthers
Bark at the moon ozzy osbourne
Thriller honeywagon
Shine on harvest moon Kate Smith
Pet sematary the Ramones
Season of the Witch Donovan
Disturbia Rihanna
You're dead norma tenga
Dracula gorillaz
Bandages hot hot heat
Ramble on iron horse
Lil red riding hood sam the sham and the pharaohs
Clap for the wolfman count lorry and the biters
The key to grammercy park deadsy
Ghostbusters ray Parker Jr
Loba/she wolf Shakira
Dead man's party oingo boingo
Ra ra ra here come the mummies
Ballallad of Peter pumpkinhead crash test dummies
Dont fear the reaper blue oyster cult
Goo goo muck the cramps
Planet caravan black sabbath
Werewolves of London Warren Zevon
Nightmare on my street will Smith
Batman theme skavoovie and the epitomes
Oddfellows Local 151 rem
Mind's playing tricks on me geto boys
The rakes song decemberists
Night boat to cairo madness
A different city modest mouse
The ghosts that haunt me crash test dummies

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Cats Have No Lord @catshavenolord.itch.io · 21h

Any art moots interested in donating a drawing to be used on stickers supporting the Saipan Humane Society?

Drawing would be an outline of a dog with big ears (like our boonie dogs here) with the text “Brake for Boonies” around it.

Also looking for sticker makers for the same project.

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Stella, Sandwich Enjoyer @evilgoblin.wedding · 4d

My book is for sale via @spacepenguinink.bsky.social as of today! G, Jarrett, and I worked hard on this and are super proud of what we made. If you want to bring your osr dungeon crawling into a forsaken far future check it out! spacepenguin.ink/collections/...

A staplebound booklet on a display case. Massive text reads The Door in Murex Canyon credited to Condrey, Crader, and Gilraine. The cover art depicte a mechanical warrior with a sword and an elf standing in front of a semi organic looking mechanical door in the side of a canyon wall

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 2d

Unrelatedly, good work!

Cover of Feast for a Sphinx. Very pretty.

Interior spread of A Feast for a Sphinx.

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 2d

I'm proof positive that it's possible to ignore all of these things for the most part.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 3d

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

GUYS

GUYS THIS IS IS SEISMIC

GUYS I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU

OPUS DEI IS THE SCIENTOLOGY OF CATHOLICISM THEY ARE THE ONLY THING "THE DA VINCI CODE" GOT RIGHT THEY ARE AWFUL AND THEY ARE EVIL AND THEY HAVE ENORMOUS POWER AND THEY ARE INTEGRAL TO TRADFASH CATHOLICISM

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei

If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 2d

Friends, it's Friday. You deserve a little treat. An eel history treat.

So enjoy this 12th C. image of a medieval hulk. It may be the earliest illustration of one that we have. But ALSO there's a saucy upside-down eel in the water. And that's the important thing!
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Medieval painting of a ship on the water, against an orange background. The ship has one sail, and it is being blown all out of shape by the winds, which you can see personified behind the ship. They look like little angry fuzzballs with faces, blowing furiously. The ship is atop a the crest of a good sized wave; this along with the wind suggest a squall. The front of the ship has been carved into something like a griffin's head.

The ship carries six people. The man at the back -- we'll call him Vambrohzha -- is controlling a long steering board, or an oar that he's using for a rudder. His moth is slack, and he looks distressed by the state of the sail. The other people on the boat seem uninterested, but do seem to be arguing with each other. Perhaps one of them was using loaded dice.

Below the ship, in the water, are several fish, including an upside down eel.

You are expecting me to make an Incredible Hulk joke here, but this hulk is wholly credible.

Source: Corpus Christi College, Oxford MS 157, fol 383r.

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 2d

Oops, forgot the itch page.
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Sherwood | A Game of Outlaws & Arcana by R. Rook Studio

A Tabletop Game of Magic and Outlaws: Physical Preorders Available!

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 2d

Digital copy can be found here, scroll down to find the free quick start. Physical copy here:
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Or if you contact Richard or +1EXP you can probably meet up somewhere to buy it directly.

Sherwood | A Game of Outlaws & Arcana

You might have come for justice. You might have come for glory. Maybe you want revenge. Maybe you just have nowhere else to go. A 32-page zine. Sherwood is a game of outlaws and arcana, inspired by m...

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Rose Skye @vorpalcoil.bsky.social · 2d

Just migrated to my static site: on the individual variance of experiencing bleed.

Two Perspectives On Bleed - This Vorpal Coil

Every time the topic of bleed in roleplaying games comes up, people polarize into one of two spectral ends: A Bleed is thrilling but dangerous, something games should be built to both foster (in the r...

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