The Cosmic Chill
@cosmic-chill.bsky.social
Proprietor of The Ember, on Prosperos Dream.
Writer, game designer.
Queer, trans, disabled and mixed race
Find my work here: https://cosmicchillcreations.itch.io/
Writer, game designer.
Queer, trans, disabled and mixed race
Find my work here: https://cosmicchillcreations.itch.io/
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#vanitera450 begins today, I've spent the day hand writing all my letters, I hope I don't regret this bit.
I'm playing Mohini, her crimson verse. The crimson ladies hand picked diplomat. Thanks to @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social for the art!!!
I'm playing Mohini, her crimson verse. The crimson ladies hand picked diplomat. Thanks to @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social for the art!!!
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
#vanitera450 begins today, I've spent the day hand writing all my letters, I hope I don't regret this bit.
I'm playing Mohini, her crimson verse. The crimson ladies hand picked diplomat. Thanks to @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social for the art!!!
I'm playing Mohini, her crimson verse. The crimson ladies hand picked diplomat. Thanks to @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social for the art!!!
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some #OVER/UNDER folks might remember me talking about a game jam entry I was working on that tied into the Dream as a setting; here it finally is!!!
I just released SLUG MODE, my first Mothership pamphlet scenario! It expands on Slug, a psychedelic drug whose users all inhabit a shared virtual space while high - my favorite weird little plot hook from A Pound of Flesh.
thursday-garreau.itch.io/slug-mode
thursday-garreau.itch.io/slug-mode
SLUG MODE: a drug-fueled diversion for Mothership by Thursday Garreau
a trip into the virtual Sluglands
thursday-garreau.itch.io
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
some #OVER/UNDER folks might remember me talking about a game jam entry I was working on that tied into the Dream as a setting; here it finally is!!!
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This is the post about o/u I was waiting for.
#over/under was not one of a kind. I have been playing similar games for the last EIGHT YEARS. Today, I give this medium a name - "Live Text Roleplay" - and help you build a community of your own.
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
How to Replicate Over/Under
A Guide to Live Text Roleplay
www.valerialoves.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This is the post about o/u I was waiting for.
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In the first of what will likely be a series of blogs, @lincodega.com unpacks how @samsorensen.bsky.social's month-long realtime Mothership larp/megagame #over/under ended for their character, High Gardener Otso, and also, for themselves.
How to find an ending in Over/Under
After a month of emergent story, scheming, and bleed, it all ended with a gardener and a clown.
www.rascal.news
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In the first of what will likely be a series of blogs, @lincodega.com unpacks how @samsorensen.bsky.social's month-long realtime Mothership larp/megagame #over/under ended for their character, High Gardener Otso, and also, for themselves.
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Spent the entirety of the last two weeks pretending I was Anthony Bourdain
Here is a link to the full compilation and a retrospective at the end:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
#OVER/UNDER
Here is a link to the full compilation and a retrospective at the end:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
#OVER/UNDER
Over Under Anthony Bourdain Compilation
docs.google.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Spent the entirety of the last two weeks pretending I was Anthony Bourdain
Here is a link to the full compilation and a retrospective at the end:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
#OVER/UNDER
Here is a link to the full compilation and a retrospective at the end:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
#OVER/UNDER
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I miss #over/under so I'm putting some patches in my store soon. There's a few cute ones but this might be my favorite.
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I miss #over/under so I'm putting some patches in my store soon. There's a few cute ones but this might be my favorite.
One of the best things to come from #over/under, aside from the community -- is refreshing my creative energy, I've written more in the last few days than I have all year. Turns out the cure for burnout is just to be a pretend bartender for a month!
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
One of the best things to come from #over/under, aside from the community -- is refreshing my creative energy, I've written more in the last few days than I have all year. Turns out the cure for burnout is just to be a pretend bartender for a month!
Also in no real order:
Azul
Oath
Go
Deep regrets
Blood on the clocktower
Carcasonne
Bohnanza
wyrmspan
netrunner (the null signal version)
mind mgmt
Rheres a few other games that might be up there if I'd managed to table them before, also theres arcs and ahoy, but I wanted to have more variety.
Azul
Oath
Go
Deep regrets
Blood on the clocktower
Carcasonne
Bohnanza
wyrmspan
netrunner (the null signal version)
mind mgmt
Rheres a few other games that might be up there if I'd managed to table them before, also theres arcs and ahoy, but I wanted to have more variety.
Hmmmm, quick thoughts and in no particular order:
Grand Austria Hotel
Ghost Stories
Witness
Hollow
Click Clack Lumberjack
Galaxy Trucker
Bruges
MetroX
The Lost Expedition
Deep Sea Adventure
Grand Austria Hotel
Ghost Stories
Witness
Hollow
Click Clack Lumberjack
Galaxy Trucker
Bruges
MetroX
The Lost Expedition
Deep Sea Adventure
board game enthusiasts of bluesky, what are your top 10 board games of all time
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Also in no real order:
Azul
Oath
Go
Deep regrets
Blood on the clocktower
Carcasonne
Bohnanza
wyrmspan
netrunner (the null signal version)
mind mgmt
Rheres a few other games that might be up there if I'd managed to table them before, also theres arcs and ahoy, but I wanted to have more variety.
Azul
Oath
Go
Deep regrets
Blood on the clocktower
Carcasonne
Bohnanza
wyrmspan
netrunner (the null signal version)
mind mgmt
Rheres a few other games that might be up there if I'd managed to table them before, also theres arcs and ahoy, but I wanted to have more variety.
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My #over/under post game blogging run continues with a big ol' post about how fucking weird it was playing a character with the same name as me for a month. Going to be unpacking it for a while but this is a start...
thegardenbelow.blot.im/sister/sestr...
thegardenbelow.blot.im/sister/sestr...
Sister / Sestra / Juniper / Yula - The Garden Below
One of the most peculiar quirks of playing over/under this past month or so was the fact that at the game start I had no idea I would be leaning so
thegardenbelow.blot.im
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My #over/under post game blogging run continues with a big ol' post about how fucking weird it was playing a character with the same name as me for a month. Going to be unpacking it for a while but this is a start...
thegardenbelow.blot.im/sister/sestr...
thegardenbelow.blot.im/sister/sestr...
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#over/under is done, more like under/over
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#over/under is done, more like under/over
Got so many thoughts about #over/under now that it's over: But for now I want to share the incredible art of Millie done by artists across the Dream. Credit to @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social, and all the other artists on the dream! (sorry for the ones I haven't credited, I don't know your tags)
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Got so many thoughts about #over/under now that it's over: But for now I want to share the incredible art of Millie done by artists across the Dream. Credit to @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social, and all the other artists on the dream! (sorry for the ones I haven't credited, I don't know your tags)
#over/under: Millies final scheme: she escapes the dream with Eris, Gem, and her android twin after having a death-threat. Publicising it before her escape.
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
#over/under: Millies final scheme: she escapes the dream with Eris, Gem, and her android twin after having a death-threat. Publicising it before her escape.
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My special thank you to the #over/under community.
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
My special thank you to the #over/under community.
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Also really proud of my Slime Fool tarot that I did for the church's tarot project. I tried to fit in as many lil references as I could. Please appreciate the tiny pixel art text at various angles #over/under
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Also really proud of my Slime Fool tarot that I did for the church's tarot project. I tried to fit in as many lil references as I could. Please appreciate the tiny pixel art text at various angles #over/under
Please fo give this man money, he deserves every cent of it for putting up with our chaotic shit.
what's up gamers I've barely posted about this since #over/under has eaten all of my time, but my space trucking Mothership Month 25 project, ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE, has just under 36 hours left, go check it out: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE: Space Trucking for Mothership RPG
Mothership space trucking 101, set in the star system surrounding Prospero's Dream
www.backerkit.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Please fo give this man money, he deserves every cent of it for putting up with our chaotic shit.
#over/under: The final day is here, the final scheme will be soon revealed. Until then, have some choice moments from the final day; The corpse of stratermeyer becoming a garden, a goodbye and a final date in the zero-G-disco-hibachi-sauna +shrine, so many goodbyes...
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
#over/under: The final day is here, the final scheme will be soon revealed. Until then, have some choice moments from the final day; The corpse of stratermeyer becoming a garden, a goodbye and a final date in the zero-G-disco-hibachi-sauna +shrine, so many goodbyes...
#over/under: Somethings coming, something wet and sodden.
(most of my antics today unfortunately can't be revealed until game end)
(most of my antics today unfortunately can't be revealed until game end)
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#over/under: Somethings coming, something wet and sodden.
(most of my antics today unfortunately can't be revealed until game end)
(most of my antics today unfortunately can't be revealed until game end)
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#over/under: tonight, millie had a spar with her old friend and rival, sestra juniper.
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
#over/under: tonight, millie had a spar with her old friend and rival, sestra juniper.
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ok i gotta sequester for the conclave in like fifteen minutes bc we're electing a new sun pope or whatever (ON GLIMMER!! FOR SOL'S SAKE!!! THIS HOLIDAY SEASON HAS BEEN NUTS) but i'm posting these screenshots from the smoking section of ember's because it did in fact kick my ass thanks #over/under
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
ok i gotta sequester for the conclave in like fifteen minutes bc we're electing a new sun pope or whatever (ON GLIMMER!! FOR SOL'S SAKE!!! THIS HOLIDAY SEASON HAS BEEN NUTS) but i'm posting these screenshots from the smoking section of ember's because it did in fact kick my ass thanks #over/under
#over/under: Millie has an interview, beginning to process the decision she's making. Her scheme continues, slightly bidden.
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#over/under: Millie has an interview, beginning to process the decision she's making. Her scheme continues, slightly bidden.
#over/under: Today, another goodbye (so many of these happening now, always devastating).
Thanks for the good times Jezza, was a wild ride.
Thanks for the good times Jezza, was a wild ride.
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
#over/under: Today, another goodbye (so many of these happening now, always devastating).
Thanks for the good times Jezza, was a wild ride.
Thanks for the good times Jezza, was a wild ride.
#over/under: today Millie asked an important religious figure for drugs, had her first breakup... and began her final scheme.
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#over/under: today Millie asked an important religious figure for drugs, had her first breakup... and began her final scheme.
#over/under: While the conclave is busy in-fighting, ex-cardinal gem is celebrating glimmer with his new family... Who really represents what the church believes?
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
#over/under: While the conclave is busy in-fighting, ex-cardinal gem is celebrating glimmer with his new family... Who really represents what the church believes?