Kevin Kulp
@kevinkulp.bsky.social
Shiftwork & human fatigue specialist, writer, award-winning game designer (Swords of the Serpentine, TimeWatch), storyteller, BBQ guy; some of these actually tie together. Crappy shark movie enthusiast. He/him.
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Kevin Kulp
@kevinkulp.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Fun Kevin facts!
*designs games
*has seen 167+ crappy shark movies in the last 4 years
*in the late ‘80s, worked in NA’s largest shoulderpad factory
*Boston-based
*travels around the US solving shift schedule/human fatigue problems
*smokes BBQ
*fell off a pony while wearing a Humpty Dumpty costume
*designs games
*has seen 167+ crappy shark movies in the last 4 years
*in the late ‘80s, worked in NA’s largest shoulderpad factory
*Boston-based
*travels around the US solving shift schedule/human fatigue problems
*smokes BBQ
*fell off a pony while wearing a Humpty Dumpty costume
I don’t usually swear online but what the actual fuck.
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I don’t usually swear online but what the actual fuck.
I playtested this at Metatopia last year. It’s wildly creative and worth testing by anyone who loves worldbuilding. I still think about it!
Genesis of Legend Publishing is currently playtesting La Fine Fleur, our Flowerpunk TTRPG using the Firebrands Framework. If you would like test this neat new game in development and point out any thorns, sign up at the following link: forms.gle/Hfq8HsfsgFyU...
La Fine Fleur - Playtest Signup
La Fine Fleur is a flowerpunk game of revolution and power in Orchyd City. We are looking for a small number of playtesters to try out this new game using the firebrands framework. If you are interest...
forms.gle
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I playtested this at Metatopia last year. It’s wildly creative and worth testing by anyone who loves worldbuilding. I still think about it!
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November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This looks fascinating.
I just backed Gravity: A Roleplaying Game on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/pot...
Gravity: A Roleplaying Game
A one-shot TTRPG about powerful people in a bad situation.
www.kickstarter.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This looks fascinating.
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Paging @kevinkulp.bsky.social....
Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Paging @kevinkulp.bsky.social....
My sister is in Vietnam right now and I’m not entirely sure that her hotel is real. If she told me it only appears every century, I’d probably believe it.
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
My sister is in Vietnam right now and I’m not entirely sure that her hotel is real. If she told me it only appears every century, I’d probably believe it.
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@kevinkulp.bsky.social I didn't expect anyone to make a movie that would bridge both our cinematic obsessions, but apparently it's happening! gizmodo.com/keanu-reeves...
Keanu Reeves' Next Movie 'Shiver' Has Sharks and A Time Loop
Get ready to watch Keanu Reeves die again and again in the upcoming shark-heavy sci-fi film 'Shiver.'
gizmodo.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
@kevinkulp.bsky.social I didn't expect anyone to make a movie that would bridge both our cinematic obsessions, but apparently it's happening! gizmodo.com/keanu-reeves...
Free Halloween ashcan of Escape to Utopia - zombies everywhere, and nowhere to flee! Super excited to play this at Metatopia next month.
planesailinggames.itch.io/escape-to-ut...
planesailinggames.itch.io/escape-to-ut...
Escape to Utopia Ashcan - Zombies! by Plane Sailing Games
Story ttrpg for 1-4 players about surviving a zombie apocalypse
planesailinggames.itch.io
October 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Free Halloween ashcan of Escape to Utopia - zombies everywhere, and nowhere to flee! Super excited to play this at Metatopia next month.
planesailinggames.itch.io/escape-to-ut...
planesailinggames.itch.io/escape-to-ut...
My border collie and his VERY LOUD squeaky toy do not understand the professionalism of client meetings from my home office.
October 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My border collie and his VERY LOUD squeaky toy do not understand the professionalism of client meetings from my home office.
My spouse: “What’s that noise in the basement?”
Me: “It’s the furnace.”
Narrator: “It was NOT the furnace.”
I’d like to request a moment of silence for my late, lamented water heater.
Me: “It’s the furnace.”
Narrator: “It was NOT the furnace.”
I’d like to request a moment of silence for my late, lamented water heater.
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My spouse: “What’s that noise in the basement?”
Me: “It’s the furnace.”
Narrator: “It was NOT the furnace.”
I’d like to request a moment of silence for my late, lamented water heater.
Me: “It’s the furnace.”
Narrator: “It was NOT the furnace.”
I’d like to request a moment of silence for my late, lamented water heater.
We just saw BEAST OF WAR, a new Aussie shark movie. Ranks an amazing #4 out of 183 shark movies we've seen. Aboriginal lead, amazing practical effects, good dialogue, WW2 background story, believable villain you love to hate, racism, hot nurses, amazing chomps, fun jump scares. Go see or rent it.
October 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
We just saw BEAST OF WAR, a new Aussie shark movie. Ranks an amazing #4 out of 183 shark movies we've seen. Aboriginal lead, amazing practical effects, good dialogue, WW2 background story, believable villain you love to hate, racism, hot nurses, amazing chomps, fun jump scares. Go see or rent it.
Happy birthday, @jenkatwrites.bsky.social! Here, have a birthday oopossum.
September 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Happy birthday, @jenkatwrites.bsky.social! Here, have a birthday oopossum.
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🐻 The battle of the chonks has arrived: It’s Fat Bear Week 2025.
Will 128 Grazer pull off a three-peat? You can vote for the fattest bear on @explore.org’s website until Sept. 30. https://wapo.st/3Kfr5ix
Will 128 Grazer pull off a three-peat? You can vote for the fattest bear on @explore.org’s website until Sept. 30. https://wapo.st/3Kfr5ix
September 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🐻 The battle of the chonks has arrived: It’s Fat Bear Week 2025.
Will 128 Grazer pull off a three-peat? You can vote for the fattest bear on @explore.org’s website until Sept. 30. https://wapo.st/3Kfr5ix
Will 128 Grazer pull off a three-peat? You can vote for the fattest bear on @explore.org’s website until Sept. 30. https://wapo.st/3Kfr5ix
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TTRPG convention questions - as a visitor, what makes a good standing banner at a stand? (Those pull up roller banners)
As a stallholder, what do you think makes a great banner? Anything I should make sure that I do (or avoid doing) when ordering one?
As a stallholder, what do you think makes a great banner? Anything I should make sure that I do (or avoid doing) when ordering one?
September 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
TTRPG convention questions - as a visitor, what makes a good standing banner at a stand? (Those pull up roller banners)
As a stallholder, what do you think makes a great banner? Anything I should make sure that I do (or avoid doing) when ordering one?
As a stallholder, what do you think makes a great banner? Anything I should make sure that I do (or avoid doing) when ordering one?
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Game Designers... what was the game that got you into designing #ttrpgs and why?
For me it was Fiasco by @jmstar.bsky.social - it was/is a great game, I enjoyed playing it. The format was mind blowing but it didn't quite do what I wanted. So I wrote When The Dark Is Gone which did.
#gamedesign
For me it was Fiasco by @jmstar.bsky.social - it was/is a great game, I enjoyed playing it. The format was mind blowing but it didn't quite do what I wanted. So I wrote When The Dark Is Gone which did.
#gamedesign
September 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Game Designers... what was the game that got you into designing #ttrpgs and why?
For me it was Fiasco by @jmstar.bsky.social - it was/is a great game, I enjoyed playing it. The format was mind blowing but it didn't quite do what I wanted. So I wrote When The Dark Is Gone which did.
#gamedesign
For me it was Fiasco by @jmstar.bsky.social - it was/is a great game, I enjoyed playing it. The format was mind blowing but it didn't quite do what I wanted. So I wrote When The Dark Is Gone which did.
#gamedesign
Happy 16th anniversary of Kitchenpocalypse, everyone, when my cabinets and my wall decided to part ways (and turn on the gas stove in the process!)
September 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Happy 16th anniversary of Kitchenpocalypse, everyone, when my cabinets and my wall decided to part ways (and turn on the gas stove in the process!)
@johnrogers.bsky.social Happy birthday, John!
September 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
@johnrogers.bsky.social Happy birthday, John!
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Continuing to work on “Escape to Utopia” and I’m now writing up Robot Uprising threats.
Which would you fear most? An autonomous car (like Christine)? A robot police dog gone bad? A killer drone that wants to land an explosive on your head?
The fear that one of your NPCs is really a robot…?
Which would you fear most? An autonomous car (like Christine)? A robot police dog gone bad? A killer drone that wants to land an explosive on your head?
The fear that one of your NPCs is really a robot…?
September 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Continuing to work on “Escape to Utopia” and I’m now writing up Robot Uprising threats.
Which would you fear most? An autonomous car (like Christine)? A robot police dog gone bad? A killer drone that wants to land an explosive on your head?
The fear that one of your NPCs is really a robot…?
Which would you fear most? An autonomous car (like Christine)? A robot police dog gone bad? A killer drone that wants to land an explosive on your head?
The fear that one of your NPCs is really a robot…?
It came up today that I can tell if a shark movie’s sound effects were done in Bulgaria or South Africa by the sound of the growl the shark makes. It’s a very distinctive kind of growl!
September 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It came up today that I can tell if a shark movie’s sound effects were done in Bulgaria or South Africa by the sound of the growl the shark makes. It’s a very distinctive kind of growl!
The pork butts I smoked today may be the best barbecue I’ve ever made, and I have absolutely no idea why. But my dowager empress certainly thinks so!
September 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The pork butts I smoked today may be the best barbecue I’ve ever made, and I have absolutely no idea why. But my dowager empress certainly thinks so!
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You can always tell a Milford Man.
September 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
You can always tell a Milford Man.
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My podcast has evolved into a conversation between TTRPG luminaries, and it's awesome. But it needs a new name. Current possibilities:
Dungeons & Discussions
Tabletop Team-Up
The Riggscast/The Ben Riggs Show/Something else with my name in it.
OR:
Something else.
Thoughts?
Dungeons & Discussions
Tabletop Team-Up
The Riggscast/The Ben Riggs Show/Something else with my name in it.
OR:
Something else.
Thoughts?
September 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
My podcast has evolved into a conversation between TTRPG luminaries, and it's awesome. But it needs a new name. Current possibilities:
Dungeons & Discussions
Tabletop Team-Up
The Riggscast/The Ben Riggs Show/Something else with my name in it.
OR:
Something else.
Thoughts?
Dungeons & Discussions
Tabletop Team-Up
The Riggscast/The Ben Riggs Show/Something else with my name in it.
OR:
Something else.
Thoughts?
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The Pro Family Forum’s early 80s Satanic Panic pamphlet "Dungeons and Dragons: Only a Game?” has it all:
- a great cover
- a description of D&D guaranteed to entice 14 year olds
- a list of other, “more sophisticated and cruel" fantasy TTRPGs to try
- a great cover
- a description of D&D guaranteed to entice 14 year olds
- a list of other, “more sophisticated and cruel" fantasy TTRPGs to try
September 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The Pro Family Forum’s early 80s Satanic Panic pamphlet "Dungeons and Dragons: Only a Game?” has it all:
- a great cover
- a description of D&D guaranteed to entice 14 year olds
- a list of other, “more sophisticated and cruel" fantasy TTRPGs to try
- a great cover
- a description of D&D guaranteed to entice 14 year olds
- a list of other, “more sophisticated and cruel" fantasy TTRPGs to try
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