Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd)
@monkeyx.bsky.social
This is my rocket 🚀
This is my gun 🔫
I use this site 🦋
Mostly for fun 😜
https://blog.srazavi.com/
https://poems.prazavi.com/
https://blog.monkeyx.games/
This is my gun 🔫
I use this site 🦋
Mostly for fun 😜
https://blog.srazavi.com/
https://poems.prazavi.com/
https://blog.monkeyx.games/
Sometimes VTTs feel like they’ve taken us backwards. Gorgeous maps, animated tokens, chunky automation… and somehow I’m less in the scene than when we used badly drawn dungeon maps on scrap paper. 1/10
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Sometimes VTTs feel like they’ve taken us backwards. Gorgeous maps, animated tokens, chunky automation… and somehow I’m less in the scene than when we used badly drawn dungeon maps on scrap paper. 1/10
On this gray Saturday afternoon, with the kids and misses otherwise occupied, I'm having an enjoyable re-read through @wyrdscience.bsky.social mack catalogue before I get to the latest issue that arrived the other day.
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
On this gray Saturday afternoon, with the kids and misses otherwise occupied, I'm having an enjoyable re-read through @wyrdscience.bsky.social mack catalogue before I get to the latest issue that arrived the other day.
What does it say about RPGs that a 2011 game still owns my spare time? Maybe tech moved on, budgets exploded… but design got anxious. Until someone makes “Skyrim but unhinged,” I’ll keep telling myself I’m done… then reinstall. 10/10
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What does it say about RPGs that a 2011 game still owns my spare time? Maybe tech moved on, budgets exploded… but design got anxious. Until someone makes “Skyrim but unhinged,” I’ll keep telling myself I’m done… then reinstall. 10/10
Skyrim’s real secret sauce is jank + mods. It shipped as a meme generator, then the modders turned it into six different games, including “Ultra Hardcore Survival” and “I Live In Riften And Just Fish.” That’s replayability. 8/10
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Skyrim’s real secret sauce is jank + mods. It shipped as a meme generator, then the modders turned it into six different games, including “Ultra Hardcore Survival” and “I Live In Riften And Just Fish.” That’s replayability. 8/10
Other games got close. Witcher 3 nails story but Geralt is Geralt. Elden Ring nails exploration but hates pause menus. Dragon’s Dogma has brilliant combat but a tiny theatre. None quite say: “Live here, break things, it’s fine.” 5/10
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Other games got close. Witcher 3 nails story but Geralt is Geralt. Elden Ring nails exploration but hates pause menus. Dragon’s Dogma has brilliant combat but a tiny theatre. None quite say: “Live here, break things, it’s fine.” 5/10
The tragedy: Skyrim’s freedom eventually runs into Skyrim’s combat scaling. At hour 20 I’m a demigod, but every bandit is too. Power fantasy slowly becomes foam-sword LARP where everything is spongy and nothing is scary. 3/10
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The tragedy: Skyrim’s freedom eventually runs into Skyrim’s combat scaling. At hour 20 I’m a demigod, but every bandit is too. Power fantasy slowly becomes foam-sword LARP where everything is spongy and nothing is scary. 3/10
Fourteen years after Skyrim launched and there’s still nothing quite like spending 300+ hours in it, finishing every guild, the DLCs, and sixteen cheese collection side-quests… but somehow never the main quest or the civil war. 1/10
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Fourteen years after Skyrim launched and there’s still nothing quite like spending 300+ hours in it, finishing every guild, the DLCs, and sixteen cheese collection side-quests… but somehow never the main quest or the civil war. 1/10
I've gone on a TTRPG reading splurge. Come to the conclusion: TTRPG hobby in 2025: we don’t have “a game,” we have a backlog. Steam, but for feelings. We run a campaign, think seriously about a second, & own PDFs for about forty-seven more we “might” play when time and friends stop being finite. 1/8
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I've gone on a TTRPG reading splurge. Come to the conclusion: TTRPG hobby in 2025: we don’t have “a game,” we have a backlog. Steam, but for feelings. We run a campaign, think seriously about a second, & own PDFs for about forty-seven more we “might” play when time and friends stop being finite. 1/8
Early autumn is the most beautiful time of the year
October 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Early autumn is the most beautiful time of the year
Cold City (2e): first impressions after a quick read.
Rules-light chassis with a GM dice economy for pacing:
d10 opposed pools, 1950 Berlin pressure cooker, Trust & Hidden Agendas fuel classy spy-betrayal, and fallout is tracked as Consequences.
Here’s what jumped out at me: (1/14)
Rules-light chassis with a GM dice economy for pacing:
d10 opposed pools, 1950 Berlin pressure cooker, Trust & Hidden Agendas fuel classy spy-betrayal, and fallout is tracked as Consequences.
Here’s what jumped out at me: (1/14)
October 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Cold City (2e): first impressions after a quick read.
Rules-light chassis with a GM dice economy for pacing:
d10 opposed pools, 1950 Berlin pressure cooker, Trust & Hidden Agendas fuel classy spy-betrayal, and fallout is tracked as Consequences.
Here’s what jumped out at me: (1/14)
Rules-light chassis with a GM dice economy for pacing:
d10 opposed pools, 1950 Berlin pressure cooker, Trust & Hidden Agendas fuel classy spy-betrayal, and fallout is tracked as Consequences.
Here’s what jumped out at me: (1/14)
A quick read of the Invincible quick start and keen to get a group together to play the scenario included. Superhero throw-downs that feel like comic panels getting ripped off the page mid-punch. 1/
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A quick read of the Invincible quick start and keen to get a group together to play the scenario included. Superhero throw-downs that feel like comic panels getting ripped off the page mid-punch. 1/
Over the weekend I read @modiphius.bsky.social's new Discworld RPG core rulebook. It's a love letter to Pratchett: fast, funny, and relentlessly story-first. Ankh-Morpork pops off the page, and the book keeps the satire without drowning you in crunch. (1/8)
October 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Over the weekend I read @modiphius.bsky.social's new Discworld RPG core rulebook. It's a love letter to Pratchett: fast, funny, and relentlessly story-first. Ankh-Morpork pops off the page, and the book keeps the satire without drowning you in crunch. (1/8)
Final game against Jon's beautiful Cathay. An unsurprising 16-4 loss. I can see why a more optimised list would be pretty unfun to play into.
All in all a great time at the TSN arena. @sixdiceskills.bsky.social puts on the best events.
All in all a great time at the TSN arena. @sixdiceskills.bsky.social puts on the best events.
October 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Final game against Jon's beautiful Cathay. An unsurprising 16-4 loss. I can see why a more optimised list would be pretty unfun to play into.
All in all a great time at the TSN arena. @sixdiceskills.bsky.social puts on the best events.
All in all a great time at the TSN arena. @sixdiceskills.bsky.social puts on the best events.
New day, fourth game. This time into Tom's brightly coloured Vampire Counts. I've now played Vampire models as Bretonnians and Bretonnians as Vampires.
A sneaky scout move and a ravenous dragon got me a 16-4 win.
2W2L going into game 5. Perfectly mid as I am 😄
A sneaky scout move and a ravenous dragon got me a 16-4 win.
2W2L going into game 5. Perfectly mid as I am 😄
October 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New day, fourth game. This time into Tom's brightly coloured Vampire Counts. I've now played Vampire models as Bretonnians and Bretonnians as Vampires.
A sneaky scout move and a ravenous dragon got me a 16-4 win.
2W2L going into game 5. Perfectly mid as I am 😄
A sneaky scout move and a ravenous dragon got me a 16-4 win.
2W2L going into game 5. Perfectly mid as I am 😄
Third game into Dwarven Expeditionary Force piloted by the affable Tom.
Again a fun bit of warhams altho not much my fragile saucy elves can do into all that long range shooting. A 17-3 loss.
But 3 great games, so roll on tomorrow!
Oh remembered to take one photo as well
Again a fun bit of warhams altho not much my fragile saucy elves can do into all that long range shooting. A 17-3 loss.
But 3 great games, so roll on tomorrow!
Oh remembered to take one photo as well
October 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Third game into Dwarven Expeditionary Force piloted by the affable Tom.
Again a fun bit of warhams altho not much my fragile saucy elves can do into all that long range shooting. A 17-3 loss.
But 3 great games, so roll on tomorrow!
Oh remembered to take one photo as well
Again a fun bit of warhams altho not much my fragile saucy elves can do into all that long range shooting. A 17-3 loss.
But 3 great games, so roll on tomorrow!
Oh remembered to take one photo as well
My second game was a proper hoot with the lovely @leith-something.bsky.social and his incredibly thematic Warriors of Chaos with every Chaos god represented.
And a win for the Dark Elves 18-2!
And a win for the Dark Elves 18-2!
October 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My second game was a proper hoot with the lovely @leith-something.bsky.social and his incredibly thematic Warriors of Chaos with every Chaos god represented.
And a win for the Dark Elves 18-2!
And a win for the Dark Elves 18-2!
First time playing me Dark Elves at an event! Nice to get the army out to play.
Round 1 into Bretonnians playing the lovely Lewis who organised the Saffron Slam tournaments and it went as expected with a 17-3 win to the baguette lovers.
Will have to remember to take more photos!
Round 1 into Bretonnians playing the lovely Lewis who organised the Saffron Slam tournaments and it went as expected with a 17-3 win to the baguette lovers.
Will have to remember to take more photos!
October 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
First time playing me Dark Elves at an event! Nice to get the army out to play.
Round 1 into Bretonnians playing the lovely Lewis who organised the Saffron Slam tournaments and it went as expected with a 17-3 win to the baguette lovers.
Will have to remember to take more photos!
Round 1 into Bretonnians playing the lovely Lewis who organised the Saffron Slam tournaments and it went as expected with a 17-3 win to the baguette lovers.
Will have to remember to take more photos!
The winners of the War in the Old World VII
Overall - Malik Amin Rubio
Best General of Good - Malik Amin Rubio
Best General of Evil - Tom Mann
Best Sport - Danny Paines
Coolest Army - Andy O'Reilly
New dice - Mathew Lang
Overall - Malik Amin Rubio
Best General of Good - Malik Amin Rubio
Best General of Evil - Tom Mann
Best Sport - Danny Paines
Coolest Army - Andy O'Reilly
New dice - Mathew Lang
October 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The winners of the War in the Old World VII
Overall - Malik Amin Rubio
Best General of Good - Malik Amin Rubio
Best General of Evil - Tom Mann
Best Sport - Danny Paines
Coolest Army - Andy O'Reilly
New dice - Mathew Lang
Overall - Malik Amin Rubio
Best General of Good - Malik Amin Rubio
Best General of Evil - Tom Mann
Best Sport - Danny Paines
Coolest Army - Andy O'Reilly
New dice - Mathew Lang
Round 3 - Encirclement
October 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Round 3 - Encirclement
Round 2 - A Chance Encounter
October 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Round 2 - A Chance Encounter
Round 1 - King of the Hill (modified)
October 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Round 1 - King of the Hill (modified)
It's another War in the Old World Saturday! Once again blown away by the hobby and good vibes.
#Warhammer #OldWorlr #WiTOW
#Warhammer #OldWorlr #WiTOW
October 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
It's another War in the Old World Saturday! Once again blown away by the hobby and good vibes.
#Warhammer #OldWorlr #WiTOW
#Warhammer #OldWorlr #WiTOW
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
September 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
Back in 2009, two years before Skyrim
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Post a screenshot of your first 5 Steam purchases and let Bluesky “judge” you
Open the Steam client, click your name in the top right -> account details -> View purchase history and scroll down
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Post a screenshot of your first 5 Steam purchases and let Bluesky “judge” you
Open the Steam client, click your name in the top right -> account details -> View purchase history and scroll down
August 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Back in 2009, two years before Skyrim
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Post a screenshot of your first 5 Steam purchases and let Bluesky “judge” you
Open the Steam client, click your name in the top right -> account details -> View purchase history and scroll down
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Post a screenshot of your first 5 Steam purchases and let Bluesky “judge” you
Open the Steam client, click your name in the top right -> account details -> View purchase history and scroll down