Not the Cursed Magical Tome You Were Looking For (1d6)

1) Granny Pigrose’s Charcoal Sketches of Beaus
2) Prophecies of Sunken Cities (abridged, all city names removed)
3) Jerf’s Merjical Spallbuck
4) Frog Gods and Their Resale Value
5) Guestbook of the Ghuls
6) Card Tricks and Other Tricks (Latin edition, bound in blood and bone)

how

a screenshot of a poll where the question posed is "how many clowns fit in car" and the available options are "many clown," "cl01n," "what is car," and "all, somehow, how"
I seek knowledge.

text in image: a screenshot of a poll where the question posed is “how many clowns fit in car” and the available options are “many clown,” “cl01n,” “what is car,” and “all, somehow, how”

approachable

You guys can tell me: Do I come off as approachable? Please leave all responses in writing outside my den, weighted down with a smooth stone, and then back away while continuing to face my den so I don’t see your back, triggering a “pursuit” reflex.

how are we losing?

Nothing worse than surrounding the guy who broke into your warehouse, but having social anxiety about when you should jump in to punch and kick them because you “don’t want to step on anyone else’s moment” and “there’s not technically a queue” so you’re just reading body language and hoping for the best, and in the meanwhile he’s beating everyone up 1-on-1 even though we have the numbers on our side.

The Signal: EP161

an animated image of some dancing feet, glitched as if recorded on VHS, with text reading The Signal EP161.

The Signal: EP161 – Exactly 45 minutes of tunes guaranteed to set toes to tapping and finger bones to snapping. This time out, we’ve got gems for you such as Russian surf by way of the surreal and fictional Pacific Northwest, some afrobeat from Cameroon, disco-funk (again from Russia), reggae, trap, dancehall, garage rock, psychobilly from France, masked alt-country… and more!

Download by clicking on the link (or image) above. The file is available only for a limited time. If you’re interested in the tracklist, it’s in the mp3 itself, in the id3 tags. Or, if you sign up to be a member of our mailing list, The Tuned In, you’ll be among the first on the planet to know when a new mix is posted, and you’ll get a permanent archive link and the entire playlist, delivered to your inbox.

Spotify didn’t really come through for us this time. We only found 8 out of 14 tracks, but if you prefer to stream instead of download, this is as close as you’re gonna get.

game concept: alien zoo

Game concept:
A Jar, A Leaf, A Twig
or
Natural Habitat

Players are in a zoo for humans. Amazing tech has simulated a human environment, but there are hints that show that things aren’t as they seem (which can be collected as a meta-currency to find a way out). Game scenarios can/should be written by writers representing a particular subculture that not everyone playing is familiar with: a Christian summer camp, a hawker fair in Singapore, a research lab, an American mall.

Players must pick up clues like “a youth counselor would not be playing Metallica on acoustic guitar” or “shu mai would not be served with avocado as a primary ingredient” and then find their way out of their cage.

Every X play sessions, they may find themselves actually back on Earth, to “keep them healthy.” This will either be very frustrating or very paranoia-inducing.

Playbooks could include:
The Blackfish – gain advantage if you can identify and kill a zookeeper
The Breeding Pair – gain advantage when working as a team
The Mascot – gain advantage from zookeepers ’cause you’re so cute

Join a Legion

It’s a good day to join a legion and get sent to a remote post, chatting on the top of a wall, guarding against nothing, making up a new back story every time someone asks for yours, wearing a spiffy uniform and sighing at the horizon.

I’m from the ocean. I’m from the plains. I’m from the woods. I’m from the snow.

LET’S ALL GO LOOK AT THE SWORD THAT SUCKS

a scenario for adventurers lvl 0 (or worse)

Nothing is going on in town. Why not go check out that sword that people say “sucks?”

  • 8 maps
  • 4 factions
  • bestiary
  • full color
  • a useless sword
  • words words words

SPRING 2020