Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Oh no they Sanderised mah Dark Millennium #hawkmoon 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Oooo that's why Sandy Peterson was blathering about what Orcs look like.. 010
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 11/08/2026RIP to a real one. One of the greatest everyman horror icons, we’ll miss you Reggie 021
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Today I learned that TRPG history consists of- 1974 D&D happens 1974-1990 All dungeon hacking old school all the time 1991- Theatre kids invent Vampire the Masqurade and either save or destroy the hobby. Open the (tabletop) schools #trpg 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I don't do internet arguments anymore, but there are some dipshit trpg accounts at the otherplace that I may be willing to make an exception for. 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Silent Mobius would be a great one. I know there were some Doujinshi games based on Fate/Nasuverse and I'd love to get may hands on them. (I did write one for a campaign I ran lol) 010
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026And that's the biggest sin here, it seems to just be another throwback post-OSR game. I own more TRPG manuals than most, you gotta compete with that pile I have at home and I got both slick aestheics and shadowdark in that pile already. 030
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Oh there's death dice rather than luck dice because (something something juvenile aesthetics) , there's exploding damage dice. (Usually craptacular in my opinion as the internet's premier Savage Worlds hater) But other than that, not much more than a marketing budget... 110
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I do think there are limits to the "shitty people making a shitty game" crique but outside the juvenile aesthetics there doesn't really seem to be anything here? (based on the previews the marketing has put in my algo) It's Shadowdark mostly. 140
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Agreed on being critical of the critique and it being important to read them. On Deathbringer itself (aside from the juvinile aesthetics) I havn't really seen anything in previews that reads as much more than a Shadowdark reskin with some extra dice stuff? The OSR market is crowded... 130
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 15/07/2026It’s also a great tool against financial shocks, lender of last resort that the government can use to address widespread consumer financial issues. (Like deflating asset bubbles..) 010
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I was going to say that, we have postal banking already. It’s also a good reason to halt the erosion of AusPost’s branch’s (esp in regional areas) 030
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 13/07/2026To be fair, along with Supers, mecha games are perhaps the hardest to design. 001
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Metro warnings about train platforms after a rainy nightyoutube.comIt’s pretty bloody slipperyYouTube video by Aunty Donna 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 29/06/2026static.klipy.comAvengers Hulk: That's My Secret, CapAlt: Avengers Hulk: That's My Secret, Cap 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Horror games need something that makes the characters need to withdraw to safety from time to time. Even if that retreat is impractical. Horror comes from the contrast between safety and the horror, between rationality and fear. Sanity does that well, a foundation for other games to build on. 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 29/06/2026It’s another and more subtle angle of risk and danger characters need to address. The longer you press on with an investigation the more it wares on you, the more you risk hitting that dreaded threshold of temporary or indefinite insanity. 100
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 29/06/2026It’s not just HP for your brain. It really is about thresholds (a thing BRP does a bit), not just how many shocks your character can take over their career; but how intense a shock they can take in one sitting or over a short period. 110
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 29/06/2026And I always liked sanity, although it’s misnamed and we never used indefinite insanity as written as it’s odd and clunky. But the core of it being effectively a “tension” mechanic is imho kind of genius. 110
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Parts of it obviously seem dated in the year of our lord 2026 but even in its older editions it’s a pretty neat and easy to run game. It does what it says on the tin well and its longevity is testament to that. 100
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Call of Cthulhu was the second or third TRPG I owned. (Palladium’s Robotech was the other possible silver medal winner) It was so different from D&D and Fighting fantasy that I never really “got” the game for a few years. But to be fair I was 11 at the time. 110
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 29/06/2026And you can not like him or his crappy opinions and still acknowledge that he contributed some pretty important stuff into the TRPG space. Call of Cthulhu was a landmark game, so was Ghostbusters. (With Lynn Willis and Greg Stafford ofc) 110
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Watching Sandy Peterson transform from somewhat shitty conservative TRPG creator into full culture war blue tick on twitter engagement poster is pretty sad. Although watching John Romero consistently pull him up on his BS about Doom in realtime is satisfying. 150
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I think the new Doctor Who should be Rob Brydon with Diane Morgan as the master. Think the show needs to be funnier and the Doctor more Welsh. Send skeet #doctorwho 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Working onsite in a Monday feels #dailybopyoutu.beGrant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Chrysalis Records 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 04/06/2026youtu.be/6hgYH3-HVrY?... #morningbop Trespass isn’t really considered one of their best but the clarity of the storytelling always captured me. Once had an idea of writing a series of con modules inspired by each track… #ttrpgyoutu.beGenesis - White Mountain (Official Audio)YouTube video by Genesis 000
Reposted by Aaron FenwickGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Abolish the Job Networks, re-establish the CES. Bring in a 90% retrospective income tax on the owners of the networks for being awful (legality of this might be suss, but hey, it will give them an incentive to do something else) 2031163
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 24/05/2026and yes the shelf is over stacked and yes "His Majesty the Worm" cannot be contained on any shelf due to it's shear heft and unfathomable dimensions. (It could fit with art books but that would infuriate me) 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Getting a good collection of weird little guys in the TRPG book shelf. The little wizards are from one of @ksuwabe.bsky.social amazing gatcha sets. 100
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 22/05/2026We got Scriptorium and I have failed to get past the Sandbox mode. 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I did not know this but it’s unsurprising. I’ve maintained that Gygax’s/TSR’s innovation was publishing the game materials for sale rather than developing the form itself. (Which then facilitated rapid development as D&D found a mass market) 010
Reposted by Aaron FenwickAfraid of Encounters (He/Him) @isaacisafraid.bsky.social · 10/05/2026New TTRPG adventure from an Indonesian creator! My friend, Kerisian Kult, has just released his first OSR adventure, Ascension! It is compatible with MÖRK BORG! Check it out! kerisiankult.itch.io/ascension-zine #ttrpg #osrkerisiankult.itch.ioAscension | MÖRK BORG - Oneshot Dungeon Crawl by Kerisian Kult 02712
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Mostly the same? I think it was a mistake not making it an anthology after s1 but when it was good it was really good. 110
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Yes, and he was “Will the Wise” so makes sense that he’s a Magic user but I suspect that sounded dorky in dialogue… (even Mage would mean 2nd Ed) 010
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Of course they would, they’d know if she had a model of Walkman with twin play head so it could switch sides without ejecting the cassette. No Cell service is often lazy but I think it can be used well. (Particularly in horror as it can mark a crossing over the threshold or highlighting isolation) 110
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Morning bopyoutu.beFox - S-S-S-Single Bed (1976)YouTube video by Retroj 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 03/05/2026It was pretty obvious that the writer had never used a cassette Walkman before. If this was so vital you’d dub the song on both sides so you can turn it over and continue playing. But no the assumption is that it works like a VHS. It’s take a few minutes research to know that. 230
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 03/05/2026There is a bit in Stranger things that made me so mad. Mac has a tape with “running up that hill” on repeat to deal with Vecna possession. The scene his tense because the tape has reached its end and she needs to rewind it to start the song again. CASSETTES HAVE TWO SIDES. 130
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 03/05/2026These things get me angry with a fictional work to a cinema sins level. Name checking something in pop culture obviously without having experienced it or even taken the time to research it. Just careless, lazy writing using a common signifier to seem relevant. 141
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Takes notes. Unexpectedly just what I was looking for.media.tenor.coma cartoon duck is writing in a notebook with a pencilALT: a cartoon duck is writing in a notebook with a pencil 010
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 01/05/2026On the Beatles. I’m a Revolution 9 apologist. You need to- 1.) Be in the mood for a soundscape not a song 2.) Listen to Good Night straight after 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 01/05/2026It’s the might of Ricardo Montalbán’s raw charisma 160
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 01/05/2026There’s Beatles discourse so morning tunes (it’s a lesser known track but still a bop)youtu.beCry Baby Cry (Remastered 2009)YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic 010
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Been watching videos of the top 50 songs in Australia from around 1970-1985 you'll get classic pop songs one after the other, then a random Greek song which end up ranking at like no 8 for 1975. (All thanks to the amazing archiving work on youtube of the late ohnoitsnathan)youtube.comohnoitisnathan85ohnoitisnathan music videos 010
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 24/04/2026It’s an adventure show focused on a family audience. It has sci fi elements, but its legacy and intended audience prevent it doing anything truely challenging or interesting sci fi wise outside a handful of episodes. 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Yeah it’s an adventure series with science fiction elements. There are a few strong eps but the last 25years has seen a lot of really good sci-fi on television, let alone films and books. (And if you allow non English stuff it’s a wipe out) 000
