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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The list is likely to change on a daily basis, but here's today's. Thanks to all those who made these games!

My 9 games: Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, Starsiege: Tribes, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, Control, Scarlet Hollow, Darkest Dungeon, The Banner Saga, XCOM 2.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We're planning to rope the whole table in. I'm not the first.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#TTRPGs are great. Some are more meaningful than others. Thanks to @kierongillen.bsky.social and @stephaniehans.bsky.social for creating DIE, to @spazzster.bsky.social for running a helluva game, and to @thirdfloorwars.bsky.social @zeeweasel.bsky.social and DK for making one fantastic table.

Tattoo of an "unfolded" d12 on my left forearm.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Neralis does fantastic work, folks - takes notes well, communicates quickly and clearly, and produces awesome results. Get them commissions!

My Deva Swordmage Lahash, as rendered by Neralis.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I got these excellent maps from @koscheisigma.bsky.social - not sure if they're still taking commissions, but they do great work!

A custom map of a fantasy TTRPG continent drawn for me by @koscheisigma.bsky.social

Another fantasy TTRPG continent drawn by @koscheisigma.bsky.social

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case?

Uzo Aduba as Cordelia Cupp in The Residence.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I went to follow @chaosium.bsky.social 's upcoming Backerkit for Time Without Tide, and saw this. Huh? Are we pre-ordering our preorders now? Are there limits to the number of people who can back the project? I just don't get it. (Game looks fun though.)

A Backerkit blurb for the TTRPG "Time Without Tide". A button underneath it says "Reserve your spot. Secure your place before launch for $3."

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It's not the shot itself that's scary, it's the cumulative effect of the previous 80 minutes...which were also not individually scary, but somehow built up an incredible amount of dread.

Mike standing in the corner at the end of The Blair Witch Project (1999).

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Repost with your first crush. (I'm sure there were earlier crushes, but this is the first one I remember.)

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Post an image of a game you played as a teenager.

A game of Titan (Jason B. McAllister and David A. Trampier, Avalon Hill, 1982) in progress.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Yes! I'm a big fan of the safety palette that @jdragsky.bsky.social proposes in Seven-Part Pact, where something can be both "uncomfortable" and "something we want to explore."

A two-axis diagram, with the X axis ranging from "Risky & Uncomfortable" to "Easy and Comfortable" and the Y axis ranging from "Obscure & Reject" to "Embrace & Explore".

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Post an image from a game you played as a teenager:

The opening screen of Infocom's text adventure "Spellbreaker".

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using with no explanation.

A xenomorph from the Alien films emerging from the blood-soaked chest of an Operation board game.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Playing through The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Trick-Taking Game. We've just reached Helm's Deep and - appropriately - we've hit a wall. But we're loving it! @bbornmueller.bsky.social is a fiendish genius.

The beautiful cover of the excellent The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Trick-Taking Game.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

No new pictures. Where are you mentally?

A middle-aged me sticking his tongue out and looking generally exhausted.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Hey, uh, White Wolf...might I suggest a marketing approach that doesn't sound quite so fascist? Read the room.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

This is the skeleton of an ocean sunfish...but it's clearly ALSO a Wildsea/Spelljammer ship, right?

The mounted skeleton of an ocean sunfish (mola mola).

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains. (A couple of close competitors here, but I went with the least well-known one.)

The cover of the album "Eleven" by the band Eleven.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Duck season! (sorry, couldn't resist)

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

It was delightful on every level!

GM Edward Spence as a completely friendly and normal wasteland NPC.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Just came across this in a @robwords.bsky.social video on the history of the NATO phonetic alphabet (shut up, I'm a nerd), and it may be my favorite new milspeak for "STFU": "You are therefore requested to reconsider the desirability of pressing your point at this time."

Historical military memo with the highlighted phrase, "You are therefore requested to reconsider the desirability of pressing your point at this time."

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Post a perfect album from 1989, a pretty damn fine music year.

The cover of "Gretchen Goes to Nebraska" by King's X.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam,Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.

The cover of "Un-Led-Ed" by Dread Zeppelin.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Robert DeNiro as Jack Walsh and Charles Grodin as Jonathan Mardukas from "Midnight Run".

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

More of @spazzster.bsky.social 's "An Elegy in Crimson" podcast, which is basically @timhutchings.bsky.social 's Thousand-Year-Old Vampire played out in the form of an interview. But this one has me in it! krademachir.podbean.com/e/an-elegy-i...

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Reminds me of one of my favorite cosplay pics from DragonCons past (not my costume, just my photo).

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Post a meme you made: (You may be able to pinpoint the origin date of this meme very accurately.)

Meme of Mongo from Blazing Saddles with the text, "Why everyone want to poke Mongo?"

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

The Interviews With a Thousand-Year-Old Vampire series from @spazzster.bsky.social returns! Meet @madammadmaeve.bsky.social 's Etienne...street rat, con man, bloodsucker. krademachir.podbean.com/e/an-elegy-i...

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Without downloading anything new, where are you at mentally?

Man (actually me) in a cowboy hat, looking old and sad and tired.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I got no cat pics handy, but we did get to swim with otters not long ago, so maybe that'll help cheer @stonehomie.bsky.social up.

Two human beings (Brian and Megan) and one small-clawed Asian otter (Brooke) waving at the camera from a swimming pool.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Probably the most obscure TTRPG book on my shelves. I've never played it - I don't even have the core rules that this supplement is for - but I've kept it for decades, largely because the adventure "Terra Ash" is a fun take on my favorite Conan story, "Red Nails."

The cover of "Adventures in High Fantasy" by Jeffrey C. Dillow.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I was fiddling with this idea for another project, and while it didn't wind up working for that, I thought it might be a fun little memory test for older #TTRPG players.

The words "Role-Playing Games" in ten different typefaces.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Don't overthink it: what comic book panels/pages live in your head rent-free? Drop four and tag #comicsdna (One of @alexsegura.bsky.social 's choices was objectively correct.)

"Wuffa wuffa wuffa" page from Cerebus #44.

"...and the doll house looks at me" two-page spread from Batman: Arkham Asylum.

Captain America's "No, you move" panel from Amazing Spider-Man #537.

"I did it thirty-five minutes ago" panel from Watchmen #11.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Meet Daarr, my gnoll Deadwalker for a short but intense Heart campaign. Character art by the excellent @tashiroth.bsky.social , who was very friendly, accommodating, and easy to work with - highly recommended if you need some character art from a real live person! #TTRPG #art

Portrait of a somewhat ragged-looking gnoll in spectacles and a leather jacket.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I recently got to participate in a very fun #TTRPG podcast project by @spazzster.bsky.social , the first episode of which will be dropping very soon indeed! Watch this space if you like vampires or interviews or, indeed, me.

Title card for An Elegy in Crimson, coming August 8.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context.

A pink stuffed animal abandoned in a corner of a grimy stairwell.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Just got a fantastic character portrait commission back from @neralisarts.bsky.social and can't recommend their work highly enough. I got step-by-step sketches and frequent requests for feedback, and they adapted to all my nit-picky notes without complaint. Two stained glass thumbs up! #fantasyart

Stained-glass style portrait of a gray-skinned, androgynous human in humble clothing, holding a sword in a resting position.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

What’s the cover art that got you started in the TTRPG hobby? Here’s mine. (I was hooked on the hobby from day one.)

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I just noticed this great piece of art/layout work (one of many) in @hauntedtable.bsky.social 's great Triangle Agency rulebook. This pic crosses two non-consecutive pages *vertically*. It's really only visible in this specific PDF view, but it's F'ing brilliant and I wanted to shout it out.

Illustration of the CEO and Intern pages in the Triangle Agency rulebook. The CEO is depicted at their desk, which is supported by a pile of papers and filing cabinets. On the nex page, we see the bottom half of the illustration, where the Intern is carrying all of those cabinets and papers on their overburdened shoulders.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

If you see this post, share a pic from your device with no explanation.

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Brian Schoner @bschoner.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally?

Picture of Brian in a cowboy hat, looking wrinkly and hot and tired and old.

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