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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I received my big box of Dolmenwood this weekend and haven't stopped reading. I really hope my prior prep pays off and I get to session 0 in the next week or two. Here's an overland travel cheatsheet for anyone wanting to jump in - it looks so much fun- enjoy! hackrpg.itch.io/dolmenwood-o...

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Dolmenwood Overland Travel Tracker and Cheatsheet by HackRPG

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Yeah ... that couch doesn't know what danger it's in. Also, clown show from the orange emperor - a global embarrassment.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Heads up if, in addition to being besotted with table top role playing games, you're also in to photography then feel free to follow over on photofly. From a walk this morning where I got these three boats silhouetted against the incoming storm front ... seconds before they were all blown over.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

To all media companies trying to bring back the nostalgia of waiting a week for an episode - stop it. We're not living in a world of simple script self contained episodes. Your convoluted arse script requires immediate continuity. Waiting a week so you need a recap is dumb. The end.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Me neither... holy shit. Got to the bit with him raping her in front of his kid and went nope, I'm out.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The court document makes some pretty harrowing reading.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Looking through Sandman again and there is some very dark shit in there (restaurant scene anyone?). Kinda leaves you wondering now whether it wasn't just some expression of his inner fantasy life. So unbelievably sad and disappointed.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Damn this Neil Gaiman situation keeps getting worse and worse. I loved his books. Such an awful betrayal for fans and people who believed he was amazing for so many years. If even a fraction of what he did turns out to be true he needs to spend a long time looking at a very small room.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

It's ridiculous given how good most other things are.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Like seriously, what's the end game for the human race if hyper capitalism gets to choose AI over people? Does automation need a tax that flows to job creation? I'm not seeing the swathes of new jobs replacing the ones AI is taking.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Reading an internal case study about a customer deploying genAI agents that can do in an hour what it takes a financial analyst a week to do. Customer frothing about scale and efficiency. Nobody talking about impending redundancy for the analyst. I hate this trend.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Yeah mate. Could so happily win the lotto and be done with the pointless grind to survive. I'd full my time with creativity, interest, and RPGs 😄

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Thank you Bluesky. I just don't know how I'm going to get through the next couple of years without this.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

It is only fair that the great Nyarlathotep is the first output of the new printer. All hail the crawling chaos.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Kill team is good fun. Plague Marines are disgustingly resilient.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I struggle more with exploration turns turning potentially turning the passage of time into a resource management game.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

You'd need a way to create urgency and scarcity in those settings. Dungeon turns as a background timer works well to drive action and risk reward decision making but agree if overly focused on and treated mechanically it breaks immersion.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

After one hell of a 2024, I struggled with all the forced cheer & jolly. It's a surprisingly stressful time of year.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

America is beyond a joke now.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Factorio is breaking my brain.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Nice. An ongoing influx of my tribe.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

A few technical issues - VOD up tomorrow. Audio is a pain in the a$$. Any gurus out there that can help me with 1/ getting local audio back to discord and 2/ reliably capturing player cameras from discord in OBS. These are my two biggest pain points currently.

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Roll for Sanity @therollforsanity.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

We will also be doing occasional one-shot or small campaign adventures where we delve into new systems and figure it out together on stream as we play. If a chill homestyle approach to gaming is your jam (and no we are not voice actors) then join us and hang out.

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Roll for Sanity @therollforsanity.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

We're currently a group of Australian friends who have been roleplaying for a long time who come together weekly to enjoy various games. We're currently streaming Masks of Nyarlathotep (Egypt Chapter) on Tuesdays at 8pm AEST

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Important update: I've created a 2nd channel called Roll for Sanity to focus on the tabletop roleplaying streaming content in particular. This channel will continue to focus more on the content creation, game creation, art and writing side. Follow over on bsky.app/profile/ther...

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

I couldn't get into this one. For me the pinnacle of solo boardgames is still Friday boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...

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Friday

Only Friday can help Robinson Crusoe survive the hazards of this deserted island.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

I think it's the premise of "Your traveller has had an entire career in this universe for decades" vs "You grew up in a small village in a small valley and are keen to see what's over the hill". Though starting local with a one-shot and moving out into the lore and worldbuilding works for me.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Ok so have some new gear wired in for tomorrow night's stream. I've isolated out the audio sources for better control and have a decent microphone in place. Am still a little worried about the music going to the VODs as I don't feel like hitting a copyright strike off the bat. Any suggestions?

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

And so we begin on out tentative venturing into the scary world of online content. Join @captainrnu.bsky.social and @tssalvador.bsky.social as players in the greatest ttRPG story ever told. We continue our now year long campaign of Call of Cthulhu - Masks of Nyarlathotep. youtu.be/qmai1pFSGZQ?...

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Call of Cthulhu - Masks of Nyarlathotep - Fingerknives in the Sand

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

Love it Seth - you were a big reason we went back to Traveller and have been having a blast. So many games so little time. Like Runequest I always thing an episode looking at what new players need to know is a good thing - there's just so many decades of lore built up.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

It's always nice to see the itch dashboard tick over. While it is super satisfying there are people out there who enjoy my stories and modules I think I am somewhat off my goal of becoming a retired horror and rpg writer. Oh well, there's still a few good years left in the bones :)

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

hackrpg.itch.io/the-memories... brings a new 2024 update to The Memories Below - A modern Call of Cthulhu scenario. New is the inclusion of strong cult elements (Cult of the Cosmic Angler) and guidelines for conference/longer game play. Hope you enjoy it and let me know how it ran at your table!

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2024 Update

So I’ve taken some time over the last few fays to revisit Memories Below and add additional content for folks wanting to run longer games including a cult angle. The dark crawlers have made contact...

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

It always surprises me when the first two options lead very quickly to enlightenment on the third.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

As a non-American I cannot fathom, for one instant, how someone that clearly deranged and mentally and morally confused is with a stones-throw of the Atomic biscuit. Like help us understand .... the debate was terrifying. Does he have even the most tenuous grasp on reality anymore?

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

20% is generous for this pile of dog-sh$t. Who ... I ask seriously, who loved the original movie was asking for a rewrite and one that is so unfaithful to the original? So tired of wannabe writer hacks screwing up good source material.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

Nostalgia for the 80s when playing ttRPGs for you branded as an evil satanist. The Satanic panic was hilarious.

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Jason & The Podfinder Chronicles @whatdoyoudopods.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

Hey y'all don't miss out on this amazing Starfinder bundle to get your lore fix as you prep for #Starfinder2e with the playtest. Absolutely worth it for the lore alone BUT you also get six whole adventure books and ELEVEN one-shots to run for your table. www.humblebundle.com/books/starfi...

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Humble RPG Bundle: Starfinder Second Edition Playtest Primer from Paizo Inc.

Shape the future of Paizo’s <em>Starfinder</em> with this Second Edition playtest bundle! Includes everything you need to play + a massive 1e library!

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 03/08/2024

Hey @sskorkowsky.bsky.social - I've come across image versions of your CoC 7th Edition cheat sheets which are great references for newer or infrequent players. Are these available as a PDF anywhere? I did look but can't seem to find it referenced anywhere.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 15/06/2024

In every pre-2000 book of the future it showed automation and technology leading to a Renaissance of the human condition freeing us up from toil and boredom to live our best lives. It just never factored in human greed and selfishness.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 15/06/2024

In the span of my lifetime we've gone from single income housing affordability and the ability to make a living from creative pursuits like art and photography to a hustle culture survival sprint where we own nothing and can afford nothing. Remember we chose this.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 15/06/2024

Photographers: Get in line kid.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 22/05/2024

OMG, Ripley is an ode to everything I love about black and white photography. Every scene is master class.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

Not enjoying having to re-buy rulebooks for VTT walled gardens.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

Seems ubiquitous at the moment. Corporate tech billionaires recording record profits while employees are laid off in droves or enjoy stagnant pay and bonus increases. This model is broken.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

As a GM with 2 bookshelves groaning under the weight of paper I hope ttRPG publishers think about the VTT+PDF bundle options more. I personally don't want to support walled garden subscription environments to access game content.

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

Any good creators of gaming tables here in AU. Looking for a premium wood table with felt inner and tabletop cover like Wyrmwood makes?

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Stuart @hackrpg.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Now that the solar eclipse rapture has passed does that mean all the nut jobs have been hoovered up and I don't have to hear any more about it?

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