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But I'm pretty tired so mostly I'm going to be playing silly computer games then falling asleep.

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This time I want to think about how I use chunking to reduce cognitive load on players and GM. Also how framing can be applied to NPCs and Orthogonal Unit Differentiation to make each type of NPC more than just a bag of hit points.

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Over the last 2 weeks I put everything I have for Telefantasy RPG into a mock zine with to see what it might look like Then I cut it all back to a core 2 page to see what I thought was essential. Next to start filing it out again

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 16h

Europe has about 20% union membership compared to 10% in the US but it would be nice to see it growing

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the artefact on planet 12 #digitalart #scifi #rpg

Beneath two distant planets, a strange vaguely cylindrical floating rock structure or mechanism, its interior lit by a billowing blue fire. Three tiny observers look on from below,

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 13h

I'll try to remember to dig out the URL when I get home I was surprised how they look as they are quite casual fonts

Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 17h

I found the GitHub repo with fonts made by scanning teletype machine type slugs for making teletype handouts

Kaye McElle @kayemcelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Looked up some red, violet, and black parrots. There's the dracula parrot - screams but likes figs. Nice look for the young Victorian goth. www.livescience.com/animals/bird...

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Dracula parrot: The goth bird whose piercing screams echo through New Guinea forests

Pesquet's parrot, also known as a Dracula parrot, resembles a vulture and has a distinct scream — but its favorite food is figs.

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CEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social · 17h

More listings this week by our locum replacement on-duty listings goblin Keith.

19.00 DANCING ON VANILLA ICE
More celebrities queue up to trample all over Robert Matthew Van Winkle.

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@Symatt™ 🍉🌽 @symatt.bsky.social · 17h

In your opinion, what is the best prewritten adventure for any #ttrpg ?

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Also it has a nice set of floor plans for a suburban house designed with cycle storage

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Transactions of conference held March 9 to 13, 1914, at Liberty buildings, Liverpool

Stumbled across what is probably a very dry book from the Town Planning conference held in Liverpool in 1914. It has a cross section of the proposal for Queens Drive with space for trams to be added down the middle later. One of the roads near me was built to the plan archive.org/details/tran...

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168 p. 25 cm

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YouTube just suggested a new channel where one of the presenters is a former British Admiral and the title was obviously intended to attract a certain kind of viewer I hope his former colleagues all call him Admiral Click-Beatty

The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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The Snowdrop. One of the many beautiful plates from Robert Thornton's exquisitely illustrated Temple of Flora (1804). More on the book in our essay by Martin Kemp “Sex and Science in Robert Thornton's Temple of Flora”: publicdomainreview.org/essay/s...

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Anyway the upshot was that Dune can be looked through a lens of his experience of fanaticism in politics from when he witnessed his "Cousin Joe" McCarthy and the anti-communism witch hunt. All of the factions have some sort of fanaticism / cult going on to some degree and its always bad.

I have too many Frank Herbert books and I can't remember which one has some of his explanation in it and it may have been an interview by Heinlein or Asimov and not a book (being very unhelpful finding the sources here) where he talked about religion in Dune and some of his other books

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Did enjoy Control - challenging but never so hard I couldn't progess

I've been told Daleks gave me nightmares so DW was banned in house First I can remember was the acid injecting robot spiders in Runaway

I had same other day but decided it was z) Dust from DIY Id done earlier

If I'd not seen your earlier post I'd be trying to figure out what 1960s show they were a villain in

Didn't get to run RPG yesterday due to clearing backlog of quizzes and playing board games That means I've got one in the bank for next time and a chance to look at how the odds work as while I know they add up on a per roll basis I want to pull back and look at a fight or adventure scale

Never have a problem scheduling a session Can't pick what game to play - fork the group Some AI start homebrewing rules then develop new games Eventually it consumes all power and resources on the planet

Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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offworld engineering 2026 #digitalart #scifi #rpg

A group of engineers assess giant unfathomable towers of technology on a distant world

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And then the ultimate interaction... AI GM running constant game for AI players streamed as actual play for AI watchers with no actual humans involved once it's initiated

Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Just in time for my birthday – TERMINUS has been awarded 5 stars by @gonzohistory.bsky.social in the @forteantimes.bsky.social ! 🥳 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 To celebrate this happy confluence of events, I'm offering 15% off both Darkened Hill & Dale and TERMINUS on my web shop this weekend. ☺️ shop.patchworkfez.games

A close-up of the final paragraph of the review of TERMINUS in the Fortean Times. It reads: 'In its evocation of a specific kind of contemporary British urban strangeness, Terminus creates a unique and memorable setting for a story of a liminal space brushing against cosmic horror. ★★★★★'

The full text of the review of TERMINUS in the Fortean Times magazine, held by me. It's unfortunately too long to fit in this alt text.

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Dr Moose (Liminal Animal, a creature of many worlds) @drmoose.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Righteous Association of Villanous Entities...

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Thanks :-) My current homebrew inspired by 60s action adventure and Telefantasy series System is based on What’s So Cool About Outer Space?

Given he mostly manifests as a Raven I've just realised I can call his villainous organisation RAVEN which fits the genre No idea what it stands for if it stands for anything :-)

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I do like feeling this relaxed about running an RPG session before hand Using a set of rules that can be summarised on one sheet of A4 really helps that Anyway looking forward to some 1960s Telefantasy fun pitting the PCs against Soviet troops and the emissary of a Greek god

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Can I offer you some Biscoff ice cream on the side of that with a deep fried mint leaf crisp

Finished adventure prep by 10PM the night before the game Don't know what to do with myself ;-)

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Almost done writing this adventure for tomorrow just need to stat up the encounters: * Possessed Tea Lady and Office Staff * Soviet Border Patrol * Soviet NBC Troops * One eyed mythical people * Gryphon * Soviet commander possessed by 3000 year old companion of Apollo

Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Need some prophetic visions for a soviet officer in 1960 to be spouting after encountering Apollo The players won't notice if I use lines from We didn't start the fire will they?

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wizards. not keen on visitors #digitalart #fantasy #rpg #D&D

Two tiny figures in a boat below an enormous twisting stone spire with a vaguely house-like silhouette at the top.

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Time to finish writing this adventure for tomorrow So no pressure

I've not looked at other reviews but Kermode was not kind to it

Had flu jab and so far less annoying than the last few but quite a big mark on my arm

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"...in which everybody appears to have taken an overdose of acting pills..." Mar Kermode reviewing Digger

So not the UK advice then unless it's changed radically from when I went to a presentation by the police and our local BID

💀Elaine Lich-glow💀 @elainelithgow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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Running a TTRPG adventure that you wrote is the polar opposite of 'Death Of The Author'. 'The Author Is In The Room And They're Trying To Kill You.'

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

a mountain wakes #digitalart #rpg #D&D #fantasy

In a rocky, icy environment, three figures watch a volcano begin to show signs of waking up

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Tufty's two pull one last job But it goes wrong when Grey runs off with the big prize What they don't know is Tufty stashed the real prize earlier

2 Squirrels by sunflowers with flower heads missing

Squirrel hunting for seeds it hid earlier

Squirrel eating sunflower seeds in overturned plant trough

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Years ago was minding my own business walking home in Liverpool A group of teenage lads on the other side of the road started shouting insults at me which wasn't pleasant "Are you an Oasis fan" "Sorry mate he's gone too far" "You know the rule we don't call anyone that now apologise"

When I have the money I'm definitely coming back Barely scratched Vancouver Stop in Banff was a look out of the train window And just want to hang around Montreal more I'm sure there are more things to do

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