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Ross Payton @rosspayton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

just saw this review of RPPR's actual plays of @deltagreen.bsky.social and it made my day! From throneofsalt.blogspot.com/2023/08/four... and throneofsalt.blogspot.com/2026/07/even... - thanks again @valtarra.bsky.social and @hebanongames.bsky.social for running DG on RPPR!

Role-Playing Public Radio

It's RPPR, you've probably already listened to it.
Veteran handler and players; Ross knows what he's doing.
Probably the truest-to-table experience you'll find in actual plays.
Usually one-shots, so not many home scenes or campaign features.
The show to listen to if you want a good idea of how the game is run and played in practice.
Not the show to listen to if you are looking for a story.
Nowhere Lane and the current Impossible Landscapes AP are some of the best Delta Green content I have listened to, period. Impossible Landscapes bucks the RPPR trend by being a very character-focused campaign. Players are really into it and doing a fantastic job. Ross is spinning an absurd number of plates and none have crashed yet.
Also that first run of Lover in the Ice, primo gross.
Recommended for: I want Delta Green as it is played.

RPPR: The Labor of Dogs

The only one of these I am actively listening to at time of writing: this one's an all-timer. Not just the name (which is an all-timee in and of itself), but in just how good the component missions are - I think we're done with 3/5 at this point, and each one has been a very distinctly 2020s flavor of awful and weird. Like I would almost call it cringe horror? It's leaning into the ripped-from-the-headlines reality of "sorry, the villains here are evil and stupid and their vapidity is matched only by their temporal power and they will combine the two into lethal danger for everyone around them in an attempt to squeeze a bit of profit they don't need from a source they don't understand." That's the good shit. The real danger isn't Cthulhu, it's some C-suite trying to exploit Cthulhu in stupid ways.

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Not in Monsterhearts, obviously. But what about in Magical Kitties Save the Day?

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

@rpg-trader.bsky.social had some trouble registering for an account, but finally got through! Love your website design, now that it seems to be working :)

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

This episode hasn't come through on my RSS feed for some reason.

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

My 10 TTRPGS I plan to run/play in 2026: Delta Green Red Markets 2e beta* Dungeons & Dragons 5.5e Unknown Armies Heart: The City Beneath* Reign* Pathfinder 1e* Lovecraftesque Eclipse Phase 2e *games I'm currently in

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Happy Jacks RPG Network @happyjacksrpg.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

The Happy Jacks Indie #ttrpg Designer of the Month for November is Ross Payton! @rosspayton.bsky.social is an Ennie award-winning podcaster and writer creating titles, supplements, and more on his storefronts and Patreon. Dthru: www.drivethrurpg.com... Patreon: www.patreon.com/cw/RPPR

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I think you're right, there's a spectrum. Our podcast (@techdiffgp.bsky.social) has raw production and we very often play and playtest new systems, so we might be good for teaching things. but we're not deliberately trying to be a teaching/demo show.

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I've definitely seen that kind of a setup for a Tekken game, but I couldn't tell you when or where. Would have been ten or fifteen years ago. All I can tell you is you're not crazy!

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I was there, and it's great!

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

The rules as written for an RPG are like the sheet music as written for a song. Some musical types hew closer to the written score than others (classical vs. jazz for example), but even in the "tighter" forms, there's still a ton of interpretation in a performance beyond the written page.

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It doesn't understand how longitude works, either:

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Hype! I like how you can do stuff as a pilot outside of your mech, too.

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title Tom Clancy's Beloved

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I don't think I really appreciated it at the time, but in retrospect, I think that for me, the best thing about being a baby was not having to go to work.

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Lyme @lymerpg.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I've finally released the first full edition of Fear and Panic! This is the most focused, streamlined version of a d100 horror system I could build, based on countless hours of playtesting and experience as a horror GM. lymetime.itch.io/fear-and-panic

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Fear and Panic by Lyme

Player-Friendly Horror Roleplaying

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Fun AI fact of the day: Google doesn't know how longitude works.

A Google AI search result claiming that Portland Oregon is not further west than San Francisco California

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Slightly diminish a band: 9,999 Maniacs

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Slightly diminish a band: A Fairly Well-Drawn Circle

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Age verification: Fish Police

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Have some dopamine: The Black Company RPG is gonna rock!

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Technical Difficulties Gaming Podcast @techdiffgp.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Our friends are staring up a sweet new #TTRPG podcast! Our very own @tdtlc.bsky.social joins in on this intro episode! Check it out, it's a super cool concept!

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Likewise! And thanks for the gin!

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

@pretendingpod.bsky.social is good! Or at very least, significantly better than Malort coffee.

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Do you know some specific times when you'll be at the booth?

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Alas! Hopefully next time!

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I'll do my best to come by!

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Is Gar going to be there this year? If so, I could bring a couple books for him to sign...

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Technical Difficulties Gaming Podcast @techdiffgp.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

@trinite.bsky.social will be heading to Gen Con this week! He'll be running his #CallofCthulhu Civil War scenario "We Cannot Hallow This Ground" on Thursday, and hanging around at the #DeltaGreen, #RedMarkets, and #RPPR events! If you follow us, come say hi!

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

That's a really good point. What happens immediately after the conversation described in the Mothership example? The GM just...decides whether or not the monster finds the PC. Based presumably on the quality of the conversation, but is that going to make the player feel better if they get eaten?

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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I feel I should *probably* be doing a bit more promo for Darkened Hill & Dale, especially given the ENNIE nomination, but I really don't have time to sort out a marketing plan or anything coordinated right now, so...

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

We should bring back the robin hood hat.

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The 37th Wombat 📚🐝 @wombat37.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

While I was at the doctors today, a huge bottle of Omega 3 tablets fell on my head, but I only sustained super fish oil injuries.

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

My first game was, weirdly, Mage: the Ascension, which I never actually got to play, just made characters on a high school bus trip to a speech & debate tourney. Much later, Pathfinder 1e really got me stuck in. But my all-time jam is Call of Cthulhu.

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Also World Wide Wrestling

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Monsterhearts needs a Predator playbook.

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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The Bonsai Diary is now live on Kickstarter. Grow a tree with pen and ink and play to find out: What does it mean to leave a legacy? 💚 It's a meditative and tranquil drawing and journaling experience. Please consider backing it: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sti...

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the Bonsai Diary

Find tranquility with this meditative draw-and-journal game.

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Why are random old posts of mine getting liked by marketing consultants, what did I do wrong

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Weed, just enough for themselves.

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Pissing off Lando was the worst strategic decision Vader ever made. The "This deal is getting worse all the time!" scene is the moment that the Empire lost the war.

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TLC @tdtlc.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

"Despite everything, it's still you." Once again trusted @jpawlik.com and once again was blown away. Glad to see Blackmane and Yellowmane brought to life. Of all my OCs, it's funny, because these two actually started as a pregen. Excited to see what nightmares come up in our Heart campaign.

A male gnoll, covered in black, oozing sores and that also coat his claws and tail, clad in a ragged cloak and cobbled together armor. He stands with a giant cleaver in his left hand, embedded in the ground. In his right he holds a baby gnoll in a single. The adult has a sad look covering his face.

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

1. Mage: The Ascension (kinda; just character creation) 2. Pathfinder 1e 3. Probably Red Markets 4. Definitely Red Markets 5. Red Markets 6. Delta Green (this Monday) 7. D&D 5e (this Wednesday)

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Though there is a bit of that tension when it comes to sacred music: you can find people who feel that performing Christian worship music in a concert to a paying audience is a distortion of the purpose of the artform (I assume there are similar attitudes in other religions as well).

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Yes. Another analogy that comes to mind is music: sure, publicly performing music to an audience for money is different than sitting around in your living room jamming. But the existence of pro musicians doesn't delegitimize just playing for fun.

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Trinite @trinite.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I figured it out: the M. stands for MARCH IS FOR DRACULAS

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