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Zach Welhouse

@zachrpg.bsky.social
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TTRPG writer and designer, librarian, and video game reviewer. Creator of Cerebos: The Crystal City. Alumnus of Over/Under and Baseline Drift. Games at zachrpg.itch.io

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
PbtA fans, here's my challenge to you. For the next 12 months, when somebody asks how PbtA works, tell them that normally a 10+ is a critical hit, a 7-9 is a hit, and a 6- is a compromise, but that unusually challenging or dangerous situations can bump itdown.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 25/09/2026
"In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice. 'Whenever you feel like criticizing someone,' he told me, 'just remember that not everyone had the advantages you’ve had. Some people have never even eaten at Culver’s.'" (Happy birthday, Fitz!) buff.ly/5Pt4hve
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The Great Lakes Gatsby
“In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing someone,’ he told me, ‘just remember that not ev...
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Khayyaam #LIUKANGGANG @khayyaamb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just remembered one of the greatest X-Men posts of all time
Tweet by @alexqarbuckle:

SOUP MAGNETO: There’s something different about you today. New haircut?

GUARD: Nope.

SOUP MAGNETO: Ah yes… you had a big bowl of Soup for lunch.

GUARD: What? I —AAAUUGHH [soup molecules are torn from his body and formed into bouillon cubes which smash the soup-free prison]
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It’s Jenn! 🇵🇸 @singing-kitsune.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: Tim Capello will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran.
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Epic Sax Performance
ALT: Epic Sax Performance
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
me when it's chili time
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
OK, you Swan Boy weirdos. I've caught up on Swan Boy and now there is no more Swan Boy. Are you happy now that I have to wait for new strips like some kind of jerk?
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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you teach #MLIS classes, consider bringing me in to talk to your classes about the job search. Too many LIS professionals out here giving advice that worked for them 20 years ago, but it's a different world now. 📚
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actual heathcliff comics @realheathcliffs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
09 Sep 2026
Heathcliff paints a coat of a clear liquid onto his ham car, which glistens in the sunlight. Grandpa Nutmeg and a neighbor watch, and Grandpa says "He's glazing the ham car."
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I AM THE FOREVER KING
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"What are rules for, really?" "Rules are toys."
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's always a good day to post Griffin.
An albino dog with a pink nose and ears smiles like it's his birthday  He sits on the couch.
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 01/09/2026
The final chapter of the BLUE Files: Life in '68!
The cover of "Life in 68", a fictional magazine. Features music, movies, fashion, etc.
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My Blades '68 playlist doesn't hit on every inspiration for what's "On the Airwaves", but it was in heavy rotation while writing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5JZ...
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Vivi Bach & Dietmar Schönherr - Molotow Cocktail Party
YouTube video by Caribbean Rhythms Source
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 01/09/2026
Music more your speed? @zachrpg.bsky.social has you covered with this wonderful look at the music scene of Doskvol 68.
A spread from the BLUE Files: the music scene, by Zach Welhouse.
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hurrah for the Pirate King. Hurrah for the Pirate King. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWzq...
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Tim Curry as The Pirate King - 'The Pirates of Penzance -1982 - Royal Variety Performance
YouTube video by Tim Curry
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY5h... Ethereal, ephemeral, allegorical
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Poet Man
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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.
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Thursday Garreau @keftiu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
putting myself out there for work and i've suddenly realized: this is quite the little TTRPG resume, wow!
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Francita, ✨ graphic designer 🖼️🖌 @byfrancita.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
TTRPG Layout/Graphic Design AMA? I've worked in a lot of games, for a long time, so let's try this.
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Spikings Art @spikingsart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"No I promise you, the station still operates - Sedgeford the beagle, he's a reliable sort. He'll always make sure you get to your destination on time." 🌱💀 #illustration #noaiart #Whimsigoth
A skeleton, with a bowler hat and holding an old briefcase, waits for a train to come at an abandoned train station. Everything is overgrown and looks like it hasn't been touched in years. The atmosphere is summery, humid and gentle. A beagle waits with the skeleton patiently.A zoomed in version of the previous picture.A zoomed in version of the previous picture.
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actual heathcliff comics @realheathcliffs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Heathcliff rides around in a ham car, a car that's just a giant ham with wheels and a seat. He's wearing a helmet that says "ham". This ham car is particularly large- almost the size of a real, non-ham car. A customer and a Meat Store employee stand outside the Meat Store and watch him pass, and the employee says "That's a luxury ham."
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Post your favorite Muppet.
Griffin the fluffy white dog wears his denim vest on his Venture Bros sheets.
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Jordan Alsaqa @jordanalsaqa.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
It's my birthday, so the perfect gift would be pre-ordering Book 3 of Cooking with Monsters, which is out next month! And if you haven't yet, check out books 1 and 2! Over 750 pages of monster fighting/cooking action, romance, and teen drama! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/807165...
Pre-order image for Cooking with Monsters: Best Served ColdCover for Cooking with MonstersCover for Cooking with Monsters: Harm-to-TableGroup shot of the second-year students from Cooking with Monsters
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Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Frame #9800 from S03 -E25 - Grand Finale - Part 2-627677
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scare-cadus (is this anything) 🎃 @birdapp.rip · 29/07/2026
A scene from The Odyssey where Penelope stands before the suitors, but Tim Robinson has been added in. It’s a reference to I Think You Should Leave. Penelope says “Ronnie, I feel like you’re just here for the zip line” and Tim Robinson says “what?”
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The Ken In Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Took me 30 years but I've decided my favorite Tetris piece is the T piece. Can always put that guy to work. When he shows up I think, "a friend is here"
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Readful Things @readfulthings.com · 21/07/2026
Here's my new piece from The Onion's Infowars
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Congrats to Spain. A generational ham country. Ham as a fingerfood, ham as a meal. They earned that trophy in my book. The ham book, in this instance.
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 07/07/2026
The collection of stretch goal material for Blades '68 grew so large that it has exploded from the Palace Dossier into THE BLUE FILES. It's almost 60 pieces, from an amazing array of contributors.
Cover for "The BLUE Files", a collection of additional material for Blades '68. Shows a yellow car sailing through the air above a bridge, with a multi-coloured explosion behind it. In the background is a city skyline, and a blue sky with radiating circles.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
JUSTICE FOR THE INFOWARS ELF!!! THERE’S A WAR ON FOR YOUR MIND!!!!!
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J. Frank "Ham" von Sandwich (b. 1886, Kraków) @sandwichfrank.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
COW TOOLS COW HAS A NAME. I REPEAT, COW TOOLS COW HAS A NAME.
An orange-tinted Mac OS 9 window with eight icons depicting characters from the single-panel newspaper comic strip The Far Side. Reading from left to right, the icons depict a lummox named Benny, a fangly fish named Butch, an old lady with glasses and her hair done up named Drew, a duck named Frank, a cow named Gene, a paramecium named Harvey, a guy in a pith helmet named Louis, and an ape named Roger. Benny, Frank, and our boy Gene have their eyes drawn as a single horizontal line indicating both dumbness and toughness.
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Baseline Drift is over, so my time with Agitant Set Sopranino and Patchwork is at an end. I see a few new followers though, so why not hit the Last Sax in Space one more time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKFb...
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MEUTE - You & Me (Flume Remix)
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This is a good time to join #baselinedrift and learn about Patchwork.
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It’s Jenn! 🇵🇸 @singing-kitsune.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
“Please remember what Mothra did for you and the planet you live on.”
Picture of Mothra soaring above. Caption reads: please remember what Mothra did for you and the planet you live on
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It’s Jenn! 🇵🇸 @singing-kitsune.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Even The Music Meister has standards and will not be performing at the Freedom 250 American State Fair.
Screen cap of the character Music Meister from Batman:The Brave and The Bold
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Today is his birthday so you have to be nice to him.
A little black dog with fluffy elf feet sits in front of magenta flowers. He is wearing a bandana and a crown and he is so good.
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cola @colamander.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
man you're acting like you forgot all the lessons we learned in nutritionland
As a kid my brother fell into some dimension called "nutritionland" where all these fruits/vegetable sung him songs about nutrition
To this day he's always like "man you're acting like you forgot all the lessons we learned in nutritionland" I have to remind him I didn't go there
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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
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Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Frame #18300 from S04 -E18 - Battle Beef-628214
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failnaut @failnaut.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Recently, one of my closest friends, the funny, talented and kind @ettin.itch.io, lost his mother, after acting as his family's primary care support for a decade. She's why he has a career as a writer. He is trying to cover the costs of her cremation, and needs our support: gofund.me/40f37091a
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Buttercup Festival @buttercupfestival.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The ground: Buttercup Festival 3-379
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Another Free Comic Book Day success. Time to sit down and read some comic books.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
"You think HE likes ham--wait 'til you see ME like ham!"
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dino! 🌈 @dinosaurgerms.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
Hello. It is me. I am Bear, from Sega's hit 1988 game, Altered Beast. I hope your day is going well. Do you have any honey. Hello
A pixel art image of the face of a bear from the video game "Altered Beast" (1989). Its expression is one of "grim bear determination".
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Dorothy @catandgirl.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
On and on. Apr 10 2018
Finitied
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
These Guys
A little old black dog stands in the tulips. He is licking his chops.A silly little white dog sits in the tulips. He does not even know what the alphabet is.
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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You  know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
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Herr Spooky Gunther Büergers @calamityjon.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Prospective logo needs some woik.
SLUGGO spelled in worms, with the subtitle reading "Dey pays him in woims" musically
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Zach Welhouse @zachrpg.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
here he is, the april fool
A little white dog smiles like a goon. The Rider-Waite-Smith version of "The Fool" tarot card is spliced into the image to provide humorous commentary.
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