Eryk

[peregrine-coast]

Milk Bar: post-soviet sci-fi roleplaying in a poland that never was

Milk Bar: Cut Your (Milk) Teeth Edition is a 52-page condensed version of the full roleplaying game containing everything you need to get started playing immediately. There are only 200 copies of this one out in the world so get yours as soon as you can!

The Cut Your (Milk) Teeth Edition features:

Quick, simplified rules in the old school tradition.,

32 Character backgrounds, including vibes-heavy descriptions and burdens.,

Unique city setting in a retro-futuristic, alternate-timeline post-Soviet Communist Poland.,

Artifacts from the Belt. You can't have a condemned government research base without weird artifacts.,

Progression system tied to basebuilding. Want to stitch up those wounds? You better build an Infirmary and find a Doctor. Your Milk Bar is your home base.,

Logistics. Building a community isn't easy: set up trade routes and gather vehicles to set your Milk Bar up for success.,

Rules for exploring supernatural, changing spaces. Steel nuts in hand, stalk the wilderness.,

A Bestiary featuring robotniks and supernatural creatures.,

Pierogi. How many other games have a favourite pieróg table as part of character creation?

Milk Bar is inspired by Roadside Picnic, Annihilation, Stalker, Control, Pacific Drive, Disco Elysium, and Death Stranding.

Full edition coming soon.

You can also grab a text-only, entirely free version at the link below if you want to check it out!

Milk Bar: sci-fi roleplaying in post-Soviet Poland

After Ameripol pushed too hard, cut too many corners, and ignored one-too-many warning lights, The Belt was shorn in half and their sick exp

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Dragons Fucking Car I (Relief), 2016     Jon Rafman

White Carrara Marble 152 x 126 x 20 cm 59 7/8 x 49 5/8 x 7 7/8 in                                    

[mclennonyaoi]

i hate australian people they need a dumb fucking nickname for every single word. can’t even get in a car accident without some australian asshole coming up to you and saying “oh gotcha self in a carblammy there aintcha mate” kill yourself and go to hell

[mclennonyaoi]

fuck off are you serious?

[mclennonyaoi]

oh my god

[mclennonyaoi]

how do you have 2 silly words for a car crash

[nat-20s]

You can replace [ACTIVITY YOU ENJOY] with [SCROLLING] but watch out. This sucks bad 👍

[nat-20s]

Some things about this post since getting quite a few notes:

1. If you see this post, highly recommend taking it as an opportunity to set a timer for 15 minutes and switch over to ACTIVITY YOU ENJOY. if after those 15 minutes, you want to go back to scrolling, that's okay!

2. Huge shout out to this popping up in my notifs often, bc I do go back to activity.

3. I think there are times where scrolling is fine. Right now, for example, I'm being connected to a machine for two hours to donate plasma and platelets. Yes this is a brag but it is also a time where scrolling is one of the few things I can do. (Though I will probably also read or watch something on phone lol)

[smallnico]

no, spotify, i don't want to use ai to "turn my ideas into playlists". i already fucking do that with my brain and hands and i do it for fun. what, should i get ai to pet my cat for me? to play my silly games for me? to spend time with my beautiful wife for me? how about i rend you asunder

[soulmuppet]

Heading to Dragonmeet this year?

Come join us on the Sunday for MuppetMeet!

This all day event features a full program of folks and panels from a diverse cross-section of the industry.

This event is FREE and open to anyone who would find it interesting!

First Sunday - Dragonmeet

First Sunday / Muppet Meet This year, Dragonmeet is hosting a Sunday meetup to answer all the questions that people might have about getting

Panels

10:00 Networking

11:00 How To Be Good At Conventions

with Mol Joule (they/them) from SoulMuppet, Josh (he/they) from Hive Mind, and Rori Montford (she/her)

Conventions are an exciting, often overwhelming and incredibly chaotic part of the TTRPG scene in the UK and abroad. SoulMuppet’s head of marketing Mol Joule, Josh from Hive Mind and Rori Montford have the inside track on how to succeed at conventions, how to arrange your stands, and how to pitch your products to punters.

12:00 Actual Play vs actual play

with Edward Spence (he/him) moderating, Liv Kennedy (she/her) from 3 Black Halflings, JC Darcy (they/them) from Euphoria APs, and Drakoniques (he/him)

As Actual Play becomes increasingly prevalent in the TTRPG industry – and as its parameters become ever more experimental – join award-nominated producer Drakoniques (Beyond the Brook), EUphoria’s JC Darcy, and Liv Kennedy (co-creator of the award-winning 3 Black Halflings) in a discussion moderated by award-nominated Game Master Edward Spence, as they explore: does this medium present a true experience of tabletop gameplay? And is that its purpose?

13:00 Break for Lunch

14:00 Brick and Mortar: RPG Retailing in the UK

with Tom Mecredy (he/him), eCommerce Manager at SoulMuppet moderating, Casper from Orc’s Nest, James (he/him) from Leisure Games

Are you a creator looking to build a more sustainable business or get more eyes on your product? SoulMuppet’s eCommerce manager Tom sits down with Casper from the Orc’s Nest and James from Leisure Games to talk about the physical retail side of the TTRPG industry.

15:00 Networking

Speakers

10:00 – Networking

11:00 Building Diverse Spaces and Creative Teams   with Taylor Navarro (she/her)

From conventions to conspirators, Taylor Navarro (founder of the UK TIN Creatives of Colour space and co-founder of Dragonmeet’s POC Lounge) breaks down how you can create safe and inclusive spaces to foster diversity and creativity in TTRPGs.

12:00 Investigating Queer Games and Queering Games with Finley Palaniki (they/he)

Join games studies academic Finley Palaniki (they/he) as we explore what queer games design is and investigate alternative design philosophies to apply to our analog games.  All while we admire the queer, marginalised creators who are leading the charge in experimental design practices and are making the indie TTRPG scene flourish!

13:00 – Lunch

14:00 – Taking Selling RPGs from Hobby to Business with Zachary Cox (they/them)

Lots of us make games for fun and profit, but how do you turn that side hustle into a full hustle? Join SoulMuppet Publishing’s Director Zachary Cox, Producer of games like Paint The Town Red, Inevitable, Orbital Blues and DIE: the RPG, to talk about the pivot points between hobbyist and professional RPG publishing.

15:00 – Networking

[beatcroc]

HIGH ON STANDARDS LOW ON SKILL. CREATIVE PROCESS MAKE YOU ILL

[sinnerenjoyer-deactivated202605]

whoever made the decision to make umpires wear cameras... you are a legend

this is genuinely the funniest thing i've ever seen

[teaboot]

beg for your life, tennis boy

[viktor-the-leshen]

[fairycosmos]

i will die without routine. also this routine is killing me

[fairycosmos]

ROUTINE DRAGS ME ALONG BUT I WOULDN'T MOVE WITHOUT IT

[kragehund-est]

i hate when i send someone a meme in another language and they're like "uhm... translate? 😒" fucker i sent you a meme where 90% of the words have an english cognate and/or you don't need to know what they're saying to find it funny. can you at least TRY

[kragehund-est]

i sent this meme to 7 people, and 4 of them asked me to translate for them. i legitimately do not think that was necessary.

[vickythestrange]

[femonologue]

[peregrine-coast]

Two years ago I published Filmmakers Without Cameras: a huge film and games magazine dedicated to thoughtful essays about the media we love, accompanied by gorgeous art from up-and-coming artists.

Talking about it again because it's been a while, I still have a load of copies left, and there's still folks out there who haven't heard of it. The launch of Hades 2 reminded me of one of my favourite essays from it: Playing Hades-- or what it's like to sit with inadequacy.

In it, Syd explores how she wasn't really a gamer, but Hades stuck. And she had to overcome the challenge, and during that, come to love videogames more broadly.

You can pick up a copy here:

Filmmakers Without Cameras: The Trilogy | Peregrine Coast Press

Filmmakers Without Cameras: The Trilogy, published by Peregrine Coast Press, is an omnibus of writing about films and games and features ori

[peregrine-coast]

All-new. All-electric eTrabant.

Silent. Spacious. Savage.

For the savvy Communard. The all-new miniturised nuclear engine frees up space both in the back and the front. Double the storage, double the mileage, double the fun, double the ration card. None of the racket. Available now from your friendly neighbourhood Milk Bar.

Pre-order Milk Bar: sci-fi roleplaying in post-Soviet Poland on BackerKit

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[storyweavingspider]

Y’all I can’t believe the “whistleblower assassination” and “literally falling apart in the sky” company is being represented by a man named Rich White

You could not call a character this in a movie because everyone would say “that’s not realistic” and yet!

[kalimaxxing]

the idealized version of my tomorrow self will fix this

[kalimaxxing]

not again

[greelin]

6’2 and standing at the front of the crowd is crazy. you already have an advantage just by being alive brother. blocking out all the sunlight. life on the forest floor, withering away

[greelin]

yeah you’re making me 6’2 my fucking stomach