Ramblings of General Geekery

Mac users: “the macOS window management is superior!”

Me, opening Expose once every few weeks and discovering half a dozen stray windows and popups.


Take that, you Lunar scum! A drawing by me for an unpublished #Glorantha #TTRPG campaign book.


I’m going to ChaosiumCon UK this weekend and I somehow managed to book awesome games I would have a hard time finding elsewhere: Ringworld, Elfquest, Lords of the Middle Sea, Rivers of London, 13th Age Glorantha, and a RuneQuest Tournament! #TTRPG


Some Notes on Mausritter

Mausritter is a TTRPG in which you play little adventuring mice trying to survive in a world of big dangers. If you’re a fan of the excellent comicbook Mouse Guard, you should already be hooked! The system is as minimalist as its protagonists, with low-prep two-hours adventures, so we played this a dozen times as an “interlude game”: the sort of game you play when a key player is missing, or in between campaign arcs. I also played this several times with TTRPG newbies, with up to 8 players! Here are my notes on Mausritter!

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I cannot understate how shitty the Apple TV remote is, compared to the Roku remote. It’s as if Apple went for the cool factor rather than usability. It’s like a car dashboard designed entirely of touch screens. Ugh.


I finally started listening to the Dark Adventure Radio Theatre audiobooks I got from the HPLHS a while back and they’re really well done!


Good morning! The fluffy boy gets his XL ball these days because he’s a good boy!


I hope this email finds you catching up on the 60 or so free PDFs you still haven’t downloaded from all those Kickstarters you backed over the past few months.