Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Jaded Gamer Diary - TRADITION!

 


Over on Reddit somebody started a thread about TTRPG traditions at their table. I found it funny. You can find the discussion HERE, but I also copy/pasted some of the ones I enjoyed for you all. 


So in my house of gaming, whenever someone orders a pizza they win extra exp (+5 in Wod . + 20 IP in cyberpunk. +1D4 in Cthulhu)

Whenever two characters are about to fuck, we are legally obliged to play (or sing) Kiss from a rose by seal.

And whenever something happens to a player irl that may remind them of the ongoing game, they are forced to message me saying "What did you do" (I.E: one of my Cthulhu players found a copy of the King in Yellow when going through second hand dealerships).

If your character has an impressive beard, they get a bonus to social checks. There's often lots of debate about what constitutes a "Charisma Beard", but the GM is the final arbiter.

My players always talk about wanting to "Gandalf", sacrificing themselves so that the rest of the group can live. I will often include a houserule to make it work better (like being able to "detonate" a spellbook, having all the spells cast at once), but so far, no one has done it.

All new characters are rolled with the same oversized wooden dice I got from the dollar store and lovingly hand numbered. I always get a look and a raised eye brow. "Tradition" I say.

Monday, September 29, 2025

How detailed do you need?

 I do so love 80's and early 90's TTRPGs. Everything about them just hooks me and reels all my attention in. Just look at this hit location chart, overly detailed to say the least. Not as bad as, say, Phoenix Command but it's still pretty over done. Even has a second chart for when the target only has their upper body exposed. 

For those wondering this one is from the original RECON game released in 1982 from Role Playing Games Inc. 



Monday, September 22, 2025

Blood! The Roleplaying Game of Modern Horror (Underground Games 1990) | ...


Never heard of this game before I saw this video. Now I really have a big soft spot for late eighties/early nineties games. This has it all, charts, skill lists, blood loss, all sorts of fun stuff. I guess it's never came out in pdf though as I can't find a copy. But damn I wouldn't mind having a print copy in my hands. 

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Levi puts Kult on the butchers block.

 


Over on BlueSky Levi Kornelsen puts one of my favorite classic games and puts it on the butchers block to take it apart a little and to say what he thinks of the mechanics. I have to say I agree with him a lot on the breakdown. You can go see the post by Clicking Here or by clicking on the image above. 

Monday, August 25, 2025

That Blog, Over There... for sentient weapon demands.

 


Time to point out another well done blog post done by somebody else. Check out this write up on demands from sentient weapons over on 'I Cast Light'. Follow THIS LINK to give it a read if you will. I thought it was really good. 

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter has launched.

 


An old setting from Dream Pod 9 called "Tribe 8" is getting it's reboot finally. This time using the Forged in the Dark ruleset and being renamed to "Tribes in the Dark". This setting getting another shot is long overdue and I hope it does well on the market. You can back the Kickstarter right now to help bring this new edition to life. 

It's also nice to see somebody that I know online who has been working on this for a few years finally seeing all their work come to fruition. When I mean years, the playtest version went live on Drivethru back in late 2021. So it's been a long road for this one. I wish the all the luck in the world and I hope this goes really well for them!

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Cyberpunk Sunday 8-17-25

 


Football hooligans to be sprayed by police with DNA tagging mist. 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/08/06/football-hooligans-to-be-sprayed-by-police-with-dna-tagging/

Surveillance company Flock now using AI to report us to police if it thinks our movement patterns are "suspicious". 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/08/06/football-hooligans-to-be-sprayed-by-police-with-dna-tagging/