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Today, alas, I must spend the morning arranging my various medications into my day-by-day monthly pill box. This takes most of my morning when I have to do it.
Joy.
Rapture.
Ecstasy.
Enjoy Russel Brand as Munch's The Scream in the meantime.
This past week you've had a ton of long-form content from me, for a couple of reasons.
1. Waiting for the Stray Crows money to clear (which should happen imminently), and thus being at a loose end. 2. Youtube deciding, for some reason, to actually show my channel to people.
I can't keep up this pace, what with Stray Crows work becoming more important and the Great Eye of Algorithmo turning away, so expect a return to sporadic and shorter form soonish.
I know this week has been a bit of a bust, video-wise, so there's not much point in doing my regular comment-response video. The Stray Crows Kickstarter ends in 5 days, and once that's done, I hope to be back to more regular shenanigans.
Welcome, new subscribers. I usually take Fridays off (for my health), but the Kickstarter means I'll end up doing stuff anyway. If you liked my Dark Sun victory lap, here are some other (more cerebral) videos that might tickle your pickle:
I have a ton of work today, and it looks like it will be the hottest day of this heatwave either today or tomorrow. So no vid, unless you turn out some cheeky AI music just as filler ;)
Stray Crows: Ronin is a forthcoming tabletop RPG of wandering swordsmen, desperate peasants, scheming lords, restless ghosts and sudden, blood-gushing, messy death, set during Japan’s long transition from the chaos of the Sengoku period into the uneasy order of the Edo era. It is set to go live for crowdfunding soon.
Drawing inspiration from the classic Bushido RPG and the better instincts of the old-school revival, Stray Crows combines serious historical research with quicker, cleaner modern rules - without turning feudal Japan into a sanitised theme park of honourable samurai and cherry blossoms.
The project comprises three complete books covering the core game, magic and monsters, solo play and extensive referee support. Its creator, controversial British game designer James “Grim” Desborough, has spent more than twenty-five years in the RPG industry and has opinions - many of them even printable - about historical gaming, retroclones, samurai fiction, cultural authenticity and why games ought to be allowed sharp edges.
He is available for podcast, forum, website and YouTube interviews to talk about the game, the history behind it, the design process, the influence of Bushido, and the long, occasionally bloody road to publication. Contact via grim@post-mort.com to book.
Grim Jim
Today, alas, I must spend the morning arranging my various medications into my day-by-day monthly pill box. This takes most of my morning when I have to do it.
Joy.
Rapture.
Ecstasy.
Enjoy Russel Brand as Munch's The Scream in the meantime.
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Still a little under the weather and still unshakably tired. Might do the comments video tomorrow.
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This past week you've had a ton of long-form content from me, for a couple of reasons.
1. Waiting for the Stray Crows money to clear (which should happen imminently), and thus being at a loose end.
2. Youtube deciding, for some reason, to actually show my channel to people.
I can't keep up this pace, what with Stray Crows work becoming more important and the Great Eye of Algorithmo turning away, so expect a return to sporadic and shorter form soonish.
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LAST CHANCE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimjim/stray-crows-r…
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I know this week has been a bit of a bust, video-wise, so there's not much point in doing my regular comment-response video. The Stray Crows Kickstarter ends in 5 days, and once that's done, I hope to be back to more regular shenanigans.
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Welcome, new subscribers. I usually take Fridays off (for my health), but the Kickstarter means I'll end up doing stuff anyway. If you liked my Dark Sun victory lap, here are some other (more cerebral) videos that might tickle your pickle:
RPG Tour: Cyberpunk 2013-2020-2077 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIwmJ...
How to Rebuild our World After an Apocalypse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ybj...
Dungeons and Wheelchairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_t9v...
[Pretentious Waffle] The Thermian Argument and Assassination of the Author: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V-3O...
TTRPG: Know Your Role: Twilight 2000 2nd Edition, and What If?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tenl_...
The Moral Entrepreneurs of the New Blasphemy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNRKL...
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I have a ton of work today, and it looks like it will be the hottest day of this heatwave either today or tomorrow. So no vid, unless you turn out some cheeky AI music just as filler ;)
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#TTRPG #DnD #Samurai
www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimjim/stray-crows-r…
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Stray Crows pre-launch is live.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimjim/stray-crows-r…
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#TTRPG #RPG #DnD
Stray Crows: Ronin is a forthcoming tabletop RPG of wandering swordsmen, desperate peasants, scheming lords, restless ghosts and sudden, blood-gushing, messy death, set during Japan’s long transition from the chaos of the Sengoku period into the uneasy order of the Edo era. It is set to go live for crowdfunding soon.
Drawing inspiration from the classic Bushido RPG and the better instincts of the old-school revival, Stray Crows combines serious historical research with quicker, cleaner modern rules - without turning feudal Japan into a sanitised theme park of honourable samurai and cherry blossoms.
The project comprises three complete books covering the core game, magic and monsters, solo play and extensive referee support. Its creator, controversial British game designer James “Grim” Desborough, has spent more than twenty-five years in the RPG industry and has opinions - many of them even printable - about historical gaming, retroclones, samurai fiction, cultural authenticity and why games ought to be allowed sharp edges.
He is available for podcast, forum, website and YouTube interviews to talk about the game, the history behind it, the design process, the influence of Bushido, and the long, occasionally bloody road to publication. Contact via grim@post-mort.com to book.
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