Coddlesworth

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TTRPG Writer (Shadowrun, Voltron TTRPG) Comic Book Writer (Coddlesworth's Clockwork Circus) Professional Game Master 🇰🇷🎪🎲🎮

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Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· 25d

So far, this is the only legitimate criticism of "The Odyssey" I've seen on social media.

A screencap of a Threads post by jaxmagicman stating:

"I saw 'The Odyssey and while I liked it, it was just a blatant ripoff of 'Oh Brother Where Art Thou'."

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· 27d

So this came in the mail today! Setting agnostic, rules light with some interesting roll mechanics! I'm looking forward to running something with my group 😅 Great work, @oakleafinsignia.games!!

A picture of the newly released TTRPG "Fortune Favors Dice"

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Jun 29

I'm Shib Jangsaeng (십장생) Flack and you're listening to NPR.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Jun 23

Sometime's, when I'm not feeling great about myself, I remember that I am my dog's favorite bed.

A small black and white dog sleeping on my lap. You can make out that I am wearing blue jeans.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Apr 21

Never forget Whit Whitman's 10-step 12-step method for masterful game directing! Never forget to porkon cows and always remember villains needs flaws and also more flaws! Unrelated, watch out for grifters in the #ttrpgcommunity.

An AI slop thumbnail for a YouTube video claiming to feature "The Whitman Method," subtitled "12 steps to masterful game directing."

On the left, under the title are the steps in two columns. On the right is an AI image of (presumably) Whit Whitman (a fellow known for not making good on some Kickstarter projects) in front of a bookshelf filled with TTRPG paraphernalia.

It lists the following 10 (not 12) steps:

1. Session Zero
2. Timeliness
3. Session lime
4. Mancipatonts
5. Porkon Cows
7. Connectiarg
8. Villain Flaws
10. Enveglments
11. Coural Done
12. Villain Flaws

Missing are 6 and 9, which is definitely NOT nice.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Apr 20

If ya'll ain't played "South of Midnight"... Why not?

A screenshot from a cut scene in the video game "South of Midnight." Pictured is the protagonist, a young Black woman, sitting atop a giant catfish as it takes her across the river.

She's wearing town jeans and a yellow tank top. She has a nose ring and multiple ear piercings. Her hair is held up in twin "boxer braids" and extend to her chest.

Concept art for Compulsion Games' "South of Midnight."

It shows our protagonist, a young Black woman named Hazel, walking amidst several other supernatural creatures that are featured in the game, among them a magic catfish that she befriends early on.

Art by João Bragato

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Apr 10

J-Hope trying desperately not to drown after "Da Bomb."

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Apr 7

For over 4 decades, this snippet of a song has played in my head with only a vague impression that it was a gang of animated cats singing it. Just two lines: "Ali Baba, you may not know But tonight, we're gonna win!" I eventually just accepted it was some sort of fever dream, but today...

The DVD cover of the 1971 Toei animation "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." The title and marketing information is printed in Katakan and Kanji (Japanese writing), the title is romanized to "Aribaba to yonjūnin no tōzoku."

The art style is defined by late 60s/early 70s Japanese animation, with large, round heads and big eyes and mouths and an almost "chibi-like" aesthetic.

It features Ali Baba as a shirtless boy wearing a turban as he rides a magic carpet with a cat and other cats dance below him, particularly a large, pink cat that features prominently on the right. Various other characters are illustrated, along with a green/gold lamp at the bottom center.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Mar 27

Are you suggesting that this isn't realistic?! 😡

The actor Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams, the protagonist of the original Evil Dead series. He in standing in the bedroom of a trailer/mobile home and his right hand is rellace by a chainsaw.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Mar 13

Dafuq, I couldn't stop eating those and just when I think the worst of the addiction is over they start pushing the juicy clusters and I just can't, right now... Can't share them, I mean.

An image of a small, 2.65 oz package of "Nerds Juicy Gummy Cluster" candy, with an image of a piece of the candy under the flavor label, which is "Strawberry Punch."
Small print touts that the candy is "mega, crunchy, gummy, juicy."
On the side it declares this is a share pouch, but share with who?! Get your own.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Feb 4

Imagine being a grown ass man and getting your ass beat by GenZ/Alpha kids... (NOTE: Despite the caption, the girl/woman with the Choose Kindness Always hoodie was trying to de-escalate the situation.)

A screen grab of a Facebook post from Josh Helfgott, it features two images from an incident in which an adult man got into a verbal altercation with high schoolers who were demonstrating in their town before he physically assaulted a female student.

Several other teenagers stepped in to defend their peer, ultimately chasing the man away.

The first image shows students grappling the man as he try to maintain his balance. He is desperately clinging to his MAGA hat in his left hand.

The second image shows a girl wearing a black hoodie that says, "CHOOSE KINDNESS ALWAYS." Despite the caption, this person was actually trying to de-escalate the situation. They were truly choosing kindness.

Josh Helfgott captions his post with:

"If you've ever been beaten up by a teenager wearing a "Choose Kindness Always" hoodie, you should probably reconsider your life choices. "

The adult man in the image was identified as Chad Michael Watts and later arrested for two counts of assault causing bodily injury.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Dec 28

I dunno, I feel like booking would be a bad idea... #scp

A screegrab of a link to a website for "SCP Hotels." The post suggests that SCP might stand for "Special Containment Procedures," a series of stories and concepts centered around paranormal or supernatural entities or events that are kept secret from the general public.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Dec 21

Adding another one from @mythworks.bsky.social to my collection. I'll try to find time to stream a run of this next year, hopefully before spring! #ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #zines

An picture of the "Time Force" zine-style TTRPG by Myth Works.

The cover is blue with the title in bold, blue with thick white outline, all-caps font that is centered on the page, "Time" over "Force."

The title hovers over a blue and white circle, ostensibly a time portal. White movement lines emote outwardly from the circle.

Around the title are several figures. Starting at the 12 o'clock position and rotating clockwise:

12: a cartoonish tyrannosaurus rex with bulging yellow eyes and gaping maw is rising above the title.

2: a "chrononaut" (the games protagonists) wearing his chrononaut suit (strikingly similar to an astronaut suit), but also a bandolier with bullets, a Sombrero is flying off of his helmet, a six-shooter just out of reach, and a classic alarm clock just below the gun.

5: a chrononaut flying in Leonardo da V9nci's flying machine, a painting of the Mona Lisa with a chrononaut helmet (but you. An still see her hair?!) Floating out of reach.

6: a Roman-era vase with a chrononaut/centurion blend figure painted on it.

7: a chrononaut in Samurai armor weild8ng a katana and holding a scroll painting of a woman in a kimono but her face is a chrononaut face shield.

10: a chrononaut in a toga and crowned with an olive wreath reaching for an hourglass.

Along the top of the zine cover are printed the names of the authors Vincenzo Ferriero and Ray Chou and the artist Sebastián Adano.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Dec 10

A statue commemorating that time a dog accused a man of murdering its master, dueled the man in a Trial by Combat, and got the man to confess his crime, for which he was hanged.

A picture of the "Dog of Montargis" statue in Montargis, France that depicts a dog biting the neck of a man with his arms out and a panicked/pained expression.

The statue honors a 13th century legend of a dog avenging his murdered master (Aubry de Montdider) by winning a trial by combat against the killer (Robert Macaire), who confessed to the murder and was hanged.

The duel was ordered by King Charles V after the dog "accused" Macaire.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Dec 3

My favorite is Bubblegum Crisis (1987/1991 English). It's a limited series (8 episodes) in a cyberpunk setting. I probably like it way more because of nostalgia, but I think it holds up. There was a very limited follow up (BB: Crash, 3 episodes), a 1998 reboot (20+ episodes), and an R.Talsorian RPG.

A VHS cover art for the 1987 anime "Bubble Gum Crisis" featuring the four protagonists in their "hardsuits."

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Dec 3

When the #BBEG casts Time Stop at the start of the round to cast some beefy spells and then summons a pack of nasty wraiths so you pull out your Dispel Magic scroll and roll straight Charisma checks for each spell. Dude powered up and then I just powered him back down. #TTRPG #DnD #ActualPlay

A stream of dice rolls publicly rolled in the Roll 20 VTT, showing Charisma checks with results of 18, 24, 18, and 17.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Nov 27

The #Shadowrun crew is in San Fran and already bribed a local go-gang. Now it's time to see what the job is. Can Popi convince Ms. Johnson that the crew is worth more than the initial offer? Starting ~7.30p ET/4.30p PT (Wed) www.twitch.tv/dndenial or www.twitch.tv/scxrlet64 #ActualPlay #TTRPG

An "oni" character from a Shadowrun 5 actual play, named Popi. She has blue skin, blue horns, white hair and red irises. She is wearing thin glasses and a purple dress similar in style to a Chinese "cheongsam" with pink flowers on it. She is muscular and standing in a hand on the hip pose. Her right arm (the one resting on her hip) has a red dragon tattoo.

She is standing in what appears to be a bar or nightclub, but the background is blurry.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Nov 19

When you have a GREAT game, but you're mad anyway: #tft #TeamFightTactics #RiotGames #LeagueOfLegends

A screen grab of the results screen at the end of a game of Team Fight Tactics, a "battlechess" game where you purchase champions and place them on a board, trying to find a strong combination of champions and board configurations to beat other players in the match.

Champions have 5 tiers of power with matching costs from the shop, White (1), Green (2), Blue (3), Purple (4) and Gold (5). Finding three of a particular champion in the shops combines them into a single 2-star champion. Having 3 2-stars of the same champion combines them into a single 3-star champion.

As you proceed in the match you gain 2 experience per round. Your level equals the amount of champions you can field on the board. Between rounds you can purchase XP 4 at a time at a 1-1 exchange.

You gain coins for winning a round, win or lose streaking, and holding on to coins (interest). Between rounds you are presented with a store of 5 champion to purchase or you can reroll the shop for 2 coins.

This shows I won the game with 6 3-star Champions on my board, 2 2-star Champions from the Gold tier, and a 2-star dragon Champion (dragons are a special aspect of this season of the game and have costs outside of the normal 1-5 and count as 2 champions on your board).

This screen grab shows that I have a 2-star Aurelion Sol (a dragon champion in Team Fight Tactics; also a playable champion in League of Legends) in play, one on the bench, and 2 1-stars on the bench as well. The final 1-star is in my shop, which would grant me the 3-star Aurelion Sol.

I would have had the coin to purchase after the round, but it ended up being the winning round so I was unable to get the 3-star Gold tier dragon champ. I didn't need it to win, but 3-star 5 tiers have special casts and animations as well as it just being fun to say you got the 3-star.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Nov 19

Hey, we're back after a few weeks break with our DnD 5E #ActualPlay "Beyond the Stellar Veil." Space shenanigans abound, stop in and say hi! Tuesday, 18 November 7p-1030p ET/4p-730p PT www.twitch.tv/dndenial #TTRPG #DnD

An image capture from Twitch featuring the players for the D&D 5E actual play "Beyond the Stellar Veil."

The DM, @thespeedofcandy is in the center, labeled Shenanigan Sovereign.

The players are, from top right and going clockwise:

@davidjoneskrause playing Kessel, a druid
@iSneezeStars playing Samanthar'ra, a gunner
@Coddlesworth playing The Captain, a ship's captain
@DungeonMistressKatie playing Giulia, a bard

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Nov 13

If you got some free time tonight, we're streaming a State of the Union side mission. Tonight we'll be meeting with Ms. Johnson to see what she's got on offer. Wednesday Night (Semi-weekly) 7p ET/4p PT www.twitch.tv/dndenial or www.twitch.tv/kikiclownmen... #Shadowrun #TTRPG #ActualPlay

A screen grab from a twitch stream featuring an actual play of the Shadowrun TTRPG. The title of the stream is State of the Union.

There are four players and a game master, each in their own windows.

The players are:

@KikiClownMenace (femme presenting) playing Smokey, a changeling rigger
@MaxRomans (masc presenting) playing Simon, a human mage
@MilestoneRPG (femme presenting) playing Popi, an oni face
@Scxrlet64 (femme presenting) playing Loophead, a human sniper

The gamemaster is @Coddlesworth (masc presenting).

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Nov 8

In what world does it make sense for ANY type of corn chip to cost the same per ounce as beef jerky?! Oh, it's this one. Fuck, I hate it here.

A "SidexSide" screen grab from Amazon showing the per ounce price of ofJack Links Beef Jerky and a per ounce price of caramel Bugles Corn Chips.

It shows the Beef Jerky at $1.46/ounce and the Bugles at $1.43/ounce.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Nov 3

Following up on the "Steel Lynx" token from the other day, I also made a #battlemap token (in #Inkarnate) for a "Lockheed Optic-X." This is a flying surveillance drone favored by many Shadowrunners. Again, if you want it, take it and use it. #Shadowrun #ActualPlay #TTRPG #TTRPGCommunity

A top-down view of a futuristic flying surveillance drone. Is it similar in shape and function to a jet with a conical nose, tapered wings, and a central jet thruster. There is an optical suite on the nose and additional cameras where the front of the wings meet the fuselage.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Oct 30

Here's a #battlemap token I made (in Inkarnate) for our #Shadowrun #ActualPlay to represent a "Steel Lynx," which is a sort of wheeled mini-tank. This one is armed with rotating barrel chaingun. If it might have a place in something you are doing, absolutely take and use it. #TTRPG #TTRPGCommunity

A top-down view of a futuristic vehicle in heavy armor plating. It has four "legs," underneath which are meant to be wheels that cannot be seen from the top-down perspective, but could be imagined to have some manner of hover capability.

You can see places where wires extrude from one part of the body to others. The front of the vehicle is towards the bottom of the image. The box-like turret is turned about 5-10 degrees counter clockwise and it is armed with a large multi-barreled gun, protruding off-center on the turret.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Oct 29

Meet tonight's Shadowrunners for our State of the Union side hustle. We're live on Twitch tonight (Wednesday) for Session 1 of a short #Shadowrun #ActualPlay campaign, streamed simultaneously on www.twitch.tv/scxrlet64 www.twitch.tv/kikiclownmen... www.twitch.tv/dndenial 430p ET / 730p PT

An RPG virtual tabletop token for a character being played in a Shadowrun 5E campaign.

The character, Loophead, is a cybernetically augmented sniper. This is a bust portrait in a comic book style that shows her in a grey motojacket with thick, pink pads on the shoulder. She is wearing a pink motorcycle helmet with "cat ear" points. The faceshield is a screen currently projecting text emoji face ( ^ _ ^ ). She is also wearing headphones which fit over the helmet itself, with a pink and white band and grey cups. Long, flexible light tubes come down from the back of the helmet, almost like hair, in a variety of pinks, purples, and pastels. The helmer has a sticker under the right cat ear that has the letters BAMF over a comic book explosion effect. Ther are purple star stickers ounder the left ear and on the left headphone cup.

The background is a glitchy hot pink to electric blue circle border with a grooved interior (representing a vinyl record) and pink "glitter" dots surround the circle border.

An RPG virtual tabletop token for a character being played in a Shadowrun 5E campaign.

The character, Popi, is an oni social adept (a face/grifter/con artist enhanced with magical glamours). Popi has bright blue skin and large anime eyes with yellow-brown irises. Her hair is styled in a bob that comes down to her jawline. Her bangs drop down between two blue horns that extend from her brow, above each eye. She has strong eye brows and long eyelashes. She is facing towards the viewers left, but her eyes are focused forward. She is wearing a white blouse with a pink bow centered on the collar. We can see she is wearing fingerless black gloves with knuckle spikes.

The background has shimmering distortions in neon colors, representing mana flows around her. The token border is a circle styled to look like marble with electric blue highlights and an inner ring of metal in a braidlike twist.

An RPG virtual tabletop token for a character being played in a Shadowrun 5E campaign.

The character, Smokey, is a gnome rigger (a vehicle and drone operator) with certain "changeling" features. The art is in a 2D chibi style. We see a young, cherub-faced woman with pink/fuschia hair in a shag style, but with trimmed bangs. She has pink fox ears that are part of her changeling mutations. She has long eye lashes and thick purpole eyeshadow. Her left eye has a black sclera and a pink and blue iris. Her right eye is blue. She has an electronic monocle over the right eye. She has purple skin colorations spiking in over her cheeks and a sassy expression with an anime "tiger-tooth." She is wearing a high collared teal/sea-green jacket with yellow highlights and a teal/sea-green skinsuit with pink highlights underneath. She has several hair barrettes in her bangs: a green car, a skull and cross bones, a yellow star with checkered flag, a broken heart, and some manner of mana ball.

The background token border is a racing tire with various letters that one might find on a racing tire, including pressurization instructions and branding. It is lit up with pink fluorescent lighting. The interior has HUD style displays that warn that something (unknown) is "Repairing."

An RPG virtual tabletop token for a character being played in a Shadowrun 5E campaign.

The character, Simon, is forensic mage. The art is a photobash image of a man with his black hair in a shoulder-length grunge style and a 5 o'clock shadow. He has dark eyes, probably with black eyeliner and is wearing a beat up black leather jacket. He is facing the viewer's left, tilting his head back (exposing a prominent adam's apple), with his eyes turning to the left. Behind him is an out of focus cityscape. Emanating from his body is a reddish haze.

The background token border is a metal spring tube reflecting red lights, with blood spatters superimposed over it.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Oct 27

$239?! I hope it's got some amazing features!

A screen grab of an Oral-B "Clic" toothbrush. A Clic toothbrush is a toothbrush model with a metal handle and detachable plastic head, intended to reduce waste from disposing of plastic toothbrushes by around a third. It is a manual toothbrush.

This one is listed on Amazon for $239.30, which is remarkable for a $15-$20 toothbrush.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Oct 27

I think my package might be out for delivery... Automated systems doing good things for our world 😒

A screen grab from my Gmail app. It shows series of emails sent from "Uniexpress Admin", each with the subject line "Your package is out for delivery."

All were sent at 7:35 AM and have the same preview text, "Your package is out for delivery Hello DANIEL ???, Your package is on the way! A UniUni..."

From the screen grab, it appears to have been sent at least five times. (NOTE: It was sent 10 times.)

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Oct 19

I hate everything about it. I hate that I noticed it happening. I hate that they are doing it. I hate that Google AI is on top of every search. I hate that the AI overview had a tight summary. I hate it.

A text screengrab from Google's "AI Overview" of a topic with 3 bullet points. The third bullet point is highlighted in a thick red box. The text says:

Why Facebook auto-refreshes

• Encourages more engagement: Refreshing the page takes you back to the top of the News Feed, forcing you to scroll and see new and promoted content. This prevents you from simply returning to the exact post or comment you were looking at.

• Maximizes ad views: A full page reload guarantees that new advertisements will load, generating more money for Facebook.

• Prevents "fact-checking": Some users have noted that the refresh often happens when they switch tabs to investigate a suspicious claim. They believe this is an intentional design choice to make critical cross-checking more difficult.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Oct 13

Which system completely changed your perspective on what tabletop RPGs could be? #ttrpg #dnd #rpg #meme

A "motivational poster" style meme collage of six images over a set of text.

The text begins with a "header" or title centered from left to right in large font, all caps:

"RIFTS ROLE PLAYING GAME"

That is followed by an expounding statement in sentence format in smaller font, also centered from left to right:

"Because its (sic) a magic wielding, high tech epic [that's] set in a post apocalyptic setting of complete bad-assery. Thats (sic) why!"

The images are presented above the text in 3x2 grid starting (from left to right):

TOP

The cover art for the Rifts TTRPG "Atlantis" sourcebook, featuring a two-armed, tentacled alien with a gun and spear piloting a hovering barge that is also crewed by 3 human(?) women in leotards, wearing helmets and aiming futuristic blasters.

A gleaming silver mechsuit known as a "Glitterboy," holding a shoulder mounted railgun.

A dragon lying down in a forest clearing. It is curled up like a cat and a woman with black and red wings is laying against the dragon as if they are napping together.

BOTTOM:

A female vampire in a white dress being repelled by a cross brandished by someone outside of the image. The cross is starting to burn and the vampire has tears of blood.

A trio of humans(?) surrounded by a battle. A woman dual-wielding heavy blaster pistols is forward and center. On the left is a man who seems to be wielding energy between his hands. On the right is a large man with muscular arms holding a hefty stone hammer.

A feminine fire spirit or elemental.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Oct 13

Why no one told me about Stardew Valley?! Today, as I pet the dog I got the message, "Crash loves you" and I guess I really needed to hear that today.

One of the dogs from the game "Stardew Valley," the image is a pixel-art dog resting on its haunches, facing forward. It is a black and white dog, reminiscent of a border collie, wearing a red bandana.

Coddlesworth@clockworkcirc· Oct 2

On tonight's menu, Eat the Reich, a fantastic little TTRPG where you play vampire commandos slaughtering their way through scores of knotzees to get to shitler and drain him dry. It's a fkn good time. #TTRPG #TTRPGCommunity #EatTheReich