Riley V
@vandalorum
Neurospicy Cascadian Canadian 🇨🇦 Sometimes antisocial. Always antifascist. he / him of theanarchistspellbook.blog Fuck AI.
The Snowbirds visited Victoria today & put on a show for their 55th anniversary. It’s their final season before they go on hiatus and their CT-114 Tutor jets get replaced. We didn’t have the greatest vantage point, and it’s just my phone, but I got a serviceable video and a couple cool shots. #yyj
Found some trouble and shot it in tonight’s game of Paranoia as Comrade-R-CCP; certainly not a mutant or a traitor, and absolutely in no way a communist. 👁️🗨️ TRUST THE COMPUTER! THE COMPUTER IS YOUR FRIEND! #ParanoiaRPG
During their second foray into the Lost Citadel of the Scarlet Minotaur, the PCs explored its maze-like corridors, recovered some treasure, and even managed to slay the titular minotaur with some clever tactics and teamwork whilst narrowly avoiding death. I’m so proud of them 🥲 #shadowdark
Just wrapped up an online DCC campaign of I6 Ravenloft and my cleric survived the final confrontation and made good on his oath: He unleashed his own ‘brand’ of holy water on Strahd’s ashes. 💦 🧛🏼
Spent this Victoria Day holiday relaxing at Albert Head Lagoon, soaking up (hopefully not too much) sun, snacking on cheese, and catching up on my Fafhrd and Gray Mouser.
BEFOULED, a hardcover omnibus for Mörk Borg by the inimitable @christianeichhorn.bsky.social, arrived yesterday from @beyondcataclysm.co.uk. Within are 3 zines: Vaults of Torment, Death & Taxes, and Dungeons! a pair of pamphlets (Korkol and Slayer), and a couple of fun bookmarks. #mörkborg #ttrpgs
Alas, no Shadowdark this eve, despite obtaining these Quickstart Guides for my players.
Was browsing 'beastman' images for inspiration for the aforementioned Shadowdark adventure, Lost Citadel of the Scarlet Minotaur, and came across this absolute gem: Space Beastman from the 1977 Toho film The War in Space. This headcanon now for Beastmen. 🤣 #OSR #Shadowdark
Got my teef scraped at the dentist so I treated myself to some books: Despite kinda swearing off large cumbersome TTRPG books, I made an exception for Dolmenwood. And even if I didn’t already own the two prior Primers I had to pick this one up b/c fungi are friends. 🦷📚🍄 #fungi #Dolmenwood #TTRPGs
Huzzah! More dark fantasy goodness from @lazylitch.bsky.social arrived today! Can’t wait to dig in! #Adventures #DarkFantasy #DnD #OSE #OSR #Shadowdark #Zines
GMing Shadowdark again tonight, this time for level 1 adventurers. Going to run ‘Grandma’s Cottage, Inc. And Gift Shoppe from Knock! #4 by @themerrymushmen.bsky.social 🐷 🍎 🥧 #DnD #GMing #OSR #shadowdark
I’d just been slow cooking a pork shoulder with apples and onions for over 20 hours, and just before I dug in, I figured a beer would go nicely with it. So I walked down to the liquor store, grabbed a six pack of Tilt lager, walked back home, and went to crack open a cold one and… C'est la vie 🤷
Prepping to GM my first Shadowdark game tomorrow. It’ll be a lvl-0 gauntlet through Trial of the Slime Lord. Made a bunch of handouts for the players. I forgot how much I enjoy making props for games. I think they really help with immersion. #Shadowdark #TTRPGs
I now have the perfect attire for mushroom foraging: this hunter green BC Parks Foundation hoodie featuring a colourful embroidered assortment of fungi! 🍄 Spoiled again by my wonderful friends! #BCParks #BCPF #fungifriends #funguy
Players want to f*ck monsters right? So how about a version of Ravenloft where your PCs must seduce and bone Strahd but have to use the fortunes of Ravenloft to figure out his turn ons and turn offs? #DnD #Ravenloft #Strahd #Tarokka
Heck yes! My Dragonmeat ™️ has arrived reasonably fresh from @themerrymushmen.bsky.social 🐉 🍖 #dnd #oldschoolessentials #ose #TTRPG
We enjoyed the first full day of Spring with a stroll around Summit Park. Kept our eyes out for any more morels but yesterday’s find was pure luck. Still saw some fungi, like this late-blooming Panther Amanita along with various turkey tail polypores. 🐆 🦃 🍄🟫 #fungifriends #fungusamongus
As we arrived at our friend’s place this evening for a vernal equinox get together, I stepped out of our car, onto the driveway, and exclaimed out loud in amazement at this beauty! First morel of the spring! Probably a morchella importuna! #fungifriends #fungusamongus #morel
TCTC Loot: A print pair of Advanced Adventurers modules by Expeditious Retreat Press Gravrövare for Mörk Borg by The Dungeon Key Shutirah, a hexcrawl/dungeon zine for Shadowdark by @watcherdm.com (thanks for the pin!) An LED brazier by Tiles from the Crypt. #TCTC
Sunday: In The White Crypt Hungers for Shadowdark I got to try out the recently released Delver class (I approve) and play around with some new gear. Was a most excellent game! Lastly, in The Return of CSS Desdemona, I got a taste of Mothership as Hammy the Teamster, before I had to bow out.
Saturday: Played Rival Reactions, a fun indie card game about allergies. Demonsong, a drop-in adventure for LotFP, I was Pringle the elf of team Leather Daddy. My friend ran Piercing the Demon’s Eye adventure for DCC and I was Friar Chuck (aka Firetruck), a cleric of the Hidden Lord. #TCTC
Terminal City Tabletop Con Aside from one hiccup our trip overall was awesome. I hadn’t been to a game con since GottaCon was a thing (has it really been that long?) and I forgot how much frigging fun they can be! I am definitely returning next year and considering running a few TTRPGs. #TCTC
Checked into our hotel. Apparently I was ‘Guest of the Day’ so I got special treatment. Had a random visitor on our balcony: Her name was Sugar and she was a very nice kitty. Turning out to be a pretty great weekend. 👍
In Vancouver this weekend. M’lady had never been to Science World so obviously we went. Been quite a while myself; it was heartening to see they still have some classic exhibits from youth.
More patches I sewed: A skull-moon and tiny jar of Nutella on my gaming vest, and a Three Hare patch on my bag.