jex thomas

@lastpinepress

Nonbinary Dad // Author of Crit Awards Best Indie TTRPG Finalist BUMP IN THE DARK // Not as Punk as I Used To Be // Forever Aspiring to be Your Weird Gay Aunt // ACAB // they/them // #ttrpg #fitd #pbta

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jex thomas@lastpinepress· 29d

Also all of our window units except the one in the kid's room are currently broken and we don't have central air because our house was built in 1912

A screen shot from the Google Home app showing indoor temperatures:

Dining Room 84
Upstairs device 87

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Jul 11

Screenshot from Tumblr:

Sexiest Podcast Character 2026 - Round 3

Hazel McCallah
Wanted for the murder of Kiki Cethin
Contact: sexiestpodcastcharacter.tumblr.com
Posted Round 3, 2026
Unexplored Places: Ruin's Gate

Emmy Acero
Wanted for the murders of Bruce Wayne and Scam Likely
Contact: sexiestpodcastcharacter.tumblr.com
Posted Round 3, 2026
Tidal Wave Games Podcast: See You Space Cowboy ...

Who is sexier?
Hazel McCallah 50%
Emmy Acero 50%

Final results from 300 votes

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Jun 20

Great mail day! I feel so grateful to have so many awesome, creative friends making such great stuff!

Tribe 8: Tribes in the Dark, a tabletop roleplaying game. The cover features three figures standing in a battle pose. On the left, a masculine figure, lithe but muscular, with light skin and wearing druidic garb is holding a long, hooked staff with a glowing lantern on the end. On the right, a feminine figure with light purple skin with tattoos on their arms and head, is extending their right arm, invoking a small, magical bird. The bird is simply growing purple. Finally, in the center stands a very large man with dark skin wearing a fur-lined vest, holding a sword over his left shoulder. The sword's end is serrated and looks like a leaf. He is scowling. There is a large tattoo on his exposed abdomen.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Jun 6

Look what came today! Great work @soulmuppet.co.uk!

A hardcover boom with the words MAD AS HELL emblazoned in red letters on the cover. A man's head, missing the face. A die cut hole in the dust jacket and another in the hardcover itself reveals an intestinal-like arrangement of beastly bits such as bat wings and tentacles and a big eye ball in the hold where his face should be. The man is wearing a suit.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Jun 1

This is a cat check point. Relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone.

A regal looking cat with a tipped ear. He has big tufts of fur coming from his ears.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· May 29

Oh it was the FUNisher

Children everywhere have come to fear the name ...

THE FUNISHER

(An illustration of a man dressed in black with a rainbow cloud wig and red cloud nose. A Punisher skull adorns his chest, however the skull has clown makeup. He is holding a big gun that has a red balloon attached to the muzzle.)

jex thomas@lastpinepress· May 16

Good mail day featuring @acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social and the band responsible for my favorite record of the year!

Rulebook for Hedge by a Couple of Drakes. The cover features three figures standing in front of a tower, surrounded by some kind of zombie horde. The figure in the middle wears red armor and holds a flaming staff. A long braid of hair flows behind them. On the right, an armored figure holds a circular, toothed blade. The figure on the left is covered in tree bark and one arm is outstretched, a tree-like limb stretching unnaturally toward the danger.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· May 16

I tried to build on this for Bump in the Dark and provide the kind of guidance that I find most helpful when GMing.

Excerpt from Bump in the Dark featuring tables detailing action roll results and possible consequences.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· May 16

These are all fundamentally the same move with slightly different wording, so we'll talk about them together. While deft GMs might quickly translate those into fiction (based on the already existing context), it can be challenging to think of exactly what happens next.

ACT UNDER FIRE
When you act under fire, roll +Cool. On a 10+, you do it. On a 7-9, you flinch, hesitate, or stall, and the MC can offer you a worse outcome, a hard bargain, or an unfortunate choice. On a miss, prepare for the worst.

DEFY DANGER
When you act despite an imminent threat or suffer a calamity, say how you deal with it and roll. If you do it ...
- by powering through, +Str
- by getting out of the way or acting fast, +Dex
- by enduring, +Con
- with quick thinking, +Int
- through mental fortitude, +Wis
- sing charm and social grace, +Cha

On a 10+, you do what you set out to, the threat doesn't come to bea. On a 7-9, you stumble. Hesitate, or flinch: the GM will offer you a worse outcome, hard bargain, or ugly choice.

ACT UNDER PRESSURE
When you act under pressure, roll +Cool.

On a 10+ you do what you set out to.
On a 7-9 the Keeper is going to give you a worse outcome, hard choice, or price to pay.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· May 11

Got myself an early birthday present

A hand holding up a packaged action figure in front of a blank wall. It is the McFarlane Collector Edition Hellboy figure.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· May 8

A screenshot from Steam's hardware webstore. There is a picture of a somewhat bulky, black game controller which is labeled as the Steam Controller and priced at $99. Features of the controller are listed out:

- Magnetic thumb sticks (TMR)
- Full set of inputs to play your whole Steam library
- 4x haptic motors for high definition rumble
- 8.39 Wh battery: 35+ hours of gameplay on a single charge
- Steam Controller Punch (USB cable included) enables plug-and-play low-latency wireless connection & easy magnetic charging

Below this. And circled on yellow with a hastily drawn smiley face next to it, are the words Reserved on Fri, May 8, 2026 above a black button reading Cancel Reservation

Your reservation for Steam Controller has been confirmed

When Steam Controller is available, we will send you a separate email to complete your purchase. You will have 3 days to complete the transaction at that time.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Apr 18

Tweet from Austin Walker saying y'all ever see a take so bad you are forced to immediately go to sleep?

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Apr 15

Great mail day courtesy @plusoneexp.bsky.social and @hecticelectron.bsky.social

Defy the Gods, a game of queer sword and sorcery, by Chrys Sellers. The cover is colorful and features three heroes fighting a giant, statuesque god. One hero is using magic while the other two have blades.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Apr 6

Great mail day courtesy @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social

Two books: Cthulhu Dark, a textbook-sized TTRPG book with a tentacle on the cover, and Cosmic Dark, a digest sized TTRPG with a space ship traveling in the direction of some kind of cosmic storm.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Apr 6

Damn that show fucking ruled. Milorgonaut is so goddamn good and Shitstorm blew my fucking mind.

Milorgonaut at the X-Ray Arcade. A guitarist, bassist, and drummer perform on a stage surrounded by amplifier cabinets. The bass player is screaming into a microphone.

Deterioration at the X-Ray Arcade. A guitarist and drummer perform on the same stage. A psychedelic skull adorns the wall behind them. The guitarist is also performing vocals.

Shitstorm at the X-Ray Arcade. Another band plays on the same stage. There is a vocalist screaming into the microphone flanked by a guitarist and bassist rocking out. The drummer is barely visible behind the vocalist.

Mellow Harsher at the X-Ray Arcade. A final band consisting of a vocalist, guitarist, bassist, and drummer performing on the same stage. The audience crowds up to front of the stage.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Apr 5

sorry i just can't relate

a screenshot from steam with a little clock icon next to the words PLAY TIME 165.2 hours

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Mar 22

My first Halloween with @dearling-g0ldfart.bsky.social She crocheted the mask and made an incredible Julie.

Jex wearing a purple hoodie and a crocheted Maxx mask with foam teeth as well as yellow gloves with foam claws. Their partner is wearing a long blond wig, a white tank top, and low rise jeans -- dresses like Julie from the Maxx.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Mar 21

@kenlowery.bsky.social and @pandiongames.com get the window treatment at @tabletopbookshelf.com

The window display at Tabletop Bookshelf

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Mar 21

Fit check for @tabletopbookshelf.com grand opening today

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Mar 18

It was a very colorful mail day today

Three colorful books atop a purple sheet. On the left, VOIDHEART SYMPHONY featuring lots of pinks and purples and a set of characters facing off against a monster. In the upper right, ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY: DELIBERATE Practice TO DEVELOP AND ENHANCE SKILLS IN ACT, featuring orange and yellow and green floral and leaf like designs. In the lower right. PICO, orange and yellow and green and brown, tiny humanoid insects in the grass and dirt.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Mar 7

Lookit these doofs

Two cats in a sunbeam looking at the camera like they've been caught doing something they're not supposed to

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Feb 27

For the longest time here in Milwaukee we had a car that was like an anti-abortion, conspiracy theorist Dr Bronner's bottle, ngl kind of miss that crazy bastardmobile

A station wagon on the street in downtown Milwaukee, WI absolutely covered in weird political and conspiracy theorist messages, some in paint, some papered to the car or a makeshift eisel attached to the roof of the car.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Feb 15

Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen:

Album cover for The Day the Sun Went Out by Boy Sets Fire.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Feb 5

I used to have this on a shirt

A poster with the words CLASS WAR across the top. The As in Class and War are both anarchy symbols and the words are separated by a skull and crossbones. Beneath this, a high-contrast, black-and-white photo of a graveyard full of hundreds of white crosses in a field of grass. Across the bottom: WE HAVE FOUND NEW HOMES FOR THE RICH. The graphic design is pretty bad yet also iconic.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Jan 24

Yeah, it's not doing much, if anything. But I'm sitting here today feeling so angry and heartbroken and tired and helpless and scared about what's next. But I refuse to relinquish my hope that a better, kinder, more equitable world is possible, and that we will build it. Are building it now.

A white person resting their arm on their knee, the evidence of children -- markers scattered across the floor -- in the background. They are wearing a bracelet with pink, white, and silver beads reading FUCK ICE.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Jan 18

Just taking my computer to the hospital (my brother's house)

A black PC tower emblazoned with various punk and TTRPG related stickers, bucked into a car seat.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Jan 13

Well, fuck me then.

Screenshot from studentaid.gov's loan simulator:

Based on your selections and overall repayment strategy, and assuming you will meet eligibility requirements for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), this is the plan with the lowest monthly payment.

We estimate you will pay $739 per month.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Jan 11

So I spent several hours unplugging and re-plugging cables, re-seating all the RAM sticks, praying to the PC Gods, etc., never thinking to check whether the white LED on the mobo actually meant anything besides "receiving power."

Screenshot from an article on the web, reading:

When your ASUS motherboard shows white light, it means there is a problem with the connection between your graphics card and motherboard. This can be caused by various reasons such as a loose cable connection, a faulty graphics card, incompatible hardware and more. In this post on MiniTool Website, we will show you how to troubleshoot ASUS motherboard VGA light white in detail.

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Dec 29

Finally it's new guitar day for real

Jex sitting on a papasan style chair playing a purple Epiphone SG. They are wearing all black and there is a shelf full of books behind them.

An Epiphone SG Modern guitar with "purple burst" finish leaning up against a small Orange Crush practice amp and behind a board full of effects pedals.

An Epiphone SG Modern guitar with "purple burst" finish

jex thomas@lastpinepress· Dec 26

When it's new guitar day but you gotta wait.