Brian Schoner
@bschoner.bsky.social
Software geek by day, freelance writer by night, bass guitarist on the weekends, voice actor whenever time permits, and gamer ALL THE DAMN TIME. Cohost of the https://bsky.app/profile/ascentofboardgames.bsky.social podcast. He/him.
I'm not familiar with Bad Bunny's work, but this halftime show *slaps.*
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
I'm not familiar with Bad Bunny's work, but this halftime show *slaps.*
Not for every game, but I like this a lot.
discovered some life-changing ttrpg tech during friday’s session: after taking a mid session break, before getting back into the scene, do a sports style locker room interview with each player (in character). it’s 1) funny 2) focusing 3) immediately and personally characterizing
February 9, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Not for every game, but I like this a lot.
Just got to play my first game of Durance from @jmstar.bsky.social and @bullypulpithq.bsky.social . It's a great GMless game, a bit more complex than something like For the Queen, but simple enough to teach and play in a few hours. Great interactive world- and character building. Recommended!
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Just got to play my first game of Durance from @jmstar.bsky.social and @bullypulpithq.bsky.social . It's a great GMless game, a bit more complex than something like For the Queen, but simple enough to teach and play in a few hours. Great interactive world- and character building. Recommended!
No new pictures. Where are you mentally?
February 4, 2026 at 12:35 AM
No new pictures. Where are you mentally?
Slob with lagoon tendencies here.
Presenting year 3 of the highly anticipated niche wetlands meme: Which wetland are you? #WorldWetlandsDay
February 3, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Slob with lagoon tendencies here.
This sucks. Narwhals deserve to keep swimming in the ocean, causing a commotion, 'cause they are so awesome.
...but seriously, I really wish humans would stop fucking up literally everything on this planet, including each other.
...but seriously, I really wish humans would stop fucking up literally everything on this planet, including each other.
February 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM
This sucks. Narwhals deserve to keep swimming in the ocean, causing a commotion, 'cause they are so awesome.
...but seriously, I really wish humans would stop fucking up literally everything on this planet, including each other.
...but seriously, I really wish humans would stop fucking up literally everything on this planet, including each other.
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Despite my computer's best efforts to destroy this episode, it's out! Join us as we discuss games where one or more players are looking to win the game in a completely different way from everyone else.
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-78...
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-78...
February 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Despite my computer's best efforts to destroy this episode, it's out! Join us as we discuss games where one or more players are looking to win the game in a completely different way from everyone else.
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-78...
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-78...
Get great game stuff at a discount AND help folks dealing with the ICE storm in Minnesota!
FORK ICE February Starts Tonight! #ForkICEFebruary #SupportLocal
FORK ICE February Starts Tonight!
What's "Fork ICE February?" Each day in Feb, we'll feature a different sale on a title in our webstore, discounted at least 50%. A blog post will go up at midnight with the link, and the sale will last 24 hours (or while supplies last). We'll donate 100% of the sale price to local organizations helping our Minnesota neighbors affected by the ICE storm here
Here in Minnesota, and most
visibly Minneapolis, we've responded to an armed federal presence with radical nonviolence, solidarity, and mutual aid. When legal
immigrants …
dlvr.it
February 1, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Get great game stuff at a discount AND help folks dealing with the ICE storm in Minnesota!
Quote with 5 jobs you've had:
1. Bookstore clerk
2. Intern at the Weekly World News
3. Paralegal
4. Tech support agent
5. Freelance RPG writer
1. Bookstore clerk
2. Intern at the Weekly World News
3. Paralegal
4. Tech support agent
5. Freelance RPG writer
1. Video shop employee (which instantly dates me)
2. Clothes shop assistant stockroom monkey
3. Postman
4. Dreary corporate marketing drone
5. Historian
2. Clothes shop assistant stockroom monkey
3. Postman
4. Dreary corporate marketing drone
5. Historian
Quote with 5 jobs you’ve had:
1. Camp Counselor
2. Carpet Cleaner
3. Janitor
4. Supply Chain Manager
5. YouTube Channel Host
1. Camp Counselor
2. Carpet Cleaner
3. Janitor
4. Supply Chain Manager
5. YouTube Channel Host
January 28, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Quote with 5 jobs you've had:
1. Bookstore clerk
2. Intern at the Weekly World News
3. Paralegal
4. Tech support agent
5. Freelance RPG writer
1. Bookstore clerk
2. Intern at the Weekly World News
3. Paralegal
4. Tech support agent
5. Freelance RPG writer
Good (and timely) article here. I'd also recommend @bullypulpithq.bsky.social 's Wintermute, a fascinating GMless game in which you play goverment agents trying to BREAK UP resistance groups...as a tool to show how you can strengthen your own resistance groups. bullypulpitgames.com/products/win...
Punching Nazis and Toppling Tyrants: Some Tabletop RPGs About Fighting Authoritarian Regimes
www.epicrealmsmedia.com/post/punchin...
www.epicrealmsmedia.com/post/punchin...
Punching Nazis and Toppling Tyrants: Tabletop RPGs About Fighting Authoritarian Regimes
Looking for tabletop RPGs about fighting authoritarian regimes and punching Nazis? From the emotional resistance drama of Grey Ranks to the ultraviolent pulp of Eat the Reich, cosmic horror in Achtung...
www.epicrealmsmedia.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Good (and timely) article here. I'd also recommend @bullypulpithq.bsky.social 's Wintermute, a fascinating GMless game in which you play goverment agents trying to BREAK UP resistance groups...as a tool to show how you can strengthen your own resistance groups. bullypulpitgames.com/products/win...
Hey babe, what’s your sign?
January 27, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Hey babe, what’s your sign?
Power was out for 6.5 hours today (nothing too troublesome, we're in good shape here). It's easy to yell and scream at Georgia Power for the outage, but I'd rather say "thank you" to the line workers who were out there busting their asses to get it fixed in the freezing rain.
January 26, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Power was out for 6.5 hours today (nothing too troublesome, we're in good shape here). It's easy to yell and scream at Georgia Power for the outage, but I'd rather say "thank you" to the line workers who were out there busting their asses to get it fixed in the freezing rain.
This was a fantastic show to see live, and I bet it's just as good on video!
ICYMI, our @officialpax.bsky.social Fallout RPG live show is now on YouTube! 😍
Head to the wild and wonderful Wasteland of New Vegas with a rough and ready bunch of individuals who are eager to seek their riches (and whatever else they can find that isn't nailed down).
buff.ly/S4QgL4T
Head to the wild and wonderful Wasteland of New Vegas with a rough and ready bunch of individuals who are eager to seek their riches (and whatever else they can find that isn't nailed down).
buff.ly/S4QgL4T
January 23, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This was a fantastic show to see live, and I bet it's just as good on video!
Hey, uh, White Wolf...might I suggest a marketing approach that doesn't sound quite so fascist? Read the room.
January 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Hey, uh, White Wolf...might I suggest a marketing approach that doesn't sound quite so fascist? Read the room.
Slightly diminish a game:
Alice is Running Late, But She Promises She'll Be Here
Alice is Running Late, But She Promises She'll Be Here
Slightly diminish a game:
Schelp Home
Schelp Home
Slightly diminish a game:
Obscure Candle
Obscure Candle
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Slightly diminish a game:
Alice is Running Late, But She Promises She'll Be Here
Alice is Running Late, But She Promises She'll Be Here
The baklava is a lie.
January 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
The baklava is a lie.
Reposted by Brian Schoner
Well, now that THAT's over with (THAT being 2025), it's time to see what we're looking forward to in 2026. A list of our hopes and dreams for the new year, shared with all of our beloved listeners.
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-77...
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-77...
January 2, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Well, now that THAT's over with (THAT being 2025), it's time to see what we're looking forward to in 2026. A list of our hopes and dreams for the new year, shared with all of our beloved listeners.
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-77...
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-77...
B.B. King Crimson
Badfinger Eleven
Blood, Sweat & Tears for Fears
Robin Trower of Power
Badfinger Eleven
Blood, Sweat & Tears for Fears
Robin Trower of Power
Ruin two bands by combining them:
INXTC
INXTC
December 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
B.B. King Crimson
Badfinger Eleven
Blood, Sweat & Tears for Fears
Robin Trower of Power
Badfinger Eleven
Blood, Sweat & Tears for Fears
Robin Trower of Power
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This is the skeleton of an ocean sunfish...but it's clearly ALSO a Wildsea/Spelljammer ship, right?
December 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is the skeleton of an ocean sunfish...but it's clearly ALSO a Wildsea/Spelljammer ship, right?
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains.
(A couple of close competitors here, but I went with the least well-known one.)
(A couple of close competitors here, but I went with the least well-known one.)
December 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains.
(A couple of close competitors here, but I went with the least well-known one.)
(A couple of close competitors here, but I went with the least well-known one.)
How I'm turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party.
December 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
How I'm turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party.
10 TTRPGs I want to play/run in 2026:
Band of Blades
The Between
Blades '68
DIE
Draw Steel
Hollows
Pasión de las Pasiones
Runners in the Shadows
Sentinel Comics
The Triangle Agency
Band of Blades
The Between
Blades '68
DIE
Draw Steel
Hollows
Pasión de las Pasiones
Runners in the Shadows
Sentinel Comics
The Triangle Agency
10 TTRPGs I want to play/run in 2026.
- Tacklebox
- Blades 68
- Triangle Agency
- Grail (🤞)
- One Ring
- Teeth: False Kingdom
- Ex Tenebris
- Coriolis: The Great Dark
- The Scions
- First Among Equals (🤞)
- Tacklebox
- Blades 68
- Triangle Agency
- Grail (🤞)
- One Ring
- Teeth: False Kingdom
- Ex Tenebris
- Coriolis: The Great Dark
- The Scions
- First Among Equals (🤞)
10 TTRPGs I want to play/run in 2026:
- The Walking Dead
- TEETH
- Nimble TTRPG
- SPINE (Solo)
- Coriolis: The Great Dark
- TERMINUS (using Delta Green)
- Doomsong
- Slugblaster
- His Majesty The Worm
- One More Song (Solo)
- The Walking Dead
- TEETH
- Nimble TTRPG
- SPINE (Solo)
- Coriolis: The Great Dark
- TERMINUS (using Delta Green)
- Doomsong
- Slugblaster
- His Majesty The Worm
- One More Song (Solo)
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
10 TTRPGs I want to play/run in 2026:
Band of Blades
The Between
Blades '68
DIE
Draw Steel
Hollows
Pasión de las Pasiones
Runners in the Shadows
Sentinel Comics
The Triangle Agency
Band of Blades
The Between
Blades '68
DIE
Draw Steel
Hollows
Pasión de las Pasiones
Runners in the Shadows
Sentinel Comics
The Triangle Agency
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