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Lorc aka Thomas T

@lorc.bsky.social

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Once upon a time I made a lot of icons and it pleases me when people use them. 🏳️‍🌈 Currently making RPG things at https://thelorc.itch.io/ Sometimes posting things at https://www.tumblr.com/lorcblog

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Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · Nov 1

'tis the season for a free creepy werewolf game.

(Am I doing self-promotuion right? I'm new at this)

thelorc.itch.io/what-big-teeth

What Big Teeth by Lorc

An RPG about minimum wage werewolves

thelorc.itch.io

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Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 18h

But it was a guilty pleasure to rubber-neck while it lasted.

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 18h

Comments got taken down after that.
And now the whole game's been suspended from itch - possibly because the new edition's tagline was just undeniably Nazi bullshit.
Good riddance.

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 18h

I'll always remember the furry Luftwaffe RPG where the author was only motivated by academic interest in the topic, honest.
And how they got someone ranting at them that making the Luftwaffe multi-species was woke.
Lovely to see Nazi twats taking part in a circular firing squad.

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 23h

#Turnip28 barricades for marking off defensible terrain. They're built on 15cm tongue depressors. These were so much fun to paint.
I didn't have any shields for miniatures knocking around so I made those by sanding down sections of ice lolly stick.

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 3d

I could just rephrase to "if you fail with an X, you can push to gain success effects as well".
Again, this isn't intended to be a very mechanical change - it's entirely about if i can tweak how the mechanics *feel* to the players to be less miserable.

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Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 3d

And of course various player moves can trigger off pushing vs accepting safe outcomes.
The tricky bit will be whether I can avoid the "safe" roll outcomes being boring.
"Nothing never happens" is a design cornerstone.

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Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 3d

Noodling with a PbtA variant. I love mixed successes design-wise, but they always seem to feel super bad for players. Wondering if making them opt-in might fix that.
Ie: a mid roll is safe by default, but you can "push" and get success effects, at the cost of suffering a failure condition.

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Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 7d

Some vanity searching revealed someone recommending my unofficial Turnip 28 rpg (yay).
And describing it as "Mörk Borg-inspired" (absofuckinglutely not).

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 7d

And two smaller #Turnip28 buildings with just their tops still showing above the mud.

Painted model of a chimney poking up out of the ground

Painted model of the top of a building being overtaken by hideous tubers.

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 7d

#Turnip28 buildings painted! Wet sinking messes, but hopefully deliberate-looking.

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 8d

Still painting up my #turnip28 houses, but in the meantime I made some barricades.
Haven't decided what to fill the gabion baskets with yet - sand? Tubers?.
Since the picture I've added more homemade tufts to help blend the roots in better. The gravestone one came out nicely.

Five ramshackle barricades made of wooden pieces.

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 8d

Well Alien: Earth didn't have much of an ending now did it.

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 13d

having an absolute ball making Turnip 28 terrain.

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 17d

One day I will show something off without apologising for it.
But not today!

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 17d

Finished my kitbashed/scratchbuilt "virtual boys" today.
I 100% did not have the talent necessary to pull of the colour scheme I chose, but they're OK at tabletop distance.

2 combat walker miniatures in 90s colour scheme

Group shot of miniatures in 90s colour scheme

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 18d

Sarah Gailey - The Echo Wife
Scientist finds her husband left her for her clone.
Walks that fine line between cloning as plot device vs seriously considered scientific endeavour so we're not distracted from the emotionally harrowing plot.
It's very important that we be harrowed.

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 18d

Sometimes writing in my own voice means conveying important setting material through sarcasm.

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 18d

Fandom wiki: Jill is the Deuteragonist of Jack & Jill. Trivia - her name may be a reference to episode 14 of Fairly Oddparents where-

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Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 20d

Interesting.
I guess it's just weird to me sitting here in 2025 that it's only being used as a McGuffin to justify the protagonist as indie troubleshooter; unreflected in the world and irrelevant to any of the mysteries.

Lorc aka Thomas T @lorc.bsky.social · 20d

Grace Curtis - Floating Hotel
Mystery in a luxurious space hotel.
Fantastic character sketches, sense of place and rewarding finale.
Especially enjoyed how much it trusted the reader and had the courage to leave important things unsaid.