Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd)
@monkeyx.bsky.social
This is my rocket 🚀
This is my gun 🔫
I use this site 🦋
Mostly for fun 😜
https://blog.srazavi.com/
https://poems.prazavi.com/
https://blog.monkeyx.games/
This is my gun 🔫
I use this site 🦋
Mostly for fun 😜
https://blog.srazavi.com/
https://poems.prazavi.com/
https://blog.monkeyx.games/
The first episode of our Children of Fear campaign - a campaign blog blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/18/c...
Children of Fear - Episode #1
20 September 1923, Peking. In the Foreign Legation Quarter the air always feels a little staged, as if the city has been asked to stand politely behind a rope while the West takes its tea.
blog.monkeyx.games
January 18, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The first episode of our Children of Fear campaign - a campaign blog blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/18/c...
Wrote a remix of @irny.bsky.social's Terminus scenario based on running it a couple of times which I hope helps other GMs wanting to run this: blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/17/t...
Terminus: Cthulhu Hack remix
I really like TERMINUS. It’s got that specific London-transport dread: fluorescent logic, wayfinding that assumes you’re compliant, the sense that the building is designed to move bodies efficiently…
blog.monkeyx.games
January 17, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Wrote a remix of @irny.bsky.social's Terminus scenario based on running it a couple of times which I hope helps other GMs wanting to run this: blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/17/t...
Hillfolk, a talk-first RPG where drama is the engine, tokens bribe you to give in, and fights are commercial breaks. I compare it with other games about communities: a|state & Salvage Union. When to pick conversation over clocks or mechs. Prestige TV at the table.
blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/02/h...
blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/02/h...
Hillfolk, Talk First, Fight Later
Hillfolk sits on that part of my shelf where the “conversation-forward” games congregate like gossiping aunties at a wedding. But I didn’t come to it for the soap. I came looking for a low-magic…
blog.monkeyx.games
January 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Hillfolk, a talk-first RPG where drama is the engine, tokens bribe you to give in, and fights are commercial breaks. I compare it with other games about communities: a|state & Salvage Union. When to pick conversation over clocks or mechs. Prestige TV at the table.
blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/02/h...
blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/02/h...
'It is written in the Disks of Mishakal that evil, by its very nature, will always turn in upon itself. Thus it becomes self-defeating.'
― Margaret Weis, Dragons of Winter Night
― Margaret Weis, Dragons of Winter Night
January 15, 2026 at 1:14 PM
'It is written in the Disks of Mishakal that evil, by its very nature, will always turn in upon itself. Thus it becomes self-defeating.'
― Margaret Weis, Dragons of Winter Night
― Margaret Weis, Dragons of Winter Night
I was slower moving but don't miss it.
Move Bluesky has forced me to confront what I want from this kind of service. I've mostly moved off the tech, AI and philosophy strands and have a hard block / unfollow regular politics posters policy now. Better for my mental health.
Move Bluesky has forced me to confront what I want from this kind of service. I've mostly moved off the tech, AI and philosophy strands and have a hard block / unfollow regular politics posters policy now. Better for my mental health.
January 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM
I was slower moving but don't miss it.
Move Bluesky has forced me to confront what I want from this kind of service. I've mostly moved off the tech, AI and philosophy strands and have a hard block / unfollow regular politics posters policy now. Better for my mental health.
Move Bluesky has forced me to confront what I want from this kind of service. I've mostly moved off the tech, AI and philosophy strands and have a hard block / unfollow regular politics posters policy now. Better for my mental health.
5E and the culture around it really doesn't support different rates of advancement. Even though spellcasters outshine martial classes a great deal after the first couple of levels.
January 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
5E and the culture around it really doesn't support different rates of advancement. Even though spellcasters outshine martial classes a great deal after the first couple of levels.
And we're done! Another successful event.. and our first using Square Based Comp.
Overall Winner - Adam
Best General - Malik
1st Runner Up - Alex
2nd Runner Up - Reece
Coolest Army - Adam
Best Sport - Lewis
Better Dice Next Time - Jonathan
Overall Winner - Adam
Best General - Malik
1st Runner Up - Alex
2nd Runner Up - Reece
Coolest Army - Adam
Best Sport - Lewis
Better Dice Next Time - Jonathan
January 10, 2026 at 8:12 PM
And we're done! Another successful event.. and our first using Square Based Comp.
Overall Winner - Adam
Best General - Malik
1st Runner Up - Alex
2nd Runner Up - Reece
Coolest Army - Adam
Best Sport - Lewis
Better Dice Next Time - Jonathan
Overall Winner - Adam
Best General - Malik
1st Runner Up - Alex
2nd Runner Up - Reece
Coolest Army - Adam
Best Sport - Lewis
Better Dice Next Time - Jonathan
More pics from round 3
January 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
More pics from round 3
Final round - A Chance Encounter. Current placings and top tables.
January 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Final round - A Chance Encounter. Current placings and top tables.
Round 2 - Encirclement
January 10, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Round 2 - Encirclement
More cool armies on display! 2/2
January 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
More cool armies on display! 2/2
Some cool armies on display 1/2
January 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Some cool armies on display 1/2
It's the ninth War in the Old World @badmooncafe.bsky.social - the one day tournament I've had the pleasure to organise for the past 2 years.
Lovely full house of happy Old Worlders
Lovely full house of happy Old Worlders
January 10, 2026 at 11:46 AM
It's the ninth War in the Old World @badmooncafe.bsky.social - the one day tournament I've had the pleasure to organise for the past 2 years.
Lovely full house of happy Old Worlders
Lovely full house of happy Old Worlders
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I made a new mini, get him here: www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...
January 9, 2026 at 1:05 PM
I made a new mini, get him here: www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...
bottled in Stockport <shots fired>
January 8, 2026 at 12:49 PM
bottled in Stockport <shots fired>
Breaking Bad's ending felt satisfying too
January 7, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Breaking Bad's ending felt satisfying too
I don't always agree with Ben but this is spot on IMO www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9w8...
We need to talk about Goodman Games
YouTube video by Questing Beast
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January 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I don't always agree with Ben but this is spot on IMO www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9w8...
The Academy Über alles
January 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The Academy Über alles
I've quit every other platform except Bluesky, Discord and WhatsApp (Signal is used but doesn't feel like social media yet).
I'd quit WhatsApp if not for social groups that use it.
Discord has the most reach. Bluesky is more cliquey than Twitter was but small price to pay to avoid the fash
I'd quit WhatsApp if not for social groups that use it.
Discord has the most reach. Bluesky is more cliquey than Twitter was but small price to pay to avoid the fash
January 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I've quit every other platform except Bluesky, Discord and WhatsApp (Signal is used but doesn't feel like social media yet).
I'd quit WhatsApp if not for social groups that use it.
Discord has the most reach. Bluesky is more cliquey than Twitter was but small price to pay to avoid the fash
I'd quit WhatsApp if not for social groups that use it.
Discord has the most reach. Bluesky is more cliquey than Twitter was but small price to pay to avoid the fash
January is off to a decent start TTRPG wise.
Yesterday = Session Zero for the Children of Fear campaign that I've been planning for a few months.
Today = GMing Delta Green A Victim of the Art (first of two sessions)
Tomorrow = Back to playing in Mythic Bastionland
Yesterday = Session Zero for the Children of Fear campaign that I've been planning for a few months.
Today = GMing Delta Green A Victim of the Art (first of two sessions)
Tomorrow = Back to playing in Mythic Bastionland
January 6, 2026 at 11:56 AM
January is off to a decent start TTRPG wise.
Yesterday = Session Zero for the Children of Fear campaign that I've been planning for a few months.
Today = GMing Delta Green A Victim of the Art (first of two sessions)
Tomorrow = Back to playing in Mythic Bastionland
Yesterday = Session Zero for the Children of Fear campaign that I've been planning for a few months.
Today = GMing Delta Green A Victim of the Art (first of two sessions)
Tomorrow = Back to playing in Mythic Bastionland
Sometimes the best design is just getting out of the way of people having fun.
January 6, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Sometimes the best design is just getting out of the way of people having fun.
The assumption that (aesthetic) value judgements ("it is not good") are opinions might betray a belief that there's nothing objective about them. I'm not sure that's true.
January 6, 2026 at 11:10 AM
The assumption that (aesthetic) value judgements ("it is not good") are opinions might betray a belief that there's nothing objective about them. I'm not sure that's true.
I so wanted to love Numera. I bought so many books of it! But everytime I played it... it felt empty as a game. The character options didn't seem to really matter.
I think Cypher is objectively a bad system. When the mechanics are vaccuous window dressing... that's just bad design.
I think Cypher is objectively a bad system. When the mechanics are vaccuous window dressing... that's just bad design.
a cartoon character in a suit and tie stands in front of a fire escape
ALT: a cartoon character in a suit and tie stands in front of a fire escape
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January 6, 2026 at 11:07 AM
I so wanted to love Numera. I bought so many books of it! But everytime I played it... it felt empty as a game. The character options didn't seem to really matter.
I think Cypher is objectively a bad system. When the mechanics are vaccuous window dressing... that's just bad design.
I think Cypher is objectively a bad system. When the mechanics are vaccuous window dressing... that's just bad design.
Imagine going to a gaming con and not getting to play a game you fancy playing because of on the spot sign ups. What kind of hell is that?
January 6, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Imagine going to a gaming con and not getting to play a game you fancy playing because of on the spot sign ups. What kind of hell is that?
The really interesting story is the ones that got away. The PCs that refused to die. That haunt him. Those elusive TPKs...
January 4, 2026 at 11:41 PM
The really interesting story is the ones that got away. The PCs that refused to die. That haunt him. Those elusive TPKs...