Personable | Markus
@personable.bsky.social
Liker of things, RPGs, literature, video games, art, food, craft beer, post-punk.
Scandinavian in Germany, previously Australia.
Sometimes I make things: https://personable.itch.io/
I also sometimes blog:
https://personabler.blogspot.com/
Scandinavian in Germany, previously Australia.
Sometimes I make things: https://personable.itch.io/
I also sometimes blog:
https://personabler.blogspot.com/
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Hello! I'm Markus AKA Personable, I like thinking (and talking) about tabletop RPGs almost as much as I like playing them. Occasionally I also make them.
I also maintain the RPG blogposts feed, let me know if you want your blog included.
I also maintain the RPG blogposts feed, let me know if you want your blog included.
Seriously considering buying a domain and getting off blogspot.
👋 I've released a blogging template.
✏️ Meant for writers who don't want complicated setups
✊ Open source alternative to big platforms = you own your blog
❤️ It adheres to principles of resilient web design
It's a WIP and I'd love to hear how I could make it better
github.com/the-coded-ty...
✏️ Meant for writers who don't want complicated setups
✊ Open source alternative to big platforms = you own your blog
❤️ It adheres to principles of resilient web design
It's a WIP and I'd love to hear how I could make it better
github.com/the-coded-ty...
GitHub - the-coded-type/open-blog-revolution: HTML first blog template for writers and devs.
HTML first blog template for writers and devs. Contribute to the-coded-type/open-blog-revolution development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Seriously considering buying a domain and getting off blogspot.
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I have no idea what any of this means - maybe "RPG blogging isn't dead"? It sure is cool though.
Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Mapping the Blogosphere
An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.
elmc.at
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I have no idea what any of this means - maybe "RPG blogging isn't dead"? It sure is cool though.
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Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Mapping the Blogosphere
An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.
elmc.at
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Liz does a great analysis of different types of objectivity and subjectivity in games, which is very useful for articulating which types of game you like and why.
From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes a high-definition blogpost about the definition(s) of objectivity! After a small discourse roundabout, I came to some conclusions about how I understand tabletop games and established a new taxonomy for them!
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/11/on-o...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/11/on-o...
On Objectivity in Game Design
Earlier tonight (11/22/25) there was a discussion in valor stealer Farmer Gadda 's discord about this post from the Dododecahedron ,...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Liz does a great analysis of different types of objectivity and subjectivity in games, which is very useful for articulating which types of game you like and why.
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Another day, another new RP discord server profile - lots of exciting stuff continues to be happening in the post #OVER/UNDER bubble!
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Another day, another new RP discord server profile - lots of exciting stuff continues to be happening in the post #OVER/UNDER bubble!
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The first episode of the new video podcast, Rose Playing Games, is out! Join two Roses on a journey through hex mapping in tabletop RPGs, and the possibilities that lie beyond the grid.
Rose Playing Games Episode 1 – Hexcrawls | Rose Skye
Get more from Rose Skye on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The first episode of the new video podcast, Rose Playing Games, is out! Join two Roses on a journey through hex mapping in tabletop RPGs, and the possibilities that lie beyond the grid.
Still polishing my own jam entry up for release, but Thursday's entry was one of my absolute favourites.
Gorgeous and eminently usable in any campaign set on Prospero's Dream.
Gorgeous and eminently usable in any campaign set on Prospero's Dream.
I just released SLUG MODE, my first Mothership pamphlet scenario! It expands on Slug, a psychedelic drug whose users all inhabit a shared virtual space while high - my favorite weird little plot hook from A Pound of Flesh.
thursday-garreau.itch.io/slug-mode
thursday-garreau.itch.io/slug-mode
SLUG MODE: a drug-fueled diversion for Mothership by Thursday Garreau
a trip into the virtual Sluglands
thursday-garreau.itch.io
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Still polishing my own jam entry up for release, but Thursday's entry was one of my absolute favourites.
Gorgeous and eminently usable in any campaign set on Prospero's Dream.
Gorgeous and eminently usable in any campaign set on Prospero's Dream.
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The Castle Automatic is a dungeon where you control the time of year, time of day, and the weather to solve puzzles, avoid vampires, and reclaim the world's most magical treasures.
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Castle Automatic is a dungeon where you control the time of year, time of day, and the weather to solve puzzles, avoid vampires, and reclaim the world's most magical treasures.
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
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Y'all know beefstink wrote Orphans? #over/under
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Y'all know beefstink wrote Orphans? #over/under
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I love the genre mashup. Give me all the Golden Girls/Cthulhus and WWII/Draculas you've got.
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
Dare to Play it Straight
The rarest tabletop genre is the simplest one. A call for more anti-mashups.
www.explorersdesign.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I love the genre mashup. Give me all the Golden Girls/Cthulhus and WWII/Draculas you've got.
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
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#over/under was not one of a kind. I have been playing similar games for the last EIGHT YEARS. Today, I give this medium a name - "Live Text Roleplay" - and help you build a community of your own.
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
How to Replicate Over/Under
A Guide to Live Text Roleplay
www.valerialoves.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#over/under was not one of a kind. I have been playing similar games for the last EIGHT YEARS. Today, I give this medium a name - "Live Text Roleplay" - and help you build a community of your own.
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
Licked a weird mushroom, ate some guy's brain (he asked for it), and got radiation poisoning. Had a great time!
CanyonHeavy Cowboys (and friends) ride again - in an entirely different world in entirely different bodies! Keeping the #OVER/UNDER enthusiasm alive, we're playing A Dungeon Game, led by @loottheroom.bsky.social. Will we live? Will we die? Will an even worse third thing happen? Probably!
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Licked a weird mushroom, ate some guy's brain (he asked for it), and got radiation poisoning. Had a great time!
I've got the previous edition of this, and I recommend picking up this reprint in the strongest possible terms.
Snow's writing is her greatest strength, and this is a fantastic showcase for it.
Snow's writing is her greatest strength, and this is a fantastic showcase for it.
Lilancholy has launched! Help me bring my weird, lyrical, traumatic collection of spells, poetry, and games to play when a fae corners you, to paperback form!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
November 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I've got the previous edition of this, and I recommend picking up this reprint in the strongest possible terms.
Snow's writing is her greatest strength, and this is a fantastic showcase for it.
Snow's writing is her greatest strength, and this is a fantastic showcase for it.
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Hey - if you're a Denizen of The Dream in #OVER/UNDER and want to follow more of the fun and cool people you've met over there over here then this is a darn good place to look: go.bsky.app/2dTRvz3
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hey - if you're a Denizen of The Dream in #OVER/UNDER and want to follow more of the fun and cool people you've met over there over here then this is a darn good place to look: go.bsky.app/2dTRvz3
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KIT SPEAKS
For those who were playing #over/under, here's a recap of my part in it all.
kitmarlowe.me/post.html?id...
kitmarlowe.me/post.html?id...
Kit Marlowe - Writer
Literary erotic fiction by Kit Marlowe
kitmarlowe.me
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
KIT SPEAKS
Tonight in #Over/Under, I did a drinking contest with nasty drinks. If you want to put the nasty drinks in your Mothership (or other RPG) game, here's the menu: personabler.blogspot.com/2025/11/ten-...
Ten Nasty Drinks for Mothership or other RPGs
I have recently been playing a lot of Over/Under (and hence not been writing any blog posts), and I was recently asked to provide my servic...
personabler.blogspot.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Tonight in #Over/Under, I did a drinking contest with nasty drinks. If you want to put the nasty drinks in your Mothership (or other RPG) game, here's the menu: personabler.blogspot.com/2025/11/ten-...
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$11,000 raised so far for the PCRF is great
More would be even better
More would be even better
The Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF is live! Come support Palestinian children and get a ton of TTRPG and Pring/Play titles for $10! itch.io/b/3299/pales...
Free Palestine!
Free Palestine!
Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF by Molgannard Press and 102 others
Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF: 243 items for $10.00
itch.io
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
$11,000 raised so far for the PCRF is great
More would be even better
More would be even better
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I conducted mini-interviews with seven new @mothership.bsky.social designers last week. Find them all here:
5millionworlds.blogspot.com/2025/11/moth...
5millionworlds.blogspot.com/2025/11/moth...
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I conducted mini-interviews with seven new @mothership.bsky.social designers last week. Find them all here:
5millionworlds.blogspot.com/2025/11/moth...
5millionworlds.blogspot.com/2025/11/moth...
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Of the different types of dungeon rooms, "Special" can be one of the hardest to write towards. This list of sub-categories of special rooms has great prompts!
In a🧵 below, I delve into examples from CASTLE AUTOMATIC for each sub-type of special rooms. (Warning: Spoilers for the dungeon!)
In a🧵 below, I delve into examples from CASTLE AUTOMATIC for each sub-type of special rooms. (Warning: Spoilers for the dungeon!)
The 10 types of special rooms
"A Special is anything not exactly a trap, but placed for special reasons." Moldvay Basic pg. B52 Traps, monsters, secret doors, and treas...
traipse.hexarcana.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Of the different types of dungeon rooms, "Special" can be one of the hardest to write towards. This list of sub-categories of special rooms has great prompts!
In a🧵 below, I delve into examples from CASTLE AUTOMATIC for each sub-type of special rooms. (Warning: Spoilers for the dungeon!)
In a🧵 below, I delve into examples from CASTLE AUTOMATIC for each sub-type of special rooms. (Warning: Spoilers for the dungeon!)
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The Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF is live! Come support Palestinian children and get a ton of TTRPG and Pring/Play titles for $10! itch.io/b/3299/pales...
Free Palestine!
Free Palestine!
Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF by Molgannard Press and 102 others
Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF: 243 items for $10.00
itch.io
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF is live! Come support Palestinian children and get a ton of TTRPG and Pring/Play titles for $10! itch.io/b/3299/pales...
Free Palestine!
Free Palestine!
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I contributed a game to this! Go play "Kingdoms of the Valley version 0.1" and over two-hundred more TTRPGs today!!
The Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF is live! Come support Palestinian children and get a ton of TTRPG and Pring/Play titles for $10! itch.io/b/3299/pales...
Free Palestine!
Free Palestine!
Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF by Molgannard Press and 102 others
Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF: 243 items for $10.00
itch.io
October 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I contributed a game to this! Go play "Kingdoms of the Valley version 0.1" and over two-hundred more TTRPGs today!!
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I've just started reading the famous Magic of Inventorying by @rolistespod.itch.io. I love how the game itself throws you in media res while it is usually a DM choice. Grab it in TTRPG Bundle for Palestinian Children's Relief Foundation for $10.00 along with +200 other games!
itch.io/b/3299/pales...
itch.io/b/3299/pales...
Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF by Molgannard Press and 102 others
Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF: 243 items for $10.00
itch.io
October 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I've just started reading the famous Magic of Inventorying by @rolistespod.itch.io. I love how the game itself throws you in media res while it is usually a DM choice. Grab it in TTRPG Bundle for Palestinian Children's Relief Foundation for $10.00 along with +200 other games!
itch.io/b/3299/pales...
itch.io/b/3299/pales...
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i wish people would be substantially more careful with their choice to dismiss art/games they don't like as "not art / not a game"
November 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
i wish people would be substantially more careful with their choice to dismiss art/games they don't like as "not art / not a game"
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I'm here with a very exciting announcement: The Awards 2026 is happening! The SEO-friendly TTRPG awards show has had a refreshing year off and is back with a vengeance.
To kick this off, take a look at the first Design Diary for The Awards 2026: ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
To kick this off, take a look at the first Design Diary for The Awards 2026: ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Awards 2026 Design Diary #1
Inspired by Clayton Notestine's debrief on his participation in the 2025 Ennie Awards and Split/Party's "What awards do for us?" articl...
ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'm here with a very exciting announcement: The Awards 2026 is happening! The SEO-friendly TTRPG awards show has had a refreshing year off and is back with a vengeance.
To kick this off, take a look at the first Design Diary for The Awards 2026: ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
To kick this off, take a look at the first Design Diary for The Awards 2026: ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
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From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes my entry to this year's Christmas Blog Bandwagon: An entry in a hex crawl inspired by Rankin/Bass! We've got orcs, we've got labor disputes, and boy howdy we've got pop culture references galore!
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/11/blog...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/11/blog...
Blog Bandwagon: Orcish Toy Factory
Definitely a lawyer and allegedly a blogger Prismatic Wasteland has issued a new Blog Bandwagon wherein everyone comes up with a hex an...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes my entry to this year's Christmas Blog Bandwagon: An entry in a hex crawl inspired by Rankin/Bass! We've got orcs, we've got labor disputes, and boy howdy we've got pop culture references galore!
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/11/blog...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/11/blog...