POCGamer aka PanzerLion!
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Cool things I've worked on:
- Blue Planet Recontact
- Night City 2045
- Hard Wired Island
⚠️ Harsh Language
Cool things I've worked on:
- Blue Planet Recontact
- Night City 2045
- Hard Wired Island
⚠️ Harsh Language
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THIS.
#Pathfinder, and games like it, work best when there's teamwork and communication between the players.
#Pathfinder, and games like it, work best when there's teamwork and communication between the players.
Wild that people *continue* to harp on "Caster bad" in PF2e.
Ya'll. Just say you don't play with friends, or know how to communicate and call it a day? please?
"hey, would you mind using conditions on the monsters? it makes my spells stronger" should be a perfectly reasonable ask.
Ya'll. Just say you don't play with friends, or know how to communicate and call it a day? please?
"hey, would you mind using conditions on the monsters? it makes my spells stronger" should be a perfectly reasonable ask.
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
THIS.
#Pathfinder, and games like it, work best when there's teamwork and communication between the players.
#Pathfinder, and games like it, work best when there's teamwork and communication between the players.
I love watching the cutscene "movies" from videogames. But goddamn is it a trip to see how much of the proverbial kool-aid the Clans drank in the Mechwarrior 5 Clans ones. Hearing Smoke Jaguar unironically claim to be freeing Combine citizens from "fascism" is WILD.
December 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I love watching the cutscene "movies" from videogames. But goddamn is it a trip to see how much of the proverbial kool-aid the Clans drank in the Mechwarrior 5 Clans ones. Hearing Smoke Jaguar unironically claim to be freeing Combine citizens from "fascism" is WILD.
To all my fellow Canadian #TTRPG creators out there:
We’ve officially launched! Canadian Creators United is live with our new digital hub: www.ccuttrpg.ca: your window for everything CCU! TTRPG creators and fans can come to connect, share, and celebrate Canadian stories.
Come explore and join the adventure!
Come explore and join the adventure!
December 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
To all my fellow Canadian #TTRPG creators out there:
If you're new or getting back into Battletech, and you get a "Mystery Box" mini that defies normal identification, a solid way to figure it out is to hit up Sarna. Specfically, this page: www.sarna.net/wiki/Miniatu...
It's all the CGL made minis, just scroll till you get a visual match.
It's all the CGL made minis, just scroll till you get a visual match.
Miniatures - Catalyst Game Labs
Miniatures - Catalyst Game Labs
www.sarna.net
December 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
If you're new or getting back into Battletech, and you get a "Mystery Box" mini that defies normal identification, a solid way to figure it out is to hit up Sarna. Specfically, this page: www.sarna.net/wiki/Miniatu...
It's all the CGL made minis, just scroll till you get a visual match.
It's all the CGL made minis, just scroll till you get a visual match.
Speaking of Robinson Crusoe... Holy shit. If you think the racism around his "man servant" (read: slave) "Friday" was the problematic bit? It's because they cut out so much, like:
- sold the person who aided him escaping slavery as a slave
- owned a plantation
- shipwrecked during a slaving trip 1/2
- sold the person who aided him escaping slavery as a slave
- owned a plantation
- shipwrecked during a slaving trip 1/2
a man holding a piece of paper with the words it only gets worse from here
Alt: Ed O'Neill as the father in Modern Family reading a piece of paper and saying "It only gets worse from here."
media.tenor.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Speaking of Robinson Crusoe... Holy shit. If you think the racism around his "man servant" (read: slave) "Friday" was the problematic bit? It's because they cut out so much, like:
- sold the person who aided him escaping slavery as a slave
- owned a plantation
- shipwrecked during a slaving trip 1/2
- sold the person who aided him escaping slavery as a slave
- owned a plantation
- shipwrecked during a slaving trip 1/2
That millionaire thing really got me spooled up. It's so deeply ignorant. It's all $10 banana levels of detached from reality.
a woman is sitting at a table in a living room talking to a man .
Alt: The mother from "Arrested Development" displays how out of touch with reality she is by saying: "I mean, it's one banana, Michael. How much could it cost? 10 dollars?"
media.tenor.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
That millionaire thing really got me spooled up. It's so deeply ignorant. It's all $10 banana levels of detached from reality.
It's also worth pointing out that the quoted take is deeply tied to classism and racism, and is the founding idea behind the concept that wealthy white capitalists are somehow naturally meant to be better and have what they have because they have unique capabilities that we plebs don't because...1/2
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It's also worth pointing out that the quoted take is deeply tied to classism and racism, and is the founding idea behind the concept that wealthy white capitalists are somehow naturally meant to be better and have what they have because they have unique capabilities that we plebs don't because...1/2
Yeah... They'd use that $5 to make a call to recover them and then turn it into a biopic named "The Call". But the chances of machete related termination, or a fun dysentery experience followed by a dehydration instigated death are much higher than them becoming a millionaire.
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Yeah... They'd use that $5 to make a call to recover them and then turn it into a biopic named "The Call". But the chances of machete related termination, or a fun dysentery experience followed by a dehydration instigated death are much higher than them becoming a millionaire.
"Theatre kids"? How behind are these people?! Gygax was calming the spooked wargamers about the "actors" who were "taking over the hobby" and how they "wouldn't ruin the game" back in 1978! The fact that people still think that roleplayers are a problem is mindboggling. BOGGLING. #TTRPG
I cannot express how pathetic you have to be to believe this happened in the TTRPG hobby in the last decade
December 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Theatre kids"? How behind are these people?! Gygax was calming the spooked wargamers about the "actors" who were "taking over the hobby" and how they "wouldn't ruin the game" back in 1978! The fact that people still think that roleplayers are a problem is mindboggling. BOGGLING. #TTRPG
You will be visited by three spirits...
December 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
You will be visited by three spirits...
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A new version of my tower defense card game.
There are 4 attack lanes now; three ground (the artillery crews) and one air (the tower).
The base card (on the left) has three yellow tracks. The goal of the game is to fill all eighteen spaces with a yellow cube.
There are 4 attack lanes now; three ground (the artillery crews) and one air (the tower).
The base card (on the left) has three yellow tracks. The goal of the game is to fill all eighteen spaces with a yellow cube.
December 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
👀👀👀👀👀👀
Reposted by POCGamer aka PanzerLion!
I'm seeking out 3-4 playtesters!
Starting next Tuesday (Dec 16), I'd like to run an approximately one week long play-by-post RAID game (cyberpunk meets Norse myth).
Playtesters would need to be actively engaged.
If you're interested, let me know. I'll put together a list and server to run it.
Starting next Tuesday (Dec 16), I'd like to run an approximately one week long play-by-post RAID game (cyberpunk meets Norse myth).
Playtesters would need to be actively engaged.
If you're interested, let me know. I'll put together a list and server to run it.
December 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I'm seeking out 3-4 playtesters!
Starting next Tuesday (Dec 16), I'd like to run an approximately one week long play-by-post RAID game (cyberpunk meets Norse myth).
Playtesters would need to be actively engaged.
If you're interested, let me know. I'll put together a list and server to run it.
Starting next Tuesday (Dec 16), I'd like to run an approximately one week long play-by-post RAID game (cyberpunk meets Norse myth).
Playtesters would need to be actively engaged.
If you're interested, let me know. I'll put together a list and server to run it.
It literally does. Damn that was a good read!
December 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It literally does. Damn that was a good read!
Damn. That inscription goes hard AF.
Part 179 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Spear with Persian inscription that says "Constantly it drinks the water from the fountainhead of the heart". Iran, 1594
Spear with Persian inscription that says "Constantly it drinks the water from the fountainhead of the heart". Iran, 1594
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Damn. That inscription goes hard AF.
If you're looking to get into #Shadowrun, or just check it out, Bundle of Holding has not 1, not 2, but 3(!) SR5 bundles on sale! 5th edition is pretty solid and was heavily supported, so it's a great way to get into the game without breaking the bank. #TTRPG
bundleofholding.com/presents/202...
bundleofholding.com/presents/202...
SR5 Essentials Bundle
Runner! We've resuscitated (for a third time!) our February 2019 Shadowrun 5E Essentials Bundle featuring .PDF ebooks for the 2013 Fifth Edition of Shadowrun, the cyberpunk-fantasy tabletop roleplayin...
bundleofholding.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If you're looking to get into #Shadowrun, or just check it out, Bundle of Holding has not 1, not 2, but 3(!) SR5 bundles on sale! 5th edition is pretty solid and was heavily supported, so it's a great way to get into the game without breaking the bank. #TTRPG
bundleofholding.com/presents/202...
bundleofholding.com/presents/202...
I checked out @rebellionunplugged.bsky.social's Tunnels & Trolls: New Age alpha quickstart/playtest out, and it's got a lot going on. It looks like an evolution of the system rather than a full reimagining. I hope they include the Beastkin and Seakin in the main book though, because... 1/2 #TTRPG
December 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I checked out @rebellionunplugged.bsky.social's Tunnels & Trolls: New Age alpha quickstart/playtest out, and it's got a lot going on. It looks like an evolution of the system rather than a full reimagining. I hope they include the Beastkin and Seakin in the main book though, because... 1/2 #TTRPG
For those not tracking, @paizo.com just dropped this! And before you shrug and think "ehh, just dragons...", remember that they have a whole new set of them #Pathfinder, as part of their breakaway from the OGL. So it's not the old chromatic/metallic blend anymore!
store.paizo.com/pathfinder-l...
store.paizo.com/pathfinder-l...
Pathfinder Lost Omens Draconic Codex PDF
The mightiest of foes or the greatest of allies, dragons are the star in Pathfinder 2E Lost Omens Draconic Codex! New options for all heroes and Game Masters are in this 200+ page PDF!
store.paizo.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
For those not tracking, @paizo.com just dropped this! And before you shrug and think "ehh, just dragons...", remember that they have a whole new set of them #Pathfinder, as part of their breakaway from the OGL. So it's not the old chromatic/metallic blend anymore!
store.paizo.com/pathfinder-l...
store.paizo.com/pathfinder-l...
Peaked at the new FR books for D&D and they're a stark improvement over the data sparse previous offering. That said, you can see that FR is losing its identity in terms of theme. It feels like an "every setting". It's a magic heavy Greyhawk, magic lite Eberron, and free from consequences from...1/3
December 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Peaked at the new FR books for D&D and they're a stark improvement over the data sparse previous offering. That said, you can see that FR is losing its identity in terms of theme. It feels like an "every setting". It's a magic heavy Greyhawk, magic lite Eberron, and free from consequences from...1/3
Virtuosity. The man has legit sci-fi cred that he doesn't get to flex nearly enough.
December 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Virtuosity. The man has legit sci-fi cred that he doesn't get to flex nearly enough.
Oh damn...
Ronin. I mean, my off the cuff answer is The Deer Hunter. That movie is still haunting and rough AF. But I think I have to go with Ronin. A lot of people have forgotten that late '90s gem.
Ronin. I mean, my off the cuff answer is The Deer Hunter. That movie is still haunting and rough AF. But I think I have to go with Ronin. A lot of people have forgotten that late '90s gem.
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Oh damn...
Ronin. I mean, my off the cuff answer is The Deer Hunter. That movie is still haunting and rough AF. But I think I have to go with Ronin. A lot of people have forgotten that late '90s gem.
Ronin. I mean, my off the cuff answer is The Deer Hunter. That movie is still haunting and rough AF. But I think I have to go with Ronin. A lot of people have forgotten that late '90s gem.
Joe vs The Volcano in a hard tie with The Burbs.
December 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Joe vs The Volcano in a hard tie with The Burbs.
Reposted by POCGamer aka PanzerLion!
You can pre-order Audiofuturism from @fordhampress.bsky.social now!
Audiofuturism: Science Fiction Radio Drama & the Black Fantastic Imagination will be available for pre-order in December.
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Audiofuturism - andré carrington
A revelatory history of Black radio productions from the 1950s to the presentAudiofuturism uncovers the vibrant, overlooked history of radio adaptations that placed Black speculative writing before ma...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
You can pre-order Audiofuturism from @fordhampress.bsky.social now!
If you're collecting physical media, specificially VHS or BetaMax tapes, always be sure to inspect the tape. Mold is a very real issue, and no one needs that nonsense.
December 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
If you're collecting physical media, specificially VHS or BetaMax tapes, always be sure to inspect the tape. Mold is a very real issue, and no one needs that nonsense.
World Building an Obsessed World
Now, I need to be clear, this article may shock people who have been following me for a while, especially given my known stances about creating holistic, balanced worlds that have strong internal consistency. But those kinds of worlds often miss out on the fun and…
Now, I need to be clear, this article may shock people who have been following me for a while, especially given my known stances about creating holistic, balanced worlds that have strong internal consistency. But those kinds of worlds often miss out on the fun and…
World Building an Obsessed World
Now, I need to be clear, this article may shock people who have been following me for a while, especially given my known stances about creating holistic, balanced worlds that have strong internal consistency. But those kinds of worlds often miss out on the fun and focus of a world that’s obsessed with something to the point that activity is the source of the internal consistency.
pocgamer.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
World Building an Obsessed World
Now, I need to be clear, this article may shock people who have been following me for a while, especially given my known stances about creating holistic, balanced worlds that have strong internal consistency. But those kinds of worlds often miss out on the fun and…
Now, I need to be clear, this article may shock people who have been following me for a while, especially given my known stances about creating holistic, balanced worlds that have strong internal consistency. But those kinds of worlds often miss out on the fun and…