Abraham Chester | Glue Trap Games
@streetsurgery.bsky.social
TTRPG enthusiast and writer, co-owner of Glue Trap Games, clockwise Costco flow advocate.
The current Obsidian Notes visualization of my Mothership RPG home game. The big light blue dot on the left is Prospero's Dream from A Pound of Flesh, and the other big light blue dot is Lord Wesley's Rise from Hull Breach.
#mothershiprpg #obsidiannotes
#mothershiprpg #obsidiannotes
January 25, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The current Obsidian Notes visualization of my Mothership RPG home game. The big light blue dot on the left is Prospero's Dream from A Pound of Flesh, and the other big light blue dot is Lord Wesley's Rise from Hull Breach.
#mothershiprpg #obsidiannotes
#mothershiprpg #obsidiannotes
youtu.be/lJsS8lqCpwU some good news out there in a sea of bad.
I Exposed, Infiltrated, and Shut Down a Racist Network Dressed as a Pink Power Ranger
YouTube video by Martha Root
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 11:42 PM
youtu.be/lJsS8lqCpwU some good news out there in a sea of bad.
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Things are slowing down with my meatspace responsibilities, so I am looking for ILLUSTRATION GIGS!
ALL OSR/NSR
like-
DCC
OSE
HMTW
DND
ADND
SHADOWDARK
MORK BÖRG
MOTHERSHIP
TRAVELLER
MECHS
DON'T SEE IT? JUST ASK!
PRICES THAT WILL MAKE YOU SAY "WOW, ARE THESE FROM 10 YEARS AGO?!"
ALL OSR/NSR
like-
DCC
OSE
HMTW
DND
ADND
SHADOWDARK
MORK BÖRG
MOTHERSHIP
TRAVELLER
MECHS
DON'T SEE IT? JUST ASK!
PRICES THAT WILL MAKE YOU SAY "WOW, ARE THESE FROM 10 YEARS AGO?!"
January 9, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Things are slowing down with my meatspace responsibilities, so I am looking for ILLUSTRATION GIGS!
ALL OSR/NSR
like-
DCC
OSE
HMTW
DND
ADND
SHADOWDARK
MORK BÖRG
MOTHERSHIP
TRAVELLER
MECHS
DON'T SEE IT? JUST ASK!
PRICES THAT WILL MAKE YOU SAY "WOW, ARE THESE FROM 10 YEARS AGO?!"
ALL OSR/NSR
like-
DCC
OSE
HMTW
DND
ADND
SHADOWDARK
MORK BÖRG
MOTHERSHIP
TRAVELLER
MECHS
DON'T SEE IT? JUST ASK!
PRICES THAT WILL MAKE YOU SAY "WOW, ARE THESE FROM 10 YEARS AGO?!"
I'm starting to lean more towards that Fermi paradox explanation of intelligent life tending to destroy itself as being the most likely explanation.
January 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I'm starting to lean more towards that Fermi paradox explanation of intelligent life tending to destroy itself as being the most likely explanation.
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Hit me up at Hodagmag at Gmail dot com if you want a copy for just 7 buckaronis!
Cheap and Cool!
Cheap and Cool!
January 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Hit me up at Hodagmag at Gmail dot com if you want a copy for just 7 buckaronis!
Cheap and Cool!
Cheap and Cool!
Looking for a resolution table to roll on for 2026
December 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Looking for a resolution table to roll on for 2026
Thinking about old dice, like way back when they were made of bones and wood they must have all been totally unbalanced and people thought they were just super lucky or unlucky and got killed over it for cheating cause they didn't know the density of the material wasn't uniform.
December 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Thinking about old dice, like way back when they were made of bones and wood they must have all been totally unbalanced and people thought they were just super lucky or unlucky and got killed over it for cheating cause they didn't know the density of the material wasn't uniform.
All this time contemplating orbs, but what else can we do with them?
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
All this time contemplating orbs, but what else can we do with them?
I think Project Zomboid has the most potential to achieve the vibe of #Over/Under . Now that build 42 has gone multiplayer, in a month or two when this unstable build is less buggy I think that's the move. An RP server where everyone plays as a nomad convoy, scheduled "event" when the camp moves.
December 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think Project Zomboid has the most potential to achieve the vibe of #Over/Under . Now that build 42 has gone multiplayer, in a month or two when this unstable build is less buggy I think that's the move. An RP server where everyone plays as a nomad convoy, scheduled "event" when the camp moves.
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ICYMI, I reviewed all twenty options on Mothership's Panic Table to find out what I like, what I don't, and what I'd change for my own projects in the future. I might make this single table review post into an ongoing series (people seem to enjoy it)! meatcastlegameware.com/blog/2025/12...
Table Talk: Mothership's Panic Table — MEATCASTLE GAMEWARE
I’m planning to have unique Panic Tables for all six classes in Stranger Stars , my work-in-progress Mothership total conversion mod, which begs the question: What in the standard Mothership Panic T...
meatcastlegameware.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
ICYMI, I reviewed all twenty options on Mothership's Panic Table to find out what I like, what I don't, and what I'd change for my own projects in the future. I might make this single table review post into an ongoing series (people seem to enjoy it)! meatcastlegameware.com/blog/2025/12...
Trying to figure out where to unleash a Forvalaka
December 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Trying to figure out where to unleash a Forvalaka
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my Thursday one-shot of the psychological horror Mothership module "Gradient Descent" is full up, but:
there's still open seats in the Sunday 12/14 one-shot of Gradient Descent! 🎲 if you like androids 🤖, memory weirdness, and evil AIs, this is for you!
more @ 🔗: startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
there's still open seats in the Sunday 12/14 one-shot of Gradient Descent! 🎲 if you like androids 🤖, memory weirdness, and evil AIs, this is for you!
more @ 🔗: startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
my Thursday one-shot of the psychological horror Mothership module "Gradient Descent" is full up, but:
there's still open seats in the Sunday 12/14 one-shot of Gradient Descent! 🎲 if you like androids 🤖, memory weirdness, and evil AIs, this is for you!
more @ 🔗: startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
there's still open seats in the Sunday 12/14 one-shot of Gradient Descent! 🎲 if you like androids 🤖, memory weirdness, and evil AIs, this is for you!
more @ 🔗: startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Hot take time, lot of chatter about what is the #osr and I'm finally weighing in.
nostradumbass.bearblog.dev/were-asking-...
nostradumbass.bearblog.dev/were-asking-...
We're asking the wrong questions about the OSR?
Everyone is asking what is the OSR again, but I think we're asking the wrong questions?
Who's not asking these questions?
What don't they want us to kn...
nostradumbass.bearblog.dev
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hot take time, lot of chatter about what is the #osr and I'm finally weighing in.
nostradumbass.bearblog.dev/were-asking-...
nostradumbass.bearblog.dev/were-asking-...
Trying to trim down rpg room description text is like hacking away at some sort of magical blackberry bush that regrows almost instantly. That writing phrase about killing your darlings? I just need them to fuck off for a bit. The text is improving, but the length isn't tonight!
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Trying to trim down rpg room description text is like hacking away at some sort of magical blackberry bush that regrows almost instantly. That writing phrase about killing your darlings? I just need them to fuck off for a bit. The text is improving, but the length isn't tonight!
Please give me your recs for no-skip albums, headphones on, volume up, music that's good for doing that flow state time travel shit while working on things you can auto-pilot through. Going to see if I can OD on coffee and skip the work portion of tomorrow to get to the fun part.
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Please give me your recs for no-skip albums, headphones on, volume up, music that's good for doing that flow state time travel shit while working on things you can auto-pilot through. Going to see if I can OD on coffee and skip the work portion of tomorrow to get to the fun part.
Wondering if any rpgs use the UNO deck instead of dice. I've heard of Jenga and regular playing card decks used of course, but UNO is as common as Jenga, maybe more so. Could be an untapped resource. Death save! SKIP!
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Wondering if any rpgs use the UNO deck instead of dice. I've heard of Jenga and regular playing card decks used of course, but UNO is as common as Jenga, maybe more so. Could be an untapped resource. Death save! SKIP!
Playtested a #FISTrpg thing involving sentient vehicles. Quotes: "My reliant robin is trying to go back into its meat form and get back up to the VW bug.. -Jay " and "Biblically accurate 18 wheeler" -Amber and "It's a sentient suicide bomber?" -Triss (about a mini Cooper with a remote detonator).
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Playtested a #FISTrpg thing involving sentient vehicles. Quotes: "My reliant robin is trying to go back into its meat form and get back up to the VW bug.. -Jay " and "Biblically accurate 18 wheeler" -Amber and "It's a sentient suicide bomber?" -Triss (about a mini Cooper with a remote detonator).
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More Ink for the Ink Gods! And more art for
@discodan.bsky.social 's upcoming #mörkborg adventure: The Mantis-Men Breeding Pit Massacre. (Now with more elephants!!)
#inkdrawing #ttrpg #art #elephant
@discodan.bsky.social 's upcoming #mörkborg adventure: The Mantis-Men Breeding Pit Massacre. (Now with more elephants!!)
#inkdrawing #ttrpg #art #elephant
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
More Ink for the Ink Gods! And more art for
@discodan.bsky.social 's upcoming #mörkborg adventure: The Mantis-Men Breeding Pit Massacre. (Now with more elephants!!)
#inkdrawing #ttrpg #art #elephant
@discodan.bsky.social 's upcoming #mörkborg adventure: The Mantis-Men Breeding Pit Massacre. (Now with more elephants!!)
#inkdrawing #ttrpg #art #elephant
Tomorrow is first play test of @discodan.bsky.social's and my take on a sentient vehicle module in #FISTrpg. Trying a funnel mission where regular level 0 FIST recruits try and rescue intelligent vehicles during a high speed chase involving a traitor truck hauling captive vehicles for CYLCOPS.
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Tomorrow is first play test of @discodan.bsky.social's and my take on a sentient vehicle module in #FISTrpg. Trying a funnel mission where regular level 0 FIST recruits try and rescue intelligent vehicles during a high speed chase involving a traitor truck hauling captive vehicles for CYLCOPS.
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Some words about Mantis-Men: discodanlives.bearblog.dev/mantis-men/
Mantis-Men: Monsters and Factions
Like I don’t already have enough to do between my actual job, learning lines for the production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” I’m in, and finishing up the final...
discodanlives.bearblog.dev
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Some words about Mantis-Men: discodanlives.bearblog.dev/mantis-men/
music.ishkur.com
This website rules. It's fully interactive and can play examples on certain timeline points if you click them. The very opinionated reviews are worth looking at too, especially the commentary on specific sub-genres and scenes.
This website rules. It's fully interactive and can play examples on certain timeline points if you click them. The very opinionated reviews are worth looking at too, especially the commentary on specific sub-genres and scenes.
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music
music.ishkur.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
music.ishkur.com
This website rules. It's fully interactive and can play examples on certain timeline points if you click them. The very opinionated reviews are worth looking at too, especially the commentary on specific sub-genres and scenes.
This website rules. It's fully interactive and can play examples on certain timeline points if you click them. The very opinionated reviews are worth looking at too, especially the commentary on specific sub-genres and scenes.
We hit our final #mothershipmonth25 stretch goal for All On Red: donate $1,000 to Doctors Without Borders (MSF)! One of our main NPCs Dr. Lucinda Suzuki belongs to a fictional organization inspired by MSF called Doctors Without Sectors, so we figured this would be a great final goal in the campaign.
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We hit our final #mothershipmonth25 stretch goal for All On Red: donate $1,000 to Doctors Without Borders (MSF)! One of our main NPCs Dr. Lucinda Suzuki belongs to a fictional organization inspired by MSF called Doctors Without Sectors, so we figured this would be a great final goal in the campaign.
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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...
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📢 THIS OFFER STILL STANDS COME GET YOUR COPIES. NOT A REVIEWR OR ACTUAL PLAYER? RT IT THEN DO YOUR PART 💥💥
REVIEWERS AND ACTUAL PLAYERS - want a free copy of our new FIST campaign kit MANDELBROT SET? reply here or DM us and we WILL hook you up!!
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
📢 THIS OFFER STILL STANDS COME GET YOUR COPIES. NOT A REVIEWR OR ACTUAL PLAYER? RT IT THEN DO YOUR PART 💥💥
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In the first of what will likely be a series of blogs, @lincodega.com unpacks how @samsorensen.bsky.social's month-long realtime Mothership larp/megagame #over/under ended for their character, High Gardener Otso, and also, for themselves.
How to find an ending in Over/Under
After a month of emergent story, scheming, and bleed, it all ended with a gardener and a clown.
www.rascal.news
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In the first of what will likely be a series of blogs, @lincodega.com unpacks how @samsorensen.bsky.social's month-long realtime Mothership larp/megagame #over/under ended for their character, High Gardener Otso, and also, for themselves.