Katt Kirsch
@thiccmomswag.bsky.social
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Authoress. Lagomorph broodmother. Pretend Murder Enjoyer. Thinking Adventurist. Twiddler of knobs. Purveyor of Ancient RPGs.
Libra, Cardinal of the Golden Dawn (Over/Under).
Blerg: https://kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/blog/
Authoress. Lagomorph broodmother. Pretend Murder Enjoyer. Thinking Adventurist. Twiddler of knobs. Purveyor of Ancient RPGs.
Libra, Cardinal of the Golden Dawn (Over/Under).
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Katt Kirsch
@thiccmomswag.bsky.social
· Oct 6
Leonard Cohen's Advice for Novice OSR Referees
Leonard Cohen's (1978) speaks to a time when the public performance of poetry was transforming into what Marc Smith would call "slam poetry" some six years ...
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"Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you're tired. You look like you could go on forever. "
Leonard Cohen's Advice for Novice OSR Referees
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Leonard Cohen's Advice for Novice OSR Referees
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I do not care the setting or the power level, this is my next RPG character
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I do not care the setting or the power level, this is my next RPG character
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Coming in hot with the 17th mask in the mask relay! Very much a mom says you have to play nice sort of magic item. https://kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/the-mask-of-the-abdicosan/
The Mask of the Abdicosan
\ -John Updike \ \ \ In the faintest memories of the ancient men, there persists a lingering echo of a face, the shifting outline of an almost...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Coming in hot with the 17th mask in the mask relay! Very much a mom says you have to play nice sort of magic item. https://kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/the-mask-of-the-abdicosan/
Scroll to the top of this thread for a conversation topic you will not expect from this quote halfway thru:
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Scroll to the top of this thread for a conversation topic you will not expect from this quote halfway thru:
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If you want photorealism, get a camera. Where we’re going, we don’t need correct proportions.
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If you want photorealism, get a camera. Where we’re going, we don’t need correct proportions.
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Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Vine is being rebooted under the name diVine, with funding from Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey.
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Incredible proof that video game reviews are art, even if video games aren't
I spent so much time in Marvel’s Deadpool VR having nonstop “Deadpool jokes” pumped directly into my ear that I started to see the very predictable anatomy of a “Deadpool joke.” So here is a cursed review of Marvel’s Deadpool VR. www.polygon.com/marvels-dead...
Marvel's Deadpool VR, as reviewed by Deadpool
Polygon's IGN 7/10 of the year
www.polygon.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Incredible proof that video game reviews are art, even if video games aren't
Why do they call it game of in the cold narrative of out hot play the simulation
when you're doing princess play with a trad system while running an OSR module remember that rules elide for as long as the system matters and only when your players are in a fiction first actor stance
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Why do they call it game of in the cold narrative of out hot play the simulation
An incredible meta-writeup of my social circle's most beloved and feared activity. Playing these is always a delight; but now, after reading this, I'm tempted to run one instead, maybe just to see if I can find enough sickos to make it real.
#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 1:42 PM
An incredible meta-writeup of my social circle's most beloved and feared activity. Playing these is always a delight; but now, after reading this, I'm tempted to run one instead, maybe just to see if I can find enough sickos to make it real.
This is going to haunt my dreams.
still regularly go back to the notes and plans I had for my short-lived campaign where the PCs' patron was a Port Commander aboard a hub station for a strategic promethium-rich system, like a Gothic Deep Space Nine; if the game had gone on longer we would've been cooking, tellyawhat
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is going to haunt my dreams.
"After all, there is no deeper hatred than that of those betrayed by the ones they trust the most."
'The Mask of the Abdicosan,' a magical item for gregarious diplomats, and my entry in the Thinking Adventures Mask Relay, spearheaded by @evilgoblin.wedding.
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'The Mask of the Abdicosan,' a magical item for gregarious diplomats, and my entry in the Thinking Adventures Mask Relay, spearheaded by @evilgoblin.wedding.
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The Mask of the Abdicosan
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In the faintest memories of the ancient men, there persists a lingering echo of a face, the shifting outline of an almost...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"After all, there is no deeper hatred than that of those betrayed by the ones they trust the most."
'The Mask of the Abdicosan,' a magical item for gregarious diplomats, and my entry in the Thinking Adventures Mask Relay, spearheaded by @evilgoblin.wedding.
kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/the-mask-of-...
'The Mask of the Abdicosan,' a magical item for gregarious diplomats, and my entry in the Thinking Adventures Mask Relay, spearheaded by @evilgoblin.wedding.
kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/the-mask-of-...
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I can't express how much I fucking hate the word "content"
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I can't express how much I fucking hate the word "content"
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November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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What an absolute delight and an unplugged journey these two threads have been. Just go with it!
Folks, I did it. I made the Cooks Illustrated competing pear crisps, and then I made my friends judge them blind.
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
What an absolute delight and an unplugged journey these two threads have been. Just go with it!
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weird ps1 game i found
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
weird ps1 game i found
"In that moment, the immersion, the *feeling* of play, was unlike anything I could have imagined a month ago, when I let my buddy cajole me into trying out Cataphracts in Space."
OVER/UNDER: The Bleed Machine, a preview of thoughts to come. kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/overunder-th...
OVER/UNDER: The Bleed Machine, a preview of thoughts to come. kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/overunder-th...
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 AM
"In that moment, the immersion, the *feeling* of play, was unlike anything I could have imagined a month ago, when I let my buddy cajole me into trying out Cataphracts in Space."
OVER/UNDER: The Bleed Machine, a preview of thoughts to come. kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/overunder-th...
OVER/UNDER: The Bleed Machine, a preview of thoughts to come. kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/overunder-th...
There's so much #OVER/UNDER to unpack everything right now, but thank you @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com for writing Mosh, the incredible @samsorensen.bsky.social for the game behind the game, and big dog @lukegearing.bsky.social for the module behind the game behind the game, and 1/
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
There's so much #OVER/UNDER to unpack everything right now, but thank you @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com for writing Mosh, the incredible @samsorensen.bsky.social for the game behind the game, and big dog @lukegearing.bsky.social for the module behind the game behind the game, and 1/
I just had to explain to my actual human wife that I'm busy watching a knife fight at a space wedding with my fake girlfriend and father figure. This is normal, I feel very normal #OVER/UNDER
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I just had to explain to my actual human wife that I'm busy watching a knife fight at a space wedding with my fake girlfriend and father figure. This is normal, I feel very normal #OVER/UNDER
Here's a really easy way to thank the Warden of #OVER/UNDER today, and receive awesome an Mothership module in the process! It's a fantastic way to continue your adventures in the Dream around your own table. I certainly plan to run my fellow Cardinals through the gauntlet!
what's up gamers I've barely posted about this since #over/under has eaten all of my time, but my space trucking Mothership Month 25 project, ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE, has just under 36 hours left, go check it out: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE: Space Trucking for Mothership RPG
Mothership space trucking 101, set in the star system surrounding Prospero's Dream
www.backerkit.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Here's a really easy way to thank the Warden of #OVER/UNDER today, and receive awesome an Mothership module in the process! It's a fantastic way to continue your adventures in the Dream around your own table. I certainly plan to run my fellow Cardinals through the gauntlet!
It's no overstatement to say that #OVER/UNDER has been a profound experience that has given me pause, and recontextualized the hobby / passion / job that I've made a part of who I am for three decades. Excited to debrief with @samsorensen.bsky.social , and to stay in touch with my fellow cardinals!
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It's no overstatement to say that #OVER/UNDER has been a profound experience that has given me pause, and recontextualized the hobby / passion / job that I've made a part of who I am for three decades. Excited to debrief with @samsorensen.bsky.social , and to stay in touch with my fellow cardinals!
That's CARDINAL Anthony Bourdain. #OVER/UNDER
There is someone roleplaying as Anthony Bourdain in #OVER/UNDER, just going around doing monologues in the various public spaces, and it's truly.... so good.
![[Image of stylized Anthony Boudain in front of a magenta cyberpunk background]
And this is where every twisting corridor of the dream ends: the city core hits me like a hangover that never really ended. Everything’s too bright and too dark at the same time: holo-ads bleeding through clouds of coolant steam, promising pleasure, relief, and escape in six-second loops nobody’s really watching anymore. I can feel the hum of the station beneath my boots, like a tired animal breathing slow, or maybe it’s the low rumble of the fighting league. It’s all stacked metal and patched wiring here; architecture built by a committee of welders and dreamers who never spoke the same language. Probably several committees.
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Down on the streets I watch a drunk token miner yell at a vending machine that won’t take their credits. Somewhere above, a train rattles the ceiling as it leaves for a better, safer block that’s probably equally as tenuous. It’s loud, dirty, alive, and, in its own broken way, honest. You can’t gentrify vacuum, as much as this station tries. Holographic ads hawk enigmatic augmentations, political slogans that go out of date in an hour, or a good time of the sapphic variety. Smashing. that explains why the air tastes of android coolant. There’s the ever present hint of politics and commerce everywhere, inside the market, outside on the street; anyone not selling something seems to be planning, kneeling or squatting against walls, on the floor, in the street, whispering information or shouting it. This looked exactly like the Prospero Dreams of my fevered imaginings: dead drops, brush contacts, burst transmissions, betrayals.
When I finally leave the market, the blocks are dark, and I pass a few buildings lit by flickering electric light. Broom closet-sized alleyway stores and restaurants serving mysterious narcotics and hot meals for a few credits, flickering LEDs barely revealing the silhouettes of seated figures reading bratva literature. There are cryptic …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wda5bmzr3db5dwkc4m2vm46k/bafkreifhtg2noex4lf3t62yjz3jn3s7kcxnoclijlgnvrji7nhdxg3qhga@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
That's CARDINAL Anthony Bourdain. #OVER/UNDER
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
This is so much more real than you can imagine #over/under
Officially the meta in #over/under has shifted from war game to lesbian romance simulator.
So I went quiet on #over/under posting for a bit, but now people are saying that a war ended because someone was in love with me; to which I say
YEAH? MAYBE? YOU CAN'T PROVE A THING. THIS STATION RUNS ON YURI AND SPITE, AND LEMME TELL YA, I'M RUNNIN DAMN LOW ON YURI.
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YEAH? MAYBE? YOU CAN'T PROVE A THING. THIS STATION RUNS ON YURI AND SPITE, AND LEMME TELL YA, I'M RUNNIN DAMN LOW ON YURI.
@juniper-c.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is so much more real than you can imagine #over/under
Here's a preview, so you don't have to take my word how cool these are!
Hey. My very old school flavored ttrpg magazine has a free preview issue out on Itch. There is also a print run coming soon! Follow along, it would make me happy!
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The International Player's (p)Review by Golden Achiever
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November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Here's a preview, so you don't have to take my word how cool these are!