UbiquitousRat
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Teacher, writer, and podcaster into tabletop roleplaying, spirituality, and rat-keeping. Building communities of discovery in which people can feel accepted.
This week on RPR, listener Alex asked a question about how to make player-driven play work in shorter games. Thanks for the question, Alex! This episode is my answer —> #5 Player-Directed Goals: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...
Player-Directed Goals | Roleplay Rescue
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November 26, 2025 at 5:12 AM
This week on RPR, listener Alex asked a question about how to make player-driven play work in shorter games. Thanks for the question, Alex! This episode is my answer —> #5 Player-Directed Goals: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is GREAT idea —> Nottingham Safe Bus www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/nottingham...
Nottingham Safe Bus
To create a mobile hub offering first aid, welfare, and support to residents, students and visitors in Nottingham city centre.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This is GREAT idea —> Nottingham Safe Bus www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/nottingham...
On Player-Directed Roleplay (and powered by #Cypher): roleplayrescue.com/2025/11/22/o...
On Player-Directed Roleplay
Today was Session #3 of Ariadne’s Thread – our SF game powered by Cypher – and once again the player-directed goals and relationships established during character creation have yi…
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November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
On Player-Directed Roleplay (and powered by #Cypher): roleplayrescue.com/2025/11/22/o...
Just had Session #3 of our SF game powered by #Cypher wherein the crew, under investigation for the disappearance of the bounty hunter (whom they have hostage), ended up killing the detective and his cops before blasting out of the Downport and hiding the ship in forest. Fugitives, much. Fun times!
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Just had Session #3 of our SF game powered by #Cypher wherein the crew, under investigation for the disappearance of the bounty hunter (whom they have hostage), ended up killing the detective and his cops before blasting out of the Downport and hiding the ship in forest. Fugitives, much. Fun times!
Share a TV series youve watched from beginning to end more than once...
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Share a TV series youve watched from beginning to end more than once...
Wandering is an inevitability in my hobby. My mind is constantly scanning for interesting things. I am curious by nature. This is the way I am.
Listen to the latest from RPR —> Wonder Wander: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...
Listen to the latest from RPR —> Wonder Wander: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...
Wonder Wander | Roleplay Rescue
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November 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Wandering is an inevitability in my hobby. My mind is constantly scanning for interesting things. I am curious by nature. This is the way I am.
Listen to the latest from RPR —> Wonder Wander: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...
Listen to the latest from RPR —> Wonder Wander: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...
How do the 350+ skills in #GURPS work out in play? Chatting about Skills and Tests in GURPStalk: shows.acast.com/gurpstalk/ep...
Skills and Tests | GURPStalk
How do the 350+ skills in GURPS work out in play?
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November 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
How do the 350+ skills in #GURPS work out in play? Chatting about Skills and Tests in GURPStalk: shows.acast.com/gurpstalk/ep...
Where my mind wanders…
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Where my mind wanders…
Age yourself with gaming
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Age yourself with gaming
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge
Non-linear Paths with Obstacles is pretty much me riffing on how I prep #ttrpg sessions right now: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...
Non-linear Paths with Obstacles | Roleplay Rescue
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November 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Non-linear Paths with Obstacles is pretty much me riffing on how I prep #ttrpg sessions right now: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...
TFT V: The Lost Lair, on the magic of playing around enough to make a simple dungeon: roleplayrescue.com/2025/11/09/t...
TFT V: The Lost Lair
Last week I ran my first session with The Fantasy Trip by Steve Jackson Games as part of my most recent hobby pact. This weekend, after a positive session of something completely different, I found…
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November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
TFT V: The Lost Lair, on the magic of playing around enough to make a simple dungeon: roleplayrescue.com/2025/11/09/t...
On Ariadne's Thread, in which I talk about our new #CypherSystem #TTRPG campaign blending Traveller '77 with inspiration from Firefly and Alien: roleplayrescue.com/2025/11/08/o...
On Ariadne’s Thread
Listeners to the podcast will know that I recently began running a couple of new role-playing game campaigns. One of those was (eventually) named by the group Ariadne’s Thread, the title comi…
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November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
On Ariadne's Thread, in which I talk about our new #CypherSystem #TTRPG campaign blending Traveller '77 with inspiration from Firefly and Alien: roleplayrescue.com/2025/11/08/o...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Ep2 Jamison and the Magical Bio Sheet: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...
Jamison and the Magical Bio Sheet | Roleplay Rescue
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November 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Ep2 Jamison and the Magical Bio Sheet: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...
Og Smash! roleplayrescue.com/2025/11/04/t...
TFT IV: Og Smash!
The pact was that I will run a TFT open table megadungeon at the school club for 6 weekly sessions. Today was session one and… we played The Fantasy Trip but not in a dungeon. This is fine be…
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November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Og Smash! roleplayrescue.com/2025/11/04/t...
Listen to the latest GURPStalk, Campaign Update I: shows.acast.com/gurpstalk/ep...
Campaign Update I | GURPStalk
What's happening in the host's campaigns?
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November 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Listen to the latest GURPStalk, Campaign Update I: shows.acast.com/gurpstalk/ep...
Today is the 1st of Movember. We face our own demons. Growing a dodgy moustache is about raising awareness.
❤Donate to my fundraiser via movember.com/m/15039659?m...
❤Donate to my fundraiser via movember.com/m/15039659?m...
November 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today is the 1st of Movember. We face our own demons. Growing a dodgy moustache is about raising awareness.
❤Donate to my fundraiser via movember.com/m/15039659?m...
❤Donate to my fundraiser via movember.com/m/15039659?m...
Went for a walk this morning…
October 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Went for a walk this morning…
I’ve been messing around with #TFT this week and blogged about making characters quickly: roleplayrescue.com/2025/10/30/t...
TFT III: Quick Characters
In The Labyrinth is the point at which Melee and Wizard grow into a role-playing game. If you’ve been following my delve into The Fantasy Trip, this is where the game transcends the battlefie…
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October 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I’ve been messing around with #TFT this week and blogged about making characters quickly: roleplayrescue.com/2025/10/30/t...
The Experimental Mindset, being the first of 10 weekly short episodes for Roleplay Rescue: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...
The Experimental Mindset | Roleplay Rescue
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October 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The Experimental Mindset, being the first of 10 weekly short episodes for Roleplay Rescue: shows.acast.com/roleplayresc...
Here’s my post today on playing just Melee to learn the #TFT game: roleplayrescue.com/2025/10/28/t...
TFT Experiment I: Melee
Continuing my path towards running an Open Table megadungeon game powered by The Fantasy Trip, I’ve cracked open the big box to dig out the little box named Melee. The whole system is modular…
roleplayrescue.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Here’s my post today on playing just Melee to learn the #TFT game: roleplayrescue.com/2025/10/28/t...
Today, I begin my TFT Open Table Experiment: roleplayrescue.com/2025/10/27/t...
TFT Open Table Experiment
Last week, after a particularly disappointing D&D Club session at school, wherein none of the players for my game showed up, I noticed that there were quite a few students drifting between game…
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October 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Today, I begin my TFT Open Table Experiment: roleplayrescue.com/2025/10/27/t...
Today’s the first session for Ariadne’s Thread, an SF game powered by Cypher System and set in our own universe that riffs off Firefly, Alien, and a little dose of the Rebellion. Exciting!
October 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Today’s the first session for Ariadne’s Thread, an SF game powered by Cypher System and set in our own universe that riffs off Firefly, Alien, and a little dose of the Rebellion. Exciting!