Brian Schoner -> PAXU
@bschoner.bsky.social
Software geek by day, freelance writer by night, bass guitarist on the weekends, voice actor whenever time permits, and gamer ALL THE DAMN TIME. Cohost of the https://bsky.app/profile/ascentofboardgames.bsky.social podcast. He/him.
"how did you get into ttrpgs”
I found a cursed box on the top shelf of a cursed hobby store...
I found a cursed box on the top shelf of a cursed hobby store...
"how did you get into ttrpgs”
I have always loved the monsters
I have always loved the monsters
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
Oh, I was bitten by a radioactive ttrpg when I was younger.
Oh, I was bitten by a radioactive ttrpg when I was younger.
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"how did you get into ttrpgs”
I found a cursed box on the top shelf of a cursed hobby store...
I found a cursed box on the top shelf of a cursed hobby store...
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
This was a great experience. I don't know if "fun" is the right word for it, but you get out of the game what you put in, and there's room to put a lot in. Highly recommended.
REALLY great experience. Go buy the game. Right up with Alice is Missing. High praise from me.
Tonight, I and @bschoner.bsky.social play brothers in the zombie apocalypse. We are on opposite sides of a closed door. One of us is infected. I've been wanting to get this game by @moreblueberries.bsky.social to the channel. Their digital play PDFs make it easy. Watch live or later. #ttrpg
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This was a great experience. I don't know if "fun" is the right word for it, but you get out of the game what you put in, and there's room to put a lot in. Highly recommended.
I for one am ready to go back to Doskvol!
Come visit Doskvol, the jewel of Akoros, in '68. Home of the original bluetime (first and best). Crime rates are better than before*
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I for one am ready to go back to Doskvol!
Anyone who still doesn't think this is about eugenics?
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Anyone who still doesn't think this is about eugenics?
Just came across this in a @robwords.bsky.social video on the history of the NATO phonetic alphabet (shut up, I'm a nerd), and it may be my favorite new milspeak for "STFU": "You are therefore requested to reconsider the desirability of pressing your point at this time."
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Just came across this in a @robwords.bsky.social video on the history of the NATO phonetic alphabet (shut up, I'm a nerd), and it may be my favorite new milspeak for "STFU": "You are therefore requested to reconsider the desirability of pressing your point at this time."
This is a great interview! I have no idea what I expected from the creator(s, as it turned out) of Oglaf, but they seem just about exactly right. (For those who aren't familiar with it, the Oglaf webcomic is very very NSFW, but the interview is pretty clean.)
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is a great interview! I have no idea what I expected from the creator(s, as it turned out) of Oglaf, but they seem just about exactly right. (For those who aren't familiar with it, the Oglaf webcomic is very very NSFW, but the interview is pretty clean.)
How is it even conceivable that @ossoff.bsky.social and other Democratic senators are considering surrendering on a Republican-caused government shutdown after the most successful Democratic elections in decades? This would be a staggering betrayal of what the Democratic Party should stand for.
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
How is it even conceivable that @ossoff.bsky.social and other Democratic senators are considering surrendering on a Republican-caused government shutdown after the most successful Democratic elections in decades? This would be a staggering betrayal of what the Democratic Party should stand for.
This would make a great Parsely game…
There were quite a lot of text adventures in the 80s. Some were fantasy. Some were mystery. Some were horror. Some were science fiction. But others, well... (Source.)
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This would make a great Parsely game…
Did women ruin the workplace?
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Did women ruin the workplace?
Is this where I say that I want to watch all of these shows? (Except maybe Sprout Quest, but that's a me problem.)
In lieu of yet another objectively correct opinion on the "Rule of Cool," I present you a thread of the kind of tv show each of my games would be if I was given the budget to make tv shows instead of ttrpgs.
I run games like a writers' room, I write them to help you run them like tv shows. 1/14
I run games like a writers' room, I write them to help you run them like tv shows. 1/14
November 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Is this where I say that I want to watch all of these shows? (Except maybe Sprout Quest, but that's a me problem.)
Reposted by Brian Schoner -> PAXU
We conclude - for now - our discussion on video games that have been turned into board games. Plus, we uncover the solution to a mystery that has been haunting us for far too long! (A month. It's been a month.)
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-75...
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-75...
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
We conclude - for now - our discussion on video games that have been turned into board games. Plus, we uncover the solution to a mystery that has been haunting us for far too long! (A month. It's been a month.)
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-75...
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-75...
Looking at the site, there doesn't seem to be any information on exactly how/where to apply - or I have failed yet another Spot check. Maybe @thirdfloorwars.bsky.social or @amiewebster.bsky.social will have better luck...
Just getting home from work, huh? Or waking up from that really great post-lunch nap? What a perfect time to make sure you or your favorite show have submitted for the actual play grants!
The deadline is roughly seven hours away -- make some time after dinner to make sure you get it in!
The deadline is roughly seven hours away -- make some time after dinner to make sure you get it in!
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Looking at the site, there doesn't seem to be any information on exactly how/where to apply - or I have failed yet another Spot check. Maybe @thirdfloorwars.bsky.social or @amiewebster.bsky.social will have better luck...
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Knickers
Knickers
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
100 Gland
100 Gland
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Twig
Twig
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Knickers
Knickers
Post a perfect album from 1989, a pretty damn fine music year.
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a pretty damn fine music year.
Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam,Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam,Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
Craig is really good at this - I'd be in one of the open seats if I was available!
I am running Liminal Horror and Cthulhu Dark on November 9th and 23rd. It will be streamed with an amazing table. I have a seat open for each. Feel like having too much fun playing an RPG? Shoot me a PM.
a screen that says " shall we play a game " next move
ALT: a screen that says " shall we play a game " next move
media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Craig is really good at this - I'd be in one of the open seats if I was available!
This is...pretty great. Watch the whole thing.
This Rollercoaster Tycoon video is an actual work of emotionally-gripping mad genius
Defying Gravity | Synchronized Roller Coasters (Wicked)
YouTube video by Tube Cody
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This is...pretty great. Watch the whole thing.
"The man said he didn't have the right form."
"What man?"
"The man from the pedo detector van."
"What man?"
"The man from the pedo detector van."
October 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
"The man said he didn't have the right form."
"What man?"
"The man from the pedo detector van."
"What man?"
"The man from the pedo detector van."
DO WANT
October 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
DO WANT
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
More of @spazzster.bsky.social 's "An Elegy in Crimson" podcast, which is basically @timhutchings.bsky.social 's Thousand-Year-Old Vampire played out in the form of an interview. But this one has me in it! krademachir.podbean.com/e/an-elegy-i...
October 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
More of @spazzster.bsky.social 's "An Elegy in Crimson" podcast, which is basically @timhutchings.bsky.social 's Thousand-Year-Old Vampire played out in the form of an interview. But this one has me in it! krademachir.podbean.com/e/an-elegy-i...
Halloween haiku:
Twelve-foot skeletons
Guard the yards and watch the streets
Plastic talismans
Twelve-foot skeletons
Guard the yards and watch the streets
Plastic talismans
Halloween Season Poetry:
a haiku
Eldritch standing stones
Melted shades of primal gods
Blood-splashed once more
(Like, share, quote post with your own. We can make this a thing. 😜😱 )
a haiku
Eldritch standing stones
Melted shades of primal gods
Blood-splashed once more
(Like, share, quote post with your own. We can make this a thing. 😜😱 )
October 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Halloween haiku:
Twelve-foot skeletons
Guard the yards and watch the streets
Plastic talismans
Twelve-foot skeletons
Guard the yards and watch the streets
Plastic talismans
Reposted by Brian Schoner -> PAXU
Episode 75 is here, as we start examining computer games that were turned into board games...with varying degrees of success.
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-75...
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-75...
October 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Episode 75 is here, as we start examining computer games that were turned into board games...with varying degrees of success.
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-75...
www.ascentofboardgames.com/e/episode-75...
This is a fascinating interview about a wonderful game. It's deep, and some might find it a little full of itself, but I'm so glad that a game that can generate this kind of discussion exists. Go play Slay the Princess, if you haven't.
Just read through this massive interview about Slay the Princess and got floored multiple times through the whole thing. By god. int-magazine.com/interview/sl...
Slay the Princess’s Tony Howard-Arias and Abby Howard: “I mean, that she loves you. She loves you unconditionally”
int-magazine.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is a fascinating interview about a wonderful game. It's deep, and some might find it a little full of itself, but I'm so glad that a game that can generate this kind of discussion exists. Go play Slay the Princess, if you haven't.