Black Myron

"How did you get into tabletop role-playing games?" An elementary school gifted teacher ran White Box D&D on Fridays as part of class, something everyone looked forward to. She had a laminated large blank map that we would draw on gradually as we explored each dungeon level.

My first 5 TTRPGs, in the order I played (or ran) them: 1. D&D (White Box) 2. Star Frontiers 3. Call of Cthulhu 4. Paranoia 5. MERP

The world of Sherlock Holmes (and friends) - a gazetteer and timeline! blackmyron.blogspot.com/2026/10/hero...

#ttrpg collection notes: Goofed on 4/5, forgot to include Arkham Horror and only Torg Eternity is in that section. Also, this is not my complete collection, just what I have out on shelves currently

#ttrpg collection 5/5: 1st: Torg, Star Wars Gamer Magazine 2nd: Star Wars, Paranoia

#ttrpg collection 4/5: Top: Call of Cthulhu, Alien, Twilight: 2000 1st, 2nd: Call of Cthulhu 3rd: Call of Cthulhu, Torg/Torg Eternity

#ttrpg collection 3/5: 1st: Fallout, Cyberpunk, Alien, Star Trek 3rd: The One Ring

#ttrpg collection 2/5: 1st: Hackmaster, Lone Wolf, Challenge Magazine, Twilight: 2000, Shadowrun 2nd/3rd: Shadowrun

#ttrpg collection 1/5 Top: Blades, Deadlands 2nd: D&D all editions 3rd: D&D all editions, Dragon Magazine, Dungeon Magazine

A Call of Cthulhu TTRPG adventure involved Nikolai Tesla being on the "last day of his tour in America" in NYC in the 1920s and he was living in NYC for the entire decade

In high school I managed to answer the winning question for a statewide "brain bowl" competition because I was apparently the only one who knew what Monty Python's Flying Circus was

Name a Futurama quote.

I'm hardpressed *not* to name a quote from The Simpsons, to the despair of all who know me

Catching the White Whale - a Sherlock Holmes Chronology! blackmyron.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...

My "Interests and Hobbies" is eerily accurate - "Maintains comprehensive home air quality systems".

... and I managed to finish every one of the canonical Sherlock Holmes stories, and with that, concluded my final run at the Grand Game - assigning dates to all the stories (plus a gazetteer and a study of hidden Moriarty references). Now, for Halloween, including Dracula!

A "I'll play a little bit more" last night turned into playing until I finished the game because it's that engaging, a rare gaming experience these days - and I made one regrettable decision that means I definitely be playing again from the start!

If you're going to make a big epic event or crossover, come up with a gameplan before you start. "Onslaught" was a particularly egregious example, as it was clear they didn't know who or what Onslaught was at the start and had issues with Great Revelations that never mattered in the end.

One of the first Call of Cthulhu RPG books I bought; now, my set occupies two full bookshelves and is starting in on a third

I am channeling all my excitement i had for Bloodlines 2 years ago onto this, tomorrow can't come soon enough!

Zork. When I was a small kid, the science center hosted an exhibit on the new microcomputers. I still remember a person typing commands on a keyboard; I suggested that he look under the rug in the living room. I never forgot that; and a couple years later, I got to finally play it myself

Ah yes, going to a BBS with a name from Neuromancer via by 1200 baud modem on my Apple IIc. Eagerly hoping my best friend who I could just call posted something new in the last ten minutes that I could respond to

My dad was a TOS fan and he introduced me to Star Trek as a kid in the late 70s. I loved watching it with him, considering my early interest in space. He disliked that I called Leonard Nimoy "The guy from 'In Search Of...'", saying "No, he was on Star Trek first" #startrek

Otto Friedrich's "The End of the World: A History", focusing on various definitions of 'end', from the Sack of Home to the bombing of Hiroshima; and "Ghostland" by Colin Dickey, an engaging look into what lies behind our need for ghost stories

Best I can recall, the 1980 US Presidential election and the Iran hostage crisis (intertwined)

THE HOBBIT. My dad gave me his copy; the first real work of fiction I read. The idea that you could explore fictional worlds (not just in the geographic sense) changed everything for me.

My Sprawl Trilogy Guide is completed. Plus, discussing some of the mysteries of the series, including a final look at when Neuromancer is set (third time's the charm!) blackmyron.blogspot.com/2026/08/spra...

And with that, Mona Lisa Overdrive is done! A lot of notes - timelines, locations, corporations, items of interest... #neuromancer

Yeah, Gibson had our number here in Florida, even in 1988: "... it was fucking hot in Florida, like a sauna." #neuromancer

Home stretch of the Sprawl Trilogy deep dive. This took far longer than I originally thought, due to the immense amount of details within. Page 32 of Mona Lisa Overdrive, let's see how far I can get today! #neuromancer

Neuromancer reread done! I don't think I've had a better spatial awareness of the locations as I did this time. Also, researching all the corporations and brands mentioned, plus looking up everything I wasn't familiar with, led me down interesting avenues! #neuromancer

Apparently the Istanbul Hilton that Armitage stays in is the oldest Hilton hotel outside the US (1955) and apparently built on a former Armenian cemetery #neuromancer

Back to the #neuromancer reread: didn't realize that Bell Europa wasn't real, but a logical future extension of the North American telecom monopoly (that perished in RL just prior to the book's publication)

I somehow missed in every read before Case looking at Linda's eyes and thinking "sanpaku", which led to a whole exploration of the Japanese term #neuromancer

Reading Neuromancer for the nth time for my deepest, most thorough dive yet, as always discovering details I never noticed before... #neuromancer

I still think about the Soviet false alarm incident in Sep 26, 1983, where we were one ordinary person's decision away from a nuclear war, only averted because he (correctly) determined his equipment was hallucinating, and having computer systems now that are described in the same fashion.

"Blade Jogger"

I have a planet named after me in Star Wars, except it is (of course) my online name, not my real one

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Try to group fiction by author then have similar genres together, nonfiction divided into media and non-media, vast TTRPG collection complicated by relationships with the other categories

My nickname, which i have used a quarter century, comes from a minor character from the Sprawl trilogy universe. I spent the late 80s on the Straylight Villa BBS. This feels like coming home.

Weird Accomplishments: Single-handedly won Florida statewide academic challenge by knowing Monty Python Have a planet in Star Wars named after me (well, my fake name at least) Co-authored two physics papers in top journals after I had already left physics

Suddenly got inspiration on an old interactive fiction project that got stonewalled over developing a combat system; the solution I came up with is a 'one and done' combat style with minimal stats, no randomization and more narrative driven. Initial tests look good so far!

When I watched Jaws for the first time in 40 years, I didn't expect an important plot point involving the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

I have an extremely bad reputation (but wholly accurate) for quoting the Simpsons constantly, but off the top of my head:

Upon waking, the only dream I remembered was that the letter column for a Conan-like pirate sword-and-sorcery comic was called "Fan Mail From Some Flounders"

My long-term project of cataloging Star Trek locations finally in its first draft! blackmyron.blogspot.com/2026/06/per-...

Finally! I managed to push through and finish my story! 60,000 words of theme parks and the Holy Grail and the '39 World's Fair and the Watergate Scandal and etc. #writingcommunity

A list of unknown First Age heroes hidden by Tolkien in Lord of the Rings? #lotr blackmyron.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...