John Marron

My first five ttrpgs in the order I played them: 1. Empire of the Petal Throne 2. Metamorphosis Alpha 3. Traveler 4. Boot Hill 5. AD&D 1E Quickly moved from AD&D to Runequest 2E in 1981, and didn't play D&D again until 2008.

5E is the only system I need.

We lost our first PC in our Stonetop campaign last session. Mama cave bears are no joke. RIP Oen. #stonetop

My buddies at Limithron have a kickstarter launching in about an hour for a huge set of cool maps and a book of roll tables and adventure seeds based on them for Pirate Borg. There are also kickstarters for Pirate Borg minis and even a skirmish miniatures game! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zAO...

If any of my ttrpg peeps have extra copies of the Legend in the Mist free rpg day items, I am looking to get copies.

I got my kickstarter copy of Stonetop yesterday (pic is not my actual copy), and I just wanted to commend @plusoneexp.bsky.social for the excellent packaging! The books were swaddled in so many layers of protective padding. Even the corners of the box were reinforced!

We watched Backrooms last night. That was... something. Very affecting. Glad we saw it but I left the theater feeling queasy and slightly untethered from reality, both of which took a while to wear off.

I ordered some miniatures from this place called The Dungeon hobby shop, and they came with a flier for a game called Empire of the Petal Throne, which I bugged my parents to buy for me for Christmas.

My friend Jen at Savage Sparrow has a kickstarter up for cool gamer garments and pins! This time it is Starfinder themed, but she makes all kinds of stylish duds, so check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sav...

I posted this on reddit, but thought I'd share it here too. These are my "Portfolio Shelves". All of the games on the shelves to the right are ones that I have edited/proofread/localized. I'm looking forward to Outgunned: Superheros and Twilight Sword joining the crew.

TTRPG about me First game: Empire of the Petal Throne (1976, I was 13) Latest game: Shadowdark Longest game: WFRP 1E Favorite game: Impossible to say and varies from day to day Favorite setting: Doskvol from Blades in the Dark Favorite art: Artesia: Adventures in the Known World

On twitter (with only 3x the followers) I got 568 retweets ... here we're in the 20s! Don't let them win 😅 Also ... good odds!

The list of games my in-person TTRPG crew will pick from tonight for our next campaign: Warhammer: The Old World Legend in the Mist Fabula Ultima Cloud Empress Twilight Sword Electrum Archive I think that's a pretty good spread of genres/styles/settings.

Looks like a cool Mork Borg project.

Baby Tapirs are hands down the cutest animals on the planet.

And a 10% discount? You owe yourself a treat.

I love everything Mun Kao does, and I think Kala Mandala is an exquisite little gem of a game with a unique SE Asian flavor and very cool dungeon adventures. Check it out if you like non-euro-centric RPGs and interesting OSR-style dungeons. Highly recommended.

Between Two Cairns is organizing a gaming convention in Portland, OR. Please come! betweentwocons.com @betterlegends.bsky.social @yochaigal.bsky.social

Increasingly this feels like a foundational text of the 21st century.

Please share. 💔

Join the jam I'm hosting! Create a game or tool to help introduce TTRPGS to peeps. It's a great way to hit the ground at a reasonable pace come new year! And maybe we can bring some new folks into the hobby? itch.io/jam/welcome-...

10 TTRPGs I want to play/run in 2026. 1. Twilight Sword 2. Legend in the Mist 3. Blades in the Dark 4. Walking Dead 5. Cairn 6. Daggerheart 7. Dolmenwood 8. Alien 9. Shadowdark 10. Pirate Borg

Apparently I'm not alone in feeling this way either.

What are your top 5 TTRPG settings? Here are the five I keep coming back to: 1) Doskvol, from Blades in the Dark 2) Vimary, from Tribe 8 3) Gloam, from Shadows over Driftchapel 4) Innistrad, from Magic: The Gathering 5) The Known World, from Artesia There's a definite dark/gothic theme in there.

Last hours to back this TTRPG of folklore and horror set in Depression era America using the Year Zero Engine. For me, this is basically "Sinners" the RPG. If that sounds appealing to you, check it out. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...

Share the last 4 games you played and expose your gaming habits (TTRPG version). Mythic Bastionland Daggerheart True-d6/Dolmenwood Arkham Horror RPG

We've launched a GoFundMe campaign so we can defend our property in the Diamond bankruptcy case. The full story is at the link but basically, Diamond is trying to take consignment inventory that they don't own and sell it to pay big creditors. TY for help and shares! www.gofundme.com/f/support-gr...

Had a fun session of Mythic Bastionland last night. We had our first two Knightly deaths, but the company also resolved their first Myth by defeating a stone colossus that had been rampaging through the mountains. This game continues to be so easy to run after some minimal initial prep.

I'm excited for this RPG! "It’s folk horror set in the dying fields and forgotten hollers of Depression-era America. A land of dust and desperation. Of ghost trains and crossroads devils. Of sin-eaters, juke joints, and something ancient stirring in the soil." www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...

Going live to look through every Knight and Seer in Mythic Bastionland www.youtube.com/live/FfXInk0...

The Cairn 2e box set is officially available for purchase at @spacepenguinink.bsky.social! spacepenguin.ink/products/cai...

My weekly TTRPG crew is voting for our next game. I gave them 6 options: Daggerheart, Kala Mandala, Mythic Bastionland, Cairn 2E, Cloud Empress, and Pirate Borg. As the GM, I'll be happy with whichever game wins, they are all so good!

It saddens me that this is still so, so relevant today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7GY...

At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.

It's time for this again.

My backerkit rewards for Outgunned Adventure have arrived! The books can now join the family.