Torm (@tormsen.bsky.social)

Torm

@tormsen.bsky.social

I think and talk about IR, history (actual and counterfactual), languages, religion, fantasy, scifi, horror, food, elaborate schemes, and ttrpgs (mostly DG, UA, or damnfool storygames). One half of the 33.3 FM pirate radio for the unknown armies podcast.

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Torm

@tormsen.bsky.social

11 Dec 2024

Discovering I can play Civ VI on my phone through Netflix seems to have cured my lamentable YouTube shorts habit.

Torm

@tormsen.bsky.social

2 Dec 2023

Great jam. Very festive. Good entries.

soundcloud.comThe 2023 Unknown Armies Halloween JamFrank and Tormsen check out and give their takes on the submissions for the hopefully first annual Unknown Armies Halloween Jam. List of jam entries: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gk7SCn3oA94yi

Torm

@tormsen.bsky.social

8 Nov 2023

My personal Berenstein Bears is the Romanization of 떡볶이 as tteokbokki instead of the less glamorous but nobler ddeokbokki. I thought the rebranding was a government misadventure but they're saying ㄸ has always been tt. Madness. Don't come at me with derk/dukboggi because we don't acknowledge those.

Torm

@tormsen.bsky.social

2 Nov 2023

On an aimless Wiki dive, came across this show from 1959-60 called The Man and the Challenge with some truly wild episode descriptions. My favorite is when he gives the firefighter LSD while he's firefighting.

Torm

@tormsen.bsky.social

2 Nov 2023

Although drugging the motorcycle cops so they can dodge logs is also up there, along with the bottle episode where he does yoga.

Torm

@tormsen.bsky.social

2 Nov 2023

Not the UFO you expected, but perhaps the UFO you need.

on.soundcloud.comUnidentified Foreign OntologyArmchair philosopher hacks Frank and Tormsen discuss the Unidentified Foreign Ontology group, detailed in the Unknown Armies splatbook Postmodern Magick, and come to grips with what is and what what i

Torm

@tormsen.bsky.social

30 Oct 2023

If the idea was to suppress public exposure of criticism of the mayor, this seems to have backfired. www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5029...

Torm

@tormsen.bsky.social

29 Oct 2023

Punitive cosmism is a fun dystopic concept. www.vice.com/en/article/a...

Leonard Pierce@leonardpierce.bsky.social

The thing I love about this is the implication that the woke crowd is waiting for the technology to be developed that will allow them to bring dead people back to life in order to kill them again

Torm

@tormsen.bsky.social

29 Oct 2023

Errant RPG one shot idea: Using Call of Cthulhu to run a one shot based on a midnight goblin raid on a medieval village, really leaning into how the Stephen King progression of dread, terror, and horror.

Torm

@tormsen.bsky.social

26 Oct 2023

I made this quick and dirty Identities generator for Unknown Armies a few years back that stopped working, I managed to revive it. I'll likely tinker with it on and off. perchance.org/unknown-armi...

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