Marx S—

@phophos.bsky.social

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he/him ttrpg designer/editor/project lead @FarHorizonsCoOp.bsky.social community manager obsessed with the pastoral trans rights matter 🏳️‍⚧️ pfp: @duamn.bsky.social https://marx-shepherd.carrd.co/

Far Horizons Co-Op logo, featuring red-blue haftones on something like a moon crossing a much larger round-ish body. the typeface for FAR HORIZONS is a washed-out seventies Californian style, with the CO-OP in a more monospace terminal style.
three joined hot dog rolls, but they've been sliced widthways instead of lengthways.
a box of fifteen eggs. thirteen are medium or large orange-beige eggs. two are teeny tiny brown eggs, about ten times smaller.
half of a brick surrounded by wooden formwork, within a concrete floor. to its left is a hearth and behind it is the skirting board, about 100mm away.
a clock whose numbers are annotated with the traditional Cumbrian livestock counting cardinals: yan, tyan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick, yanadick, tanadick.
the end of a wooden shelf. a decorative bookend with a tree pattern supports a row of books in front of four small resin ghosts: on either end, black and orange bottling, and in the middle, one red and white like blood on a wedding dress, and one of green veins on white like mouldering stone. the books in view are "Fiction in the Space Between" by Pidj Sorensen and "The Drover Roads of the Middle Marches" by Wayne Smith.
extract from Flip Flap Farm by Axel Scheffler, featuring an illustration of half a rabbit and half a goat called a "ROAT". a poem on the left says: My ears are long and silky-soft. My twitchy nose is sweet. My teeth are sharper than you'd think – they're useful when I eat! I'm very proud of my four hooves, below my nice white socks. I love to climb up mountain tracks, and jump among the rocks.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo, but it says "Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak"
a black and white photograph of Anthony Bourdain seated half-smiling at the camera, with a quote below, which has been jovially modified to read: "Once you've been [original text removed, replaced with "shopping for pc parts"], you'll never stop wanting to beat [original text removed, replaced with "Sam Altman"] to death with your bare hands."
Bluesky screenshot of a "like" notification. "Steve Jackson Games liked your post: for legal reasons this is parody"
Distracted Boyfriend Meme. A man in a cheque shirt, labelled "indie gamers", is visibly checking out the arse of a woman in a red dress, labelled "Over/Under". The man's girlfriend, a woman in a blue top and jeans and distinguished thus by virtue of holding his hand, is labelled "MUSH servers".
box for Chess & Draughts, featuring the text: "Set the pieces, get ready to play. Hold your nerve, don't give the game away."
big dog small dog meme Big hench dog: US military at the start of the conflict Small baby dog: US military three weeks in
add muted words and tags page of Bluesky, with "Oscars" typed in and the 24 hrs, Text & Tags options highlighted.
Cover of Durance by Jason Morningstar. Cover features two women surveillance a tent city.
Cover of The Clay That Woke by Paul Czege. Cover features a picture of a minotaur looking out over a body of water surrounded by verdant trees.
Cover of Filmmakers Without Cameras: The Trilogy, featuring a woman looking up at a large pile of books and cameras and games paraphernalia.
Cover of Hardnova II, a "space opera adventure", published by Politically Incorrect Games under the Genre Diversion label. The cover of this small format paperback is a spaceship flying over a red sun.
cover for a book titled "Buddy Oliver Let's Cook" which purports to contain fun, easy recipes for kids. there's a picture of the eponymous Buddy, a floppy-haired boy of about 11yo standing with his hands in his pockets and a slight smirk on his face as he stares slightly upwards into the middle distance.
chapter 11.3 of a textbook, "Dimensional homogeneity and its implications" Consider the relationship 3 eggs + 2 bananas = 4 Rolls-Royces This will immediately be rejected as nonsense.
photo of a pack of hot cross buns, described as "lightly spiced".
Three panel comic depicting a white man with red hair reading a book on a bed. The first panel shows the cover of the book, entitled "Neopets TTRPG." The second panel shows the man's finger following a sentence on an open page: "This work has not been paid for by John Taylor of Geekify." The third panel shows the man's face, looking confused.
Marx S― @phophos.bsky.social i have NEVER edited a book like the one i'm editing right now. it's a work of mad genius. i'm not sure where it's going, i'm just gripping on for dear life (and trying to improve clarity and promote authorial voice). Marjohn @marjohn.bsky.social Author Here You're editing before you finish reading? Typical! You may be weeding out foreshadowing or vital character arcs. Why don't you give a written work the Respect of reading it through 'as is' at least once? Then you'd know where you are going & possibly why. I've wasted so much $ on editors
bar chart, title "Dungeons & Dragons 5e - 100/100 overall", subtitle "Source: guy-smoking-a-blunt.jpeg" Ten categories, each with 10/10: system matters, trad/OSR, milquetoast nod to diversity, gross art, compatible with 5e, AI slop, promotes colonialism, full of bigotry, enrichens shareholders, ubiquitous.
(Screenshot from the Eternity TTRPG Blog Post) My Review - 61/100 Bar chart of scores: Uniqueness - 9 Ease of Learning - 8 Presentation - 5 Game Lore - 4 Combat - 6 Game Flow - 5 Artwork - 2 Ease of Purchase - 5 Purchase Price - 10 Game Fame - 7 Caption: Dungeon World is a great game for immersive storytelling. The hand mechanics are not amazing, but they do leave a lot of room for a more free-form sort of gaming experience.
Why this List was Created If you haven’t played a lot of tabletop RPGs, you’re not alone. Whereas you can pick up a video game RPG and play for a couple hours to see if you enjoy the game enough to continue, tabletop RPGs require an often much higher time investment to start. (Editorial Highlight) Some TTRPG rulebooks are 500+ pages, (end Highlight) which can feel intimidating. Even for experienced tabletop gamers. That’s why it’s also not uncommon for someone to find a single tabletop RPG they really like (such as Dungeons and Dragons) and simply stick with that. However, there is a wide world of tabletop RPGs available. Some are new, some old, but all of them with their own unique gaming experiences.
half an enormous pavlova topped with mango and pomegranate seeds.
Eidolon Playtest: 3 days 1 hour Whatcha Doing?: 2 days 22 hours Midnight Burger: 2 days 18 hours The Archers Omnibus: 2 days 17 hours Between Two Cairns: 2 days 10 hours Ludonarrative Dissidents: 2 days 5 hours Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production: 2 days 1 hour Rascal Radio Hour: 1 day 16 hours Black Armada Tales: 1 day 12 hours Game Mechanics: 1 day 7 hours Dice Exploder: 1 day 5 hours
Image of beloved children's television character Mona the Vampire, with blue flowery cloak, hair in five spiked plaits tied with coloured ribbons, and fangs.
"Don't make me tap the sign," says a bus driver from The Simpsons. underneath the sign in question reads: "america" (in quote marks) is two continents and several archipelagos.
Cover of Not Yet by Taylor Navarro and Poorna M. Features a purple orange swirly background and two gender-ambiguous people in the foreground who are almost holding hands.
back of a box for a normal, boring computer mouse. features some text translated from the Chinese: Model is extraordinary Create the power of omnipotence. It is creating the era of the king, let you release the heroic feelings. Comfortable anti-skid roller The roller had a non-slip texture design, and the grip is non-slip, and the scroll is sensitive, so that the victory is under control. Built-in weight module The inside of the mouse uses a metal weight to enhance the stability of the body and make your control more stable.
Building hoarding that reads, in alternating typefaces: A PLACE a building that FOR puts people first PEOPLE. Amusingly somebody has added graffiti under FOR reading "yuppies".
Batman and Robin slap meme. Robin is saying "but it's so cringe" whilst Batman, slipping his foolish sidekick, is declaring "cringe art is still art!"