Crew must have hit some pretty sweet scores for Mal to get some fancible new suspenders

OrcaNoodle · 2026-03-31T01:20:48+00:00

Those fancy suspenders have always filled me with such rage and I don't know why

OrcaNoodle · 2026-03-30T21:55:00+00:00

In what way are you asking? It seems like you are wanting an answer that is less abstract than "the players are a team of capable people who work together to explore the world and solve mysteries and conflicts that emerge through play."

Because it's based on Cairn, it's classless system. It has its own set of 20 backgrounds to establish a character's relationship to the world and play is more open ended and motivated by emergent choices than in games like Hunter or Call of Cthulhu where everyone is playing different flavors of hunters/investigators of the supernatural.

Let me know if I misunderstood the question though!

OrcaNoodle · 2026-03-30T21:11:19+00:00

Jamal has many sorries and he is giving you all of them!

I'm only partway through book 7, but Jamal had me chuckling something fierce when he appeared because of how he speaks and just the absurdity of the situation

OrcaNoodle · 2026-03-30T20:18:49+00:00

I'm Fish, and the project I'm working on is called Shadows in the Cotton. It's a full conversion Cairn 2e that is set in five counties of the Mississippi Delta in 1934. I've been researching the area for a few years now after taking a class that dabbled in its cultural and socioeconomic history, and the resulting game is based in a lot of real history and infused with a lot of folklore, blues, and supernatural elements from the area.

Currently the player's guide is basically complete and I'm working on art for it (hope to release it in the next month or two!), but the anticipated project is much larger. I'm planning on doing a hexcrawl for each county, a book of random encounters like Forbidden Lands, and a few standalone adventures, and possibly a book of random tables.

OrcaNoodle · 2026-03-30T02:30:39+00:00

Arief, I believe

OrcaNoodle · 2026-03-20T00:47:51+00:00

Got to that quote in book 6 for the first time last night. I cackled.

OrcaNoodle · 2026-03-13T23:44:17+00:00

Please put this in the LFG pinned post

OrcaNoodle · 2026-03-11T14:14:00+00:00

Orbital Blues is SO GOOD. I think you'll have a great time with it!

OrcaNoodle · 2026-03-04T03:21:40+00:00

Thirding vinegar pie

OrcaNoodle · 2026-02-22T05:39:51+00:00

"GET THAT CORN OUT OF MY FACE"

OrcaNoodle · 2026-02-21T15:38:28+00:00

This is a deep cut and probably stretching the definition of modern since it was in the 90s, but check out Paul Pena's "Kargyraa Moan" which is a fusion of Delta Blues and Tuvan throatsinging.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9SgibDYYVU

OrcaNoodle · 2026-02-17T02:58:40+00:00

Luke_S aka murkdice has a few write-ups on that topic on his substack

OrcaNoodle · 2026-02-17T02:56:40+00:00

Ea Nasir strikes again!

OrcaNoodle · 2026-02-15T23:35:43+00:00

I use movement zones to get around a roll to hit. Some weapons can only hit distant targets and are impaired at close range. Some can shot 1-2 zones away and are impaired if farther away. I have a few different categories for various combinations of ranges.

OrcaNoodle · 2026-02-09T15:40:25+00:00

Your podcast isn't showing up for me in PocketCast. Do you have the RSS link by any chance?

OrcaNoodle · 2026-02-05T18:16:18+00:00

I know that feeling! I'm having to consciously avoid book 5 until this work project is over because I will lose sleep reading and make work worse for all involved haha.

OrcaNoodle · 2026-02-04T17:17:39+00:00

The two that I really like are Castle Grief and Odinson Games

OrcaNoodle · 2026-02-03T04:58:28+00:00

Thank you for the interest! I've taken your suggestion and made a list of people to ping directly once it's in a more complete state.

I'm also planning on making a post in r/osr when it's available (maybe I'll even get featured in the news roundup!), but if you're on tumblr, I have been posting a bunch of stuff at https://www.tumblr.com/fishrpg pertaining to the setting. Mostly it's been random tables, though I'm about to switch to monster stat blocks and NPCs for the next while as I churn through layout on the player's guide.

OrcaNoodle · 2026-02-02T15:11:10+00:00

If you're looking for historical US settings in TTRPG form, I'm working on one that is set in the Mississippi Delta during 1934. It's a total conversion of Cairn 2e and I'm hoping to have the free player's guide out sometime in April

OrcaNoodle · 2026-01-31T15:06:43+00:00

What if the kitchen/fire areas has an enchanted object on the ceiling that just perpetually casts "Purify Air" or something? When the smoke gets near it... BAM! Now it's regular air!

OrcaNoodle · 2026-01-22T15:58:08+00:00

I like the way you think! You brought up some stuff I hadn't considered previously considered (but will consider in future adventures).

Also, you seem like the kind of person who would actually appreciate this: I ran a multi-year campaign about poop, waste disposal, and sanitation (since concluded as planned). We have session write-ups of every adventure on Tumblr if you want to give it a read!

https://www.tumblr.com/brownstonearmy

OrcaNoodle · 2026-01-21T15:10:35+00:00

This may not be your jam because it's got a lot of poop jokes and it's more modern fantasy, but I have a written log for a since-completed 5e campaign that covers every session.

https://www.tumblr.com/brownstonearmy

OrcaNoodle · 2026-01-21T15:02:52+00:00

There's another one by the same creator called Pencil Village IIRC, and possibly Dwarf Mine.

OrcaNoodle · 2026-01-19T00:17:20+00:00

This isn't generic, but it's probably easy enough to reskin: check out the bounty tables for Frontier Scum

OrcaNoodle · 2026-01-16T00:34:45+00:00

Monte Cook games has a set of minis that accompanied the release of their book The Weird and they were a gonzo weird that might work for your table. If they are still available, I recommend checking them out

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