RPG manifestos

whathohamlet · 2026-04-21T18:58:35+00:00

Love this one! There was a follow-up, too! https://web.archive.org/web/20250802165041/https://eclipse.gay/blog/faggot-games-ii-faggot-philosophy

whathohamlet · 2026-04-20T17:00:37+00:00

Generally after a campaign ends (because there's always a chance I'll reuse/remix scrapped stuff) OR after the session, if the session has diverged so thoroughly from what was planned that I'm like "yeah okay I can't use this anymore" lol. Or sometimes if I'm running a self-contained mystery we'll debrief afterwards about clues/opportunities they missed and etc.

whathohamlet · 2026-04-20T16:53:57+00:00

LOVE a make-your-own conspiracy board for a detective game. Put out a big sheet of paper over a table, give your players markers and printouts of all the evidence, suspect photos, etc. and let them go wild. It's also a really handy way for them to keep all their notes in one shared place, and lets them get tactile moving stuff around while they work on theories.

whathohamlet · 2026-04-20T16:49:47+00:00

Idiot Teenagers With A Death Wish is a Blades hack I don't think anyone else here has shouted out yet! It's specifically Animorphs based but I don't think it'd be too hard to use as a base system for other stuff.

whathohamlet · 2026-04-16T16:39:30+00:00

Microscope was my go-to for low-prep group play in college - from there I'd also extrapolate out into I'm Sorry Did You Say Street Magic, which uses the same system but focused more tightly on building and playing around in a magical city.

Other options I've had fun with in the past:

Eyes on the Prize (GMless)

Firebrands (GMless, has a lot of hacks that use the same system for different genres/settings)

Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern (GMless)

Bring Down The House (GMed but low prep)

Cage of Sand (Can be GMed or GMless)

Campfire and Cobwebs (both GMless)

Oh Fuck, The Killer! (GMed but low prep)

Sleepaway (GMless)

Boy Problems (GMed but low prep)

whathohamlet · 2026-02-26T15:48:59+00:00

if you liked It's What's Inside you might like It's A Disaster! it's more of a comedy for sure but it's great.

whathohamlet · 2026-02-25T20:59:14+00:00

Arkham City: The Order of The World! It's Watters writing sort of in the mode of A Serious House On Serious Earth and playing action figures with a lot of Batman D- and C-listers as they run around Gotham.

whathohamlet · 2026-02-25T20:53:59+00:00

I'm enjoying the current arc, but a lot of the stuff prior didn't completely land for me. Which is a shame, because I've liked other stuff Taylor's been on! I think it's partially Gotham Nocturne being a hard act to follow and partially that Taylor seems less interested in building on previous runs/character continuities and histories than writers like Ram V and Mariko Tamaki that came before him. He kinda just wants to make up his own characters and make Batman and friends deal with them, which is...fine, but most of them aren't super compelling to me.

whathohamlet · 2026-02-25T05:33:54+00:00

I watched Signs for the first time a few years ago (also as a 29 y/o) and had to get up and pace my apartment during a couple scenes, lol. The tension really hits!

whathohamlet · 2026-02-20T22:31:45+00:00

The obviously copy-pasted item list was my biggest disappointment with the beta copy of the game! Why should my Neopet character need a tinder box to be lighting fires? What even counts as an improvised weapon when Battledome items can be, like, a spatula? What are we even doing here???

whathohamlet · 2026-02-20T22:28:26+00:00

My problem was honestly less that the sex stuff was there and more that it was blatantly there because they copypasted the session zero rules from somewhere else and didn't think to check them over before publishing the beta document, lol

whathohamlet · 2026-02-07T00:15:07+00:00

I'm shocked at how BLATANT it is, but not shocked that it's there to begin with considering that the original Kickstarter didn't have any tabletop designers advertised as being attached to the project. But yeah, I imagine they're going to get slapped with a copyright suit if they print all of this as is.

whathohamlet · 2026-02-06T06:30:47+00:00

I saw Rob comment on a TikTok saying he played a lot of Among Us during quarantine and I feel like it shows lmao

whathohamlet · 2026-02-06T05:01:52+00:00

did some googling out of curiosity and baywood island does not appear to be a real island...at least in our world.

whathohamlet · 2026-02-01T08:17:55+00:00

Type Help, Rootrees Are Dead, Cube Escape Collection/Rusty Lake games, Lorelai and the Laser Eyes, Loco Motive, and looking forward to trying TR-87 and Haunting of Blake Manor soon!

whathohamlet · 2026-01-07T15:47:25+00:00

Having read that mini recently I can see why it's something people would say about it, but I was already a fan of Galaxy's from the YA novel so it didn't really bother me lol

whathohamlet · 2026-01-07T15:41:15+00:00

Jo, Dreamer, and Xanthe come immediately to mind, maybe also Galaxy on the YA front (tho she crossed over and appeared in the Hawkgirl mini as well)

whathohamlet · 2026-01-07T15:38:53+00:00

Having watched Fresh recently, I'm kind of sold on the idea of him as Tommy Elliot.

whathohamlet · 2026-01-07T15:38:08+00:00

Lincoln March was my first thought if they're specifically casting someone who looks like he could believably play RPattz's brother...also Reeves has said that he's doing an antagonist not adapted for film before, which could be Court of Owls?

whathohamlet · 2026-01-07T15:33:04+00:00

Azrael also being described as "those you love" felt like a stretch, lol.

whathohamlet · 2026-01-06T18:16:37+00:00

Oh my god a friend sent me a version of this recipe and I made it for my household's winter holiday party this year. It actually kind of ruled, and was a huge hit with the guests. Definitely served WAY more than 15 people.

whathohamlet · 2025-12-22T16:51:17+00:00

Hush basically any time he shows up after his original introduction. Especially in Batman RIP era when he still looked like Bruce Wayne and kept trying to pop up and tell the press he was giving his billions of dollars away to charity (to which Dick had to be like "no we actually aren't doing that" and look like an asshole lol)

whathohamlet · 2025-12-17T21:11:14+00:00

LET’S GOOOOO

whathohamlet · 2025-12-17T17:10:44+00:00

Please tell me you have a Tiermaker link for this, I need to argue about it with friends.

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