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Eldritch, gonzo, science-fantasy, post-apocalypse, humor, sleaze, pop-culture, and grindhouse exploitation! It's gonna be a Cha'alt summer, y'all... Get your hardcover Cha'alt books now . Enjoy, VS
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Game Hole Con Discourages Whites
So, Gamehole Con isn't satisfied with draping the "progress" rainbow LGBTQIAP+ colors over their logo... They also would like to keep white people away from their fancy "POC Industry Member Dinner" at $1,500 a plate. I mean, what other conclusion can we draw? And how far are we going to let things go before critical wokeness and Marxist social justice colonizes and kills our hobby? Seeing what was coming down the pike is precisely why I created my own Madison, WI convention for old school, OSR, and traditional RPGs - VENGER CON III: Revenge of the OSR . Weekend badges available here. The time to fight back was a few years ago, but if you're ready to climb aboard the Nope train, we're glad to have you. In the meantime, help fund the counter-revolution with The Cha'alt Experience: Designing Worlds Like A Fucking Boss . The Kickstarter is doing extremely well - back it like your game depends on it! Thanks, and have a Merry Christma'as ...
Venger Is The Blade-Runner
I have risen! Big thanks going out to Neckbeardia for the Cha'alt: Fuchsia Malaise video , and this cool image you see before you on this fine China Town day. Not sure why I slipped into Big Trouble In Little China mode, but yeah... Thanks, VS p.s. If you haven't yet purchased your hardcover Cha'alt trilogy tomes, get them here! Also, this July in Madison, WI is the 2nd annual VENGER CON ... attendance is limited, so grab your ticket here!
Learn To Game Design
Learn to code? Nah. Learn to game design, instead! Hey YOU, I just launched my 23rd Kickstarter this morning. Game Master like a fucking God! Here's the link, hoss. Thanks and share it, VS
How's That Unity Coming Along?
Every administration, ushered in by the President, has a word or phrase that exemplifies their agenda. Obama had Hope. Trump had MAGA. Biden's was Unity. Little did we know that when "unity" tumbled out of his geriatric mouth like a half-eaten meatball, it meant something else. Biden's idea of unity is everyone doing what their told. It's going to be another loooooong two years. Hang on to your hat... you may need to eat it. Hey, better than the bugs, right? Have a great weekend, VS
Misty Mountain Games
Has the Madison, WI game store gone from virtue signaling to grooming children into alternative gender, sex, and lifestyle choices? We'll let you be the judge... Here's the Facebook link. Reject modernity; embrace tradition with VENGER CON this July - also in Madison, WI. Convention details and tickets available here! Enjoy, VS
The Real Matrix 4
__________ Hey, if you haven't already, check out Cha'alt: Chartreuse Shadows and grab your ticket to this July's Madison, WI VENGER CON ... exclusively old-school, OSR, and traditional RPGs. Thanks for your continued support, hoss! VS
Tears Over Spilled Coffee
Based on what I read from the publisher's blurb ... You work at a coffeeshop near the campus of a magical university, trying to get customers' drink orders right and deal with other matters, like monsters hidden in the newsstand. Yeah... I don't think I need to give any commentary on this. It speaks for itself. VS
D&D 6e
It's tough to keep up with all the proposed changes for 6th edition Dungeons & Dragons. Luckily, we've got someone working the street-corner. He knows all the angles and how to make the boys come to the yard. With any luck, 6e will be the gayest D&D yet, with equity, diversity, and inclusion for all... except straight white males - fuck those nazis! Without further ado... 6e will have an all-new spell list including Bigby's Compelled Fist of Solidarity. The critical alignment system will be composed of Oppressor and Oppressed. 6e D&D will be removing rations from the game and replacing them with bread lines (and everyone will have to openly acknowledge that bread lines are a good thing). The only contested rolls will be whether you can convey joy to the state while starving. 6e will be changing the name of the fighter class to "antifi", which means anti-fighter... despite actually being a fighter. AC bonus if your cause is morally correct. Low ...
You ARE Your Fucking Khakis
Hi, My character is named Weenu. Don't ask me about my class or alignment - it's none of your business. We all have skills. We are all valued members of the adventuring party community. Morality is relative, everything is basically equal... cats and dogs should be able to legally get married and being a MAP (minor attracted person) is probably even better for environmental justice than heteronormative sexuality because systemic racism, queerbaiting, feminism, the patriarchy, cops, Kyle Rittenhouse, and climate change. Weenu identifies as sword-wielding and mandolin strumming, loves chocolate, but most importantly wears khakis. Their khakis is an important part of the character concept. In fact, it's the main driving force behind their entire personality... just like me. Assuming that I'm a bard is both transphobic and racist, and don't assume gender or sexual preference - flutter-shy pixie/orc fluid hemaphrodite and humiliated...
Players Don't Need Agency, But Lizard People Do
You know what roleplaying games need? More bureaucratic authority! Player agency is too important to be left in the hands of players. Instead, RPG experts like scientists, doctors, healthcare administrators, teachers, school boards, reptoids, and members of Congress should make all character decisions for you. As the Dungeon Master for our group, I have an open chatbox to several governmental agencies in case the fighter wants to attempt diplomacy or the bard peruses the wizard's library for clues. Especially, when such actions fly in the face of my delicately crafted narrative! If players overstep their authority by deciding what their own characters do, that's just going to ruin the game. Who knows what's best? Some random dude sitting at my table, trying to immerse himself in an elf-game... or shadowy, unaccountable deep-state operatives who I just messaged a few minutes ago? I think you already know the answer....
OSR Rebranding
Serious question for everyone out there who plays RPGs (if you're merely a fan of streams like Critical Role without actually roleplaying yourself, there's the door)... Should we rebrand the OSR into Let's Go Brandon? ___________________________ Venger As'Nas Satanis Editor-in-Chief of Your Dungeon Is Racist ___________________________