Author Archives: Josh

Drawing a New Map

I’m thinking of starting a series of one-off TTRPG days/night (maybe monthly? or monthly-ish), in person and/or online, where I run one adventure from a starter set for a game I’ve never run, for people who have never played tabletop role-playing games but have wanted to, people who have only played D&D and want to try something else, or anyone else who maybe doesn’t have the time and energy to commit to a regular campaign. I want to go a little outside my comfort zone (I don’t usually run one-off games) and have some friends join me there.

If this is something you’d be interested in, comment below or contact me through the usual channels.

Because it’s been asked, here are the games I’m looking at running: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Call of Cthulhu, Pendragon, Pathfinder Remaster, Starfinder 2nd edition, Star Trek Adventures, Dragonbane, and Blade Runner.

3-29-2025 | 2

Life Without Molly

I often dream about TV shows. Sometimes it’s surreal episodes of a favorite show. Sometimes it’s a mash-up of two or three favorite shows. Every once in a while, it’s an original show. Like my dream about Life Without Molly. (more…)

3-21-2025 | 2

Nerds in the Wild

Setting: Milton’s Cafe in downtown Lawrence, KS. Lunch time. I’m reading a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay book while eating scrambled eggs and turkey sausage.

WAITRESS: Is everything delicious?

ME: It’s great, thanks.

WAITRESS: Good! I’ll get you some more water and IS THAT A D&D BOOK?!

ME: Well, kind of. It’s actually the Warhammer RPG. It’s kind of a grubbier, funnier version of D&D fantasy.

WAITRESS: Oh! I’ve heard of it! This is what happens when nerds see game books out in the world.

WAITER, STANDING NEARBY: My younger brother introduced me to Warhammer 40K lore recently and I went down a deep rabbit hole watching videos on YouTube.

WAITRESS, TO WAITER: Have you seen the videos where people play D&D for 24 hours straight?

They walk away, talking about D&D actual play videos.

It’s wild how something that would have gotten me bullied when I was a teen now gets me in fun conversations with complete strangers.

(I originally posted this to Facebook in January, 2025.)

3-11-2025 |

My QPR part 2

I’ve been rewatching Twin Peaks (even when it’s floundering for direction in season two, it’s still great) and it got me thinking about high school sweethearts. I tried to think of anyone I dated in high school (there weren’t many) that I could imagine reconnecting with and dating now. And then I realized that I do have a high school sweetheart, someone I never lost touch with but have recently experienced a renewal of our old relationship. Except…it’s not a romantic relationship, and we like it that way. (more…)

3-07-2025 |

My QPR

Diving into ace-aro books, wikis, videos, and podcasts have really helped me better figure out my feelings for other people and my relationships with them, including new terms for things I’ve felt but didn’t have the language to describe and define very well.

Like queerplatonic relationships. (more…)

2-24-2025 |

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