Today, inspired by a loved-one who did it first, I'm sending a thank you note to Josh Shapiro, the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, to thank him and his team for the 1000+ page report listing 300 predator priests in Pennsylvania and detailing decades of illegal coverups and lies. This report changed my life; it was a step toward justice, validating the reality of so many people, not just in Pennsylvania. I'm sharing this thank you idea with you all, because it didn't even occur to me to write a thank you note until someone else showed me hers. Maybe you're like me. If so, you too could send a grateful red monster to the Attorney General of PA.

Have you seen "I'm Gay," Eugene Lee Yang's music video/dance performance, dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ community? It is stunning.

Trigger warning: it contains representations of violence toward the LGBTQIA+ community.

I’m running a little behind, I know.  I should have shown you Elliot’s Sweater last week, and then yesterday we could have talked about Easter (what a weird one, eh?) and then today I should be showing you some spinning … Continue reading →

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Tonight on TypeCastRPG we’ll be attempting something new. We’re going to work some game mechanics from the LEVERAGE role-playing game into our D&D 5e session to role-play a heist.

Our Goal: to free a comatose giant (one of the gods of Vaeron) from the clutches of the people who are about to purchase him at auction, and then mine his body for magical materials.

Our Resources: A couple of allies, a paltry assortment of level-appropriate magical gear, and an artifact that lets us speak to the gods…

Our Team: five 7th-level characters.
In Leverage-speak, they are:

• HITTER (the Paladin)
• HACKER (the Necromancer)
• GRIFTER (the Cleric/Bard)
• THIEF (the Rogue)
  and of course…
• MASTERMIND (the Druid, wearing a tiara that gives her an INT score of 19)

(If we can live up to this image, it will be epic)

Join us tonight at 9pm Mountain!
Hopefully I’ll have enough brain-cycles to role-play some proper grifting AND to crank out some fun session art.

I mentioned on Confessions that I’ve been cooking away on recipes for my next cookbook.     It won’t be out until NEXT October.     It feels great to start ahead of time! This is a new concept for me.     I’m a little afraid it will be like the few time I […]

As I have been documenting on Confessions, I have a new “Staying Home” episode airing on Food Network tomorrow, and I think you’re going to love the recipes! These will be featured on the show Saturday morning, and the recipes will be available on Food Network’s website! These were a lot of fun to make […]

More Doctor Who fans than ever can now step inside a VR version of the TARDIS as the BBC’s hit virtual reality experience Doctor Who: The Runaway comes to the Doctor Who YouTube channel and launches internationally.

During our FnordCon 2 virtual panels, fans of The Fantasy Trip were given a tutorial of a fan project, approved by Steve himself, that really blew us away. Jim Eisert has created a Melee mod for Tabletop Simulator on Steam that is functional and looks great. Not only that, he has made a full multi-part tutorial-video series explaining how to use the platform. This is not only a good demonstration of how to use his mod on Tabletop Simulator, it's also a detailed demo of how to play the game itself. He teaches everything – character creation, movement, hand-to-hand combat, shooting, magic – and provides full battle examples. You can find the entire playlist on Jim's YouTube channel, but he has individual videos for: 

• Tutorial 1: Characters
• Tutorial 2: Movement and Initiative
• Tutorial 3: Engagement
• Tutorial 4: Adjusted DX
• Tutorial 5: Close Combat
• Tutorial 6: Hand-to-Hand
• Tutorial 7: Ranged Combat
• Tutorial 8: Casting Spells
• Tutorial 9: Creation Spells
• Full Battle Part 1
• Full Battle Part 2
• All at Once Melee Demo

Jim is very active in the TFT community, so we expect support to be robust for this already excellent mod. Whether you're just starting out or a veteran TFT player looking to get a game going during the quarantine, check out Jim's videos and give this a shot! (And remember, Melee is now a FREE download on W23 and DTRPG.)

– Hunter Shelburne

Warehouse 23 News: You Versus The Universe

They don't want you to peek behind the curtain of reality . . . and for your sanity's sake, they may have a point. GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier is a campaign that pits the heroes against unimaginable forces that would bend reality back toward Earth's true origins – so the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. The battle begins with a download from Warehouse 23!

If you enjoy wargames that use six-sided dice, our Army Men D6 Dice Set brings you a dozen dice decorated with stars instead of pips on the 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 sides. The "1" facing on each die features an image of a plastic toy army man, with a total of six different designs packed into the set . . . one each in two different colors.

Need even more dice? They're ready to report for duty. The Army Men D6 Dice Platoon is loaded with 36 dice – perfect for your next Axis & Allies game.

BONUS: Now you can download the free rules for a two-player game using these dice!

– Phil Reed

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Warehouse 23 News: Keep Watching The Skies!

The truth is revealed; UFOs are real! And they may have plans! GURPS Monster Hunters 5: Applied Xenology is your guide to bringing a new threat to GURPS Monster Hunters heroes: the terrors of science! Fight aliens, unleash technomagic, become a different kind of champion, and more. Danger is just a download away from Warehouse 23!

They were cast by Ral Partha in the mid- to late 70s – one has 1976 on the bottom. They are part of a batch of 15 that I painted up as my go-to bad guys for the early days of The Fantasy Trip. I probably got them at King's Hobbies, a north Austin store that is still in business! Left to right, the first three are different poses from the same army: a bowman, an axeman, and a swordsman. There also exists a spearman – maybe he is still in the box that came back from Gen Con. Returning to the photo, we have two oddballs with the same physique as the orcs: a caveman with a spear, and a skull-head zombie with a club.

I really like these little orcs. Their flat faces give them a stoic, relentless expression that's enhanced by the spike-helm with nasal. They were slain many times during the development of Melee and Wizard, but they were always game for one more try.

They were small figures when they were made. By modern standards, they're tiny. But I still love them very much; if we ever did a minis line, I'd think seriously about giving one orc clan this sort of face and gear, as an homage to the great stuff that was coming out of Ral Partha forty years ago.

If you have some of these guys that you don't want, or if you know more about their history (like, were there more than three of the orc army poses?), please let me know at sj@sjgames.com.



– Steve Jackson

Warehouse 23 News: Oops.

Someone pushed the Big Red Button, and everything went "boom." Hey, it happens; it's not the end of the world. Oh, wait; it is. So what comes next? GURPS After the End 1: Wastelanders is a quick-play GURPS guide to making post-apocalyptic heroes, ready to forge a new path in the world after tomorrow. Don't delay; download it today from Warehouse 23!

The Illuminati is, by design, a large interwoven web of power and influence, hidden in the shadows. Unfortunately during a pandemic, even they need to keep their web at arm's length, so what's a shadow leader to do? How about playing solo? Events Coordinator Alex Yeager has developed a beta set of solo rules to be played with Illuminati. You can check out the background and development notes in our recent Medium article. 

Play it, and give us some feedback! We are interested in improving it, and since this is a brand new way to play a game that's been around for decades, there's a lot to test. So check those rules out, give 'em a play, and see if you can fight the forces working behind the scenes against your own!

– Hunter

Warehouse 23 News: Get Dressed For Battle!

When the gear hits your eye with kits ready to buy, that's armory! Unlock the full power of GURPS Low-Tech and GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor by grabbing the historical garb you really want, quickly and easily. GURPS Loadouts: Low-Tech Armor has you covered, with 40 different ready-to-use armor loadouts from across history, including new pieces and optional rules. It's a download away from Warehouse 23!

Munchkin Dragons, of course!

For your hoarding pleasure, we have the Munchkin Dragons and Munchkin Dragon's Trike mini-expansions at Warehouse 23. These two add-ons bring the might and fury of draconic foes to any Munchkin game, for a price even the most miserly wyrm would be happy to pay. Pick them up and add some fire to your next Munchkin session!

– Andrew Hackard

Warehouse 23 News: Secret, Secret!

What should you do if you have too many dice? (Well, that's silly, because you can NEVER have too many dice!) But what you COULD do is pick up this dice bag! This striking (and roomy) Illuminati-themed dice bag will help you keep all those treasures right at your fingertips. Order Dice Bag: Illuminati now on Warehouse 23!

After you've played through Death Test and Death Test 2 (available in this boxed set), you'll probably want more. Maybe you would like to take a stab at creating a pgorgrammed adventure for The Fantasy Trip or GURPS? This 1987 article by Steve will teach you how. And here's a great PDF release from Flying Buffalo. Created for Tunnels & Trolls, How to Write a Solo Adventure collects Flying Buffalo's various guidelines (many written back in the '80s, including a large section by Mike Stackpole).

We also direct your attention to our own writing guidelines, of course!

Fans of The Fantasy Trip want more solo adventures, so if you have a spectacular project going, we'll be happy to chat with you about it. You will need a copy of the Legacy Edition set if you plan to write for The Fantasy Trip. You will also want a copy of the Adventures hardcover if you're writing adventures, so you can see examples of what we're looking for when it comes to GM-led scenarios.

– Phil Reed

Warehouse 23 News: Snowflake Dice!

These glittery dice are a beautiful translucent blue with the numbers etched in the center of a delicate snowflake. A unique gift, a perfect stocking–stuffer, or an excellent addition to your own collection! Order Snowflake d6 Dice Set now on Warehouse 23!

We've been wanting to produce sets of dice for a long time, so last year we finally took the plunge and shipped several different dice packs to distributors and retailers. For those who missed out on them, here's a complete list of our 2019 dice that saw a wide release last year. This does not include limited-run dice that were only made available direct; please see Warehouse 23 for a complete list of dice we have in-hand right now.

• Army Men d6 Dice Set
• Aw, Craps
• Bullet Dice
• Cthulhu d6 Dice Set
• Halloween d6 Dice Set
• Illuminati d6 Dice Set

These Patreons are as diverse as their creators – typically, they share art, blogs, and what-have-you with their supporters. Usually there are freebies . . . but that's not the big reason to join a Patreon. If there's someone here whose work you especially like, support them! It will give them more time to work on their own projects, and more freedom to take on the outside projects they like.

Because I'd really like you to visit ALL these folks, I'll cut the list off after Munchkin today, and follow up soon with a Patreon article for the TFT and Car Wars fans.

Munchkin, Mostly

Art Baltazar, who illustrated the Super Munchkin Guest Artist Edition – Sketchbooks, ideas, mini-prints. https://www.patreon.com/artbaltazar

Katie Cook, who has done several Munchkin supplements, Deadly Doodles, the Munchkin CCG, dice, and more – From blog access to a new original watercolor every month, all yours! Or, at the level in the middle, you can buy her a bottle of Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc. https://www.patreon.com/katiecook

Lar DeSouza (Scarf-N-Barf, lots of Munchkin) does not have a Patreon, but he does commissions. Your favorite character? You? Your dog? Tweet to him @lartist.

Phil Foglio did the Girl Genius Munchkin set, and various other things. The Studio Foglio Patreon supports their ongoing graphic novel series: https://www.patreon.com/girlgenius

Greg Hyland has been working with us for years: Munchkin Zombies GAE, Munchkin Fu, Chez Geek Spring Break, Ninja Burger . . . His patrons get early access, blogging, and more. https://www.patreon.com/frogcrisis

Mike Luckas illustrated the Munchkin Legends GAE, and worked on the Munchkin CCG – on his Patreon you can get early access, vote on characters for future artwork, and see works in progress. https://www.patreon.com/stupiddeadskullhead 

John Kovalic has been with us since INWO and "Murphy's Rules" in Pyramid. He also has a gaming comic, Dork Tower.  John illustrated the original Munchkin and many, many other Munchkin releases. His patrons can get access to a LOT of blog posts, as well as works in progress, and discounts at his online store – https://www.patreon.com/Kovalic

Len Peralta, of Geek a Week, drew the Star Munchkin GAE, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and the Munchkin Apocalypse GAE. His Patreon goal is to do videos about his speed-painting techniques. Of course you get goodies too – https://www.patreon.com/len

Tom Siddel, creator of Gunnerkrigg Court, illustrated the Munchkin Booty GAE and parts of the Munchkin CCG. His Patreon lets him continue as a full-time comic artist and surprise his patrons with Stuff. https://www.patreon.com/gunnerkrigg 

Howard Tayler, creator of Schlock Mercenary, who illustrated Munchkin Starfinder and its supplements. His Patreon offers behind-the-scenes peeks at his process; at higher levels, you can also get ad-free and retina-resolution versions of the strip. https://www.patreon.com/SchlockMercenary

Shane White did the Munchkin Pathfinder GAE and worked on the Munchkin CCG – his supporters get blog articles on "storytelling, creativity, comics, art & more," with more material at higher levels. https://www.patreon.com/shanepatrickwhite

– Steve Jackson

Warehouse 23 News: Do The Robot!

We released the Kitten d6 Dice Set and Dungeon Survival Pack: Kitten Adventurers earlier this year, and both have been strong sellers during these early months of 2020. 

But we know that some of you can never have enough kitties, and it is for you cat lovers that we created the Kitten d6 Litter, which comes with 36 dice featuring paw prints and the adorable kitty artwork of Katie Cook!

Better still, you'll notice that some of the dice in this large bag are different colors from those found in the Kitten d6 Dice Set and the Dungeon Survival Pack: Kitten Adventurers, meaning that your selection of cat dice grows dramatically as soon as you add this set to your collection.

Order the Kitten d6 Litter today from Warehouse 23. If you're a retailer and would like to carry this pack of dice in your store, please email us to ask for information about a direct-sales account. Our team will be happy to get you set up so you can get this and several other direct-sales exclusives for your store.

– Phil Reed

Warehouse 23 News: I Want It All!

Who doesn't? Now you can get everything that came with our first The Fantasy Trip Kickstarter in 2018. The I Want it All Box lives up to its name: Old-school roleplaying at its dungeon-crawling finest. The Fantasy Trip is easy to learn and fast to play – but it's been out of print for almost 40 years. Now it's back! Order The Fantasy Trip: I Want It All Box now on Warehouse 23!

Here’s a thing I keep noticing, and it drives me nuts. In Italy, a ship captain is arrested for bringing immigrants to shore after rescuing from them near death at sea: The number of migrants reaching Italy’s shores has drastically diminished – just 2,800 so far this year – and the country is now led… Continue reading They Say There’s No Room for Immigrants While Desperate Rural Towns Lie Empty All Across the Western World

Over the years I’ve seen some writers who took the full time plunge express strong imposter syndrome and a sense of shame when going back to a day job. Sometimes it kills their desire to write because they feel like a failure. I don’t think biographies of writers emphasize how many famous writers had day… Continue reading You’re Not an Imposter if You Have a Dayjob and Write

This is too honest by far, and I wonder if it is perhaps unhelpful for me to talk openly about. Vulnerable is hard. But, I would have loved to have read this years ago, so let’s do this: I want to talk about how much I write, and my current experiment of writing 500 words… Continue reading How Much Should You Write Every Day?

As multiple states have moved to further restrict access to abortions during the pandemic, a powerful new dramatic film follows a 17-year-old girl as she travels from her small town in Pennsylvania to New York City to get an abortion without having to notify her parents. "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" director and writer Eliza Hittman joins us to discuss the making of the film, which is being distributed online while cinemas remain closed in most states due to the pandemic.

President Trump calls the U.S. Postal Service "a joke," and as millions face orders to stay home, his attacks on the agency could also threaten efforts to vote by mail, a method Trump has called "a terrible thing." "We're talking now about basic access to the ballot box," says American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein, who notes "the Post Office is the most trusted federal agency."

Trump Touts "Very, Very Strong" U.S. Coronavirus Death Totals as States Begin Reopening , Trump Claims Pandemic Began in Chinese Laboratory, Offers No Evidence , Trump Blames Obama for Shortage of Tests for Virus That Emerged in 2019, Maryland National Guard Defends Coronavirus Tests from Feds in "Undisclosed Location", Texas Won't Name Nursing Homes with COVID-19 Cases; California Closes Beaches in OC, Michael Bloomberg to Lead New York Contact Tracing Program as NYC Subway Ends 24/7 Service , Medical Professionals Stage Die-in Outside SF Mayor's Home Demanding Hotels for the Unhoused, Armed Protesters Storm Michigan State Capitol Demanding End to Stay-at-Home Orders , Puerto Rican Activist Freed from Jail After Dozens Hold Car Rally Demanding COVID-19 Relief, Report Finds 12.7 Million U.S. Workers Have Lost Employer-Based Insurance in 2020 , Amazon Workers Join May Day Strikes Demanding Safe Workplaces , Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump's Attempts to Block Funding for Sanctuary Cities, Immigrants in Adelanto ICE Jail Continue Hunger Strike Demanding Release During Pandemic, Vietnam Declares Coronavirus Outbreak Contained After Quick Response, Mass Testing , U.S. Indicts Honduran Former National Police Chief on Cocaine Trafficking Charges , Joe Biden Denies Sexually Assaulting Tara Reade in First Interview Addressing Accusations, Record 8% Drop in Global Carbon Emissions Predicted Due to COVID-19 Restrictions , Renowned Mexican Protest Singer Óscar Chávez Dies of COVID-19

This May Day, an unprecedented coalition of essential workers from Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, Walmart, Target and FedEx are calling out sick or walking out during their lunch break to demand better health and safety conditions, along with hazard pay. Others are joining them for May Day actions that include rent strikes, car caravan protests and online organizing calling for a "People's Bailout" and economic recovery plan that prioritizes workers. We speak with Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, which issued a call for a people's strike starting May 1. "The corporations and the government are willing to sacrifice tens of thousands of us," Akuno says. "We have to put people before profits."

U.S. Makes Up a Third of Known Cases as Trump Revises Predicted Death Toll, NYC Nursing Home Reports Nearly 100 Deaths Linked to COVID-19, Trump Admin Continues Attack on China, Insists COVID-19 Developed in Wuhan Lab, White House Blocks Anthony Fauci from Testifying to House, Senators Return to Work in Coronavirus Hot Spot Washington, D.C., SCOTUS to Hear Cases by Phone, Arguments Will Be Open to Public, NYPD Violently Attack Two Black Men During Social Distancing Enforcement, Guards Sue ICE Jail for Failing to Protect Workers, Georgia Restaurants Refuse to Reopen After Gov. Kemp Lifts Lockdown, Spain, Italy Ease Coronavirus Restrictions , Children in Afghanistan Facing Severe Hunger Risk Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, India Extends Lockdown, Introduces Tracking App to Trace Coronavirus, Pakistan Medical Workers Score Win as Gov't Says It Will Ensure PPE, U.N. Calls for Countries to Accept Rohingya Refugees as They Flee Burma by Boat, South African Nurses Call on Gov't to Deliver PPE, May Day Protests Call for Housing Protections, Workers' Rights and Immigrant Rights Amid Pandemic, Unhoused Activists Take Over San Francisco Vacant Home in May Day Protest, North and South Korea Exchange Gunfire 2 Days After Kim Jong-un Makes Public Appearance, "They Deserve More Than Thoughts and Prayers": Canada Bans Assault Weapons After Nova Scotia Massacre, Venezuela Says It Foiled Coup Attempt by "Mercenary Terrorists", 100+ Killed, Thousands Displaced in Kenya from Massive Flooding, Valentina Blackhorse, Pageant Winner and Prominent Navajo Nation Figure, Dies of COVID-19, Kent State Marks 50 Years Since National Guard Shot and Killed 4 Students

At least 20 workers at meat processing plants have died from COVID-19, and around 5,000 have tested positive, but President Trump invoked an executive order to bar local governments from closing meat plants. We hear from meat plant workers and organizers about conditions during the pandemic and speak with Sindy Benavides, CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens, which is supporting the workers with a virtual town hall on food worker safety with presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and calling for Meatless May Mondays.

Dire Forecasts Warn U.S. Death Toll Could Surge in Coming Weeks as States Move to Relax Restrictions, China Rebukes Trump Admin Claim That Coronavirus Was Man-Made, Report Says Brooklyn Jail Destroying Medical Records to Hide Toll of COVID-19, J. Crew Files for Bankruptcy, Betsy DeVos Sued for Garnishing Wages of Student Loan Holders During Pandemic, EU, World Leaders Pledge Billions to Fund Coronavirus Vaccine; U.S. Sits Out, Questions Raised After 3 Doctors in Russia Fall from Hospital Windows, U.K. May Have Second-Highest Coronavirus Death Toll; France Identifies COVID-19 Case from December, Venezuela Detains Ex-U.S. Special Forces After Failed Coup, Report: Colombia Spied and Collected Data on Journalists, Union Leaders, Politicians, Sudan Outlaws Female Genital Mutilation, Senate Rejects Request to Search Records for Tara Reade Complaints Against Joe Biden, Amazon VP Quits over Retaliatory Firings of Protesting Workers, King County, WA, Apologizes, Reaches Settlement for 2017 Police Killing of Black Teen, José Soler, Puerto Rican Independence Activist and Labor Journalist, Dies at 75, 2020 Pulitzer Prizes Recognize Work on Immigration, Sex Crimes, Labor and Slavery

White House to Wind Down Coronavirus Task Force Even as U.S. Cases Surge, Trump Meets Tribal Leaders, Promising to Distribute Long-Delayed Coronavirus Relief Funds, Ousted Scientist's Whistleblower Complaint Cites "Political Connections and Cronyism", Trump Lashes Out Against "Mourning in America" Advertisement, Researchers Say Coronavirus May Have Mutated in Europe to Become More Contagious, Amazon Worker Dies of COVID-19; Wisconsin Supreme Court May Revoke Remain-at-Home Order, Michigan Security Guard Shot After Enforcing Mask Policy, As Meatpackers Fall Ill from COVID-19, Wendy's Faces Hamburger Shortage, Senators Return to Capitol Hill Despite COVID-19 Concerns, Republicans Set to Confirm John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence, Federal Judge Allows ICE to Transfer Jailed Migrants Despite Spread of Coronavirus, U.S.-Owned Factories in Mexico Reopen Despite Spread of Coronavirus, Hundreds of People Imprisoned in El Salvador Quarantine Centers Demand Release, Philippines Broadcaster Forced Off Air After Criticism by President Duterte, Climate Study Projects 3 Billion Will Suffer from Extreme Heat by 2070, Shocking Video Shows White Men Chasing and Killing Black Jogger in Georgia, Federal Judge Orders New York to Restore Presidential Primary Vote, Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized with Gallbladder Condition, Activists Remember Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Despite Lockdowns