Alexander 'Lex' Williams
@squidlord
Author, game geek, curator. Irritant. pilin ike li ken. pilin monsuta li wile.
What is Grim Tokens? A digital garden, within which I'll regularly write about tabletop RPGs, wargames, and tabletop culture. Not only short-form thoughts but longform articles and even actual play of primarily solo RPG experiences. #TTRPG #blog #writing #solorpg #wargame
#TTRPG #Entity Heads up, the deal of the day over on DriveThruRPG today is Entity by Candlenaut. You can have this bad boy for just a single dollar. That's right, $1. drivethrurpg.com/en/product/444… This is probably not a game that you've ever heard of, but if you have even a slight…
#wargames #warhammer40k Fun discovery of the moment: The Joy of Wargaming has done a video on the predecessor to Warhammer 40k, Imperial Commander. youtu.be/uzcDvgcr3M4 If you're curious, this is basically the Chainmail of Warhammer tabletop sci-fi gaming evolution. This…
#TTRPG #GenCon Hold up. As a sort of follow-up to yesterday's post, I've been exposed to this one, and I would like to point out that it hurts my soul at a deep and abiding level. gencon.com/events/300274 Okay, fine. You get to play in a game DM'd by someone of some relevance…
I still have *on seat left* to play with me Thursday night at 5 pm at Gencon! JOIN ME and complete the clean sweep: gencon.com/events/300274
#TTRPG #GenCon I just caught myself looking at the RPG event list for Gen Con this year, and I have to be honest, I am deeply saddened on multiple levels for multiple reasons. gencon.eventdb.us/category.php?E… Firstly, and most obviously, there isn't a single _Ironsworn_ or…
This is, of course, essentially and explicitly untrue. If you had taken the documentation for the NASA expedition to the moon to 1967 and published it, it would have been science fiction. It is explicitly correct science. And yet, it would have been perfectly correct…
Today, I choose violence. If all the science in your science fiction is correct, then you're not writing science fiction.
(PCDD) Brütal Legend is Free via Itch io in Honor of Ozzy Osbourne. ow.ly/RiWN50WunU1
I think this is a critical bit of understanding, especially if you would like to be one of the people that sports new ideas. I realize that is a vanishingly small population, but here we are.
#TuesdayThoughts
Damn, I feel really seen right now. And by that I mean literally seen, because this guy looks kind of like me, dresses like me, and this very well could be the food court across the street at Peachtree Center during DragonCon. Actually, this might even be predictive. It's hard…
We are celebrating Hot Venus Summer with a new Ostranauts devlog from Dan 🌞 There's a new tutorial, an update to relationships, new art, music and more!
Guys, check out this game & wishlist it if you want to help out indie devs. store.steampowered.com/app/3728120/Sp… They're also running a giveaway on reddit, if any of you are interested in participating in it. reddit.com/r/steam_giveaw… I've posted both links (reddit and steam page)
My developer for One Hour WW2, Mark Wylie, has started his own publishing company - Five Star Board Games. He is specialising in solo book games but looking to expand to other types of games. Mark is a great guy and is rapidly figuring out a lot of things about the industry.…
Every day I come closer to understanding that AM was the good guy in Harlan Ellison's story.
I'm going to say something marginally controversial: Carter Burke is my favorite character in *Aliens*. I know I'm supposed to be rooting for the Colonial Marines, or Ripley, or Newt, but the fact is, I really resonate with Burke. He's a guy doing his job, just like Gorman…
The Xenomorphs are terrifying. But Carter Burke? He’s worse—because he’s real. In a film full of monsters, it’s the corporate weasel who reminds us of a deeper horror: profit over people. 💬 How do you view Burke as a villain today? Does he still hit a nerve? And what does he…
Players observe three Traveller-themed holidays: May 1 recalls the distress call of the Free Trader Beowulf. July 22 is Traveller’s birthday (published July 22, 1977 at the Origins Game Fair in Staten Island, New York). August 29 is an arbitrary date we call the Emperor’s…
Today is Traveller's birthday. July 22 is Traveller’s publication day (published July 22, 1977 at the Origins Game Fair in Staten Island, New York). omny.fm/shows/wglt-and…
Free #sologaming resources for wargaming and RPGs. You're on your own for getting friends to come over and play!
MORE #Sologaming resources TOTALLY FREE maps: wilderness AND dungeon!! For the first 10,000 people who click on me world-of-weirth.itch.io/solo-gaming-re… (New video Tuesday!!)
While Final Frontier (our MicroRed space adventures game) awaits for release, here's some another self-promo: Orbital Decay it's a hard sci-fi roleplaying game - also using MicroRed rules. You can check it out at the Red Room store moordereht.com/product/orbita… or in paperback format…
#TTRPG #SkeletonCodeMachine #design Skeleton Code Machine came out with a really good article today about mechanisms for games which involve what we used to refer to as fortune-at-the-front—rolling the dice before you decide on the action. skeletoncodemachine.com/p/dune-war It's…
#TTRPG #TheCultists Sometimes you just stumble on things that are firmly in your wheelhouse, and by sheer happenstance, a couple of weeks ago, I stumbled over The Cultists, which is the kind of lo-fi YouTube skit comedy I always loved. ravenkeepproductions.com/cultists But here's the…
