by Michael Hopcroft

Turns out I have a little more time to work on this, as the organizers at Gamestorm declined to put the game on the schedule. They have limited space and too many Organized Play events for D&D/PF/SF to set aside space for a game like Champions.

Although I suppose I could try to go to Dragonflight in the summer in Bellevue, the travel and lodgings sound like they would be far too expensive unless I could get a ride up and a room share. The second to last Dragonflight I attended, I tried to get to Bellevue on public transit and found myself hopelessly lost.

by Moonlight_Fox

An item RPG Item: C-Pet has been added to the geeklist Solo RPGs on Your Table - February 2026

by WilliamMcAusland

Blood-Thirster: Monday Mutant 32 just released!
Also called Ear Faced Devils, these bear sized mutie monsters can hear your characters whispering from a half a kilometer away, and hear your walking from even further off. Watch the shadowy ceilings, too, as these vampiric pack hunters are known to drop on ruin explorers, drain the blood of those they latch onto, and inject paralytic venom into opponents and prey who put up a proper fight.

Grab your copy today at this link:
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Written by Will McAusland and illustrated by Avalon McAusland, this freak is our 32nd Monday Mutant for The Mutant Epoch role-playing game using the Outland System.

by dysjunct

Over the weekend, I was discussing generative AI with my father-in-law.

He’s a retired music teacher, and has (in the distant past) won awards for music composition. Then he realized that he was making music for the three people in a 200-mile radius who understood how a sharp 7th with a minor third could pivot into a key change, and he switched to standards — “All Of Me,” “As Time Goes By,” “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” etc., because those can be appreciated by normal people but are also musically interesting for the nerds. We play together about once a week, him on piano and vocals, me on bass. (He is good, I try to keep up.)

He did not know that there are webpages that will generate entire songs via prompt. So I spun one up on his desktop. Prompt: “Sultry jazz ballad about a retired music teacher who loves bourbon” (because he does). Within 15 seconds it came up with a song called “Last Bell, Last Pour.” Press play.

He listens to the first verse-chorus-verse section and is just blown away. “Fuck! If I had written that, I would be so pleased with myself. Damn!”

We discuss a bit. Then my 11yo asks if it can make more songs. “Sure, literally anything.” “Like anything?” “Yes.” I give it a prompt: “k-pop anthem about a girl named [REDACTED] and her beloved kitten, Sam.” It comes up with a song. I know (intellectually) that it is not “creative” in any meaningful sense, but I’ll be damned if the lyrics aren’t clever, the chords are fun, and the chorus is fist-pumping. The kid declares it’s her favorite song ever and has requested to listen to it multiple times per day.

I can play music okay, but I can’t really write it. The kid would not have cared music if I had rewritten the lyrics to a song I can play, to be about her and her cat, and then played it on guitar or ukulele. But this is a full-on production: multiple layers of instruments, vocals with harmonies, etc.

I would prefer a less-good song (or poem etc.) written by an actual person over an AI-generated one. My kid is over the moon because there’s a song about her and her kitten that sounds professional, radio-quality.

Am I a bad person? Should I have written her a mediocre song even though she wouldn’t have gotten as much joy out of it?

by mrdigdoug

GeekList is now locked. You now have 7 days to submit your want list. Happy Trading!

by HiveGod

For those keeping score, this kicked off with Static-X's Wisconsin Death Trip, but was functionally written to Rob Zombie's The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy, especially "Get Loose".

by Arcadious

An item RPG Item: Universalis (Revised Edition) has been added to the geeklist SaltCon Spring 2026 No-Ship Math Trade

by Phosphini

An item RPG Item: Magical Kitties Save the Day! (2nd Ed.) has been added to the geeklist Magical Kitties PBF

by Jakk0

SHIFTING SHADOWS Every shadow hides a choice.

SHIFTING SHADOWS is a low‑glamour, high‑tension espionage campaign set at the very start of the 1960s -- closer to le Carré than Fleming. It's a world of damp safehouses, clipped BBC voices, and men in macs who know far too much about the wrong sort of people. But the decade is about to change. And so will you. As the Sixties unfold -- pirate radio, the Beatles, colour TV, Carnaby Street, the space race -- your missions will evolve from railway yards and border posts to embassies, casinos, and jet‑set intrigue. You'll rise through the ranks as Britain steps onto a new stage. For now, though, the Cold War lives in the shadows. And that's where your story begins.

Please note that this is an OSR PbEM setup. The hope is to develop a story via email, not forum or online. Hopefully 2 or 3 players may be interested in developing a story together via email? No need to have the Victory Games ruleset for this game, will explain as we go. Looking for players who like writing, character interaction and are able to post regularly (say 2-3 times a week), and enjoy immersive espionage dilemmas. Email bunyip83@gmail.com

by Moonlight_Fox

Related Item: Briar & Bramble

Every year since 2024 I've wondered if the amount of systems I've played is sustainable. And then doubling the number next year. And it's not like I don't revisit games after I've played them, either.

by leroy43

I want to know what his t-shirt says!

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by Fugazi2112

An item RPG: Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game has been added to the geeklist PAX East 2026 - RPG Freeplay: Community Game Scheduler