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disassembling sentinel comics

https://www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2026/05/03/disassembling-sentinel-comics/

Published: May 3, 2026 08:43

During college, I used to attend weekly board game nights with some friends. Sentinels of the Multiverse was a repeat favorite: a cooperative, fixed-deck card game. The game is easy enough to play while drunk, but it also has enough depth that a room full…

looking for the fingerprints on GURPS

https://www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2026/03/31/looking-for-the-fingerprints-on-gurps/

Published: March 31, 2026 07:11

We started preparing for our GURPS mini campaign about two months ago. Myself and several other intrepid explorers from the Paper Cult forums have been running a variety of our unplayed games in an effort to “Meet The RPG”. GURPS was chosen to be the…

final fantasy tactics could have been a ttrpg

https://www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2026/03/02/final-fantasy-tactics-could-have-been-a-ttrpg/

Published: March 2, 2026 07:58

I need to be less of a tourist when it comes to Japanese roleplaying games. I exist downstream from decades of culture and art that exists in conversation with itself, and I thoroughly enjoy the byproduct — whether that’s anime influences or modern games.…

beam saber campaign report

https://www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2026/01/29/beam-saber-campaign-report/

Published: January 30, 2026 05:41

As part of an organized effort on the Paper Cult forums, I have been playing a variety of games in short 3-session campaigns to “Meet The RPG“. It’s kindof like a book club, but for games. Our first game of 2026 was Beam Saber, a Forged in the Dark mecha…

2025: how it’s going

https://www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/12/29/2025-how-its-going/

Published: December 30, 2025 05:16

In late 2024, I was hanging out in Farmer Gadda’s discord server, talking about tabletop rpgs (as was custom at the time). He mentioned that he had published 28 blog posts that year, and would like to try writing one a week in 2025. As someone with a…

2009: how it started

https://www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/12/27/2009-how-it-started/

Published: December 27, 2025 08:13

I was born in the USA, but my parents moved overseas when I was four. Outside of a very brief stint in an international school, the vast majority of my pre-university education was homeschool. When I was around 13, this meant attending an online school. We…

breathtaking comics: a holiday playtest

https://www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/12/19/breathtaking-comics-a-holiday-playtest/

Published: December 19, 2025 12:20

I like superhero comics. As a trans woman, I feel a particular affinity with the X-Men’s mutant metaphor. I had a few random comic books as a kid but I began a serious collection during 2020; as the pandemic began, visiting the local comic shop was an…

crystal clash: a deckbuilding minigame

https://www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/12/13/crystal-clash-a-deckbuilding-minigame/

Published: December 13, 2025 11:09

Have you ever thought to yourself: “I wish my fantasy campaign had a deckbuilding minigame like Triple Triad, Gwent, or Pazaak“? Would you like something more mechanically involved than doing an opposed luck check but not something that would completely…

anti-blorb principles

https://www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/12/06/anti-blorb-principles/

Published: December 6, 2025 12:34

I hang out with a lot of OSR folks. It’s where I’ve found community, and it’s where I perceive the most discussion happening in the ttrpg space. The blogging culture is thriving and it feels like people are talking with each other rather than posting to an…