Saturday, February 14, 2026

RPG Campaign Tour: Day 14 - What to Order to "Eat Like a Local'?

Day 14 of the #RPGCampaignTour for my Gamma World campaign "This Is Not a Test" continues with local businesses and customs:  "What to order to eat like a local."

We're going to swerve in a totally different direction and travel to Fair-Town to partake in... The Wrong Celery.

No, we're not going to make you partake in some questionable stalk vegetables.  The Wrong Celery is actually the only plant-only/specific bar in Gamma World we've documented as of yet.   It's proudly located on the Main River Boulevard in Fair-Town. 


It's the only bar in the region where you'll find a tulip playing an organ grinder, a host of dandelions dancing beneath it, an old plant with cybernetics, claiming he was once a human, and a full-fledged coffee bush tending the the bar.  

Yes,  the clientele is skewed heavily to plant-kind, but it was the mammals of the De Facto Explorers who discovered and fell in love with it.  So long as you like your martinis literally dirty, this is the place for you!  

The bartender, Duncan, a coffee bush who uses his own output to make drinks, is an honorable plant.   Clark, the only human on the staff, has fully photosynthetic skin. 

 
The back of the bartender
The days and nights are pretty chill for the plants, unless there's a rousing radish game, involving radishes, nailed to a string and swing at a hook.  It's more exciting than it sounds.

The Wrong Celery is know for it's mead, as recently a new drink called The Mutant’s Regret, recreated stolen experiments to duplicate the Regret have led to rumors of  “temporary evolutionary instability.”

Nobody is quite sure what that means....

Happy Valentine's Day 2026


Friday, February 13, 2026

(BackerKit) Space Cat #Zinetopia2026

 With the lack of #Zinequest projects hitting my personal demographic, I ventured over to Backerkit to find their own February promotion, #Zinetopia2026

There's a little more hope in the universe.

Space Cats is a fun RPG where everyone is playing a crew of curious space adventurers, flying across the universe, taking jobs everywhere trying to pay off a monumental debt.

And yest, not everyone is cat... but it doesn't mean they can't be....



RPG Campaign Tour: Day 13 - "Where Can We Get a Drink and a Bite to Eat?"

Day 13 of the #RPGCampaignTour Challenge and need to rest and recuperate a bit: "Where can we get drink and a bite to eat."  So cover the few bars and inn of Riverbend.

1) The Slackwater (Inn)  - A bit further uphill from the business district and the other bars, The Slackwater is the only official inn in town.    The structure is stone on the lower floor, all timber above.  The guest ledgers go back decades.. even though there are noticeable gaps.  This isn't a place of heavy drinking or fighting, save the other establishments for all that.   Drinks are available to patron, as well as as a large cauldron for stew, which has been cooking non-stop for as long as anyone remembers.

The Interior of the Slackwater 

2) The Bent Oar - More casually called the "Bent Over," it's a low creaking building populated with the regulars in town: farmers, laborers, and most who don't want any questions, and can handle their own if there's any trouble.  Drinks are cheap, and the food if just different enough that the patrons don't want to go home to eat.   It is best known for their nuggies, typically crafted from mutated creatures like plump squiggles, oversized insect larvae, or rat-birds. These strange animals are raised or hunted for their edible flesh, and their taste varies from mildly sour to an oddly sweet and savory blend. The flesh is chopped or ground up to a paste that somewhat resembles old-world meat, then shaped into nugget-like forms.  If you order them, specifically ask for the mushroom paste AND glow sauce to go with them. 

The second most famous thing at the bar is Delaney, one of the servers.  


3)  The Leaping Drunken Keg is the newest tavern, and most popular with the travelers and outsiders.  It is run by Squiggles' daughter, Sophie the Keg.  The food is passable, and the selection of drinks quite impressive for a podunk dive bar. 

(Painting) Dinks (Vellori Cult) from Battle Valor Games

I've previously painted up some the "Vellori Cult" Troopers from Battle Valor in the style of a somewhat popular movie franchise.  I realized during the process that the figures bear a closer resemblance to the Dinkfrom Spaceballs!

Queue some Deco Art Rich Espresso Metallic Paint, and I didn't have to break out glitter....

SCI-FI 36B Aliens "Vellori Cult" Troopers
Now, how they got from the moon of Vega to Death Planet Iota is anyone's guess....

In the Queue - Mummies, Teddy Bears, and a full cantina of characters I'll paint and present collectively.

Project: 350 - Post #CharacterCreationChallenge swelling, up to 451 (284/167)  from 439 (283/156).  I finally added some holiday filler, a few entries into next year's #CCC. 

Thursday, February 12, 2026

RPG Campaign Tour: Day 12 - What Do People Do for Entertainment?

The quest for adventure in the #RPGCampaignTour was short lived, as our tour guide users are already asking, "What do people do for entertainment around here."  

There's only one major event that brings everyone from the four corners... and even beyond the Big River Valley:  The Fair-Town Queen's Joust

Every June, Fair-Town is completely true to form, with the Renaissance Fair influences in full effect.  Vendors crowding the streets, crafts and entertainers... People pour out of their little pocket communities safely hidden in the forests and hills and a grand time is had by all...

And that week ends in a two-day jousting tournament, for fame, for domars, and usually for a unique item of the Queen's choosing.

The Queen of the Joust.... definitely not of Fair-Town

In it's previous year, the pageantry of the joust remained, but the new gladiator combat arena drew a lot of the less civilized guests. 


Any lifeform is allowed.  Any mount is allowed, so long as it (a) does not fly (b) fits on their side of the jousting pitch (b) does not impede either participant using their standard issue lance.  

If you are looking for a time when all races, groups, and creeds get together, the Queen's Joust is the place to be.  

There is already talk, eight months out, if Lathar Bracken and his trusty Staggon mount No-Name can win a third joust in a row, after dealing with a murderer's row last time involving a stone golem, his ex-girlfriend, and his then-fiancĂ©e, currently his pregnant wife.  

There may be other criminal or immoral activities that occur under the banner of the Queen's Joust, but the reader is always advised to avoid traveling alone, and always keep that companion nearby.  

Next: #13 - Where Can We Get a Drink and Bite to Eat?

(Kickstarter) War Pigs: A GMless TTRPG of Chaos and Goblins by Caroline from Side Quest #ZineQuest

Over the last years, February has meant the glut of small and smaller press books on crowdfunding in celebration of #Zinquest.  I'll admit I've been distracted by the #RPGCampaignToolChallenge , but in my review of the first eleven days of the camapign, there's not much on Kickstarter that interests me, or even gets to motivated something cool.

Luckily War Pig: A GM-less TTRPG of Chaos and Goblins has stopped that pattern.  



WAR PIGS is a chaotic, two-stat GMless TTRPG about goblins navigating through elvish enemy lines to get back to their own army base. It's based on Honey Heist, Nine Goblins, and a whole lot of goblin jokes.
U are goblins in an army of goblins. U ride into battle on your greatest weapon... WAR PIGS.