Shane Ivey of the delta-green.com Iveys

@shaneivey.bsky.social

Tabletop RPGs, some fiction, a bunch of awards. Arc Dream Publishing: Delta Green and The Black Company. I will show you fear in a handful of dice. Black Company newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/theblackcompanyrpg/join

@sskorkowsky.bsky.socialReposted by @shaneivey.bsky.social

My RPG reviews are very image-heavy. I also try to make them match the art style of the RPG I'm discussing. Usually, this means creating my own assets. Except for Delta Green. I picked up their Digital Assets Packs & now I spend way more time than reasonable making review slides look unhinged

@losthistorybooks.bsky.socialReposted by @shaneivey.bsky.social

I just stumbled across the only known issue of an African-American periodical titled: The People's Journal. It was published in Brooklyn, NY from roughly 1866-1869. This issue is dated August 29, 1868. I'm still trying to digest all of this, but at a glance I already see some really cool stuff. 🗃️🧵

Front cover of a newspaper titled: The People's Journal which was published August 29, 1868. It was published by the African Civilization Society and edited by Rev. Rufus Perry. This paper was located within the records of the Freedmen's Bureau. NARA Microfilm 1055. Its is image 1283 of 1513 at this link: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/684207580 Microfilm capture number on the right side is number 1286. Transcription can be found in two places: https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662426322274-0 and https://transcription.si.edu/projects/nmaahc/63332/NMAAHC-007677207_01287/view Images can also be found multiple places NARA - https://catalog.archives.gov/id/684207580 Smithsonian - https://sova.si.edu/record/nmaahc.fb.m1055 Family Search - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TD-2R6K?wc=73RQ-SBP%3A1513840202%2C1513843701%26cc%3D2427901&cc=2427901&lang=en&i=1285&groupId=2427901 Ancestry - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62309/images/007677207_01286?usePUB=true&_phsrc=cai2806
@jametc.bsky.socialReposted by @shaneivey.bsky.social

holy shit!! artists!!! you guys!!

pinlite.app

someone made a pinterest facade site that just strips away all the dumb bullshit and gives you only the images this is AMAAZINNNGGGG. Not to mention the web 1.0 grey and blue link vibe lol

screenshot of PinLite, a skin of pinterest that's just taken away all the bs and only shows the images, on a grey web 1.0 background
@shaneivey.bsky.social

My dentist's office still has "Don't yell at us" signs up after Trumpist shitheels made yelling at strangers their thing during Covid and just never stopped. It's so appalling.

@shaneivey.bsky.social

I have been hating Lighting Source's (now Ingram's) shitty 240% ink limit for 25 years. Does ANY other print house still require that 1990s standard? And yet I'm stuck adapting to it because DriveThruRPG (now @roll20.net) refuses to get out of that bed, and our fans want the DTRPG POD option. Grrrr.

@shaneivey.bsky.social

Still working on a 2nd edition of our classic RPG Godlike. Supers in WW2. "Superpowers?" you say. "I thought you guys were not into power fantasies." This is not the Avengers. More like superpowers in Saving Private Ryan. Built to break down your Talent in deeply researched, grim and amusing detail.

Battle Fatigue In extreme conditions, a character must make a Stability roll. If it fails, the character suffers battle fatigue. Sample Battle Fatigue Triggers ' If Stability succeeds after killing up close or in cold blood you may spend 1 Base Will to become hardened. Such killing no longer risks battle fatigue. Battle Fatigue Effects • Physical: Roll 1d for an involuntary reaction or spend 1 WP to choose: (1-2) scream, (3-4) weep, (5-6) vomit, (7-8) urinate, (9-10) defecate. Whichever, you become exhausted (see "Exhaustion"). • Psychological: Choose a reaction from the "Battle Fatigue Responses." It lasts a few minutes. An ally can snap you out of it by rolling Leadership or Intimidation, which costs them 1 Will, granting you W in WP. Battle Fatigue Responses Lose WP equal to the lowest die in the failed Stability roll. Surrender or run away at top speed. Lose WP equal to the lowest die in the failed Stability roll. Sit paralyzed in uncontrolled fear and shock. Lose WP equal to the highest die in the failed Stability roll. Mindlessly attack or perform some repetitive task. RESPONSE EFFECTS Flee Freeze Fight MOST COMMON IN New soldiers Combat veterans Not common Battle Fatigue at Zero Will Points If battle fatigue reduces you to zero WP, or strikes when you have zero, it's worse: you lose 1 Base Will; you lose 1d from the Stability skill, if you have it; and you must roll on or choose from the "Permanent Trauma" table. (At the GM's discretion, you might be sent to a field hospital for a shower, a clean uniform, and two days of sedation and hot meals. That grants a Stability roll to shake off the permanent trauma and regain Win WP.)
@jessnevins.bsky.socialReposted by @shaneivey.bsky.social

This is cartoonishly evil, like something out of a silent film involving widows tied to railroad tracks by a Rudolph Rassendale knock-off.

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