Alexander 'Lex' Williams
@squidlord
Author, game geek, curator. Irritant. pilin ike li ken. pilin monsuta li wile.
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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
One of the weird side effects of #CharacterCreationChallenge2026 is that I'm really being pushed into making characters for RPGs I'm not necessarily excited about all the time. I have a large collection. I don't necessarily pick up everything because I know I'm just going to be…
#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge2026 #FeetFirstIntoHell What if you like your adventure wargaming with a lot more wargaming and just a tiny little bit of character exploration? Well, you can drop Feet First Into Hell and ride with the Hell Patrol. grimtokens.garden/Articles/Chara…
Hey, @RealNickCole , more folks playing Forgotten Ruin. youtu.be/YNUpXPNVXx8
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Skirmish Adventure Wargaming- Forgotten Ruin Playthrough
#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge2026 #BayOfVillains I think it's time to take up a little superheroics. *Bay of Villains* needs a new crew operating. Something a little corporate. grimtokens.garden/Articles/Chara…
#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge2026 #BoundlessTides It's time for a trip out to the high seas with our straightforward swashbuckler, Renaud, and another lightweight, zero-cost game, Boundless Tides. grimtokens.garden/Articles/Chara…
This is going to sound strange, but this is absolutely applicable to your tabletop RPGs and wargames. If you're starting the session and half the audience is on their phone, throw out what you were going to do and do something else. Probably interrogate your players to find out…
The Konrad Maxim: if you are giving a speech and half the audience is on their phone, throw away the script and start taking questions. h/t @johnkonrad
#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge2026 #FearAndPanic It's time to take on a little fear and maybe a little panic. Fear and Panic is a lightweight percentile-based system for horror gaming. Let's see if it can handle an Alabama. grimtokens.garden/Articles/Chara…
#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge2026 #SwordSorcery2d6 Minimalist OSR-adjacent PBTA-inspired kitchen sink fantasy that you can have for free? It's more likely than you think. grimtokens.garden/Articles/Chara…
Decentralized ecologic infective nanoswarm, which seeks only to expand its understanding, knowledge of the universe, and control of its physical environment. Not really that different from now when you get down to it.
what's your job in the post-singularity world? i'm going to be protein-rich biomass slurry
#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge2026 #SwordSorcery2d6 Minimalist OSR-adjacent PBTA-inspired kitchen sink fantasy that you can have for free? It's more likely than you think. grimtokens.garden/Articles/Chara…
It's actually kind of funny as well as a little bit disturbing that while I had completely written up and staged the last two *Character Creation Challenge 2026* posts, I apparently had simply not remembered to post either one of them.
#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge2026 #ElderMythos Sometimes you get to be the horror, and this is one of those times. Ever wanted to be a Cthulhu mythos entity? Ever wanted to take over, destroy, or subvert the world? Well, now's your chance! grimtokens.garden/Articles/Chara…
#TTRPG #CharacterCreationChallenge2026 #Elegy New editions always add new complications in terms of game design. Some steps forward, some steps back. It's character creation time again for *Elegy*. grimtokens.garden/Articles/Chara…
Watching people play *Anthem* as the shutdown approaches just makes me miss *Firefall* all the more. Well, pre-crafting, "upgrade" *Firefall* anyway—I loved that game. Pity they screwed it up.
If anyone ever wondered what we were missing in modern society for men and how to motivate them to do things, this is it. Just show them this video. youtube.com/shorts/8n6StTO…
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Thank you to my old teachers… #cooper #traditional #school #heritage...
I wasn't expecting it, but here is your Moment of RPG Inspiration for the day. The real question here is, what system would I run this in? Because that's a lot of considerations. It would make a great *Fiasco* scenario. It needs something GM-less for sure, and maybe even…
Movie idea: a fraud megachurch pastor who does sham exorcisms on paid actors gets roped into conducting a real exorcism and has to fake his way through it, and the demon plays along because he thinks it's funny. They partner up and the demon possesses people so the pastor can…
Damnit, this is peak TV. youtu.be/PauN2sthVAE
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Game Of War - Episode 1 (3rd August 1997)
You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Fall in love with some activity and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about and it doesn't matter.
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