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You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinemarch https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2019/08/we-played-inquisitor-game-two-rise-of.html?m=1 False Machine: We Played Inquisitor - Game Two: Rise of the Meta-Coral! My initial review of Inquisitor from several months ago here . And the previous game in this sequence 'Hunt the Fat Priest' here . ..... false machinegame two https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2013/10/ False Machine: October 2013 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machineoctober https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2020/10/village-shops.html False Machine: Village Shops Brainstorm for 'Goose-Gold and Goblins'. Trying to think of interesting things for a village without getting too clever with it, just stayi... false machinevillageshops https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2019/07/why-ask-me-book-of-chuang-tzu.html False Machine: Why Ask Me? - The Book of Chuang Tzu What do I think about Taoism (from this one book?) I find it calming, there is much I like. It seems to have a very clear dark side, or at... false machineask methe bookchuangtzu https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2012/02/more-more-forge-monsters.html False Machine: More More Forge Monsters When i started the blog I printed out a list. I still can't work out what a 'Thresher Monster' is. Bleak Zombies Living dead who grin ecsta... false machineforgemonsters https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2013/02/guano-made-bombs-in-ww1.html False Machine: Guano made bombs in WW1 ICE FALL TRAVERSE A barrier become a bridge. Will highlight as you cross and soon decay. 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That ended up in a book with a bunch of other OSR and OSR-a... false machinespirequetzelavailable https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2015/01/2014-i-ate-your-heart.html?m=1 False Machine: 2014 I ATE YOUR HEART AND I WILL EAT THE HEART OF YOUR CHILD. You tried to finish me Year, but I have mastered you and now, with your death, know this: I will eat... false machineateheart https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2014/05/hardcopy-false-machine-book.html False Machine: Hardcopy False Machine Book Ok so I put a hardcopy False Machine book on Lulu for anyone who wants it. Link is to the right. Just click on the murderous trilobite. 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An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machineoctober https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2017/07/held-kinetic-energy-in-old-school.html?ref=explorersdesign.com False Machine: Held Kinetic Energy in Old School Combat Arenas So you're running an old-school game and you want a set-piece fight. The rule-set doesn't like that. The complexity is dumped into set des... false machinekinetic energyold schoolheldcombat https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2011/11/why-is-nature-wild.html False Machine: Why is Nature Wild? Because its full of EXPLOSIVES . In the modern world humanity is everpresent. Nature only rules fully in the margins left by our mi... false machinenaturewild https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2019/08/we-played-inquisitor-game-one-hunt-fat.html?m=1 False Machine: We Played Inquisitor - Game One: Hunt the Fat Priest WHEN AND WHERE? Beyond or within the Great Rift the forgotten Riweal Nebulae, fifth planet of the Spen system, its star a young main-... false machinegame oneplayedinquisitor https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2019/06/gackling-moon.html?m=0 False Machine: Gackling Moon At the ends of the understood earth, trapped between contending seas, crazed with fractured realities and bathed in the glow of a ma... false machinemoon https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2017/11/?m=0 False Machine: November 2017 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinenovember https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2025/12/ False Machine: December 2025 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinedecember https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2016/05/projective-geometries.html?m=0 False Machine: Projective Geometries From " The Ice " by Stephen Pyne (You might remember that I looked at his book "Fire on the Rim" earlier. "The shelf not only simplifies... false machineprojectivegeometries https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2012/02/storygame-fight-mechanic.html?m=0 False Machine: Storygame fight mechanic Choose to win or lose the fight. If you choose to win, I describe what you sacrife to do it. If you choose to lose, you describe what you ... false machinestorygamefightmechanic https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-eight-worghast-laws.html?m=0 False Machine: The Eight Worghast Laws false machinethe eightlaws https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2015/07/everybodys-lady-is-fair-ook-guys.html?m=1 False Machine: Everybody's Lady is Fair O.K. guys? (I had to add some line breaks because it was just too fucking insane without. I tried to keep all the spellings and highl... false machineeverybodyladyfairk https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2023/02/ False Machine: February 2023 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinefebruary https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2017/04/?m=0 False Machine: April 2017 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machineapril https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2023/01/imagining-roteopia.html?m=1 False Machine: Imagining Roteopia As a consequence of reading ' Cats Paws' and Catapults ' I became mildly obsessed with the idea of rotational limbs in living things. WHY ca... false machineimagining https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2015/03/?m=0 False Machine: March 2015 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinemarch https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2022/07/speak-false-machine.html False Machine: Speak, False Machine Good news! Demon-Bone Sarcophagus is finally stumbling to a close. Files are away to the printers (though there will likely be feedback on ... false machinespeak https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2014/08/geyser-lord.html?m=1 False Machine: Geyser Lord There are caves where Kings have crawled and Emperors have knelt to hear a fortune that is never wrong. Deep beneath the earth, in spaces ch... false machinegeyserlord https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2024/ False Machine: 2024 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machine https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2013/04/?m=0 False Machine: April 2013 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machineapril https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2011/12/worlds-smallest-players-handbook.html?m=0 False Machine: Worlds Smallest Players Handbook There was a competition on the Internet to produce one-page dungeons. You can find the winners here. Many are excellent. A man who blogs h... false machineworlds smallestplayershandbook https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2021/11/warhammer-is-satire-now.html False Machine: Warhammer is a Satire Now If you are a dorky, low status white man, at some point in your life you look around to see that you are surrounded by other, dorky, low st... false machinewarhammersatire https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2019/08/we-played-inquisitor-game-two-rise-of.html False Machine: We Played Inquisitor - Game Two: Rise of the Meta-Coral! My initial review of Inquisitor from several months ago here . And the previous game in this sequence 'Hunt the Fat Priest' here . ..... false machinegame two https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2012/12/radiolarian-and-trogloraptor.html?m=1 False Machine: Radiolarian (and Trogloraptor) Radiolarian These were old when life was young and bear no sign of age. Each seems quite new and freshly made. You imagine p... false machine https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2017/08/memory-fragments-of-gen-con.html False Machine: Memory Fragments of Gen Con Here it is as I remember it - a lot of this will be turgid or pointless to anyone who has gone to America, or who is American - so most of y... false machinememoryfragmentsgencon https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-fall-of-ir.html False Machine: The Fall of Ir Ir! A world I made up with a bunch of other people, the details of which are described in this initial post. What happened to it? You may as... false machinethe fallir https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2022/05/?m=0 False Machine: May 2022 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinemay https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2025/01/ False Machine: January 2025 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinejanuary https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-review-of-colour-revolution-by-regina.html?m=0 False Machine: A Review of 'The Colour Revolution' by Regina Lee Blaszczyk (I wrote this largely from memory so sorry about the likely-inaccuracies) I found this to be a wonderful and enjoyable book, a rare, lucid a... false machineof the https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2012/03/?m=0 False Machine: March 2012 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinemarch https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2020/09/eight-houses.html False Machine: Eight Houses false machineeighthouses https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-plain-of-sociable-holes.html?m=1 False Machine: The Plain of Sociable Holes Between the homomorphic Chat Hills and the Needlelands lies the Plain of Sociable Holes. THE CHAT HILLS The warm mumbling wind emanat... false machinethe plainsociableholes https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2013/04/contrarian-knobend-dungeons-dragons.html False Machine: Contrarian Knobend Dungeons & Dragons Reading my friend talk about random character generation andoptimisation got me thinking about what happens in our minds when we creat... false machinecontrariandungeonsdragons https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2013/02/vognado-is-stupid-name.html?m=0 False Machine: 'Vognado' is a stupid name. GHOST MEADOW Pale translucent grass growing even as it dies. A forced meander slows the river in a curl. 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An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machineoctober https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2017/06/arnold-asked-me-to-post-this.html False Machine: Arnold asked me to post this and I didn't really wanna, but I gotta post bro, its almost my job. So here is a Sunday post that no-one will read so I can post but avoid ... false machineme toarnoldaskedpost https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2013/04/caves-of-arisa-mons.html False Machine: Caves of Arisa Mons My friend is doing a campaign of Pendragon set on a distant future mars with Mechs . I am doing a lot of thinking about caves . As if by ... false machinecavesarisamons https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-you-hooked-up.html False Machine: How you hooked up A D10 table to connect characters to each other. Roll at the beginning of the session to work out how you know each other. Roll for the per... false machinehooked https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2021/08/ False Machine: August 2021 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machineaugust https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2016/ False Machine: 2016 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machine https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2015/06/jurassic-world-is-jurassic-world.html?m=1 False Machine: Jurassic World is Jurassic World The qualities and weaknesses of the film Jurassic World are almost exactly the same as the qualities and weaknesses of the park shown insid... false machinejurassic world https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2021/04/ False Machine: April 2021 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machineapril https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2020/11/mind-flayer-laboratory.html False Machine: Mind-Flayer Laboratory There is someone in the bathroom, running the water, leaving the tap dripping overnight, tracking trickles through the house, wet towels str... false machinemind flayerlaboratory https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2024/12/ False Machine: December 2024 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinedecember https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2016/05/an-interview-with-bryce-lynch.html?m=0 False Machine: An Interview with Bryce Lynch false machinean interviewbrycelynch https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2011/11/cyberpunk-2013_14.html?m=1 False Machine: How are you friends with this dude? This was intended to be a sub-table to roll on if you roll yourself a friend during character generation. On looking back, most of the frie... how are youfalse machinefriends withdude https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2013/04/you-mekless-knave.html False Machine: You Mekless Knave I have been inventing a Space Faith for my Space Knight. I like my space knight. He is a little bit stiff and a little bit shallow.... false machineknave https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2017/07/john-amery-from-traitors-by-josh-ireland.html False Machine: John Amery - from 'Traitors' by Josh Ireland I picked up this book in the Library and idly flipped to an interesting looking chapter. What I found was rather remarkable. This is a ... false machineby joshjohnamerytraitors https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2014/08/ceep-carbon-observatory-print-copy.html?m=1 False Machine: Deep Carbon Observatory Print Copy Available So, my proof print copy of DCO just turned up and it looks ok so I will go and make it available online now. (The picture link on the r... deep carbon observatoryfalse machineprint copyavailable https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2020/07/ False Machine: July 2020 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinejuly https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2014/02/ False Machine: February 2014 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinefebruary https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2019/05/should-i-do-anything-with-my-patreon.html?m=0 False Machine: Should I do anything with my Patreon? So I finished my patreon application to get it in before the deadline that would involve a raising of prices, and largely for that reason. ... false machineanythingpatreon https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2016/07/ False Machine: July 2016 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinejuly https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2019/10/my-intelligence-problem.html?m=1 False Machine: My Intelligence Problem Hey, maybe you can do my work for me. I have this potentially challenging problem. The Game is question is a "pretend nations" game. Eac... false machineintelligenceproblem https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-moon-moon-moon.html?m=0 False Machine: THE MOON! THE MOON! THE MOON! GACKLING MOON IS PRINTED AND AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN PHSYICAL AND/OR PDF FORM ! YOU CAN BUY IT HERE false machinemoon https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2011/11/cyberpunk-2013_12.html False Machine: Cyberpunk 2013 Less drunk now. There is a quasi-random generation system. That is sort-of good. 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An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machineseptember https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2020/11/goblins.html?m=0 False Machine: GOBLINS Time for a brief Goblin Brainstorm Ok, these are the off the top of my head Goblin Types that I came up with; Goblin, Corn Goblin, Egg Gobli... false machinegoblins https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-zolimko.html False Machine: RATMASTER (I couldn't sleep, was literally lying in bed thinking "this should be made of rats" so now I'm re-writing it so it is made of rats.) A Ratm... false machine https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2015/11/ False Machine: November 2015 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinenovember https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2014/12/ False Machine: December 2014 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinedecember https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2013/05/796529.html False Machine: 796.529 Several good things have happend recently, therefore this post is nice. I t has no other pupose really. Firstly two people took it upon th... false machine https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2011/11/turns.html False Machine: Turns Probably the most interesting definition of combat rounds I've seen. From The Marvel Super-Heroes Basic Set. 'Turns are not a precise m... false machineturns https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2015/09/social-justice-scylla-and-rapey.html False Machine: Social Justice Scylla and Rapey Charybdis Steve Wieck, I kind of feel for you. You are falling into the centre of a storm. But I feel for myself more. I'm Patrick Stuart, with Sc... false machinesocial justicescyllarapeycharybdis https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2021/10/?m=0 False Machine: October 2021 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machineoctober https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2012/06/?m=0 False Machine: June 2012 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinejune https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2020/11/mor-goblins.html?m=0 False Machine: MOR GOBLINS Ok gang, lets get Goblining! ( again ) GAS GOBLINS Goblins in Gas-Masks and long black coats. They knock you out, steal your things and dra... false machinemorgoblins https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2016/12/red-dawn-gawain-1319-1372-bloody-numbles.html False Machine: Red Dawn & Gawain 1319 - 1372, Bloody numbles I'm interested to see what Jeff Rients and Kiel Chenier produce with their new adventures. They both have quite a different aesthetic fee... false machinered dawngawainbloody https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2012/02/?m=1 False Machine: February 2012 "Don't put pictures of yourself online. You look like a murderer. An uncomfortable murderer" - My Aunt false machinefebruary https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/ False Machine falsemachine https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/sc/d5sc00844a Widespread false negatives in DNA-encoded library data: how linker effects impair machine... DNA-encoded chemical libraries (DECLs) have become integral to early-stage drug discovery, yielding active compounds and extensive labeled datasets for machine...