Urban chickens in the news.

'Tony Schendel, director of Minneapolis Animal Care and Control, said hundreds of Minneapolitans have chicken permits, and his office receives new applications “almost every day.” At least 52 residents applied for a chicken permit this year, compared to 74 permit applications through all of 2024. Schendel said local partners are vital to the work.'
https://www.startribune.com/st-pauls-chicken-lady-faces-legal-trouble-as-birds-come-flocking-in/601346192?utm_source=gift

#Minneapolis #StPaul #BalsamLake #fowl #chickens #roosters

When you play a ♣️ on a suspect it's a chance to learn the necromancer's method of bringing people back from the dead. Then you turn one of your ♠️s, and if it's higher than the value of the ♣️ you journal the interaction that reveals the method to you. If it's lower though, maybe it goes like this 👇

#QT - https://dice.camp/@PaulCzege/114433177186906837

#ttrpg #JournalGaming #BalsamLake

"God damn it Paul, get out of here," she said.
"This is FBI business."
"Ha ha. You think it is. Wasn't it FBI business the first time?"
"I suppose it was."
"Get out of here."
"You know you're a suspect."
"What?"
"I'd like to rule you out."
"What if I did it?"
"Did you?"
"No."
"How does necromancy work?"
"I don't know."
"How does it work."
"Voodoo. Willpower."
"Yeah."
"I had a cat when I was twelve. It got mauled to death by a pit bull. I read ...

#ttrpg #JournalGaming #BalsamLake

I had a super fun conversation with Thomas on this episode of his Yes Indie'd Podcast. We talked about journaling games, how immersion works (which isn't how most RPGs think it does), and about my soon-to-launch solo/journaling game about trying to catch a serial necromancer in a forested midwestern town. Check it out!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Yetku13I4MQugekdkn9sw?si=OMevRPJKT5eA6fE2TvtAuQ

📓🖊️

#ttrpg #journalGaming #BalsamLake

Absolutely the coziest review I've ever had for one of my games. Check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IShXhmrE-HQ

I hope it gets you interested to follow the soon-to-launch Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252728880/the-balsam-lake-unmurders

📓 🖊️

#ttrpg #BalsamLake #journalGaming

You know the FBI is going to send you to Balsam Lake too. The game just doesn't run out of necromancers.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252728880/the-balsam-lake-unmurders

📓🖊️

#ttrpg #journalGaming #BalsamLake

Another agent coming into Balsam Lake, Minnesota to solve a serial necromancy.

#ttrpg #journalGaming #zine #BalsamLake

Launching soon:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252728880/the-balsam-lake-unmurders

If it's a dude agent sent to catch a serial necromancer he's always scruffy and bearded. Why is that?

#journalGaming #ttrpg #zine #BalsamLake

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252728880/the-balsam-lake-unmurders

(Photo by Levi Stute.)

They send you to a forested Minnesota town to catch a serial necromancer. Hopefully you just do your job and don't get too involved.

Launching soon. Follow so you don't miss it:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252728880/the-balsam-lake-unmurders

#journalGaming #ttrpg #zine #BalsamLake

I just published Issue 3 of Say We Do, my broadsheet you only pay for once for all back issues and future issues — or get for free if the price would hold you back. It's a special "How To Play" issue about Kyle Tam's Rasputin and my soon-to-launch The Balsam Lake Unmurders.

Check it out:

https://paulczege.itch.io/say-we-do

#ttrpg #BalsamLake #journalGaming