Bulletin Board Nonsense

Big Bad Battle Bugs

2026-09-06T00:01:00-07:00

Punching way above flyweight!

Stickers:

Cards:

"Knight of Swords" (Wendy Lee Carvalho, 2026), from the Tiny Toys Teeny Tiny Tarot Deck.
"Evilswarm Exciton Knight" from the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game - Legendary Modern Decks (2026), card game published by Komani.

We're Going For A "By Land And By Air" Strategy

2026-09-05T03:01:00-07:00

You know, this would all be a *lot* easier if we had thumbs.

Sticker: Isabelle Melançon, purchased from the Fairylogue Press Shop.

Cards:

"Hunting Moa" (Tony DiTerlizzi, 1999), from Magic: The Gathering - Urza's Destiny, published by Wizards of the Coast.
"Kiwi", trading card distributed by BEAR.

From Hell's Heart, I Honk At Thee

2026-09-04T02:58:00-07:00

"Single-handedly, I have fought my way into this hopeless mess." -Ashleigh Brilliant

Postcard credit: Pot Shots #309 (Ashleigh Brilliant, 1972).

Pin: Untitled Goose Game.

Cards:

"The Poster" (David, Sam, and Jake Regal, 2023), from the Real-Life Tarot.
"Cacophony" (Adam S. Doyle, 2025), from Elevation, an expansion compatible with Netrunner, published by Null Signal Games.

Rolled A 1 On The Loot Table Again

2026-09-03T01:57:00-07:00

"Oh, honey, did you think you were going to get to *leave* this ballroom?"

Sticker: Alex Norris, purchased from The Oh No Shop.

Cards:

"Cursed Idol" from Tomb Raider Collectible Card Game (1999), published by Precedence Entertainment.
"Three of Cups" (Eugene Chu, 2021), from the Corrupted Tarot.
Arcane Bullshit.

Iqhui Dlosh Odhqlonqh

2026-09-02T00:55:00-07:00

"According to the vague and somewhat unsatisfactory explanation vouchsafed by the god, this panel, being partly wrought from a kind of matter which belonged to another universe than man's, possessed uncommon radiative properties that served to ally it with some higher dimension of space, through which the distance to astronomically remote spheres was a mere step." -Clark Ashton Smith, "The Door to Saturn" (1932).

Postcard credit: "The Tholos at Delphi" (Ch. Antoniadis, c. 1985).

Pin: The Wanderer's Tome, purchased from their shop.

Stickers:

The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood (2023), developed by Deconstructeam and published by Devolver Digital.
Covert Instruments.

Throw Wide Time's Threshold

2026-09-01T03:54:00-07:00

"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." -Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy" (1979)

Cutout: Dog Man, created by Dav Pilkey.

Magnets: Ryan North, purchased from Topatoco.

Cards:

"The Doors of Time" (Torstein Nordstrand, 2004), from Call of Cthulhu CCG, card game by Eric M. Lang, published by Chaosium.
"A Curious Astrological Clock" (Cyrille Bertin, 2022), from Unlock! Short Adventures - The Flight of the Angel, game designed by Cyril Demaegd & Fosco Garibaldi and published by Space Cowboys.

Skate The Variety

2026-08-31T02:52:00-07:00

Anyplace can be a skate park if you only take damage from magical weapons.

Postcard credit: "Hyperion 🛼" (Astrawitch, 2025), part of the Curio Coven.

Pin: La Petite Épicerie.

Sticker: ASNESBO, purchased from her shop.

The Hills Are Alive With Giant Women

2026-08-30T01:51:00-07:00

Hang on, let me switch to my macro lens.

Postcard credit: "Town Overview of Château-Salins" (Photographer Uncredited, c. 1915).

Stickers:

Slay The Princess, purchased from Topatoco.
Paradise Killer, available from Black Screen Records.

Medbeds: Not Quite Living Up To The Hype

2026-08-29T00:50:00-07:00

"Oh nice, you've got the room all to yourself!"

Postcard credit: "Visiting Holden" (Mentor Huebner, 1981), concept art for deleted scene in Blade Runner.

Bookmark: Hamilton.

Card: "Med Lab" from Babylon 5 Collectible Card Game: Deluxe (1998), published by Precedence Entertainment.

The Conquest Of The Oceans Could Be Going Better

2026-08-28T03:23:00-07:00

"I knew we should have conquered the Martians first!"

Postcard credit: "Under Pressure" (Todd Alcott, 2021).

Pin: Mindy the Turtle.

Card: "Untitled" (Igor Burlakov, 2015), from Mysterium, game by Oleksandr Nevskiy & Oleg Sidorenko, published by Libellud.

When Cowardice Turns To Envy

2026-08-27T02:15:00-07:00

"We're going to make being green everyone's problem!"

Cutout: Ad for "Green" (The Onion Print Edition, 2026).

Sticker: Mulch Mouth.

Cards:

"5 of Elves" (Franz Vohwinkel, 2009), from Fantasy Wizard, game designed by Ken Fisher.
"Really Epic Punch" (Ben Wootten, 2017), from Magic: The Gathering - Unstable, published by Wizards of the Coast.

Better Eating And Drinking Through Chemistry

2026-08-26T01:15:00-07:00

Behold, my new creation, Soylent Clear! (It's just grain alcohol)

Postcard credit: "Chemistry: The Cuisine of the Future", promotional card distributed by Chaussures Raoul (c. 1920s).

Bookmark: LabDiet Promotional Material (PMI Nutrition International, 2024).

"Dissolved Nutrients" (Alex Boersma, 2025), from Ecologies: Marvelous Microbes, card game by Montrose Biology.
Chemistry Set, card game designed by Zach Barth with graphic design by Jonathan Stroh (2024).

But Doctor, I Am The Caged Bird

2026-08-25T00:28:00-07:00

"It's a zoo. A zoo for those weird animals that build their own cages and hide inside of them." -Masamune Shirow, *Appleseed* (1989)

Postcards:

"Untitled" (Photographer Uncredited, 1925)
"Scaffolding, Musée de Louvre" (Photo by Alfred Wolf, 1990)

Sticker: Bolt Creature.

Tool Use In Lions

2026-08-24T03:42:00-07:00

Yea shall know them by their works... and their roars.

Pin: Lackadaisy, purchased from their shop.

Cards:

"Put A Lion In Your Heart" (George Willett, 1992), from the Creative Whack Pack by Roger von Oech.
"Marbas" from The Occult Tarot by Travis McHenry.
"Leo" (Sammy Newman, 2024), in the Astrology Booster.

Ripperdoc, Modify Thyself

2026-08-23T02:41:00-07:00

"Dude, where's my hand?"

Postcard credit: Recruitment Ad for VMAN Magazine (c. 2008).

Cutout: Pirate's Charrrms Cereal.

Cards:

"The Maker's Eye" (Yue Wang, 2012), from Android: Netrunner, designed by Richard Garfield & Lukas Litzsinger, published by Fantasy Flight Games.
Bolted! A Game of Creative Necromancy (2026), designed by David Malki.

These Plowshares Aren't Going To Beat Themselves Into Swords

2026-08-22T01:39:00-07:00

"Crazy how little respect I get. What are they going to do without me, kill our enemies with their bare hands?"

Postcards:

Sword attributed to Charlemagne (Photographer Uncredited, c. 1920s)
The forge of Abraham Isnel, as it appeared c. 1945, presented by the Musée National des Arts et Traditions Populaires (Photographer Uncredited, 1976)

Cards:

"Longsword" (Chuck Lukacs, 2008), from GameMastery Item Cards: Second Darkness Deck, published by Paizo
"Pride's Smith" (Primea Studio, 2025), from Grand Archive - Distorted Reflections, published by Weebs of the Shore.

Good Thing I Brought My Spare Visual Cortex!

2026-08-21T00:38:00-07:00

"Not blind spots in that eye so much as vision spots, you see."

Cutout: "Erratic Islands of Visual Scotoma" (Alex Merideth, 1996).

Pin: Rachel Stork.

Cards:

"More Or Less" (Chris Seaman, 2017), from Magic: The Gathering - Unstable, published by Wizards of the Coast.
"Brain Aflame" from Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger (2018), game designed by Aaron Donogh & the Prospero Hall team, based on the book of the same name (R. A. Montgomery, 1982).

I'm Not A Real Doctor But I Am A Real Worm

2026-08-20T03:37:00-07:00

"I am an actual worm! I live like a worm." -"Dr. Worm" (They Might Be Giants, 1998)

Cutout: HARIBO.

Cards:

"Lambton Worm" (Peter Pracownik, 1994), from the Wyvern, card game by Mike Fitzgerald, published by U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
"Earthworm" (Kim Krans, 2018), from the The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit Deck.
"Earthworm", trading card distributed by BEAR.

Dry Bones Looking To Get Wet

2026-08-19T02:35:00-07:00

"Never too late to hit the bricks!"

Postcard credit: "Jersey Umbrella" (Aram Games, 1951).

Pin: Kurzgesagt, purchased from their shop.

Sticker: Super Mario Bros.

Card: New Phone, Who Dis? On The Go (2020), card game by Elie Ballas et al., published by What Do You Meme.

Bats In Their Belfries

2026-08-18T01:29:00-07:00

Their hats are that big because they're full of chiroptera.

Postcard credit: "Justice" (Sveta Dorosheva, 2017).

Sticker: Lil Guy Fan Club, available from Etsy.

Cards:

"The Queen of Pentacles" (Todd Alcott, 2023), from the Horror Tarot.
"Cotton Candy Crew" (Panini Hello Kitty And Friends: Fun Together Trading Card #182, 2025)

It's The Green Wood That's the Toughest To Cut

2026-08-17T00:24:00-07:00

Nice handsaw. Sure would be a shame if it got all jammed up.

Cutout: Cherry Moon Factory.

Sticker: Astrawitch.

Cards:

"Vegetable Avatar Dragon" (安達洋介, 2015), from the Cardfight!! Vanguard Trading Card Game - Soaring Ascent of Gale & Blossom, card game publishing by Bushiroad.
"Alice Is Missing" (Hunters Entertainment, 2020), in Oracle of Play.

The Buddies System

2026-08-16T03:17:00-07:00

Why settle for just one buddy when you can hang with two for three for extra safety?

Postcard credit: "Little Red Riding Hood" (DOMI, 1990).

Cutouts: Frigo CheeseHeads.

Stickers:

Doodlemancy.
Foto Funnies.

You'll Be Wanting To Be Someone Else, Obviously

2026-08-15T02:16:00-07:00

"Why, I don't even recall who I was before, once upon a time!"

Mask: Yangban, the Aristocrat.

Cards:

"King In Yellow" (Lee Moyer, 1997), from Mythos - The Dreamlands, card game by Charlie Krank, published by Chaosium.
"Rat" (Aldo Katayanagi, 2019), from Invisible Sun, RPG by Monte Cook.
"The Palace of Masks" (Cyrille Bertin, 2022), from Unlock! Short Adventures - The Flight of the Angel, game designed by Cyril Demaegd & Fosco Garibaldi and published by Space Cowboys.

...So, What Do Y'all Think I Should Be Doing?

2026-08-14T01:15:00-07:00

"The reasons for my existence have not yet been established... but investigation is continuing." -Ashleigh Brilliant

Postcard credit: Pot Shots #180 (Ashleigh Brilliant, 1970).

Bookmark: Detail from "Wedding Procession" (Elihu Vedder, 1875).

Card: "Peer Review" (Matheus Calza, 2025), from Elevation, an expansion compatible with Netrunner, published by Null Signal Games.

SYNTAX v. SEMANTICS

2026-08-13T00:10:00-07:00

Can you understand the words that are coming off the screen?

Stickers:

Dorothy Gambrell, purchased from Topatoco.
Wiktionary.
Wikifunctions.

Cards:

"Syntax (Homid)" (Allen Williams, 1995), from Rage - Limited, card game by Mike Tinney and Steve Wieck, published by White Wolf Publishing.
"Moniker Mage" (Keith Garletts, 2004), from Magic: The Gathering - Unhinged, published by Wizards of the Coast.

DeLiCiOuS EgG!

2026-08-12T03:39:00-07:00

"If anything, the human faces make be want to eat them even more!"

Cutouts:

Jha AP, Kroll NEA, Baynes K, Gazzaniga MS. (1997). Memory encoding following complete callosotomy. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 9(1), 143-159.
Twix.

Sticker: Joshua Barkman, purchased from the False Knees Store.

Cards:

Brandon Bird.
"Oviraptor" (Dani Navarro, 2024), from Ecologies: Ancient Areas, card game by Montrose Biology.

A Quest For Creatures

2026-08-11T02:37:00-07:00

Who needs thumbs when your whole body's prehensile?

Postcard credit: "Temple Garden" (Rob Alexander, 2005).

Pin: Rain World, purchased from Sanshee.

Stickers: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood (2023), developed by Deconstructeam and published by Devolver Digital.

His Noodly Appendage

2026-08-10T01:36:00-07:00

Source of protein not included.

Postcard credit: "Bij Nader Inzien..." (Theo van den Boogaard, 1985).

Bookmark: OTOTO.

Cutouts:

Reincarnated In Another World As The King Of Ithaca

2026-08-09T00:35:00-07:00

"Hi, honey! Meet my former foes who have inexplicably become my companions! Yes, they're all going to live with us going forward."

Postcard credit: Poster for "The Return of Ulysses" (1909).

Cutout: Avenue Mandarine.

Pin: JBlake Designs.

Card: "Scylla" (Peter Pracownik, 1994), from the Wyvern, card game by Mike Fitzgerald, published by U.S. Games Systems, Inc.

A Little Light On Their Feet

2026-08-08T03:55:00-07:00

Get strong enough, and you won't have to land until you're good and ready.

Postcard credit: Ad for "Îles de Danses '98" (Île de France Opera et Ballet).

Cutout: Miel Pops.

Sticker: Edward Gorey.

Just Another Day Working At The Wildfire Factory

2026-08-07T02:53:00-07:00

"Could we maybe be *more* than seven inches from the midday sun for a couple years?"

Postcard credit: "Rogers Pass, British Columbia" (Photographer Uncredited, c. 1965).

Stickers: Global Gift Tweeny Stickers + Decor.

The Mushroom, Hunted

2026-08-06T01:52:00-07:00

"You might not think much of 'em at first, but they'll grow on ya!"

Postcard credit: "Mushroom Varieties" (Lisa Zador, 2019).

Cards:

Lexidus Art.
Minecraft.

So Busy Asking If He Casanova That He Never Stopped To Wonder Whether He Shouldsanova

2026-08-05T00:50:00-07:00

"My dating life's so complicated, you couldn't possibly imagine."

Postcard credit: "Bilan Personnel" (Marinette Pelloux, 1998).

Cards:

"Jenny Blake" from The Rocketeer Movie Trading Cards (Topps, 1991).
"Three of Cups" (Todd Alcott, 2023), from the Pulp Tarot.
"The Governor's Four Daughters" (Neriac, 2023), from Unlock! Short Adventures - Red Mask, game designed by Cyril Demaegd and published by Space Cowboys.

A Deceptively Deadly Brew

2026-08-04T03:24:00-07:00

Never judge the potability of a liquid by its packaging!

Postcard credit: "Skull" (Yu Maeda, Undated).

Sticker: Fabuloso.

Cards:

"Ace of Primordialism" (John Cobb, 1995), from (The Mage: The Ascension Tarot).
"Stir The Pot" (Hiro Suda, 2024), from Flesh and Blood - Part The Mistveil, published by Legend Story Studios.

Warriors Come In All Sizes

2026-08-03T02:23:00-07:00

It takes all sorts to resist the Empire!

Postcard credit: Statue of Vercingetorix (Sculpture by Aimé Millet, 1865; Photo by H.G. Daloz, 1914).

Pin: Parc Astérix.

Cards:

"5th Century Frankish Warrior" (c. 1900s), trading card distributed by Saintoin Frères.
Astérix: Les Baffes (2006), published by Kellog's.

Simple Randomness, Meet Complicated Randomness!

2026-08-02T01:22:00-07:00

Gonna follow this Markov chain all the way to Monte Carlo!

Pins: LOTO.

Cards:

"Markov Crusader" (Johannes Voss, 2016), from Magic: The Gathering - Eldritch Moon, published by Wizards of the Coast.
"Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice" from the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game - Legendary Duelists: Synchro Storm (2021), card game published by Komani.

You Can Never Dig Too Greedily!

2026-08-01T00:21:00-07:00

The adamantine bubble's never gonna burst! We're all gonna be rich!

Pin: Dorothy Gambrell, purchased from Topatoco.

Sticker: Dwarf Fortress.

Card: "Essential Mineral Abundance" (Alex Boersma, 2025), from Ecologies: Marvelous Microbes, card game by Montrose Biology.

Beast 1, Ship 0

2026-07-31T03:20:00-07:00

Looks like someone brought a ship to a kaiju fight!

Postcard credit: "Dark Matter Battle" from Schlock Mercenary (Howard Tayler, 2020).

Cutout: HARIBO.

Sticker: Rilakkuma.

Cards:

"Ace of Wands" (Alex Kelly, 2022), in the Alleyway Tarot.
Homestar Runner, purchased from Fangamer.

Monochromatic World

2026-07-30T03:27:00-07:00

"Nothing but the rocks and dust glaring in the sun. And deep black shadows, which are sharper and harder than any seen on Earth." -Ugress, "Monochromatic World" (2004)

Pin: La Petite Épicerie.

Sticker: Willow Sedam, purchased from Moldspace.

Card: "The Moon" from the Bit Arcana by Astrawitch.

I Descended With My Helmet Bolted And My Camera Rolling

2026-07-29T02:04:00-07:00

"From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free." -Jacques-Yves Cousteau, 1960.

Pin: Parc Océanique Cousteau.

Sticker: Sumikkogurashi.

Cards:

"Diving Suit" (Earl Geier, 1996), from Mythos, card game by Charlie Krank, published by Chaosium.
"Untitled" (Xavier Collette, 2017), from Mysterium: Secrets & Lies, game by Oleksandr Nevskiy & Oleg Sidorenko, published by Libellud.

In The Kitchen Of The Supertasters

2026-07-28T01:43:00-07:00

"You absolutely have *got* to taste this!"

Postcard credit: "The Kitchen of George Sand" (Editions GREFF, Photographer Uncredited, c. 1980).

Cutout: Fruit By The Foot.

Cards:

The Oscar Wilde Playing Cards (1986), designed by R. Fanto, published by Pressage International.
"Quina" (Yoshitaka Amano & Toshiyuki Itahana, 2000), from the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game - Opus III, card game published by Square Enix.
"Ghost Bilk" (サカヤギ‎, 2021), from the Cardfight!! Vanguard Trading Card Game - Awakening of Chakrabarthi, card game publishing by Bushiroad.

By Land, By Air, And By Sea

2026-07-27T00:03:00-07:00

Someone's coming to the rescue.

Postcard credit: Vicki Scott, from her book, (Postcards From the End of the World, 2023).

Pin: Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer.

Sticker: Blue Prince (2025), purchased from iam8bit.

Cards:

Origami by Lucien Derainne and Pierre-Yves Gallard, (2023) for Sea Salt & Paper: Extra Salt, card game by Bruno Cathala & Théo Rivière, published by Studio Bombyx.
"Nautical Cuties" (Panini Hello Kitty And Friends: Fun Together Trading Card #87, 2025)

Didn't Take The Parallel Road Quickly Enough

2026-07-26T03:02:00-07:00

"Stand clear of the contracting interdimensional rift, please."

Postcard credit: "The Grand Canyon, Mile 147.9 (A pool and grapevines in Matkatamiba Canyon)" (Photo by Steve Miller, Undated).

Cutout: Serge the Rabbit, RATP Group.

Cards: The Game Master's Deck of Wild Magic and Mischief (2025), illustrated by Tim Foley, designed by Will Earl.

Fireproof Literature

2026-07-25T02:04:00-07:00

"It's so nice and cozy, reading them this way!"

Bookmark: Powell's Books.

Pin: Pin & Tonic.

Sticker: Cherry Moon Factory.

❌ Animal ❌ Vegetable ✅ Mineral

2026-07-24T01:01:00-07:00

Aw yeah, gonna feast on them *inorganic* nutrients!

Postcard credit: Ad for "Suzuki Osamu: Living National Treasure" (The Mitsukoshi Étoile Gallery, 1999).

Cutout: United States Postal Service, 2022.

Token: Minecraft.

Card: "Lithotroph Bacteria" from Ecologies: Bizarre Biomes, (2020), card game by Montrose Biology.

Hey, Kiddles! Check Out My Bone Saw!

2026-07-23T00:01:00-07:00

"You’re a bad man! Go away, bad man!"

Pin: Cko, purchased from their shop.

Cards:

"Bad End Doctors" from Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger (2018), game designed by Aaron Donogh & the Prospero Hall team, based on the book of the same name (R. A. Montgomery, 1982).
"Bone Saw" (Dan Murayama Scott, 2022), from Magic: The Gathering - The Brothers' War, published by Wizards of the Coast.

Fall To Rise

2026-07-22T03:59:00-07:00

"I realized, the moment I fell into the fissure, that the Book would not be destroyed as I had planned. It continued falling into that starry expanse, of which I had only a fleeting glimpse." -Myst (1993)

CD Sleeve: Riven (Cyan, 1997).

Sticker: Alex Norris, purchased from The Oh No Shop.

Cards:

"It's Not Over Yet" (Holly Oddly, 2024), from the Ends Mini Divi Deck.
"To Be Continued..." (Mariusz Gandzel, 2025), from Flesh and Blood - Super Slam, published by Legend Story Studios.

Too Short To Ride

2026-07-21T02:25:00-07:00

"This is actually fine with us, because we love walkies!"

Pin: La Petite Épicerie.

Sticker: Jay Pera, available from RedBubble.

Card: Bata-Waf (Eric Héliot, 2006), game designed by Babayaga, published by Djeco.

Taking Sun Worship Way Too Literally

2026-07-20T01:44:00-07:00

"You look radiant (derogatory)!"

Postcard credit: "The Sun" (Pamela Colman Smith, 1909), detail from the Rider-Waite Tarot.

Pin: Kurzgesagt, purchased from their shop.

Sticker: Arcane Bullshit.

Cards:

"Brush Fire" (Peter Pracownik, 1994), from the Wyvern, card game by Mike Fitzgerald, published by U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
"Fire King" (Jimmy Pickering, 2005) from Sleeping Queens, card game by Miranda Evarts, published by Gamewright.

Get Ready For Five Loko

2026-07-19T00:05:00-07:00

"So, hear me out: What if booze, but with a modafinil chaser?"

Postcard credit: Ad for VeryWine dot com (c. 2000).

Cutout: HARIBO.

Sticker: Astrawitch.

Cards:

"Battle of the Drunks" (c. 1900s), trading card distributed by Drouet & Derhet.
"In The Liege Lord's Vineyard" (c. 1900s), trading card distributed by Grande Cordonnerie Modèle.