#the Blue Channel

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Happy Secret Samol to reid!

I made/hacked a solo journaling game about Phrygian in the vein of Grampa's Farm, Alone Among the Stars, Thousand Year Old Vampire and so on and so on. And I do not have time nor the patience to figure out how to transfer my PDF into some sort of a cloud - so the Whole Damn Game will be one long ass tumblr post.

Enjoy "Life of the Party"!

You are a scientist from a different world. You have many forms, your body is part of your self-expression. When you are not a solo apartment, your body is made from wires and cables, snapping and bending into a convincing face. You are far away from home, fighting in a war that is not the war you were supposed to fight in, defending a planet that is not yours from the Principality.

But you are not alone, and the war is not forever. Between battles and missions, scuffles and sitreps, there are occasions of leisure and fun, of bar nights and mournful wakes. Occasions that are built out of moments and people who you share those moments with.

You can be the party, the tv, the people dancing to the music.

And you will not be alone.

How to play

To play, you need a standard 52-card deck WITH JOKERS and a six-sided die (d6). You also need a way of writing down your experiences, be it pen and paper or a notes app on your mobile device.

Play as long or as short of a game as you want to. Shuffle the deck and take out your dice, fire up your writing device.

First roll for the occasion on the occasion table or decide it yourself. Narrate shortly what sort of gathering you are going to. Mark down the general details of the event: what are you looking forward to? Who do you hope to meet? What bothers you about this event?

Draw 3-9 cards, place them in front of you. These are memorable moments that occur in the event. The suit and the value of the card tells you what kind of moments they are and with whom.

Draw the same number of cards into your hand. Your goal is to matcheither the moment’s SUIT or VALUE with the cards in your hand.

Ask yourself, am I the party or am I in the party. Narrate your memory of the moment: who did you share it with and what went right. Did you match the themes, or did you share a connection with the person? You can use the suits and values as inspiration or narrate freely.

If you can match neither the suit nor value, the moment is not harmonious and may cause complications. Narrate honestly what you think happens, either getting inspiration from the different values or suits. Maybe you weren’t not ready to have a heart to heart with your captain and talked to them about the war effort instead.

JOKERS are always treated as moments and should be placed on the table when drawn. Jokers represent strangers, other Branched beings. People like you. Where did they come from and what form do they take? How does their presence change the occasion? How do you try to connect with them, or do you not try to? Once you have gone through all moments, you can draw new ones or decide to conclude the occasion. Narrate your overall feelings towards people you met and experiences you had and end the game.

The Occasion (D6)

Funereal. Revolutionaries often gather in to remember those who they have lost. Large or small, wakes bring people together, close. Amongst grief and remembering, there might be joy.

A Night Out. A local bar, a small burger joint, a shady night market. Smoke and drink and karaoke and puke. Arcade-games and cotton candy, sticky floors and waiting in lines to try the anti-gravity carousel or a game of basketball.

Movie Night. It is a stretch to call mandatory “group activities” a party, but a gathering is a gathering. Popcorn and a small couch, large video catalogue, board games and pool.

Birthday. Time can be weird next to the Mirage but it moves regardless. A ritual, perhaps a shared piece of a pastry. Gifts and singing, barbeque.

A Dance. Music and drinks, a beat that makes your body move in a rhythm with others. A fancy ball or a shady disco with flashing lights – bodies near bodies and a melody that runs through all of them.

Pirate Bounty. From time to time, pirates and your crew end up in the same location – and it is always a party. A shared meal and drink, shared treasures. Firelight and hacked screens.

Moments

The suit of the card tells you the nature of the moment:

♣ CLUBS are moments of physicality. Physical connection: An accidental hug, a hoarse voice, a pulled muscle. Physical things: Cables tangled, a cracked screen, a popcorn machine, a cigarette.

♦ DIAMONDS are moments of intellect and wit. Argumentation, science, discussing the themes of a movie. A game of skills and chance, looking cool or sick as shit.

♥ HEARTS are emotional moments. A heart to heart, a connection and understanding. A heartache, a shared laughter or a shared cry.

♠ SPADES are moments related to The Cause. Sometimes while having fun your work, ideals, The Actual War you are fighting in, seeps in. Millenium Break zines and heavy topics, guns, clocks ticking.

The value of the card tells you the people related to the moment:

2-6 are moments with your crew, Blue Channel, as a whole. Some moments are shared with the whole team.

7-9 are moments with the locals, people of the planet. People made from glass, people shaved from shards of divinity itself, people who operate the local tavern or bar… people of Palisade.

10 are moments with other members of the Cause: be it priests or warlords, revolutionaries or high ranking members of the Millenium Break.

JACKS are moments with the child of the Mirage, Coriolis. As sheltered and “new” she might be, she is part of the team and eager to connect with you, a person from so far away.

QUEENS are moments shared with The Figure. They are shattered and hurt, and they have bad connections – yet they are as dedicated to the cause as ever.

KINGS are moments with antique agricultural robot with growing personality, Thisbe. You have tried reaching out to her previously, but her way of being with others is… unique.

ACES are moments with your captain. Kalvin Brnine might be emotionally reserved, but you are like their second in command and they value your council.

JOKERS are someone like you. A Branched. A being whose form bends to their will – someone far from home. Maybe they fight in the same war as you, maybe they are on the opposing side. But they are here. How do you approach them?

[banneduserdotspace]

"It was supposed to be a fun little game as a fundraiser with famous volunteers but it took no time at all to turn into a wild pop-off of bad blood, rivalry, and divine bullshit. It was miracle no one died. "

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thanks to the fans at the table for letting me do the final remaining pinch hit of secret samol! 🏀

[tehshelaroxx]

Which featured emotion are you experiencing today?

I'll go first: I'm feeling a bit of dorcelessness at this time. 🥴

[koter-irl]

New emotion revealed for upcoming movie "Inside Out 3"

[papa-squat-89]

Duvall Flash Drives Log 4 "I Quit/Manifestation"

[theperplexednavigator]

Uh oh, looks like Pomni is experiencing Nage at the end there.

[waytray]

BLUE_CHANNEL: THALASIN

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Bear in the Big Blue House (1997-2006)

[banneduserdotspace]

The Blue Channel on Earth - Secret Samol 2024

I enjoyed pinch hitting a #secsam for @suradeq.bsky.social this year!!✌️～☆ #Secret Samol 2024

/Summary, // Image Description, and /// Yapping About This Piece This below the cut ~

/ Summary: It's the Blue Channel on Earth! This four panel lil comic depicts The OGs of the Blue Channel plus Precipice (Brnine, Cori, and Leap) as they take a trip to Earth, home to the some of the absolute oldest inhabited sites of the Galaxy! They're here for a crucial mission but there's a beach and some downtime, sooo, you know. We can hang for little while Levi and his boys are cooking up dinner, right?

// Image description:

Panel 1 - The Blue Channel, in orbit around Earth. Leap says "My crew wants to visit a mall.."

Panel 2 - Cori, Brnine and Leap in front of the Blue Channel. Cori is looking up at the sky, Brnine is looking back at an approaching Leap as Leap says "An Ancient Earth mall."

Panel 3: Close up to Cori, Brnine and Leap. Cori leaning in goading to Brnine. Cori: "We gonna crash this mall, captain?" Brnine: "Hell yea. Wanna gear up? Just like Gucci's-Phrygian's hit and run job..."

Cori: "Exactly~ just like 'Phrygians hit & run job~"

Brnine and Cori: "hell yeah" "hell yeah"

Leap: "We're bringing the mechs? Hell yeah!"

Panel 4: The Paramerion, Brnine with Asepsis, and Leap in the Precipice tank are standing in a giant clearing made up of a crumbling stretch of overgrown storefronts, like one with a pretzel, LUSH since 1995(?i think it is), Spencers, Gamestop, and on top, Hot Topic .

Leap: "...l thought this would be cooler"

Cori: "yea"

Brnine: "yea"

/// Yapping About This Piece:

This was a hell of a ton of fun to make. It was also a really exciting challenge to make this as a pinch hit because I got to really push my capabilities and learn a lot about how I draw things.

So first off boy howdy it is always fun drawing the blue channel crew and the blue channel. I reprised the blue channel I did in pixelArt Maker last year. Love shape of that thing. Always have, still do. I also got to show off Blue Channel's all-purpose sails in action in panel 2 where they deploy while anchored ashore to recharge in the light of the Sag A* Dyson. As the Blue channel goes stealth mode, you can see the city reflected in the sail. I picked Cambridge, Massachusetts lol. I flooded Boston and Roslindale for this one, lol. Maybe Rhode Island too. Sorry. lol

Lets talk about the fits. Partway through, I realized this was SUCH a beach series moment so went for Hawaiian shirt Brnine cause I thought it was funny, Wu-Tang shirt Cori because I thought it would be funny for Cori to have multiple band t-shirts, and Soviet Treasure Island Captain Livesey Leap because I thought it was fucking hilarious to imagine leap having multiple treasure island fits. And at the mall, I made some Auntie Anne's looking pretzel bullshit except I called it Auntie Anarchy's. I also thought it was funny to have Lush, Spencers, and Gamestop "survive" this far into the future, (plus Hot Topic, if you can see its VERY overgrown)... In all, Leap hoped it would be cooler, but Every store on Earth is dying all the time...

[m3m3lord]

Yeh, The blue channel! Thalasin! Yeh!

In the TADC photos posted by Glitch, Gangle has a Dorcelessness mask. Is it just an easter egg? Or is there a special reason?

That's just an easter egg yeah

[tomatertate]

odd masks

[papa-squat-89]

Duvall Flash Drives Log 2 (WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT)

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@grand-magnificent

the freaks

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Bear in the Big Blue House (1997-2006)