Here’s a preview for the 2027 Fourth Wall Break art. It’s moderately altered from a photo by Nicolás Encina on Unsplash. I was going to look for a photo of a door and there was a collection called “gloaming” and Encina’s photo sang to me a bit.
I think I used the 2026 photo a grand total of maybe twice. Used to do these every month or two but like most things involving this blog, it just kind of melted away. Kind of got to a spot where I spend way more time reading and watching old horror movies than any solo play and that’s ok but it’s also a bit sad.
Random wastescrolling is also part of it, right? Hour or two a day just spent mindlessly inbetween. The liminal space of wasting time until we can go to bed feeling unfulfilled.
In this light, I am going to be doing something of a personal schedule (likely loose) and will be bringing some New Year’s Resolutions. One of which will be to at least finish all the open campaign arcs that are currently on this blog.
In no particular order (besides the one which my brain remembers them), this includes:
- De Havikmannen vs De Wittespin
- Johnny Blue vs The Kid
- Alex the Dumbass vs The Cornmaze Monster
- The Four Generals
- The Dwarven Halls
- Barston Bakersfield Goes to Hell
- The Bleak and the Pearl (at least the north island expeditions)
- Sort of…The Goblin [though he is more recurring]
- At least one more The Glow storyline that was hinted at but NEVER even really started on the blog
- And, frankly, possibly more.
I think “vs The Kid” was part of it. It got to a very heady space so I came up with an idea to fill in something else. Got to a bit of stopping space there and rather than go back to finish “vTK” moved on. Did this four or five times and now there are a lot of open stories.
And to this I am going to add at least two more: the ongoing Advanced Fighting Fantasy Edgemoor campaign and I want to do at least one involving an apocalypse. Like…really bad. One that might end pretty quickly.
The plan is to kick off Edgemoor — Arion Games is releasing a module or two per month, so it is likely to be a fairly sporadic campaign — and then bring maybe De Havikmannen to a close. I have an idea for a surreal weird sci-fi horror game but it might frankly have to be tabled. It would also be in The Slice, though, and be building up more of that world.
Then focusing hard on getting The Four Generals wrapped up. Then Johnny Blue, finally. Then likely just hanging out with The Dwarven Halls for a good bit with some side adventures here or there.
We’ll see.
This might be the classic “Going to restart the blog soon, guys!”
We’ll… see.
NOTE: From this point on, no longer will be numbering Fourth Wall Breaks.