Angry Check In: Deep Dive Events, Site Issues, and Stuff

Hey all...

The past week has been a bit rocky. I missed a deadline on a post. I've been pretty strung out due to an ongoing mental health treatment that has disrupted my sleep and my ability to function. I mentioned that already. I hate that I'm stuck playing catch up again. I wanted to be past chasing catch-up. I will be. I just have to let myself recover.

My site at TheAngryGM.com has been having some intermittent technical issues. I'm working to resolve them. The site may be inaccessible for periods over the next couple of days. This is obviously chewing up a lot of time.

Now for some good news...

Last night, I hosted the first ever Angry's Deep Dive. It was a two-hour Discord Livestream event all about how to design actual, good mystery adventures. It was about two articles worth of content in one video. Lots of people turned up, it seemed like everyone had a good time. The recorded video and a seperate audio-only version are rendering right now.

All supporters at the Angrican Tier or better — those whose support includes access to the Angry Discord Server — will get access to those recordings. They, and all future Angry Deep Dive Events, will be bonus content for Angrican Tier supporters. The plan is to do one or two such events a month, in addition to a Mostly Monthly Live Chat available to all supporters, and a Project Slapdash Live Update, which is available to all Frienemy Tier supporters following that project.

I remain grateful for the immense support I've received, especially all of the new supporters who have shown up to let me know how much my work means to them. Honestly, I really don't feel like I deserve it right now. Content- and consistency-wise, I'm still in a pretty bad place. So the number of people who believe in me enough to keep supporting me is just amazing.

I want to keep finding lots of new and interesting ways to inundate you with content that'll help you build, runm and manage the least worst games you possibly can while I'm working on the game system that'll empower you to run the kinds of games you've always wanted to.

Thank you.

The Campaign That Didn't End On Time

New General Access Feature

Many of us have run campaigns well past the date we promised to end them and far beyond the ending we planned for them. But everyone was having fun and we were running our best games, so who cares, right? Well, maybe you should care. But maybe not care as much as I'm going to scream that you should. Because I am kind of nuts.

Read The Campaign That Didn't End On Time at TheAngryGM.com

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Intermittent Site Problems

As of Monday, April 20, TheAngryGM.com website is experiencing a bit of a technical issue. It is having some intermittent outages. I am working on the issue.

The Live Stream tonight will still happen on Discord.

Otherwise, content releases are taking a back burner to resolving my technical problems.

I'm really sorry everyone. I'm doing my best, I promise.

Reminder: Upcoming Streams and Events

Crappy Casual Critical Video Game Stream: Hollow Knight

If you're into casual, crappy, critical video gameplay, I'll be continuing my playthrough of Hollow Knight on Sunday, April 19 at 8:00 PM ET at my anemic YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@TheAngryGM. You can also find previous streams archived there.

This is an every Sunday thing.

Angry's Deep Dive: Mystery Adventures

If you're an Angrican Tier supporter with Discord access, stop by the #event-channel on Monday, April 20 at 8:30 PM ET for the first ever Angry's Deep Dive. I'll be doing a deep analysis of mystery adventures. The event will be recorded — both audio and video formats — for Angricans who can't attend live.

Club Slapdash Slapchat

If you're a Frienemy Tier supporter and a member of Club Slapdash, I will be hosting the April Slapchat: State of the Slap and Design Deep Dive on Monday, April 27 at 8:30 PM ET. The audio will be archived at Club Slapdash. No video neccessary.

An Angry Check In: April 15, 2026

New Update

I want to take a few minutes to check in with all y’all. Especially because I’m facing a minor delay and because I’ve promised to be more transparent about that and in general.

Many of you have noticed that, in the past six weeks, I’ve been undergoing a major turnaround compared to the previous too-long period of struggles. I’ve been keeping up with weekly content, hosting Live Chats, putting out regular check-ins, moving content to General Access more regularly, and I’ve even put forth two blogs, including a pretty cool video, about Project Slapdash. None of it is happening as fast as I want. I have so many things in backlog to push out and only so many hours in every day. But every day, I’m gaining ground. Nothing has been forgotten or discarded. Everything is getting resources. Even a few things you don’t know about. But more on that some other time.

Many of you have responded by cheering me on, expressing your support, gratitude, and encouraging, and pledging support for my work. Thank you so much for that. Knowing so many people believe in me at a time when I’m still struggling to believe in myself is keeping me going every day. Every one of you who reads my work, comments on it, chats in Discord, sends me a message, or pledges me support has touched my life in a real, meaningful, significant way. You’re helping me claw my way out of the darkness.

For the first time in two years, I saw a doctor, and found out how I’m actually doing. The results were better than I deserve but also not as positive as I’d like. It’s just another wake up call. It’s what happens when you spend months and months in darkness letting your life rot away. Now starts the hard work of saving my life a second time just as I’ve started the hard work of saving my work and my dream.

It’s a lot. It feels like too much. But I’ve got all of you and I’ve got a lot of gifts to share. So I’ll do it.

That said, due to some changes in my mental health treatment, I’m going through a really crappy time right now. It’s just an adjustment period. But I’m ragged and strung out and not sleeping right now. So please be patient with me this week and, if I’m a little quiet for a few days, don’t worry. It’ll pass quickly.

But there’s two side effects…

First, I’m a little behind finishing the next Feature. It was supposed to happen today. I’m probably going to have it done tomorrow or Friday, but I’m going to do the safe thing and set a firm Monday release date. Monday, April 20 will be the next Early Access Feature. That way, if I really run into trouble, I have the weekend and it still won’t throw off next week’s releases. I’m sorry for that delay.

Second, I recorded a Live Chat this past Monday, April 13. I was not in a good state to record it. I was strung out, exhausted, maudlin, scatterbrained, and mentally foggy. I spent too long talking on topics I had no business talking on, I went into harsh truth mode a little too often, and I do not feel good about releasing it. A couple dozen people listened live; several of them disagree with my misgivings about releasing it as is, but I can’t in good conscience just throw it out there. I am going to take the time to heavily edit it, cut out the crap, and release the good stuff like diseases in RPGs, the fact that Misty Step is the worst spell ever conceived by man or demon, how you can make dramatic irony work in a D&D campaign precisely once ever, and other shit like that. It’ll take a few days.

Meanwhile, I am hosting Angry’s Deep Dive: Mystery Adventures on Monday, April 20 at 8:30 PM ET and I will release the complete recording, in both audio and formats, to my Angrican-tier supporters as bonus content.

So, that’s it. That’s the check in. Thanks again to all of you and thanks, especially, for your ongoing grace and patience as I try to drag this work back from the brink of collapse. After all, someone has to make the best roleplaying game ever, and it sure as hell ain’t gonna be WotC.