Jim Ryan

otherdoc - Twitch sneaking in a bit of adventure gaming before bed | The Crimson Diamond, Thursday March 5th 2026

Thought I'd engage in a little revenge bedtime procrastination by starting a new adventure game. Going live with The Crimson Diamond! www.twitch.tv/otherdoc

ME: Well, time to go to bed.

MY BRAIN: Hey look, here's a YouTube rabbit hole full of remixes of the theme music from an obscure video game you played in the 1980's!

ME: Dammit.

otherdoc - Twitch Abject Adventure Gamery | Planetfall (1983), Thursday February 26th 2026

And then, quite suddenly, we returned for more text adventuring. 😉 We're live once again with Planetfall (1983)! www.twitch.tv/otherdoc

TODAY is the last day to sign up for our upcoming short heroic fantasy #TTRPG campaign of Draw Steel, run by @likethejeans.bsky.social! For more info or to apply to be a player, click through to the form below!

We're looking at going for roughly five weeks plus a two-part off-stream session zero. (So potentially a couple of months all together.)

SIGNUPS END TOMORROW! #TTRPG

Channel OtherDoc - Draw Steel Now seeking players for a short weekly campaign! (Spring 2026) Greetings! Jim Ryan here. Starting in late March, I'll be hosting a short campaign of Draw Steel, an action-oriented fantasy RPG by MCD...

Signups are open for a short streamed campaign of Draw Steel, a heroic fantasy RPG by MCDM Productions. Our GM will be @likethejeans.bsky.social! We'll be playing Tuesday evenings starting in late March. Signups end Wednesday, February 25th!

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Ever have one of those nights when you want to do a bit of reading before bed, but your brain demands more active entertainment (videos, games, livestreams, etc) and won't "waste" your remaining time awake on something it thinks you can do whenever (which you can't, thanks to your schedule)? #ADHD 🙃

otherdoc - Twitch back to the eternal grind of generator building | Frostpunk: The Last Autumn, Thursday February 19th 2026

Retropocalypse time! It turns out I'm free this evening, so I'm jumping back into the DLC for Frostpunk - The Last Autumn! www.twitch.tv/otherdoc

Channel OtherDoc - Draw Steel Now seeking players for a short weekly campaign! (Spring 2026) Greetings! Jim Ryan here. Starting in late March, I'll be hosting a short campaign of Draw Steel, an action-oriented fantasy RPG by MCD...

Signups are open for a short streamed campaign of Draw Steel, a heroic fantasy RPG by MCDM Productions. Our GM will be @likethejeans.bsky.social! We'll be playing Tuesday evenings starting in late March. Signups end Wednesday, February 25th!

forms.gle/NcdAt9Roykk9...

A stick figure screaming with the words “it’s okay to scream into the void”

Big mood doodle

These relationship maps look very clean, and have some interesting design principles. Good stuff! (I tend to draw and redraw increasingly byzantine relationship maps over the course of a campaign, so it's nice to see ones that don't look like a tumbleweed.) 😄

Scott Roche - Author, Podcaster, Promoter Videos about writing and the challenges of being an independent producer in the modern age. Interviews with creative people. You know, cool stuff.

Who's going to be my 100th subscriber? Will it be you? www.youtube.com/@ScottRoche

otherdoc - Twitch Jim Ryan is a tabletop gamer, writer & podcaster. He is not quite sure which dimension he belongs in. Check out his various creations at http://jimyesthatjim.com/

Jumping back into Stranded Sails for a bit. Care to watch me enter an island exploration madness spiral? ;) www.twitch.tv/otherdoc

otherdoc - Twitch Jim Ryan is a tabletop gamer, writer & podcaster. He is not quite sure which dimension he belongs in. Check out his various creations at http://jimyesthatjim.com/

I've come down with a strange hankerin' for puzzles. Time for more Boxville! www.twitch.tv/otherdoc

Character building in 3E/3.5 drew me in so much I think because it kind of scratched the same itch for me as building a deck in Magic: the Gathering (a game I'd given up by the time 3E came out). So many cool little bits I could assemble to create a new thing.

otherdoc - Twitch and now, containers and their adventures | Boxville, Tuesday February 3rd 2026

Time to jump into a new adventure game! This one is about... (checks notes) empty containers? Let's take a stab at Boxville. www.twitch.tv/otherdoc

otherdoc - Twitch Jim Ryan is a tabletop gamer, writer & podcaster. He is not quite sure which dimension he belongs in. Check out his various creations at http://jimyesthatjim.com/

So, I thought to myself, "Hey, there's a monster snowstorm raging outside. You know what would be great to play right now? Frostpunk." Join me for this and other terrible ideas while I still have electricity! www.twitch.tv/otherdoc

otherdoc - Twitch Jim Ryan is a tabletop gamer, writer & podcaster. He is not quite sure which dimension he belongs in. Check out his various creations at http://jimyesthatjim.com/

Grabbing some time to scramble back to the deserted island in Stranded Sails. Care to join me? 🙂 www.twitch.tv/otherdoc

highshelfcollective - Twitch A collective of creators who love games in all forms. Expect lots of TTRPG content in this space!

`Tis a new year and we're back at last with His Majesty the Worm! www.twitch.tv/highshelfcol...

🤴 TONIGHT, 8:30PM EST - Our party has ventured far enough in the King of Snakes deep to find, you guessed it, A CULT!

Their response: "Uh. Time to go home!"

#HisMajestyTheWorm is back & it's time for a good ol' adventuring reset & restock trip! #ttrpg

#Twitch: www.twitch.tv/highshelfcol...

The thing that is both awesome and frustrating for me about looking at a work of art or listening to music is that I sometimes find myself inspired to create something - a piece of fiction, a game, an audio work, etc - that I'll never find the time to do much of anything with. #ThanksADHD

In case you wondered what a Mari Lwyd dance-off looks like...

otherdoc - Twitch reaching out to humanity by visiting a deserted island | Stranded Sails, Friday January 9th 2026

Jumping back into Stranded Sails for a bit tonight! www.twitch.tv/otherdoc

Twitch Twitch is the world

Time to get streaming again. I'm jumping back into DLC for Frostpunk! www.twitch.tv/otherdoc

otherdoc - Twitch Jim Ryan is a tabletop gamer, writer & podcaster. He is not quite sure which dimension he belongs in. Check out his various creations at http://jimyesthatjim.com/

Surprise end-of-the-year stream! Watch me try bloodymindedly to see if I can finally reach the end of Heroine's Quest (2014)! www.twitch.tv/otherdoc

Jim's Gaming Wishlists

I've seen folks posting their top #TTRPGs they want to play in 2026. My ADHD and I ended up making THREE lists: games to play, games to run, and campaign ideas. A human lifespan would be an optimistic timeframe for all of these, let alone 2026, but you never know. 😂 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

otherdoc - Twitch Jim Ryan is a tabletop gamer, writer & podcaster. He is not quite sure which dimension he belongs in. Check out his various creations at http://jimyesthatjim.com/

I'm making another attempt at fighting an entire glossary of monsters in Heroine's Quest (2014)! www.twitch.tv/otherdoc

We're live! Come join us at the Winter Market where I'm sure absolutely nothing unusual will be happening! ;)

A holiday-themed promo over a Christmas tree covered in lights, pink text at the top reads Live From The Apocalypse Presents: and then in larger red letters underneath Merry Market Mayhem. On the far right there is white text that reads A Charity Game For: above the Medical Aid for Palestinians logo. Overlaid over Christmas tree ornaments are our cast's photos: Jim @otherdoc, Gilly @ohlookitsgilly, Julia @hexxwhat, Nick @fallonmyblade, and Steve @tallhalfling. Red text underneath reads Tuesday, 12/23 and then 8 PM EST. Over a black stripe at the bottom of the promo reads twitch.tv/livefromtheapocalypse and Donations benefit Medical Aid for Palestinians.

IT'S THE FINAL (regularly scheduled) NIGHT OF HAZ-MAS! Thanks to all of you we destroyed BOTH goals this year, but you can still donate to @medicalaidpal.bsky.social tonight at 8 PM EST while you wrap presents and enjoy some InSpectres, courtesy of this fantastic table!!!