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Kevin Kulp

@kevinkulp.bsky.social

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Shiftwork & human fatigue specialist, writer, award-winning game designer (Swords of the Serpentine, TimeWatch), storyteller, BBQ guy; some of these actually tie together. Crappy shark movie enthusiast. He/him.

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · Nov 22

Fun Kevin facts!
*designs games
*has seen 167+ crappy shark movies in the last 4 years
*in the late ‘80s, worked in NA’s largest shoulderpad factory
*Boston-based
*travels around the US solving shift schedule/human fatigue problems
*smokes BBQ
*fell off a pony while wearing a Humpty Dumpty costume

4-year old Kevin dressed as Humpty Dumpty, riding a Shetland pony named Trixie as his sister (dressed as a King’s soldier) holds the lead line. The bit where Kevin is dragged around the ring upside down is less well documented.

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · 15h

Free Halloween ashcan of Escape to Utopia - zombies everywhere, and nowhere to flee! Super excited to play this at Metatopia next month.

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Escape to Utopia Ashcan - Zombies! by Plane Sailing Games

Story ttrpg for 1-4 players about surviving a zombie apocalypse

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · 1d

He’s actually very smart! But also, very insistent and currently very bored. Tricky combo.

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · 1d

He does! But can’t he love me more quietly when I am talking to a client?

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · 1d

My border collie and his VERY LOUD squeaky toy do not understand the professionalism of client meetings from my home office.

Border collie snoot that probably needs booping

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · 2d

I dunno. Cabinets went out with STYLE. Water heater dribbled and trickled its approaching doom. But we lament it regardless.

Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · 2d

My spouse: “What’s that noise in the basement?”
Me: “It’s the furnace.”
Narrator: “It was NOT the furnace.”

I’d like to request a moment of silence for my late, lamented water heater.

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · 3d

I did the math. 108 lbs of sugar per year.

Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · 3d

Number five. No shame there!

Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · 3d

I met a supervisor at a tire factory who drinks five 20-oz Mountain Dew every 12-hour shift. Doing the math, that’s 93 teaspoons of sugar. NINETY THREE. 182 days a year.

Stick with the Diet Coke. :)

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · 4d

Jaws, Under Paris, and Deep Blue Sea. This ends up in rarefied company!

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · 4d

We just saw BEAST OF WAR, a new Aussie shark movie. Ranks an amazing #4 out of 183 shark movies we've seen. Aboriginal lead, amazing practical effects, good dialogue, WW2 background story, believable villain you love to hate, racism, hot nurses, amazing chomps, fun jump scares. Go see or rent it.

Poster to the movie BEAST OF WAR, where an aboriginal soldier is about to get chomped by a very large and scary shark.

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · 17d

I still remember the phone number to the payphone in my wife’s dorm in Saint Andrews Scotland, memorized in 1989. It is 13 digits and I’m probably never going to forget it.

Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · Sep 30

Happy birthday, @jenkatwrites.bsky.social! Here, have a birthday oopossum.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Sep 23

🐻 The battle of the chonks has arrived: It’s Fat Bear Week 2025.

Will 128 Grazer pull off a three-peat? You can vote for the fattest bear on @explore.org’s website until Sept. 30. https://wapo.st/3Kfr5ix

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Elly is 3 birds in a scarecrow costume @almost-elly.bsky.social · Sep 16

Poop, wiggle, pose, (request) peanuts. Profit! #birds

(For those who follow the adventures of my resident blue jays, this is Deetoo.)

A blue jay in a spruce tree fluffs up as it poops

The jay does a little wiggle and flap to settle down its post-poop fluffiness

Back to its sleek self, the jay—crest down and relaxed—tilts its head towards the camera, patiently expecting some peanuts to materialize on the doorstep.

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Alex @Plane Sailing Games 🔜 Metatopia @planesailinggames.com · Sep 15

TTRPG convention questions - as a visitor, what makes a good standing banner at a stand? (Those pull up roller banners)

As a stallholder, what do you think makes a great banner? Anything I should make sure that I do (or avoid doing) when ordering one?

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Becky Annison @beckyannison.bsky.social · Sep 13

Game Designers... what was the game that got you into designing #ttrpgs and why?

For me it was Fiasco by @jmstar.bsky.social - it was/is a great game, I enjoyed playing it. The format was mind blowing but it didn't quite do what I wanted. So I wrote When The Dark Is Gone which did.

#gamedesign

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · Sep 13

I mourn your lost glasses. :)

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · Sep 13

Thank god I planned for this!

Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · Sep 13

Looks like it, but wearing an orange or pink shirt. We had @dorianhart.bsky.social’s family and my sister-in-law over and were playing Wii in the living room when the crashtastrophe occurred.

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · Sep 12

…we don’t KNOW that.

Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · Sep 12

Happy 16th anniversary of Kitchenpocalypse, everyone, when my cabinets and my wall decided to part ways (and turn on the gas stove in the process!)

Kitchen with the kitchen cabinets ripped off the wall and shattered glass across the floor

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · Sep 12

@johnrogers.bsky.social Happy birthday, John!

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Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social · Sep 12

Ha! I game with a bunch of LookingGlass alums, and I’m pretty sure one of my SotS players (and one of my dearest friends) helped design that. 😀

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Alex @Plane Sailing Games 🔜 Metatopia @planesailinggames.com · Sep 11

Continuing to work on “Escape to Utopia” and I’m now writing up Robot Uprising threats.

Which would you fear most? An autonomous car (like Christine)? A robot police dog gone bad? A killer drone that wants to land an explosive on your head?

The fear that one of your NPCs is really a robot…?

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