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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs

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📖UC Merced writing professor & TTRPG Educator 🎧More Than Metal podcast 🚀 @AbraxasPrecipic.bsky.social #TheExpanse #RPG 👕 @CauldronNTower.bsky.social 📚Academic Librarian 🎼Vinyl collector 📝Dysgraphic linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · Oct 22

Greetings new followers & members of Blue Sky!

I am John aka OnlyPlayWizards
Currently I:
Teach courses exclusively on TTRPGs at UC Merced
Run @abraxasprecipic.bsky.social The Expanse RPG Actual Play
Proprietor of @cauldronntower.bsky.social for the RPG minded
An avid collector of vinyl

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 6h

"Is it possible to be astonished and, at the same time, not surprised?" — President Bartlett, The West Wing

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 9h

I mean the writer is the father of Biclops....

Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 1d

The most likely X-Man to sing Can I Borrow A Feeling is Cyclops.

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Space Penguin Ink @spacepenguinink.bsky.social · 15h

Happy Jaquays Day to all who celebrate! Check out Daniel's incredible tribute to a true legend of our industry: Jennell Jaquays.

Daniel Harila @danielharila.bsky.social · 16h

Its Jennell jaquays birthdat. She left this realm last January. Her her adventure design and artwork made a bigger impact on me than any other judges guild writer. I even used the color scheme from Hellpits of Nightfang for inspiration when illustrating Duginthroat Divided. Here's a small tribute.

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Goodman Games @goodmangames.bsky.social · 13h

Jennell Jaquays was a pioneering creator in both tabletop and video gaming.

She created two immense and now legendary adventures, Dark Tower and The Caverns of Thracia. Nearly 50 years later, both are now beloved by a new generation of players.

Read more: goodman-games.com/remembering-...

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 12h

When you see how the sausage is made...

John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 12h

The best to do it

Ross Thompson @itsrossthompson.bsky.social · 14h

This was exciting to wake up to this morning. Thank you to everyone who voted and to the 3 other fantastic folk who put in for the GAMA Board position.

Looking forward to stepping into the big shoes left by Monica Hagy and working even more with GAMA, the Tabletop Game Association.

Ross Thompson Wins GAMA Special Election

To Fill Vacant Media and Events Director Seat

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

As usual, Moorcock is right.

Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 2d

1975: Harlan Ellison visits Michael Moorcock in London. The Englishman sits Ellison in front of the TV when Dr Who comes on & insists Ellison “be quiet & just watch”. By the late 1970s,Ellison is such a fan of Dr Who that he’s taunting US scifi fans with declarations of its superiority over US fare.

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 2d

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

Stay safe.

John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

We use to be a civilization with real art.

John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

Couldn't even draw dignity.

Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 1d

The most likely X-Man to sing Can I Borrow A Feeling is Cyclops.

John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

(his refers to Cyclops here)

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

Most likely to sleep in a racecar bed.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

TTRPG communities could be an interesting topic. But we don't focus on "applied TTRPGs."

John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

The real.

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Ethan J. A. Schoonover @ethanschoonover.com · 1d

all these poseurs claiming to be technologists but who don't get the difference between the Internet and apps, who value profits not protocols, and who still post to X because they fundamentally do not get that the internet is people, not platforms.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

Forgot my mouse at home. Damn, I hate track pads.

John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

For those that want more context about my class
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Academic Presentations on TTRPGs - YouTube

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

Ask to #TTRPG & #RPG folks:
What do you think an Honors course in the topic TTRPGs would look like? What would raise it to that degree?

I'm teaching my course as an Honors section next semester & am open to ideas. And to be clear, the class is not about playing games but studying/researching them.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

You will because you are a bad motherfucker.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

Gonna honor @robowieland.bsky.social by answering this last post of his.

An Abbath snow globe from a concert. Yes, it is on display in my game room.

John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 1d

Billie & I take the new Perturbator to task! Age of Aquarius dropped last week & we got a lot of thoughts. Lot of guests, diverse range, & some evolution for this legend of synthwave.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0V...
morethanmetal.podbean.com/e/ep-15-on-p...
#perturbator #synthwave

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Dr. Suzanne Scott @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social · 1d

Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: [email protected].

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