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Necro’D Howletta 👻 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 1h

Thanks so much, wrestling fans! World Wide Wrestling 2E: Repackaged beat the time limit and pulled out a solid victory in the squared circle. 💪

The campaign is over, but Late Pledges are available to preorder a copy of the upcoming print run, if you missed it.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndp...

Promo image with orange text on tan background THANK YOU!, next to illustrations of two male wrestlers. (top) Luminary character with sunglasses and purple-and-gold gear, smiling and signing an autograph (bottom) Waist-up Monster "nerd" character with pink glasses, ripped yellow buttonup, pocket protector and huge muscles. Bottom banner reads "World Wide Wrestling - Only Wrestling Is Real"

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Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social · 17h

Chris Columbus's The Shining

Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con @tezrak.bsky.social · 17h

Stanley Kubrick's Death to Smoochy

Wil (He/Him) @rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com · 18h

Guillermo Del Toro's Forrest Gump.

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Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social · 20h

Swords Without Master really broke my brain. System mainly shapes session, and dice are mainly nudges (not determinations). You might already have it in Worlds Without Master, No. 3.

But also... !

bsky.app/profile/unwr...

Tab Creations @tabcreations.com · 21h

Which system completely changed your perspective on what tabletop RPGs could be?
#ttrpg #dnd #rpg #meme

A meme showing text "Me: I love D&D!" followed by "Shadowrun: How would you like D&D but your character can wear sunglasses and wash their ass more than once a month?" with an image below of an animated character pointing and saying "You son of a bitch, I'm in".

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sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 2d

A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke

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Necro’D Howletta 👻 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 1d

Final Day! Campaign ends this evening. Thanks so much for keeping World Wide Wrestling... world wide!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndp...

World Wide Wrestling 2E: Repackaged

Reprinting the Premier Pro Wrestling ttrpg of Narrative Action - In Hardcover For the First Time!

www.kickstarter.com

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Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social · 1d

... he was pardoned by Reagan. If we decide to insist Rockford's fictional world is that tied to reality.

But, if we do insist, and also allow for some general rounding of "it was X years ago," it is also possible that it was Brown, maybe as part of a flurry of last-day pardons, which I like.

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Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social · 1d

It is silly how much time I give to fictional Jim Rockford's timeline. But sometimes episodes deal with it. Anyway, called "Guilt" hinged on a 20-years ago relationship. This has adjusted my opinion of when Jim was in prison, which we know was 7 years & for armed robbery & probably means...

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Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social · 1d

This might replace podcasts as my dishwashing listening.

Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social · 1d

Huh.

www.anthropic.com/research/sma...

A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size

Anthropic research on data-poisoning attacks in large language models

www.anthropic.com

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Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social · 1d

This ended somewhere I did not anticipate at the beginning.

www.metafilter.com/210661/The-c...

The cream is coming from inside the corn!

Often thought of as no more than a rarely-contentious canned supplement to improve the texture of boxed cornbread, creamed (or cream) corn is a delicious dish in its own right.

www.metafilter.com

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Freyja Valentine, Girl IRL Cat URL @freyjavalentine.bsky.social · 1d

Made compatible with 5e

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New LMS platform adopted

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

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Travis D. Hill ☕️ @travisdhill.bsky.social · 9d

I am returning to my TTRPG roots with a game I originally designed 3-4 years ago but never released.

RITE is a #TTRPG #zine game? experience? ritual? where up to four players take on discrete roles to create sacraments for midwinter.

Launching Oct. 14th
7 day campaign
Other RPGs as add-ons

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Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social · 2d

"Why do I recognize this?"

Pokes the web search for a few minutes.

"Dr. Demento."

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Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social · 3d

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Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social · 3d

System adventurous scenarios, plus a bit of guidance on playing them to your table's vibe.

unwrittenearths.itch.io/annual-2025

Adventure & Hobbyist Annual 2025 by Unwritten Earths Symposium

System-Adventurous Scenarios, Maps & More

unwrittenearths.itch.io

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Neil Carpenter @neilcar.bsky.social · 3d

"One surprising thing about the study of language and linguistics: The more you learn, the less pedantic you become and the more you revel in the glorious, rip-roaring chaos of iterative creativity."

- @jesszafarris.bsky.social, Useless Etymology

My relationship with English in a paragraph.

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Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social · 3d

And this is the real reason "they could never make Blazing Saddles now."

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 4d

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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John Winkelman @johnwinkelman.bsky.social · 3d

Come on out and interact with real people in the real world!

Master Lee's Tai Chi Praying Mantis Kung Fu @masterleetcpm.bsky.social · 3d

Classes for Saturday, 11 October, 2025:

Tai Chi Jeung, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Tai Chi Praying Mantis Kung Fu, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

At the YWCA West Central Michigan. Class information here:

www.sifulee.com/school-infor...

#KungFu #TaiChi #Qigong #ChiKung #CCKTCPM #MartialArts

School Information – Master Lee's School of Tai Chi Praying Mantis Kung Fu and Tai Chi Jeung

www.sifulee.com

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 4d

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · 3d

Folks, I have a number to watch as it goes up!

Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 4d

⚔️ The Season of Swords is upon us! Swords Without Master is coming out of the pages of Worlds Without Master Issue 3 into a full, stand-alone release!

🔮 Follow the Kickstarter page to get notified on launch in early 2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

Coming soon: Swords Without Master

A ttrpg of strange sorceries, brutal violence and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.

www.kickstarter.com

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Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 4d

⚔️ The Season of Swords is upon us! Swords Without Master is coming out of the pages of Worlds Without Master Issue 3 into a full, stand-alone release!

🔮 Follow the Kickstarter page to get notified on launch in early 2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

Coming soon: Swords Without Master

A ttrpg of strange sorceries, brutal violence and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.

www.kickstarter.com

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Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social · 5d

Aside from the smoke stacks, I am nonplussed (1) by the video. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonplus...

nonplussed - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

en.wiktionary.org

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Paul Czege @paulczege.bsky.social · 14d

It seems like a lot of them, maybe more than you're prepared to deal with?

I'm not sure what to do about that. You don't know how many more I have drafted and playtested that I know I want to make for you! One's a sequel to Inscapes, about making games your approximate self..

#journalGaming #ttrpg

Journaling game/zines by Paul Czege arranged nicely on supported displayes in the grass. There's The Balsam Lake Unmurders, The Ink That Bleeds, Inscapes, Be With Me, The Sneeze, Nice Pin, and on 5" x 7" cards, Vampyres Are People Too, All You Desire, and Millennium Self.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 5d

a great place to learn more about the game in art directing this fall, AND to hear two game designers I admire say very kind things about me, heck!

Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 6d

New ep Wednesday! We talk all about @epidiah.bsky.social's Swords Without Master, our upcoming fixup campaign, and bringing on @portablecity.bsky.social as Art Director!

Listen: unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/24
Subscribe: unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/subscribe
Support: patreon.com/UnwrittenEar...

The Episode Without Master

The Season of Swords is upon us! Nathan and Eppy talk about Eppy's sword & sorcery classic Swords Without Master, how it came to be, how it works, and what's next for the game: a full standalone relea...

unwrittenearths.fireside.fm

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Chris Farnell is behind you right now @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 5d

This is the only proper way to watch Beckett. This person understands Beckett on a level you and I cannot even hope to.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 5d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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