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yes sir the check is in the mail (he/him)
To Be Resolved blog: https://tbr.bearblog.dev/blog/
To Be Resolved blog: https://tbr.bearblog.dev/blog/
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· Jan 19
Reliability and Fatigue as Random Processes in Tabletop
There has been some discussion in the ether over the past month about the function and utility of randomness in adventure modules. This discussion probably g...
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There's a lot of good discussion of randomness in tabletop, so I wanted to be a real sicko and talk about how to model random engineering processes with dice
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People posting online aren’t talking about the thing they seem to be talking about but instead are talking about posting
Talking about books? No they’re talking about posting
Movies? Posting
Sex? Identity? Experience? Art? No they’re posting online about posting online
Talking about books? No they’re talking about posting
Movies? Posting
Sex? Identity? Experience? Art? No they’re posting online about posting online
February 18, 2026 at 10:47 PM
People posting online aren’t talking about the thing they seem to be talking about but instead are talking about posting
Talking about books? No they’re talking about posting
Movies? Posting
Sex? Identity? Experience? Art? No they’re posting online about posting online
Talking about books? No they’re talking about posting
Movies? Posting
Sex? Identity? Experience? Art? No they’re posting online about posting online
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Instructional Design should be more involved in the TTRPG space, and The Rulebook missed out on tapping into it.
#blog #ttrpg #instructionaldesign
theplayreports.com/posts/instru...
#blog #ttrpg #instructionaldesign
theplayreports.com/posts/instru...
The Play Reports
TTRPGs Need Instructional Designers
theplayreports.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Instructional Design should be more involved in the TTRPG space, and The Rulebook missed out on tapping into it.
#blog #ttrpg #instructionaldesign
theplayreports.com/posts/instru...
#blog #ttrpg #instructionaldesign
theplayreports.com/posts/instru...
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Glass Men is an adventure module about a girl called Honey and what a fragile, brittle, cruel man did to her. One of its 4 varient covers was made by me. You can read a full break down of how I designed it here: thegardenbelow.blot.im/depicting-vi...
Heed the content warnings on this one folks.
Heed the content warnings on this one folks.
Depicting Violence - The Garden Below
An artists breakdown of her cover for Luke Gearing’s Glass Men.
thegardenbelow.blot.im
February 18, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Glass Men is an adventure module about a girl called Honey and what a fragile, brittle, cruel man did to her. One of its 4 varient covers was made by me. You can read a full break down of how I designed it here: thegardenbelow.blot.im/depicting-vi...
Heed the content warnings on this one folks.
Heed the content warnings on this one folks.
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Me as a child: it must be very hard to become a CEO and be very hard work once you get the job
Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me
Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me
February 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Me as a child: it must be very hard to become a CEO and be very hard work once you get the job
Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me
Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me
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Already two of my posts eliminated in the first round bloodbath (and so many of my favorites also eliminated by the fierce competition).
Go vote! Specially vote for “Monster, Maiden, Madonna, Medusa” in the critique category; it’s one of my best written posts imo
Links to voting and favs below
Go vote! Specially vote for “Monster, Maiden, Madonna, Medusa” in the critique category; it’s one of my best written posts imo
Links to voting and favs below
You have less than 24 hours to vote in round 2.
The good news: There are half as many posts in round 2, and if you voted in the first round, you've likely read most of them.
The official webpage for this year can be found here:
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
The good news: There are half as many posts in round 2, and if you voted in the first round, you've likely read most of them.
The official webpage for this year can be found here:
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
The Bloggies 2026
A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.
www.explorersdesign.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Already two of my posts eliminated in the first round bloodbath (and so many of my favorites also eliminated by the fierce competition).
Go vote! Specially vote for “Monster, Maiden, Madonna, Medusa” in the critique category; it’s one of my best written posts imo
Links to voting and favs below
Go vote! Specially vote for “Monster, Maiden, Madonna, Medusa” in the critique category; it’s one of my best written posts imo
Links to voting and favs below
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This was the intended outcome of the abortion ban.
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published Feb. 2025)
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:53 AM
This was the intended outcome of the abortion ban.
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Bloggies PSA! Round 1 of all 5 initial Categories is open until 7 AM EST. Not just Advice.
Advice: forms.gle/LApoXPh7cVhy...
Critique: forms.gle/5Qvwxxsvyhq8...
Gameable: forms.gle/WjPxMyQunpPZ...
Theory: forms.gle/VSa1fwjYLcrk...
Meta: forms.gle/R26nY7qm7DaA...
Vote for your favorites. PSA over
Advice: forms.gle/LApoXPh7cVhy...
Critique: forms.gle/5Qvwxxsvyhq8...
Gameable: forms.gle/WjPxMyQunpPZ...
Theory: forms.gle/VSa1fwjYLcrk...
Meta: forms.gle/R26nY7qm7DaA...
Vote for your favorites. PSA over
February 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Bloggies PSA! Round 1 of all 5 initial Categories is open until 7 AM EST. Not just Advice.
Advice: forms.gle/LApoXPh7cVhy...
Critique: forms.gle/5Qvwxxsvyhq8...
Gameable: forms.gle/WjPxMyQunpPZ...
Theory: forms.gle/VSa1fwjYLcrk...
Meta: forms.gle/R26nY7qm7DaA...
Vote for your favorites. PSA over
Advice: forms.gle/LApoXPh7cVhy...
Critique: forms.gle/5Qvwxxsvyhq8...
Gameable: forms.gle/WjPxMyQunpPZ...
Theory: forms.gle/VSa1fwjYLcrk...
Meta: forms.gle/R26nY7qm7DaA...
Vote for your favorites. PSA over
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Writing is thinking.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
February 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Writing is thinking.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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Blog Preview is up on the Patreon, talking about Pokémon and its similarity to the OSR playstyle. You can check it out (and lots of other as of yet unpublished posts) for the cost of a cup of coffee in like 1960 ($1)
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
Blog Preview: Pokémon is OSR | Prismatic Wasteland
Get more from Prismatic Wasteland on Patreon
www.patreon.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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opening a restaurant with only these three items on the menu
February 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM
opening a restaurant with only these three items on the menu
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If you’re reading this, you should be reading The Payback by @kashana.blacksky.app instead. Highly highly recommend!
February 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
If you’re reading this, you should be reading The Payback by @kashana.blacksky.app instead. Highly highly recommend!
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Valentine's Day is right around the corner...
Consider helping me playtest my new game — Violent Delights: A chess-based RPG about Romeo & Juliet.
The first 10 people to play and complete a feedback form will receive a complimentary PDF of Violent Delights when the game is complete.
Consider helping me playtest my new game — Violent Delights: A chess-based RPG about Romeo & Juliet.
The first 10 people to play and complete a feedback form will receive a complimentary PDF of Violent Delights when the game is complete.
Violent Delights (Playtest) by Backwards Tabletop
A chess-based RPG about Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet
backwards-tabletop.itch.io
February 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Valentine's Day is right around the corner...
Consider helping me playtest my new game — Violent Delights: A chess-based RPG about Romeo & Juliet.
The first 10 people to play and complete a feedback form will receive a complimentary PDF of Violent Delights when the game is complete.
Consider helping me playtest my new game — Violent Delights: A chess-based RPG about Romeo & Juliet.
The first 10 people to play and complete a feedback form will receive a complimentary PDF of Violent Delights when the game is complete.
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Lots of people have made the moral and ethical case, so here I'm making the purely practical economic case: Publishing won't go all-in on AI because in books, cheap and shitty loses you money.
New on Medium: I deconstruct the claim that authors who don't use AI will be "left behind."
Spoilers: It's nonsense.
medium.com/@gwenckatz/d...
Spoilers: It's nonsense.
medium.com/@gwenckatz/d...
February 13, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Lots of people have made the moral and ethical case, so here I'm making the purely practical economic case: Publishing won't go all-in on AI because in books, cheap and shitty loses you money.
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Wine moms with Molotov cocktails is now the moderate position on ICE.
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Wine moms with Molotov cocktails is now the moderate position on ICE.
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Wrote about why I think writing in networks deserves all the love it’s been getting lately.
dungeonmerl.in/3meqjfytmkc2f
dungeonmerl.in/3meqjfytmkc2f
Writing Things in Networks is Unreasonably Effective - Dungeon Merlin
That's because RPGs are network building games.
dungeonmerl.in
February 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Wrote about why I think writing in networks deserves all the love it’s been getting lately.
dungeonmerl.in/3meqjfytmkc2f
dungeonmerl.in/3meqjfytmkc2f
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STUPID POST:
I am eating bugs and I am eating dirt.
INTELLIGENT POST:
I invest in receiving high returns.
Know the difference!
I am eating bugs and I am eating dirt.
INTELLIGENT POST:
I invest in receiving high returns.
Know the difference!
February 13, 2026 at 2:39 AM
STUPID POST:
I am eating bugs and I am eating dirt.
INTELLIGENT POST:
I invest in receiving high returns.
Know the difference!
I am eating bugs and I am eating dirt.
INTELLIGENT POST:
I invest in receiving high returns.
Know the difference!
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my new lemonade commercial concept posits a dimension entirely centred on refreshment in all its forms
February 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
my new lemonade commercial concept posits a dimension entirely centred on refreshment in all its forms
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Can you represent characters as the relationships they have with others? I expanded on Bonds from His Majesty the Worm to find out.
tbr.bearblog.dev/a-miserable-...
tbr.bearblog.dev/a-miserable-...
A Miserable Pile of Secrets
This morning I was listening to Boonta Vista, an Australian comedy podcast, and they were discussing a part of the brain called the Corpus Callosum. This is ...
tbr.bearblog.dev
February 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Can you represent characters as the relationships they have with others? I expanded on Bonds from His Majesty the Worm to find out.
tbr.bearblog.dev/a-miserable-...
tbr.bearblog.dev/a-miserable-...
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NUDE ELON MUSK: The invisible clothes I'm wearing are a product of xAthleisure, which will roll out self-dressing outfits within two years at the latest
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
February 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
NUDE ELON MUSK: The invisible clothes I'm wearing are a product of xAthleisure, which will roll out self-dressing outfits within two years at the latest
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
Can you represent characters as the relationships they have with others? I expanded on Bonds from His Majesty the Worm to find out.
tbr.bearblog.dev/a-miserable-...
tbr.bearblog.dev/a-miserable-...
A Miserable Pile of Secrets
This morning I was listening to Boonta Vista, an Australian comedy podcast, and they were discussing a part of the brain called the Corpus Callosum. This is ...
tbr.bearblog.dev
February 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Can you represent characters as the relationships they have with others? I expanded on Bonds from His Majesty the Worm to find out.
tbr.bearblog.dev/a-miserable-...
tbr.bearblog.dev/a-miserable-...
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I wrote a d100 random advancement table for humans. Ostensibly for my Middle-earth Hexcrawl ruleset, I think this could easily be used for any fantasy adventure game. As I think that humans are the most warlike of peoples, this list could be used for your fighter random advancements:
Random Human Advancement
When you level up, you gain a random benefit based on your race or class. Here's what humans get. You can either roll a d9 for your culture ...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I wrote a d100 random advancement table for humans. Ostensibly for my Middle-earth Hexcrawl ruleset, I think this could easily be used for any fantasy adventure game. As I think that humans are the most warlike of peoples, this list could be used for your fighter random advancements: