Alphastream
@alphastream.bsky.social
Husband, father, Colombian-American game designer, environmentalist.
✍️ https://Alphastream.org
📺 https://youtube.com/@AlphastreamRPG
🥰 https://www.patreon.com/Alphastream
🎤 https://masteringdungeons.podbean.com/
📝 https://bit.ly/AboutTeos
✍️ https://Alphastream.org
📺 https://youtube.com/@AlphastreamRPG
🥰 https://www.patreon.com/Alphastream
🎤 https://masteringdungeons.podbean.com/
📝 https://bit.ly/AboutTeos
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I'm running a charity game of Daggerheart to raise funds for Feeding America *today!*
Watch live at 5pm EST/2pm PST at twitch.tv/revealingtoomuch !
Watch live at 5pm EST/2pm PST at twitch.tv/revealingtoomuch !
The #Daggerheart subreddit mods made us a Community Highlight 🥰
Thank you all for all you've done ALREADY to support our show for Feeding America! This community shows up and I absolutely love that about you all.
If you want to give before the session starts, you can! tilt.fyi/gvmuRHvkaF
Thank you all for all you've done ALREADY to support our show for Feeding America! This community shows up and I absolutely love that about you all.
If you want to give before the session starts, you can! tilt.fyi/gvmuRHvkaF
January 19, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I'm running a charity game of Daggerheart to raise funds for Feeding America *today!*
Watch live at 5pm EST/2pm PST at twitch.tv/revealingtoomuch !
Watch live at 5pm EST/2pm PST at twitch.tv/revealingtoomuch !
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New on my #dnd game design blog: Tomb of Annihilation Session 28 – Dwellers of the Forbidden City
Tomb of Annihilation Session 28 – Dwellers of the Forbidden City
Here’s the write up from our latest Tomb of Annihilation session, in which the characters began to explore the ruined city of Omu and I got to use my froghemoth mini for the first time 🙂 Begin here with Session 0 – Caves of the Cockatrice 28th Nightal, 1495 DR (contd.) The adventurers walk south around the clifftops overlooking Omu to the stone steps at the far side, opposite the waterfall.
richardgreengames.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:01 PM
New on my #dnd game design blog: Tomb of Annihilation Session 28 – Dwellers of the Forbidden City
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Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.
Battle over Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast contracts leaves the book, relationships, torn apart
Creative collaborators clash with Jay Dragon and Steve Jackson Games over unfair treatment.
www.rascal.news
January 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.
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The Archive for Draw Steel in collaboration with MCDM
Imagine the sound of floorboards lightly creaking under your step as you move swiftly from one bookcase to another!
Lights flickering and dust settling on your way to the top.
AD: Grace Cheung
Imagine the sound of floorboards lightly creaking under your step as you move swiftly from one bookcase to another!
Lights flickering and dust settling on your way to the top.
AD: Grace Cheung
January 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM
The Archive for Draw Steel in collaboration with MCDM
Imagine the sound of floorboards lightly creaking under your step as you move swiftly from one bookcase to another!
Lights flickering and dust settling on your way to the top.
AD: Grace Cheung
Imagine the sound of floorboards lightly creaking under your step as you move swiftly from one bookcase to another!
Lights flickering and dust settling on your way to the top.
AD: Grace Cheung
Finished Stranger Things and Want to try D&D?
How to get started, learn the rules, pick a starting adventure, find players, and become a DM. (Spoiler footage from the D&D games across the series.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-rO...
#DnD #StrangerThings
How to get started, learn the rules, pick a starting adventure, find players, and become a DM. (Spoiler footage from the D&D games across the series.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-rO...
#DnD #StrangerThings
January 19, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Finished Stranger Things and Want to try D&D?
How to get started, learn the rules, pick a starting adventure, find players, and become a DM. (Spoiler footage from the D&D games across the series.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-rO...
#DnD #StrangerThings
How to get started, learn the rules, pick a starting adventure, find players, and become a DM. (Spoiler footage from the D&D games across the series.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-rO...
#DnD #StrangerThings
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The lack of Al Gore rhythm means I gotta keep posting for visibility... if you are a #Shadowdark #RPG fan, sign up for notification of Kickstarter launch for "The Curse of Stoneshatter Tomb"!
PDF, Print, and Foundry VTT options coming in February!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jer...
PDF, Print, and Foundry VTT options coming in February!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jer...
Coming soon: The Curse of Stoneshatter Tomb: A Shadowdark Adventure
A 2nd level adventure balanced for one-shot, or convention, play!
www.kickstarter.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The lack of Al Gore rhythm means I gotta keep posting for visibility... if you are a #Shadowdark #RPG fan, sign up for notification of Kickstarter launch for "The Curse of Stoneshatter Tomb"!
PDF, Print, and Foundry VTT options coming in February!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jer...
PDF, Print, and Foundry VTT options coming in February!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jer...
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Try Draw Steel!
Playing HORIZON'S GRAVE!
All players, new and old, who have not seen this adventure welcome!!
Level 1, Rules and Pregens Provided (or create your own).
Saturday 1/24 from 9am-1pm EST
Roll20 and Discord
DM or Email [email protected] if interested.
Playing HORIZON'S GRAVE!
All players, new and old, who have not seen this adventure welcome!!
Level 1, Rules and Pregens Provided (or create your own).
Saturday 1/24 from 9am-1pm EST
Roll20 and Discord
DM or Email [email protected] if interested.
January 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Try Draw Steel!
Playing HORIZON'S GRAVE!
All players, new and old, who have not seen this adventure welcome!!
Level 1, Rules and Pregens Provided (or create your own).
Saturday 1/24 from 9am-1pm EST
Roll20 and Discord
DM or Email [email protected] if interested.
Playing HORIZON'S GRAVE!
All players, new and old, who have not seen this adventure welcome!!
Level 1, Rules and Pregens Provided (or create your own).
Saturday 1/24 from 9am-1pm EST
Roll20 and Discord
DM or Email [email protected] if interested.
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It's #PirateBorg day. I need this!
My players are mounting an middle-of-the-night assault on a rival pirate's frigate; leveraging a hit squad of assassin monkeys they bribed with homemade banana "yum yum rum".
I love this ridiculous #TTRPG.
My players are mounting an middle-of-the-night assault on a rival pirate's frigate; leveraging a hit squad of assassin monkeys they bribed with homemade banana "yum yum rum".
I love this ridiculous #TTRPG.
January 18, 2026 at 6:52 PM
It's #PirateBorg day. I need this!
My players are mounting an middle-of-the-night assault on a rival pirate's frigate; leveraging a hit squad of assassin monkeys they bribed with homemade banana "yum yum rum".
I love this ridiculous #TTRPG.
My players are mounting an middle-of-the-night assault on a rival pirate's frigate; leveraging a hit squad of assassin monkeys they bribed with homemade banana "yum yum rum".
I love this ridiculous #TTRPG.
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We recently added a few new faces to our adventuring party, and Erin is one of them! I first worked with Erin on Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel. I was amazed by her keen sense of narrative and worldbuilding then, and she's done a ton of great work since. We're lucky to have her! #WOTCstaff
Finally got around to updating ye olde profile page with some fun news: I’ve joined Wizards of the Coast as a Game Designer for Dungeons & Dragons. Much love to everyone who has been part of my journey through TTRPG writing and design land so far – excited to see what this new chapter brings!
January 18, 2026 at 8:46 PM
We recently added a few new faces to our adventuring party, and Erin is one of them! I first worked with Erin on Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel. I was amazed by her keen sense of narrative and worldbuilding then, and she's done a ton of great work since. We're lucky to have her! #WOTCstaff
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Upper Deck has announced that they have acquired the Harry Potter license for a series of trading cards. They have not yet said that they will be using this license for games, and we urge them to refrain from doing so, to help keep gaming a welcoming environment.
The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.
January 18, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Upper Deck has announced that they have acquired the Harry Potter license for a series of trading cards. They have not yet said that they will be using this license for games, and we urge them to refrain from doing so, to help keep gaming a welcoming environment.
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When i say the patriarchy is bad for men, this is what i mean. A surprisingly large number of the people who are in relationships with AI are straight women, because dating men is exhausting and frankly frightening and dangerous.
www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
The Bots That Women Use in a World of Unsatisfying Men
AI is offering people a way to figure out what they really want in romance.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM
When i say the patriarchy is bad for men, this is what i mean. A surprisingly large number of the people who are in relationships with AI are straight women, because dating men is exhausting and frankly frightening and dangerous.
www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
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It's an incredibly positive sign for the future of #dnd that Wizards of the Coast hired @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social @barilleon.com and @nirele.bsky.social to the team. Looking forward to great stuff in 2026 and beyond.
January 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
It's an incredibly positive sign for the future of #dnd that Wizards of the Coast hired @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social @barilleon.com and @nirele.bsky.social to the team. Looking forward to great stuff in 2026 and beyond.
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I ran a Draw Steel one-shot with 4 out 5 playing it for the first time. Universal praise for system after the game.
January 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I ran a Draw Steel one-shot with 4 out 5 playing it for the first time. Universal praise for system after the game.
Gaming is so much better with nuance and flexibility rather than hard takes.
You may generally feel like you don’t like something (hex crawls, LARPs, 4E, dense text, pick one), and yet your gaming will likely be better if you explore aspects of that thing.
You may generally feel like you don’t like something (hex crawls, LARPs, 4E, dense text, pick one), and yet your gaming will likely be better if you explore aspects of that thing.
January 17, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Gaming is so much better with nuance and flexibility rather than hard takes.
You may generally feel like you don’t like something (hex crawls, LARPs, 4E, dense text, pick one), and yet your gaming will likely be better if you explore aspects of that thing.
You may generally feel like you don’t like something (hex crawls, LARPs, 4E, dense text, pick one), and yet your gaming will likely be better if you explore aspects of that thing.
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ithout my fitness tracker I’d never have run so far. Or behaved so weirdly
The marathon, the algorithm and me
as.ft.com/r/75265a19-9...
The marathon, the algorithm and me
as.ft.com/r/75265a19-9...
Tim Harford: Without my fitness tracker I’d never have run so far. Or behaved so weirdly
[FREE TO READ] The marathon, the algorithm and me
as.ft.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:08 AM
ithout my fitness tracker I’d never have run so far. Or behaved so weirdly
The marathon, the algorithm and me
as.ft.com/r/75265a19-9...
The marathon, the algorithm and me
as.ft.com/r/75265a19-9...
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“This kind of sucks, because if we could treat ‘system doesn't matter’ like a normal sentence, then we would understand that it’s not an absolute statement, but an assertion that the amount system matters is lower than some critical threshold.
And that is a really important and fruitful assertion.”
And that is a really important and fruitful assertion.”
It's early and this is a truly atrocious cup of coffee, so it seems like a good time to pick a fight with the world.
"System doesn't matter" is a valid, reasonable, and *critically important* argument which has been rendered ragebait and a punchline by pedantry.
"System doesn't matter" is a valid, reasonable, and *critically important* argument which has been rendered ragebait and a punchline by pedantry.
January 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM
“This kind of sucks, because if we could treat ‘system doesn't matter’ like a normal sentence, then we would understand that it’s not an absolute statement, but an assertion that the amount system matters is lower than some critical threshold.
And that is a really important and fruitful assertion.”
And that is a really important and fruitful assertion.”
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Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
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Really interesting 🐰🕳
Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Really interesting 🐰🕳
I have been to this store and it is excellent!
If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I have been to this store and it is excellent!
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GUEST SPOTLIGHT: LaTia Jacquise is a Community Manager for Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast, and a Community Review Board member for the nonprofit TakeThis.org. buff.ly/Q30XF4v
#GaryCon #GCXVIII #SpecialGuest #Gaming #TTRPGs
#GaryCon #GCXVIII #SpecialGuest #Gaming #TTRPGs
January 17, 2026 at 6:01 PM
GUEST SPOTLIGHT: LaTia Jacquise is a Community Manager for Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast, and a Community Review Board member for the nonprofit TakeThis.org. buff.ly/Q30XF4v
#GaryCon #GCXVIII #SpecialGuest #Gaming #TTRPGs
#GaryCon #GCXVIII #SpecialGuest #Gaming #TTRPGs
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hey, that me!
(also this picture is now hilariously outdated)
(also this picture is now hilariously outdated)
GUEST SPOTLIGHT: LaTia Jacquise is a Community Manager for Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast, and a Community Review Board member for the nonprofit TakeThis.org. buff.ly/Q30XF4v
#GaryCon #GCXVIII #SpecialGuest #Gaming #TTRPGs
#GaryCon #GCXVIII #SpecialGuest #Gaming #TTRPGs
January 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
hey, that me!
(also this picture is now hilariously outdated)
(also this picture is now hilariously outdated)
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Just want to give an unsolicited plug to @salvaterra.bsky.social's Patreon - www.patreon.com/cw/tomeofsal...
If you are a #TTRPG creator, and you need great art, the level of value he provides is unparalleled. Tons of commercially licensed art for your product!
If you are a #TTRPG creator, and you need great art, the level of value he provides is unparalleled. Tons of commercially licensed art for your product!
Tome of Salvaterra | Patreon
Hand-drawn RPG Maps, Illustrations, and Random Tables (NO AI)
www.patreon.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Just want to give an unsolicited plug to @salvaterra.bsky.social's Patreon - www.patreon.com/cw/tomeofsal...
If you are a #TTRPG creator, and you need great art, the level of value he provides is unparalleled. Tons of commercially licensed art for your product!
If you are a #TTRPG creator, and you need great art, the level of value he provides is unparalleled. Tons of commercially licensed art for your product!
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Finally got around to updating ye olde profile page with some fun news: I’ve joined Wizards of the Coast as a Game Designer for Dungeons & Dragons. Much love to everyone who has been part of my journey through TTRPG writing and design land so far – excited to see what this new chapter brings!
January 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Finally got around to updating ye olde profile page with some fun news: I’ve joined Wizards of the Coast as a Game Designer for Dungeons & Dragons. Much love to everyone who has been part of my journey through TTRPG writing and design land so far – excited to see what this new chapter brings!