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@ampersandd20.bsky.social

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Part time person full time nerd. TTRPG enthusiast, chaos encourager. Streamer, youtuber producer and soon to be writer maybe? They/Them.

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · Nov 16

My name is Paul AKA AmpersandD20

You can find me on twitch, tiktok and my own discord.

I run ttrpg's and retro gaming on my twitch

Im known mostly for the chaos at the table and giving up on ideas half way through

welcome...https://discord.gg/9WwTebBbyP

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 4h

I’m almost certain all my problems would be solved if @lollybeau.bsky.social would let me have otters but she is mean and won’t let me.

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 1d

Hatsss.??? Hattssssssss

Lolly @lollybeau.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween around the corner? Or just after some cute hats? New additions to the commission list now up!

ko-fi.com/lollybeaucro...

Lolly wearing a purple, pink and orange marble pattern crochet slouch witches hat.

Lolly wearing a red with white spots mushroom style hat with wire brim.

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Lolly @lollybeau.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween around the corner? Or just after some cute hats? New additions to the commission list now up!

ko-fi.com/lollybeaucro...

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 1d

Live at this very moment. @tonishaw.bsky.social @aelyryapayne.bsky.social @ioshiv.bsky.social return to your screens to prep for the ever looming heist.

Watch along, only on the AmpersandD20 Twitch channel.

www.twitch.tv/ampersandd20

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 1d

Later on, we have @ioshiv.bsky.social @aelyryapayne.bsky.social & @tonishaw.bsky.social returning to your screens with Homebrew Havocccc.

As the main event drawers near, final prep is the aim for the day.
Join us at 7:30pm on the ampersandD20 twitch channel.
www.twitch.tv/ampersandd20

Twitch

Twitch is the world

www.twitch.tv

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 1d

At the risk of sounding like a grumpy millennial, I hate the way job applications happen now. I miss walking the streets with a stack of CVs.

Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 2d

Clair Obscur was a lot of fun if not slight traumatic. THanks to @axelthegothwolf.bsky.social and @arandomelle.bsky.social for joining me and helping me out so much.

Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 2d

Oh. oh. oh. I can help here. @hatchlingdm.itch.io made a ttrpg specially designed to help you learn both ASL and BSL.

Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna see what all the fuss is about—long time since I've done a non-TTRPG stream. Join me as I play Clair Obscura over on my Twitch. Back seating fully encouraged tbh

www.twitch.tv/ampersandd20

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Valery North @valerynorth.bsky.social · 2d

Work continues on getting ready for my Halloween stream! I still need to do a few things w/music, maps etc.
But I can announce the cast! We have:
Indomitable @nimueallen.bsky.social
Incredible @jdnotjasondean.bsky.social
Indefatigable @pennyblake.bsky.social
Intrepid @ampersandd20.bsky.social

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Cassie aka Lamia @intersectionscch.bsky.social · 3d

Saturday Night at 9pm is the return of my TTRPG dating combat gameshow Date or Do Battle!
Our Date Battlers are @blizzb3ar.bsky.social @scarydogfriend.bsky.social @breeedo.bsky.social @ssambrose.bsky.social @dimplesndice.bsky.social and @naladraws.com
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PAX Unplugged Panel announcement for the live actual play gameshow Date or Do Battle 2 on Saturday November 22, 2025 at 9 pm. Background has cupids on the top corners and roses on the bottom corners.
Daters are Blizz, Josephine Kim, Breedo, Ambrose Smith-Edwards, Amir 'dimplesndice' Manzah and Nala J. Wu
Lamia is the host.

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly I just feel bad for all the dice that dont get used too often. Ive tried to make each dice feel important and as valuable as the last.

Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 2d

I have voted for the Green Party for the last 3 elections. I will vote for them again. I will tell others to vote for them. Its time. Its no longer a wasted vote, truthfully, it never was. The major parties are afraid of them.

Vote Green.

Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 2d

👉20,000 new members in a month
👉3,000 over conference weekend
👉2,000 in 24 hours after party political broadcast came out
👉Up by a third since @zackpolanski.bsky.social became leader

And honestly, this is just the start.

join.greenparty.org.uk

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 2d

Hmmmm, I don't know. Dice choice for the system can indicate its inspiration. Show if it's crunchy vs creative, roll vs role. It's a tiny portion of game design for sure, but to say it doesn't matter. Not sure I'd agree.

Josh Fox 🔜 Ex Tenebris coming to Kickstarter @armadajosh.bsky.social · 2d

By the way, my real hot take is, die choice doesn't really matter. It's a tiny, unimportant part of game design that gets massively overfocused on. Calling a game "2d6 based" or whatever is like saying a car is "red paint job based".

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 3d

I am one document away from completing the first draft of character creation. This includes 5 races and 5 classes to choose from, and just a fuck ton of spells to pick....

Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 3d

Reminder to self. It doesnt need to be the final product straight away.

First drafts are fine, it doesnt need to be perfect before you can be proud of it.

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 3d

Making a character sheet for your own system is a great way to see whats special about it. If its important, make it bigger.

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 4d

If every character can shoot 100 feet. Or every character can shoot 10 feet. The only difference is how big the room is.

Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 5d

Good morning to everyone who helps Jes the human out because they always do amazing things.

Jes the human 🔜 Twitch Con @jesthehuman.itch.io · 7d

Asking very nicely for everyone to sub to my YT and watch a few hours (or more) of my videos because I’m 40 subs and 154 hours away from making the second YouTube partner and about 1k hours drop off on October 7 🙈

Heres a playlist of my ttrpg charity streams youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Shows I have 960 subs and 3846 public watch hours

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 6d

You're either with ICE or with humanity and democracy.

Choose.

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 5d

Editing is the worst.

Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 6d

Everything is worse when you're gone.

Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 6d

I think I could write a musical D&D episode.

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 7d

Turns out, instead of making up NPC names on the spot. Just ust character names from your other tables. My Home group just met Hawthorne, a badger-like creature made by @ioshiv.bsky.social.

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Ampersamples @ampersandd20.bsky.social · 8d

Are you smarter than these V-tubers? Test your brains in this month's Quizz with
@rrh-art.bsky.social @galerie-roliste.bsky.social @jaejaegee.bsky.social & @meggiepom.bsky.social

If you wanna be in your own @cleettrpg.bsky.social Quizz, let me know and we can make it happen.

youtu.be/ApDdmomR0Wc

V-TUBER SPECIAL QUIZZZ ¬ @arsenelagalerieroliste @meggiepom @rrh_streams @jaegeeplays

YouTube video by Ampersand Productions

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