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Andrew Doull

@andrewdoull.bsky.social

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16th level information technologist, 12th level game designer | 60y in space https://half-apress.itch.io/60-years-in-space | pronoun he/him/his/his/himself

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Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · Jul 28

I've release a new solo/coop TTRPG about mapping a journey through the Milky Way with your immortal and unusual crew. It's inspired by the High Frontier Interstellar board game I helped develop but goes much, much further: to the galactic core and beyond! half-apress.itch.io/a-lot-of-zer...

A Lot of Zeroes by half-a.press

A solo or coop game of mapping interstellar journeys.

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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 5h

Hitler campaigned for a Nobel Peace Prize, too. The committee gave it to this anti-Nazi campaigner and Hitler concentration camp prisoner instead: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 1935

The Nobel Peace Prize 1935 was awarded to Carl von Ossietzky "for his burning love for freedom of thought and expression and his valuable contribution to the cause of peace"

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Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1h

* both during the day

Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1h

Two data points that there’s plenty of other countries that’d sweep the floor with both: 1)I’m reminded of the apocryphal story that LA gangs started carrying guns because they kept losing street fights to Samoans. 2)I went home to NZ for 5 days a week ago and saw bar/street fights on the first two.

Blackniss Everdeen @the-green-queen.bsky.social · 5h

Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 3h

Have you seen real estate prices?

julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 3h

if i were a man in the waning age of magic i would simply not found my kingdom right on the border of Shadow Evil Death Land

Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 6h

I checked and yes, 24 is 24 this year

Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 6h

Oh so you mean like Jack Bauer in 24?

Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 10h

Thinking about moving from BSU colours to SPACECON 1-5 for Sixty Years in Space, and while it’s going to be a massive amount of work, the biggest advantage will be for colour blind people, like my father.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 13h

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

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sam “over and under” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 12h

on Tuesday, October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 25, I'm going to launch another real-time play-by-post wargame, open to the public, called OVER/UNDER. the server will open to players on Monday the 13th, but in the meantime you can read about it here: samsorensen.blot.im/mothership-m...

Mothership Month 2025 Wargame: OVER/UNDER - Sam Sorensen

Starting on October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 2025—the annual group-crowdfunding campaign and general season of celebration for

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Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 11h

Relevant www.youtube.com/shorts/jak10...

Ku Klux Klan and German lessons. What a twist! #wolfenstein #shorts #gameplay

YouTube video by UnlimitedKeenGameplay

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Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 11h

Sims are geek gods

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Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social · 21h

In 2014 I wrote for @newyorker.com about @kurtjmac.bsky.social, a YouTuber who began walking in Minecraft and never stopped. His quest was to reach the Far Lands, a place at the limits of the algorithmic world, where the landscape breaks apart. On Saturday, after fourteen years, he arrived:

A Journey to the End of the World (of Minecraft)

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Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1d

History is the wrong sword to study bsky.app/profile/andr...

Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1d

I checked and yes, Kojima predicted this in 2008

🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 1d

i cant believe the revolution is going to be hoards of people in inflatable frog armor with jerry rigged n99 filtration on their inflation intakes

Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1d

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Haven Trooper

Haven Troopers, also known as FROGS or Frog Soldiers, were an army of elite, female soldiers equipped with powered suits that operated under Liquid Ocelot's direct command. They also accompanied membe...

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Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1d

I checked and yes, Kojima predicted this in 2008

🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 1d

i cant believe the revolution is going to be hoards of people in inflatable frog armor with jerry rigged n99 filtration on their inflation intakes

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Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1d

Engineers disease is the belief that because you have expert knowledge in one field, you are an expert on everything

Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1d

I think they’re a lot more prone to engineers disease which is a well established risk factors for extremism

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Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah 3D6 is just a crazy curve.

Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1d

Can you intuitively tell me where 57 cm falls on a 1 m long ruler without reading the numbers?

Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1d

And to answer the obvious question, Sixty Years in Space is a 1D6 roll under system that masquerades as something much more complex so you feel like you’re getting your moneys worth.

Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about Apocalypse World dice curves must be in the water tonight.

Josh Fox 🔜 Ex Tenebris coming to Kickstarter @armadajosh.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning! I have had a couple of people tell me Ex Ten shouldn't use 2d10 because it breaks the PBTA probability curve. They could not be more wrong and I am going explain why, because it's the end of my campaign and I need something to keep me sane, ok?

Strap in.
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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a wall with papers on it .

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is standing gesticulating in front of a wall with paper and red thread on it

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Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. It’s great to see a nuanced view on this.

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Josh Fox 🔜 Ex Tenebris coming to Kickstarter @armadajosh.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, the answer to your question is "there's nothing wrong with using 1d20". I actually think the significance of die choice is massively overplayed. My whole rantthread was really a response to someone saying my dice mechanic was borked, but TBH I don't think the choice is that significant.

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Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1d

What’s wrong with using 1D20? It’s a lot more intuitive for modifiers.

Andrew Doull @andrewdoull.bsky.social · 1d

Flexibility how? Reducing the standard deviation of a roll only matters if you use the numerical output - not for a binary pass/fail. And if you’re using the numerical output, I’d argue you could just use a fixed value in almost every instance eg hit points.