Leon Barillaro
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Leon Barillaro
@barilleon.com
Trans type Eeveelution. ENNIE & IGDN-nominated Game & Narrative Designer. M.S. in CompSci. Game Designer on Dungeons & Dragons.

"Bear-uh-LAIR-oh." they/them. #WotCStaff

opinions are my own

https://barilleon.com
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Check it out it’s a Wizard holding a Wizard in the Wizards office
Headed back to LA. Not a goodbye to Seattle, but a see you soon. Real soon, if I can swing it.

God damn what a week.
January 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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This is a great interview in general, but the doomscrolling section cracked me up.
January 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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TIRED LEFTIST needs PORK ROLL EGG AND CHEESE badly
February 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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If one can believe in the passage of time, it's been 13 years since my brave little pooch did nothing in the face of chaos. Thank u for allowing him to burn. 🙆 🙇
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
If this week has done anything it’s confirm my suspicion that moving to Seattle will in fact heal me
January 9, 2026 at 7:15 AM
I notice people are starting to refer to ChatGPT as Chat. Stop that. Chat is my unhinged friend made up of thousands of real voices. Chat is my audience both real and fictional. Chat is all of us. And ChatGPT is wearing our skin like a suit.
January 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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January 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Boy, I tell ya.

#pixelart
January 8, 2026 at 3:52 AM
My best recommendation to you is to keep Tetris or a similar game on your phone and if you or someone near you see or experience something traumatic, open that app and play a few levels
January 8, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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⚔️ Commissions are OPEN ⚔️

This year has been a ROUGH one to say the least;; But if you want to brighten your day with some art as a little treat I would greatly appreciate it! I'm up to drawing anything!!

Form: forms.gle/pYXEp8JU6Pdn...
#commissionsopen #artcommissions #commission #art #SignalBoost
October 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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annual repost of Trashed Bathrooms
January 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Lupin Immortal Bloodlines was beautiful to look at on the big screen but what was happening in any of those scenes lmao
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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I solved the 'it's still the Year of the Snake, but everyone thinks it's Year of the Horse' problem.

It's now the month of the Snorse.

#sygnin
January 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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If you're a game dev who's never been to an opera - consider it! You'll be blown away by what they do with sets and set transitions and conveying big stories with very little on stage. And it's probably way cheaper than you think to go. And you absolutely don't have to speak the language of the work
January 6, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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Freelance Additional Writer to Senior Game Designer 2017~2026
January 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The character sheet I’m holding here is Thavma, my tiefling wizard. Although she is not my first D&D character, or even my first 5e character, she was the one I was playing when I started my game design journey in earnest. Now we’re both wizards. Only a matter of time until I can cast fireball
Check it out it’s a Wizard holding a Wizard in the Wizards office
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Check it out it’s a Wizard holding a Wizard in the Wizards office
January 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Update on my job-related circumstances. TLDR Open to new opportunities in the game industry.
January 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Here we go
January 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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Reframing my GM mindset from “challenge comes from threatening the PCs’ lives” to “challenge comes from threatening their goals” has made my experience at the table more fun.

The tension can come from the chance of them completing their goals rather than the possibility of death.

#ttrpg
January 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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PORTFOLIO TIPS FOR ILLUSTRATORS

I am an art director who has probably seen close to 1000 portfolios, many great, but many...not 😔

This is a doc I wrote featuring tips and tricks for how to make a better art portfolio site. Feel free to share with anyone who may find this useful <3 #art
Portfolio Tips for Illustrators by Nala J. Wu
Portfolio tips for Illustrators Written by Nala J. Wu (@naladraws) | they/them As an art director (AD) and longtime professional illustrator— I’ve probably looked at nearly a thousand art portfolios. ...
docs.google.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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PAULIE: Why da you pilot da EVA, T?
TONY: I can't have dis convasation again
SILVIO: Ah, c'mon, Tone
TONY: Ahh, alright, I guess... I pilot da EVA ta let da world know I exist
PAULIE: You said it, T
SILVIO: When he's right, he's right
August 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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The monkey calls business what the horse considers play

Don't ever forget this
January 4, 2026 at 9:51 PM