Dave Chalker
@davethegame.bsky.social
Game Designer:
🏎️ Thunder Road: Vendetta
🦈 Get Bit!
👑 Talisman: Alliances
🏠 Betrayal at House on the Hill 3e
💎 Thief's Market
👊 Sentinels Comics RPG
🔥 Heat
🎲 and more.
DaveTheGame most social places.
💍@qthecocker.bsky.social
he/him
🏎️ Thunder Road: Vendetta
🦈 Get Bit!
👑 Talisman: Alliances
🏠 Betrayal at House on the Hill 3e
💎 Thief's Market
👊 Sentinels Comics RPG
🔥 Heat
🎲 and more.
DaveTheGame most social places.
💍@qthecocker.bsky.social
he/him
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ICYMI We're writing a polymorph MUNCHKIN RPG for Steve Jackson Games! 2026 is the year of munchkin!! Learn more here:
Munchkin Second Edition is Coming Soon!
From Steve Jackson Games - Munchkin Second Edition is Coming Soon!
www.backerkit.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
ICYMI We're writing a polymorph MUNCHKIN RPG for Steve Jackson Games! 2026 is the year of munchkin!! Learn more here:
The Oops! All Himbos Blunder Road show was the highlight of my PAX U. It's so inspiring that something I helped write could inspire so many top/bottom jokes.
youtu.be/Hk-px5or3KM?...
youtu.be/Hk-px5or3KM?...
OOPS! All Himbos! in Blunder Road! | PAX Unplugged 2025
YouTube video by PAX
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Oops! All Himbos Blunder Road show was the highlight of my PAX U. It's so inspiring that something I helped write could inspire so many top/bottom jokes.
youtu.be/Hk-px5or3KM?...
youtu.be/Hk-px5or3KM?...
Many years have I awaited this.
Five Fires, my love letter TTRPG to 80s/90s hip-hop, is launching in February. Join us! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Get Ready for Five Fires
From Thoughtcrime Games LLC - Get Ready for Five Fires
www.backerkit.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Many years have I awaited this.
I’ve been to every PAX Unplugged and two things have remained true:
100% of the food I’ve gotten at Reading Terminal Market has been delicious
0% of my parking lot experiences have been smooth
100% of the food I’ve gotten at Reading Terminal Market has been delicious
0% of my parking lot experiences have been smooth
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I’ve been to every PAX Unplugged and two things have remained true:
100% of the food I’ve gotten at Reading Terminal Market has been delicious
0% of my parking lot experiences have been smooth
100% of the food I’ve gotten at Reading Terminal Market has been delicious
0% of my parking lot experiences have been smooth
“Wow, I got a bunch of steps in yesterday, no wonder I’m so tired” -me while passing by all the people who ran the Philly marathon today
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“Wow, I got a bunch of steps in yesterday, no wonder I’m so tired” -me while passing by all the people who ran the Philly marathon today
New game jam idea: must make a game from all the non-game items that have been left behind in the @unpub.org area.
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New game jam idea: must make a game from all the non-game items that have been left behind in the @unpub.org area.
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Can I get a hell yeah for the new Thunder Road Vendetta RPG? Now Arjun can truly live his best life in a tabletop game.
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Can I get a hell yeah for the new Thunder Road Vendetta RPG? Now Arjun can truly live his best life in a tabletop game.
Reposted by Dave Chalker
Always a blast with @jessejerdak.bsky.social @br00taldan.bsky.social @kyleshire.bsky.social @critbard.com @johnnystantoniv.bsky.social @sandeepparikh.bsky.social and the bestest Baebarian Shimbo @sweeetanj.bsky.social
Thanks @9thlevelgames.bsky.social for putting up with us 😂 💖
Thanks @9thlevelgames.bsky.social for putting up with us 😂 💖
Last night the Himbos destroyed thunder Road Vendetta in Blunder Road!!! @whoisjayfoster.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Always a blast with @jessejerdak.bsky.social @br00taldan.bsky.social @kyleshire.bsky.social @critbard.com @johnnystantoniv.bsky.social @sandeepparikh.bsky.social and the bestest Baebarian Shimbo @sweeetanj.bsky.social
Thanks @9thlevelgames.bsky.social for putting up with us 😂 💖
Thanks @9thlevelgames.bsky.social for putting up with us 😂 💖
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Good Morning #PAXU !
It's day two and we're so hype to see you. Come playtest 🎲✂️ games with us on level 4. No registration required, just take the escalators up whenever you've got some free time!
https://f.mtr.cool/ocbieqxdjn
It's day two and we're so hype to see you. Come playtest 🎲✂️ games with us on level 4. No registration required, just take the escalators up whenever you've got some free time!
https://f.mtr.cool/ocbieqxdjn
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Good Morning #PAXU !
It's day two and we're so hype to see you. Come playtest 🎲✂️ games with us on level 4. No registration required, just take the escalators up whenever you've got some free time!
https://f.mtr.cool/ocbieqxdjn
It's day two and we're so hype to see you. Come playtest 🎲✂️ games with us on level 4. No registration required, just take the escalators up whenever you've got some free time!
https://f.mtr.cool/ocbieqxdjn
What joy to be in a room of talented people playing your game and reading what you wrote, while talking about fucking a Prius named Shania and chanting “Bus! Bus! Bus!” for religious reasons.
OOPS! All Himbos! crashes back into #PAXUnplugged w/ high-speed RP, heavy lifting, & heart. Catch the chaos Nov 21➡️ PAXun25.com/Schedule
@whoisjayfoster.com
@sweeetanj.bsky.social
@critbard.com
@jessejerdak.bsky.social
@sandeepparikh.bsky.social
@kyleshire.bsky.social
@br00taldan.bsky.social
@whoisjayfoster.com
@sweeetanj.bsky.social
@critbard.com
@jessejerdak.bsky.social
@sandeepparikh.bsky.social
@kyleshire.bsky.social
@br00taldan.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
What joy to be in a room of talented people playing your game and reading what you wrote, while talking about fucking a Prius named Shania and chanting “Bus! Bus! Bus!” for religious reasons.
Reposted by Dave Chalker
Discover the FUTURE of games: come on up to the Terrace above Freeplay to shape the next generation of tabletop with the Unpublished Games Network! You might even meet the designer of your favorite game working on their next masterpiece!
@unpub.org / #PAXUnplugged
@unpub.org / #PAXUnplugged
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Discover the FUTURE of games: come on up to the Terrace above Freeplay to shape the next generation of tabletop with the Unpublished Games Network! You might even meet the designer of your favorite game working on their next masterpiece!
@unpub.org / #PAXUnplugged
@unpub.org / #PAXUnplugged
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Tonight is the Unpub Pro-Am Game Jam!
Friday 6-730pm, Crab God Theater #PAXU 🎲✂️
Stretch your creative muscles and design a game. We bring the prompts, you bring the fun!
First timers welcome!
Friday 6-730pm, Crab God Theater #PAXU 🎲✂️
Stretch your creative muscles and design a game. We bring the prompts, you bring the fun!
First timers welcome!
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Tonight is the Unpub Pro-Am Game Jam!
Friday 6-730pm, Crab God Theater #PAXU 🎲✂️
Stretch your creative muscles and design a game. We bring the prompts, you bring the fun!
First timers welcome!
Friday 6-730pm, Crab God Theater #PAXU 🎲✂️
Stretch your creative muscles and design a game. We bring the prompts, you bring the fun!
First timers welcome!
Reposted by Dave Chalker
All set up and ready for PAX unplugged to start! See us at booth 3127
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
All set up and ready for PAX unplugged to start! See us at booth 3127
English majors finally getting their revenge on CompSci.
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
English majors finally getting their revenge on CompSci.
“This time, make the lemonade deadlier!”
Once the top U.S. fast-casual chain, Panera has dipped to number three, falling behind Chipotle and Panda Express.
Now, to try to win back consumers, the chain plans to reinvest in the business and undo many previously implemented cost-cutting measures, it said Tuesday.
Full story: cnb.cx/487BuFk
Now, to try to win back consumers, the chain plans to reinvest in the business and undo many previously implemented cost-cutting measures, it said Tuesday.
Full story: cnb.cx/487BuFk
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
“This time, make the lemonade deadlier!”
Reposted by Dave Chalker
Browse the games gallery, check the schedule, or use a cute map to find us, all at unpub.org/paxu
🎲✂️
🎲✂️
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Browse the games gallery, check the schedule, or use a cute map to find us, all at unpub.org/paxu
🎲✂️
🎲✂️
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Looks like Mayday launched their new Crokinole Kickstarter and is embroiled in a new shitty controversy. I have to give a PSA on my mistake of backing their 2022 board in which I deservedly received a package with a box cutter rattling around inside.
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Looks like Mayday launched their new Crokinole Kickstarter and is embroiled in a new shitty controversy. I have to give a PSA on my mistake of backing their 2022 board in which I deservedly received a package with a box cutter rattling around inside.
🦈
Cahlen packing for Pax when I told him @davethegame.bsky.social would be there
November 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
🦈
Reposted by Dave Chalker
Reposted by Dave Chalker
5. Put on your trench coat and pull off a Dumpster Heist with @mistergross.bsky.social and me in this story-making game that's as approachable as Mad Libs or Apples-to-Apples.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
5. Put on your trench coat and pull off a Dumpster Heist with @mistergross.bsky.social and me in this story-making game that's as approachable as Mad Libs or Apples-to-Apples.
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86 games made it to the PAX U game gallery before the Cloudflare outage took out the submission form: unpub.softr.app/pax-unplugge...
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
86 games made it to the PAX U game gallery before the Cloudflare outage took out the submission form: unpub.softr.app/pax-unplugge...
Reposted by Dave Chalker
Wyrmspan and Apiary designer Connie Vogelmann has taken the plunge into full-time board game design following the huge success of her first two creations - and the destruction she says is being caused by Donald Trump in her former career as a grants law attorney:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Wyrmspan and Apiary designer Connie Vogelmann has taken the plunge into full-time board game design following the huge success of her first two creations - and the destruction she says is being caused by Donald Trump in her former career as a grants law attorney:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
More like Cloudfart amirite
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
More like Cloudfart amirite