Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)
@gregisonthego.bsky.social
gloringalbright.com
Game designer (Ahoy, 2022; Bloc by Bloc: Uprising, 2022 w/ T.L. Simons; Keep the Faith, 2025).
Asst.Prof. Game Studies & Game Design @HarrisburgU
Game designer (Ahoy, 2022; Bloc by Bloc: Uprising, 2022 w/ T.L. Simons; Keep the Faith, 2025).
Asst.Prof. Game Studies & Game Design @HarrisburgU
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I put down some thoughts about game design, what it’s good for, and what it isn’t good for in this zine!
Plus, a short guide to help get you started making a game if you’ve never done that before: gregisonthego.itch.io/rulebooks-fo...
✂️ 🎲 ✊ 🔥
Plus, a short guide to help get you started making a game if you’ve never done that before: gregisonthego.itch.io/rulebooks-fo...
✂️ 🎲 ✊ 🔥
Thanks for the shoutout Chia @cado.bsky.social!
Both Resilience and Rulebooks for Radicals are available on my Itch page:
gregisonthego.itch.io/rulebooks-fo...
gregisonthego.itch.io/resilience
Both Resilience and Rulebooks for Radicals are available on my Itch page:
gregisonthego.itch.io/rulebooks-fo...
gregisonthego.itch.io/resilience
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Thanks for the shoutout Chia @cado.bsky.social!
Both Resilience and Rulebooks for Radicals are available on my Itch page:
gregisonthego.itch.io/rulebooks-fo...
gregisonthego.itch.io/resilience
Both Resilience and Rulebooks for Radicals are available on my Itch page:
gregisonthego.itch.io/rulebooks-fo...
gregisonthego.itch.io/resilience
The unintentional theme of our final day of tabletop studio was “games that are dumb (complimentary).”
December 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The unintentional theme of our final day of tabletop studio was “games that are dumb (complimentary).”
I’m so excited to sit on this panel and talk about games & politics! Join us (remotely) a week from tomorrow!
We're excited to host special guests Sherria Ayuandini and @gregisonthego.bsky.social who will join @hopfka.bsky.social and Rilla Khaled in a discussion about the role of games in challenging diplomatic hegemonies.
5th MIT Global Humanities Forum on “Public Literacies: Civic Systems, Media & Emotional Intelligence” on Dec 12 (online) – MIT Comparative Global Humanities
comparativeglobalhumanities.mit.edu
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I’m so excited to sit on this panel and talk about games & politics! Join us (remotely) a week from tomorrow!
Reposted by Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)
I’ve forgotten this sometimes but being able to discover something you like, curate it, and make time to enjoy it *is* intelligence, connecting with art is intelligence, empathy is intelligence, the way of the dullard is to find nothing meaningful in art except for a way to seem snidely clever
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I’ve forgotten this sometimes but being able to discover something you like, curate it, and make time to enjoy it *is* intelligence, connecting with art is intelligence, empathy is intelligence, the way of the dullard is to find nothing meaningful in art except for a way to seem snidely clever
University wrote up our PAXU trip! Huge thanks to @leder.games and Rio Grande Games for sponsoring student travel (we couldn't have gone without them) and to @thejaybell.bsky.social, @ritualcuts.bsky.social & Nick Brachmann for their time and expertise! www.harrisburgu.edu/news/2025-12...
Harrisburg University Students Return to PAX Unplugged Games Convention
A diverse group of students from Harrisburg University of Science & Technology (HU) once again attended PAX Unplugged, a rapidly growing convention in the tabletop gaming and role-playing games (RPG) ...
www.harrisburgu.edu
December 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
University wrote up our PAXU trip! Huge thanks to @leder.games and Rio Grande Games for sponsoring student travel (we couldn't have gone without them) and to @thejaybell.bsky.social, @ritualcuts.bsky.social & Nick Brachmann for their time and expertise! www.harrisburgu.edu/news/2025-12...
Cameron has a gift for finding cool people doing cool stuff, and I’m humbled to be embarrassing myself on the same podcast episode as these folks. Give it a listen!
A big PAX Unplugged interview episode featuring:
@soengery.bsky.social
@gregisonthego.bsky.social
@samsorensen.bsky.social
Hothead Collective CJ
@rowanzeoli.bsky.social
Hive Scum Gage
Talking politics, secret bathrooms, lifestyle magazines, OVER/UNDER, and more!
www.patreon.com/posts/144946...
@soengery.bsky.social
@gregisonthego.bsky.social
@samsorensen.bsky.social
Hothead Collective CJ
@rowanzeoli.bsky.social
Hive Scum Gage
Talking politics, secret bathrooms, lifestyle magazines, OVER/UNDER, and more!
www.patreon.com/posts/144946...
November 2025: PAX Unplugged 2025 (FREE) | Ranged Touch
Get more from Ranged Touch on Patreon
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December 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Cameron has a gift for finding cool people doing cool stuff, and I’m humbled to be embarrassing myself on the same podcast episode as these folks. Give it a listen!
Great read! Makes me think about RPG's debts to wargaming -- hexes make sense if you are presenting two players with terrain for creating emergent objectives (the flank of my opponent's line; the hill where they have their cannons), but without the opposition, everything truly is pointcrawl.
EVERYTHING IS POINTCRAWL!
Are hexcrawls just pointcrawls with extra steps? How do we choose the right type of map? Is it just the illusion of choice?
Might be the longest SCM article so far!
www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/everything...
#boardgames #ttrpg #hexcrawl #pointcrawl 🎲✂️
Are hexcrawls just pointcrawls with extra steps? How do we choose the right type of map? Is it just the illusion of choice?
Might be the longest SCM article so far!
www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/everything...
#boardgames #ttrpg #hexcrawl #pointcrawl 🎲✂️
Everything is pointcrawl!
Exploring hexcrawls, pointcrawls, and other crawls to see if everything is actually just a pointcrawl. How we can reduce the illusion of choice and instead have players make meaningful decisions?
www.skeletoncodemachine.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Great read! Makes me think about RPG's debts to wargaming -- hexes make sense if you are presenting two players with terrain for creating emergent objectives (the flank of my opponent's line; the hill where they have their cannons), but without the opposition, everything truly is pointcrawl.
Everybody’s got their limits / nobody’s found mine
Clearly the answer is @hinokodo.com and @gregisonthego.bsky.social must have a no-holds-barred cage match to determine if the article should be split or not.
#beatthechamp #heelturn2
#beatthechamp #heelturn2
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Everybody’s got their limits / nobody’s found mine
Are you really drunk or is it just a
December 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Are you really drunk or is it just a
Reposted by Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)
kconrod.medium.com/the-problem-... okay here
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
kconrod.medium.com/the-problem-... okay here
“Against Cop Shit“ is my “Tom Holland Lio Syncing ‘Umbrella’.” I see it, I repost it.
Expel cop shit from your hearts.
Expel cop shit from your hearts.
"'We are both scamming each other, you and I, and I intend to win.' When a classroom becomes adversarial, of course, as cop shit presumes, then there must be a clear winner and loser."
- Jeffery Moro, Against Cop Shit
jeffreymoro.com/blog/2020-02...
- Jeffery Moro, Against Cop Shit
jeffreymoro.com/blog/2020-02...
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“Against Cop Shit“ is my “Tom Holland Lio Syncing ‘Umbrella’.” I see it, I repost it.
Expel cop shit from your hearts.
Expel cop shit from your hearts.
This game rules. No prep, easy to teach, hilarious gameplay. I played this for my family, none of whom play RPGs, last Christmas. We had cocktails, dressed up fancy, and told stories of spirits running amok. Highly recommend.
Do you think your band of Halloween nightmares could run Christmas better than that skeleton guy? You're in the right place!
Stumble your way through a successful holiday season, or make a hilarious mess of things in Spirits of the Season, a #ttrpg for 3-6 players.
thoughtcrimegames.it...
Stumble your way through a successful holiday season, or make a hilarious mess of things in Spirits of the Season, a #ttrpg for 3-6 players.
thoughtcrimegames.it...
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This game rules. No prep, easy to teach, hilarious gameplay. I played this for my family, none of whom play RPGs, last Christmas. We had cocktails, dressed up fancy, and told stories of spirits running amok. Highly recommend.
Golf courses -> larp grounds (or public sex forests), Data centers -> laser tag arenas, Distribution hubs -> go kart tracks.
Tell your college-age kids to start learning ARG and location-specific game design.
Tell your college-age kids to start learning ARG and location-specific game design.
Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Golf courses -> larp grounds (or public sex forests), Data centers -> laser tag arenas, Distribution hubs -> go kart tracks.
Tell your college-age kids to start learning ARG and location-specific game design.
Tell your college-age kids to start learning ARG and location-specific game design.
Reposted by Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
Use alt text always, but specifically *to your messaging ends*! People often post guides about "color, subject, angle," etc. but I think that always going so broad does a disservice to rhetoric. Think about why you put the image on the post, then describe the parts of it that matter for your post!
Also: those who "use" Alt Text but are clearing using AI summaries of images that don't accurately describe said images are just as bad as those who ignore Alt Text completely.
Reducing "Jack Nicholson crazy eyed nodding gif" to "a man looks up" is a shitposter's crime against humanity
Reducing "Jack Nicholson crazy eyed nodding gif" to "a man looks up" is a shitposter's crime against humanity
November 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Use alt text always, but specifically *to your messaging ends*! People often post guides about "color, subject, angle," etc. but I think that always going so broad does a disservice to rhetoric. Think about why you put the image on the post, then describe the parts of it that matter for your post!
“It’s an older post, sir, but it checks out.”
(if you follow me and are somehow not aware of Galactic / Going Rogue, read this great piece).
(if you follow me and are somehow not aware of Galactic / Going Rogue, read this great piece).
Tabletop game Going Rogue puts the revolution back in Star Wars: aftermath.site/going-rogue-ga...
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“It’s an older post, sir, but it checks out.”
(if you follow me and are somehow not aware of Galactic / Going Rogue, read this great piece).
(if you follow me and are somehow not aware of Galactic / Going Rogue, read this great piece).
These rule. I got Realm of the River Dragon for my kids and it’s remained a favorite for years.
What playmaps? Oh, friends, I am so excited about my playmaps! I am so proud of them, they are printed indelibly on soft, sturdy, machine-washable blankets, and I package them up with all the info you need to feel great about gifting them to kids. Learn more here: www.portablecity.net/playmaps/
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
These rule. I got Realm of the River Dragon for my kids and it’s remained a favorite for years.
The end! The Thieves traded roguish adventure for the stability of ruling the city, becoming like the stodgy merchants they once robbed.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The end! The Thieves traded roguish adventure for the stability of ruling the city, becoming like the stodgy merchants they once robbed.
Drew up a little river city with the 5-yr-old to play @possibleworlds.bsky.social’s “Beak Feather and Bone” together. Will report back tomorrow after we play (it’s bedtime now, so we paused after setup).
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Drew up a little river city with the 5-yr-old to play @possibleworlds.bsky.social’s “Beak Feather and Bone” together. Will report back tomorrow after we play (it’s bedtime now, so we paused after setup).
Reposted by Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)
Did you attend the Indie Night Market and want to talk to us about how it went (and report on PAXU more broadly)? HMU
We've been chatting about Indie Markets regularly lately and sad to be missing the one at this year's PAXU. We'd love to hear a report from the floor if anyone attending would like to join us.
Threw together a quick poster / flyer for the event this Saturday. Come check out some cool indie games!
#paxunplugged #pax #indiegamesnightmarket
#paxunplugged #pax #indiegamesnightmarket
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Did you attend the Indie Night Market and want to talk to us about how it went (and report on PAXU more broadly)? HMU
An incredible team-up. great booth, great folks, great games.
PAX U was a SMASHING success!!
Always a pleasure to share a booth with @turtlebun.com and @gamefiend.bsky.social
Always a pleasure to share a booth with @turtlebun.com and @gamefiend.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
An incredible team-up. great booth, great folks, great games.
Reposted by Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)
I heard Ahab mutter, ‘Here some one thrusts these cards into these old hands of mine; swears that I must play them, and no others.’
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I heard Ahab mutter, ‘Here some one thrusts these cards into these old hands of mine; swears that I must play them, and no others.’
Headed to the terrace level with Keep the Faith till 4ish. Hit me up if you want to play!
A faith of holy stoners grapples with its commitment to altered states as the world modernizes around them. Will they withdraw to the wilderness or take political power to shape society in their image? (Demoing Keep the Faith this morning before the expo hall opened).
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Headed to the terrace level with Keep the Faith till 4ish. Hit me up if you want to play!
A faith of holy stoners grapples with its commitment to altered states as the world modernizes around them. Will they withdraw to the wilderness or take political power to shape society in their image? (Demoing Keep the Faith this morning before the expo hall opened).
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A faith of holy stoners grapples with its commitment to altered states as the world modernizes around them. Will they withdraw to the wilderness or take political power to shape society in their image? (Demoing Keep the Faith this morning before the expo hall opened).
Great postmortem thread! I had to bounce before the team pic but I’m so honored to have been selected and I had a great time talked disaster preparedness and radical politics with folks
Indie Games Market last night was a rousing success!!!!
WOW. I’m so impressed by all of the vendors organization and skill.
I’m sure we’ll be able together get stats from the PAX team, but this year definitely felt way bigger 🧵 🎲✂️
WOW. I’m so impressed by all of the vendors organization and skill.
I’m sure we’ll be able together get stats from the PAX team, but this year definitely felt way bigger 🧵 🎲✂️
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Great postmortem thread! I had to bounce before the team pic but I’m so honored to have been selected and I had a great time talked disaster preparedness and radical politics with folks