Juhana Pettersson
@juhanaonparas.bsky.social
Writer, roleplaying game and larp designer. Former Lead Developer for World of Darkness releases at Renegade Game Studio, now off to new, as of yet unannounced projects.
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Despite the controversy, Horses is only shocking if you're unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats. aftermath.site/horses-indie-g...
Horses Is Tame
Horses, the indie game that is too scandalous for either Valve or Epic, is only beyond the pale if you're not familiar with any other art form.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Despite the controversy, Horses is only shocking if you're unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats. aftermath.site/horses-indie-g...
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Good to see Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands doing the right thing. It feels shameful that we in Finland remain committed to supporting genocide.
Eurovision has allowed Israel to compete in 2026.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Good to see Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands doing the right thing. It feels shameful that we in Finland remain committed to supporting genocide.
Living the cowboy life in Great Western Trail: www.juhanapettersson.com/100-boardgam...
100 Boardgames: Great Western Trail (19/100) – Juhana Pettersson
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December 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Living the cowboy life in Great Western Trail: www.juhanapettersson.com/100-boardgam...
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Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
One of the fun things about working on an IP is that you learn to appreciate what other people working on it are doing on a very nuanced level.
In the last few years, I worked a lot on Werewolf: The Apocalypse books for the roleplaying game. I've also been playing... (con't)
In the last few years, I worked a lot on Werewolf: The Apocalypse books for the roleplaying game. I've also been playing... (con't)
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
One of the fun things about working on an IP is that you learn to appreciate what other people working on it are doing on a very nuanced level.
In the last few years, I worked a lot on Werewolf: The Apocalypse books for the roleplaying game. I've also been playing... (con't)
In the last few years, I worked a lot on Werewolf: The Apocalypse books for the roleplaying game. I've also been playing... (con't)
Surely there has never been a better game than Heroquest: www.juhanapettersson.com/100-boardgam...
100 Boardgames: HeroQuest (18/100) – Juhana Pettersson
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November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Surely there has never been a better game than Heroquest: www.juhanapettersson.com/100-boardgam...
Particularly in roleplaying games, it's really useful if the players share an instinctive understanding of concepts like "month", "year", or "day". Things become difficult when a year is 500 days which are 20 hours long and you learn someone is 56 years old. What does that mean, culturally?
Not sure how I feel when a book tells me that instead of "12 months" they have "10 arcs," which are each 40 days long, and they all have names like Blossomarc, Flamearc Snowarc,.... I appreciate the world building, but couldnt we have just kept the calendar the same?
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Particularly in roleplaying games, it's really useful if the players share an instinctive understanding of concepts like "month", "year", or "day". Things become difficult when a year is 500 days which are 20 hours long and you learn someone is 56 years old. What does that mean, culturally?
I burnt the Shire in War of the Ring! www.juhanapettersson.com/100-boardgam...
100 Boardgames: War of the Ring – Second Edition (17/100) – Juhana Pettersson
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November 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I burnt the Shire in War of the Ring! www.juhanapettersson.com/100-boardgam...
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BLACK FRIDAY OFFER! Ten out of my eleven books now available for FREE.
I have 11 books about games out as author or editor. Ten of them are available as free pdfs. Check out the full list here: jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/books/
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
BLACK FRIDAY OFFER! Ten out of my eleven books now available for FREE.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
• Laibach
• Einsturzende Neubauten
• The Tiger Lillies
• Heilung
• SUNN O)))
• Laibach
• Einsturzende Neubauten
• The Tiger Lillies
• Heilung
• SUNN O)))
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
• The Damned
• Orville Peck
• Public Enemy
• Cocteau Twins
• Madonna
• The Damned
• Orville Peck
• Public Enemy
• Cocteau Twins
• Madonna
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
* Paradise Lost
* The Sisters of Mercy
* Iron Maiden
* Alien Sex Fiend
* A-Ha
🤘😉
* Paradise Lost
* The Sisters of Mercy
* Iron Maiden
* Alien Sex Fiend
* A-Ha
🤘😉
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
• Laibach
• Einsturzende Neubauten
• The Tiger Lillies
• Heilung
• SUNN O)))
• Laibach
• Einsturzende Neubauten
• The Tiger Lillies
• Heilung
• SUNN O)))
As a Nordic person who was a child in the 80s it was nice to play Tales from the Loop: The Board Game in which Swedish kids explore mysteries in the 80s. www.juhanapettersson.com/100-boardgam...
100 Boardgames: Tales from the Loop – The Board Game (16/100) – Juhana Pettersson
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November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
As a Nordic person who was a child in the 80s it was nice to play Tales from the Loop: The Board Game in which Swedish kids explore mysteries in the 80s. www.juhanapettersson.com/100-boardgam...
Brazil's system dealt with their wannabe dictator. I hope that in the U.S. and Europe, we'll manage the same. Developments like the breaking of the firewall in the European Parliament are not promising.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Brazil's system dealt with their wannabe dictator. I hope that in the U.S. and Europe, we'll manage the same. Developments like the breaking of the firewall in the European Parliament are not promising.
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Many folks' final assessment of Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser---the closest thing to a multi-million-dollar larp experience we've ever gotten and one of Disney's highest-ever-rated attractions---came from a 4-hour complaint video about its game app, instantly accepted as sacred dogma.
Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Many folks' final assessment of Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser---the closest thing to a multi-million-dollar larp experience we've ever gotten and one of Disney's highest-ever-rated attractions---came from a 4-hour complaint video about its game app, instantly accepted as sacred dogma.
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SADAKO for VOGUE JAPAN
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
SADAKO for VOGUE JAPAN
A good introduction to the Swedish roleplaying tradition. I was surprised to see a couple of my games get mentioned too.
🚃 the #TTRPG culture train is on the way to Europe!! First stop: SWEDEN (and honorable mentions of other Nordic games!
We need to talk about Swedish TTRPGs
YouTube video by Weird Place
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November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A good introduction to the Swedish roleplaying tradition. I was surprised to see a couple of my games get mentioned too.
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Of course I would say this, but we need to talk about the moral & ideological case for play & leisure more than ever. So much political discourse - especially from the super-rich - assumes we ought to construct society around forcing citizens to spend most of their one, unrepeatable life working.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Of course I would say this, but we need to talk about the moral & ideological case for play & leisure more than ever. So much political discourse - especially from the super-rich - assumes we ought to construct society around forcing citizens to spend most of their one, unrepeatable life working.
This fall, I've been doing a learning project about boardgames, documented in blog posts. I've set a few different goals for myself:
- Become able to answer the question "What kind of boardgames do you like?" in specific terms.
(con't)
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- Become able to answer the question "What kind of boardgames do you like?" in specific terms.
(con't)
www.juhanapettersson.com/category/100...
100 Boardgames – Juhana Pettersson
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November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This fall, I've been doing a learning project about boardgames, documented in blog posts. I've set a few different goals for myself:
- Become able to answer the question "What kind of boardgames do you like?" in specific terms.
(con't)
www.juhanapettersson.com/category/100...
- Become able to answer the question "What kind of boardgames do you like?" in specific terms.
(con't)
www.juhanapettersson.com/category/100...
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I enjoyed this a lot, and learned some stuff.
It's not just a polemic about new stuff being bad, it's a sincere look at what makes a movie feel "real."
youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
It's not just a polemic about new stuff being bad, it's a sincere look at what makes a movie feel "real."
youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
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November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I enjoyed this a lot, and learned some stuff.
It's not just a polemic about new stuff being bad, it's a sincere look at what makes a movie feel "real."
youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
It's not just a polemic about new stuff being bad, it's a sincere look at what makes a movie feel "real."
youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
I have a burning desire to get the physical editions of these books but alas... No shipping to Europe. Folks in Team America will have to get them, appreciate them, and love them for me.
The Designers & Dragons: Origins backerkit has just three days to go!
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Designers & Dragons: Origins
From the birth of roleplaying to the discovery of the Forgotten Realms, from the rise of Basic D&D to the fall of Mystara, historian Shannon Appelcline brings you the story of OD&D, Basic D&D, and AD&...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I have a burning desire to get the physical editions of these books but alas... No shipping to Europe. Folks in Team America will have to get them, appreciate them, and love them for me.
Amazing Commissar character power in Only War
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Amazing Commissar character power in Only War
Yesterday, I had a chance to run a game at a house con organized by a friend. Over the years, I've developed a personal method of running games that has been fairly successful, but also hard to package into a release.
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Yesterday, I had a chance to run a game at a house con organized by a friend. Over the years, I've developed a personal method of running games that has been fairly successful, but also hard to package into a release.
Others have made the same observation many times before but watching the first Predator movie, it's really striking how it both glories in musclebound machismo and presents it as a total failure. These super masculine men with their huge guns each die panicking helplessly in the jungle.
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Others have made the same observation many times before but watching the first Predator movie, it's really striking how it both glories in musclebound machismo and presents it as a total failure. These super masculine men with their huge guns each die panicking helplessly in the jungle.
With Civilization VII, I was thinking of a fail state in game design where the designer is so deep in their intricacies of the system they have designed, the meanings people ascribe to words and experiences are lost. It looks great from the top down but less so from the eye level of the player.
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
With Civilization VII, I was thinking of a fail state in game design where the designer is so deep in their intricacies of the system they have designed, the meanings people ascribe to words and experiences are lost. It looks great from the top down but less so from the eye level of the player.
Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion (Official Music Video) [HD]
YouTube video by RHINO
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November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM