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jex thomas

@lastpinepress.com

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Nonbinary Dad // Author of Crit Awards Best Indie TTRPG Finalist BUMP IN THE DARK // Not as Punk as I Used To Be // Forever Aspiring to be Your Weird Gay Aunt // ACAB // https://lastpinepress.com #ttrpg #fitd #pbta

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jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 4h

I have not been this stoked for a game in a minute

Hendrik ten Napel checked into the Genziana Hotel @napel.itch.io · 8h

🔪Welcome to the Genziana Hotel🏔️

Crowdfunding for my gothic horror mystery rpg is live! Investigate the hotel, meet unnerving guests and creepy staff, find dreadful clues, answer horrible questions and discover what happened to Marga, the boyish girl with the wild curls.

The Girls of the Genziana Hotel by Hendrik ten Napel - Gamefound

Play as chambermaids in a 19th century alpine hotel investigating the disappearance of their friend.

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jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 22h

Might say it whipped the llama's ass

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 22h

I mean, it was good.

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jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 22h

For SURE. I imagine there must have been a plugin for WinAmp?

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 1d

Luigi Mangione

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Mythworks ➡️ PAXU @mythworks.bsky.social · 1d

Graham here! The upcoming Crescent TTRPG is full of imagination and adventure, big themes for what roleplaying is all about. And character is the key to investment and excitement. So LET’S MAKE ONE.
CHARACTER CREATION THREAD INCOMING!!❤️‍🔥😮😶‍🌫️

Cover for Crescent 2e. Kids jumpin on a big red dino.

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jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 23h

Haven't consistently used it in years but I've been on there since ... 2003!?

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jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 23h

Ahh I decided not to go this year! Hope you have a blast

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 23h

Chocolate box full of fingers and eyeballs, winged beetles, thimbles, gears ...

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 23h

Father James Groppi

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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brendan mordheim @brendanmcleod.com · 2d

Spent the plane ride today reading Clayton’s excellent insider look at how the ENnies work, with some really surprising reveals about how everything operates. An essential read for anyone curious about ttrpgs’ biggest award show.

Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 6d

Part 3 is here. The deep dive into the Ennies. If you're someone who doesn't know much about the Ennie Awards, you should read parts 1 and 2. But if you like a bit of inside baseball and are interested in award shows in general—this is the article for you.

www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-3/

How are the Ennies designed?

An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part three. How does the structure of the Ennies determine its outcomes? And what does it mean for others?

www.explorersdesign.com

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jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 2d

I feel like the universe is conspiring to make him such an absolute sad sack that I can't help but actually feel sorry for him.

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 2d

It's not fair when they get to take our dreams, too

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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent thread on the fascist accelerationist ideology that has become the raison d'être of the Trump regime.

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Essential point:

"Key to... Vought’s worldview is the idea that the constitutional order - and with it the “natural” order itself - has been destroyed: The revolution has already happened, “the Left” won. Therefore, conservatives categorically err when they try to preserve what is no more."

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

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FORGED Not Born @forgednotborn.bsky.social · 2d

For my fellow Pinterest users, you can now begin to filter GenAI results - go to:

Settings > Home Feed Tuner > then scroll all the way right to Gen AI Interests. You'll see lots of radio buttons, so just turn them all off.

Not sure how well this works so far, but so much slop there the past year!

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Hendrik ten Napel checked into the Genziana Hotel @napel.itch.io · 2d

My potato dungeon for Mausritter is live! If you're into age-old spuds and betrayal, go take a look:

The Blighted Sack by Hendrik ten Napel

a putrid potato dungeon for Mausritter

napel.itch.io

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