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· Oct 15
A Formalist Approach to The Rule Book
The Rule Book by Jaako Strenros and Markus Montola is a key text in understanding the relationship between games and rules. After reading an intriguing article from Jay Dragon that heavily referenc…
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New article out! Lots of thoughts here from my reading of The Rule Book by Stenros and Montola. Highly recommend people give both that book and this article a read! Got some interesting thoughts here, derived from my reading and discussions thereof.
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"Is L Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz weird fiction?"
*The entire forum crashes. All replies are locked. A moderator is sent to prison for war crimes.*
*The entire forum crashes. All replies are locked. A moderator is sent to prison for war crimes.*
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"Is L Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz weird fiction?"
*The entire forum crashes. All replies are locked. A moderator is sent to prison for war crimes.*
*The entire forum crashes. All replies are locked. A moderator is sent to prison for war crimes.*
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this is what it's like, yeah.
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
this is what it's like, yeah.
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PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
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this is all fun and games but you gotta go outside and breathe the fucking air to live, this shit ain't real, this is the fucking illusory realm, this is the realm of spectacle and unsuppressed urges man, this is 100% performance, none of this means jack shit, peel your fucking eyes away
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
this is all fun and games but you gotta go outside and breathe the fucking air to live, this shit ain't real, this is the fucking illusory realm, this is the realm of spectacle and unsuppressed urges man, this is 100% performance, none of this means jack shit, peel your fucking eyes away
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Yesterday I vagued about whether or not to do a weird TTRPG thread. Then I slept on it. And it's still rattling around in my brain.
OK. So. Let's get into it.
There's a couple of phrases in the TTRPG sphere which are discourse dogwhistles and I wanna talk about one of them, and all of them.
OK. So. Let's get into it.
There's a couple of phrases in the TTRPG sphere which are discourse dogwhistles and I wanna talk about one of them, and all of them.
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yesterday I vagued about whether or not to do a weird TTRPG thread. Then I slept on it. And it's still rattling around in my brain.
OK. So. Let's get into it.
There's a couple of phrases in the TTRPG sphere which are discourse dogwhistles and I wanna talk about one of them, and all of them.
OK. So. Let's get into it.
There's a couple of phrases in the TTRPG sphere which are discourse dogwhistles and I wanna talk about one of them, and all of them.
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Loved Predator: Badlands! And it was very Ironsworn: Starforged. The plot even hinges on a sworn vow. In this thread, let's take a look at Starforged assets for the main characters: Dek and Thia. We'll show them at the start of their respective journeys, and at the end of the movie.
Spoilers ahead!
Spoilers ahead!
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Loved Predator: Badlands! And it was very Ironsworn: Starforged. The plot even hinges on a sworn vow. In this thread, let's take a look at Starforged assets for the main characters: Dek and Thia. We'll show them at the start of their respective journeys, and at the end of the movie.
Spoilers ahead!
Spoilers ahead!
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🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
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I love the genre mashup. Give me all the Golden Girls/Cthulhus and WWII/Draculas you've got.
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
Dare to Play it Straight
The rarest tabletop genre is the simplest one. A call for more anti-mashups.
www.explorersdesign.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I love the genre mashup. Give me all the Golden Girls/Cthulhus and WWII/Draculas you've got.
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
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Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
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I'm running a Jubensha convention in London on May 8-9th 2026!
Play games, learn how Jubensha is made, and meet designers from Suspense Studios (KMS Games), Chronic Insanity, and the people behind Spy of the Year!
Sign up to keep updated (and so I know how many people will come!)
Play games, learn how Jubensha is made, and meet designers from Suspense Studios (KMS Games), Chronic Insanity, and the people behind Spy of the Year!
Sign up to keep updated (and so I know how many people will come!)
Jubensha Convention 2026
Hello – I'm Adrian Hon, and I'm organising a Jubensha Convention in London at Theatre Deli! It'll run from 6-9pm on Friday 8th May, and from 10am to 9pm on Saturday 9th May 2026.
It's not going to be...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm running a Jubensha convention in London on May 8-9th 2026!
Play games, learn how Jubensha is made, and meet designers from Suspense Studios (KMS Games), Chronic Insanity, and the people behind Spy of the Year!
Sign up to keep updated (and so I know how many people will come!)
Play games, learn how Jubensha is made, and meet designers from Suspense Studios (KMS Games), Chronic Insanity, and the people behind Spy of the Year!
Sign up to keep updated (and so I know how many people will come!)
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#over/under was not one of a kind. I have been playing similar games for the last EIGHT YEARS. Today, I give this medium a name - "Live Text Roleplay" - and help you build a community of your own.
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
How to Replicate Over/Under
A Guide to Live Text Roleplay
www.valerialoves.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#over/under was not one of a kind. I have been playing similar games for the last EIGHT YEARS. Today, I give this medium a name - "Live Text Roleplay" - and help you build a community of your own.
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
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Jessica Hammer's chapter on Online Freeform from the RPG Handbook (here I've included the 2018 version, which was circulated open-access online 7 years ago) serves as a useful overview of this particular RPG form, distinct from others by its use of platforms.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sgp7c...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sgp7c...
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Jessica Hammer's chapter on Online Freeform from the RPG Handbook (here I've included the 2018 version, which was circulated open-access online 7 years ago) serves as a useful overview of this particular RPG form, distinct from others by its use of platforms.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sgp7c...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sgp7c...
Meditation owns actually. I can’t do the kind where you completely empty your mind, but I can do the kind where you think about something from a variety of angles. Figured out some stuff for my current project, and that felt good.
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Meditation owns actually. I can’t do the kind where you completely empty your mind, but I can do the kind where you think about something from a variety of angles. Figured out some stuff for my current project, and that felt good.
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Big big night for me: After about 3 years, I've finished the first big rough draft playable version of the TTRPG I'm working on 😊 eager to start playtesting with my friends.
I'm finishing up a few illustrations/polishing a few pages to finally reveal a big vertical slice before the end of november.
I'm finishing up a few illustrations/polishing a few pages to finally reveal a big vertical slice before the end of november.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Big big night for me: After about 3 years, I've finished the first big rough draft playable version of the TTRPG I'm working on 😊 eager to start playtesting with my friends.
I'm finishing up a few illustrations/polishing a few pages to finally reveal a big vertical slice before the end of november.
I'm finishing up a few illustrations/polishing a few pages to finally reveal a big vertical slice before the end of november.
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Our All Fonts Pack is on sale again for 30 days! All 1200+ fonts we've ever made, commercial use, one low price. Pay once and use the fonts forever for game dev, TTRPGs, web comics, videos, streams, merchandise, whatever! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #gamedev #fonts
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our All Fonts Pack is on sale again for 30 days! All 1200+ fonts we've ever made, commercial use, one low price. Pay once and use the fonts forever for game dev, TTRPGs, web comics, videos, streams, merchandise, whatever! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #gamedev #fonts
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Welcome to the Never Was...
Full #review of the #ttrpg Under the Autumn Strangely now available!
If you're looking for a story of #whimsy and #autumnvibes, check out Tales From the Never Was, our #actualplay series of Under the Autumn Strangely.
youtu.be/_uslqLeTEuE
Full #review of the #ttrpg Under the Autumn Strangely now available!
If you're looking for a story of #whimsy and #autumnvibes, check out Tales From the Never Was, our #actualplay series of Under the Autumn Strangely.
youtu.be/_uslqLeTEuE
November 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Welcome to the Never Was...
Full #review of the #ttrpg Under the Autumn Strangely now available!
If you're looking for a story of #whimsy and #autumnvibes, check out Tales From the Never Was, our #actualplay series of Under the Autumn Strangely.
youtu.be/_uslqLeTEuE
Full #review of the #ttrpg Under the Autumn Strangely now available!
If you're looking for a story of #whimsy and #autumnvibes, check out Tales From the Never Was, our #actualplay series of Under the Autumn Strangely.
youtu.be/_uslqLeTEuE
In this week's Goat Song Workshop, I'm still recovering from Metatopia. Instead of focusing on my work, I go in deep in my play experiences at the convention. This is also the first of my limited series addition, It Came From Cohost!
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Goat Song Workshop 7
This last week has been devoted to recovery from the convention. I managed to not get sick, but I’m also not as young as I used to be, and my disabilities make energy management more difficult. I’m st...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
In this week's Goat Song Workshop, I'm still recovering from Metatopia. Instead of focusing on my work, I go in deep in my play experiences at the convention. This is also the first of my limited series addition, It Came From Cohost!
goatsongworkshop.beehiiv.com/p/goat-song-...
goatsongworkshop.beehiiv.com/p/goat-song-...
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I saw a post this morning somewhere about trying to draw an upturned chin from below and yeah - that's a tough one!
You need to rely a lot on shading the form rather than lines for this usually. Beards can be a nice cheat. 😋
Here's a few refs to try today if you want the challenge. ⭐
You need to rely a lot on shading the form rather than lines for this usually. Beards can be a nice cheat. 😋
Here's a few refs to try today if you want the challenge. ⭐
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I saw a post this morning somewhere about trying to draw an upturned chin from below and yeah - that's a tough one!
You need to rely a lot on shading the form rather than lines for this usually. Beards can be a nice cheat. 😋
Here's a few refs to try today if you want the challenge. ⭐
You need to rely a lot on shading the form rather than lines for this usually. Beards can be a nice cheat. 😋
Here's a few refs to try today if you want the challenge. ⭐
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Sometimes you come to your friend with a silly idea and it becomes a deeply satisfying creative project where you get to hang out and tell a story every month and all your other friends get to come play action figures with you
Come listen to my and @corpserevivers.bsky.social's actual play podcast
Come listen to my and @corpserevivers.bsky.social's actual play podcast
The Batman: Bump In The Night public feed is here! Nearly all of Year One has been uploaded for your listening pleasure, with mysteries such as a murder at the art museum, a drowning on dry land, and a séance gone horribly wrong!
batman-bump-in-the-night.pinecast.co
batman-bump-in-the-night.pinecast.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Sometimes you come to your friend with a silly idea and it becomes a deeply satisfying creative project where you get to hang out and tell a story every month and all your other friends get to come play action figures with you
Come listen to my and @corpserevivers.bsky.social's actual play podcast
Come listen to my and @corpserevivers.bsky.social's actual play podcast
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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"There’s a lot of me in this project. Even if I’m often hiding behind the voices of Charlotte and Samantha."
@liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social tells Rascal about the process of creating her pseudo-autobiographical horror RPG about finding meaning before death, but also accepting the unknowable.
@liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social tells Rascal about the process of creating her pseudo-autobiographical horror RPG about finding meaning before death, but also accepting the unknowable.
You Will Die In This Place is an autobiographical RPG told through multiple, fictional perspectives
You will be drawn to this game.
www.rascal.news
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"There’s a lot of me in this project. Even if I’m often hiding behind the voices of Charlotte and Samantha."
@liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social tells Rascal about the process of creating her pseudo-autobiographical horror RPG about finding meaning before death, but also accepting the unknowable.
@liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social tells Rascal about the process of creating her pseudo-autobiographical horror RPG about finding meaning before death, but also accepting the unknowable.
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Does this sound interesting?? Listen to me talk to Graham about running SCIRE at Gen Con this year!!!
October 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Does this sound interesting?? Listen to me talk to Graham about running SCIRE at Gen Con this year!!!
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Can someone stop giving Ryan Murphy, that tired old queen, contracts to make TV shows?
Please?
Please?
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Can someone stop giving Ryan Murphy, that tired old queen, contracts to make TV shows?
Please?
Please?
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The IGDN’s Diversity Sponsorship has long supported emerging developers from marginalized backgrounds. After a pause in 2025 to revitalize the program under new leadership, we're excited to be re-launching in 2026! That effort begins right here, with your help!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-di...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-di...
Donate to iTDF Diversity Scholarship, organized by Allison Cole
For over a decade, the IGDN’s Diversity Sponsorship program has provided support and resources… Allison Cole needs your support for iTDF Diversity Scholarship
www.gofundme.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The IGDN’s Diversity Sponsorship has long supported emerging developers from marginalized backgrounds. After a pause in 2025 to revitalize the program under new leadership, we're excited to be re-launching in 2026! That effort begins right here, with your help!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-di...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-di...
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In this game, a character is...
...A person with needs and desires that'll inevitably bring them into conflict with others, because there ultimately isn't enough to go around, who's capable and prepared to fight for what they need.
...A person with needs and desires that'll inevitably bring them into conflict with others, because there ultimately isn't enough to go around, who's capable and prepared to fight for what they need.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In this game, a character is...
...A person with needs and desires that'll inevitably bring them into conflict with others, because there ultimately isn't enough to go around, who's capable and prepared to fight for what they need.
...A person with needs and desires that'll inevitably bring them into conflict with others, because there ultimately isn't enough to go around, who's capable and prepared to fight for what they need.