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Ogre King
@ogreking.bsky.social
🎲 TTRPG Game Designer
🎮 🌈 Video Gamer/Gaymer
🖊️ Journalism/Fantasy/Horror Writer
📖 Avid Reader
🎤 Co-Host of Fey Design Court Podcast (TTRPG Design)

Banner: Dagg'um Ty'gor by Samwise Didier for WoW
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Let's talk about books and the public trust.

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Something that is easy to forget, in these days of barcode-scanning / auto-adjust pricing on third-party platforms for pennies plus shipping:

Booksellers are not merely people who sell some popular books in a competitive market.
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Has anyone read a horror book that scared them? I'm trying to get back into horror and a lot of the new stuff is good, just not "scary". Maybe I'm desensitized?

Some horror genre books are supernatural thriller or mystery lately.

Open to suggestions!

#booksky
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Every two weeks, my co-hosts on @feydesigncourt.bsky.social choose a new #ttrpg product to promo.

Next week, I'm calling dibs on Human No More by Cultic Games. Play as nonhumans fighting against the oppressive human regime!

#humannomore

youtu.be/FJ5hRv2BSf8?...
Human No More: The RPG Against Humanity!
YouTube video by Cultic Games
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November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Monday morning shout out to @curiousiguana.com ! Saturday was my first visit to Frederick and my friend loves it enough to take us there twice in the same day and I see why!

The staff was friendly (both shifts) and the free book cart was awesome! Thanks for the additions to my library!
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My first challenge for #novnov / #nanwrimo is choosing the number of protagonists and POVs.

Multiple POVs help for seeding world lore in fantasy settings. However, as a reader I get bratty when my favorite character switches to the POV of one I don't vibe with well.

Thoughts? #writersky #booksky
November 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It's November Novel Writing Month! ProWritingAid has a portal to help you go from reading cool stuff to writing cool stuff.

Even if you don't do the challenge, they have guest authors and workshops to get you started!

#booksky #novnov #writersky

prowritingaid.com/novel-november
Novel November: A 30 Day Writing Challenge
Join the only writing challenge that takes you from blank page to first draft in just one month with the help of bestselling authors.
prowritingaid.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I'm sorry, but my horror lover brain just pictures someone hacking one of these things and doing some sussery.

You'll wake up at night to the robot standing over your bed. That or find out the training data video of you and your home was stored on some server with security like swiss cheese.
The $20K 1X NEO is now available for preorder and ships next year. It “does” household chores with a twist: a human teleoperator actually drives it.

Owners schedule takeover times for the human operator and detail tasks via an app.

Basically, a pricier, worse Molly Maid with a charging dock.
1X Neo is a $20,000 home robot that will learn chores via teleoperation
California-based AI and robotics company 1X is now accepting pre-orders for its humanoid robot NEO.
www.engadget.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Does #booksky, #authors or anyone else have book suggestions for the art of creative writing? I'm specifically looking for books that help with plot outlining or narrative structure.

I'm making a list to devour over time. So far KM Weiland has been my guide.

Thanks in advance!
October 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Sly coming out with good advice again!

I like to do the "round the table" approach and ask what each individual character is doing in a scene. It helps players share the spotlight.

#ttrpg #dming
RPG tip from the archive: Take note of the quiet gamers at your table and give them good attention.

#dnd #ttrpg
October 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Join us tomorrow for our first episode featuring a guest: @dmloki.bsky.social. Loki is a game designer, game design professor and professional game master. Triple threat!

We've already bound him to a fey deal for multiple appearances, but the first time is always the best!
TOMORROW

Yup. We're posting an entire day in advance.
Like adults!

Speaking of adults we (@ogreking.bsky.social @savannahbroadway.bsky.social @mikemyler.bsky.social) gonna have @dmloki.bsky.social chaperone how cool is that

(very cool 😎)

www.twitch.tv/feydesigncourt

#DnD #TTRPG #RPG #Gaming
October 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Announcing my new way of measuring people's view of the job market: Dark Rules Employment Poll.

How willing are you to take a job where payment is extraordinary and danger is guaranteed?
October 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I find the premise to be fascinating for fantasy worlds. One of my favorite examples is Wandering Inn where the delivery people face dangers like: necromancers, dragons, an army, assassins and a shape shifter.
October 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Today kicks off our #AccessibilityIsntScary event that not only allows people to use @tiltify.com and @crowdcontrol.live to fundraise, we're also going to be hosting D&D one-shots on our Twitch channel! To learn more and join us for #Ais2025, visit tiltify.com/dotsrpg/acce...
October 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Check out my friend's Kickstarter. If you do, he'll buy me nice things, like video game art books. If he says no, may he step on a D4. :P
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Groceries have officially hit the point where I go "the math ain't mathing" every time I look at my receipt.
a woman is holding a piece of paper with clueless written on the bottom
ALT: a woman is holding a piece of paper with clueless written on the bottom
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October 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Do you want to make homebrew content in DnD's Baldur's Gate? Join the Roll20 game jam with Storytelling Collective!
#gamejam #ttrpg #DnD #gamedesign

blog.roll20.net/posts/dmsgui...
DMsGuild Calls D&D Creators to Baldur’s Gate - Roll20 Blog
DMsGuild's Premiere Game Jam invites creators to submit 25-page or less D&D supplements themed on Baldur's Gate from October 1 to November 2, 2025, with a release event on November 4.
blog.roll20.net
October 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Banned Books - Gator Days
October 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I don't have a finalized manuscript to pitch, but this is interesting enough to share.

If you aren't interested in doing the pitches, the #DVParty seems like a great way to get inspired.
Today is DAY 1 of #DVparty, a community event to talk up projects that Diverse Creators plan to pitch during #DVpit! Since it's our inaugural year on Bluesky, we'd like to invite any diverse creator to participate! Share about your beautiful work & let's build a #writercommunity here! #writersky
October 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Great advice! I also tend to figure out what type of story arc a player wants from their character. Once you know, you can weave it into the overarching plot.

Nothing dampens player enthusiasm more than their character's background never coming up in play.

#DMing #ttrpg
RPG tip from the archive: Take the time to read about the lore of a character's background or origin. Are they elvish? Read the lore about the Fey. Do they have a connection to the Shadowfell? Read about the history of Shadar-Kai.

#dnd #ttrpg
October 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Hazbin Hotel Season 2 Trailer is up. As always my maybe baby daddy Alastor is fierce.

"Do you really think you can take on all of heaven? You haven't even proven you're the strongest in hell."

Up less than ten minutes and already has 18,000 likes.

#hazbinhotel #viziepop

youtu.be/jvb6b-9vq2U
Hazbin Hotel - Season 2 Official Trailer | Prime Video
YouTube video by Vivziepop
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October 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM