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Prof Murder, Your Host

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AKA Adrian Berk English Prof 25+ yrs #TTRPG Plotter and Player 40+ yrs Decidedly from NJ 50+ yrs He/Him

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Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · Jul 3

“For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard. There isn't any other tale to tell, it's the only light we've got in all this darkness.”
James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 7m

~Insert "Good for her" meme here.~

Send Help | Official Trailer | In Theaters Jan 30

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Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 7h

Yearly discussion of poverty and industrialized cannibalism with “A Modest Proposal” by Swift. Each year I get a bit less reserved and a bit more forceful in hammering the points home. More conservative with age my ass.

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 21h

I grew up in an apartment that had one, but it was automatic not manual. Still a touch unnerving.

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 1d

Counterpoint: Side quests allowing you to modify/vary things like pacing and tone is part of what can make a game great.

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 1d

I know I have seen a Dragon Golem somewhere.

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 2d

So It's certainly a question of "what makes an indie?"
Is Call of Cthulhu and indie game? Was it at one point?
Fate?
Probably Red Markets was the Indie Game that best inspired me to get more, even if I wasn't going to run many of them. Just to read for their own intrinsic value.

Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 2d

For tons of folks, there was that -one- game that blew the doors open and showed what #TTRPGs could be. The one that started the #IndieGame rabbit hole.

What was YOUR "gateway" indie #TTRPG? The first one that made you realize a whole other world was out there?

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Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 2d

Gotta love the great work you did with Catman.

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 3d

After some feedback from my table, it’s WHPA for the system for a Halloween onseshot.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 3d

A great film with some excellent performances as I recall.

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 3d

A fine examination of a fascinating setting. I had some of the materials when first released. I really think creating a high lvl campaign setting using Birthright could be a solid option for a new setting in the current or a future edition.

The Turbulant History of D&D's Birthright

YouTube video by Exits Examined

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Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 5d

#1 example of a film that has grown on me over the years. Possibly now one of my faves by Arnold.

Last Action Hero (1993) Review/Review

YouTube video by Oliver Harper

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Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 5d

Wreck that shit.

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 5d

Same for me, which I suppose tracks.

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 5d

Don't let the title fool you. This is a solid, even handed analysis. Worth a look.

Worst (and best) Lessons of Critical Role Campaign 4

YouTube video by Crispy's Academy: DnD Advice

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Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 6d

Nice. Thanks for the tip 👍

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 6d

Not one I have so will investigate further. Right now it’s between Dread and WHPA until I get home to actually look at the game library.

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 6d

Debating what #ttrpg system to use for a Halloween one shot game. The broad plot right now involves internet performers staying in a haunted house.

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Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 7d

Does he have non-manga work?

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 7d

Still trying to find some traditional horror short stories in pdf from non American/European sources. Any tips appreciated.

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 7d

Amen.

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 8d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 8d

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 8d

Courtesy of @gregpak.net

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 8d

Watching my students not working within the class time I give them for an assignment and knowing I will be embarrassing folks when I call on them and they have nothing to offer is not the thrill they might mistake it for. I HATE having to publicly shame students. But it’s an arrow in the quiver.

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 8d

I’m just more and more just blocking folks for AI usage.

Prof Murder, Your Host @profmurder.bsky.social · 8d

I’m “Can’t get ‘Buffalo Stance’ by Neneh Cherry out of my head” years old.