Wil (He/Him)
@rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com
Fiction first storygaming #TTRPG metagamer. Lead designer for Tribes in the Dark. Senior database administrator by day. Tired GenXer.
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A few years ago @brightwhitney.bsky.social shared some wisdom about Narrative Design and the connections between Videogame and Tabletop design.
From Table to Console: An Interview with Whitney "Strix" Beltrán
YouTube video by Big Bad Con
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January 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
A few years ago @brightwhitney.bsky.social shared some wisdom about Narrative Design and the connections between Videogame and Tabletop design.
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CORIOLIS: THE FLOWERS OF ALGORAB is an expansion and campaign setting that has players explore Greatships and new systems within the science fiction setting.
Customers can buy the game now and get a complimentary PDF of the game less than a month before the February 3 release date.
Customers can buy the game now and get a complimentary PDF of the game less than a month before the February 3 release date.
The first expansion for Coriolis: The Great Dark is coming! gamingtrend.com/news/the-fir...
January 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
CORIOLIS: THE FLOWERS OF ALGORAB is an expansion and campaign setting that has players explore Greatships and new systems within the science fiction setting.
Customers can buy the game now and get a complimentary PDF of the game less than a month before the February 3 release date.
Customers can buy the game now and get a complimentary PDF of the game less than a month before the February 3 release date.
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Is America now being shaped and ruled by Steven Miller’s vicious, utterly toxic hatreds, a desire for ICE violence, and worse, while Trump wanders in a fog, flips the bird to workers, and nods off in WH briefings about … milk?
And Congress, GOP AND Dems, dithers and fusses?
And Congress, GOP AND Dems, dithers and fusses?
January 14, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Is America now being shaped and ruled by Steven Miller’s vicious, utterly toxic hatreds, a desire for ICE violence, and worse, while Trump wanders in a fog, flips the bird to workers, and nods off in WH briefings about … milk?
And Congress, GOP AND Dems, dithers and fusses?
And Congress, GOP AND Dems, dithers and fusses?
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Just some friends who met at work.
Reuben lives with his stepmom, thinks your taste in everything fucking sucks, and will definitely go back to film school, soon. Definitely. He just needs a minute. Get off his back.
Afon is two and a half, and learned that death exists from "Bambi."
#drawdaily
Reuben lives with his stepmom, thinks your taste in everything fucking sucks, and will definitely go back to film school, soon. Definitely. He just needs a minute. Get off his back.
Afon is two and a half, and learned that death exists from "Bambi."
#drawdaily
January 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Just some friends who met at work.
Reuben lives with his stepmom, thinks your taste in everything fucking sucks, and will definitely go back to film school, soon. Definitely. He just needs a minute. Get off his back.
Afon is two and a half, and learned that death exists from "Bambi."
#drawdaily
Reuben lives with his stepmom, thinks your taste in everything fucking sucks, and will definitely go back to film school, soon. Definitely. He just needs a minute. Get off his back.
Afon is two and a half, and learned that death exists from "Bambi."
#drawdaily
An additional reminder, bringing over shitty performative behaviors from there is in the same category. You don't have to engage in main character of the day syndrome, there's no lack of real villains out there that you don't need to be performative over hating.
A reminder that bringing shitty posts over from That Fascist Site to be performatively angry about them here is a choice you don't have to make! You can just leave them there! There is so much else to be legitimately angry about! You will not lack for content!
January 14, 2026 at 11:53 PM
An additional reminder, bringing over shitty performative behaviors from there is in the same category. You don't have to engage in main character of the day syndrome, there's no lack of real villains out there that you don't need to be performative over hating.
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Whether you're prepping for a one-shot or getting ready to kick off a new campaign, the Decuma Deck is what your #ttrpg table needs!
Amzn: www.amazon.com/dp/B0...
Site: goldenlassogames.com...
Amzn: www.amazon.com/dp/B0...
Site: goldenlassogames.com...
January 14, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Whether you're prepping for a one-shot or getting ready to kick off a new campaign, the Decuma Deck is what your #ttrpg table needs!
Amzn: www.amazon.com/dp/B0...
Site: goldenlassogames.com...
Amzn: www.amazon.com/dp/B0...
Site: goldenlassogames.com...
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I swear to fuck, if this administration "solves" the food price issue by introducing kibble, I'm just gonna start asking Mike Pondsmith for lotto numbers
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 14, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I swear to fuck, if this administration "solves" the food price issue by introducing kibble, I'm just gonna start asking Mike Pondsmith for lotto numbers
Think of the most random TV show you can possibly think of. Now post a gif of it.
January 14, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Think of the most random TV show you can possibly think of. Now post a gif of it.
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I mean, I would, if I were them. The US is 100% not to be trusted any more, nor will we be again for a long time, if ever. Even when we get rid of the current feculent toad in what remains of the White House, the US fascist infrastructure will remain and could resurface, like a case of Nazi shingles
Denmark confirms an expanded, more permanent Danish and NATO military presence in and around Greenland, beginning today. Deployments span land, sea, and air, including protection of critical infrastructure, fighter jets, and naval operations. Sweden has committed forces; other NATO allies may follow
January 14, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I mean, I would, if I were them. The US is 100% not to be trusted any more, nor will we be again for a long time, if ever. Even when we get rid of the current feculent toad in what remains of the White House, the US fascist infrastructure will remain and could resurface, like a case of Nazi shingles
This cat is questioning their life choices.
January 14, 2026 at 10:54 PM
This cat is questioning their life choices.
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the joke writes itself
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
the joke writes itself
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Boundless in Korea, lets goooo
Boundless RPG (한국어)
Boundless RPG 규칙의 한국어 번역본: 기본 규칙, 전투, 휴식, 주문, 지침과 라이선스 안내.
boundless.farirpgs.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Boundless in Korea, lets goooo
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Literally a nightmare. You know that shot directors do when something's going to jump out from a corner or through a window or something and experienced horror fans can always spot it? That's like every third shot in Suspiria but it never really pays off, it just jacks up the tension
Watching Suspiria (original) and I'd forgotten how distant from reality it is from the very start. Gorgeous nightmare film
January 14, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Literally a nightmare. You know that shot directors do when something's going to jump out from a corner or through a window or something and experienced horror fans can always spot it? That's like every third shot in Suspiria but it never really pays off, it just jacks up the tension
My USAF activity early warning system is going off. It's more C5s and C17s flying over my house than normal, at times they normally don't (one woke me up this morning), and flight paths coming to and from the base that they normally don't.
January 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM
My USAF activity early warning system is going off. It's more C5s and C17s flying over my house than normal, at times they normally don't (one woke me up this morning), and flight paths coming to and from the base that they normally don't.
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It's been a bit! NULL_SPACE is coming out in 🚨 three weeks 🚨 so let's get into how one of the core interesting mechanical ideas, Complex Challenges, works.
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Valiant Horizon is a game very much about tactical combat though. This one doesn't even have a combat system as such! Instead, all obstacles in your way are handled using an extremely flexible and intuitive challenge/complication system. It can trivially be molded into whatever shape you'd like.
January 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM
It's been a bit! NULL_SPACE is coming out in 🚨 three weeks 🚨 so let's get into how one of the core interesting mechanical ideas, Complex Challenges, works.
🧵
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600+ vehicles (and counting) got diesel instead of gasoline. Each will cost between $3000 and $5000 to repair. It's a massive $2million+ fuck-up.
46 gas stations in 11 Colorado counties received diesel fuel instead of unleaded regular gasoline last week, according to a list Sinclair provided to the state a week after the error.
See if you might have been affected at one of these stations.
coloradosun.com/2026/01/14/h...
See if you might have been affected at one of these stations.
coloradosun.com/2026/01/14/h...
January 14, 2026 at 8:19 PM
600+ vehicles (and counting) got diesel instead of gasoline. Each will cost between $3000 and $5000 to repair. It's a massive $2million+ fuck-up.
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Important topic for the day: A thread of BREAK!! blog entries where a hat or hats are important some capacity. I will add more to this if I find/remember more.
January 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Important topic for the day: A thread of BREAK!! blog entries where a hat or hats are important some capacity. I will add more to this if I find/remember more.
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So someone impersonating me joined a friends discord & DM’d a bunch of people until they got booted.
For the record:
I never randomly DM asking for money, assistance, to test a game, or that I’m stuck somewhere while travelling.
My DM’s are locked down on discord.
For the record:
I never randomly DM asking for money, assistance, to test a game, or that I’m stuck somewhere while travelling.
My DM’s are locked down on discord.
January 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
So someone impersonating me joined a friends discord & DM’d a bunch of people until they got booted.
For the record:
I never randomly DM asking for money, assistance, to test a game, or that I’m stuck somewhere while travelling.
My DM’s are locked down on discord.
For the record:
I never randomly DM asking for money, assistance, to test a game, or that I’m stuck somewhere while travelling.
My DM’s are locked down on discord.
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Portishead's Dummy is one of my top ten albums of all time. I am so lucky I discovered it early, when I am usually late to the party on everything (see: The Warning).
If you love it like I do, you'll enjoy this video.
If you love it like I do, you'll enjoy this video.
How Portishead Sampled Themselves to Make a Genre Defining Album
YouTube video by El Train | Loop Kitchen
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Portishead's Dummy is one of my top ten albums of all time. I am so lucky I discovered it early, when I am usually late to the party on everything (see: The Warning).
If you love it like I do, you'll enjoy this video.
If you love it like I do, you'll enjoy this video.
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As of today I have been alive 20,703 days, and the orbital period of 52692 Johnscalzi is 2078.369 days, so in fact I have been alive 9.96 ScalziYears, I'll be ten on April 4, 2026.
I have marked this auspicious date on my Calendar. AS SHOULD YOU ALL.
I have marked this auspicious date on my Calendar. AS SHOULD YOU ALL.
My calculations may be off, but I *think* in 52692 Johnscalzi years, John Scalzi just missed his eleventh birthday.
January 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
As of today I have been alive 20,703 days, and the orbital period of 52692 Johnscalzi is 2078.369 days, so in fact I have been alive 9.96 ScalziYears, I'll be ten on April 4, 2026.
I have marked this auspicious date on my Calendar. AS SHOULD YOU ALL.
I have marked this auspicious date on my Calendar. AS SHOULD YOU ALL.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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I'll never forget this episode, 22 minutes of voyeurism from the POV of "The Entity" (never explained)
January 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I'll never forget this episode, 22 minutes of voyeurism from the POV of "The Entity" (never explained)
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Be careful, California. It's a good idea to mask when you're in crowds, wash your hands, and be extra careful. I know a couple people who have had this flu, and they said it was worse than Covid.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
'Super flu' confirmed in Calif. as hospitalizations hit season high
A mutated flu strain has spread across the globe.
www.sfgate.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Be careful, California. It's a good idea to mask when you're in crowds, wash your hands, and be extra careful. I know a couple people who have had this flu, and they said it was worse than Covid.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
