sam “under and over” sorensen
@samsorensen.bsky.social
Tabletop RPG writer, editor, graphic designer (for hire!). Corpselike academic. he/him
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about six weeks ago, I started running a play-by-post real-time "logistics wargame" I made, called Cataphracts. It started with 5 players, now it has 23. I've tweeted about it a bit, but here's a short blogpost with more thoughts and observations ⬇️ (link below)
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seedlinggames.com/blogging/ove...
Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
Blog
seedlinggames.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
seedlinggames.com/blogging/ove...
Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
Wrote a bit about if O/U is a wargame. Also:
- IC, OOC and a secret third thing
- the role of violence in games with a small amount of violence
- a comparison to games that are mostly about politics but not necessarily role playing
#Over/Under
if you're #OVER/UNDER alumni and you're at PAXU, I'll be here around 1:30 for the meetup
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
if you're #OVER/UNDER alumni and you're at PAXU, I'll be here around 1:30 for the meetup
giving away the last of the Cataphracts booklets at PAXU, if you want a copy come find me
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
giving away the last of the Cataphracts booklets at PAXU, if you want a copy come find me
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SALE ALERT!
Right now, ALL of our TTRPG books, box sets, and cards are 30% off! Every MOTHERSHIP product, LIMINAL HORROR, CAIRN, FORBIDDEN PSALM, and a whole hellish host of third-party content for these and other fantastic systems. Discount applied automatically at checkout, so CHECK IT OUT!
Right now, ALL of our TTRPG books, box sets, and cards are 30% off! Every MOTHERSHIP product, LIMINAL HORROR, CAIRN, FORBIDDEN PSALM, and a whole hellish host of third-party content for these and other fantastic systems. Discount applied automatically at checkout, so CHECK IT OUT!
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
SALE ALERT!
Right now, ALL of our TTRPG books, box sets, and cards are 30% off! Every MOTHERSHIP product, LIMINAL HORROR, CAIRN, FORBIDDEN PSALM, and a whole hellish host of third-party content for these and other fantastic systems. Discount applied automatically at checkout, so CHECK IT OUT!
Right now, ALL of our TTRPG books, box sets, and cards are 30% off! Every MOTHERSHIP product, LIMINAL HORROR, CAIRN, FORBIDDEN PSALM, and a whole hellish host of third-party content for these and other fantastic systems. Discount applied automatically at checkout, so CHECK IT OUT!
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SPREAD THIS FAR AND WIDE
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
SPREAD THIS FAR AND WIDE
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
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worth noting that the $30.2 million deficit the school is facing can be traced to ballooning admin salaries, real estate, and admin benefits, according to the economics department's analysis. the salaries for the actual professors is in line with or *below* the school's revenue growth
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
worth noting that the $30.2 million deficit the school is facing can be traced to ballooning admin salaries, real estate, and admin benefits, according to the economics department's analysis. the salaries for the actual professors is in line with or *below* the school's revenue growth
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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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#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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🙏CHAPTER SERF🙏
I finished it! A Warhammer 40K adventure & TTRPG where you *don't* play Space Marines. Instead you play those little hooded freaks loitering in the background while Space Marines hog the limelight.
PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Mt...
1/
I finished it! A Warhammer 40K adventure & TTRPG where you *don't* play Space Marines. Instead you play those little hooded freaks loitering in the background while Space Marines hog the limelight.
PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Mt...
1/
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🙏CHAPTER SERF🙏
I finished it! A Warhammer 40K adventure & TTRPG where you *don't* play Space Marines. Instead you play those little hooded freaks loitering in the background while Space Marines hog the limelight.
PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Mt...
1/
I finished it! A Warhammer 40K adventure & TTRPG where you *don't* play Space Marines. Instead you play those little hooded freaks loitering in the background while Space Marines hog the limelight.
PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Mt...
1/
after six long weeks, I have achieved the impossible: zero discord notifications
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
after six long weeks, I have achieved the impossible: zero discord notifications
cataphracts
WHAT ANNOYING GUYS THINK SUN TZU'S ART OF WAR SAYS: show everyone in every single situation you're the big dog, literally bark in your bosses face to assert dominance
ACTUAL SUN TZU: no but seriously you do have to feed your army
ACTUAL SUN TZU: no but seriously you do have to feed your army
November 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
cataphracts
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In the first of what will likely be a series of blogs, @lincodega.com unpacks how @samsorensen.bsky.social's month-long realtime Mothership larp/megagame #over/under ended for their character, High Gardener Otso, and also, for themselves.
How to find an ending in Over/Under
After a month of emergent story, scheming, and bleed, it all ended with a gardener and a clown.
www.rascal.news
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In the first of what will likely be a series of blogs, @lincodega.com unpacks how @samsorensen.bsky.social's month-long realtime Mothership larp/megagame #over/under ended for their character, High Gardener Otso, and also, for themselves.
designers who release projects on itch, please include the credits on your main project page!! not only is it virtuous to emphasize that nearly all projects are team efforts, but also I want to know who worked on something without needing to squint at some screenshot
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
designers who release projects on itch, please include the credits on your main project page!! not only is it virtuous to emphasize that nearly all projects are team efforts, but also I want to know who worked on something without needing to squint at some screenshot
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so I think the RP/wargaming split wasn't necessarily literally wanting to move armies around on a map but more like, to what extent are you primarily trying to achieve objectives in the game (and possibly RPing based on that) vs primarily trying to play a character (who might be pursuing goals)
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
so I think the RP/wargaming split wasn't necessarily literally wanting to move armies around on a map but more like, to what extent are you primarily trying to achieve objectives in the game (and possibly RPing based on that) vs primarily trying to play a character (who might be pursuing goals)
just locked up the #OVER/UNDER server. final channel count, including archived channels, out-of-game channels, and private or individual channels: 119
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
just locked up the #OVER/UNDER server. final channel count, including archived channels, out-of-game channels, and private or individual channels: 119
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this is what over 200 discord profile pictures look like next to each other. #over/under
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
this is what over 200 discord profile pictures look like next to each other. #over/under
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Over the course of the month I drew a portrait or 2(hundred) in #over/under and called them 🩸HEADSHOTS🩸
And @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com said he might put them in the Mothership app so now you can all apply gentle pressure to that situation too! lol
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
And @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com said he might put them in the Mothership app so now you can all apply gentle pressure to that situation too! lol
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Over the course of the month I drew a portrait or 2(hundred) in #over/under and called them 🩸HEADSHOTS🩸
And @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com said he might put them in the Mothership app so now you can all apply gentle pressure to that situation too! lol
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
And @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com said he might put them in the Mothership app so now you can all apply gentle pressure to that situation too! lol
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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me on monday: ah. #over/under ends tomorrow. I am happy that on wednesday i will have my entire brain back available to me and ready to work at maximum productivity
me today: i think i need 2 more days of talking only about over/under before i can stop
me today: i think i need 2 more days of talking only about over/under before i can stop
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
me on monday: ah. #over/under ends tomorrow. I am happy that on wednesday i will have my entire brain back available to me and ready to work at maximum productivity
me today: i think i need 2 more days of talking only about over/under before i can stop
me today: i think i need 2 more days of talking only about over/under before i can stop
oh yeah if you have a podcast or show or whatever and want to chat about #OVER/UNDER, hit me up! my schedule is, surprise surprise, now quite free
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
oh yeah if you have a podcast or show or whatever and want to chat about #OVER/UNDER, hit me up! my schedule is, surprise surprise, now quite free
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And it's finished!
One Hundred #over/under Tables: A Prospero Potpourri
ktrey.itch.io/overunder-ta...
It was super fun to flex some of my old Cyberpunk/Sci-Fi muscles before they completely atrophied!
One Hundred #over/under Tables: A Prospero Potpourri
ktrey.itch.io/overunder-ta...
It was super fun to flex some of my old Cyberpunk/Sci-Fi muscles before they completely atrophied!
Over/Under Tables: A Prospero Potpourri by ktrey
100 Random Tables for Over/Under
ktrey.itch.io
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
And it's finished!
One Hundred #over/under Tables: A Prospero Potpourri
ktrey.itch.io/overunder-ta...
It was super fun to flex some of my old Cyberpunk/Sci-Fi muscles before they completely atrophied!
One Hundred #over/under Tables: A Prospero Potpourri
ktrey.itch.io/overunder-ta...
It was super fun to flex some of my old Cyberpunk/Sci-Fi muscles before they completely atrophied!
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#over/under is over over. thank you everyone who came to my wedding. thank you @samsorensen.bsky.social and @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com for good game, @lincodega.com and @lukegearing.bsky.social for perfect final days, and everybody for letting me be a complete freak young pope all month
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
#over/under is over over. thank you everyone who came to my wedding. thank you @samsorensen.bsky.social and @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com for good game, @lincodega.com and @lukegearing.bsky.social for perfect final days, and everybody for letting me be a complete freak young pope all month
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For @samsorensen.bsky.social's #OVER/UNDER I created WEATHERVANE, an in-universe themed combat simulator. Using it, our faction was able to predict the outcome of any battle with a high degree of confidence. It helped us price mercenary contracts and go into any combat knowing the expected outcomes.
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
For @samsorensen.bsky.social's #OVER/UNDER I created WEATHERVANE, an in-universe themed combat simulator. Using it, our faction was able to predict the outcome of any battle with a high degree of confidence. It helped us price mercenary contracts and go into any combat knowing the expected outcomes.
#over/under is done, more like under/over
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#over/under is done, more like under/over
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Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested:
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
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November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested:
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
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After weeks of work, it's finally here. A Dream where everyone gets railed and nobody gets whacked off. #over/under
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
After weeks of work, it's finally here. A Dream where everyone gets railed and nobody gets whacked off. #over/under