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S. John Ross
@sjohnross.bsky.social
You examine the S. John closely, but find only a small tag proclaiming him a product of the Frobozz Magic Game Designer Company.

Maps, games, fonts, food. https://linktr.ee/sjohnross
Hm 🤔

Grateful Dead
Willie Nelson
David Bowie
Chvrches
Weird Al Yankovic
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to

Talking Heads
The Specials
Joshua Bell
Kanda Bongo Man
Hüsker Dü
introduce yourself with five concerts you've been to.

eurythmics
laurie anderson
patti smith
lucinda williams
p!nk
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963). Stop motion effects by Ray Harryhausen. Brilliant creepy score by Bernard Herrmann
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
If you see this, QTP with a video game that transports you back to your childhood
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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The narrative that we are being sold that our children's safety is somehow threatened by trans people participating in all aspects of public life as their authentic selves is the exact same bullshit that was peddled about queer folks 30 years ago. It was a lie then and it's a lie now.
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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I want art thats made by people, because i want to connect with people. I don't care if that art is made for personal reasons or for a coca cola commercial, i want to see art and think about the person who made it. How they got here. why they became an artist. What inspires them.
idk.
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Just taking a moment to appreciate these wonderful pictures of Tom Baker with @louisejameson.bsky.social & friends at his MBE investiture this week. How does he get *more* like the Doctor the older he gets? #TomBaker MBE - it's about time.🧣🏅
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I'm not okay about Poker Face being over. 😢

#PokerFace #RianJohnson #NatashaLyonne
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Thursday...
July 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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The Haunting of Tillinghast Manor, my latest adventure-scenario for Challengers of Vanth, is available for free download from my itch.io store! 48 pages of SPOOKY ADVENTURE -- ABSOLUTELY FREE!
geekrampage.itch.io/the-haunting...
#encounter-critical #challengersofvanth #ttrpg
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Our alleycats presented us with a dead bird today and I'm feeling so appreciated. 😹
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
After tons of wrestling with the Discover feed (hundreds upon hundreds of more-like-this and less-like-this responses, and dozens of Blocks) I finally noticed that the best feature of the Discover feed is you can get rid of the Discover feed. 😆
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Did you catch this weeks set? youtu.be/YAwzlt_afZg?...
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
One of tonight's writing tasks is just writing some simple rules examples.

Of all the things to kick my ass a bit, this is kicking my ass a bit. 😆

But I'll push through because then I get to spend the rest of the night writing about the #Hammondal theater community.

#TTRPG #TTRPGWriting
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Cover by Irving Tripp.
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Mirror shot with Sterling Hayden in #FilmNoir The Killing (1956).
Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
#Noirvember
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's nice diving back into campaign design with the #Hammondal campaign (companion book to the city guide).

2 of my first 3 books were campaign modules, and ... then I just did a lot of stuff that WASN'T that, for a lot of years. Nice to return with experience.

#TTRPG #TTRPGDesign #AdventureDesign
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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I think the first edition of Pendragon remains the most beautiful box set in the history of the roleplaying game art form. Gorgeous cover by Jody Lee, innovative but clean layout by Yurek Chodak, wonderful full colour map by Charlie Krank and above all the romantic interior art by Lisa Free.
November 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
An earlier draft of the Trostig map for Toast of the Town, before I nailed the colors I really wanted. I would have described the map as "95% done" at this point but it was more like the 50-percent mark in practice 😆

#FantasyMaps #TTRPG #RisusRPG #UresiaRPG
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Happy Halloween everyone! Here’s a quick look on how I painted my cover for “Zatannic Panic!”. I used watercolor and gouache. Have a safe night out there everyone 🎃! #artprocess
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
News is like "Patel claims FBI thwarted a terrorist attack" and my first thought is something like they impounded a bookmobile, or prevented a community-theater production of Rent.
October 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM