William W. Connors (Saba)
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William W. Connors (Saba)
@williamwconnors.bsky.social
Award-winning game designer, author, and digital artist. One of the original Ravenloft team at TSR, inc. & creator of the Masque of the Red Death setting. Faithfully serving our secret alien masters since 1962.
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Introduce yourself with four spaceships. 🚀

#Spaceships #SciFi #Space
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
When I run D&D, I tend toward very classical Arthurian styles. So, Clerics are essentially Catholic. So, spells (or, miracles) get translated into Latin and players have to chant them. IMHO, chanting:

Sānā vulnērēs levēs

a few times, is way cooler than saying "I cast Cure Light Wounds".
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November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
@daddyrolleda1.bsky.social, I'll be making these on Thanksgiving: if you can get your hands on some Christmas Gin

CURRANT EVENTS
1.75 oz. LA CROSSE DISTILLING Christmas Gin
0.75 oz. lime
1.25 oz. spiced cranberry syrup

Combine all ingredients in shaker with ice, shake and strain into coupe.
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Name a film you've seen six times.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
HUMAN ARTISTS!

Use one piece to convince people to follow you!

A character study of Ned Land (20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea) that I did for Battlefield Press. This is a few years after the book, so he's a bit more weathered.I love the way this came out-hope you do too!

#sabaart #sfart #scifi
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Saba loves him some Madison Night Mares softball. But, I didn't really have a team to follow on the baseball side of the Northwoods league...until this year...

HERE COME THE MUMMIES!
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I'm 62 and I can no longer say that I have never broken a bone. Sigh.
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Now that Martinmas is officially in the past, Saba can start gearing up for Christmas. Now, I'm one of those people who also loves (American) Thanksgiving and (despite not being Jewish), Hanukkah. In fact, if you have a holiday with candles (looking at you, Diwali), count me in!

Saba is lit.
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is a brilliant (amazingly realistic) video in which the host (playing a Game Dev Tycoon-style simulator) builds a massive game company without ever developing a game. I laughed the whole way through as he did things I've watched many companies actually do.

Trust Saba.

youtu.be/gYL_q2kmp4w
I Beat Game Dev Tycoon Without Making Any Games
YouTube video by The Spiffing Brit
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November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This made me spit coffee...
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
As a big fan of Women's Sports, Saba is excited about the launch of the women's professional baseball league in 2026 - but very worried that it will be ruined by the same greed and stupidity that made @mlb.com unwatchable. I feel like...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I was looking at my grandson's textbook. When we were kids, elemental chemistry was a whole lot easier.

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November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Saba is listening to his Kirsty MacCall albums today. What an amazing talent and what a tragically short life. She goes from making you laugh to making you cry to everything in between.

youtu.be/qSkN4EXhBR8
Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) [Top of The Pops Dec 1987]
YouTube video by ThePoguesOfficial
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November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
You know why the Trump Nazi's hate PBS so much? Easy - follow my logic.

1) PBS produced THE ELECTRIC COMPANY
2) The ELECTRIC COMPANY featured LETTER MAN
3) LETTER MAN can change things by adding/subtracting letters - ie. "bat" into "batH" or vice versa
4) So, he could make ICE, NICE

#excathedra
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Happy Old Halloween!

Plus, celebrate Martinmas by cutting your jacket in half and giving half to the needy!

(It seems to me that giving them the WHOLE jacket would be better, but mine is not to question why!)

Also, enjoy a Martini!

@daddyrolleda1.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Saba is totally into Tangerine Dream this morning - which is odd on the day before Old Halloween.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hey, Patreon folks. Current events have caused me to drop all my existing paid subscriptions. Further, I won't be able to pick up any new ones for the foreseeable future. I hope everyone knows that this is no reflection on my enthusiasm for your work.
Again. Sorry.
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Saba reminds you that we're right in the heart of the Halloween season! "New" Halloween was on 31 October and "old" Halloween is on 11 November - so there's still plenty of time to raise the dead and go trick-or-treating!
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November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I hope you didn't take down your decorations yet, because Old Halloween is still 5 days away! Carve those turnips and harvest those geese!

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November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
That's more or less how I picked up my wife...

Mostly "less"
Stumbled across this little gem in my Meme Archive.
This is how I courted my gamer wife.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Here's something for you, @daddyrolleda1.bsky.social and @ravenlore-jason.bsky.social!

Be sure to wear a costume that suits your figure!
October 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
For all my D&D playing friends, remember this important Halloween lesson:

Intelligence is knowing Frankenstein ISN'T the monster.
Wisdom is knowing Frankenstein IS the monster.

Of course, the creature DOES identify as a Frankenstein...so this just gets confusing.

@ravenlore-jason.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM