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“We each have property in our own hands and minds, and a right to fairly trade in what we produce with them.” – #Anonymous
@kevinkulp.bsky.social, Please can we pitch you for a role with the #MMRPG dev team on a TVA Expansion to the Marvel Multiverse RPG that might be announced one day... ? Oops, sorry, nvm, too late, just did 😜
Disclaimer: This post 💯 does not (of itself) imply any endorsement by Mr. Kulp or Marvel 😃
Disclaimer: This post 💯 does not (of itself) imply any endorsement by Mr. Kulp or Marvel 😃
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
@kevinkulp.bsky.social, Please can we pitch you for a role with the #MMRPG dev team on a TVA Expansion to the Marvel Multiverse RPG that might be announced one day... ? Oops, sorry, nvm, too late, just did 😜
Disclaimer: This post 💯 does not (of itself) imply any endorsement by Mr. Kulp or Marvel 😃
Disclaimer: This post 💯 does not (of itself) imply any endorsement by Mr. Kulp or Marvel 😃
Yeah, you heard me. Raised by celery, not on it.
A running joke since 1993. I stand by it 🤣
No, for realz :|
A running joke since 1993. I stand by it 🤣
No, for realz :|
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Yeah, you heard me. Raised by celery, not on it.
A running joke since 1993. I stand by it 🤣
No, for realz :|
A running joke since 1993. I stand by it 🤣
No, for realz :|
Watched the latest #Eldritch-Lorecast. Another great episode. Kudos @shawnmerwin.bsky.social, @thebenbyrne.bsky.social, @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social & @dailydael.bsky.social + Dante, as always.
Anyway, I posted on Bluesky about the new Dark Sun TM app. If interested, check it out...
Anyway, I posted on Bluesky about the new Dark Sun TM app. If interested, check it out...
> What's up with the recent DARK SUN trademark application? (A quick analysis.)
On 13 October 2025, Wizards filed a *new* application to register its DARK SUN trademark in the United States.
(It was not a mere procedural renewal of any previously existing US TM registration.)
🧵 1/4 #DarkSun
On 13 October 2025, Wizards filed a *new* application to register its DARK SUN trademark in the United States.
(It was not a mere procedural renewal of any previously existing US TM registration.)
🧵 1/4 #DarkSun
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Watched the latest #Eldritch-Lorecast. Another great episode. Kudos @shawnmerwin.bsky.social, @thebenbyrne.bsky.social, @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social & @dailydael.bsky.social + Dante, as always.
Anyway, I posted on Bluesky about the new Dark Sun TM app. If interested, check it out...
Anyway, I posted on Bluesky about the new Dark Sun TM app. If interested, check it out...
> What's up with the recent DARK SUN trademark application? (A quick analysis.)
On 13 October 2025, Wizards filed a *new* application to register its DARK SUN trademark in the United States.
(It was not a mere procedural renewal of any previously existing US TM registration.)
🧵 1/4 #DarkSun
On 13 October 2025, Wizards filed a *new* application to register its DARK SUN trademark in the United States.
(It was not a mere procedural renewal of any previously existing US TM registration.)
🧵 1/4 #DarkSun
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
> What's up with the recent DARK SUN trademark application? (A quick analysis.)
On 13 October 2025, Wizards filed a *new* application to register its DARK SUN trademark in the United States.
(It was not a mere procedural renewal of any previously existing US TM registration.)
🧵 1/4 #DarkSun
On 13 October 2025, Wizards filed a *new* application to register its DARK SUN trademark in the United States.
(It was not a mere procedural renewal of any previously existing US TM registration.)
🧵 1/4 #DarkSun
> Someone, somewhere, will say, "Don't do it. You don't have what it takes to survive the wilderness." This is when you reach deep into your wild heart and remind yourself, "I am the wilderness." – Brené Brown (2017)
re: #Dolmenwood, the Wood of #Cairn2e & the Mythic Wilderness, á la #MythicDungeon
re: #Dolmenwood, the Wood of #Cairn2e & the Mythic Wilderness, á la #MythicDungeon
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
> Someone, somewhere, will say, "Don't do it. You don't have what it takes to survive the wilderness." This is when you reach deep into your wild heart and remind yourself, "I am the wilderness." – Brené Brown (2017)
re: #Dolmenwood, the Wood of #Cairn2e & the Mythic Wilderness, á la #MythicDungeon
re: #Dolmenwood, the Wood of #Cairn2e & the Mythic Wilderness, á la #MythicDungeon
Side-eyeing no more—at long last having received the [unrelated] #Kickstarter and notwithstanding The Orangutan's tariff temper tantrums—I've now converted my $1 pledge via #Backerkit to order this sweet sweet slipcase and the core rules book!
#Shadowdark
#WesternReaches #ArcaneLibrary
#Shadowdark
#WesternReaches #ArcaneLibrary
Waiting for delivery on an [unrelated] outstanding #Kickstarter, wary of Orangutan the Great & Powerful's US tariffs, while side-eyeing this sweet sweet backer pledge level...
#Shadowdark #WesternReaches #ArcaneLibrary
#Shadowdark #WesternReaches #ArcaneLibrary
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Side-eyeing no more—at long last having received the [unrelated] #Kickstarter and notwithstanding The Orangutan's tariff temper tantrums—I've now converted my $1 pledge via #Backerkit to order this sweet sweet slipcase and the core rules book!
#Shadowdark
#WesternReaches #ArcaneLibrary
#Shadowdark
#WesternReaches #ArcaneLibrary
Its somewhat academic and field-specific approach aside… This article may interest many involved in the #ttrpg space – including game masters, players, and designers alike... Among other things, it speaks to the nature of "role" playing, and may help with player immersion and engagement. Cheers!
🧵 9 interesting quotes / take-aways from 'Understanding Processes of Role Adoption in Pedagogical RPGs: Narrative Dramaturgical Perspective on “Social RPGs” in Health Professions Education', by S.Aboushawareb, G.Bartlett, A.Issa, T.Barnett & P.Nugus. Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Its somewhat academic and field-specific approach aside… This article may interest many involved in the #ttrpg space – including game masters, players, and designers alike... Among other things, it speaks to the nature of "role" playing, and may help with player immersion and engagement. Cheers!
🧵 9 interesting quotes / take-aways from 'Understanding Processes of Role Adoption in Pedagogical RPGs: Narrative Dramaturgical Perspective on “Social RPGs” in Health Professions Education', by S.Aboushawareb, G.Bartlett, A.Issa, T.Barnett & P.Nugus. Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🧵 9 interesting quotes / take-aways from 'Understanding Processes of Role Adoption in Pedagogical RPGs: Narrative Dramaturgical Perspective on “Social RPGs” in Health Professions Education', by S.Aboushawareb, G.Bartlett, A.Issa, T.Barnett & P.Nugus. Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Happy #DíadelosMuertos / #DayoftheDead eve!
A Valeria Luiselli quote maybe worth remembering for keepers, wardens, and other #horror / liminal space #TTRPG designers...
#MementoMori
@lizziedavis.bsky.social @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
#TerrorManagement #TMT #WeCroak
#Mothership #CallofCthulhu
A Valeria Luiselli quote maybe worth remembering for keepers, wardens, and other #horror / liminal space #TTRPG designers...
#MementoMori
@lizziedavis.bsky.social @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
#TerrorManagement #TMT #WeCroak
#Mothership #CallofCthulhu
November 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Happy #DíadelosMuertos / #DayoftheDead eve!
A Valeria Luiselli quote maybe worth remembering for keepers, wardens, and other #horror / liminal space #TTRPG designers...
#MementoMori
@lizziedavis.bsky.social @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
#TerrorManagement #TMT #WeCroak
#Mothership #CallofCthulhu
A Valeria Luiselli quote maybe worth remembering for keepers, wardens, and other #horror / liminal space #TTRPG designers...
#MementoMori
@lizziedavis.bsky.social @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
#TerrorManagement #TMT #WeCroak
#Mothership #CallofCthulhu
... Worthy conclusion to a worthwhile thread, imo. I commend it to you.
I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
... Worthy conclusion to a worthwhile thread, imo. I commend it to you.
This growing stack of A5-ish ttrpg books brings me joy:
- Whitehack
- Role-Playing Mastery
- So You Want To Be A Game Master
- Cairn 2e Player's Guide
- Cairn 2e Warden's Guide
- Breach Of Contract
- Mothership Warden's Operation Manual...
(cont'd...)
- Whitehack
- Role-Playing Mastery
- So You Want To Be A Game Master
- Cairn 2e Player's Guide
- Cairn 2e Warden's Guide
- Breach Of Contract
- Mothership Warden's Operation Manual...
(cont'd...)
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This growing stack of A5-ish ttrpg books brings me joy:
- Whitehack
- Role-Playing Mastery
- So You Want To Be A Game Master
- Cairn 2e Player's Guide
- Cairn 2e Warden's Guide
- Breach Of Contract
- Mothership Warden's Operation Manual...
(cont'd...)
- Whitehack
- Role-Playing Mastery
- So You Want To Be A Game Master
- Cairn 2e Player's Guide
- Cairn 2e Warden's Guide
- Breach Of Contract
- Mothership Warden's Operation Manual...
(cont'd...)
Old news, still true:
The new Android ≠ Good
#google
@newsfromgoogle.bsky.social
For example,
- Cropping in Photos app now with less functionality and worse UI
- Mobile phone autorotate = yes please. Autorotate in Phone app (i.e., the one you use to call ppl) = No thank you.
They broke #Android
The new Android ≠ Good
@newsfromgoogle.bsky.social
For example,
- Cropping in Photos app now with less functionality and worse UI
- Mobile phone autorotate = yes please. Autorotate in Phone app (i.e., the one you use to call ppl) = No thank you.
They broke #Android
@newsfromgoogle.bsky.social news flash:
The new Android = not good.
The new Android = not good.
October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Old news, still true:
The new Android ≠ Good
#google
@newsfromgoogle.bsky.social
For example,
- Cropping in Photos app now with less functionality and worse UI
- Mobile phone autorotate = yes please. Autorotate in Phone app (i.e., the one you use to call ppl) = No thank you.
They broke #Android
The new Android ≠ Good
@newsfromgoogle.bsky.social
For example,
- Cropping in Photos app now with less functionality and worse UI
- Mobile phone autorotate = yes please. Autorotate in Phone app (i.e., the one you use to call ppl) = No thank you.
They broke #Android
Just received a physical copy of this *absolutely beautiful* book: #MonsterOverhaul by Skerples. Awesome book and #ComposeDreamGames in Canada was super helpful. Kudos.
@skerples.bsky.social
@coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com.web.brid.gy
@joshuakitz.bsky.social
composedreamgames.com/marketplace/...
@skerples.bsky.social
@coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com.web.brid.gy
@joshuakitz.bsky.social
composedreamgames.com/marketplace/...
October 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Just received a physical copy of this *absolutely beautiful* book: #MonsterOverhaul by Skerples. Awesome book and #ComposeDreamGames in Canada was super helpful. Kudos.
@skerples.bsky.social
@coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com.web.brid.gy
@joshuakitz.bsky.social
composedreamgames.com/marketplace/...
@skerples.bsky.social
@coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com.web.brid.gy
@joshuakitz.bsky.social
composedreamgames.com/marketplace/...
Don't start the week with a to-do list. Start on Tuesday.
October 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Don't start the week with a to-do list. Start on Tuesday.
I think, "press your luck" games are ones, like Farkle, where players can continue rolling dice for better game outcomes, with the risk of worse ones if they press their luck and fail to score on a roll. // Then, I think, the game also overlays a "leave your bummers behind" game mechanic...
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My latest game is available for preorder! Jerry Garcia’s Cosmic Journey is a press your luck dice game you can play with anyone, of any age, in any state of mind! Check it out here: www.twogetherstudios.com/pages/jerry-...
Jerry Garcia's Cosmic Journey
Indepdendent game design studio of Jenn Ellis and Keith Baker
www.twogetherstudios.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I think, "press your luck" games are ones, like Farkle, where players can continue rolling dice for better game outcomes, with the risk of worse ones if they press their luck and fail to score on a roll. // Then, I think, the game also overlays a "leave your bummers behind" game mechanic...
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Agreed. One of the great things about ttrpg systems is, for me, their apparent self-awareness in how they loosely model an emergent game world…
Now, if only "real" world politics, economics, sociology, psychology, news, and science, et al. could regularly remember as much.
Stay thirsty, my friends
Now, if only "real" world politics, economics, sociology, psychology, news, and science, et al. could regularly remember as much.
Stay thirsty, my friends
What I love most about rpgs is that it's hard, maybe impossible, to remove the sincerity.
Designers can keep one foot outside, hide behind sarcasm, or try to professionalize or optimize it as something else—but it will always be playing pretend.
And I like the work that knows that's a feature.
Designers can keep one foot outside, hide behind sarcasm, or try to professionalize or optimize it as something else—but it will always be playing pretend.
And I like the work that knows that's a feature.
October 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Agreed. One of the great things about ttrpg systems is, for me, their apparent self-awareness in how they loosely model an emergent game world…
Now, if only "real" world politics, economics, sociology, psychology, news, and science, et al. could regularly remember as much.
Stay thirsty, my friends
Now, if only "real" world politics, economics, sociology, psychology, news, and science, et al. could regularly remember as much.
Stay thirsty, my friends
@newsfromgoogle.bsky.social news flash:
The new Android = not good.
The new Android = not good.
September 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
@newsfromgoogle.bsky.social news flash:
The new Android = not good.
The new Android = not good.
i gotta admit, the #Daggerheart core book and card set are high quality and quite beautiful.
[Check the ALT.]
Also, love the maths of two dodecahedrons with binomial distributions.
And, it might be nice to hold a character as a hand.
Will I play this game? Unlikely.
Would I? You bet.
[Check the ALT.]
Also, love the maths of two dodecahedrons with binomial distributions.
And, it might be nice to hold a character as a hand.
Will I play this game? Unlikely.
Would I? You bet.
September 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
i gotta admit, the #Daggerheart core book and card set are high quality and quite beautiful.
[Check the ALT.]
Also, love the maths of two dodecahedrons with binomial distributions.
And, it might be nice to hold a character as a hand.
Will I play this game? Unlikely.
Would I? You bet.
[Check the ALT.]
Also, love the maths of two dodecahedrons with binomial distributions.
And, it might be nice to hold a character as a hand.
Will I play this game? Unlikely.
Would I? You bet.
I'm disappointed by all this talk of #debate, as if it ever helped anyone agree. That's not in its design or makeup.
Debate is a formal argument. And, arguing doesn't help.
Ppl hang their hats on the formality of it, as if bare civility alone can help ppl agree. It can't.
It takes empathy too.
Debate is a formal argument. And, arguing doesn't help.
Ppl hang their hats on the formality of it, as if bare civility alone can help ppl agree. It can't.
It takes empathy too.
September 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I'm disappointed by all this talk of #debate, as if it ever helped anyone agree. That's not in its design or makeup.
Debate is a formal argument. And, arguing doesn't help.
Ppl hang their hats on the formality of it, as if bare civility alone can help ppl agree. It can't.
It takes empathy too.
Debate is a formal argument. And, arguing doesn't help.
Ppl hang their hats on the formality of it, as if bare civility alone can help ppl agree. It can't.
It takes empathy too.
Can heirs of Naruto the crested black macaque claim copyright in her selfie? Can AI serve as CEO for a corporation? Can they own IP... ? Can we be entrusted to act in their best interests?
These questions and others… aside, keep your eyes on the Centre for Animal Sentience for future good work!
These questions and others… aside, keep your eyes on the Centre for Animal Sentience for future good work!
My new Centre for Animal Sentience will launch on 30 Sept with a public event on "How AI is helping - and harming - animals" and you can register for a free ticket now. Please join us! www.lse.ac.uk/events/how-a...
AI and animals | Balancing risks and opportunities
6.30pm Tues 30 Sept | Kristin Andrews, Jonathan Birch, Leonie Bossert Jane Lawton, Jeff Sebo | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
September 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Can heirs of Naruto the crested black macaque claim copyright in her selfie? Can AI serve as CEO for a corporation? Can they own IP... ? Can we be entrusted to act in their best interests?
These questions and others… aside, keep your eyes on the Centre for Animal Sentience for future good work!
These questions and others… aside, keep your eyes on the Centre for Animal Sentience for future good work!
Hey! @mythworks.bsky.social TIL about the "Slime, Warp, and Solder" backerkit. Is it too late to get in on that?
September 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hey! @mythworks.bsky.social TIL about the "Slime, Warp, and Solder" backerkit. Is it too late to get in on that?
@breakoutcon.bsky.social how much will attendance cost, this March, just to walk the exhibitor booths and check out what's for sale?
September 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
@breakoutcon.bsky.social how much will attendance cost, this March, just to walk the exhibitor booths and check out what's for sale?
Guess this @itsquinns.bsky.social video merits a rewatch. Kudos. Thanks too to @wilkiescandylab.com for a totally awesome game. #Slugblaster, kick-flip over a quantum centipede™ 😜
youtu.be/kHIcXnfdv94
youtu.be/kHIcXnfdv94
September 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Guess this @itsquinns.bsky.social video merits a rewatch. Kudos. Thanks too to @wilkiescandylab.com for a totally awesome game. #Slugblaster, kick-flip over a quantum centipede™ 😜
youtu.be/kHIcXnfdv94
youtu.be/kHIcXnfdv94