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Alyssa, Trans Goth Wine Aunt
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I am Alyssa, a queer (transfemme alloace) game designer who writes structured freeforms, narrative RPGs, storygames and game poems 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 (She/They) Xennial.
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Further to my earlier post about the work on Whispers, here is the current draft of Maggie's character card design (with placeholder stock photo for the moment). The Tension Track at the bottom is design so that a small paper clip can be used to track the current position.
An image of the character card for Margaret "Maggie" Green in the game Whispers in the Coal Dust. It looks like a stylised Clock-Card from the Lilac Mills where Maggie works. It is an aged yellow card with Places for Employee details in a monospaced font. The filled in values look like Handwritten entries in blue bic ink. The Entries in the time card columns are filled in with handwritten red bic ink. Lying across the columns at an angle obscuring them is a black and white photo of a 1950s British woman at the seaside wearing a formal blazer and pleated ankle length skirt (this is placeholder stock photography). Across the bottom of the card vertically aligned are two tracks of numbers one from 5 to 0, the other from 0 to 5, labelled SAPPHISM and RESPECTABILITY respectively, this is the Tension Track. Above the column that represents SAPPHISM 3 and RESPECTABILITY 2, is a small handwritten blue ink word saying "Start" at a slight upward angle, representing the characters starting position on the tension track.
December 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Age yourself with gaming.
Screenshot of Dig Dug on the Atari 2600 released in 1983.
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Another year nearer to 50. I am an old woman.
A selfie of me. A trans woman with curly dark red hair, smoky eye shadow and colour changing green and purple lip gloss.
November 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Chloe Annett and Michael French standing in front of their time machine in the BBC drama Crime Traveller from 1997
June 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Just really like this picture.
Selfie of me. A transfemme woman with dark salt and pepper hair held back with Alice band except a small curl hanging down across eyes.
April 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Today, I have been married to my beautiful awesome wife for 20 years. This was taken on our honeymoon cruise
Photo of my wife on our honeymoon. Sat on baclony of cruise ship, wearing a red t-shirt.
April 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Goth thread. 🖤
Skeet yourself in your goth fit or a goth you appreciate.
A selfie of me, wearing dark smokey eyeshadow, black lipstick and a black tattoo choker. Wearing a black mesh top.
April 12, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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One year on HRT (I mean this is the last dose of the first year, technically Wednesday is the anniversary)
Headshot of a trans woman (me), with dark lips, pale skin, neutral smokey eyeshadow and dark brown wavy hair with purple highlights.
March 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Maze War

I believe that makes me the winner.
Photo of a screen of an Apple II playing Maze Wars.
March 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Its not even a contest.
A still from MST3K watching Manos, the hands of fate.
March 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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I mean everything I own is on CD or vinyl and I have thousands.

So picking the one my hand touches first.

vämjelseriter by Necronomidol
Cover of album vämjelseriter by Necronomidol
March 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Movie poster for Cry Freedom
February 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Real answer
Cover of the Paul Verhoeven film Soldaat Van Oranje (Soldier of Orange) starring Rutger Hauer.
February 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Repost with the first album you bought with your own money.
Cover of the Bananarama album, WOW!. Shows the three members of the bands embracing topless men.
February 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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No cheating. Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist
Ilona Maher, in a publicity shot from Dancing with the Stars. She is wearing a a sequin blacked 20s inspired dress, with gold strappy stilletos.
February 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Trans peeps, QRP with a pic of yourself that you love
A selfie of Alyssa. Curly dark hair with a purple highlights. Smokey grey eyeshadow and purple lipstick.
February 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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The family affair playset
The cards that comprise the Family Affair playset for Untold Secrets. One playset card, 4 character cards, 3 acts cards and one epilogue card.
February 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Two weeks late but the play test decks of Untold Secrets have arrived
Two decks of tarot sized cards one still sealed the other fanned to show the cards
February 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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What are people's favorite 'Dead' (not in print, not supported, not played at cons) TTRPGs?

Mostly because subterranean urban fantasy is just my thing, but also because I think the mechanics whilst clunky are super evocative, and since I barely use mechanics in my games anyway...
The cover of Gareth-Michael Skarka's RPG Underworld.
January 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Trans peeps, reskeet with a pic of yourself that you love~

Ok I actually hate all pictures of me, but I really do like my new haircut, so this is the one and only selfie that will ever appear on here.
Headshot of Alyssa with her short curly bob. Her hair is Ash Brown with Salt and Pepper streaks.
January 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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That is just insane......I don't even know how to comprehend
A screen shot of a small section of Alyssa's profile page showing her profile picture and the fact that her follower count is now 1,000+
December 24, 2024 at 7:04 AM
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Done with electrolysis for the week, just one more 2 hour session on Christmas eve and that's me done for the year. Also got my Christmas manicure 💅
A hand with painted gel nails. The thumb and little finger are dark purple. The index and ring finger are a deep plum red and the middle finger is a cherry red with gold sparkles.
December 19, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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I swear we already had this question, but Up The Junction
Film poster for the BBC Wednesday Play "Up the Junction". It is in black and white and shows and woman and a man with their heads close to each other. In the lower third the title is written.
December 7, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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It's that time of year again. #Wrapped
My top artists from listening to Spotify. 1. FLASCH, 2. Conquer Divide, 3. Electric Callboy, 4. Naethan Apollo, 5. Scene Queen From my Spotify wrapped, it says. "My January. Victorian Happy Rock Dark Cabaret. Listening to artists like Bitter Ruin, Shayfer James and Evelyn Evelyn" From my Spotify wrapped, it says. "My May. Vampire Talentkonkurrence Europop. Listening to artists like Angelina Mango, Nemo and Joost" From my Spotify wrapped, it says. "My June. Theatrical Lute Theatre. Listening to artists like Annapantsu, The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals Cast and Original StartKid Cast of Nightmare Time 2
December 4, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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Santa Claus: The Movie. I know its objectively trash, but this has been part of every christmas for me since release in 1985.
Video cover of Santa Claus: The Movie, showing Santa on his sleigh driving through a wintery forest.
December 1, 2024 at 11:36 AM