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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · 2d

This week, we introduce our next game: Knock Off! A compact, card-bluffing game about selling dodgy merchandise and scamming your friends!

youtu.be/Joo9OMEVH8w

#gamedesign #bluffinggame #tabletopgame #boardgame #knockoff #kickstarter

Introducing Our Next Game - Knock Off! - We Design a Bluffing Game - Adder Stone Podcast

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · 7d

October Kickstarter Update - The Book Is Written!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/leg...

Still available for late backers. Check out our Celtic sourcebook inspired by Iron Age myths and legends!

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #indiedev #DnD #5E #kickstarter
@modiphius.bsky.social

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · 9d

Cool, yeah it works, nice piece

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah, that's really cool. Sounds conniving to me.

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jasmine🎶 @jazzybern.bsky.social · 9d

back to posting music snippets! today we have 小さなピース (little pieces) from the mahoyaku musicals. a funky tune that jumps between 5/4 and 3/4 with disjointed oompahs in the accompaniment lines means it is pretty difficult to plaまほステy, but really cool when it comes together 🧙 #まほやく #まほステ

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · 16d

TTRPG Design VOD: This week, we show off why we've missed two weeks of videos. We've been working to finish the book AND IT'S ALMOST DONE! Here's an update!

youtu.be/B2Kkfb28goc

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #gamedesign #indiedev #DnD #5E

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · 19d

You right, can't imagine anymore than that. Wouldn't make sense.

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jasmine🎶 @jazzybern.bsky.social · 19d

new light novel record swiftly broken 💥

screenshot of microsoft word, showing a page count of 392, and a word count of 116,532

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · 19d

Holy moly, guacamole! That's a lot of words!

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jasmine🎶 @jazzybern.bsky.social · Sep 3

give me the games on your phone

white and tabby kitten grabbing the camera

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · Sep 1

PDF Book Preview - A Faeseeker's Guide to Avallen - September Update!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/leg...

Still available for latebackers. Check out our Celtic sourcebook inspired by Iron Age myths and legends!

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #indiedev #DnD #5E #kickstarter
@modiphius.bsky.social

Update 20: September Update - PDF Book Preview! · A Faeseeker's Guide to Avallen - A Celtic Sourcebook

PDF Book PreviewOpening spread for the Pen Baedd Clan's player's guide, featuring their tree citadel, Dinas y Coed.It's so close now! So close in fact, I want to share a preview of the book with you.....

www.kickstarter.com

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · Sep 1

TTRPG Design VOD: This week, I've been writing the bestiary, and on stream we give monsters secret weaknesses!

youtu.be/E_n0kyImVrA

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #gamedesign #indiedev #DnD #5E

The Bestiary - Making Horrible Monsters - Creating our Celtic Sourcebook - Adder Stone Podcast

This week, I've been writing the bestiary, and on stream we give monsters hidden weaknesses! Check out the Kickstarter page for our Celtic sourcebook for late backers here:…

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · Aug 29

Rogue warriors of the forest tribes are known to ambush travellers, not to steal wealth but to deter outsiders from entering their domain.

Art for our Celtic sourcebook, A Faeseeker's Guide to Avallen, by Martin Paz Romero

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #gamedesign #indiedev #DnD #5E #fantasyart #conceptart

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · Aug 28

TTRPG Design! We are live on Twitch, showing you a behind-the-scenes look at creating a TTRPG sourcebook for our Celtic-inspired Isles of Avallen! Feel free to ask questions

twitch.tv/adderstonegames

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #gamedesign #indiedev #DnD #5E

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'm just repeating what you've taught me over the years :)

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'd love to read more rambles.

An example case study would be cool. You can translate a sentence 100 ways even with a dictionary but you need the sentences around to narrow down what ought be said, sometimes to something outside a dictionary.

You can't look up the context/culture in a dictionary.

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · Aug 27

I think this speaks to translators not just needing to be excellent at understanding their source language but also be excellent writers in their target language.

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jasmine🎶 @jazzybern.bsky.social · Aug 27

Speaking as someone who mainly translates light novels (as opposed to other media that are constrained by space or character limits), I really value the cadence and tempo of a passage, so I try to preserve the same feeling I get when I read as when I write, but sometimes "dictionary-flipping"->

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · Aug 26

The pious Pen Baedd {buy-th} make their homes amongst the forest. They worship all that is natural and resist the changes creeping into their land.

Art for our Celtic-inspired sourcebook by Martin Paz Romero & Rafa Guisso

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #gamedesign #indiedev #DnD #5E #fantasyart #conceptart

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · Aug 25

TTRPG Design VOD: This week, I preview a new draft of the book and work with chat to create lore for our fae of flame and justice!

youtu.be/D6WdJT1MRCk

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #gamedesign #indiedev #DnD #5E

Book Update - Flame Fae Lore - Creating our Celtic Sourcebook - Adder Stone Podcast

This week, I preview a new draft of the book and work with chat to create lore for our fae of flame and justice! Check out the Kickstarter page for our Celtic sourcebook for late backers here:…

youtu.be

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Pen Cawr {cow-oor} tribes embark on tit-for-tat chariot raids to steal one another's cattle, for livestock are both wealth and status.

Art for our Celtic sourcebook, A Faeseeker's Guide to Avallen, by Martin Paz Romero

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #gamedesign #indiedev #DnD #5E #fantasyart #conceptart

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · Aug 22

Big true!

#myvirtualhomeawayfromhome #gw2 #guildwars2 #mmorpg

jasmine🎶 @jazzybern.bsky.social · Aug 19

guild wars 2 is the perfect busy adult mmo that respects your time and money and rewards you for doing whatever it is you want to do in the game, never funnelling you into any one thing or another. check it out if you're feeling the itch to try something new!!!

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jasmine🎶 @jazzybern.bsky.social · Aug 19

guild wars 2 is the perfect busy adult mmo that respects your time and money and rewards you for doing whatever it is you want to do in the game, never funnelling you into any one thing or another. check it out if you're feeling the itch to try something new!!!

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Deren, Adder Stone Games @deren-o.bsky.social · Aug 21

TTRPG Design! We are live on Twitch, showing you a behind-the-scenes look at creating a TTRPG sourcebook for our Celtic-inspired Isles of Avallen! Feel free to ask questions

twitch.tv/adderstonegames

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #gamedesign #indiedev #DnD #5E

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