Sam D
@diceexploder.com
TTRPG designer and podcaster. Find me on Dice Exploder, a mechanic-of-the-week design podcast and blog. Won a Golden Cobra once. Screenwriter. No colon.
https://www.diceexploder.com/
https://sdunnewold.itch.io/
https://www.diceexploder.com/
https://sdunnewold.itch.io/
Great series, you and @sharangbiswas.bsky.social both killed it, the editor was also very good.
January 7, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Great series, you and @sharangbiswas.bsky.social both killed it, the editor was also very good.
I rate everything 5 stars on letterboxd because making movies is hard and everyone deserves it, but also this was genuinely one of my favorite of 2025!
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I rate everything 5 stars on letterboxd because making movies is hard and everyone deserves it, but also this was genuinely one of my favorite of 2025!
I've never liked or been good at the short quip format of this or any other character-limited site, and even still!
January 3, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I've never liked or been good at the short quip format of this or any other character-limited site, and even still!
I've got a game designed (unreleased) that I've been thinking about trying to do exactly this kind of AP for it. I think the AP format would be really compelling! Also presumably gives you the ability to bring on guests really easily when you can have them drop in for like one scene.
January 2, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I've got a game designed (unreleased) that I've been thinking about trying to do exactly this kind of AP for it. I think the AP format would be really compelling! Also presumably gives you the ability to bring on guests really easily when you can have them drop in for like one scene.
I want to fight my friends in the back of a moving truck by @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social. Come for the moving personal
essay, leave carrying with you the call to action to play harder.
www.rascal.news/i-want-to-fi...
essay, leave carrying with you the call to action to play harder.
www.rascal.news/i-want-to-fi...
I want to fight my friends in the back of a moving truck
What if some games are too risky to not play?
www.rascal.news
January 1, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I want to fight my friends in the back of a moving truck by @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social. Come for the moving personal
essay, leave carrying with you the call to action to play harder.
www.rascal.news/i-want-to-fi...
essay, leave carrying with you the call to action to play harder.
www.rascal.news/i-want-to-fi...
The Star-Pattern: a Pitfall of GMing by @lamemage.com. There is no post perhaps ever that I have spent more time thinking about and being aware of while actually at the table playing the game (or prepping to imminently play).
arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/48...
arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/48...
The Star-Pattern: a Pitfall of GMing
When someone tells me about a session of a GMed game (like D&D) that they didn't enjoy, I put on my investigator cap and ask a bunch of questions about what happened. Because I like understanding why ...
arsludi.lamemage.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:55 PM
The Star-Pattern: a Pitfall of GMing by @lamemage.com. There is no post perhaps ever that I have spent more time thinking about and being aware of while actually at the table playing the game (or prepping to imminently play).
arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/48...
arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/48...
Unpacking Play-by-Post Design (series) by Fernando Miguel Lofranco. This guy's been around the Dice Exploder discord for years talking about his lengthy experience with pbp, and it was very cool to finally see a full writeup of how it all works.
www.laciesbox.com/articles/unp...
www.laciesbox.com/articles/unp...
Lacie's Box | Unpacking Play-by-Post Design, Part 1
Welcome to part 1 where we explore, analyze, and articulate the unspoken mechanisms and foundation for play-by-post design.
www.laciesbox.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Unpacking Play-by-Post Design (series) by Fernando Miguel Lofranco. This guy's been around the Dice Exploder discord for years talking about his lengthy experience with pbp, and it was very cool to finally see a full writeup of how it all works.
www.laciesbox.com/articles/unp...
www.laciesbox.com/articles/unp...
Primetime Adventures & The shift in stakes by Deeper In The game. Such a simple concept: the most interesting stakes are often not whether you succeed at something. Hard to believe how true this is until you see it in practice; play Primetime Adventures!
bankuei.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/p...
bankuei.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/p...
Primetime Adventures & The shift in stakes
I’ve been running a Primetime Adventures campaign while taking a little bit of a brain break from our Errant campaign. PTA is nice in that I typically spend 10 minutes prep between sessions &…
bankuei.wordpress.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Primetime Adventures & The shift in stakes by Deeper In The game. Such a simple concept: the most interesting stakes are often not whether you succeed at something. Hard to believe how true this is until you see it in practice; play Primetime Adventures!
bankuei.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/p...
bankuei.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/p...
Thinking About Actual Play As Nonfiction by @jeffstormer.gobirds.online. Completely changed how I think about actual play forever and for the better. My bible for talking about actual play.
buttondown.com/partyofonepo...
buttondown.com/partyofonepo...
Thinking About Actual Play As Nonfiction
Hey Party People! Work on the newest season of Party of One is underway. Read on for a look at what’s new with the show, as well as a little bit of what has...
buttondown.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Thinking About Actual Play As Nonfiction by @jeffstormer.gobirds.online. Completely changed how I think about actual play forever and for the better. My bible for talking about actual play.
buttondown.com/partyofonepo...
buttondown.com/partyofonepo...
My favorite posts of the year: first up, the Zungeon Manifesto by @idlecartulary.itch.io . A clear, easy procedure for writing a dungeon from scratch.
idlecartulary.com/2025/01/01/t...
idlecartulary.com/2025/01/01/t...
The Zungeon Manifesto: Demystifying Dungeon Creation
I have a really large earring collection; I have perhaps as many earrings as I have TTRPGs, and I mainly buy them from local craft markets, not jewellers. They’re all made from resin or clay,…
idlecartulary.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM
My favorite posts of the year: first up, the Zungeon Manifesto by @idlecartulary.itch.io . A clear, easy procedure for writing a dungeon from scratch.
idlecartulary.com/2025/01/01/t...
idlecartulary.com/2025/01/01/t...
Reposted by Sam D
Instead of RPG discourse, why not draw an animal on a skateboard instead?
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Instead of RPG discourse, why not draw an animal on a skateboard instead?
Star Crossed does this in its rulebook. The whole books is kinda this way in Understanding Comics though I would bet specific parts of it help give you ideas.
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Star Crossed does this in its rulebook. The whole books is kinda this way in Understanding Comics though I would bet specific parts of it help give you ideas.