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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 2h

🔴 LIVE NOW 🔴

(with fixed captions - thank you all for your patience!)

Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 4h

🎰 GAME NIGHT ☢️

Join me TONIGHT for Fallout: New Vegas as we see what lurks at the rocket facility above Novac and meet someone with big dreams.

See you there at 1PM PT/4PM ET!

twitch.tv/estelofimladris

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Felix "Wildsea" Isaacs (is finishing Tigers on the Wire) @felixisaacs.bsky.social · 5h

IT'S TIME FOR MORE #WILDSEA!

The new adventure, Tigers on the Wire, launches on #gamefound on October 14th. Thank you to them for a push on #TRPG visibility, and if you've ever wanted a whisper-fuelled radio broadcaster post, well, your dreams are about to come true!

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The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire by Mythworks - Gamefound

The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire is the latest scenario from the award-winning TTRPG the Wildsea by Felix Isaacs. Nobody sails the waves for long without realizing what a vast and terrible power even t...

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 4h

🎰 GAME NIGHT ☢️

Join me TONIGHT for Fallout: New Vegas as we see what lurks at the rocket facility above Novac and meet someone with big dreams.

See you there at 1PM PT/4PM ET!

twitch.tv/estelofimladris

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Hana Michels (Personal Account) @hanamichels.bsky.social · 5h

If you are a woman or female presenting in the Valley look out for a man with glasses and this plate. Took it off a TikTok video in which LITERALLY HUNDREDS of women reported him asking for help moving a box from his backseat to his trunk with a fake bandage around his arm, something Ted Bundy did.

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Ivan Van Norman @lordvonbarron.bsky.social · 22h

Many years ago I did a show called Sagas of Sundry.

It was immersive horror, great storytelling, and reality show style skill challenges.

Now I want to bring it back, but call it Tales of Dread.

But I need your help. So I'm taking this project to Kickstarter.

Learn more at www.talesofdread.com

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🎃Scary Vampire Austin🧛🏿‍♀️🔜PAXU @sailorsctaustin.bsky.social · 1d

Surprise! We are doing special Halloween episodes all month long! Starting with Are You Afraid Of The Dark? !

Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries @nerdmysteries.bsky.social · 1d

We submit this episode to the @maximumfun.org podcasting network, we call this The Tale Of Are You Afraid Dark. Join us as Host Austin relays the tale of how this show transformed from Old Guy Reads A Book to Child Twilight Zone But Like Way Scary

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a group of children are sitting around a campfire in the woods .

ALT: a group of children are sitting around a campfire in the woods .

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 20h

- called for me to stop the fiction and point them out every time I did a thing, which was every 2 seconds.

Because so much of my play is in actual play, I often also think about how long it takes for someone who is proficient with the system to (A) make a roll/check/move/etc or (B) resolve it.

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 20h

- that in the fiction of the game/world/etc I should either just be able to do or should mechancially benefit from.

I recently played a game where I did everything the playbook was written to do and derived zero benefit from any of it because the mechanics -

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 20h

My broader feeling on this tends to revolve around when the mechanics and the fiction (or pacing of said fiction) do not match, which unfortunately I see happen often.

Systems being used out of context tend to have this, but I've also seen it when there's too many mechanics for something simple -

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 20h

Simplified example:

"every time you use your sword, you gain +1 of an expendable resource" in a game where there is narrative incentive to use your sword. That is the invitation to do the damn thing the game is written for, and hopefully that the story serves.

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 20h

For me it's about how much or how little friction there is between fiction and mechanics.

For me its when mechanics invite choices into the fiction that illustrate something I'd naturally be inclined to as a player or mechanically encourage me to do in service of both the fiction and the mechanics.

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 22h

SO DESERVED!! I LOVE YOU FOREVER GODKILLER: LAST HOPE!!

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Taíno Tales @tainotales.bsky.social · 1d

The term fallen from grace would be an understatement for this once great warrior of old. Exiled into these realms of chaos for defying the emperor, but worry not, as The Exalted never waste a good sword.

Introducing Caedra👼, who the phenomenal Syriinx (@syriinx.bsky.social) will be playing!

A faded red-painted background depicts a ruined brick wall. On the left side of the wall lie the spray-painted colors of teal and blood red, in the shape of a pair of wings with hands reaching towards a lone star.

On top of this graffiti lies the Image of a muscular built warrior wearing a variety of reds, yellows, and greens, with the most distinct part of her clothes being her dirty steel armor. The warrior's lightly tanned and freckled complexion matches their strange eyes, which are their own colors. Above her head lies a set of glowing text that reads:

Caedra

On the right of the wall is a dirty bronze bulletin board with a ring of red swirling energy with a set of text that reads:

"The First Hellrasier"
Caedra (she/any) was once the Empire's greatest triumph, created through trial and error. A god in the making until an act of mercy unmade her. Cast out she now endures as both traitor and legend.

Finally, on the bottom right lies an antique picture of the performer with a card that reads:

Syriinx (@syriinx)

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 22h

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 1d

Any trans person who begins their transition today is exhibiting more courage than most people will in their entire lives.

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 22h

Just when I start to mourn my absence from @badhouserpg.bsky.social, I return!

I have always wanted to turn my evil machinations to Candela Obscura. Of course, I did not do that here. I did something perfectly innocent and normal. 😇

I cannot wait to join The Circle of Seekers & Sinners!!

Dan Pyxel | CRiT Award Nominee Best GM (Darrington Press) @danpyxel.bsky.social · 1d

We’re BACK! The Circle of Seekers and Sinners RETURNS TO BadHouseRPG as a six episode Spooptober Mini-Series. The horror show continues starting Oct 10 at Twitch.tv/BadHouseRPG

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Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social · 1d

What news on the winds? 🐉

We are so proud to share that GODKILLER: Last Hope picked up the wins for Best Actual Play Video and the festival-wide LGBTQIA+ Diversity Award at the Sydney Web Fest! It means the world that our story of rage, love, and becoming resonates across the globe. Thank you SWF!

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🫀 tendervicious studios @tendervicious.com · 1d

today, on the 2-year anniversary of Israel escalating its genocide in Palestine, we'd like to remind folks that the genocide did not start on Oct. 7, 2023. the Palestinian people have been experiencing a settler-colonial occupation and genocide since the Nakba in 1948. that is 77 years too many.

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 1d

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 1d

So excited to be turned loose on all of you.

... I mean join this Circle.

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Dan Pyxel | CRiT Award Nominee Best GM (Darrington Press) @danpyxel.bsky.social · 1d

We’re BACK! The Circle of Seekers and Sinners RETURNS TO BadHouseRPG as a six episode Spooptober Mini-Series. The horror show continues starting Oct 10 at Twitch.tv/BadHouseRPG

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The Fourth Age | Book Three @calltoadventure.bsky.social · 1d

WE ARE LIVE WITH OUR PREMIERE!

The armies of the Dark Tree are on the move. Middle-earth will fall. And all that stands between the Reunited Kingdom and its ruin is a fellowship of six. But in the face of such shadow, is hope enough...?

WATCH HERE: twitch.tv/woundedwarriorproject

See you in chat!

Aerlind, a tall and handsome Elf with warm-toned, fair skin. He has deep black, straight hair that cascades down his back in a gentle wave, tied back with braids. He has monolid, warm amber eyes. He wears smart, finely made elven robes and leather armour in shades of sea blues and greens. A bow is slung over his shoulder, and in his hand he carries a golden astrolabe. He stands against a wide and warm coastline.

In front of him are the words “The Fourth Age: Book Three” and “Chapter One: What May Be Preserved.”

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 1d

⛵ LIVE NOW 🏹

twitch.tv/woundedwarriorproject

The Fourth Age | Book Three @calltoadventure.bsky.social · 1d

It wouldn't be a premiere without some tech issues!

We'll be live as soon as we're able with the premiere for our third and final season of The Fourth Age, the award-winning imagined next chapter in Middle-earth's history!

We'll see you soon.

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 1d

We're getting there! Tech be really techin today.

The Fourth Age | Book Three @calltoadventure.bsky.social · 1d

It wouldn't be a premiere without some tech issues!

We'll be live as soon as we're able with the premiere for our third and final season of The Fourth Age, the award-winning imagined next chapter in Middle-earth's history!

We'll see you soon.

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The Fourth Age | Book Three @calltoadventure.bsky.social · 1d

It wouldn't be a premiere without some tech issues!

We'll be live as soon as we're able with the premiere for our third and final season of The Fourth Age, the award-winning imagined next chapter in Middle-earth's history!

We'll see you soon.

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