Joseph Wetzel
@josephwetzel.bsky.social
Enjoyer of tabletop gaming, sociolinguistics, speculative fiction, and pulpy vibes.
Really looking forward to subsequent entries in the As My Balls franchise
From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes the long-awaited sequel to Combat as my Balls!
The term "Player skill" has always rankled me, so I decided to delve a little deeper into that and discuss different kinds of player skill games can encourage.
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/12/skil...
The term "Player skill" has always rankled me, so I decided to delve a little deeper into that and discuss different kinds of player skill games can encourage.
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/12/skil...
Skill as My Balls
I have a distaste for a lot of terms bandied about in the OSR sphere. Gameable Content is one. Another, apparently is "Player Skill." During...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Really looking forward to subsequent entries in the As My Balls franchise
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I think that as an indie game dev without a large publisher, your target audience is not gamers in general, it is sickos.
It's hardcore sickos that will be diving the depths of your genre and finding your game, and it is sickos who will be spreading it.
Please the passionate, not the masses.
It's hardcore sickos that will be diving the depths of your genre and finding your game, and it is sickos who will be spreading it.
Please the passionate, not the masses.
August 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I think that as an indie game dev without a large publisher, your target audience is not gamers in general, it is sickos.
It's hardcore sickos that will be diving the depths of your genre and finding your game, and it is sickos who will be spreading it.
Please the passionate, not the masses.
It's hardcore sickos that will be diving the depths of your genre and finding your game, and it is sickos who will be spreading it.
Please the passionate, not the masses.
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It's a Sunday afternoon in mid-July, and that can only mean one thing: the award ceremony for the 2025 Spiel des Jahres award, the most important prize in tabletop gaming. Also the final of Wimbledon, but that's much less interesting. It starts in ten minutes and I'll be live-posting the whole event
July 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It's a Sunday afternoon in mid-July, and that can only mean one thing: the award ceremony for the 2025 Spiel des Jahres award, the most important prize in tabletop gaming. Also the final of Wimbledon, but that's much less interesting. It starts in ten minutes and I'll be live-posting the whole event
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Top shortage and DM shortage parallels
May 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Top shortage and DM shortage parallels
Ichigo on the Precipice of Defeat | Bleach AMV
YouTube video by First Time Last
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December 11, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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Playing TTRPGs: Goofing, gabbing, fun with friends
Designing TTRPGs: I have locked myself in the tower and will only leave for bread and water. My hands cramp with the toil of my labor. Will I see daylight this year? It is unknown.
Designing TTRPGs: I have locked myself in the tower and will only leave for bread and water. My hands cramp with the toil of my labor. Will I see daylight this year? It is unknown.
December 7, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Playing TTRPGs: Goofing, gabbing, fun with friends
Designing TTRPGs: I have locked myself in the tower and will only leave for bread and water. My hands cramp with the toil of my labor. Will I see daylight this year? It is unknown.
Designing TTRPGs: I have locked myself in the tower and will only leave for bread and water. My hands cramp with the toil of my labor. Will I see daylight this year? It is unknown.
Everyone who likes The Sunlit Man should know that Green Lantern stories are basically just this over and over again.
#cosmere #sunlitman
#cosmere #sunlitman
December 6, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Everyone who likes The Sunlit Man should know that Green Lantern stories are basically just this over and over again.
#cosmere #sunlitman
#cosmere #sunlitman
I like it when late stage cosmre stuff is weird and janky, like an awaked steelmind. I like it less when it's all just flattened into batteries and appliances, like a jar of dor.
#cosmere
#cosmere
December 6, 2024 at 3:31 AM
I like it when late stage cosmre stuff is weird and janky, like an awaked steelmind. I like it less when it's all just flattened into batteries and appliances, like a jar of dor.
#cosmere
#cosmere
I've been mainlining the cosmere secret projects to get caught up before Wind and Truth. I think these might be my new favorite cosmere novels.
#cosmere
#cosmere
December 6, 2024 at 3:20 AM
I've been mainlining the cosmere secret projects to get caught up before Wind and Truth. I think these might be my new favorite cosmere novels.
#cosmere
#cosmere
I finally started watching the Dune show and I'm having a rough time. Are there any scenes that aren't just characters explaining what's happening?
December 4, 2024 at 12:25 AM
I finally started watching the Dune show and I'm having a rough time. Are there any scenes that aren't just characters explaining what's happening?
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We finally started our Women in TTRPG Starter Pack!
go.bsky.app/P4FN8hM
Go check out this epic list of amazing women, working and creating in the TTRPG space.
We’ll also keep adding to this list over time so make sure you check back.
go.bsky.app/P4FN8hM
Go check out this epic list of amazing women, working and creating in the TTRPG space.
We’ll also keep adding to this list over time so make sure you check back.
November 28, 2024 at 6:49 PM
We finally started our Women in TTRPG Starter Pack!
go.bsky.app/P4FN8hM
Go check out this epic list of amazing women, working and creating in the TTRPG space.
We’ll also keep adding to this list over time so make sure you check back.
go.bsky.app/P4FN8hM
Go check out this epic list of amazing women, working and creating in the TTRPG space.
We’ll also keep adding to this list over time so make sure you check back.
I shake my head a little when I see someone starting the cosmere with Way of Kings.
Mistborn is a story about assassin Jesus and his apostles of crime.
Stormlight is a story about angst and big swords for people who felt like Bleach was rushed.
#cosmere #mistborn #stormlightarchive
Mistborn is a story about assassin Jesus and his apostles of crime.
Stormlight is a story about angst and big swords for people who felt like Bleach was rushed.
#cosmere #mistborn #stormlightarchive
November 28, 2024 at 2:59 AM
I shake my head a little when I see someone starting the cosmere with Way of Kings.
Mistborn is a story about assassin Jesus and his apostles of crime.
Stormlight is a story about angst and big swords for people who felt like Bleach was rushed.
#cosmere #mistborn #stormlightarchive
Mistborn is a story about assassin Jesus and his apostles of crime.
Stormlight is a story about angst and big swords for people who felt like Bleach was rushed.
#cosmere #mistborn #stormlightarchive
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Alright #bskyGMs - what’s your favorite #TTRPG to run/facilitate? Here’s my top three!
1.) Changeling: The Lost
2.) Ten Candles
3.) Call of Cthulhu
1.) Changeling: The Lost
2.) Ten Candles
3.) Call of Cthulhu
November 20, 2024 at 12:21 AM
The theme of the double feature is isekai by a guy named Clive
November 17, 2024 at 6:41 PM
The theme of the double feature is isekai by a guy named Clive
I was thirteen when I watched @chrisperkinsdnd.bsky.social run 4e for the Robot Chicken guys. I began my yearning then. I think now I might finally have the right group to play with.
November 17, 2024 at 6:12 PM
I was thirteen when I watched @chrisperkinsdnd.bsky.social run 4e for the Robot Chicken guys. I began my yearning then. I think now I might finally have the right group to play with.
I get sad about "rulings, not rules" sometimes. I love rules so much. Tell me a procedure that results in an experience.
November 17, 2024 at 5:17 PM
I get sad about "rulings, not rules" sometimes. I love rules so much. Tell me a procedure that results in an experience.