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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony

@lackingceremony.bsky.social

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I'm a queer game designer hailing from Amiskwaciy-wâskahikan. I care about make believe and liberation. www.buriedwithoutceremony.com

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · May 23

Going For Broke is now available! This is a lightweight, pick-up-and-play sitcom roleplaying game about a collective house scrambling to make rent. It's designed for 4-8 players, only takes 40-70 minutes, and fits in your back pocket!

Learn more at:

buriedwithoutceremony.com/gfb

Going For Broke - Buried Without Ceremony

Going For Broke is a fast-paced sitcom roleplaying game about a collective house scrambling to get enough money together. Choose one of twelve house members, pick an episode, and dive right in.

buriedwithoutceremony.com

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 15h

I open every match with a quick "Hey! Good luck, have fun!" and my favourite is when there's no reply until the final ten seconds of the match, when it's just a string of expletives and complaints. 😈

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 15h

They cast Mystical Tutor for Mana Drain when I'm already on board, so I play to maximize damage without casting anything into it, jettisoning a Seasoned Pyromancer in order to get its tokens from the graveyard, and they die without meaningful development. Maybe... you just got outplayed, friend?

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 15h

"i hate losing to trash" my opponent types in chat, before conceding to my 3-0, 6-0 Boros aggro deck that was efficient, redundant, synergistic without compromising card quality, with a tight curve that anchored on powerful two-drops, that beat them by playing to the board without overcommitting.

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 19h

For me, I think of this as being "genre adverse" rather than being "genre savvy" - a truly genre savvy group would purposefully split the party and trounce around in the pumpkin patch at night, because they know that's what's *supposed* to happen. To do otherwise is anti-genre behaviour.

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Ludic Lemur @ludiclemur.bsky.social · 8d

Lemurs! Lemurs! Listen up! It's here!

Our Kickstarter for Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake is live! Go check it out at www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud... !

Join us as we make rad queer art with our tiny lemur paws!

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 9d

Yes! I've been playing since I was ten, though only really got back in around Kaldheim.

Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 9d

This deck did not feel like it was supposed to trophy a vintage cube elimination draft. (I'm sitting at 68 QPs right now, making this my most winningest season ever.)

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 11d

Awww, I'm glad that you felt invited into the space at the speakers dinner! It was lovely to meet you.

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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com · 12d

At @qgcon.bsky.social for like one whole hour this weekend and managed to catch this amazingly titled @lackingceremony.bsky.social talk which unlike her I am 100% certain also applies to boardgames (and 45% sure for digital experiences)

Slide: loose touchable design for leaky, excitable creature - strategies for tabletop roleplaying game design that stays embodied and immersive (Avery Alder)

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 12d

(except not American)

Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 14d

*cracks knuckles* not any more, it's not.

Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 14d

It's go time. *pushes the button*

Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 14d

Answering a few quick emails on my laptop at the airport, where they are blasting The Chemical Brothers very loud for some reason, and it's hard to not feel like a very cool hacker under these conditions. I am resisting the urge to whisper "I'm in" in every single second right now.

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 18d

Shout out to @chobbs.bsky.social, @keichiokami.itch.io, and @fattig.bsky.social because the terms that absolutely clicked for me were "defanged" and "sanitized"

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 18d

I need help finding a word. I'm trying to say: the kind of editing or polishing that results in an end product that is *perhaps* more technically proficient, broadly palatable, or aligned with commonly practiced standards... but which strips the thing of its resonance, unique spark, or janky charm.

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 26d

More highlights:
-A fantastic eight person game of Going For Broke which spawned the fantastic spinoff series title: "Hooked On Beth"
-Selling out of all the Dream Askew copies I brought, halfway through day two!

A price list for Buried Without Ceremony games, with a "sold out" sticker over one of the titles.

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 26d

I desperately want to know which strange darling writer/director this is referring to!

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 26d

I'm a guest at @kamcon.bsky.social this weekend! My highlights so far:
-winning Taskmaster (partially on the back of my "best worst gift" - I showed up with a lovingly plated tuna jello salad)
-having someone exclaim "This is everything I hoped for & more!" during character creation in Dream Askew.

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Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.social · Sep 3

Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

#nsfw #censorship #canpoli

@acvalens.net

Petition e-6695 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yes!

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · Sep 2

I am a very big proponent of "start by designing and laying out all the materials your players will actually touch, and reverse-engineer the rulebook much later" design.

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · Aug 30

Perfect!

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MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · Aug 30

Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over

The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.

www.kickstarter.com

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · Aug 29

wrote a new design diary (free for everyone to access) about
@lackingceremony.bsky.social
's developmental editing for Seven-Part Pact and the process of implementing it — both creatively and philosophically!
www.patreon.com/posts/137648...

Design Diary — Incorporating Feedback | Jay Dragon (& Friends)

www.patreon.com

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