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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 1d

Wolfspell is a brilliant game and a beautiful object.

Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like old Eppy is going to need a new computer monitor.

In unrelated news, have you heard about Wolfspell? www.worldswithoutmaster.com/bazaar/wolfs... 🐺✨

You know! I bet if I sold five of these puppies, I could easily get that new monitor. 🤔

That's an interesting coincidence.

Wolfspell on a Trifold Album Jacket — Worlds Without Master

A prophecy told in your youth dictates that only fang and claw will rend your destiny, so you must be reborn as beast. The tabletop roleplaying game of adventurers who turn to wolf flesh to fulfill ...

www.worldswithoutmaster.com

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 2d

...What are the models underlying your own games' rules? Let's examine them and see what there is to see.

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 2d

Vincent Baker <[email protected]>
Roundtable Conversation: Underlying Models

Every game has them — intentional or not, coherent or not. Meguey and Vincent lay out the models underlying the rules of their games Apocalypse World, Under Hollow Hills, and Psi*Run...

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 2d

Meg and I just signed up to talk about underlying conceptual models at Metatopia. If you're in the neighborhood, come by!

tabletop.events/conventions/...

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 2d

Huh.

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 4d

Me neither, but right?

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 4d

She cried and begged, but her father made her go.

Thus my mom, then thus me.

Strange.

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 4d

She told me that she didn't think much of it. Every Sunday afternoon she'd write letters to friends and family, and one of them was to him.

He proposed to her by sending her a train ticket to Utah with a letter that said "you're father's agreed that I can marry you."

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 4d

This morning for no reason in particular I'm thinking about my grandmother. When she was a teenager in Kentucky, this guy stayed at her house for a few months - he was a Mormon missionary, staying with her Mormon family. This would have been in the 40s.

They were pen pals after he left.

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JK @miniver.bsky.social · 4d

The doofy, unthreatening ordinariness of Americans taking a stand against fascism

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 4d

These are some of the protesters in Chicago arrested by Noem’s secret police.

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Heart of the Deernicorn @heartofthedeernicorn.com · 5d

Under Hollow Hills gives us peak autumnal whimsical Over the Garden Wall vibes. #ttrpg #overthegardenwall #cozygame #indiegame

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 5d

Yep! I get this exactly.

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Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 6d

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️

As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

Kickstarter United is on strike!
We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform
swipe for ways to show your solidarity

Why We're Striking
A codified 4-day work week.
We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work.
Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers.
We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet.

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 6d

Yes!

You scooped me on my next post! 😀

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 6d

Here's a tremendous resource and place to start:

wobbupalooza.neocities.org

Early Collaborative Games of Fantasy and Imagination

Collaborative storytelling games, early roleplaying games, Surrealist games, and parlor games throughout history, but especially in the 19th Century

wobbupalooza.neocities.org

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 6d

The history of RPG design has a familiar right-hand path — what-if wargaming — and a more obscure left-hand path. Improv theater games, Surrealist and Situationist games, New Games, parlor games, storytelling games... back into the Renaissance and presumably further.

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 6d

Spin the Bottle is an interesting one, surviving as a teenage game (if anyone still plays it).

Generally the Victorian versions, played between adults, had a bit of a thrill to them, low but real social stakes in the form of being put on the spot or being put in flirty circumstances together.

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 6d

A bunch survive, somewhat evolved, as mixer games and family party games now, like Charades, Encore, In the Manner of the Adverb. Others as children's party games like Musical Chairs or Blind Man's Bluff.

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 6d

Nobody asked, but!

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 6d

The thing I bring into my game design from Surrealist games is using off-kilter questions to startle the player into a moment of unfiltered creativity or reflection.

The thing I bring into my game design from Victorian parlor games is a rhythm of social awkwardness, suspense, and resolution.

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MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · 6d

We’re lining up all the things for the launch, and it’s going to be cool. Also hard and sharp and agro and weird.

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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MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · 6d

One of my heroes from childhood is #JaneGoodall
I’m very saddened to hear of her death. It would be a great tribute to her legacy if we could, y’know, save the planet and extend compassion to other species that we share it with.

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 7d

Quite pleased with this micro review of Booker prize winner, Milkman by Anna Burns. It's a #2025ReadingChallenge number 39, but who's counting. I'm impressed I managed to shoehorn in a TTRPG thought that connects this book - the troubles, gossip - to #PbtA play books.

buttondown.com/theraspyrave...

2025 Reading Challenge 39 Milkman

I picked up Milkman, laughably because I thought it was a science fiction book, and I thought, ‘That’s interesting, a sci-fi novel that is also a Booker...

buttondown.com

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 7d

That's a compelling idea.

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