Nick Stefanski 🐦🔥
@tzarfenix.bsky.social
History by training. UX by profession. TTRPG writer and platinum best seller on DMsGuild. May be you from an alternate timeline.
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Nick Stefanski 🐦🔥
@tzarfenix.bsky.social
· Sep 10
What happens when a mental construct becomes a place you can visit? Find out in Mordenkainen’s Memory Palace, a tier 2 Adventurer’s League module, now on DM’s Guild: www.dmsguild.com/pro...
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The second of our yearly lists--this one features thirty-five articles and chapters authored by contingent historians in 2025.
2025 Journal Article List
A companion to our 2025 book list.
contingentmagazine.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The second of our yearly lists--this one features thirty-five articles and chapters authored by contingent historians in 2025.
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There are so many things wrong with this ruling, including the total disregard for the clear error standard. But what really gets me is the notion that legislatures can evade judicial review of their maps simply by passing them as close as possible to Election Day
December 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
There are so many things wrong with this ruling, including the total disregard for the clear error standard. But what really gets me is the notion that legislatures can evade judicial review of their maps simply by passing them as close as possible to Election Day
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If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
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if, in this holiday season, you find yourself reflecting on the experience of going home to your family and discovering for the first or the millionth time that you see the world in fundamentally different and irreconcilable ways, perhaps upsettingly so,
i have a book recommendation for you.
i have a book recommendation for you.
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
if, in this holiday season, you find yourself reflecting on the experience of going home to your family and discovering for the first or the millionth time that you see the world in fundamentally different and irreconcilable ways, perhaps upsettingly so,
i have a book recommendation for you.
i have a book recommendation for you.
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My Grandma's Pierogi Recipe here in my newsletter archive:
www.jimzub.com/zubstack-2-l...
www.jimzub.com/zubstack-2-l...
Zubby Newsletter #2: Legacy Number…132? | Zub Tales
www.jimzub.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My Grandma's Pierogi Recipe here in my newsletter archive:
www.jimzub.com/zubstack-2-l...
www.jimzub.com/zubstack-2-l...
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Decorating for the holidays? There's FREE downloadable papercraft holiday ornaments on my site of some of my favorite characters, including D&D monsters (though I still need to create Spiderwick and WondLa ornaments): diterlizzi.com/activities/
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Decorating for the holidays? There's FREE downloadable papercraft holiday ornaments on my site of some of my favorite characters, including D&D monsters (though I still need to create Spiderwick and WondLa ornaments): diterlizzi.com/activities/
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✨Check out our #DND5e titles on sale on the @dmsguild.com!✨
🎁 site.dmsguild.com/browse.php?a...
#DND #Feywild #TableTopGaming #TTRPG #DMsGuild
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#DND #Feywild #TableTopGaming #TTRPG #DMsGuild
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
✨Check out our #DND5e titles on sale on the @dmsguild.com!✨
🎁 site.dmsguild.com/browse.php?a...
#DND #Feywild #TableTopGaming #TTRPG #DMsGuild
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#DND #Feywild #TableTopGaming #TTRPG #DMsGuild
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👾Made for the folks who grew up with the Gameboy. Loving the backlit screen!!! Buttons have a good feel! Hope to see a @modretro.bsky.social handheld for Gameboy Advanced games in the future.👾
#ModRetro #RetroGaming #GameBoy
#ModRetro #RetroGaming #GameBoy
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
👾Made for the folks who grew up with the Gameboy. Loving the backlit screen!!! Buttons have a good feel! Hope to see a @modretro.bsky.social handheld for Gameboy Advanced games in the future.👾
#ModRetro #RetroGaming #GameBoy
#ModRetro #RetroGaming #GameBoy
When I played through OG Baldur’s Gate, I thought Beregost seemed to have a high amount of taverns per capita. Then it struck me, of course, it’s a college town!
#BaldursGate #dnd
#BaldursGate #dnd
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
When I played through OG Baldur’s Gate, I thought Beregost seemed to have a high amount of taverns per capita. Then it struck me, of course, it’s a college town!
#BaldursGate #dnd
#BaldursGate #dnd
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It's like we're stuck in a techno-dystopian Dickens novel.
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It's like we're stuck in a techno-dystopian Dickens novel.
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Someone commented that they thought my maps looked almost hand drawn, and that they haven't been able to replicate my style in any programs... well, I told them that my maps look hand drawn, because they are...
Working on some bark detailing in this video...
Working on some bark detailing in this video...
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Someone commented that they thought my maps looked almost hand drawn, and that they haven't been able to replicate my style in any programs... well, I told them that my maps look hand drawn, because they are...
Working on some bark detailing in this video...
Working on some bark detailing in this video...
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Join me tomorrow at Pax U for a game for kids, a meet up between creators, and a panel on horror in kids games!
It's a fun mix of topics for the day, and I'm looking forward to sharing them with y'all!
You can also fnd my full schedule for the con here on TTRPGkids:
https://loom.ly/LnSs_os
It's a fun mix of topics for the day, and I'm looking forward to sharing them with y'all!
You can also fnd my full schedule for the con here on TTRPGkids:
https://loom.ly/LnSs_os
November 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Join me tomorrow at Pax U for a game for kids, a meet up between creators, and a panel on horror in kids games!
It's a fun mix of topics for the day, and I'm looking forward to sharing them with y'all!
You can also fnd my full schedule for the con here on TTRPGkids:
https://loom.ly/LnSs_os
It's a fun mix of topics for the day, and I'm looking forward to sharing them with y'all!
You can also fnd my full schedule for the con here on TTRPGkids:
https://loom.ly/LnSs_os
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"We like to tell ourselves they always looked like that."
The Blighted Plane is filled with strange threats for your players to discover. Uncover them all in Harrow: The Blighted Plane, a crystalpunk #TTRPG in a shattered fantasy world!
Store: undergroundoracle.co...
Dthru: www.drivethrurpg.com...
The Blighted Plane is filled with strange threats for your players to discover. Uncover them all in Harrow: The Blighted Plane, a crystalpunk #TTRPG in a shattered fantasy world!
Store: undergroundoracle.co...
Dthru: www.drivethrurpg.com...
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"We like to tell ourselves they always looked like that."
The Blighted Plane is filled with strange threats for your players to discover. Uncover them all in Harrow: The Blighted Plane, a crystalpunk #TTRPG in a shattered fantasy world!
Store: undergroundoracle.co...
Dthru: www.drivethrurpg.com...
The Blighted Plane is filled with strange threats for your players to discover. Uncover them all in Harrow: The Blighted Plane, a crystalpunk #TTRPG in a shattered fantasy world!
Store: undergroundoracle.co...
Dthru: www.drivethrurpg.com...
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Archaeologists have unearthed a Bronze Age metropolis in the heart of the Eurasian steppe: an early form of city as complex as those of contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations, showing how steppe polities were just as sophisticated.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Archaeologists have unearthed a Bronze Age metropolis in the heart of the Eurasian steppe: an early form of city as complex as those of contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations, showing how steppe polities were just as sophisticated.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
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Huh... ".games" is usually a more expensive tld, but now I see there is a ".quest" at similar pricing to ".com"
Some of you might find that useful info
Some of you might find that useful info
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Huh... ".games" is usually a more expensive tld, but now I see there is a ".quest" at similar pricing to ".com"
Some of you might find that useful info
Some of you might find that useful info
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The design decision which won narrative gaming
Last week, Apocalypse World came back to crowdfunding, with the Bakers seeking funding for a Third Edition of the game. Apocalypse World was first released back in 2010 and it took the indie RPG world by storm; by the time Dungeon World was released…
Last week, Apocalypse World came back to crowdfunding, with the Bakers seeking funding for a Third Edition of the game. Apocalypse World was first released back in 2010 and it took the indie RPG world by storm; by the time Dungeon World was released…
The design decision which won narrative gaming
Last week, Apocalypse World came back to crowdfunding, with the Bakers seeking funding for a Third Edition of the game. Apocalypse World was first released back in 2010 and it took the indie RPG world by storm; by the time Dungeon World was released in 2012 it was already all but certain that ‘Powered by the Apocalypse’ would be a phenomenon.
cannibalhalflinggaming.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The design decision which won narrative gaming
Last week, Apocalypse World came back to crowdfunding, with the Bakers seeking funding for a Third Edition of the game. Apocalypse World was first released back in 2010 and it took the indie RPG world by storm; by the time Dungeon World was released…
Last week, Apocalypse World came back to crowdfunding, with the Bakers seeking funding for a Third Edition of the game. Apocalypse World was first released back in 2010 and it took the indie RPG world by storm; by the time Dungeon World was released…
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Short version:
Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies, and destroying the planet.
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies, and destroying the planet.
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
How Chuck Schumer Planned the Shutdown Capitulation to Trump
In brief. And then in excruciating detail
hillheat.news
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Short version:
Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies, and destroying the planet.
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies, and destroying the planet.
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
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I know you've been holding your breath for *my* take on the election, so here it is.
BREATHE.
BREATHE.
Now, It's a Party
Before diving in, I should apologize for light posting over the past month or so. I'm in the home stretch for the book I'm writing on John Doar and the Civil Rights Division. The draft is due to my pr...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I know you've been holding your breath for *my* take on the election, so here it is.
BREATHE.
BREATHE.
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DHS says they “don’t arrest U.S. citizens for immigration enforcement.”
But at least 170 Americans they’ve detained know that’s not true.
Don’t ignore their stories.
If Trump can detain citizens—including combat Veterans—for days without cause, no one is safe from his whims.
But at least 170 Americans they’ve detained know that’s not true.
Don’t ignore their stories.
If Trump can detain citizens—including combat Veterans—for days without cause, no one is safe from his whims.
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
DHS says they “don’t arrest U.S. citizens for immigration enforcement.”
But at least 170 Americans they’ve detained know that’s not true.
Don’t ignore their stories.
If Trump can detain citizens—including combat Veterans—for days without cause, no one is safe from his whims.
But at least 170 Americans they’ve detained know that’s not true.
Don’t ignore their stories.
If Trump can detain citizens—including combat Veterans—for days without cause, no one is safe from his whims.
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If you are (or work for) a politician and have questions about how to use YouTube well, please ask.
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If you are (or work for) a politician and have questions about how to use YouTube well, please ask.
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Despite two separate courts ruling Friday that the Trump administration must fund SNAP amid the government shutdown, the president said his lawyers don't think the orders are legal and will need to look into it more.
Trump Says Courts Need To Give Him More 'Legal Direction' On Funding SNAP
www.huffpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Despite two separate courts ruling Friday that the Trump administration must fund SNAP amid the government shutdown, the president said his lawyers don't think the orders are legal and will need to look into it more.
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM