Kirill Asanov
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Kirill Asanov
@asanov.bsky.social
Producer in GameDev, forever DM, and an author of D&D adventures
He/Him, RU/EN, live in Montreal but haven’t learned enough French yet
All views are my own
Montreal should be ashamed that our new mayor is much less left-wing than new mayor of New York.
Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social with his well-deserved victory!
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
After reading Pynchon’s “Shadow Ticket” and playing Psychonauts 2, I suddenly realized that bowling just completely disappeared from the cultural context.
Also, called some friends to hit up the alley.
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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My players: "And I can cast a spell as a reaction because I have Warcaster"

Me, the wise DM: "Heh. It's pronounced 'wooster.'"
August 2, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Just heard the most montréalaise curse ever: calice de what the fuck
October 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
What a perfect timing for the release of “One Battle After Another”. Not only it hit the spot for me exactly when I was craving this type of a wild conspiracy story, it also is too relevant for the present day. This, and “Civil War”.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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"Selling Out Is Bad" is a valuable concept and despite all the baggage and bullshit and elitism it could contain it's actually really good to reinforce the ideal that having integrity when it matters, especially when it hurts, is what good/cool people do. Should be adapted instead of jettisoned.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Today was a good day
August 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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A kobold walks into a bar. What's their story?
August 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Weapons is really cool! I will definitely steal a final scene into my home game. But kind of wish it went into a bit different direction with a threat presented to the characters or at least foreshadowed it more.
August 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Our Curse of Strahd campaign just downsized to 3 players. Good thing we were recruiting everyone we met, so we might not have a Hulk, but we have an army!
August 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Okay, that explains why in 3 days I sold only 4 copies of my new adventure.

youtu.be/81EAN2EsJd8?...
Has AI Killed the DMsGuild
YouTube video by Indestructoboy
youtu.be
August 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
We finally released a new DMsGuild adventure!
www.dmsguild.com/product/5338...
This one mixes the social deduction game a la Mafia with tactical combat, and is inspired by one of my favorite games of the last year: Tactical Breach Wizards.
Sharn Files: Secret of the stolen Beef Boranel - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild
In Sharn Files: Secret of the stolen Beef Boranel you can cast a suspicion on the teammate while defenestrating the enem
www.dmsguild.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Whoever is working at ZA/UM right now, I should say they still have style.
youtu.be/D4JVY8rR-XQ?...
ZERO PARADES - Official Announcement Trailer (Gamescom 2025) #gamescom2025 #gaming #pcgaming
YouTube video by ZAUM
youtu.be
August 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
My feed at this point is 50-50 leftist and Games/TTRPG creators. (Often they are the same people)
So for a second I was really puzzled if this is a new comparison of D&D classes or something about politics.
August 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Pre-gens for the new adventure look absolutely stunning now!
As they say, ask me about my OCs
August 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Just saw a man in a “best cat dad ever” t-shirt. I probably should challenge him for a duel.
July 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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ICYMI the DNA Codex project is basically:

💪🏾 putting our skills to use for the whole industry
🦾 adding a tip jar to work we already enjoy doing for others
😤 wow search engines suck (AI) so we're the librarians now
📚 PRESERVE! KNOWLEDGE!
💸 watch what we can do with $5

Learn more in my pinned thread!
We’re gonna leave the games industry better than we found it 😤

Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬

📚 ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all
💸 COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible
🫡 curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!)
dnacreative.notion.site/codex
DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library
DNA CODEX is a free digital GameDev Library built and maintained by DnA Creative - a curated and community supported digital archive for game development resources.
dnacreative.notion.site
July 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Whoah, review on my adventure is out! 🥰
Read our review of ‘Echoes of Salvation' by Kirill Asanov - a grim 5th level adventure set in Eberron that focuses a lot on investigation.

thekindgm.com/2025/06/11/d...
June 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Today my players finally met face to face with an antagonist I’ve been teasing for half a year already and made a deal with her. Really excited how it all will turn out!
June 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
FFS
“As a commitment to truth and reconciliation, I must acknowledge colonial and genocidal atrocities today, including the massacre of more than 17,000 Palestinian children in Gaza.”

That’s what an Ottawa high school Valedictorian said to cheers.

She was told not to come to school the next day.
June 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Wow
June 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Making some pre-made characters for our next one-shot publication, and just what beautiful character cards my wife made for it!
May 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Very upset with the latest episode of @umactually.bsky.social, because I learned that I need to do maintenance for my water heater
May 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM