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I don't wanna
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You've just been thrown to your death by the Beatles.
January 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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If you're at #PAXU and looking for THE freshest games, skip the floor and ascend to the terrace for Unpub. There you can shape the future of tabletop games!

We're all the way on the west (Broad St) side of the hall; keep going up til you can go no higher.

#PAXUnplugged @unpub.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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Rule for tossing stuff between PCs during a fight.

The thrower rolls 1d6. The catcher throws 1d6. They want to get within 1 pip of each other. eg 3 and 4. Each can adjust their die by an amount equal to dex mod. Each adjacent enemy “pulls” their result away from the other by 1.

#osr
December 5, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Happy listen to Alice's Restaurant different versions and multiple times day
November 28, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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I’m worried that kids today are growing up without a video game series that teaches them 13 or 15 similar sounding skate punk songs
November 27, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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d100 - Unconventional Shields & Bizarre Bucklers
I blame @riseupcomus.bsky.social for Inspiring this Quick Table!
blog.d4caltrops.com/2024/11/d100...
d100 – Unconventional Shields & Bizarre Bucklers
Q uick Table with some examples of non-standard shields and other off-hand protection. Inspired by a post from Rise Up Comus , here are a ...
blog.d4caltrops.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:21 PM
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wanderer in high places at dawn
November 24, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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May your acorn lantern be bright and true.
#art #ttrpg
November 24, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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The Illustrated bestiary, featuring 145 monster illustrations by yours truly along with their stats written for #CairnRPG by @yochaigal.bsky.social is out now, both in English and in Japanese.

I'm releasing the whole set of Hi-Res PNGs under CC BY-SA, so feel free to re-use them in your own stuff 🙌
Gourdin Konbo Club
gourdin-konbo-club.itch.io
October 23, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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You know what I’d really like to know? Ya’ll who write 100 item tables or books full of tables. The stuff that’s immune to outlining. How do you do THAT?
I write the back of the book first, as my pitch to myself. Until I can write one for a book I’d read, I don’t do anything else. Once I have it, I outline it in headings, to have an idea of the scope. Then, I sketch out what lies under those headings, but don’t write it yet. Then I fill in the gaps.
Ttrpg writers, what’s your best methods to get ideas for an adventure down into actual writing? I know “just write” but I’m looking for structures, steps, procedures etc that will make that unclimbable wall of the blank page a little more manageable and turn the notes into something Real.
November 22, 2024 at 2:29 AM
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some maximalist graphic design sketching this morning
November 19, 2024 at 9:34 AM
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The most important reason to try and grow the Fantasy Adventure Game™️ market is that we need bigger budgets again so we can RETVRN to the days we got adverts like this
Dark World Board Game Ad (1992)
YouTube video by Movie & Video Game TV Spots
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November 19, 2024 at 8:30 AM
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FRASIER: “The orcs raise their axes high and demand blood.”
NILES: “… I tell them I’m not here.”

FRASIER: “I’m sorry?”

NILES: “I argue that, philosophically, they cannot trust their own senses about me.“

FRASIER: “It’s a bit bold to place Descartes before the orcs, Niles.”
November 7, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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I made a "starter pack" of OSR folks to follow. I couldn't fit everyone on it (sorry for those I didn't get to, it's not personal!):

go.bsky.app/666yWeT
October 17, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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Philly Game Design Starter Pack! Seeing these pop up so it seems fitting that we should help our awesome designers in Philadelphia & the surrounding area find each other and get found! This will be a living document so make sure to repost/hit me up if you want to be added! 🎲✂️

go.bsky.app/NZc3zmJ
November 16, 2024 at 1:13 AM