Harbinger of Doom
@brandesstoddard.bsky.social
Early 21st century game designer, freelancer writer, stay-at-home dad. I talk about #DnD and other games. He/him.
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This Venezuela thing feels very…. _old_.
Going to war over oil in the time of renewables is _old_.
Invading Latin America is _old_.
Trump’s strategy - as such it is - is out of the late 80s Reagan playbook (Iran/Contra, Panama).
And Trump himself is so very _old_.
Ancient and decrepit. Old.
Going to war over oil in the time of renewables is _old_.
Invading Latin America is _old_.
Trump’s strategy - as such it is - is out of the late 80s Reagan playbook (Iran/Contra, Panama).
And Trump himself is so very _old_.
Ancient and decrepit. Old.
January 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
This Venezuela thing feels very…. _old_.
Going to war over oil in the time of renewables is _old_.
Invading Latin America is _old_.
Trump’s strategy - as such it is - is out of the late 80s Reagan playbook (Iran/Contra, Panama).
And Trump himself is so very _old_.
Ancient and decrepit. Old.
Going to war over oil in the time of renewables is _old_.
Invading Latin America is _old_.
Trump’s strategy - as such it is - is out of the late 80s Reagan playbook (Iran/Contra, Panama).
And Trump himself is so very _old_.
Ancient and decrepit. Old.
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Just a reminder that reviews mean the world for indie authors.
On Exalted Funeral, there are 40 positive reviews for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM. Thank you!
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On Exalted Funeral, there are 40 positive reviews for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM. Thank you!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/his...
January 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Just a reminder that reviews mean the world for indie authors.
On Exalted Funeral, there are 40 positive reviews for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM. Thank you!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/his...
On Exalted Funeral, there are 40 positive reviews for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM. Thank you!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/his...
Updated Bastion Special Facilities, part 2
Today in Harbinger of Doom, I'm continuing my rework of Bastion Special Facilities from the 2024 DMG, this time covering the Workshop, Gaming Hall, Laboratory, Sacristy, and Scriptorium.
Backers get it now, everyone else in 3 days!
Today in Harbinger of Doom, I'm continuing my rework of Bastion Special Facilities from the 2024 DMG, this time covering the Workshop, Gaming Hall, Laboratory, Sacristy, and Scriptorium.
Backers get it now, everyone else in 3 days!
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January 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Updated Bastion Special Facilities, part 2
Today in Harbinger of Doom, I'm continuing my rework of Bastion Special Facilities from the 2024 DMG, this time covering the Workshop, Gaming Hall, Laboratory, Sacristy, and Scriptorium.
Backers get it now, everyone else in 3 days!
Today in Harbinger of Doom, I'm continuing my rework of Bastion Special Facilities from the 2024 DMG, this time covering the Workshop, Gaming Hall, Laboratory, Sacristy, and Scriptorium.
Backers get it now, everyone else in 3 days!
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Yes, and: This is why good game design isn't about knowing what the player wants, it's about making the player want something.
the player might not know what they want, but they do know when they're annoyed
January 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Yes, and: This is why good game design isn't about knowing what the player wants, it's about making the player want something.
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Get to start the new year with a beautiful (and grammar-based!?!) fairy tale courtesy of @amalelmohtar.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Get to start the new year with a beautiful (and grammar-based!?!) fairy tale courtesy of @amalelmohtar.com
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With a knock on your door, a kindly wizard invites you to join us on Shelved By Genre's LORD OF THE YEAR, in which we will consider the popular but contested works of JRR Tolkien, kicking things off with a long rumination upon the first four chapters of THE HOBBIT: rangedtouch.com/2026/01/02/t...
January 2, 2026 at 2:27 PM
With a knock on your door, a kindly wizard invites you to join us on Shelved By Genre's LORD OF THE YEAR, in which we will consider the popular but contested works of JRR Tolkien, kicking things off with a long rumination upon the first four chapters of THE HOBBIT: rangedtouch.com/2026/01/02/t...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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🚨 Only ONE WEEK until Dimension 20: Gladlands premieres on @dropout.tv, so it's time to ✨meet your PCs!✨
📆 Mark your calendars... the new #Dimension20 season premieres JANUARY 7th!
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☀️ Jacob Wysocki will be playing KOKOMO! 🥰🫂
🎨: Tank Monsternova
📆 Mark your calendars... the new #Dimension20 season premieres JANUARY 7th!
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☀️ Jacob Wysocki will be playing KOKOMO! 🥰🫂
🎨: Tank Monsternova
January 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
🚨 Only ONE WEEK until Dimension 20: Gladlands premieres on @dropout.tv, so it's time to ✨meet your PCs!✨
📆 Mark your calendars... the new #Dimension20 season premieres JANUARY 7th!
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☀️ Jacob Wysocki will be playing KOKOMO! 🥰🫂
🎨: Tank Monsternova
📆 Mark your calendars... the new #Dimension20 season premieres JANUARY 7th!
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☀️ Jacob Wysocki will be playing KOKOMO! 🥰🫂
🎨: Tank Monsternova
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We out 🤛🎤🧙♀️
Oops, All Witches: The Complete Series
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January 1, 2026 at 9:51 PM
We out 🤛🎤🧙♀️
Going into 2026 like
January 1, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Going into 2026 like
2025:
I poured all of the creative energy I had into a lot of projects I believe in deeply.
2026:
I hope for more of the same in new year, and I hope you’re able to do the same.
I poured all of the creative energy I had into a lot of projects I believe in deeply.
2026:
I hope for more of the same in new year, and I hope you’re able to do the same.
January 1, 2026 at 3:44 AM
2025:
I poured all of the creative energy I had into a lot of projects I believe in deeply.
2026:
I hope for more of the same in new year, and I hope you’re able to do the same.
I poured all of the creative energy I had into a lot of projects I believe in deeply.
2026:
I hope for more of the same in new year, and I hope you’re able to do the same.
I’m going to start early and beat the rush.
There is no remotely valid reason for the US to attack Venezuela. This unprovoked aggression must stop and the US must make reparations for this pointless evil.
There is no remotely valid reason for the US to attack Venezuela. This unprovoked aggression must stop and the US must make reparations for this pointless evil.
December 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I’m going to start early and beat the rush.
There is no remotely valid reason for the US to attack Venezuela. This unprovoked aggression must stop and the US must make reparations for this pointless evil.
There is no remotely valid reason for the US to attack Venezuela. This unprovoked aggression must stop and the US must make reparations for this pointless evil.
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THIS IS THE LESSON OF ZIR’AN
Secrets of Zir’an could have been huge. It was a fantasy game with airship and Final fantasy sensibilities released when those ideas were still novel. It entered a market rife with opportunity, with graphic and design elements that learned from all that came before it.
Secrets of Zir’an could have been huge. It was a fantasy game with airship and Final fantasy sensibilities released when those ideas were still novel. It entered a market rife with opportunity, with graphic and design elements that learned from all that came before it.
Never skip the press proof before the final print run. You'll always catch something in the demo book or zine that you'd regret seeing in the final product.
December 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
THIS IS THE LESSON OF ZIR’AN
Secrets of Zir’an could have been huge. It was a fantasy game with airship and Final fantasy sensibilities released when those ideas were still novel. It entered a market rife with opportunity, with graphic and design elements that learned from all that came before it.
Secrets of Zir’an could have been huge. It was a fantasy game with airship and Final fantasy sensibilities released when those ideas were still novel. It entered a market rife with opportunity, with graphic and design elements that learned from all that came before it.
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If you’re in the UK & are so inclined, from Dec 25 to Jan 5 you can get the Kindle edition of THE RIVER HAS ROOTS for 99p as part of their 12 Days of Kindle event! This means in the UK you can also get that price matched at other etailers, like Kobo! Merry Christmas!
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The River Has Roots ebook by Amal El-Mohtar - Rakuten Kobo
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December 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If you’re in the UK & are so inclined, from Dec 25 to Jan 5 you can get the Kindle edition of THE RIVER HAS ROOTS for 99p as part of their 12 Days of Kindle event! This means in the UK you can also get that price matched at other etailers, like Kobo! Merry Christmas!
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
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On the list of 'things we know that aren't so' - listening to Matt Easton and Skall talking about leaf shaped blades and in rapid succession got 'Romans had xiphos-style swords before the gladius' and 'the xiphos is larger and longer than the gladius' both of which are wrong or at least misleading.
December 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
On the list of 'things we know that aren't so' - listening to Matt Easton and Skall talking about leaf shaped blades and in rapid succession got 'Romans had xiphos-style swords before the gladius' and 'the xiphos is larger and longer than the gladius' both of which are wrong or at least misleading.
Aurikesh Session 171: Speaking Truth to Power
(and Other Revolutionary Acts)
This session picks up a week after the last one. We start by resolving some downtime, including months of downtime for a player who hasn't played in a year.
The PCs plan to go to the flying castle full of giants.
(and Other Revolutionary Acts)
This session picks up a week after the last one. We start by resolving some downtime, including months of downtime for a player who hasn't played in a year.
The PCs plan to go to the flying castle full of giants.
Aurikesh Session 170: Where Four Dragons Meet
The session starts with the witch still among her own people, up in the mountains (from session 168). She knows that a truly vast black dragon has woken nearby, but not what to do about that or what the dragon might want.
The session starts with the witch still among her own people, up in the mountains (from session 168). She knows that a truly vast black dragon has woken nearby, but not what to do about that or what the dragon might want.
Aurikesh Session 169: A Fallen Tower
In this online session the PCs used their fast travel artifact, Gravestone, to travel from their home city to a graveyard that is a week or two away, in the hinterlands.
48 sessions ago, they had freed a storm giant king, who had once ruled an empire.
In this online session the PCs used their fast travel artifact, Gravestone, to travel from their home city to a graveyard that is a week or two away, in the hinterlands.
48 sessions ago, they had freed a storm giant king, who had once ruled an empire.
December 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Aurikesh Session 171: Speaking Truth to Power
(and Other Revolutionary Acts)
This session picks up a week after the last one. We start by resolving some downtime, including months of downtime for a player who hasn't played in a year.
The PCs plan to go to the flying castle full of giants.
(and Other Revolutionary Acts)
This session picks up a week after the last one. We start by resolving some downtime, including months of downtime for a player who hasn't played in a year.
The PCs plan to go to the flying castle full of giants.
Running a game today.
In two rounds of combat I've rolled five natural 1s.
In two rounds of combat I've rolled five natural 1s.
December 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Running a game today.
In two rounds of combat I've rolled five natural 1s.
In two rounds of combat I've rolled five natural 1s.
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This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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When the polite, cultured Dr. Pepper consumes a special draught, he turns into the brutish, monstrous Mr. Pibb.
December 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
When the polite, cultured Dr. Pepper consumes a special draught, he turns into the brutish, monstrous Mr. Pibb.
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He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
December 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
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Disco Elysium being free on the Epic Games Store is truly a Christmas miracle. This is such a singular and superb video game.
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Disco Elysium - The Final Cut | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store
Download and play Disco Elysium - The Final Cut at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!
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December 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Disco Elysium being free on the Epic Games Store is truly a Christmas miracle. This is such a singular and superb video game.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/disc...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/disc...
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This here, a proud and upsetting member of His Majesty's Royal Navy, is Pollyanna the reindeer.
And for the avoidance of doubt, she's the one on the right of the photograph.
And for the avoidance of doubt, she's the one on the right of the photograph.
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This here, a proud and upsetting member of His Majesty's Royal Navy, is Pollyanna the reindeer.
And for the avoidance of doubt, she's the one on the right of the photograph.
And for the avoidance of doubt, she's the one on the right of the photograph.
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