Lord Chris Hanrahan (He/Him)
@chrishanrahan.bsky.social
Lord of Sealand, Dad, Husband, Husky Parent, Keratoconus afflicted, Kettlebell Enthusiast. I am the Business Manager at Evil Hat Productions. Now I live in Ireland.
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This was a fun one. I played cosmic horror tinkerbell.
I've got three Party of One episodes I think really showcase what makes the mystery resolution mechanics in Carved From Brindlewood games work:
1, our Apocalypse Keys game with @kierongillen.bsky.social
www.partyofonepodcast.com/2025/09/14/4...
1, our Apocalypse Keys game with @kierongillen.bsky.social
www.partyofonepodcast.com/2025/09/14/4...
467 - Apocalypse Keys with Kieron Gillen - Party Of One
Kieron is the writer behind some of my favorite comics, including Young Avengers, Journey Into Mystery, and The Wicked + The Divine. His latest works include The Power Fantasy, about the six superpowe...
www.partyofonepodcast.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This was a fun one. I played cosmic horror tinkerbell.
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No, using AI generated stuff as a "placeholder" on your crowdfunding campaign is not OK either.
If the visuals are THAT important to getting your project funded, then you need to pay a person up front for those key visuals and deliver a consistent end product to your backers.
If the visuals are THAT important to getting your project funded, then you need to pay a person up front for those key visuals and deliver a consistent end product to your backers.
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
No, using AI generated stuff as a "placeholder" on your crowdfunding campaign is not OK either.
If the visuals are THAT important to getting your project funded, then you need to pay a person up front for those key visuals and deliver a consistent end product to your backers.
If the visuals are THAT important to getting your project funded, then you need to pay a person up front for those key visuals and deliver a consistent end product to your backers.
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A colder-than-expected Pacific system will bring up to two feet of snow to higher elevations and a fast burst of rain and wind across the Bay Area by Thursday.
First major snow of the season expected as atmospheric river targets California
A colder-than-expected Pacific system will bring up to two feet of snow to higher elevations and a fast burst of rain and wind across the Bay Area by Thursday.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A colder-than-expected Pacific system will bring up to two feet of snow to higher elevations and a fast burst of rain and wind across the Bay Area by Thursday.
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Everything that actually made America great is being destroyed
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Everything that actually made America great is being destroyed
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Hit the phones, everyone
I guess you can quantify the massive disconnect between party leaders and the party base they loathe
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hit the phones, everyone
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The light from the Battle of Wolf 359 would be observable from Earth-based sublight telescopes 7 years, 10 months, 1 week, 2 days, 17 hours, and 36 minutes after it took place.
Monday, November 11, 2374 at 1:44:52 pm
Hat tip to @spaghettisauceress.bsky.social for working that out
Monday, November 11, 2374 at 1:44:52 pm
Hat tip to @spaghettisauceress.bsky.social for working that out
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The light from the Battle of Wolf 359 would be observable from Earth-based sublight telescopes 7 years, 10 months, 1 week, 2 days, 17 hours, and 36 minutes after it took place.
Monday, November 11, 2374 at 1:44:52 pm
Hat tip to @spaghettisauceress.bsky.social for working that out
Monday, November 11, 2374 at 1:44:52 pm
Hat tip to @spaghettisauceress.bsky.social for working that out
Margie got her first Irish Grooming today, and she is beautiful.
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Margie got her first Irish Grooming today, and she is beautiful.
Went down and looked at the river after all the rain we’ve been having over the last 48 hours, it’s moving!
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Went down and looked at the river after all the rain we’ve been having over the last 48 hours, it’s moving!
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Thunder Road Vendetta RPG is available now! Get in the driver's seat!
Thunder Road Vendetta RPG
THUNDER ROAD: VENDETTA RPG brings together the over the top action of the board game with the freedom of an RPG. Explore the WASTELAND after the DISASTER. Rule the Racetrack and the RADIATION RUINS. You are the car. Drive it like you stole it! Powered by the polymorph, its easy to get behind the wheel and start your
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November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thunder Road Vendetta RPG is available now! Get in the driver's seat!
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I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Boy you can just realllllllly fucking tell who's never had to get on the horn with an insurance company huh
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Boy you can just realllllllly fucking tell who's never had to get on the horn with an insurance company huh
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anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
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When you look up and see this standing there.
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
When you look up and see this standing there.
Anyone have any good book recommendations on Storytelling more related to business/leadership and less on things like RPGs? I have a friend looking for a place to start. (thanks!)
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Anyone have any good book recommendations on Storytelling more related to business/leadership and less on things like RPGs? I have a friend looking for a place to start. (thanks!)
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The responses to this are the modern version of the crowd hurling spoiled vegetables at you while onstage.
I will not support the Republican bill that’s on the Senate floor because it fails to do anything of substance to fix America’s healthcare crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The responses to this are the modern version of the crowd hurling spoiled vegetables at you while onstage.
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Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
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Backers are starting to get their Blue Planet books and it's nice to see how marvelous my maps turned out. Now that is a nice inside cover spread.
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Backers are starting to get their Blue Planet books and it's nice to see how marvelous my maps turned out. Now that is a nice inside cover spread.
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we're not doing this.
Christine Pelosi, daughter of Nancy Pelosi, has announced she’s running for the California State Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
we're not doing this.
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D&D minis have gone back & forth between being licensed to third parties and being produced in-house. When I worked on D&D minis, they were in-house. Here are some in-house TSR monster minis from 1989 & 1995. These and a lot more gems from my basement now on eBay.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
D&D minis have gone back & forth between being licensed to third parties and being produced in-house. When I worked on D&D minis, they were in-house. Here are some in-house TSR monster minis from 1989 & 1995. These and a lot more gems from my basement now on eBay.
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_...
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_...
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i'm stand-upping at THE PUNCH LINE in San Francisco with Dana Gould on November 20-22 if you're into that sort of thing @danagould.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
i'm stand-upping at THE PUNCH LINE in San Francisco with Dana Gould on November 20-22 if you're into that sort of thing @danagould.bsky.social
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Last week I talked with Ben Riggs in what I think will be my next-to-last interview for Designers & Dragons: Origins. We talked a bit about the books themselves, but mainly we talked about our individual views of early Dungeons & Dragons history, which we've now both written about.
This is an RPG historian you have to hear from- A conversation with Shannon Appelcline Episode 78
YouTube video by Reading D&D Aloud
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November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Last week I talked with Ben Riggs in what I think will be my next-to-last interview for Designers & Dragons: Origins. We talked a bit about the books themselves, but mainly we talked about our individual views of early Dungeons & Dragons history, which we've now both written about.
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predator is a slasher movie and arnold schwarzenegger is the final girl
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
predator is a slasher movie and arnold schwarzenegger is the final girl
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I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.