Clara Allison
@clearlygolden.bsky.social
Literally a mermaid. Award Winning Gamer of Tabletops, Masters Program Student, Coordinator of Art and Costume Departments, Merry Wife of Windsor. ✡️🇱🇦
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Clara Allison
@clearlygolden.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Also hello to my new friends who may be new and added me because of a starter pack:
I’m Clara(she/they) I do a great deal of things but what you need to know is that I:
- produce/perform in Actual Play #TTRPG content
- Costume/Production Design for film and television.
Sometimes, these intersect.
I’m Clara(she/they) I do a great deal of things but what you need to know is that I:
- produce/perform in Actual Play #TTRPG content
- Costume/Production Design for film and television.
Sometimes, these intersect.
Oh hey, I’m on Critical Role! (Technically) youtu.be/7M6QpzlX7pQ?...
Critical Role’s New Intro! | Campaign 4
YouTube video by Critical Role
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November 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Oh hey, I’m on Critical Role! (Technically) youtu.be/7M6QpzlX7pQ?...
With Mamdani winning New York, are we going to get Stomp-Clap-Hey music back? Can we revive it anyway?
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
With Mamdani winning New York, are we going to get Stomp-Clap-Hey music back? Can we revive it anyway?
Every year I am delighted to violate my “keep the holidays where they belong” stance only because it means NUTCRACKER SEASON (and caroling prep)
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Every year I am delighted to violate my “keep the holidays where they belong” stance only because it means NUTCRACKER SEASON (and caroling prep)
ICYMI it or want to put something on for your last minute Halloween crafting: we returned to the Huddyverse with @huddyvonschland.bsky.social as she ran the 3rd in her interconnected spooky-season #vtm oneshot series for the official @worldofdarkness.bsky.social channel! youtu.be/k3GoJkXOugs?...
VTM - "The Rebellious" - An Anarch One-Shot
YouTube video by World of Darkness
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October 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
ICYMI it or want to put something on for your last minute Halloween crafting: we returned to the Huddyverse with @huddyvonschland.bsky.social as she ran the 3rd in her interconnected spooky-season #vtm oneshot series for the official @worldofdarkness.bsky.social channel! youtu.be/k3GoJkXOugs?...
I really enjoy taking with my classmates. There’s just something very endearing about a bunch of people being trained to be good and active listeners also getting super excited to talk about a topic and having them balance those impulses.
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I really enjoy taking with my classmates. There’s just something very endearing about a bunch of people being trained to be good and active listeners also getting super excited to talk about a topic and having them balance those impulses.
I’m shaming on all platforms. I can’t believe my first VtM after TANS starts with @lauratutu.bsky.social SCREWING ME OVER. I expected this of @vampiresnvino.bsky.social but not you.
October 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I’m shaming on all platforms. I can’t believe my first VtM after TANS starts with @lauratutu.bsky.social SCREWING ME OVER. I expected this of @vampiresnvino.bsky.social but not you.
Reposted by Clara Allison
hey vamily… be on @worldofdarkness.bsky.social tomorrow playing some messy toreador lesbian nonsense ‼️🩸
10/25, 2:30 PM ET | 8:30 PM CEST
twitch.tv/worldofdarkness #vtm
10/25, 2:30 PM ET | 8:30 PM CEST
twitch.tv/worldofdarkness #vtm
October 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
hey vamily… be on @worldofdarkness.bsky.social tomorrow playing some messy toreador lesbian nonsense ‼️🩸
10/25, 2:30 PM ET | 8:30 PM CEST
twitch.tv/worldofdarkness #vtm
10/25, 2:30 PM ET | 8:30 PM CEST
twitch.tv/worldofdarkness #vtm
Why aren’t there more vampire psychologists? I feel like it would be fertile ground for study.
Also @huddyvonschland.bsky.social did rectify this problem by letting play one THIS SATURDAY. No promise psych will come up, but I will continue to play socially messy, emotionally damaged monsters.
Also @huddyvonschland.bsky.social did rectify this problem by letting play one THIS SATURDAY. No promise psych will come up, but I will continue to play socially messy, emotionally damaged monsters.
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Why aren’t there more vampire psychologists? I feel like it would be fertile ground for study.
Also @huddyvonschland.bsky.social did rectify this problem by letting play one THIS SATURDAY. No promise psych will come up, but I will continue to play socially messy, emotionally damaged monsters.
Also @huddyvonschland.bsky.social did rectify this problem by letting play one THIS SATURDAY. No promise psych will come up, but I will continue to play socially messy, emotionally damaged monsters.
Hey #ttrpg Bluesky, new question:
Do you think games are written to be played 100% rules as written? If not, where’s the line where you stop following them?
Do you think games are written to be played 100% rules as written? If not, where’s the line where you stop following them?
October 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Hey #ttrpg Bluesky, new question:
Do you think games are written to be played 100% rules as written? If not, where’s the line where you stop following them?
Do you think games are written to be played 100% rules as written? If not, where’s the line where you stop following them?
Every year my band does a “let’s go to a haunted place and poke ghosts” activity and every year I wonder how I am supposed to replace 11 singers?
September 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Every year my band does a “let’s go to a haunted place and poke ghosts” activity and every year I wonder how I am supposed to replace 11 singers?
Gen Z/Alpha humor is deeply rooted in being exclusionary. “Haha adult doesn’t know our fun cool inside joke” but it’s across tiktok algorithms. The humor comes from the fact that adults are baffled. Otherwise, it’s just elevated echolalia.
September 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Gen Z/Alpha humor is deeply rooted in being exclusionary. “Haha adult doesn’t know our fun cool inside joke” but it’s across tiktok algorithms. The humor comes from the fact that adults are baffled. Otherwise, it’s just elevated echolalia.
More TTRPG tips from improv class:
Don’t be coy. Confess the secret.
We don’t know what is in your head. The only thing that exists in the narrative for your table is what you voice aloud. You may have a cool tortured backstory but I don’t know to bring that up with you if I don’t know it exists.
Don’t be coy. Confess the secret.
We don’t know what is in your head. The only thing that exists in the narrative for your table is what you voice aloud. You may have a cool tortured backstory but I don’t know to bring that up with you if I don’t know it exists.
August 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
More TTRPG tips from improv class:
Don’t be coy. Confess the secret.
We don’t know what is in your head. The only thing that exists in the narrative for your table is what you voice aloud. You may have a cool tortured backstory but I don’t know to bring that up with you if I don’t know it exists.
Don’t be coy. Confess the secret.
We don’t know what is in your head. The only thing that exists in the narrative for your table is what you voice aloud. You may have a cool tortured backstory but I don’t know to bring that up with you if I don’t know it exists.
Reposted by Clara Allison
Actual Play tips from improv class:
You have to care about your scene partner. You don’t have to LOVE other characters. You do need a reason to interact with the people in your scene.
“But my character wouldn’t-“
Find a reason.
If you don’t want to be there, the audience won’t want to be there.
You have to care about your scene partner. You don’t have to LOVE other characters. You do need a reason to interact with the people in your scene.
“But my character wouldn’t-“
Find a reason.
If you don’t want to be there, the audience won’t want to be there.
August 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Actual Play tips from improv class:
You have to care about your scene partner. You don’t have to LOVE other characters. You do need a reason to interact with the people in your scene.
“But my character wouldn’t-“
Find a reason.
If you don’t want to be there, the audience won’t want to be there.
You have to care about your scene partner. You don’t have to LOVE other characters. You do need a reason to interact with the people in your scene.
“But my character wouldn’t-“
Find a reason.
If you don’t want to be there, the audience won’t want to be there.
Truly nothing activates the Group Project trauma than being in a game that has downtimes and homework and being the only one who does it.
This isn’t about anyone in particular and I’m trying not to turn it into a multi-post rant. We’ll see how that goes.
This isn’t about anyone in particular and I’m trying not to turn it into a multi-post rant. We’ll see how that goes.
August 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Truly nothing activates the Group Project trauma than being in a game that has downtimes and homework and being the only one who does it.
This isn’t about anyone in particular and I’m trying not to turn it into a multi-post rant. We’ll see how that goes.
This isn’t about anyone in particular and I’m trying not to turn it into a multi-post rant. We’ll see how that goes.
Wait no, this one is solid.
if you include some made up words or language in your ttrpg you should have to include a pronunciation guide thats a playlist of short 1-2 minute videos of you pronouncing each word in front of your high school friends if youre going to make others do it its only fair
August 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Wait no, this one is solid.
There is no thoughtful opinion or insight I can have that doesn’t immediately lose credibility when it’s followed by “fuck I’m going to be late for improv.”
August 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
There is no thoughtful opinion or insight I can have that doesn’t immediately lose credibility when it’s followed by “fuck I’m going to be late for improv.”
This isn’t a bad thing either. We don’t expect movie studios to provide grants for smaller scale studios. D20 and CR *do* have strong community leaning models but demanding they do anything other than what they are doing is somewhat parasocial imho.
But it would be nice.
But it would be nice.
I think that if Critical Role and D20 *wanted* to do something useful for the form of Actual Play, they could create artistic grants for smaller-scale AP artists. I don't think they will ever do this.
August 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This isn’t a bad thing either. We don’t expect movie studios to provide grants for smaller scale studios. D20 and CR *do* have strong community leaning models but demanding they do anything other than what they are doing is somewhat parasocial imho.
But it would be nice.
But it would be nice.
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The industry would be far better off if people could accept that it's okay to cordially dislike someone who hasn't really done anything harmful but who just annoys you personally. It should be fine to just not get along with someone without that meaning "and therefore their life should be ruined."
July 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The industry would be far better off if people could accept that it's okay to cordially dislike someone who hasn't really done anything harmful but who just annoys you personally. It should be fine to just not get along with someone without that meaning "and therefore their life should be ruined."
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9. The desire for personal brand ownership leads to a staggering duplication of effort in AP, and depletes the resources available for any one project. We'd be making more, better stuff if the base instinct was "Who can I join?" instead of "Where can I build my own thing?"
July 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
9. The desire for personal brand ownership leads to a staggering duplication of effort in AP, and depletes the resources available for any one project. We'd be making more, better stuff if the base instinct was "Who can I join?" instead of "Where can I build my own thing?"
I’m well actually-ing and yes-anding like a good improv nerd:
If you take an improv class the first thing they’ll tell you is NOT to try to make jokes. The funny will just happen. HOWEVER I fully believe that people who try to earn credibility by citing their education probably do just want to win.
If you take an improv class the first thing they’ll tell you is NOT to try to make jokes. The funny will just happen. HOWEVER I fully believe that people who try to earn credibility by citing their education probably do just want to win.
6. The improv school urge to "win" a scene by being the most, the last, the funniest, the saddest is poison for actual play. You're not here to score points. You're here to build rhythm, tone, and trust. Sometimes, the best move is to pass the ball and let someone else slam dunk the scene.
July 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I’m well actually-ing and yes-anding like a good improv nerd:
If you take an improv class the first thing they’ll tell you is NOT to try to make jokes. The funny will just happen. HOWEVER I fully believe that people who try to earn credibility by citing their education probably do just want to win.
If you take an improv class the first thing they’ll tell you is NOT to try to make jokes. The funny will just happen. HOWEVER I fully believe that people who try to earn credibility by citing their education probably do just want to win.
P.S. If you see yourself in a post I make about the generalized you; that’s probably something to reflect on.
Doubly so if it hurts.
Tripply so if it’s about my shitty dating life.
Doubly so if it hurts.
Tripply so if it’s about my shitty dating life.
July 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
P.S. If you see yourself in a post I make about the generalized you; that’s probably something to reflect on.
Doubly so if it hurts.
Tripply so if it’s about my shitty dating life.
Doubly so if it hurts.
Tripply so if it’s about my shitty dating life.
I want to call this one out because it’s something I see in every kind of entertainment I’ve been in:
Don’t lie to yourself when you start a project. Do you want to actually produce a project, or do you want notoriety? If you want the latter; there are other ways to get it for less work 1/9
Don’t lie to yourself when you start a project. Do you want to actually produce a project, or do you want notoriety? If you want the latter; there are other ways to get it for less work 1/9
6. Recruit Based On A Common Mission
As our team expanded, the shared vision motivating QCG became blurrier. Expectations built on building a strong stable of thoughtful, cinematic actual play were diluted by individual ambition, personal branding, and concerns over "screen time." (12/
As our team expanded, the shared vision motivating QCG became blurrier. Expectations built on building a strong stable of thoughtful, cinematic actual play were diluted by individual ambition, personal branding, and concerns over "screen time." (12/
July 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I want to call this one out because it’s something I see in every kind of entertainment I’ve been in:
Don’t lie to yourself when you start a project. Do you want to actually produce a project, or do you want notoriety? If you want the latter; there are other ways to get it for less work 1/9
Don’t lie to yourself when you start a project. Do you want to actually produce a project, or do you want notoriety? If you want the latter; there are other ways to get it for less work 1/9
If I was going to teach a class on Actual Play production, a lot of it would be lessons Aaron details here.
He says it nicer than I would but 10 years of film production does not leave me kind to people who would think “professional” means anything other than professional expectations.
He says it nicer than I would but 10 years of film production does not leave me kind to people who would think “professional” means anything other than professional expectations.
I've taken some time as QCG winds down to think hard about the places we struggled, and what other aspirational indie studios might learn from it.
So here's a short thread: advice on running an actual play company from the Managing Director of Queen's Court Games.
🧠📃⬇️
So here's a short thread: advice on running an actual play company from the Managing Director of Queen's Court Games.
🧠📃⬇️
July 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
If I was going to teach a class on Actual Play production, a lot of it would be lessons Aaron details here.
He says it nicer than I would but 10 years of film production does not leave me kind to people who would think “professional” means anything other than professional expectations.
He says it nicer than I would but 10 years of film production does not leave me kind to people who would think “professional” means anything other than professional expectations.
I have a degree in design.
July 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I have a degree in design.