Dave Snider
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Dave Snider
@davesnider.com
· Mar 21
Table Slayer is now feature complete. I plan on opening it up for beta up next week, and doing a full release once I come back from vacation in mid April. It will be Open Source. Here's a demo. If you're interested in helping with the beta, sign up at tableslayer.com.
Table Slayer... the physical product...? My touch screen works pretty well, now I just need to make the playfield support touch like the editor does. If you're interested in buying something like this let me know. I want to build a device that you plug in some power and it "just works".
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Table Slayer... the physical product...? My touch screen works pretty well, now I just need to make the playfield support touch like the editor does. If you're interested in buying something like this let me know. I want to build a device that you plug in some power and it "just works".
Watched Lady in the Water with the kids tonight. They loved it. Outside of Night casting himself in a pretty pretentious role (which no kid would know) I have no problems with that flick and think it was unreasonably hated at release. Some movies you just need to enjoy the ride and go along with it.
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Watched Lady in the Water with the kids tonight. They loved it. Outside of Night casting himself in a pretty pretentious role (which no kid would know) I have no problems with that flick and think it was unreasonably hated at release. Some movies you just need to enjoy the ride and go along with it.
The direction is upward!
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The direction is upward!
Hadn't updated my website in awhile. Figured I'd put up an "I did it" blog post about Table Slayer. In a bit of cosmic timing, I got a Fedex notice that my large format touch screen will be delivered later this afternoon. It'll be fun to do something physical. www.davesnider.com/posts/tables...
Table Slayer
Build and manage animated battle maps for in person RPG games on a TV
www.davesnider.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Hadn't updated my website in awhile. Figured I'd put up an "I did it" blog post about Table Slayer. In a bit of cosmic timing, I got a Fedex notice that my large format touch screen will be delivered later this afternoon. It'll be fun to do something physical. www.davesnider.com/posts/tables...
Really enjoying Fate of the Fellowship.
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Really enjoying Fate of the Fellowship.
Migrating a large music library to a new NAS and taking the opportunity to clean up all the directories, file names, and meta tags. Thought it would be easy, but then I remembered I'm married to @nopartofnothin.bsky.social and she loves single tracks and Bluegrass live albums.
October 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Migrating a large music library to a new NAS and taking the opportunity to clean up all the directories, file names, and meta tags. Thought it would be easy, but then I remembered I'm married to @nopartofnothin.bsky.social and she loves single tracks and Bluegrass live albums.
Our travel trailer is winterized and cleaned out till next season. My family spent seven weeks in it this year, a new record! Next trip will likely be to colonial Williamsburg in the Spring. If anyone has any good spots to check out within three hours south of there lemme know.
October 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Our travel trailer is winterized and cleaned out till next season. My family spent seven weeks in it this year, a new record! Next trip will likely be to colonial Williamsburg in the Spring. If anyone has any good spots to check out within three hours south of there lemme know.
Banjo sometimes likes to sneak up directly to my face while I'm sitting on the couch. Ears back stealth mode.
October 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Banjo sometimes likes to sneak up directly to my face while I'm sitting on the couch. Ears back stealth mode.
Canadians are adorable.
At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.
October 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Canadians are adorable.
Oh god, what am I doing? I'm rewriting the Kingdom Rules for Pathfinder Kingmaker. The original source is EXTREMELY rules heavy and unfun. I want something lighter that gives purpose to Kingdom turns.
October 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Oh god, what am I doing? I'm rewriting the Kingdom Rules for Pathfinder Kingmaker. The original source is EXTREMELY rules heavy and unfun. I want something lighter that gives purpose to Kingdom turns.
I'm not the best at painting minis, but did a quick sorcerer for my son.
October 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I'm not the best at painting minis, but did a quick sorcerer for my son.
Reposted by Dave Snider
More than a decade ago, I sat down with @marcmaron.bsky.social in his garage to tape something new called a podcast. This time, he came to me to record his last episode.
We talked about the power of conviction, decency in an age of division, and the true story of America.
We talked about the power of conviction, decency in an age of division, and the true story of America.
October 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
More than a decade ago, I sat down with @marcmaron.bsky.social in his garage to tape something new called a podcast. This time, he came to me to record his last episode.
We talked about the power of conviction, decency in an age of division, and the true story of America.
We talked about the power of conviction, decency in an age of division, and the true story of America.
Played a bit of Age of Wonders 4 with my son today. That game keeps getting better and better. Wish more people checked it out instead of grumbling about Civ.
October 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Played a bit of Age of Wonders 4 with my son today. That game keeps getting better and better. Wish more people checked it out instead of grumbling about Civ.
Taking my boy to see Tron: Ares in IMAX. Pretty much assuming Tron is more of an aesthetic and soundtrack than a franchise these days, and I'm totally cool with that. "Bio-digital jazz, man!"
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Taking my boy to see Tron: Ares in IMAX. Pretty much assuming Tron is more of an aesthetic and soundtrack than a franchise these days, and I'm totally cool with that. "Bio-digital jazz, man!"
Summary of a DnD session with 10 year olds.
1. The Druid decided not to introduce himself to the party, pretending to be a squirrel in the tavern, then became the horse pulling the cart.
2. The party immediately tried to parlay with goblins, then back-stabbed them after agreeing to terms.
1. The Druid decided not to introduce himself to the party, pretending to be a squirrel in the tavern, then became the horse pulling the cart.
2. The party immediately tried to parlay with goblins, then back-stabbed them after agreeing to terms.
October 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Summary of a DnD session with 10 year olds.
1. The Druid decided not to introduce himself to the party, pretending to be a squirrel in the tavern, then became the horse pulling the cart.
2. The party immediately tried to parlay with goblins, then back-stabbed them after agreeing to terms.
1. The Druid decided not to introduce himself to the party, pretending to be a squirrel in the tavern, then became the horse pulling the cart.
2. The party immediately tried to parlay with goblins, then back-stabbed them after agreeing to terms.
Now seems like a particularly terrible time to be shipping large screen touch screens across the pacific.
October 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Now seems like a particularly terrible time to be shipping large screen touch screens across the pacific.
Every time I prep for a session (this time for my son's friends tonight) I find things to improve or fix in Table Slayer. I need to find a way to play two games a week instead of two a month to better winnow remaining issues.
Small one today: make it so tooltips go away when erasing / drawing.
Small one today: make it so tooltips go away when erasing / drawing.
October 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Every time I prep for a session (this time for my son's friends tonight) I find things to improve or fix in Table Slayer. I need to find a way to play two games a week instead of two a month to better winnow remaining issues.
Small one today: make it so tooltips go away when erasing / drawing.
Small one today: make it so tooltips go away when erasing / drawing.
Am I the only person left that prefers a web page to load in two seconds with everything rendered vs. in one second with a dozen loading spinners or skeletons for each piece of the app? I feel like the move to client side has just made developers lazy towards the UX of their apps.
October 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Am I the only person left that prefers a web page to load in two seconds with everything rendered vs. in one second with a dozen loading spinners or skeletons for each piece of the app? I feel like the move to client side has just made developers lazy towards the UX of their apps.
For folks interested in self-hosting Table Slayer... would it be acceptable to have some limited dependencies (Turso for DB, Cloudflare for a media bucket and websockets)? Both services have ample free plans. Making those two optional would be difficult. Everything else I've been able to remove.
October 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
For folks interested in self-hosting Table Slayer... would it be acceptable to have some limited dependencies (Turso for DB, Cloudflare for a media bucket and websockets)? Both services have ample free plans. Making those two optional would be difficult. Everything else I've been able to remove.
Without seeing her post I walked into my wife's office and said "Are those TWO thesauruses?"
We were meant to be.
We were meant to be.
Also, I am actively using both my thesauruses and wishing I had some poor unfortunate soul ask me what the difference is between them so I could expound on the benefits of each. I am super fun at parties.
October 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Without seeing her post I walked into my wife's office and said "Are those TWO thesauruses?"
We were meant to be.
We were meant to be.
Was thinking about following the NHL this year. Watching the opening match and the animated ads on the boards are driving me nuts. Are all broadcasts like this?
October 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Was thinking about following the NHL this year. Watching the opening match and the animated ads on the boards are driving me nuts. Are all broadcasts like this?
Prepping a campaign for my son and his friends. Going with DnD: Phandelver and the Obelisk Below because it's relatively straight forward and has SO MANY free assets out there. I wanted something easy to run and fairly linear to contrast with my Pathfinder: Kingmaker regular game.
October 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Prepping a campaign for my son and his friends. Going with DnD: Phandelver and the Obelisk Below because it's relatively straight forward and has SO MANY free assets out there. I wanted something easy to run and fairly linear to contrast with my Pathfinder: Kingmaker regular game.
After watching One Battle to Another I've got Steely Dan's "Dirty Work" stuck in my head. Love that song, but was never a big Steely Dan fan. The move was great. PTA always delivers the goods.
October 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
After watching One Battle to Another I've got Steely Dan's "Dirty Work" stuck in my head. Love that song, but was never a big Steely Dan fan. The move was great. PTA always delivers the goods.
Still not entirely sure how to shoot demo videos of some of these updates, but I improved the touch controls for Table Slayer. Took some inspiration from Procreate with meaty sliders for size and opacity. Really happy with how much you can do without a keyboard.
October 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Still not entirely sure how to shoot demo videos of some of these updates, but I improved the touch controls for Table Slayer. Took some inspiration from Procreate with meaty sliders for size and opacity. Really happy with how much you can do without a keyboard.
Someone forked Table Slayer and started work trying to make it easily self-hosted. That was basically all I needed to justify putting the time in to do that work myself. I suspect it'll be a mostly academic exercise, but it'll make me feel good about being a good steward.
September 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Someone forked Table Slayer and started work trying to make it easily self-hosted. That was basically all I needed to justify putting the time in to do that work myself. I suspect it'll be a mostly academic exercise, but it'll make me feel good about being a good steward.