Fred Hicks
@deadlyfredly.bsky.social
President of Evil Hat (I publish Fate, Blades in the Dark, Monster of the Week, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, &c). Liberal in politics, reposting, & use of the block button. Please consider NOT following me if you don’t know me; I limit parasociality when I can.
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And perhaps most importantly, there is no "right" level of appetite for risk. It's something you'll have to come to on your own and, should circumstances change, possibly revise.
The thing you *shouldn't* do is find someone successful and emulate their posture.
The thing you *shouldn't* do is find someone successful and emulate their posture.
The fact that I am here and able to share numbers and give looks under the hood is because we’ve survived.
Survivor bias is in effect. If you’re not also learning from companies that failed you’re ignoring a ton of relevant data.
Survivor bias is in effect. If you’re not also learning from companies that failed you’re ignoring a ton of relevant data.
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unionized devs
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
unionized devs
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Hey #ttrpg folks, I'm struggling with really grokking Carved from Brindlewood play. Please drop any Actual plays -- YouTube or podcast, if you don't mind.
I get it, but I don't GET it, get it. Much like I really didn't get PbtA until a crapload of @thecritshow.bsky.social episodes.
I get it, but I don't GET it, get it. Much like I really didn't get PbtA until a crapload of @thecritshow.bsky.social episodes.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Hey #ttrpg folks, I'm struggling with really grokking Carved from Brindlewood play. Please drop any Actual plays -- YouTube or podcast, if you don't mind.
I get it, but I don't GET it, get it. Much like I really didn't get PbtA until a crapload of @thecritshow.bsky.social episodes.
I get it, but I don't GET it, get it. Much like I really didn't get PbtA until a crapload of @thecritshow.bsky.social episodes.
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It's Two Weeks Until Crystal Heart Is Out Day!
#CrystalHeart
#CrystalHeart
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It's Two Weeks Until Crystal Heart Is Out Day!
#CrystalHeart
#CrystalHeart
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We deserve a Democratic Party that is willing to fight as hard as we are.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We deserve a Democratic Party that is willing to fight as hard as we are.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
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The last thing you ever see as the anesthesia kicks in
March 10, 2024 at 4:51 PM
The last thing you ever see as the anesthesia kicks in
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Tim Hutchings speaks about Thousand Year Old Vampire. Pick up a physical copy on our website, and hear the full interview on our YouTube channel #ttrpg #ttrpgs #vampire #journaling
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tim Hutchings speaks about Thousand Year Old Vampire. Pick up a physical copy on our website, and hear the full interview on our YouTube channel #ttrpg #ttrpgs #vampire #journaling
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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
www.youtube.com
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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If 10% of my business was based on defrauding and scamming people, and was called a "pillar of the global fraud economy", I would have some serious moral qualms about my business. Not our friends at Meta though.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If 10% of my business was based on defrauding and scamming people, and was called a "pillar of the global fraud economy", I would have some serious moral qualms about my business. Not our friends at Meta though.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
You do. You do like that sort of thing.
Hey! The narrative audiobook of DEAD THINGS, the first in the Eric Carter, Necromancer series is 50% off until 12/1 if you like that sort of thing.
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www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
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Follow necromancer Eric Carter through a world of vengeful gods and goddesses, mysterious murders, and restless ghosts in this dark urban fantasy series kick-off.
Necromancer is such an ugly word, ...
www.audiobooks.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
You do. You do like that sort of thing.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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Because many struggle with math…
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Because many struggle with math…
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Folks, a pill to swallow: if current Democrats will cave to your healthcare, they will cave to your voting rights. If they will cave to you not getting paid for 40 days, they will cave to LGBTQ+ marriage. If they cave to stalling our airplanes, they will cave to destroying our National Parks.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Folks, a pill to swallow: if current Democrats will cave to your healthcare, they will cave to your voting rights. If they will cave to you not getting paid for 40 days, they will cave to LGBTQ+ marriage. If they cave to stalling our airplanes, they will cave to destroying our National Parks.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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“None are up for reelection in 2026” so warm up those long term shitlists, voters do have a tendency for short memory spans www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown
There are few obvious threads connecting the group who broke the partisan impasse.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“None are up for reelection in 2026” so warm up those long term shitlists, voters do have a tendency for short memory spans www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Earth to Democrats: Do NOT compromise on your shutdown demand.
robertreich.substack.com/p/earth-to-d...
robertreich.substack.com/p/earth-to-d...
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Earth to Democrats: Do NOT compromise on your shutdown demand.
robertreich.substack.com/p/earth-to-d...
robertreich.substack.com/p/earth-to-d...
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It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare
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My little cousin in Belgium is paying a few hundred dollars a year for university
Americans, we could have this too, actually 😭
Americans, we could have this too, actually 😭
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My little cousin in Belgium is paying a few hundred dollars a year for university
Americans, we could have this too, actually 😭
Americans, we could have this too, actually 😭
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"A promise of a vote on healthcare"
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"A promise of a vote on healthcare"
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this is definitely material basis for a Cthulhu or Delta Green scenario starting point
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
this is definitely material basis for a Cthulhu or Delta Green scenario starting point
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Has it occurred to the Paris police that this might actually be Arsène Lupin?
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Has it occurred to the Paris police that this might actually be Arsène Lupin?