A. Jordan DeWitt | Glue Trap Games
@discodan.bsky.social
he/him. queer, theatre educator, actor, director, ttrpg designer. one half of Glue Trap Games. birmingham, AL.
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ENDIES Pt. 1: Tabletop Games
Just because my blog is new doesn’t mean I don’t get to do a year-end round-up!
Right?
Okay, here goes, post numero uno:
I played a lot of ga...
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Endies part 1: tabletop games! I played… actually a lot of games this year! discodanlives.bearblog.dev/endies-pt-1-...
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Looking for a resolution table to roll on for 2026
December 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Looking for a resolution table to roll on for 2026
Having a bit of a Steinbeck run and I’m nearly finished with East of Eden. What a book. Yellowstone eat your heart out!
December 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Having a bit of a Steinbeck run and I’m nearly finished with East of Eden. What a book. Yellowstone eat your heart out!
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what's up gamers, I'm back with another blogpost about editing. this one's about development editing rather than line and copy editing, though, so the tips are all a little more vague and philosophical. hope you enjoy anyways: samsorensen.blot.im/ten-intangib...
December 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
what's up gamers, I'm back with another blogpost about editing. this one's about development editing rather than line and copy editing, though, so the tips are all a little more vague and philosophical. hope you enjoy anyways: samsorensen.blot.im/ten-intangib...
I’m only like 5 hours in, but the writing in Octopath Traveler 0… woof.
Octopath 2 had some goofiness, but generally I felt subverted a lot of the tropes it was playing with.
This one though… How many maniacally laughing Joker characters do we need?! There are currently at least three!
Octopath 2 had some goofiness, but generally I felt subverted a lot of the tropes it was playing with.
This one though… How many maniacally laughing Joker characters do we need?! There are currently at least three!
December 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I’m only like 5 hours in, but the writing in Octopath Traveler 0… woof.
Octopath 2 had some goofiness, but generally I felt subverted a lot of the tropes it was playing with.
This one though… How many maniacally laughing Joker characters do we need?! There are currently at least three!
Octopath 2 had some goofiness, but generally I felt subverted a lot of the tropes it was playing with.
This one though… How many maniacally laughing Joker characters do we need?! There are currently at least three!
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Lyric Games, Story Games, throw a dart to hit a 4e-alike, there is something of value to be learned from -every- kind of game, even if it's derivative. You cannot diminish someone's writing to something unworthy of respect just because you dont like it.
December 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Lyric Games, Story Games, throw a dart to hit a 4e-alike, there is something of value to be learned from -every- kind of game, even if it's derivative. You cannot diminish someone's writing to something unworthy of respect just because you dont like it.
He’s always backed up by literal random ghouls. Like who are these freakazoids?
December 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
He’s always backed up by literal random ghouls. Like who are these freakazoids?
It never fails; I can be feeling low, with some indigestion and a little seasonal affective disorder, but I step out on stage and it all evaporates. Performing is a restoration.
December 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It never fails; I can be feeling low, with some indigestion and a little seasonal affective disorder, but I step out on stage and it all evaporates. Performing is a restoration.
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Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
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This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
Anyone who supports this is an embarrassment. "Instead of typing it out they'll generate their idea"? Are you insane?
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
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New Dungeon (in blog form): Castle Claus, or The Keep on the North Pole
A Rankin Bass Christmas-themed dungeon for the Merry Hexmas Blog Bandwagon. Possibly one of my more high effort blog posts to date
#osr #ttrpg
A Rankin Bass Christmas-themed dungeon for the Merry Hexmas Blog Bandwagon. Possibly one of my more high effort blog posts to date
#osr #ttrpg
Castle Claus: The Keep on the North Pole — Prismatic Wasteland
A Merry Hexmas location: dungeoncrawl through Santa Claus’ castle. Whether you lead an elf and reindeer uprising is up to you!
www.prismaticwasteland.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Endies part 1: tabletop games! I played… actually a lot of games this year! discodanlives.bearblog.dev/endies-pt-1-...
ENDIES Pt. 1: Tabletop Games
Just because my blog is new doesn’t mean I don’t get to do a year-end round-up!
Right?
Okay, here goes, post numero uno:
I played a lot of ga...
discodanlives.bearblog.dev
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Endies part 1: tabletop games! I played… actually a lot of games this year! discodanlives.bearblog.dev/endies-pt-1-...
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At last, you've found it! The Sceptre of Falkoon!
Another fun piece for @discodan.bsky.social's wild ride of a #mörkborg adventure: Mantis-Men Breeding Pit Massacre!
Another fun piece for @discodan.bsky.social's wild ride of a #mörkborg adventure: Mantis-Men Breeding Pit Massacre!
December 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
At last, you've found it! The Sceptre of Falkoon!
Another fun piece for @discodan.bsky.social's wild ride of a #mörkborg adventure: Mantis-Men Breeding Pit Massacre!
Another fun piece for @discodan.bsky.social's wild ride of a #mörkborg adventure: Mantis-Men Breeding Pit Massacre!
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If you are a fan of the BlueSky OSR feed Yochai created, that I now manage, please consider donating for its upkeep costs! The service we use has created this convenient page where you can donate directly to paying for the feed’s hosting.
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OSR Feed
This feed collects posts related to the OSR, the RPG scene centred around old-school Dungeons & Dragons and friends. The feed will pull posts related to OSR games and topics, like B/X, Mork Borg, Mega...
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December 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you are a fan of the BlueSky OSR feed Yochai created, that I now manage, please consider donating for its upkeep costs! The service we use has created this convenient page where you can donate directly to paying for the feed’s hosting.
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Rushed to see Return of the King with my dad after an early Christmas dinner at my grandparents house. When we got there the only seats available were in the front row. The orcs were like 20-feet-tall.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Rushed to see Return of the King with my dad after an early Christmas dinner at my grandparents house. When we got there the only seats available were in the front row. The orcs were like 20-feet-tall.
This is a hilarious explanation. Who’s he been shaking hands with? Freddy Krueger?
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is a hilarious explanation. Who’s he been shaking hands with? Freddy Krueger?
Another slow week before exams, so I played a bit of @arthograph.bsky.social’s Gentleman Scoundrel! Tried to go as first draft as possible: discodanlives.bearblog.dev/gentleman-sc...
Gentleman Scoundrel by Allison Arth
It's been a slow week at the old education factory, and I decided to take the newest "Gentleman" poetry game for a spin.
Here are a couple Doskvolian (?)...
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December 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Another slow week before exams, so I played a bit of @arthograph.bsky.social’s Gentleman Scoundrel! Tried to go as first draft as possible: discodanlives.bearblog.dev/gentleman-sc...
Look at this delightfully gross freak! Kris is nailing it.
Can't stop, won't stop. Mantis-Husk Warrior. The Dark Spawn of Thrul’spak the Necromantis. C'mon! Who's hyped for @discodan.bsky.social's Mantis-Men Breeding Pit Massacre? A #mörkborg adventure coming your way in 2026.
#inkdrawing #ttrpg #fantasy #art
#inkdrawing #ttrpg #fantasy #art
December 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Look at this delightfully gross freak! Kris is nailing it.
Slow day at the education factory, so I played a round of Gentleman Bandit by @arthograph.bsky.social on my off period: discodanlives.bearblog.dev/gentleman-ba...
Gentleman Bandit by Allison Arth
Bored at work today, I picked up Allison Arth's phenomenal solo poetry game and whipped up a quick 13-line poem from the perspective of a melodramatic o...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Slow day at the education factory, so I played a round of Gentleman Bandit by @arthograph.bsky.social on my off period: discodanlives.bearblog.dev/gentleman-ba...
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It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Truly the Philomena Cunk of OSR blogging. Brilliant. Cackle-inducing. Read read read.
I have posted too close to the sun, the hogs bay, pigs in the mud wiggle and writhe. I have been forced to write An OCR, and will be doing it in as strange a way as I can manage.
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Don Quixote & Dragons - The Garden Below
making an old school roleplaying game from first principles.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Truly the Philomena Cunk of OSR blogging. Brilliant. Cackle-inducing. Read read read.
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Hot take time, lot of chatter about what is the #osr and I'm finally weighing in.
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We're asking the wrong questions about the OSR?
Everyone is asking what is the OSR again, but I think we're asking the wrong questions?
Who's not asking these questions?
What don't they want us to kn...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hot take time, lot of chatter about what is the #osr and I'm finally weighing in.
nostradumbass.bearblog.dev/were-asking-...
nostradumbass.bearblog.dev/were-asking-...
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i cannot believe video games are having a massive controversy in 2025 for a horror work like ten times less explicit and extreme than antichrist. everyone's seen that fuckin movie.
December 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
i cannot believe video games are having a massive controversy in 2025 for a horror work like ten times less explicit and extreme than antichrist. everyone's seen that fuckin movie.
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is the Emptiness We All Feel Inside.
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is the Emptiness We All Feel Inside.
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people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try