jay Dragon 💤💤💤
@jdragsky.bsky.social
28 🌱 she/her 🌱 editorial director at Possum Creek, lead game designer at Steve Jackson Games, award-winning trans gay 🌱 wrote wanderhome, yazeba's b&b, seven part pact, and others
email: jay@sjgames.com
email: jay@sjgames.com
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jay Dragon 💤💤💤
@jdragsky.bsky.social
· Nov 14
hi everyone! my name is jay Dragon, i'm a tabletop RPG designer and editorial director at Possum Creek Games best known for my work on wanderhome, yazeba's bed & breakfast, sleepaway, and many other games.
my patreon is full of my design thoughts and games in progress: www.patreon.com/possumcreek
my patreon is full of my design thoughts and games in progress: www.patreon.com/possumcreek
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one of my long-running campaigns finally died. as an intermezzo before the next one, we've decided to to play a few sessions of Triangle Agency set in 1974
January 6, 2026 at 4:58 AM
one of my long-running campaigns finally died. as an intermezzo before the next one, we've decided to to play a few sessions of Triangle Agency set in 1974
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Surprise post! Randomisation errors and how to avoid sabotaging your model with bad use of randomisation! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/06/w... #osr
What to randomise when you’re randomising
You may have noticed that a common theme in my reviews is that I criticise people’s random tables: Their wilderness generators, their wandering monsters, their weather tables, their treasure …
idlecartulary.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Surprise post! Randomisation errors and how to avoid sabotaging your model with bad use of randomisation! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/06/w... #osr
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I need every leftist #ttrpg nerd to listen to this banger interview @jdragsky.bsky.social did with @/everyday_anarchism so I can talk to you about it because I have so many little percolating thoughts
www.everydayanarchism.com/174-rules-ga...
www.everydayanarchism.com/174-rules-ga...
174. Rules, Games, and Anarchy -- Jay Dragon
Ever since C. Thi Nguyen appeared on the podcast, I've been trying to use games to understand more about the relationship between rules and life. Jay Dragon, whose game Wanderhome is almost ruleless, ...
www.everydayanarchism.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I need every leftist #ttrpg nerd to listen to this banger interview @jdragsky.bsky.social did with @/everyday_anarchism so I can talk to you about it because I have so many little percolating thoughts
www.everydayanarchism.com/174-rules-ga...
www.everydayanarchism.com/174-rules-ga...
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We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
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in all seriousness people are aggro’ing over increasingly stupid and bad things because they feel useless in the current moment which, to be serious, means you should log off and do more things instead of just screaming at someone
it’s just the sunday scaries
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
in all seriousness people are aggro’ing over increasingly stupid and bad things because they feel useless in the current moment which, to be serious, means you should log off and do more things instead of just screaming at someone
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I love you so much that I send you omens, I send signs in the woods, I send mystics with terrible visions for you to avoid, I send storms to keep you safe indoors. I want to see you ancient
January 5, 2026 at 2:25 AM
I love you so much that I send you omens, I send signs in the woods, I send mystics with terrible visions for you to avoid, I send storms to keep you safe indoors. I want to see you ancient
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And not paying attention to that metric, but instead hyperfocusing on telling the "right" kinds of "decolonised" stories, is *such* a bougie tell.
12/12
12/12
January 5, 2026 at 3:59 AM
And not paying attention to that metric, but instead hyperfocusing on telling the "right" kinds of "decolonised" stories, is *such* a bougie tell.
12/12
12/12
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Decolonising the Dungeon Crawl---
Like everything else re: decolonisation and TTRPGs discourse, this is a solved problem. There's only metric that matters:
How many creators from the colonised world are participating in and able to make a living from their games?
That's *it*.
1/
Like everything else re: decolonisation and TTRPGs discourse, this is a solved problem. There's only metric that matters:
How many creators from the colonised world are participating in and able to make a living from their games?
That's *it*.
1/
January 5, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Decolonising the Dungeon Crawl---
Like everything else re: decolonisation and TTRPGs discourse, this is a solved problem. There's only metric that matters:
How many creators from the colonised world are participating in and able to make a living from their games?
That's *it*.
1/
Like everything else re: decolonisation and TTRPGs discourse, this is a solved problem. There's only metric that matters:
How many creators from the colonised world are participating in and able to make a living from their games?
That's *it*.
1/
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Success/failure and life/death are often *not* the most interesting stakes in a given TTRPG session or campaign. How something is done and its consequences can be more interesting!
Session Zeroes can help establish the "themes" of the game, which any player can double down upon in juicy ways.
Session Zeroes can help establish the "themes" of the game, which any player can double down upon in juicy ways.
Reframing my GM mindset from “challenge comes from threatening the PCs’ lives” to “challenge comes from threatening their goals” has made my experience at the table more fun.
The tension can come from the chance of them completing their goals rather than the possibility of death.
#ttrpg
The tension can come from the chance of them completing their goals rather than the possibility of death.
#ttrpg
January 5, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Success/failure and life/death are often *not* the most interesting stakes in a given TTRPG session or campaign. How something is done and its consequences can be more interesting!
Session Zeroes can help establish the "themes" of the game, which any player can double down upon in juicy ways.
Session Zeroes can help establish the "themes" of the game, which any player can double down upon in juicy ways.
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I say let them have a crack at it.
January 4, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I say let them have a crack at it.
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Just going to repost this roughly once a month until it actually happens
I feel very strongly that someone should hire me to illustrate a fantasy ttrpg
March 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Just going to repost this roughly once a month until it actually happens
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this particular inclination — that one must always be Condemning, otherwise one is Endorsing — is dubious but plausible when talking about institutions but patently ridiculous when applied to someone's social media posts. We've learned the hard way that social media is real life but also: Chill out!
January 4, 2026 at 9:26 PM
this particular inclination — that one must always be Condemning, otherwise one is Endorsing — is dubious but plausible when talking about institutions but patently ridiculous when applied to someone's social media posts. We've learned the hard way that social media is real life but also: Chill out!
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it's the most beautiful time of year
January 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
it's the most beautiful time of year
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If you are a TTRPG Actual Play creator who records in-person & would be willing to share your setup (photo/video or me observing in-person*), I’d love to hear from you as I finish the book. (Comments, DMs or ecfriedman@auburn.edu)
*In-person:
- Atlanta/AL/GA
- Philly area
- DC area
- Bonn
- UK
*In-person:
- Atlanta/AL/GA
- Philly area
- DC area
- Bonn
- UK
January 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM
If you are a TTRPG Actual Play creator who records in-person & would be willing to share your setup (photo/video or me observing in-person*), I’d love to hear from you as I finish the book. (Comments, DMs or ecfriedman@auburn.edu)
*In-person:
- Atlanta/AL/GA
- Philly area
- DC area
- Bonn
- UK
*In-person:
- Atlanta/AL/GA
- Philly area
- DC area
- Bonn
- UK
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Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
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More than any leader in the Democratic party has done
Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, called President Trump on Saturday to personally object to strikes the U.S. had conducted in Venezuela and to the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Mamdani accused Trump of violating international law.
Zohran Mamdani Called President Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York accused President Trump of violating international law. It was the first time he had criticized the president since their White House meeting.
nyti.ms
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM
More than any leader in the Democratic party has done
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Im in my late 40s, and im just flashing back to every ‘justified’ regime change and invasion for decades, every ‘weapons of mass destruction’ lie, every ‘evil communists’ trope bought and sold by politicians, journalists and people, and all the incredible suffering that followed
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Im in my late 40s, and im just flashing back to every ‘justified’ regime change and invasion for decades, every ‘weapons of mass destruction’ lie, every ‘evil communists’ trope bought and sold by politicians, journalists and people, and all the incredible suffering that followed
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from someone who was in school for the beginning of the "war on terror," please. please please please. talk to teenagers in your life about not joining the us military. about not letting themselves be groomed by recruiters in schools. they're going to want soldiers, and they always start young.
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 AM
from someone who was in school for the beginning of the "war on terror," please. please please please. talk to teenagers in your life about not joining the us military. about not letting themselves be groomed by recruiters in schools. they're going to want soldiers, and they always start young.
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Jesus this is so evil and horrific. I know things are early and developing, but do we know what can be done to support the people in Venezuela? Mutual aid, organizations on the ground, etc?
BREAKING: Trump has ordered airstrikes on sites in Venezuela, including military facilities, U.S. officials confirm - CBS
January 3, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Jesus this is so evil and horrific. I know things are early and developing, but do we know what can be done to support the people in Venezuela? Mutual aid, organizations on the ground, etc?
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This is not the first US imperial atrocity for oil —let’s not exceptionalize it— but wow is is it awful. And the violation of Venezuelans domestically in the name of a sovereign borders they actually dgaf about.
As Aimee Cesaire put it— the price of imperialism is the empire’s own civilization.
As Aimee Cesaire put it— the price of imperialism is the empire’s own civilization.
January 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
This is not the first US imperial atrocity for oil —let’s not exceptionalize it— but wow is is it awful. And the violation of Venezuelans domestically in the name of a sovereign borders they actually dgaf about.
As Aimee Cesaire put it— the price of imperialism is the empire’s own civilization.
As Aimee Cesaire put it— the price of imperialism is the empire’s own civilization.
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....in New York??? Why the fuck is that happening here? Kathy Hochul, Letitia James, and Mamdani all need to condemn this show trial
BREAKING NEWS: Trump says Nicolás Maduro and his wife are aboard a U.S. warship and will face prosecution in New York. Follow AP's live updates.
Live updates: US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured
President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. had struck Venezuela early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country.
bit.ly
January 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
....in New York??? Why the fuck is that happening here? Kathy Hochul, Letitia James, and Mamdani all need to condemn this show trial
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wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader
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A lot of people are going to preface tu-tutting tweets with variants on the theme of "Maduro was no angel" and it's very important to have the moral clarity to understand that these people are the lowest form of coward imaginable
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
A lot of people are going to preface tu-tutting tweets with variants on the theme of "Maduro was no angel" and it's very important to have the moral clarity to understand that these people are the lowest form of coward imaginable