Joonas Laakso
@jlaakso.bsky.social
I’m really into tabletop RPGs and miniatures. I do people stuff at Next Games, a Netflix Game Studio. Career in HR and game development. My team got a 9 from Edge. Helsinki, Finland. RPG bloggery at https://www.roleplayletters.com
Evening gym after a ten hour workday feels like shedding capitalism
January 28, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Evening gym after a ten hour workday feels like shedding capitalism
so I've seen Sinners twice and only just now realized that both brothers are played by the same actor
January 28, 2026 at 7:26 AM
so I've seen Sinners twice and only just now realized that both brothers are played by the same actor
We played Rapture Protocol, the first Cinematic Adventure for the Evolved Alien RPG. How did it go? #ttrpg www.roleplayletters.com/2026/01/27/a...
January 27, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We played Rapture Protocol, the first Cinematic Adventure for the Evolved Alien RPG. How did it go? #ttrpg www.roleplayletters.com/2026/01/27/a...
Rewatched Sinners. That’s still a damn movie.
January 24, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Rewatched Sinners. That’s still a damn movie.
I read The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. That was an excellent sci-fi romance without almost any of the speculative bs time travel tends to spiral into. Loved the real world connection, it really added weight to the fiction. #booksky
January 24, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I read The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. That was an excellent sci-fi romance without almost any of the speculative bs time travel tends to spiral into. Loved the real world connection, it really added weight to the fiction. #booksky
I rarely watch movies now. Saw One Battle After Another tonight and that was a good movie.
January 23, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I rarely watch movies now. Saw One Battle After Another tonight and that was a good movie.
What the hell is Apple doing on MacOS? Spotlight has become completely useless
January 23, 2026 at 9:11 AM
What the hell is Apple doing on MacOS? Spotlight has become completely useless
I promised myself I would not make the gym part of my personality, but I have to say this: I was dreading this work week, but working out in the morning before getting to the office has significantly helped in dealing with all the things. Same function as looking forward to band practice
January 23, 2026 at 7:04 AM
I promised myself I would not make the gym part of my personality, but I have to say this: I was dreading this work week, but working out in the morning before getting to the office has significantly helped in dealing with all the things. Same function as looking forward to band practice
Why do I have a need to design a #ttrpg based on Type O Negative (it is because first Green Man and then Love You To Death came on and everything they made is so visual and I'm a visual person)
January 23, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Why do I have a need to design a #ttrpg based on Type O Negative (it is because first Green Man and then Love You To Death came on and everything they made is so visual and I'm a visual person)
Having started working out more, I now crave breakfast again. Back to raw porridge it is
January 21, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Having started working out more, I now crave breakfast again. Back to raw porridge it is
So being not very technically apt I thought routing my traffic through Cloudflare would slow access to my sites, but the upside would be traffic filtering according to my preferences. I was not prepared for how much faster everything became. (I'm in Europe & I'm hosted on US west coast)
January 18, 2026 at 10:17 AM
So being not very technically apt I thought routing my traffic through Cloudflare would slow access to my sites, but the upside would be traffic filtering according to my preferences. I was not prepared for how much faster everything became. (I'm in Europe & I'm hosted on US west coast)
I’m working on multiple #ttrpg projects about intimacy and romance. Catching up on what the science says about all this (and, well, me). …I can say I’m not okay with being labeled an “erotic role-player”
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I’m working on multiple #ttrpg projects about intimacy and romance. Catching up on what the science says about all this (and, well, me). …I can say I’m not okay with being labeled an “erotic role-player”
I wrote about MAC Attack, the @bastionland.bsky.social mech miniatures wargame. It's good! Some of the fastest and most economical rules I've ever played with, yet retaining flavor and color. www.roleplayletters.com/2026/01/16/m... #wargaming #miniatures
January 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I wrote about MAC Attack, the @bastionland.bsky.social mech miniatures wargame. It's good! Some of the fastest and most economical rules I've ever played with, yet retaining flavor and color. www.roleplayletters.com/2026/01/16/m... #wargaming #miniatures
Friday night with @bastionland.bsky.social MAC Attack. First time I’m fielding these miniature mecha. #wargaming #miniatures
January 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Friday night with @bastionland.bsky.social MAC Attack. First time I’m fielding these miniature mecha. #wargaming #miniatures
I'm thinking about trying a group #ttrpg using solo play rules, so basically playing without a GM. Any experience or recommendations? Looking at the new Alien RPG rules with this in mind.
January 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I'm thinking about trying a group #ttrpg using solo play rules, so basically playing without a GM. Any experience or recommendations? Looking at the new Alien RPG rules with this in mind.
FInally got my personal websites on Cloudflare's proxies and started filtering traffic for (mainly AI) bots. Very satisfying. Perhaps the next time I need to pay for extra bandwidth it's because of humans reading my stuff.
January 14, 2026 at 8:09 PM
FInally got my personal websites on Cloudflare's proxies and started filtering traffic for (mainly AI) bots. Very satisfying. Perhaps the next time I need to pay for extra bandwidth it's because of humans reading my stuff.
I did three workouts at the gym this week, after decades of no gym, just minimal body weight exercise at home (pushups, squats). Still a little hard to see what my routine could be like, but at this point it just feels good to be working the whole body more actively again
January 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I did three workouts at the gym this week, after decades of no gym, just minimal body weight exercise at home (pushups, squats). Still a little hard to see what my routine could be like, but at this point it just feels good to be working the whole body more actively again
I finally played Final Girl. It’s been on the shelf waiting for the right solo play time for, uh, a couple of years I think. It was pretty good, might play again. Looks fiddly, but in practice plays very fast once you’re done with the setup. I died, naturally, but saved five dudes
January 10, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I finally played Final Girl. It’s been on the shelf waiting for the right solo play time for, uh, a couple of years I think. It was pretty good, might play again. Looks fiddly, but in practice plays very fast once you’re done with the setup. I died, naturally, but saved five dudes
I released a 48 word micro version of the #ttrpg about death I'm working on: jlaakso.itch.io/micro-graves...
January 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I released a 48 word micro version of the #ttrpg about death I'm working on: jlaakso.itch.io/micro-graves...
Damn I wish there was a way to play this game on modern hardware. I still have some PSPs around but can’t be bothered to figure out if/how they work (do I have the batteries and chargers and memory cards)
January 10, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Damn I wish there was a way to play this game on modern hardware. I still have some PSPs around but can’t be bothered to figure out if/how they work (do I have the batteries and chargers and memory cards)
Last night I invited three people, taped up my bedroom window to keep even the scant winter light out, and proceeded to spend an hour in complete silence in the darkness, thinking about death. #ttrpg www.roleplayletters.com/2026/01/06/g...
January 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Last night I invited three people, taped up my bedroom window to keep even the scant winter light out, and proceeded to spend an hour in complete silence in the darkness, thinking about death. #ttrpg www.roleplayletters.com/2026/01/06/g...
Tonight I playtested my #ttrpg design about being dead and remembered at a graveyard. You meditate in pitch black in complete silence half the time. It’s a riff off The Skeletons by @jmstar.bsky.social We expected to cry, and did, a bit, but for the most part it felt comforting and put us at ease.
January 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Tonight I playtested my #ttrpg design about being dead and remembered at a graveyard. You meditate in pitch black in complete silence half the time. It’s a riff off The Skeletons by @jmstar.bsky.social We expected to cry, and did, a bit, but for the most part it felt comforting and put us at ease.
Having idly thought about it for the past couple of years, I have finally gone to the gym. It’s been, what, 20 years? I’m 47. I expect not to be able to function tomorrow.
January 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Having idly thought about it for the past couple of years, I have finally gone to the gym. It’s been, what, 20 years? I’m 47. I expect not to be able to function tomorrow.