Jonas-Merlin Schumacher
@jonasmerlin.bsky.social
I wish I could but I would prefer not to.
(Morally) good negotiator.
(Morally) good negotiator.
Third rule of DNGN CLUB: Jack never misses. Never.
January 24, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Third rule of DNGN CLUB: Jack never misses. Never.
Ruin a first date:
"so depending on who you ask, the r stands either for revival or renaissance..."
"so depending on who you ask, the r stands either for revival or renaissance..."
Ruin a first date:
“this is what my character would do”
“this is what my character would do”
Ruin a first date:
“Let’s go shoot rats at the dump.”
“Let’s go shoot rats at the dump.”
January 23, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Ruin a first date:
"so depending on who you ask, the r stands either for revival or renaissance..."
"so depending on who you ask, the r stands either for revival or renaissance..."
Just released the 2nd version of my set of hex tiles based on paintings from The Met Collection.
This version brings the number of tiles from 6 to 44 and includes bangers such as ocean tiles, making it usable to create real maps for the first time.
jonasmerlin.itch.io/the-met-coll...
#ttrpg #osr
This version brings the number of tiles from 6 to 44 and includes bangers such as ocean tiles, making it usable to create real maps for the first time.
jonasmerlin.itch.io/the-met-coll...
#ttrpg #osr
The Met Collection Hex Tiles v0.2 by Jonas-Merlin Schumacher
Hex tiles for Hex Kit
jonasmerlin.itch.io
January 21, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Just released the 2nd version of my set of hex tiles based on paintings from The Met Collection.
This version brings the number of tiles from 6 to 44 and includes bangers such as ocean tiles, making it usable to create real maps for the first time.
jonasmerlin.itch.io/the-met-coll...
#ttrpg #osr
This version brings the number of tiles from 6 to 44 and includes bangers such as ocean tiles, making it usable to create real maps for the first time.
jonasmerlin.itch.io/the-met-coll...
#ttrpg #osr
Reposted by Jonas-Merlin Schumacher
I don't always agree with Hank Green but I do quite like what he's saying here.
"When we can't find anything we can believe in, the humanity leaks through the drywall and says 'I AM STILL HERE! [...] I AM WEIRD, AND I AM HUMAN, AND I AM NOT FOR SALE!'"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMWP...
"When we can't find anything we can believe in, the humanity leaks through the drywall and says 'I AM STILL HERE! [...] I AM WEIRD, AND I AM HUMAN, AND I AM NOT FOR SALE!'"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMWP...
Here's Why New Year's Eve is Bad Now
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I don't always agree with Hank Green but I do quite like what he's saying here.
"When we can't find anything we can believe in, the humanity leaks through the drywall and says 'I AM STILL HERE! [...] I AM WEIRD, AND I AM HUMAN, AND I AM NOT FOR SALE!'"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMWP...
"When we can't find anything we can believe in, the humanity leaks through the drywall and says 'I AM STILL HERE! [...] I AM WEIRD, AND I AM HUMAN, AND I AM NOT FOR SALE!'"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMWP...
Reposted by Jonas-Merlin Schumacher
I wrote something about the DCC discourse in which I:
- Summarise the story so far
- Attempt to synthesise two contrary module styles
- Praise @zedecksiew.bsky.social
with a small cameo from my Oma's Nasi Goering
dannyfi.st/posts/Doing-...
- Summarise the story so far
- Attempt to synthesise two contrary module styles
- Praise @zedecksiew.bsky.social
with a small cameo from my Oma's Nasi Goering
dannyfi.st/posts/Doing-...
Doing Both
How do we write a module to be both a reference document and good prose?
dannyfi.st
January 14, 2026 at 6:30 AM
I wrote something about the DCC discourse in which I:
- Summarise the story so far
- Attempt to synthesise two contrary module styles
- Praise @zedecksiew.bsky.social
with a small cameo from my Oma's Nasi Goering
dannyfi.st/posts/Doing-...
- Summarise the story so far
- Attempt to synthesise two contrary module styles
- Praise @zedecksiew.bsky.social
with a small cameo from my Oma's Nasi Goering
dannyfi.st/posts/Doing-...
Reposted by Jonas-Merlin Schumacher
One of the weirdest people to ever exist
January 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
One of the weirdest people to ever exist
Quick response to @orthopraxy.bsky.social's excellent "Eating the Book--a response to 'We Need to Talk About Goodman Games'" to test my extremely cool new URL:
dungeonmerl.in/3mcasvels6s2m
(DM... get it?)
#ttrpg #osr #blog
dungeonmerl.in/3mcasvels6s2m
(DM... get it?)
#ttrpg #osr #blog
"We Need to Talk About Goodman Games" vs. "Eating the Book" - Why not both? - Dungeon Merlin
dungeonmerl.in
January 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Quick response to @orthopraxy.bsky.social's excellent "Eating the Book--a response to 'We Need to Talk About Goodman Games'" to test my extremely cool new URL:
dungeonmerl.in/3mcasvels6s2m
(DM... get it?)
#ttrpg #osr #blog
dungeonmerl.in/3mcasvels6s2m
(DM... get it?)
#ttrpg #osr #blog
Slightly diminish a game:
Mausknappe
Mausknappe
Slightly diminish a game:
Passive Aggressive Text of Cthulhu
Passive Aggressive Text of Cthulhu
Slightly diminish a game:
Dehydrated Knife Lesbians
Dehydrated Knife Lesbians
January 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Slightly diminish a game:
Mausknappe
Mausknappe
Slightly diminish a game:
Line Agency
Line Agency
Slightly diminish a game:
Passive Aggressive Text of Cthulhu
Passive Aggressive Text of Cthulhu
Slightly diminish a game:
Dehydrated Knife Lesbians
Dehydrated Knife Lesbians
January 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Slightly diminish a game:
Line Agency
Line Agency
Slightly diminish a game:
Pile of Rocks
Pile of Rocks
Slightly diminish a game:
Passive Aggressive Text of Cthulhu
Passive Aggressive Text of Cthulhu
Slightly diminish a game:
Dehydrated Knife Lesbians
Dehydrated Knife Lesbians
January 11, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Slightly diminish a game:
Pile of Rocks
Pile of Rocks
If you like reading adventure names as much as I do, @adventurenamesbot.bsky.social is the bot for you!
January 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
If you like reading adventure names as much as I do, @adventurenamesbot.bsky.social is the bot for you!
Between this and Blades '68, 2026 seems to be the year of RPGs specifically targetted at me.
Now who wants to create a Deadly Premonition RPG for me? Northern Exposure?
Now who wants to create a Deadly Premonition RPG for me? Northern Exposure?
More Ride or Die deets!
- Paragon System (simplified from AGON).
- Systems for Races / Chases, Fights, and Heists.
- Newbie GM / Player friendly
- Series of adventures ("movies") to play through, with guidance to make your own.
- Paragon System (simplified from AGON).
- Systems for Races / Chases, Fights, and Heists.
- Newbie GM / Player friendly
- Series of adventures ("movies") to play through, with guidance to make your own.
January 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Between this and Blades '68, 2026 seems to be the year of RPGs specifically targetted at me.
Now who wants to create a Deadly Premonition RPG for me? Northern Exposure?
Now who wants to create a Deadly Premonition RPG for me? Northern Exposure?
Gonna steal this format this year.
📚 I’m gonna read some books in 2026. I’ll link them all below 🤓
January 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Gonna steal this format this year.
Important empirical work, but it's absolutely insane that this isn't immediately clear to every single adult human being. You have to be completely ignorant of any form of education, critical thinking, or experience to not intuitively get this. "The map is not the territory" is 101 stuff.
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Important empirical work, but it's absolutely insane that this isn't immediately clear to every single adult human being. You have to be completely ignorant of any form of education, critical thinking, or experience to not intuitively get this. "The map is not the territory" is 101 stuff.
This is good stuff!
#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is good stuff!
Computers & Sexy – A Halt and Catch Fire hack of Lasers & Feelings
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Computers & Sexy – A Halt and Catch Fire hack of Lasers & Feelings
four books to get to know me
October 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
four books to get to know me
Reposted by Jonas-Merlin Schumacher
Personally I think there's significance in the fact that Mr. Rogers doesn't try to claim that his drawing is just as good as anyone else's, and instead he's honest that it's *not* a good drawing, and affirms that it's worth doing anyway. I think that's important.
October 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Personally I think there's significance in the fact that Mr. Rogers doesn't try to claim that his drawing is just as good as anyone else's, and instead he's honest that it's *not* a good drawing, and affirms that it's worth doing anyway. I think that's important.
Reposted by Jonas-Merlin Schumacher
I wanted to share this funeral photography I captured in 2019 for a woman whose beloved Friesian mare had passed away. I still think about this experience often, it was such a privilege to be part of that moment. There was deep sadness, but also an incredible amount of love and even laughter.
September 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I wanted to share this funeral photography I captured in 2019 for a woman whose beloved Friesian mare had passed away. I still think about this experience often, it was such a privilege to be part of that moment. There was deep sadness, but also an incredible amount of love and even laughter.
Just added the first pattern written by someone else to the OSR Adventure Pattern Language. It's "One, Two, or Three Exits" by @samseer.bsky.social, and it's a really good one!
#ttrpg #osr
ttrpg-pattern-language.vercel.app/one-two-or-t...
#ttrpg #osr
ttrpg-pattern-language.vercel.app/one-two-or-t...
One, Two, or Three Exits
ttrpg-pattern-language.vercel.app
September 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Just added the first pattern written by someone else to the OSR Adventure Pattern Language. It's "One, Two, or Three Exits" by @samseer.bsky.social, and it's a really good one!
#ttrpg #osr
ttrpg-pattern-language.vercel.app/one-two-or-t...
#ttrpg #osr
ttrpg-pattern-language.vercel.app/one-two-or-t...
Reposted by Jonas-Merlin Schumacher
You've started something, you mad wizard. My contribution is below.
[An OSR Pattern] One, Two, or Three Exits
sam-seer.blogspot.com/2025/08/an-o...
[An OSR Pattern] One, Two, or Three Exits
sam-seer.blogspot.com/2025/08/an-o...
August 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
You've started something, you mad wizard. My contribution is below.
[An OSR Pattern] One, Two, or Three Exits
sam-seer.blogspot.com/2025/08/an-o...
[An OSR Pattern] One, Two, or Three Exits
sam-seer.blogspot.com/2025/08/an-o...
Reposted by Jonas-Merlin Schumacher
"You can't strike, you're too important" from a judge or government should instantly make you side with the people striking. They're *that* important but they get treated like shit? Nah. Naaaah. Let the government force better conditions.
August 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"You can't strike, you're too important" from a judge or government should instantly make you side with the people striking. They're *that* important but they get treated like shit? Nah. Naaaah. Let the government force better conditions.
Yo, you, stop what you're doing. I just learned that there's a version of the Hobbit illustrated by Tove Jansson!
August 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Yo, you, stop what you're doing. I just learned that there's a version of the Hobbit illustrated by Tove Jansson!
There's a genre of advice that's basically "if you want to do X, read/do things outside of X," which I feel gets misinterpreted a lot as "don't read/do X". But the advice really is that you should read/do things both inside and outside of X. So... read/do many things is what I'm saying, I guess.
August 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
There's a genre of advice that's basically "if you want to do X, read/do things outside of X," which I feel gets misinterpreted a lot as "don't read/do X". But the advice really is that you should read/do things both inside and outside of X. So... read/do many things is what I'm saying, I guess.