Jonathan Tweet
@jonathantweet.bsky.social
Grandmother Fish (Macmillan 2016), the first book to teach #evolution to preschoolers, plus science games for kids (www.grandmotherfish.com). Over the Edge, #TTRPG of surreal urban danger (atlas-games.com/overtheedge). D&D 3E, Ars Magica, Everway, etc.
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Jonathan Tweet
@jonathantweet.bsky.social
· Jan 11
Grandmother Fish is the first book to teach evolution to preschoolers. Kids love learning that they are part of the great family of life on Earth, and they love wiggling like Grandmother Fish and hooting like Grandmother Ape. Now in Chinese, Japanese, and Italian.
www.powells.com/book/grandmo...
www.powells.com/book/grandmo...
Strangely satisfying to see dungeon-adventure tropes in action. You will know in the opening scene whether you want to see the rest of the video. I added this song to my playlist for Mighty-Ones/freeform-OGL-oldschool. #ttrpg
youtu.be/rl0Ck3ebQQM
youtu.be/rl0Ck3ebQQM
Bronco Forte - "Lightning Scar" (Official Video)
YouTube video by Bronco Forte
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Strangely satisfying to see dungeon-adventure tropes in action. You will know in the opening scene whether you want to see the rest of the video. I added this song to my playlist for Mighty-Ones/freeform-OGL-oldschool. #ttrpg
youtu.be/rl0Ck3ebQQM
youtu.be/rl0Ck3ebQQM
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Free Games & Accessories! At Amazon's Expense #FreeGames #GamingCommunity
Free Games & Accessories! At Amazon's Expense
There are free games at the bottom of this ... stick with me.
As everyone knows, Amazon.com is at best a lousy business partner and more often a hostile adversary for small businesses that have to work with it.
Without going into the details, I'll just say that their bait and switch on a Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) promotion has cost us a huge bunch of money, and I only get gaslighting and runaround trying to get extra charges refunded. Same …
dlvr.it
January 21, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Free Games & Accessories! At Amazon's Expense #FreeGames #GamingCommunity
Got together w Karen (the Grandmother Fish artist) to talk about three projects to collaborate on. After years of doing different things, the timing is right for us to start working together again, and we're excited! Among other things, Karen is a children's science illustrator.
www.karenlewis.com
www.karenlewis.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Got together w Karen (the Grandmother Fish artist) to talk about three projects to collaborate on. After years of doing different things, the timing is right for us to start working together again, and we're excited! Among other things, Karen is a children's science illustrator.
www.karenlewis.com
www.karenlewis.com
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Pre-production samples of #ArsMagica definitive edition!!
January 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Pre-production samples of #ArsMagica definitive edition!!
Here's the game that sunk* TSR, and now it can be yours! After Magic, game companies jumped on randomized, collectable games, and TSR bet the farm on Dragon Dice. Nice cover image; failed game. #TSR
This & lots more from my basement to you now on eBay.
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_...
*only sorta
This & lots more from my basement to you now on eBay.
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_...
*only sorta
January 19, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Here's the game that sunk* TSR, and now it can be yours! After Magic, game companies jumped on randomized, collectable games, and TSR bet the farm on Dragon Dice. Nice cover image; failed game. #TSR
This & lots more from my basement to you now on eBay.
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_...
*only sorta
This & lots more from my basement to you now on eBay.
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_...
*only sorta
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January 19, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Last Friday, I had a wonderful, free-wheeling, heartwarming conversation w Vincent @lumpley.bsky.social & Meg @megueyb.bsky.social, thanks to Ben @benriggs.bsky.social. And it's already up! Did we gush too much? I don't think so. #ttrpg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pev...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pev...
Are these the most influential RPG designers of all time? Ep. 84
YouTube video by Reading D&D Aloud
www.youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Last Friday, I had a wonderful, free-wheeling, heartwarming conversation w Vincent @lumpley.bsky.social & Meg @megueyb.bsky.social, thanks to Ben @benriggs.bsky.social. And it's already up! Did we gush too much? I don't think so. #ttrpg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pev...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pev...
Turns out that "vulture" is like "tree", not a proper taxonomic group (a clade) but a folk category. I guess eating dead things is such a good strategy that raptors have evolved the practice three times (and one time it includes eating bones, which is gross, but OK). #evolution
Wink, M., Starikov, I.J., Schulze-Hagen, K. et al. What, if anything, is a vulture? Phylogeny and trait evolution in obligate avian scavengers. J Ornithol (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s103...
What, if anything, is a vulture? Phylogeny and trait evolution in obligate avian scavengers - Journal of Ornithology
Vultures are obligate scavengers that have long been regarded as a systematic entity. However, phylogenetic studies show that the scavenging lifestyle evolved in three distinct phylogenetic lineages o...
doi.org
January 19, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Turns out that "vulture" is like "tree", not a proper taxonomic group (a clade) but a folk category. I guess eating dead things is such a good strategy that raptors have evolved the practice three times (and one time it includes eating bones, which is gross, but OK). #evolution
This game looks fun: partly a trick-taking game with objective rules for who scores how many points plus free-form deal-making (and bluffing) plus gonzo wrestling. Wrestlers are like FRP characters: fun names, fun outfits, fun special moves, and you almost always survive the fights. 1/2
Presenting, the most ME thing I have ever made: A TTRPG about indie wrestling that uses tarot cards.
zmannzilla.itch.io/hotdogs-and-...
zmannzilla.itch.io/hotdogs-and-...
HOTDOGS & HANDSHAKES: A Card Game About Indie Wrestling by Z. Mann Zilla
An 8-page PDF game for 2 or more players
zmannzilla.itch.io
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This game looks fun: partly a trick-taking game with objective rules for who scores how many points plus free-form deal-making (and bluffing) plus gonzo wrestling. Wrestlers are like FRP characters: fun names, fun outfits, fun special moves, and you almost always survive the fights. 1/2
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Ludonarrative update: the Dissidents have released a new public episode analysing ALICE IS MISSING, the one-session RPG in a box, of troubled teens searching for a missing friend. Did they find her, and what happened when they did? Meanwhile our Kickstarter backers can hear us go over our
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January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Ludonarrative update: the Dissidents have released a new public episode analysing ALICE IS MISSING, the one-session RPG in a box, of troubled teens searching for a missing friend. Did they find her, and what happened when they did? Meanwhile our Kickstarter backers can hear us go over our
(cont.)
(cont.)
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Eskalierende Proteste im ganzen Land: Iran bittet USA um 10.000 ICE-Beamte www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/iran...
Eskalierende Proteste im ganzen Land: Iran bittet USA um 10.000 ICE-Beamte
Teheran, Washington (dpo) - Jetzt brauchen sie die Unterstützung von echten Experten: Die iranische Regierung hat heute offiziell die USA um Hilfe bei
www.der-postillon.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Eskalierende Proteste im ganzen Land: Iran bittet USA um 10.000 ICE-Beamte www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/iran...
This one steams* me a little. The game recognizes all sorts of words for food dishes from around the world not what I usually order at the friendly local coffee shop (Cafe Javasti in Wedgwood). The Buddha says don't take things personally, but still...
*pun unintentional
#spellingbee
*pun unintentional
#spellingbee
January 14, 2026 at 7:56 PM
This one steams* me a little. The game recognizes all sorts of words for food dishes from around the world not what I usually order at the friendly local coffee shop (Cafe Javasti in Wedgwood). The Buddha says don't take things personally, but still...
*pun unintentional
#spellingbee
*pun unintentional
#spellingbee
It's Savage Worlds, 1st edition, a generic system that's faster & more dramatic than GURPS, thus more to my taste. I've always had a soft spot for universal systems, and this one has a ton of support. Also Rippers, a Savage Worlds minis game.
These & more now on eBay
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_...
These & more now on eBay
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_...
January 14, 2026 at 7:47 PM
It's Savage Worlds, 1st edition, a generic system that's faster & more dramatic than GURPS, thus more to my taste. I've always had a soft spot for universal systems, and this one has a ton of support. Also Rippers, a Savage Worlds minis game.
These & more now on eBay
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_...
These & more now on eBay
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_...
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Jeff from The Gaming Gang reviewed 13th Age 2nd Edition on YouTube, covering both the Heroes’ Handbook and the Gamemaster’s Guide. A thoughtful look at what is new, what shines, and how the game plays at the table.
#13thAge #TTRPG #RPGReview
bit.ly/4qWG7Kc
#13thAge #TTRPG #RPGReview
bit.ly/4qWG7Kc
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Jeff from The Gaming Gang reviewed 13th Age 2nd Edition on YouTube, covering both the Heroes’ Handbook and the Gamemaster’s Guide. A thoughtful look at what is new, what shines, and how the game plays at the table.
#13thAge #TTRPG #RPGReview
bit.ly/4qWG7Kc
#13thAge #TTRPG #RPGReview
bit.ly/4qWG7Kc
I believe that this is a strong hypothesis for where we got coal, oil, and natural gas. Trees sank into the ocean. If we're digging up the carbon from those ancient trees, here's a proposal to basically reverse the release of carbon dioxide by repeating the process artificially.
Scientists are proposing an unusual way to store carbon: cutting trees in the Boreal region and sinking them deep in the Arctic Ocean. The proposal is intended to prevent the eventual release of carbon dioxide from old forest.
Carbon Removal Proposal: Cutting Boreal Trees to Sink Them in the Arctic Ocean - Profolus
A team of European scientists proposed the intentional sinking of trees from the Boreal forest into the Arctic Ocean.
www.profolus.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I believe that this is a strong hypothesis for where we got coal, oil, and natural gas. Trees sank into the ocean. If we're digging up the carbon from those ancient trees, here's a proposal to basically reverse the release of carbon dioxide by repeating the process artificially.
Invasive terrestrial vertebrates are hell on island fauna.
"We flew here to get away from those other vertebrates!"
"We flew here to get away from those other vertebrates!"
Drivers of waterbird extinction in Hawaiʻi: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🪶🧪 (📷Harmon et al.)
January 14, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Invasive terrestrial vertebrates are hell on island fauna.
"We flew here to get away from those other vertebrates!"
"We flew here to get away from those other vertebrates!"
Looked up what I wrote in Over the Edge (2019) about the Oxygen Catastrophe, and I got caught up reading the background for fun. Such a fun read.
www.atlas-games.com/product_tabl...
www.atlas-games.com/product_tabl...
Over the Edge 3rd Edition
The roleplaying game of surreal danger.
www.atlas-games.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Looked up what I wrote in Over the Edge (2019) about the Oxygen Catastrophe, and I got caught up reading the background for fun. Such a fun read.
www.atlas-games.com/product_tabl...
www.atlas-games.com/product_tabl...
At the Seattle store "Math & Stuff", they're selling little enamel pins of D&D monsters re-imagined as pool floaties (no license). Is this the future of roleplaying that I wanted in the ’90s? Maybe not.
January 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
At the Seattle store "Math & Stuff", they're selling little enamel pins of D&D monsters re-imagined as pool floaties (no license). Is this the future of roleplaying that I wanted in the ’90s? Maybe not.
The new Apocalypse World is coming my way, and I plan to take another shot at running it for my D&D/13th-Age focused game group. Can someone point me to a good actual-play session that I can listen to on the stationary bike? I've played it (thanks @johnharper.bsky.social) but want more.
January 13, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The new Apocalypse World is coming my way, and I plan to take another shot at running it for my D&D/13th-Age focused game group. Can someone point me to a good actual-play session that I can listen to on the stationary bike? I've played it (thanks @johnharper.bsky.social) but want more.
In 1978, PKD saw what had come to be, and he had some inkling of what was to come. And here we are.
hex.ooo/library/how_...
hex.ooo/library/how_...
January 9, 2026 at 8:39 PM
In 1978, PKD saw what had come to be, and he had some inkling of what was to come. And here we are.
hex.ooo/library/how_...
hex.ooo/library/how_...
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Next week I'm running the final session of a 13th Age campaign I've been running since March of 2022. I commissioned this party art from the always-delightful @stillery.bsky.social and it did not disappoint!
November 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Next week I'm running the final session of a 13th Age campaign I've been running since March of 2022. I commissioned this party art from the always-delightful @stillery.bsky.social and it did not disappoint!
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13th Age fans: Escalation! A 13th Age Fanzine needs articles for their "In My Dragon Empire" special:
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...
Please consider submitting details of your Dragon Empire so that everyone else in the community can enjoy them.
#13thAge
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...
Please consider submitting details of your Dragon Empire so that everyone else in the community can enjoy them.
#13thAge
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
13th Age fans: Escalation! A 13th Age Fanzine needs articles for their "In My Dragon Empire" special:
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...
Please consider submitting details of your Dragon Empire so that everyone else in the community can enjoy them.
#13thAge
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...
Please consider submitting details of your Dragon Empire so that everyone else in the community can enjoy them.
#13thAge
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13th Age Second Edition is available now from @pelgranepress.bsky.social
Get it here: tinyurl.com/4farcvkr
A new, improved edition of the d20 #TTRPG of unique heroes, gripping combat, group storytelling, and high adventure.
Get it here: tinyurl.com/4farcvkr
A new, improved edition of the d20 #TTRPG of unique heroes, gripping combat, group storytelling, and high adventure.
December 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
13th Age Second Edition is available now from @pelgranepress.bsky.social
Get it here: tinyurl.com/4farcvkr
A new, improved edition of the d20 #TTRPG of unique heroes, gripping combat, group storytelling, and high adventure.
Get it here: tinyurl.com/4farcvkr
A new, improved edition of the d20 #TTRPG of unique heroes, gripping combat, group storytelling, and high adventure.
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Some of the best games I've ever played have been 13th Age, it's a wonderful system. I'm really hoping to get it to the table as either a player or a GM at some point this year myself
December 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Some of the best games I've ever played have been 13th Age, it's a wonderful system. I'm really hoping to get it to the table as either a player or a GM at some point this year myself
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If you're a TTRPG game designer making a rogue and steal nothing else from 13th Age, please steal this. It solves so many issues I have with the hide-attack-hide loop I see in a lot of traditional F20 TTRPGs.
January 5, 2026 at 12:04 AM
If you're a TTRPG game designer making a rogue and steal nothing else from 13th Age, please steal this. It solves so many issues I have with the hide-attack-hide loop I see in a lot of traditional F20 TTRPGs.