John Willson (he/him)
@keburionosi.bsky.social
Probably not a mimic. I'm here to talk about analog games, good fiction, and being excellent to each other; and I'm all out of chewing gum.
Oooo... 👀
🔪 LAUNCHED on ITCH 🔪
Gentleman Scoundrel, a Blades in the Dark solo+ poetry RPG! Become a Doskvol rogue who wields a pen as well as they handle a blade.
allisonarth.itch.io/gentleman-sc...
Gentleman Scoundrel, a Blades in the Dark solo+ poetry RPG! Become a Doskvol rogue who wields a pen as well as they handle a blade.
allisonarth.itch.io/gentleman-sc...
Gentleman Scoundrel | A Blades in the Dark Solo RPG by allison arth
A Doskvol poetry RPG for 1+
allisonarth.itch.io
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Oooo... 👀
The honourable leader of the NDP speaks for me.
"Ontario NDP leader kicked out of question period after calling Ford government 'corrupt' "
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#OnPoli #CanPoli
"Ontario NDP leader kicked out of question period after calling Ford government 'corrupt' "
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#OnPoli #CanPoli
Ontario NDP leader kicked out of question period after calling Ford government 'corrupt' | CBC News
NDP Leader Marit Stiles made the comment as the opposition continued to hammer Labour Minister David Piccini over the
scandal-plagued Skills Development Fund. Piccini has maintained he has done nothin...
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The honourable leader of the NDP speaks for me.
"Ontario NDP leader kicked out of question period after calling Ford government 'corrupt' "
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#OnPoli #CanPoli
"Ontario NDP leader kicked out of question period after calling Ford government 'corrupt' "
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#OnPoli #CanPoli
Here's the TV ad that so embarrassed Trump, he suspended trade talks with Canada again and bumped up his tariffs another 10%.
Guess we hit a nerve, eh?
It would be a shame if you shared this widely.
youtu.be/XWQRuRIxMBI?...
Guess we hit a nerve, eh?
It would be a shame if you shared this widely.
youtu.be/XWQRuRIxMBI?...
The Ontario anti-tariff ad which led Trump to end trade talks with Canada
YouTube video by Global News
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Here's the TV ad that so embarrassed Trump, he suspended trade talks with Canada again and bumped up his tariffs another 10%.
Guess we hit a nerve, eh?
It would be a shame if you shared this widely.
youtu.be/XWQRuRIxMBI?...
Guess we hit a nerve, eh?
It would be a shame if you shared this widely.
youtu.be/XWQRuRIxMBI?...
I'm excited about the don't-call-it-a-new-edition of Swords Without Master.
As I gather all the stuff I've written about and for Swords Without Master over the years, I find myself enjoying a thrilling journey into the past, including some stumbling attempts at making my own art for the game.
I quite like this one in particular.
I quite like this one in particular.
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I'm excited about the don't-call-it-a-new-edition of Swords Without Master.
Reposted by John Willson (he/him)
From my Larchives. Happy No More Kings Day. Schoolhouse Rock taught us all about it.
October 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
From my Larchives. Happy No More Kings Day. Schoolhouse Rock taught us all about it.
D'you like weird fiction that skates between Fargo, near-future sci-fi, detective, and horror? Think you would?
I'm backing this short-fiction collection from Greg Stolze, author of Unknown Armies RPG and lots more.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gre...
#ttrpg #books #booksky #reading #scifi #horror
I'm backing this short-fiction collection from Greg Stolze, author of Unknown Armies RPG and lots more.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gre...
#ttrpg #books #booksky #reading #scifi #horror
DISCOMFORT FOOD
A collection of Greg Stolze's recent science fiction, fantasy and horror. Contains love potions, cursed art and telepathic speed dating
www.kickstarter.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"We need regulations. Quickly. Real guardrails on how these algorithms work and what they’re allowed to optimize for. Because right now, they’re optimized for engagement and profit, and the cost is our ability to function as a democracy."
www.linkedin.com/posts/arlene...
www.linkedin.com/posts/arlene...
Woke up this morning and scrolled my social media feeds (the same way we all used to read the paper or turn on the news). They’re full of protests and outrage about the current US administration. It… ...
Woke up this morning and scrolled my social media feeds (the same way we all used to read the paper or turn on the news). They’re full of protests and outrage about the current US administration. It h...
www.linkedin.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"We need regulations. Quickly. Real guardrails on how these algorithms work and what they’re allowed to optimize for. Because right now, they’re optimized for engagement and profit, and the cost is our ability to function as a democracy."
www.linkedin.com/posts/arlene...
www.linkedin.com/posts/arlene...
I love the "Schedule Send" option.
People are gonna get a lot of emails at 8:00am on Tuesday morning.
People are gonna get a lot of emails at 8:00am on Tuesday morning.
August 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I love the "Schedule Send" option.
People are gonna get a lot of emails at 8:00am on Tuesday morning.
People are gonna get a lot of emails at 8:00am on Tuesday morning.
Reposted by John Willson (he/him)
I don't know what the 2nd Age of Sunday Morning Swords will bring.
Schedules are tight. The world is ass & only growing asser.
But stealing a couple hours for towers & skulls & jewels, for panther-like thews & lost mysteries, for companions of the road.
This.
This is what's best in life.
Schedules are tight. The world is ass & only growing asser.
But stealing a couple hours for towers & skulls & jewels, for panther-like thews & lost mysteries, for companions of the road.
This.
This is what's best in life.
August 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I don't know what the 2nd Age of Sunday Morning Swords will bring.
Schedules are tight. The world is ass & only growing asser.
But stealing a couple hours for towers & skulls & jewels, for panther-like thews & lost mysteries, for companions of the road.
This.
This is what's best in life.
Schedules are tight. The world is ass & only growing asser.
But stealing a couple hours for towers & skulls & jewels, for panther-like thews & lost mysteries, for companions of the road.
This.
This is what's best in life.
Word!
8. Explore
So the reason why the "exploration pillar" is so dull in 5e is that there's a default playstyle of moving PCs seamlessly between more or less pre-planned and balanced encounters.
Everything that gets in the way is played down, hand-waved or brushed off.... 1/3
#RPGaDay2025 #ttrpg
So the reason why the "exploration pillar" is so dull in 5e is that there's a default playstyle of moving PCs seamlessly between more or less pre-planned and balanced encounters.
Everything that gets in the way is played down, hand-waved or brushed off.... 1/3
#RPGaDay2025 #ttrpg
7. Journey
If the journey passes with no encounters and no complications, why is it even there?
Why are we traveling 3000 miles by airship if nothing's going to happen?
This could be taking place just across town. It's a world with size but no scope.... 1/2
#RPGaDay2025 #ttrpg
If the journey passes with no encounters and no complications, why is it even there?
Why are we traveling 3000 miles by airship if nothing's going to happen?
This could be taking place just across town. It's a world with size but no scope.... 1/2
#RPGaDay2025 #ttrpg
August 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Word!
Just want to make sure U.S. Americans in the #ttrpg hobby know about this. It will hit small creators (the vast majority of the role-playing game industry) outside of the U.S. very hard.
Many postal services and couriers have simply stopped shipping to the U.S..
1/X
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Many postal services and couriers have simply stopped shipping to the U.S..
1/X
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Small businesses that relied on duty-free U.S. shipping wonder if they can survive without it | CBC News
As of Friday, Canada's small businesses can no longer ship small packages to the U.S. duty-free — and some online sellers are worried that their companies won't survive the hit.
www.cbc.ca
August 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Just want to make sure U.S. Americans in the #ttrpg hobby know about this. It will hit small creators (the vast majority of the role-playing game industry) outside of the U.S. very hard.
Many postal services and couriers have simply stopped shipping to the U.S..
1/X
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Many postal services and couriers have simply stopped shipping to the U.S..
1/X
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Guy manoeuvres himself & his briefcase onto the bus and into a seat, with great difficulty, nearly falling a couple of times as the bus gets moving.
"With great difficulty", because he's holding a cellphone in each hand, and talking on one of them.
Can't have too much connectivity.
"With great difficulty", because he's holding a cellphone in each hand, and talking on one of them.
Can't have too much connectivity.
August 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Guy manoeuvres himself & his briefcase onto the bus and into a seat, with great difficulty, nearly falling a couple of times as the bus gets moving.
"With great difficulty", because he's holding a cellphone in each hand, and talking on one of them.
Can't have too much connectivity.
"With great difficulty", because he's holding a cellphone in each hand, and talking on one of them.
Can't have too much connectivity.
I was today years old when I got tired of futzing with coffee makers and just poured boiling water over coffee grounds in my cup. And drank it. And it was fine.
Coffee grounds sink, y'all!
I just saved myself 5 minutes /day for the rest of my life.
Coffee grounds sink, y'all!
I just saved myself 5 minutes /day for the rest of my life.
August 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I was today years old when I got tired of futzing with coffee makers and just poured boiling water over coffee grounds in my cup. And drank it. And it was fine.
Coffee grounds sink, y'all!
I just saved myself 5 minutes /day for the rest of my life.
Coffee grounds sink, y'all!
I just saved myself 5 minutes /day for the rest of my life.
The sandwich I've waited all year for.
August 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The sandwich I've waited all year for.
I'm Canadian. I will not buy ANYTHING from the U.S. while it pursues a trade war against us. I buy from China now (something I used to avoid before 2025) before I'll buy a U.S. product.
Think of all the RPGs and books I want, but am not buying. My toaster oven is busted, but I'm not replacing...
Think of all the RPGs and books I want, but am not buying. My toaster oven is busted, but I'm not replacing...
Trump tariff ‘tantrum’ hurting Wash. businesses amid Canadian boycott, state senator says | Globalnews.ca
In a release about the event, Senator Patty Murray says U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada is 'driving down businesses and creating chaos for WA State's economy.'
globalnews.ca
July 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I'm Canadian. I will not buy ANYTHING from the U.S. while it pursues a trade war against us. I buy from China now (something I used to avoid before 2025) before I'll buy a U.S. product.
Think of all the RPGs and books I want, but am not buying. My toaster oven is busted, but I'm not replacing...
Think of all the RPGs and books I want, but am not buying. My toaster oven is busted, but I'm not replacing...
My heart goes out to the kid who lost this on the bus, before I got on.
July 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My heart goes out to the kid who lost this on the bus, before I got on.
Hi @paulczege.bsky.social, I'm playing The Balsam Lake Unmurders. I super enjoyed the first few pages I wrote, but now I have questions. I hope you can help.
FIVE. "CAN WE TALK?"
I turned up a heart, so I learned a motive. Then I go to Nine, which instructs me to… learn their motive? Again?
FIVE. "CAN WE TALK?"
I turned up a heart, so I learned a motive. Then I go to Nine, which instructs me to… learn their motive? Again?
July 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Hi @paulczege.bsky.social, I'm playing The Balsam Lake Unmurders. I super enjoyed the first few pages I wrote, but now I have questions. I hope you can help.
FIVE. "CAN WE TALK?"
I turned up a heart, so I learned a motive. Then I go to Nine, which instructs me to… learn their motive? Again?
FIVE. "CAN WE TALK?"
I turned up a heart, so I learned a motive. Then I go to Nine, which instructs me to… learn their motive? Again?
July 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
In its current form, Bill C-5 is a gift to the fossil fuel industry. We have to move fast to pressure our MPs to improve the legislation, and make sure it puts people and the planet over corporate profits. Send a message now! #CanPoli #environment win.newmode.net/350org/c5
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
win.newmode.net
June 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In its current form, Bill C-5 is a gift to the fossil fuel industry. We have to move fast to pressure our MPs to improve the legislation, and make sure it puts people and the planet over corporate profits. Send a message now! #CanPoli #environment win.newmode.net/350org/c5
Burger Night: The Anticipation
June 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Burger Night: The Anticipation
The probability and statistics nerd in me wants 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and etc. -sided dice, with faces numbered 0-4, 0-6, 0-8, 0-10, 0-12 and etc..
#TTRPG
#TTRPG
May 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The probability and statistics nerd in me wants 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and etc. -sided dice, with faces numbered 0-4, 0-6, 0-8, 0-10, 0-12 and etc..
#TTRPG
#TTRPG
Why do I work for an hour "for free" on Sundays?
To double my #productivity on Mondays.
- Make to-do list and prioritize it
- Delegate what I can
- Block time in my calendar for top prio tasks
Ideally I would do this at the end of every workday, too.
"Time spend getting organized is never wasted."
To double my #productivity on Mondays.
- Make to-do list and prioritize it
- Delegate what I can
- Block time in my calendar for top prio tasks
Ideally I would do this at the end of every workday, too.
"Time spend getting organized is never wasted."
May 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Why do I work for an hour "for free" on Sundays?
To double my #productivity on Mondays.
- Make to-do list and prioritize it
- Delegate what I can
- Block time in my calendar for top prio tasks
Ideally I would do this at the end of every workday, too.
"Time spend getting organized is never wasted."
To double my #productivity on Mondays.
- Make to-do list and prioritize it
- Delegate what I can
- Block time in my calendar for top prio tasks
Ideally I would do this at the end of every workday, too.
"Time spend getting organized is never wasted."