Alejandro
@lusoclemens.bsky.social
When I'm outside in a real good mood, you could almost forget 'bout all the other things. Like a big old ominous cloud in my periphery.
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I run #ArsMagica every week and I will do so for the rest of my life.
Site: https://tejongallud.com
🇪🇸 ES / 🇬🇧 EN
I run #ArsMagica every week and I will do so for the rest of my life.
Site: https://tejongallud.com
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Alejandro
@lusoclemens.bsky.social
· Apr 9
I get the feeling somewhere
Something important waits for me
This must be what it feels like to be blessed
Something important waits for me
This must be what it feels like to be blessed
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Solo por comentar el tema del día y dibujar una línea: si eres un diseñador de rol y tu "sistema favorito" o "principal" es Dragones y Mazmorras 5ª Edición o sucedáneos, no confío en tu palabra como diseñador ni voy a comprar nada que diseñes. Que se dé por aludido quien quiera. #lodelrol
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Solo por comentar el tema del día y dibujar una línea: si eres un diseñador de rol y tu "sistema favorito" o "principal" es Dragones y Mazmorras 5ª Edición o sucedáneos, no confío en tu palabra como diseñador ni voy a comprar nada que diseñes. Que se dé por aludido quien quiera. #lodelrol
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‼️Detienen al tío de Luis Rubiales por lanzar huevos contra él al grito de “sinvergüenza” durante la presentación de su libro
Detienen al tío de Luis Rubiales por lanzar huevos contra él al grito de "sinvergüenza" durante la presentación de su libro
El atacante llegó a lanzarle dos huevos a la vez que le decía "sinvergüenza", tras lo que Rubiales quiso hacerle frente sin reconocer que se trataba de su sobrino
www.eldiario.es
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Is that good
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Is that good
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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Game design MEANS something, and if the reason you picked a mechanic boils down to a shrug, that means something too
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Game design MEANS something, and if the reason you picked a mechanic boils down to a shrug, that means something too
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I've noted it a lot, I will doubtlessly note it again, how weird it is that the TRPG hobby specifically devotes so much discourse to trying to distance itself from the actual "game" part of the acronym
Game mechanics aren't that special.
There is nothing inherently better about rolling 2d6 vs a d12, rolling over or under a stat for a skill check, or using tokens.
The special part is when you, the designer, noticing how a particular mechanic lets you share a part of the human experience
There is nothing inherently better about rolling 2d6 vs a d12, rolling over or under a stat for a skill check, or using tokens.
The special part is when you, the designer, noticing how a particular mechanic lets you share a part of the human experience
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I've noted it a lot, I will doubtlessly note it again, how weird it is that the TRPG hobby specifically devotes so much discourse to trying to distance itself from the actual "game" part of the acronym
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"Please don't put it in the newspaper that I got mad" - ass tweet
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Please don't put it in the newspaper that I got mad" - ass tweet
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9/ It's also true that in this case the unspoken part of "rulings" is "from someone with professional experience in the area and the knowledge base to be able to adjudicate outcomes based on the real world". That's not really the case for most of us GMing.
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
9/ It's also true that in this case the unspoken part of "rulings" is "from someone with professional experience in the area and the knowledge base to be able to adjudicate outcomes based on the real world". That's not really the case for most of us GMing.
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1/ I think you really see this in stuff round "rulings not rules".
It starts with a simple truism - outside a handful of outliers RPG rules are about telling you what you can do, not excluding anything not mentioned.
So you need a way of adjudicating actions outside that framework.
It starts with a simple truism - outside a handful of outliers RPG rules are about telling you what you can do, not excluding anything not mentioned.
So you need a way of adjudicating actions outside that framework.
theres this situation that occurs where two people can be talking about ttrpg rules and the role of rules, and the average person in this conversation talks about rules as "the content of the book" while others, especially osr people, use "rules" to mean "the thing telling me what to do"
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
1/ I think you really see this in stuff round "rulings not rules".
It starts with a simple truism - outside a handful of outliers RPG rules are about telling you what you can do, not excluding anything not mentioned.
So you need a way of adjudicating actions outside that framework.
It starts with a simple truism - outside a handful of outliers RPG rules are about telling you what you can do, not excluding anything not mentioned.
So you need a way of adjudicating actions outside that framework.
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It's why there is so much, I dunno, gall felt when you present a world you crafted to the public and a bunch of people pop up to tell you "you don't have to tell me how to craft masks, I know how that works". The audacity to dismiss an artist's work as derivative before even looking at it.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It's why there is so much, I dunno, gall felt when you present a world you crafted to the public and a bunch of people pop up to tell you "you don't have to tell me how to craft masks, I know how that works". The audacity to dismiss an artist's work as derivative before even looking at it.
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It's also why a lot of indies are very adamant about the importance of Rules. Because they are inventing new contexts which only the writer intuitively knows.
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It's also why a lot of indies are very adamant about the importance of Rules. Because they are inventing new contexts which only the writer intuitively knows.
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Entire thread is great but this specific point, with reference to Kriegspiel is incredibly important. "Rulings" are not created from nothing, they emerge from context and experience. It's why OSR games, regardless of how "weird" they are, all largely exist in the same dungeoncore fantasy space.
9/ It's also true that in this case the unspoken part of "rulings" is "from someone with professional experience in the area and the knowledge base to be able to adjudicate outcomes based on the real world". That's not really the case for most of us GMing.
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Entire thread is great but this specific point, with reference to Kriegspiel is incredibly important. "Rulings" are not created from nothing, they emerge from context and experience. It's why OSR games, regardless of how "weird" they are, all largely exist in the same dungeoncore fantasy space.
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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La simpática y agradable gente de campo. La sal de la tierra. El honesto agricultor que ara la tierra con sus propias manos…
REGIÓN LEONESA
Un agricultor arrasa por completo las ruinas del castillo de la Torre Mocha en Salamanca, Bien de Interés Cultural. Usó las piedras de esta fortificación de los siglos XII y XIII del Reino de León en la línea de defensa de Castilla para cegar una charca
Un agricultor arrasa por completo las ruinas del castillo de la Torre Mocha en Salamanca, Bien de Interés Cultural. Usó las piedras de esta fortificación de los siglos XII y XIII del Reino de León en la línea de defensa de Castilla para cegar una charca
Un agricultor arrasa por completo las ruinas del castillo de la Torre Mocha en Salamanca, Bien de Interés Cultural
La demolición total de la fortificación leonesa construida en los siglos XII y XII en Naharros del Río (en el municipio de Pelabravo en la comarca del Tormes) como parte de la línea defensiva del Rein...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
La simpática y agradable gente de campo. La sal de la tierra. El honesto agricultor que ara la tierra con sus propias manos…
Después de ver este vídeo y estar completamente de acuerdo con Luis Carazo, creo que tengo que admitirlo seriamente: odio a Brennan Lee-Mulligan y todo lo que representa en el rol.
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Después de ver este vídeo y estar completamente de acuerdo con Luis Carazo, creo que tengo que admitirlo seriamente: odio a Brennan Lee-Mulligan y todo lo que representa en el rol.
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Luis tiene toda la razón y me animo a decir algo más: todo diseño de reglas que te diga "ayñññ podés saltarte todas las reglas" es un diseño VAGO. Si tu juego necesita para funcionar que ignore la mitad del manual entonces a tu juego le sobra medio manual.
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Luis tiene toda la razón y me animo a decir algo más: todo diseño de reglas que te diga "ayñññ podés saltarte todas las reglas" es un diseño VAGO. Si tu juego necesita para funcionar que ignore la mitad del manual entonces a tu juego le sobra medio manual.
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This says less about RPGs more about how Yankees are deeply fucked up by both
1) The violence of their state, which instills coercivity into even the most pro-social of rule arrangements
2) Their inability to see the pro-social nature of countless social institutions (all of them made of rules)
1) The violence of their state, which instills coercivity into even the most pro-social of rule arrangements
2) Their inability to see the pro-social nature of countless social institutions (all of them made of rules)
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This says less about RPGs more about how Yankees are deeply fucked up by both
1) The violence of their state, which instills coercivity into even the most pro-social of rule arrangements
2) Their inability to see the pro-social nature of countless social institutions (all of them made of rules)
1) The violence of their state, which instills coercivity into even the most pro-social of rule arrangements
2) Their inability to see the pro-social nature of countless social institutions (all of them made of rules)
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November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Here's the one thing noobs (and some not noobs) get wrong about VtM
and it's okay to get it wrong, no one taught you as they should have
But one of the CORNERSTONES of VtM is that you, as a vampire, are Damned. You are a MONSTER, make NO mistake.
So many people want to play it as...
and it's okay to get it wrong, no one taught you as they should have
But one of the CORNERSTONES of VtM is that you, as a vampire, are Damned. You are a MONSTER, make NO mistake.
So many people want to play it as...
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Here's the one thing noobs (and some not noobs) get wrong about VtM
and it's okay to get it wrong, no one taught you as they should have
But one of the CORNERSTONES of VtM is that you, as a vampire, are Damned. You are a MONSTER, make NO mistake.
So many people want to play it as...
and it's okay to get it wrong, no one taught you as they should have
But one of the CORNERSTONES of VtM is that you, as a vampire, are Damned. You are a MONSTER, make NO mistake.
So many people want to play it as...
Hoy publico mi primer post del Noviembre Hermético, el evento "Una publicación al día" de la comunidad de #ArsMagica. Lo haré con tablas de encuentros y exploración en la #Murcia mítica del siglo XIII.
#lodelrol #NoviembreHermetico
tejongallud.com/noviembre-he...
#lodelrol #NoviembreHermetico
tejongallud.com/noviembre-he...
Noviembre Hermético 2025 (I) - Meles Meles
Primer post del Noviembre Hermético 2025.
tejongallud.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hoy publico mi primer post del Noviembre Hermético, el evento "Una publicación al día" de la comunidad de #ArsMagica. Lo haré con tablas de encuentros y exploración en la #Murcia mítica del siglo XIII.
#lodelrol #NoviembreHermetico
tejongallud.com/noviembre-he...
#lodelrol #NoviembreHermetico
tejongallud.com/noviembre-he...
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If I understood correctly, then this post is saying what I've been saying less succinctly: if a game claims to be about something, I want the *game* to be about that. I want to *play* that something, not just incidentally narrate about it while playing a different game attached to this narrative.
New article on Old Men Running the World, where I drill down into what makes me want to run a game and what makes me run a mile. #ttrpg
What Makes Me Want To Run A Game? - Old Men Running The World
Or, to give it its true clickbait title, "Why I have absolutely no interest in running 7/9 of the games Quinns Quest has reviewed."
oldmenrunningtheworld.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If I understood correctly, then this post is saying what I've been saying less succinctly: if a game claims to be about something, I want the *game* to be about that. I want to *play* that something, not just incidentally narrate about it while playing a different game attached to this narrative.
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*Throwing up my arms* YES YES EXACTLY! THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE
A story cannot be told in just a TV Tropes style D&D plugin - it would be hollow, disquieting. It has to be its own thing!
A story cannot be told in just a TV Tropes style D&D plugin - it would be hollow, disquieting. It has to be its own thing!
New article on Old Men Running the World, where I drill down into what makes me want to run a game and what makes me run a mile. #ttrpg
What Makes Me Want To Run A Game? - Old Men Running The World
Or, to give it its true clickbait title, "Why I have absolutely no interest in running 7/9 of the games Quinns Quest has reviewed."
oldmenrunningtheworld.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
*Throwing up my arms* YES YES EXACTLY! THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE
A story cannot be told in just a TV Tropes style D&D plugin - it would be hollow, disquieting. It has to be its own thing!
A story cannot be told in just a TV Tropes style D&D plugin - it would be hollow, disquieting. It has to be its own thing!