Jarvis
@neastrith.bsky.social
I play TTRPGs and think about systems.
Social systems, technical systems, and especially game systems.
Projects:
tinyurl.com/Qwixaltedv3
tinyurl.com/BNDofBLDs
Social systems, technical systems, and especially game systems.
Projects:
tinyurl.com/Qwixaltedv3
tinyurl.com/BNDofBLDs
August 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Reposted by Jarvis
Today, IGN laid off eight extremely valuable members of our union and workforce via directive from our parent company, Ziff Davis. This, after two incredibly successful live events IGN Live and SDCC, and yet another corporate acquisition.
Please take a moment to read and share our full statement:
Please take a moment to read and share our full statement:
August 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Today, IGN laid off eight extremely valuable members of our union and workforce via directive from our parent company, Ziff Davis. This, after two incredibly successful live events IGN Live and SDCC, and yet another corporate acquisition.
Please take a moment to read and share our full statement:
Please take a moment to read and share our full statement:
Reposted by Jarvis
Ziff Davis — also IGN's parent company — implemented a huge company-wide buyout just months ago. To follow it with layoffs is unacceptable, especially when there are no signs of an end to their constant buying sprees.
Today, the multibillion-dollar Ziff Davis is slashing its staff of 23 valuable ZDCG colleagues — just weeks after it finalized even more corporate acquisitions and boasted about profitability being "up." Ziff Davis is putting its spending spree ahead of its own workers. 👇
July 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Ziff Davis — also IGN's parent company — implemented a huge company-wide buyout just months ago. To follow it with layoffs is unacceptable, especially when there are no signs of an end to their constant buying sprees.
Reposted by Jarvis
An update: management has chosen not to recognize our Product, Engineering, and Humble Bundle colleagues as part of IGNCG, instead insisting on a time-consuming NLRB hearing, which took place last week.
Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.
Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.
It’s been-
One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild.
The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!
One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild.
The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!
July 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
An update: management has chosen not to recognize our Product, Engineering, and Humble Bundle colleagues as part of IGNCG, instead insisting on a time-consuming NLRB hearing, which took place last week.
Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.
Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.
Reposted by Jarvis
It’s been-
One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild.
The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!
One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild.
The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!
May 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It’s been-
One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild.
The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!
One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild.
The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!
Reposted by Jarvis
Our little union is getting a bit bigger!
Today, we proposed the addition of our product, engineering, and Humble Bundle folks into our unit.
Join us in welcoming our peers and asking IGN Entertainment Inc. management to voluntarily recognize their addition into our union!
Today, we proposed the addition of our product, engineering, and Humble Bundle folks into our unit.
Join us in welcoming our peers and asking IGN Entertainment Inc. management to voluntarily recognize their addition into our union!
May 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Our little union is getting a bit bigger!
Today, we proposed the addition of our product, engineering, and Humble Bundle folks into our unit.
Join us in welcoming our peers and asking IGN Entertainment Inc. management to voluntarily recognize their addition into our union!
Today, we proposed the addition of our product, engineering, and Humble Bundle folks into our unit.
Join us in welcoming our peers and asking IGN Entertainment Inc. management to voluntarily recognize their addition into our union!
BND of BLDs is a stompy scifi mech hack for the Band of Blades rpg. It's the mech game I needed, but couldn't find.
Alpha complete. 100% playable.
Grab your squad. Report to the Mech Bay!
tinyurl.com/BNDofBLDs
#bitd #fitd #rpg #trpg #bladesinthedark #forgedinthedark #bandofblades #mech #scifi
Alpha complete. 100% playable.
Grab your squad. Report to the Mech Bay!
tinyurl.com/BNDofBLDs
#bitd #fitd #rpg #trpg #bladesinthedark #forgedinthedark #bandofblades #mech #scifi
BND of BLDs - SciFi Mech Playset for Band of Blades - Google Drive
tinyurl.com
April 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
BND of BLDs is a stompy scifi mech hack for the Band of Blades rpg. It's the mech game I needed, but couldn't find.
Alpha complete. 100% playable.
Grab your squad. Report to the Mech Bay!
tinyurl.com/BNDofBLDs
#bitd #fitd #rpg #trpg #bladesinthedark #forgedinthedark #bandofblades #mech #scifi
Alpha complete. 100% playable.
Grab your squad. Report to the Mech Bay!
tinyurl.com/BNDofBLDs
#bitd #fitd #rpg #trpg #bladesinthedark #forgedinthedark #bandofblades #mech #scifi
I often hear folks worry that a weekly #TTRPG will double the mental/social load of their biweekly gaming. That can be a lot.
#protip, if you add a *second* weekly #TTRPG then that first game is now just *half* the total social exhaustion of your new weekly gaming schedule.
Problem solved! 😈
#protip, if you add a *second* weekly #TTRPG then that first game is now just *half* the total social exhaustion of your new weekly gaming schedule.
Problem solved! 😈
tfw youre in a biweekly ttrpg and u know you'd be exhausted if it was weekly but the 2 week wait is still pain and ur left staring into the middle distance, consumed by thoughts
October 18, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Here's to all those on the front lines, fighting to keep the G in our #TTRPGs!
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Huge hot take, I despise streamlined TTRPG’s. I’m not one who likes how complicated pathfinder is or 3.5 is. But TTRPG’s that can be ran in like 45 minutes suck all the fun out of it for me. I love the 4 hours of roleplay and such. I know you CAN do that with those games. But it’s not built for it.
September 29, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Here's to all those on the front lines, fighting to keep the G in our #TTRPGs!
🍻
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Kicked off #TTRPG session 1 for a #Qwixalted playtesting campaign last night!
Four mortal siblings in Sijan that will all exalt after a couple sessions. They're really planning into the tragic pathos in some corners of the setting. Might end up with a full party of Abyssals on my hands soon. 😅
Four mortal siblings in Sijan that will all exalt after a couple sessions. They're really planning into the tragic pathos in some corners of the setting. Might end up with a full party of Abyssals on my hands soon. 😅
September 26, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Kicked off #TTRPG session 1 for a #Qwixalted playtesting campaign last night!
Four mortal siblings in Sijan that will all exalt after a couple sessions. They're really planning into the tragic pathos in some corners of the setting. Might end up with a full party of Abyssals on my hands soon. 😅
Four mortal siblings in Sijan that will all exalt after a couple sessions. They're really planning into the tragic pathos in some corners of the setting. Might end up with a full party of Abyssals on my hands soon. 😅
Introducing some new #TTRPG folks to #Exalted soon. Playing Mortals in Sijan for a few sessions before their exaltation. Trying to think of scenes over the first few sessions that will slowly introduce setting components. 🤔
Artifacts, Hearthstones, Animas, Exalts, Sorcery, Martial Arts, Limit, etc
Artifacts, Hearthstones, Animas, Exalts, Sorcery, Martial Arts, Limit, etc
September 20, 2024 at 7:18 PM
When parsing a new #TTRPG system I check two things first:
1) core mechanic
2) character sheet
Character Sheets theoretically list all a player needs while playing the game and summaries for player inputs and outputs.
e.g. "Corruptions" on this sheet immediately has my interest
1) core mechanic
2) character sheet
Character Sheets theoretically list all a player needs while playing the game and summaries for player inputs and outputs.
e.g. "Corruptions" on this sheet immediately has my interest
September 18, 2024 at 7:06 PM
When parsing a new #TTRPG system I check two things first:
1) core mechanic
2) character sheet
Character Sheets theoretically list all a player needs while playing the game and summaries for player inputs and outputs.
e.g. "Corruptions" on this sheet immediately has my interest
1) core mechanic
2) character sheet
Character Sheets theoretically list all a player needs while playing the game and summaries for player inputs and outputs.
e.g. "Corruptions" on this sheet immediately has my interest
Got a full session of #TTRPG playtesting down for #Qwixalted v3.3 and it was a blast.
Running through Daughter of Nexus for #Exalted and the gameplay has been nice and snappy. Substituting Anima increases for Mote spends directly worked really well!
Running through Daughter of Nexus for #Exalted and the gameplay has been nice and snappy. Substituting Anima increases for Mote spends directly worked really well!
September 18, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Got a full session of #TTRPG playtesting down for #Qwixalted v3.3 and it was a blast.
Running through Daughter of Nexus for #Exalted and the gameplay has been nice and snappy. Substituting Anima increases for Mote spends directly worked really well!
Running through Daughter of Nexus for #Exalted and the gameplay has been nice and snappy. Substituting Anima increases for Mote spends directly worked really well!
Caught up school work for the weekend, so back to rpg work.
My next task is to add some fillable forms to the pdf character sheets for Qwixalted so my online playtest groups aren't forced to use archaic pen & paper when they play pen & paper rpgs.
My next task is to add some fillable forms to the pdf character sheets for Qwixalted so my online playtest groups aren't forced to use archaic pen & paper when they play pen & paper rpgs.
September 14, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Caught up school work for the weekend, so back to rpg work.
My next task is to add some fillable forms to the pdf character sheets for Qwixalted so my online playtest groups aren't forced to use archaic pen & paper when they play pen & paper rpgs.
My next task is to add some fillable forms to the pdf character sheets for Qwixalted so my online playtest groups aren't forced to use archaic pen & paper when they play pen & paper rpgs.
Scum & Villainy #TTRPG big bad end game part 1 went great.
Two linked heists against House Malklaith. Enough stolen taxes to buy the loyalty of the Scarlet Wolves and refit the Maelstrom fleet. A bit of rogue AI on the ship for added spice.
Next week,
The Battle of the Hantu Gate!
Two linked heists against House Malklaith. Enough stolen taxes to buy the loyalty of the Scarlet Wolves and refit the Maelstrom fleet. A bit of rogue AI on the ship for added spice.
Next week,
The Battle of the Hantu Gate!
September 14, 2024 at 4:53 AM
Scum & Villainy #TTRPG big bad end game part 1 went great.
Two linked heists against House Malklaith. Enough stolen taxes to buy the loyalty of the Scarlet Wolves and refit the Maelstrom fleet. A bit of rogue AI on the ship for added spice.
Next week,
The Battle of the Hantu Gate!
Two linked heists against House Malklaith. Enough stolen taxes to buy the loyalty of the Scarlet Wolves and refit the Maelstrom fleet. A bit of rogue AI on the ship for added spice.
Next week,
The Battle of the Hantu Gate!
#TTRPG folks screaming "D&D fans don't realize how many alternative games exist!" When most of the #D&D fans I encounter don't even realize other genres exist.
Opening minds and spreading the good #TTRPG word takes time yall. Settle in. Stay hydrated. They'll catch on eventually.
Opening minds and spreading the good #TTRPG word takes time yall. Settle in. Stay hydrated. They'll catch on eventually.
September 13, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Okay #TTRPG #D&D and #Pathfinder folks, help me understand.
Hasbro does an AI and feeds are *filled* with not-D&D alternatives for fans to switch to.
...but I haven't seen a single post from a D&Der asking for recs or even saying they're gonna leave D&D over this. Did I just miss those posts?
Hasbro does an AI and feeds are *filled* with not-D&D alternatives for fans to switch to.
...but I haven't seen a single post from a D&Der asking for recs or even saying they're gonna leave D&D over this. Did I just miss those posts?
September 13, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Okay #TTRPG #D&D and #Pathfinder folks, help me understand.
Hasbro does an AI and feeds are *filled* with not-D&D alternatives for fans to switch to.
...but I haven't seen a single post from a D&Der asking for recs or even saying they're gonna leave D&D over this. Did I just miss those posts?
Hasbro does an AI and feeds are *filled* with not-D&D alternatives for fans to switch to.
...but I haven't seen a single post from a D&Der asking for recs or even saying they're gonna leave D&D over this. Did I just miss those posts?
I got a bunch of notes laid out for my Scum & Villainy #TTRPG session tomorrow!
First part of our big three session finale that'll see a huge bank heist, pirate fleet battles, old enemies, shocking betrayals, and mysterious precursor biz. Procyon Sector is never gonna be the same!
First part of our big three session finale that'll see a huge bank heist, pirate fleet battles, old enemies, shocking betrayals, and mysterious precursor biz. Procyon Sector is never gonna be the same!
September 13, 2024 at 3:17 AM
I got a bunch of notes laid out for my Scum & Villainy #TTRPG session tomorrow!
First part of our big three session finale that'll see a huge bank heist, pirate fleet battles, old enemies, shocking betrayals, and mysterious precursor biz. Procyon Sector is never gonna be the same!
First part of our big three session finale that'll see a huge bank heist, pirate fleet battles, old enemies, shocking betrayals, and mysterious precursor biz. Procyon Sector is never gonna be the same!
Anyone care to gimme the quick and dirty on why Bluesky seems to be so leftist? I looove it, just super surprised.
Is just a certain *musk* that's pulling the right over to X?
Is just a certain *musk* that's pulling the right over to X?
September 10, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Anyone care to gimme the quick and dirty on why Bluesky seems to be so leftist? I looove it, just super surprised.
Is just a certain *musk* that's pulling the right over to X?
Is just a certain *musk* that's pulling the right over to X?
Quest is the Roulette of RPGs. Players just drop the ball (d20) and hope for the best. 😢
September 9, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Quest is the Roulette of RPGs. Players just drop the ball (d20) and hope for the best. 😢
#TTRPG folks that only play D&D are like music fans that only listen to one band. Friends, there's so much more to roleplaying games than D&D.
So... Tell me your favorite thing about D&D and I'll recommended another rpg worth your time.
So... Tell me your favorite thing about D&D and I'll recommended another rpg worth your time.
September 7, 2024 at 4:17 AM
#TTRPG folks that only play D&D are like music fans that only listen to one band. Friends, there's so much more to roleplaying games than D&D.
So... Tell me your favorite thing about D&D and I'll recommended another rpg worth your time.
So... Tell me your favorite thing about D&D and I'll recommended another rpg worth your time.
I'm prepping for the climax of my Scum & Villainy rpg campaign. Crew is gonna open a mystery hyperspace gate that's never been opened. Any ideas for what's on the other side are welcome!
September 7, 2024 at 3:28 AM
I'm prepping for the climax of my Scum & Villainy rpg campaign. Crew is gonna open a mystery hyperspace gate that's never been opened. Any ideas for what's on the other side are welcome!