Massimiliano Palloni
@niobio42.bsky.social
Sustainable Organic Marketer, proper left-wing nut, member of the @oddplan.itch.io collective.
He/Him
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He/Him
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Remember, kids: environmentalism without class struggle is gardening.
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Remember, kids: environmentalism without class struggle is gardening.
Looking at the IRL category on Twitch, all I can think of is a brand-new horror short story called “I Have No Brain, and I Must Stream”.
October 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Looking at the IRL category on Twitch, all I can think of is a brand-new horror short story called “I Have No Brain, and I Must Stream”.
“Man, these solo journaling games don’t make any sense.”
“Haven’t you just finished writing one?”
“Did I stutter?”
“Haven’t you just finished writing one?”
“Did I stutter?”
October 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“Man, these solo journaling games don’t make any sense.”
“Haven’t you just finished writing one?”
“Did I stutter?”
“Haven’t you just finished writing one?”
“Did I stutter?”
I should stop inviting people to creative meetings after a shopping spree in the local winery.
Let us introduce you to our bulletproof strategy for marketing a new TTRPG:
1. Publish it by mistake days earlier.
2. Forget about it for days.
3. Half-assedly fill a couple of forms for a mention in newsletters you don’t read.
4. Get drunk with four bottles of Chianti in three.
5. Rinse and repeat.
1. Publish it by mistake days earlier.
2. Forget about it for days.
3. Half-assedly fill a couple of forms for a mention in newsletters you don’t read.
4. Get drunk with four bottles of Chianti in three.
5. Rinse and repeat.
October 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I should stop inviting people to creative meetings after a shopping spree in the local winery.
Today, a colleague asked me why I rushed out to help occupy the streets during the spontaneous demonstration against Israel’s illegal actions toward the GSF.
“You have a child, you should be careful.”
It’s precisely because I have a child that I must resist. He doesn’t deserve a world like this.
“You have a child, you should be careful.”
It’s precisely because I have a child that I must resist. He doesn’t deserve a world like this.
October 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today, a colleague asked me why I rushed out to help occupy the streets during the spontaneous demonstration against Israel’s illegal actions toward the GSF.
“You have a child, you should be careful.”
It’s precisely because I have a child that I must resist. He doesn’t deserve a world like this.
“You have a child, you should be careful.”
It’s precisely because I have a child that I must resist. He doesn’t deserve a world like this.
My socialist and eversive baby <3.
To the chuds reading, we assure you that our next game is not political, not at all. It neither tries to pass off shamefully subversive concepts, such as the fact that work is a right and workers should be treated with dignity. It’s just a red manual with a lot of raised fists—nothing to see here.
Rise Up! by Oddplan!
A Journaling TTRPG of Insurrection, Resistance and Change
oddplan.itch.io
September 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My socialist and eversive baby <3.
September 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
They told me, “You’ll mellow out as you get older,” but here I am at forty-one, about to order a KNEECAP t-shirt with ‘Níl fáilte roimh an RUC’ on it.
At this pace, I fully expect to be joining a nice armed struggle workshop by the time I’m fifty.
At this pace, I fully expect to be joining a nice armed struggle workshop by the time I’m fifty.
September 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
They told me, “You’ll mellow out as you get older,” but here I am at forty-one, about to order a KNEECAP t-shirt with ‘Níl fáilte roimh an RUC’ on it.
At this pace, I fully expect to be joining a nice armed struggle workshop by the time I’m fifty.
At this pace, I fully expect to be joining a nice armed struggle workshop by the time I’m fifty.
I asked a couple of pros in the TTRPG world to read this article before publishing it. Their opinion, in short, was: “Yes, all true, but what’s the alternative?”
I honestly don’t know. I’m not sure the actual model can work in the stormy economic recession that awaits us all.
I honestly don’t know. I’m not sure the actual model can work in the stormy economic recession that awaits us all.
After analyzing crowdfunding for TTRPGs from an economic perspective (spoiler: it’s not pretty), let’s take a look together at why some of the system’s perks, such as stretch goals, are also one of the reasons for the market failure of the games that use it.
Why we don’t like crowdfunding - Part 2
Sometimes you play the game well. Sometimes the game plays you.
oddplan.substack.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I asked a couple of pros in the TTRPG world to read this article before publishing it. Their opinion, in short, was: “Yes, all true, but what’s the alternative?”
I honestly don’t know. I’m not sure the actual model can work in the stormy economic recession that awaits us all.
I honestly don’t know. I’m not sure the actual model can work in the stormy economic recession that awaits us all.
My maternal grandfather was a prisoner of war of the nazis. My paternal grandfather fought in the hills of Tuscany against these fuckers and lost good friends in the process. I’ve been antifascist my whole life. I can’t possibly use a platform that lets actual white supremacists run rampant.
So, we’re still having a nazi problem on Substack. Monetized nazis, nonetheless! As grandsons of Italian partisans and nazi POWs, we can’t possibly stay on a platform that gives these scums of the Earth a place to spew their brain-dead hatred.
Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog
The newsletter's logo is a swastika and it has pushed Holocaust denialism along with news and opinion content for the 'White Nationalist Community.'
www.usermag.co
July 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
My maternal grandfather was a prisoner of war of the nazis. My paternal grandfather fought in the hills of Tuscany against these fuckers and lost good friends in the process. I’ve been antifascist my whole life. I can’t possibly use a platform that lets actual white supremacists run rampant.
I tried to run some numbers for Oddplan on Crowdfunding for TTRPGs. Results are not pretty.
We’re not particularly fond of crowdfunding as the primary revenue generator for TTRPGs. There are several reasons, but we’ll start by discussing the economics of it.
Why we don’t like crowdfunding - Part 1
Some uncomfortable truths about one of the most beloved fundraising methods in RPGs.
oddplan.substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I tried to run some numbers for Oddplan on Crowdfunding for TTRPGs. Results are not pretty.
I mean, we're not exactly wrong.
As an RPG designer, you should be proud and happy of being no more than an artisan. Leave all the "Artist" posturing to other creative endeavors.
You produce tools, not art.
How RPG designers are more craftsmen than artists, and why that’s ok.
oddplan.substack.com
May 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I mean, we're not exactly wrong.
Looking at some books about prehistoric animals and dinosaurs with my kid, it seems clear to me that nature has undergone a shameful shrinkflation. And we're paying for it!
May 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Looking at some books about prehistoric animals and dinosaurs with my kid, it seems clear to me that nature has undergone a shameful shrinkflation. And we're paying for it!
We should go to therapy more and spend less time watching trauma dumps poorly concealed as TV dramas.
May 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We should go to therapy more and spend less time watching trauma dumps poorly concealed as TV dramas.
I want to share a story close to me and dear for many reasons on International Workers' Day. The most prolonged occupation of an Italian factory, a community that becomes stronger the longer it endures.
Ex-GKN Workers’ Struggle in Italy: A Fight Beyond the Factory Walls
STAND recently hosted a roundtable discussion on the ongoing resistance of ex-GKN steelworkers, just a few miles from downtown Florence.
news.johncabot.edu
May 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I want to share a story close to me and dear for many reasons on International Workers' Day. The most prolonged occupation of an Italian factory, a community that becomes stronger the longer it endures.
Reposted by Massimiliano Palloni
Happy May 1st. The value of your labor belongs to you and the actions of the state are best understood as as a coordinated effort to distract you from this. The state fears an organized and unified proletariat like it fears death and rightly so. Power to the workers and power to the people
May 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Happy May 1st. The value of your labor belongs to you and the actions of the state are best understood as as a coordinated effort to distract you from this. The state fears an organized and unified proletariat like it fears death and rightly so. Power to the workers and power to the people
Reposted by Massimiliano Palloni
Kae Tempest - Know Yourself (Official Video)
YouTube video by KaeTempestVEVO
www.youtube.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Happy Labour Day!
a woman sitting on a couch with the words now is the time to strike on her face
Alt: a woman sitting on a couch with the words now is the time to strike on her face
media.tenor.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Happy Labour Day!
I want to write a solo game for this TTRPG Jam about class struggle, worker revolts, and the power of the collective against the particular interests of Capital. Yeah, super easy, right?
Build a Better World TTRPG jam
A game jam from 2025-04-29 to 2025-06-21 hosted by IKO, JimmyShelter, David Blandy, Gather Around projects & ChrisAir. “We live in capitalism,” said Le Guin, “Its power seems inescapable. So did the d...
itch.io
April 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I want to write a solo game for this TTRPG Jam about class struggle, worker revolts, and the power of the collective against the particular interests of Capital. Yeah, super easy, right?
Reposted by Massimiliano Palloni
To get our bearings as game #ttrpg authors and producers in this post-tariff environment, we sought the advice of an industry expert. After all, as much as we might be right to complain, it sadly doesn't achieve anything.
Not-so-reciprocal tariffs in the tabletop gaming industry
How the tariffs will shape the TTG and TTRPG space, and what we can do about them.
oddplan.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
To get our bearings as game #ttrpg authors and producers in this post-tariff environment, we sought the advice of an industry expert. After all, as much as we might be right to complain, it sadly doesn't achieve anything.
Yesterday, I was in the middle of a nationwide blackout on a work trip; today, somebody accessed a delivery app I no longer use (cause fuck 'em!) and ordered 80 euros of gift cards.
I need to change all my passwords, and above all else, I need to lie down for a little while.
I need to change all my passwords, and above all else, I need to lie down for a little while.
April 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Yesterday, I was in the middle of a nationwide blackout on a work trip; today, somebody accessed a delivery app I no longer use (cause fuck 'em!) and ordered 80 euros of gift cards.
I need to change all my passwords, and above all else, I need to lie down for a little while.
I need to change all my passwords, and above all else, I need to lie down for a little while.
Reposted by Massimiliano Palloni
Mi raccomando: sobrietà!
April 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Mi raccomando: sobrietà!
Maybe it's my Italian blood, even if I'm unbaptized and critical of the Church since I was 14, but all this chatter about JD Vance and the Pope is perplexing. One of the most prominent figures in the World dies, and somehow y'all find a way to make it about America. You *truly* are exceptional, uh?
April 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Maybe it's my Italian blood, even if I'm unbaptized and critical of the Church since I was 14, but all this chatter about JD Vance and the Pope is perplexing. One of the most prominent figures in the World dies, and somehow y'all find a way to make it about America. You *truly* are exceptional, uh?
The illustration for a kid's book about dinosaurs from the 1990s has no business going so hard.
April 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The illustration for a kid's book about dinosaurs from the 1990s has no business going so hard.
"My face isn't serene / Incompatible with the system / That wants us all aligned and smiling / Working in the great social assembly line / In which I've been working for years
/ and for many years I've wanted to sabotage it / To sabotage and subvert—That's my job and what I'm good at."
25 years ago.
/ and for many years I've wanted to sabotage it / To sabotage and subvert—That's my job and what I'm good at."
25 years ago.
99 Posse - L'anguilla (videoclip)
YouTube video by 99PosseVEVO
www.youtube.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"My face isn't serene / Incompatible with the system / That wants us all aligned and smiling / Working in the great social assembly line / In which I've been working for years
/ and for many years I've wanted to sabotage it / To sabotage and subvert—That's my job and what I'm good at."
25 years ago.
/ and for many years I've wanted to sabotage it / To sabotage and subvert—That's my job and what I'm good at."
25 years ago.