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@nolandda.bsky.social
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I like indie TTRPGs. I work on computer stuff.

Maybe some philosophy, empiricism, history, cocktails, or linguistics as a treat.
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mint-rabbit.bsky.social
It's been a bit since I've chatted up my game, and I'd really love to meet you at my table! Protect the Child is a FitD game of monster babysitters; we try to have something going on at least once a week! discord.gg/TRhmGdwTD
Join the Protect The Child: Playtest Discord Server!
Check out the Protect The Child: Playtest community on Discord - hang out with 124 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
discord.gg
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
nolandda.bsky.social
Happy to receive my zine. Thanks @zigmenthotep.bsky.social
Photo of new TTRPG zine "The Goblin Guide to Advanced Dice Rolling"
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
nolandda.bsky.social
Look what came in the mail. Thanks @ndpdesign.com & @epidiah.bsky.social
A photo of the Adventure & Hobbyist Annual 2025 collection of TTRPG adventures.
October 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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kityates.bsky.social
If I was a tutoring company and I wanted to convince you that I could teach your kids maths, I would probably not have an advert that said “3=2” on it!

That’s just me though.
September 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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binarystar.games
DC-area folks! Pure Panic Comics and Games is hosting a little mini-con September 28th (almost exactly a month from now). Tables running games in both the morning and afternoon, vending all day, two panels. Be there or be square!
Indie Tabletop Day at Pure Panic Comics and Games Designed in the DMV Logo, Pure Panic Logo Play tabletop games Vending from local designers Panels on games September 28th, 10AM-8PM 8317 Fenton St. Silver Spring, MD Find out more at designedinthedmv.org
August 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
nolandda.bsky.social
Hey thanks @ndpdesign.com

#ttrpg
August 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
nolandda.bsky.social
Indie Games on Demand is alive and well at #GenCon. Want to play an interesting #TTRPG? No need to plan, just show up at Westin Grand Ballroom 3 with a generic ticket and join our boarding process.

Also visit our friends:
@ipr.bsky.social @pelgranepress.bsky.social @igdn-official.bsky.social
Flyer for Indie Games on Demand at Gencon 2025 showing that it is available starting every two hours from 10-8 for most of the con. Come to the Westin Grand Ballroom #3 just across the skybridge from the convention center to play games. 2 hour games require 1 generic ticket 4 hour games require 2 generic tickets.
July 31, 2025 at 4:23 AM
nolandda.bsky.social
Yes! Play this game. Had a great session with @mint-rabbit.bsky.social this morning. Or if your group isn't up for it catch me at the GenCon Games on Demand events and I'll run it for you.
mint-rabbit.bsky.social There's A TTRPG For That @mint-rabbit.bsky.social · Jul 12
It's been a hot minute since I've boosted my own game, so here it is: Protect the Child is a Forged-in-the-Dark #ttrpg about monster babysitters, currently in play-testing.

mint-rabbit.itch.io/protect-the-...
Protect The Child (Playtesting!) by Mint-Rabbit
A game about monster babysitters.
mint-rabbit.itch.io
July 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
nolandda.bsky.social
#Toronto #cocktails at Civil Works.
A bar menu from the Toronto bar "Civil Works" entitled "A Manual for Laying Pipe" featuring a technical drawing of a valve. A red cocktail in a Nick & Nora glass on a bar. A tiki style cocktail on crushed ice.
July 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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stickydoodler.bsky.social
Discard.
A hand of cards; four kings are out of the hand, on the table
June 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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travischarest.bsky.social
#57 Nightcrawler - ink and gouache on 13 x 19 bristol
June 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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drrabbithole.bsky.social
#NIH staffers signed on to the #BethesdaResolution for many, many reasons. This is one of mine.

Add your name to the public support letter here:

actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
The purpose of science is to discover the truth about the universe. How could we stay silent while they waged war on truth?
June 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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drrabbithole.bsky.social
Those of you asking what you can do to help save medical research - please sign the support letter to the #BethesdaDeclaration and share it widely.

What is happening is not normal. Every name helps.

actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
actionnetwork.org
June 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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jurph.bsky.social
A drawing from the fable of the Scorpion and the Frog. "But now we shall both surely drown," said the Frog. "lol" said the Scorpion, "lmao".
June 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
nolandda.bsky.social
@paulczege.bsky.social it begins. Thanks again for running the contest. #BalsamLake #TTRPG. (Not pictured Twin Peaks soundtrack)
The play materials for a game of the journaling RPG "Balsam Lake Unmurders" laid out upon a table: rule book, playing cards, journal, pen.
June 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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paulczege.bsky.social
Seven years ago I went through the core books of 156 RPGs I own from the 70s through that year that all used character stats and made a word cloud of their commonality.
A word cloud of stats from 156 RPGs from the 70s to 2018 representing how common they were across multiple games by how big they are in the cloud. The largest one is Strength. All the traditional D&D stats are among the largest. The largest non-D&D stat is Agility, and it's larger than Wisdom. Perception is pretty large. Some are too small to read. But if you look you can see ones like Ego, Empathy, Luck, Brawn, Spirit, Charm, Quickness.
May 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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jay.bsky.team
I think about this comic at least once a week
- I want things to be different - *smashes everything* - oh no
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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lippard.bsky.social
CISA planning to fly blind. www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
CISA warns threat hunting staff of end to Google, Censys contracts as agency cuts set in
“We understand the importance of these tools in our operations and are actively exploring alternative tools to ensure minimal disruption,” said the email sent to several hundred CISA cyber threat hunt...
www.nextgov.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
nolandda.bsky.social
Yes! Be like @smalltowncreepy.bsky.social and enter the #BalsamLake giveaway. Don't let some weirdo like me who is just going to back the project anyway win! #TTRPG
April 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
nolandda.bsky.social
Your regularly scheduled reminder that you only have to pay to do your taxes because of these jerks.
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · Apr 17
With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.

(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
April 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
nolandda.bsky.social
Great cocktail history panel discussion at the Smithsonian featuring @davidwondrich.bsky.social, Noah Rothbaum, and Philip Greene.

Thanks to @catoctincreek.bsky.social for the lovely whiskey in the sample #cocktails.

Get the Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails accept no substitutes.
A panel discussion setup on a stage with the panel members in chairs facing the audience.
April 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
nolandda.bsky.social
Special thanks to @lymerpg.bsky.social for running a demo of "Fear & Panic" for me this afternoon at #AwesomeCon. Enjoying #TTRPG s #DesignedInTheDMV.
A "Fear and Panic" TTRPG character sheet listing attributes etc.
April 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
nolandda.bsky.social
Seen at #AwesomeCon
A sign featuring Krypto the Super Dog from the Superman universe saying "Invest in Krypto. Buy more comics!"
April 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
nolandda.bsky.social
Local Washington DC area designed #TTRPG s at #AwesomeCon in the Labyrinth gaming area.
A convention table spread with digest size books offering an array of tabletop RPGs
April 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
nolandda.bsky.social
Interesting. Promising.
drianweissman.bsky.social Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · Apr 3
Getting vaccinated against shingles — a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster — not only lowers the risk of infection, but also offers protection against developing dementia.
www.nbcnews.com/health/aging...
This vaccine may protect against dementia, as well as a painful herpes zoster flare-up
It’s been shown that reactivation of the chickenpox virus can lead to the accumulation of aberrant proteins associated with Alzheimer’s.
www.nbcnews.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM