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Patrick Joannisse
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Software Engineering Manager by day, TTRPG by night. osr.camp (he/him) 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ally
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Hello Bluesky, I'm Patrick Joannisse, a web developer from Canada 🇨🇦. I talk about:
- TTRPGs
- the OSR
- Blades in the dark
- Web dev stuff (Laravel and React)
- Coffee
- Video games
Post your favourite Star Trek character(s). Wrong answer only.
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Can we start having DMs comment like lawyers on the internet?

"Hi, DM here (not your DM, this is not DMing advice) [...]"
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Kind of wild that on a Monday I was let go, on Wednesday a recruiter reached out and before I had time to figure out what to do with my spare time I got a job offer. And it’s a promotion too. I feel very lucky to say the least.
October 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Dolmenwood by Exalted Funeral made to Canada 🇨🇦
October 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
After basically 20 years Steve Jackson Games is reportedly working on a GURPS 4th Edition Revised with major changes.

In this economy anyone who’s been around for this long doing this is amazing. Not a GURPS man myself but SJG are OG
October 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So I love Obsidian and don’t mind paying for the sync feature but editing a table on mobile to then go on my PC and the rows have duplicated a few times is not great. I’d rather not go back to Notion if I can avoid it
October 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
After 7 sessions of OSE with my group, a full TPK and a partial one I had a good conversation with the players. I came out as poly-game-ist and asked if they would be willing to see other systems every now and then. Everyone agreed AND we'll be rotating GM.

What a freaking dream group.
October 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
So I was just laid off. Let’s just say software engineering roles right now are a bit scary.
October 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If we could skip to the part of the Microscope game where we add a light period that would be great.
October 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I just backed DURF Expanded project on Kickstarter and I hope people check it out. I’m not super familiar with DURF but I know it’s a darling of the OSR community. I’m also a sucker for cool hardcovers. www.kickstarter.com/projects/emi...
DURF Expanded
An updated and expanded version of DURF, the acclaimed rules-light dungeon-fantasy RPG.
www.kickstarter.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"We're definitely in a bubble" confirms CEO of soap manufacturing company
September 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Shadowrun Anarchy 2.0 in Kickstarter right now but oof. The physical tiers comes with a GM screen (eh) but PDF is €30 extra. The tier that includes it is more expensive by another €10 because it comes with the PDF for the GM screen.

For that money you can get a lot of good indie games and zines.
August 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Hell froze and Wizards of the Coast released a new game. ttrpg.store.exodusgame.com
EXODUS™ TRPG Store
Explore the world of EXODUS™ with official TRPG books. Discover books, news, and exclusive editions for the upcoming tabletop role-playing game.
ttrpg.store.exodusgame.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Just walked out of an antique store and they had stuff younger than me…
August 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
C’mon German speakers do your thing.
August 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If you are a SaaS and your documentation is not up to date and critical features/implementation details are missing and that's what your team is relying on to help your customers...you're a bad SaaS company.

Signed, me who's been struggling with a SaaS for some time now
August 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I really like the Glass Cannon Network so them announcing their flagship show will be a Tephrotic Nightmares campaign using Shadowdark just makes my heart sing.
July 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Save vs. Pronouns, the forgotten OD&D saving throw.
We got another one! (Not to cause some shit, but these comments are *only* ever on my OSR videos).
July 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Books Without Number
July 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A while back I turned on analytics on osr.camp and just forgot about it. After pushing an accessibility update I decided to look and turns out even with only Principia Apocrypha available in HTML there I'm getting some traffic! I want to get back into blogging and reviewing games so stay tuned?
Home - OSR.camp
A site for discovering and sharing resources for OSR/NSR (old/new school renaissance/revival) style games and other topics.
osr.camp
July 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Reposted by Patrick Joannisse
Humble Bundle has a TTRPG MEGABUNDLE filled with the core rulebooks for Call of Cthulhu, Vaesen, Outgunned, Savage Worlds and so much more. 57 books for $40.

Honestly, a steal and a good way to see some new games www.humblebundle.com/books/roll-b...

@humblebundle.com
Humble RPG Bundle: Roll Big or Go Home RPG Megabundle
Get the most epic tabletop role-playing game bundle ever with hot games from top publishers like Magpie Games, Renegade Game Studios, Green Ronin Publishing, and more!
www.humblebundle.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Finally beginning a megadungeon game with OSE and I’m totally stealing death and dismemberment from Swyver.
June 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Surprising nobody. When I was a public servant I heard of Company A reaching the max money for their contract so the way around it was to contract Company B and they would subcontract to Company A (and take a cut). All of this to go around the rules.

Canada needs to invest in IT, not McKinsey
Ottawa repeatedly violated procurement rules in giving ArriveCan firm nearly $100M in contracts, auditor general finds — Toronto Star
Federal government organizations repeatedly violated procurement rules as they awarded GCStrategies Inc., the main firm behind the pandemic ArriveCan scandal, nearly $100 million in contracts over a n...
apple.news
June 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I know full well these are my generation's carpet in the bathroom but it didn't stop me from buying some something I'm working on.
June 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
So far reading Daggerheart is really interesting. I think a lot of people new to PbtA games will find it difficult at first to wrap their head around combat with no initiative. It requires a bit more work on the GM to learn and balance the spotlight.
May 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM