Alex @Plane Sailing Games
@planesailinggames.com
Ennie-nominated Designer and publisher of indie ttrpg games including A Cool and Lonely Courage https://planesailinggames.com/
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I run Plane Sailing Games, where I publish a trad space opera game and smaller story games where simple rules tell stories with big feelings. #indiettrpg
Played a game of Terraforming Mars with family and friends last night and it was amazing fun as always. I came third this time - I had more great blue cards than normal, but struggled to increase my plant capacity!
December 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Played a game of Terraforming Mars with family and friends last night and it was amazing fun as always. I came third this time - I had more great blue cards than normal, but struggled to increase my plant capacity!
Just got back from a quick and productive visit to an Urgent Care Centre for a (planned) knee X-ray. Pretty much straight in and out for which I’m grateful!
(This is to see if there is anything bone related in my knee injury) I’m very much looking forward to being able to walk properly again. 🤕🩼
(This is to see if there is anything bone related in my knee injury) I’m very much looking forward to being able to walk properly again. 🤕🩼
December 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Just got back from a quick and productive visit to an Urgent Care Centre for a (planned) knee X-ray. Pretty much straight in and out for which I’m grateful!
(This is to see if there is anything bone related in my knee injury) I’m very much looking forward to being able to walk properly again. 🤕🩼
(This is to see if there is anything bone related in my knee injury) I’m very much looking forward to being able to walk properly again. 🤕🩼
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[Thread] Beltalowda! The Expanse will soon be celebrating its 10th anniversary on TV, and I'm starting to accumulate quite a few long-form resources on the creation of this show. For the Cant!
Here is the list below. 1/8
Here is the list below. 1/8
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
[Thread] Beltalowda! The Expanse will soon be celebrating its 10th anniversary on TV, and I'm starting to accumulate quite a few long-form resources on the creation of this show. For the Cant!
Here is the list below. 1/8
Here is the list below. 1/8
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
One of my Christmas presents is this delightful ttrpg by @annablackwell.bsky.social that I spotted at Tabletop Scotland, and that my youngest daughter bought for me. I’m looking forward to getting into it!
December 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One of my Christmas presents is this delightful ttrpg by @annablackwell.bsky.social that I spotted at Tabletop Scotland, and that my youngest daughter bought for me. I’m looking forward to getting into it!
I rather like this article by Shiela Hancock, with its focus on community
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...
Sheila Hancock: M&S has taken away my chocolate eclairs!
I‘m sick of Head Offices stealing our joy and vitality
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I rather like this article by Shiela Hancock, with its focus on community
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...
My Winter Sale (50% off everything!) is still going on at itch!
Do a nerd a favour and buy some of my things!
#ttrpg
itch.io/s/174217/win...
Do a nerd a favour and buy some of my things!
#ttrpg
itch.io/s/174217/win...
Winter Sale 2025 by Plane Sailing Games
A bundle by Plane Sailing Games, $30.00 for 4 games
itch.io
December 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My Winter Sale (50% off everything!) is still going on at itch!
Do a nerd a favour and buy some of my things!
#ttrpg
itch.io/s/174217/win...
Do a nerd a favour and buy some of my things!
#ttrpg
itch.io/s/174217/win...
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Post your most popular art from Twitter.
Probably this one I did after Laura got backlash from Last of Us 2.
Probably this one I did after Laura got backlash from Last of Us 2.
December 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Post your most popular art from Twitter.
Probably this one I did after Laura got backlash from Last of Us 2.
Probably this one I did after Laura got backlash from Last of Us 2.
Tricky to have a single favourite!
Nowadays I like Salt with Angelina Jolie, and the man from uncle (2025) with Henry Caville.
In the 70’s I enjoyed Matt Helm!
Nowadays I like Salt with Angelina Jolie, and the man from uncle (2025) with Henry Caville.
In the 70’s I enjoyed Matt Helm!
Name your fav non James Bond spy movie.
December 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Tricky to have a single favourite!
Nowadays I like Salt with Angelina Jolie, and the man from uncle (2025) with Henry Caville.
In the 70’s I enjoyed Matt Helm!
Nowadays I like Salt with Angelina Jolie, and the man from uncle (2025) with Henry Caville.
In the 70’s I enjoyed Matt Helm!
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"they will be, one day"
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
December 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"they will be, one day"
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
This is a really interesting read - what might have seemed to me just a few filler sentences turn out to be concise explanations of law! If you like Austen, do take a look.
NEW
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice
emptycity.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is a really interesting read - what might have seemed to me just a few filler sentences turn out to be concise explanations of law! If you like Austen, do take a look.
Spent the day as a family reading in silence together as a kind of #jolabokaflod
I chose the second of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club books and I think it is an improvement on the first one. Lots of twists and turns, clues in plain sight. 400 pages, some very moving.
I chose the second of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club books and I think it is an improvement on the first one. Lots of twists and turns, clues in plain sight. 400 pages, some very moving.
December 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Spent the day as a family reading in silence together as a kind of #jolabokaflod
I chose the second of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club books and I think it is an improvement on the first one. Lots of twists and turns, clues in plain sight. 400 pages, some very moving.
I chose the second of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club books and I think it is an improvement on the first one. Lots of twists and turns, clues in plain sight. 400 pages, some very moving.
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In the 1500s, Spain built a road across the Isthmus of Panama: an awful, terrifying road plagued by pirates and freedom fighters. It’s incredibly gameable! #history #ttrpg
moltensulfur.com/post/pirates...
moltensulfur.com/post/pirates...
December 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
In the 1500s, Spain built a road across the Isthmus of Panama: an awful, terrifying road plagued by pirates and freedom fighters. It’s incredibly gameable! #history #ttrpg
moltensulfur.com/post/pirates...
moltensulfur.com/post/pirates...
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The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
Merry Christmas from the UK!
December 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Merry Christmas from the UK!
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Your reminder to give the gift of five star ratings!
Enjoyed a game by a small creator this year? Head to the itch page, rate them five stars, maybe drop a short review and you'll have made someone's day sparkle 💖✨
Enjoyed a game by a small creator this year? Head to the itch page, rate them five stars, maybe drop a short review and you'll have made someone's day sparkle 💖✨
December 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Your reminder to give the gift of five star ratings!
Enjoyed a game by a small creator this year? Head to the itch page, rate them five stars, maybe drop a short review and you'll have made someone's day sparkle 💖✨
Enjoyed a game by a small creator this year? Head to the itch page, rate them five stars, maybe drop a short review and you'll have made someone's day sparkle 💖✨
Winter Sale on itch!
All games for half price! (That’s all of them on itch for just $30!)
itch.io/s/174217/win...
All games for half price! (That’s all of them on itch for just $30!)
itch.io/s/174217/win...
Winter Sale 2025 by Plane Sailing Games
A bundle by Plane Sailing Games, $30.00 for 4 games
itch.io
December 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Winter Sale on itch!
All games for half price! (That’s all of them on itch for just $30!)
itch.io/s/174217/win...
All games for half price! (That’s all of them on itch for just $30!)
itch.io/s/174217/win...
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One of the most interesting newsletters I subscribe to. If you like ttrpgs, try it out!
you should sign up here to get updates about all the cool games I'm gonna make next year (it's a lot of them) mailchi.mp/3eea8c0e2287...
Owl Knight Newsletter
Semi-monthly TTRPG design updates
mailchi.mp
December 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
One of the most interesting newsletters I subscribe to. If you like ttrpgs, try it out!
One of the most interesting newsletters I subscribe to. If you like ttrpgs, try it out!
you should sign up here to get updates about all the cool games I'm gonna make next year (it's a lot of them) mailchi.mp/3eea8c0e2287...
Owl Knight Newsletter
Semi-monthly TTRPG design updates
mailchi.mp
December 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
One of the most interesting newsletters I subscribe to. If you like ttrpgs, try it out!
Rewatching The Expanse and I must say that Avasalara is brilliantly written, and casting Shohreh Aghdashloo to play her was inspired.
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Rewatching The Expanse and I must say that Avasalara is brilliantly written, and casting Shohreh Aghdashloo to play her was inspired.
Such an interesting interview about a film I have fond memories of. On first viewing the twee robots didn’t appeal, but they grew on me over time, and I felt it held up well on a recent rewatch (even if the ending is still very trippy!)
It’s the opening day anniversary of Disney’s PG-rated risk, STAR WARS style — THE BLACK HOLE. Time to trot out my fun 40th anniversary interviews with Joseph Bottoms and the late, great Robert Forster & director Gary Nelson (RIP): www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... #filmsky
“We Never Had an Ending:” How Disney’s ‘Black Hole’ Tried to Match ‘Star Wars’
Forty years later, Gary Nelson, along with actors Joseph Bottoms and the late Robert Forster, look back at Disney's big-budget space adventure 'The Black Hole'
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Such an interesting interview about a film I have fond memories of. On first viewing the twee robots didn’t appeal, but they grew on me over time, and I felt it held up well on a recent rewatch (even if the ending is still very trippy!)
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Can I ask a favour?
Life has been really tough lately due to terminal family illness and I just haven’t had the spoons for decent self promotion.
Could you please give the “Little but Fierce” kickstarter prelaunch page a repost (and maybe a follow)?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcb...
Life has been really tough lately due to terminal family illness and I just haven’t had the spoons for decent self promotion.
Could you please give the “Little but Fierce” kickstarter prelaunch page a repost (and maybe a follow)?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcb...
Coming soon: Little but Fierce: Streamlined 5E for Children of All Ages
Little but Fierce is a rewrite of 5th Edition with streamlined rules, simplified language and a family friendly tone
www.kickstarter.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Can I ask a favour?
Life has been really tough lately due to terminal family illness and I just haven’t had the spoons for decent self promotion.
Could you please give the “Little but Fierce” kickstarter prelaunch page a repost (and maybe a follow)?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcb...
Life has been really tough lately due to terminal family illness and I just haven’t had the spoons for decent self promotion.
Could you please give the “Little but Fierce” kickstarter prelaunch page a repost (and maybe a follow)?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcb...
Whole thread is worth reading
So if the wheels of a 200000 Euro transport container break and a 20 million Euro satellite spills onto the tarmac, because the machine translation system did not catch that the author of the source text got "brake" and "break" mixed up, hey, at least you saved a few hundred bucks for a translator.
December 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Whole thread is worth reading
That last paragraph…
The frequency with which this is happening is so bleak and depressing. Knowing a book has no AI before beginning it, and paying for it, and spending time on it, shouldn’t be a guessing game.
December 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
That last paragraph…
This is a rather lovely story and yes, it did bring a tear to my eye
I wrote a sappy Christmas story in which Santa rescues a pair of downed aviators during the First World War. It's not the sort of thing that SF/F mags are very interested in picking up, so I'm sharing it for free on my horrible Wordpress site. Enjoy!
thomasdleewriter.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/o...
thomasdleewriter.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/o...
Over By Christmas
A Short 184. Art by Stephen Spiteri and Raymond Agius by Thomas D. Lee 24th of December, 1917 Nairn put the kite down in the drink. It was a pretty smooth landing, all things considered. Even on a …
thomasdleewriter.wordpress.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This is a rather lovely story and yes, it did bring a tear to my eye