Andrew B.
@swordcompass.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Creator, player, and GM in the TTRPG space. Creating stories of adventure through adventures with story.
Freelance credits with Ghostfire Gaming, Wizards of the Coast, Norse Foundry, and others.
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Also: board games, sports, travel
Freelance credits with Ghostfire Gaming, Wizards of the Coast, Norse Foundry, and others.
SwordCompass.carrd.co
Also: board games, sports, travel
When i started counting, turned out i played a lot of TTRPGs In 2025!
DnD 24, Daggerheart, Wildsea, Blades in the Dark, Draw Steel, Cosmere, Triangle Agency, Raptor Ruckus, Shadowdark, Numenera, Old Gods of Appalachia, Star Trek Adventures, Hundred Dungeons, Weird Wizard.
Weee!
DnD 24, Daggerheart, Wildsea, Blades in the Dark, Draw Steel, Cosmere, Triangle Agency, Raptor Ruckus, Shadowdark, Numenera, Old Gods of Appalachia, Star Trek Adventures, Hundred Dungeons, Weird Wizard.
Weee!
a stuffed animal with a quote from socrates in the background
ALT: a stuffed animal with a quote from socrates in the background
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December 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
When i started counting, turned out i played a lot of TTRPGs In 2025!
DnD 24, Daggerheart, Wildsea, Blades in the Dark, Draw Steel, Cosmere, Triangle Agency, Raptor Ruckus, Shadowdark, Numenera, Old Gods of Appalachia, Star Trek Adventures, Hundred Dungeons, Weird Wizard.
Weee!
DnD 24, Daggerheart, Wildsea, Blades in the Dark, Draw Steel, Cosmere, Triangle Agency, Raptor Ruckus, Shadowdark, Numenera, Old Gods of Appalachia, Star Trek Adventures, Hundred Dungeons, Weird Wizard.
Weee!
Make a Bond film with D&D:
Live and Roll Die
The Living Sunlight (iykyk)
Live and Roll Die
The Living Sunlight (iykyk)
Make a Bond film D&D:
From Barovia With Love
From Barovia With Love
December 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Make a Bond film with D&D:
Live and Roll Die
The Living Sunlight (iykyk)
Live and Roll Die
The Living Sunlight (iykyk)
An ad ahead of the newest episode of Fallout told me that it's "a show based on an Xbox game" and now I want to stab people. Apparently video games do make you violent.
a cartoon character from the video game fallout is smiling and making a fist .
ALT: a cartoon character from the video game fallout is smiling and making a fist .
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December 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
An ad ahead of the newest episode of Fallout told me that it's "a show based on an Xbox game" and now I want to stab people. Apparently video games do make you violent.
Having wrapped up all my writing projects before the holidays means I can spent more weekend time walking through the cold of Toronto's winter.
Yay - the outside!
Yay - the outside!
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Having wrapped up all my writing projects before the holidays means I can spent more weekend time walking through the cold of Toronto's winter.
Yay - the outside!
Yay - the outside!
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Canadian economy rallies as #1 export now Heated Rivalry
Canadian economy rallies as #1 export now Heated Rivalry
OTTAWA - Canada's economy, which has spent the year reeling due to American tariffs, is finishing the year strong thanks to the country's new chief export, the gay hockey-romance drama Heated Rivalry.
www.thebeaverton.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Canadian economy rallies as #1 export now Heated Rivalry
This is a genuine question about language use and not a complaint:
I've now seen many people and news outlets post that Clair Obscur "swept" the Game Awards.
Does "sweep" not mean "win every instance without losing any"?
I know it means that in sports. (E33 won 9/11 awards).
#videogames
I've now seen many people and news outlets post that Clair Obscur "swept" the Game Awards.
Does "sweep" not mean "win every instance without losing any"?
I know it means that in sports. (E33 won 9/11 awards).
#videogames
a blue jays mascot standing on a baseball field holding a broom
ALT: a blue jays mascot standing on a baseball field holding a broom
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This is a genuine question about language use and not a complaint:
I've now seen many people and news outlets post that Clair Obscur "swept" the Game Awards.
Does "sweep" not mean "win every instance without losing any"?
I know it means that in sports. (E33 won 9/11 awards).
#videogames
I've now seen many people and news outlets post that Clair Obscur "swept" the Game Awards.
Does "sweep" not mean "win every instance without losing any"?
I know it means that in sports. (E33 won 9/11 awards).
#videogames
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Chain×Link and PREQUEL get shout outs at the end of this video! Both games make great gifts for your friends!
With pre-generated char sheets, starter adventure, and printable supplemental materials, both games are ready for play the same day you receive them!
With pre-generated char sheets, starter adventure, and printable supplemental materials, both games are ready for play the same day you receive them!
Stranger Things Book and Other Amazing RPG Gift Ideas!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBJT...
I review the new Stranger Things Tales from the Table book that looks like a scrapbook for the kids' Dungeons & Dragons game, as well as a ton of cool RPGs, game aids, and more that I really enjoy.
#ttrpg #DnD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBJT...
I review the new Stranger Things Tales from the Table book that looks like a scrapbook for the kids' Dungeons & Dragons game, as well as a ton of cool RPGs, game aids, and more that I really enjoy.
#ttrpg #DnD
December 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Chain×Link and PREQUEL get shout outs at the end of this video! Both games make great gifts for your friends!
With pre-generated char sheets, starter adventure, and printable supplemental materials, both games are ready for play the same day you receive them!
With pre-generated char sheets, starter adventure, and printable supplemental materials, both games are ready for play the same day you receive them!
Interesting read as always from David!
I keep coming back to the fact that two of #dnd 5e's three pillars of play (exploration and social interaction) use "player-driven" turn order and everyone's fine with it, yet when a game tries
it for combat, some folks just totally lose their s***.
I keep coming back to the fact that two of #dnd 5e's three pillars of play (exploration and social interaction) use "player-driven" turn order and everyone's fine with it, yet when a game tries
it for combat, some folks just totally lose their s***.
New post: Making the best of roleplaying games like Draw Steel and Daggerheart with player-driven turn orders
Making the Best of Roleplaying Games Like Draw Steel and Daggerheart With Player-Driven Turn Orders
The post Turns and Turn Order Are the Worst, so Why Do Roleplaying Games Make Us Spend So Much Time Deliberating Them? compared the two most common methods for setting turn order, player-driven and…
dmdavid.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Interesting read as always from David!
I keep coming back to the fact that two of #dnd 5e's three pillars of play (exploration and social interaction) use "player-driven" turn order and everyone's fine with it, yet when a game tries
it for combat, some folks just totally lose their s***.
I keep coming back to the fact that two of #dnd 5e's three pillars of play (exploration and social interaction) use "player-driven" turn order and everyone's fine with it, yet when a game tries
it for combat, some folks just totally lose their s***.
Look, i know absolutely nothing about this series - either books, movies, or show - but these titles sound like a helluva #dnd campaign.
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Look, i know absolutely nothing about this series - either books, movies, or show - but these titles sound like a helluva #dnd campaign.
This graphic came across my timeline.
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This graphic came across my timeline.
Friends wanted to play more Daggerheart after I did a short intro session, so we started a mini-campaign.
When 2024 #dnd came out, I sketched out a series of sequels to the Fouled Stream mini-adventure in the DMG, so I started by running TFS, and will transition to my "sequels" next. Went well!
When 2024 #dnd came out, I sketched out a series of sequels to the Fouled Stream mini-adventure in the DMG, so I started by running TFS, and will transition to my "sequels" next. Went well!
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Friends wanted to play more Daggerheart after I did a short intro session, so we started a mini-campaign.
When 2024 #dnd came out, I sketched out a series of sequels to the Fouled Stream mini-adventure in the DMG, so I started by running TFS, and will transition to my "sequels" next. Went well!
When 2024 #dnd came out, I sketched out a series of sequels to the Fouled Stream mini-adventure in the DMG, so I started by running TFS, and will transition to my "sequels" next. Went well!
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We have an immediate need for an RPG proofreader. This is a paid gig, proofing just over 11,000 words. Experience is preferred.
Please email jon@handiwork.games with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
Please email jon@handiwork.games with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We have an immediate need for an RPG proofreader. This is a paid gig, proofing just over 11,000 words. Experience is preferred.
Please email jon@handiwork.games with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
Please email jon@handiwork.games with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
The sign I saw vs. where my mind went.
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The sign I saw vs. where my mind went.
Well, Daggerheart outer sleeve survived 1.5 game trips in my backpack.
I usually take books out of sleeves for travel, but kinda needed the sleeve to keep the cardbox shut.
In retrospect, shoulda left the card box at home, since the sleeved cards for pregens didn't fit back into it anyway.
#ttrpg
I usually take books out of sleeves for travel, but kinda needed the sleeve to keep the cardbox shut.
In retrospect, shoulda left the card box at home, since the sleeved cards for pregens didn't fit back into it anyway.
#ttrpg
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Well, Daggerheart outer sleeve survived 1.5 game trips in my backpack.
I usually take books out of sleeves for travel, but kinda needed the sleeve to keep the cardbox shut.
In retrospect, shoulda left the card box at home, since the sleeved cards for pregens didn't fit back into it anyway.
#ttrpg
I usually take books out of sleeves for travel, but kinda needed the sleeve to keep the cardbox shut.
In retrospect, shoulda left the card box at home, since the sleeved cards for pregens didn't fit back into it anyway.
#ttrpg
Loving Pluribus so far, but (trying to avoid specific spoilers) - how is it that "they" have pilots and medical doctors, and other experts, but somehow apparently not any therapists, grief counsellors or de-escalation specialists?
a woman in a yellow jacket is talking on a phone
ALT: a woman in a yellow jacket is talking on a phone
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November 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Loving Pluribus so far, but (trying to avoid specific spoilers) - how is it that "they" have pilots and medical doctors, and other experts, but somehow apparently not any therapists, grief counsellors or de-escalation specialists?
Saw this meme and it reminded me of how every time I'd use my sorcerer's once a day ability to deal like 80 damage, I'd get called an optimizing powergamer, but the fighter and ranger each doing 3x20 damage every single turn without using any resources was always ok.
#dnd
#dnd
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Saw this meme and it reminded me of how every time I'd use my sorcerer's once a day ability to deal like 80 damage, I'd get called an optimizing powergamer, but the fighter and ranger each doing 3x20 damage every single turn without using any resources was always ok.
#dnd
#dnd
Whatever failures you have in your working life, i hope they're not as bad as whoever designed this bus shelter in Toronto, which provides ansolutely no fucking shelter.
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Whatever failures you have in your working life, i hope they're not as bad as whoever designed this bus shelter in Toronto, which provides ansolutely no fucking shelter.
I'll be joining two other authors and our regional lead to talk about the three Legends of Greyhawk adventures premiering this weekend as part of Weekend in Highfolk.
The stream is at 6pm eastern, which is 3h15min from this post. www.twitch.tv/baldman_games
#dnd #ttrpg
The stream is at 6pm eastern, which is 3h15min from this post. www.twitch.tv/baldman_games
#dnd #ttrpg
A change up regarding this #WeekendinHighfolk Author Panel event! Come one, come all, and tune in! No badge required! 🌲🌳🌲#LoG 🌳🌲🌳
@janine.bsky.social @swordcompass.bsky.social @mdvaliant573.bsky.social
@janine.bsky.social @swordcompass.bsky.social @mdvaliant573.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I'll be joining two other authors and our regional lead to talk about the three Legends of Greyhawk adventures premiering this weekend as part of Weekend in Highfolk.
The stream is at 6pm eastern, which is 3h15min from this post. www.twitch.tv/baldman_games
#dnd #ttrpg
The stream is at 6pm eastern, which is 3h15min from this post. www.twitch.tv/baldman_games
#dnd #ttrpg
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Reposted by Andrew B.
Terrific in-depth discussion here with @shannonappelcline.bsky.social on @masteringdnd.bsky.social. Not just about Designers & Dragons: Origins but also covering Shannon's early career in gaming and how he got started documenting the history of TTRPGs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f6v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f6v...
Shannon Appelcline and Designers & Dragons Origins! (MD 265)
YouTube video by Mastering Dungeons
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Terrific in-depth discussion here with @shannonappelcline.bsky.social on @masteringdnd.bsky.social. Not just about Designers & Dragons: Origins but also covering Shannon's early career in gaming and how he got started documenting the history of TTRPGs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f6v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f6v...
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As I once explained in my LiveJournal days:
* a 32-page Pathfinder adventure has 20,000 words.
* a 99.9% typo-free 32-page adventure would have 20 typos.
* that’s a typo every 1.5 pages.
* reducing that would delay every book a significant amount.
* a 32-page Pathfinder adventure has 20,000 words.
* a 99.9% typo-free 32-page adventure would have 20 typos.
* that’s a typo every 1.5 pages.
* reducing that would delay every book a significant amount.
The truth about editing TTRPGs is that even the best books by the most experienced designers/developers contain way more errors than you think. Not because the creators are bad at their jobs—it just reflects the truly immense complexity of our books. To catch all those takes a huge amount of work!
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
As I once explained in my LiveJournal days:
* a 32-page Pathfinder adventure has 20,000 words.
* a 99.9% typo-free 32-page adventure would have 20 typos.
* that’s a typo every 1.5 pages.
* reducing that would delay every book a significant amount.
* a 32-page Pathfinder adventure has 20,000 words.
* a 99.9% typo-free 32-page adventure would have 20 typos.
* that’s a typo every 1.5 pages.
* reducing that would delay every book a significant amount.
Sometimes when you have a bottle of water and a box of smarties, you grab the box and pour the candy into you hand before eating. Other times, you grab the bottle of water and pour it into your hand...
This is totally normal. Nobody saw.
This is totally normal. Nobody saw.
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Sometimes when you have a bottle of water and a box of smarties, you grab the box and pour the candy into you hand before eating. Other times, you grab the bottle of water and pour it into your hand...
This is totally normal. Nobody saw.
This is totally normal. Nobody saw.
Time to put some things away for the winter. 😢🫡
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Time to put some things away for the winter. 😢🫡