Ben Sandfelder
@bensandfelder.bsky.social
He/him. TTRPG designer, indie game developer, and writer pivoting into education.
• Atlanta-area Activist.
• GM for D&D, OSR, and other games
• Jewish, ADHD, bi disaster.
• Atlanta-area Activist.
• GM for D&D, OSR, and other games
• Jewish, ADHD, bi disaster.
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Bored of Black Friday and consumerism? Would you like a ✨FREE DIGITAL ZINE✨? I have added a free downloadable version of my zine, The Mitzvah of Anti-Zionism, to my shop. Feel free to distribute widely. This zine tackles the history and present of Jewish anti-Zionism and its relation to Judaism.
(DIGITAL) The Mitzvah of Anti-Zionism
This 8-page-long digital zine examines anti-Zionism through a Jewish lens, exploring Jewish anti-Zionist history and resistance. Learn how anti-Zionism connects to Jewish values of healing the world, ...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Bored of Black Friday and consumerism? Would you like a ✨FREE DIGITAL ZINE✨? I have added a free downloadable version of my zine, The Mitzvah of Anti-Zionism, to my shop. Feel free to distribute widely. This zine tackles the history and present of Jewish anti-Zionism and its relation to Judaism.
Turn-based RPGs that have cooperative multiplayer but don’t time players’ turns, let players act simultaneously, or give players something to do while it’s not their turn.
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Turn-based RPGs that have cooperative multiplayer but don’t time players’ turns, let players act simultaneously, or give players something to do while it’s not their turn.
Haha whaaaaat no I’m not trying to write Cataphracts For Space Navies, what gave you that idea?
*closes an annotated copy of the Mothership SBT*
*exits out of 10 tabs about Navy hull designations*
*stuffs a drawing of the Survivability Onion under his laptop*
*closes an annotated copy of the Mothership SBT*
*exits out of 10 tabs about Navy hull designations*
*stuffs a drawing of the Survivability Onion under his laptop*
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Haha whaaaaat no I’m not trying to write Cataphracts For Space Navies, what gave you that idea?
*closes an annotated copy of the Mothership SBT*
*exits out of 10 tabs about Navy hull designations*
*stuffs a drawing of the Survivability Onion under his laptop*
*closes an annotated copy of the Mothership SBT*
*exits out of 10 tabs about Navy hull designations*
*stuffs a drawing of the Survivability Onion under his laptop*
Once, while I was struggling to find a job after college, my parents actually told me to try dressing for the job you want!”
I said, sardonically, “Sure, I can start dressing like a wizard, but I don’t think that’s going to help.”
I said, sardonically, “Sure, I can start dressing like a wizard, but I don’t think that’s going to help.”
Alma Montague, 37, who exclusively wears luxurious fabrics, deep jewel tones and a permanent knowing twinkle in her eye, reportedly didn’t set out for a career as Merlin with tits, but has admitted that her eccentric dress sense could be “trying to tell me something”.
www.patreon.com/posts/143761...
www.patreon.com/posts/143761...
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Once, while I was struggling to find a job after college, my parents actually told me to try dressing for the job you want!”
I said, sardonically, “Sure, I can start dressing like a wizard, but I don’t think that’s going to help.”
I said, sardonically, “Sure, I can start dressing like a wizard, but I don’t think that’s going to help.”
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ive struggles for ages to explain my deepset love for OSR design tools to other ttrpg folks and im grateful someone has finally written a blogpost that so clearly elucidates how OSR play is built. required reading imo
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
ive struggles for ages to explain my deepset love for OSR design tools to other ttrpg folks and im grateful someone has finally written a blogpost that so clearly elucidates how OSR play is built. required reading imo
For Black Friday my Unofficial John Wick Fan RPG is PWYW instead of its usual price of PWYW!
Grab a copy! Grab a copy for your friend! Grab a copy of my other PWYW games and game accessories!
gamesink.itch.io/murder-ballet Murder Ballet: An Unofficial John Wick RPG by Games, Ink
Grab a copy! Grab a copy for your friend! Grab a copy of my other PWYW games and game accessories!
gamesink.itch.io/murder-ballet Murder Ballet: An Unofficial John Wick RPG by Games, Ink
Murder Ballet: An Unofficial John Wick RPG by Games, Ink
A tabletop RPG about unstoppable assassins in a glamorous underworld.
gamesink.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
For Black Friday my Unofficial John Wick Fan RPG is PWYW instead of its usual price of PWYW!
Grab a copy! Grab a copy for your friend! Grab a copy of my other PWYW games and game accessories!
gamesink.itch.io/murder-ballet Murder Ballet: An Unofficial John Wick RPG by Games, Ink
Grab a copy! Grab a copy for your friend! Grab a copy of my other PWYW games and game accessories!
gamesink.itch.io/murder-ballet Murder Ballet: An Unofficial John Wick RPG by Games, Ink
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Let's get an indie ttrpg HYPE TRAIN going and recommend some cool games for people to buy/gift.
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Let's get an indie ttrpg HYPE TRAIN going and recommend some cool games for people to buy/gift.
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
The thing that got me into TTRPG design is that I could make a playable prototype in WAAAAAAY less time than a digital game.
One of the perks of working in tabletop is the investment to make a game is so much less than in video games you can just publish your fix as a whole new game within six months of understanding why you didn't like the previous one.
Like, to the point that "what's a game you love with terrible design? How would you fix it?" is a question I ask in interviews
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The thing that got me into TTRPG design is that I could make a playable prototype in WAAAAAAY less time than a digital game.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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I have written a new blog about what an OSR is. I am told there is a lot of discourse about this, but am confident that this should settle the matter once and for all.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
What is an OSR? - The Garden Below
a post about not knowing what the OSR is.
thegardenbelow.blot.im
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I have written a new blog about what an OSR is. I am told there is a lot of discourse about this, but am confident that this should settle the matter once and for all.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
***Desire for a Black Company limited series intensifies***
Psst. #TheBlackCompanyRPG ... the playtest opens December 1.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
***Desire for a Black Company limited series intensifies***
X! WING! ALLIANCE!
Squadrons was fun but didn’t go far enough!
XWA had a scenario editor with every ship in the Expanded Universe pre-Phantom Menace.
Can you imagine???
Squadrons was fun but didn’t go far enough!
XWA had a scenario editor with every ship in the Expanded Universe pre-Phantom Menace.
Can you imagine???
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
X! WING! ALLIANCE!
Squadrons was fun but didn’t go far enough!
XWA had a scenario editor with every ship in the Expanded Universe pre-Phantom Menace.
Can you imagine???
Squadrons was fun but didn’t go far enough!
XWA had a scenario editor with every ship in the Expanded Universe pre-Phantom Menace.
Can you imagine???
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Happy Black Friday/Small Business Saturday! Check out my shop for 20% OFF all $20 or more orders now through Dec 2, no code necessary!
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#smallbusiness #SBS #SBS2025 #blackfriday #BF2025 #DragonAge #BG3
🩷 shop.hannaschroy.com 🩷
#smallbusiness #SBS #SBS2025 #blackfriday #BF2025 #DragonAge #BG3
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Happy Black Friday/Small Business Saturday! Check out my shop for 20% OFF all $20 or more orders now through Dec 2, no code necessary!
🩷 shop.hannaschroy.com 🩷
#smallbusiness #SBS #SBS2025 #blackfriday #BF2025 #DragonAge #BG3
🩷 shop.hannaschroy.com 🩷
#smallbusiness #SBS #SBS2025 #blackfriday #BF2025 #DragonAge #BG3
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53. Unfortunately, everyone, both the best people you know and the worst people you know, is at least partially right about The Last Jedi.
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
53. Unfortunately, everyone, both the best people you know and the worst people you know, is at least partially right about The Last Jedi.
Introduce yourself with 4 Spaceships!
Fuck the Empire but the TIE Fighter engine wail is my all-time favorite sound effect, and they’re more fun to fly than X-Wings.
Embarrassingly proud of the time I went 33 and 0 in a TIE in SW: Squadrons PvP.
Also I really like Elite Dangerous’s ship designs.
Fuck the Empire but the TIE Fighter engine wail is my all-time favorite sound effect, and they’re more fun to fly than X-Wings.
Embarrassingly proud of the time I went 33 and 0 in a TIE in SW: Squadrons PvP.
Also I really like Elite Dangerous’s ship designs.
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Introduce yourself with 4 Spaceships!
Fuck the Empire but the TIE Fighter engine wail is my all-time favorite sound effect, and they’re more fun to fly than X-Wings.
Embarrassingly proud of the time I went 33 and 0 in a TIE in SW: Squadrons PvP.
Also I really like Elite Dangerous’s ship designs.
Fuck the Empire but the TIE Fighter engine wail is my all-time favorite sound effect, and they’re more fun to fly than X-Wings.
Embarrassingly proud of the time I went 33 and 0 in a TIE in SW: Squadrons PvP.
Also I really like Elite Dangerous’s ship designs.
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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videogame soundtrack composers are on another level
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
videogame soundtrack composers are on another level
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"How do men make friends in their 30's?"
a man in a white shirt is flying through the air with a flag
ALT: a man in a white shirt is flying through the air with a flag
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"How do men make friends in their 30's?"
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A Knight’s Tale is a sports anime
a man is holding a sword in his hand and saying `` william ! ''
ALT: a man is holding a sword in his hand and saying `` william ! ''
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
A Knight’s Tale is a sports anime
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“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
“How did you get into ttrpgs?”
Well, they quit making video games with couch co-op, so…
Well, they quit making video games with couch co-op, so…
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
Didn't have enough $ for an Estes rocket.
Didn't have enough $ for an Estes rocket.
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
Oh, I was bitten by a radioactive ttrpg when I was younger.
Oh, I was bitten by a radioactive ttrpg when I was younger.
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“How did you get into ttrpgs?”
Well, they quit making video games with couch co-op, so…
Well, they quit making video games with couch co-op, so…
Maybe hot take about the Zelda movie:
I’ll happily take a Zelda movie filmed in a real location with real costumes over it looking like a Marvel movie.
I’m willing to see what they do with it.
I just hope Link doesn’t talk.
I’ll happily take a Zelda movie filmed in a real location with real costumes over it looking like a Marvel movie.
I’m willing to see what they do with it.
I just hope Link doesn’t talk.
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Maybe hot take about the Zelda movie:
I’ll happily take a Zelda movie filmed in a real location with real costumes over it looking like a Marvel movie.
I’m willing to see what they do with it.
I just hope Link doesn’t talk.
I’ll happily take a Zelda movie filmed in a real location with real costumes over it looking like a Marvel movie.
I’m willing to see what they do with it.
I just hope Link doesn’t talk.
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This is my gift...my curse.
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 AM
This is my gift...my curse.