Blake Barton
@blakebarton.bsky.social
I like making games.
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what's up gamers, I'm back with another blogpost about editing. this one's about development editing rather than line and copy editing, though, so the tips are all a little more vague and philosophical. hope you enjoy anyways: samsorensen.blot.im/ten-intangib...
December 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
what's up gamers, I'm back with another blogpost about editing. this one's about development editing rather than line and copy editing, though, so the tips are all a little more vague and philosophical. hope you enjoy anyways: samsorensen.blot.im/ten-intangib...
All this “rule of three” talk and Alan Wake 2’s Final Draft isn’t even on NG++.
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
All this “rule of three” talk and Alan Wake 2’s Final Draft isn’t even on NG++.
Updated my Tactician class for Shadowdark to beta 1.2.0 after some table testing. Check it out! blakebarton.itch.io/tactician-cl...
Update b1.2.0
Hello! After some real-world testing at the table and some helpful online feedback, I've once again updated the Tactician. This time to beta 1.2.0. Changelog: Removed
blakebarton.itch.io
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Updated my Tactician class for Shadowdark to beta 1.2.0 after some table testing. Check it out! blakebarton.itch.io/tactician-cl...
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Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Happy Halloween! Keeping up my momentum from yesterday with 10 magic items exclusive to my homebrew Tactician class for Shadowdark. Available for free on my itch page: blakebarton.itch.io/tactician-cl...
#shadowdark #ttrpg #homebrew
#shadowdark #ttrpg #homebrew
October 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Happy Halloween! Keeping up my momentum from yesterday with 10 magic items exclusive to my homebrew Tactician class for Shadowdark. Available for free on my itch page: blakebarton.itch.io/tactician-cl...
#shadowdark #ttrpg #homebrew
#shadowdark #ttrpg #homebrew
I'm making stuff! Today the beta version of my homebrew Tactician class for #shadowdark. Had a lot of fun with this one :) blakebarton.itch.io/tactician-cl...
![Version: Beta 1.0.0
Design: Blake Barton
Artwork:
Pixel Logo by Blake Barton
Menzel, A. (1913). War Signal [Illustration]. Retrieved from https://www.
oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/signal-war/.
Doré, G. (1854). They Fiercly Charged Forward [Illustration]. Retrieved from
https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/charged-fiercely/.
Editing: Emily Chang
Affinity Template: Shadowdark RPG Affinity Publisher Template by Sersa
Victory. Retrieved from https://sersavictory.itch.io/shadowdark-rpg-affinity
publisher-template.
The Tactician class is an independent product published under the
Shadowdark RPG Third-Party License and is not affiliated with The Arcane
Library, LLC. Shadowdark RPG © 2023 The Arcane Library, LLC.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l6jqv6sa5is6xowqma3y2nng/bafkreibthgv4m7nbge5pctjtxnh5pzo2dl3gl3ygsf5juhtmajsvz3zthm@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm making stuff! Today the beta version of my homebrew Tactician class for #shadowdark. Had a lot of fun with this one :) blakebarton.itch.io/tactician-cl...
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2025 Political Rising Stars To Keep An Eye On
August 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
2025 Political Rising Stars To Keep An Eye On
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"But what about people who are bad at art? They should have a chance to join in too."
Yeah, by making BAD ART. Maybe it'll turn into Good Art with practice. Maybe it'll always be pretty bad art. The idea that we have to appear immediately good at everything even if we have to fake it is a sickness.
Yeah, by making BAD ART. Maybe it'll turn into Good Art with practice. Maybe it'll always be pretty bad art. The idea that we have to appear immediately good at everything even if we have to fake it is a sickness.
May 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"But what about people who are bad at art? They should have a chance to join in too."
Yeah, by making BAD ART. Maybe it'll turn into Good Art with practice. Maybe it'll always be pretty bad art. The idea that we have to appear immediately good at everything even if we have to fake it is a sickness.
Yeah, by making BAD ART. Maybe it'll turn into Good Art with practice. Maybe it'll always be pretty bad art. The idea that we have to appear immediately good at everything even if we have to fake it is a sickness.
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I didn't make this (I sadly don't know who did), and I don't know how I feel about the name, but despite that, this is an INCREDIBLE resource for finding free-to-use, public domain art for your games. The MÖRK BORG community has been using it for years, so should you.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I am not paying Nohr for the cover art (2.0)
docs.google.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I didn't make this (I sadly don't know who did), and I don't know how I feel about the name, but despite that, this is an INCREDIBLE resource for finding free-to-use, public domain art for your games. The MÖRK BORG community has been using it for years, so should you.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
A film that takes place where you’re from
April 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A film that takes place where you’re from
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YOU CAN POST THE DAICON IV OPENING ON BLUESKY NOW
March 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
YOU CAN POST THE DAICON IV OPENING ON BLUESKY NOW
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This is so devastating because it's absolutely true theonion.com/homesick-luk...
Homesick Luka Doncic Gazes Longingly At Photo Of Barren Dallas Office Park
LOS ANGELES—In the aftermath of a stunning trade that saw the point guard move from the Texas city to Los Angeles, a homesick Luka Doncic was reportedly spotted Wednesday gazing longingly at a photo o...
theonion.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is so devastating because it's absolutely true theonion.com/homesick-luk...
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tonight i hope every Oscar goes to the facial expression Ralph Fiennes made near the end of Conclave when the new Pope announced his Pope name
March 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
tonight i hope every Oscar goes to the facial expression Ralph Fiennes made near the end of Conclave when the new Pope announced his Pope name
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spending 20 minutes trying to get a reference game loaded so i can look at something for 15 seconds and say "i've seen enough" before quitting forever
February 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
spending 20 minutes trying to get a reference game loaded so i can look at something for 15 seconds and say "i've seen enough" before quitting forever
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Severance is on its way to being the best television show of all time
February 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Severance is on its way to being the best television show of all time
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David Lynch on inspiration in diners.
January 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
David Lynch on inspiration in diners.
The amount of wonder this man, and all the people involved in his projects, brought to my life is incalculable. He was a titan and I will always be grateful and amazed that I was able to live in his time.
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78 variety.com/2025/film/ne...
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
variety.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The amount of wonder this man, and all the people involved in his projects, brought to my life is incalculable. He was a titan and I will always be grateful and amazed that I was able to live in his time.
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wrote about the demons (ie how being a writer is only going to get worse and how terrified I am) open.substack.com/pub/thelater...
what the fuck are we doing anymore
yes this is about social media
open.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
wrote about the demons (ie how being a writer is only going to get worse and how terrified I am) open.substack.com/pub/thelater...
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This week on the blog: Coins! Contrasting historical coinage with the vision of ancient coinage presented through 'gold' in fantasy fiction.
What were coins used for, why did much economic activity remain non-coinage and what do you use when you aren't using coins?
acoup.blog/2025/01/03/c...
What were coins used for, why did much economic activity remain non-coinage and what do you use when you aren't using coins?
acoup.blog/2025/01/03/c...
Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’
This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly in the context of modern fantasy and roleplaying settings. In particular, the notions I want to …
acoup.blog
January 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This week on the blog: Coins! Contrasting historical coinage with the vision of ancient coinage presented through 'gold' in fantasy fiction.
What were coins used for, why did much economic activity remain non-coinage and what do you use when you aren't using coins?
acoup.blog/2025/01/03/c...
What were coins used for, why did much economic activity remain non-coinage and what do you use when you aren't using coins?
acoup.blog/2025/01/03/c...
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You are a game designer. You have so many ideas, and so few of them are published. Perhaps none of them are. Your WIP folder is full of genius, and you know it, but you cannot bring yourself to release it in an imperfect state.
This is for you.
Presenting THE 1E MANIFESTO.
This is for you.
Presenting THE 1E MANIFESTO.
THE 1E MANIFESTO
Game Design, Distilled
200proof.games
December 21, 2024 at 8:02 PM
You are a game designer. You have so many ideas, and so few of them are published. Perhaps none of them are. Your WIP folder is full of genius, and you know it, but you cannot bring yourself to release it in an imperfect state.
This is for you.
Presenting THE 1E MANIFESTO.
This is for you.
Presenting THE 1E MANIFESTO.
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Wrote up my loosey-goosey stocking 'procedure' idraluna-archives.bearblog.dev/quick-dirty-...
Quick & Dirty Megadungeon Stocking
I like the idea of using dungeon stocking procedures but usually find them fiddly & time-consuming. I also find it hard to limit myself to procedural generat...
idraluna-archives.bearblog.dev
December 18, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Wrote up my loosey-goosey stocking 'procedure' idraluna-archives.bearblog.dev/quick-dirty-...
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Some of you may not have seen my weird little postcards
November 19, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Some of you may not have seen my weird little postcards