Benjamin Kraudel
@bpkraudel.bsky.social
40-something year old current Business Analyst, Gaming Enthusiast, and Attention Budgeter. Former Bartender, Research Assistant, and Local Actor.
We suffer on this earth from birth until dearth.
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We suffer on this earth from birth until dearth.
All I read was “endless milkshake”.
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
All I read was “endless milkshake”.
Pullman pan? Or are you just eyeballing perfect loaf level?
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Pullman pan? Or are you just eyeballing perfect loaf level?
Every deck can be its own “will they/won’t they” story.
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Every deck can be its own “will they/won’t they” story.
It’s gonna be like that sometimes. Happy Wednesday.
October 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It’s gonna be like that sometimes. Happy Wednesday.
You can’t make me.
October 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
You can’t make me.
I had no idea how exhausting it would be to have to live through “Trying everything hoping something will make the ultimate bullshit machine profitable.”
October 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I had no idea how exhausting it would be to have to live through “Trying everything hoping something will make the ultimate bullshit machine profitable.”
Finally found the source and I guess it’s only been going on for like 5 days. Wild.
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on Tuesday, October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 25, I'm going to launch another real-time play-by-post wargame, open to the public, called OVER/UNDER. the server will open to players on Monday the 13th, but in the meantime you can read about it here: samsorensen.blot.im/mothership-m...
Mothership Month 2025 Wargame: OVER/UNDER - Sam Sorensen
Starting on October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 2025—the annual group-crowdfunding campaign and general season of celebration for
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October 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Finally found the source and I guess it’s only been going on for like 5 days. Wild.
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I’ve been play-testing a pretty janky Bracket 3 version of this deck with Mask of the Schemer, which is like a .50 equipment that goes nuts when gold-fishing.
I doubt it’s worth it for cEDH but I’ll mention it and let those of you that that know stuff about the format tell me.
I doubt it’s worth it for cEDH but I’ll mention it and let those of you that that know stuff about the format tell me.
October 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I’ve been play-testing a pretty janky Bracket 3 version of this deck with Mask of the Schemer, which is like a .50 equipment that goes nuts when gold-fishing.
I doubt it’s worth it for cEDH but I’ll mention it and let those of you that that know stuff about the format tell me.
I doubt it’s worth it for cEDH but I’ll mention it and let those of you that that know stuff about the format tell me.
I agree, but liked the joke.
Though they did sort of include “gains Hero” in Final Fantasy.
Though they did sort of include “gains Hero” in Final Fantasy.
October 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I agree, but liked the joke.
Though they did sort of include “gains Hero” in Final Fantasy.
Though they did sort of include “gains Hero” in Final Fantasy.
Leonardo - Mutant Turtle Ninja Hero
Donatello - Mutant Turtle Ninja Hero
Michelangelo - Mutant Turtle Ninja Hero
Raphael - Mutant Turtle Ninja
Donatello - Mutant Turtle Ninja Hero
Michelangelo - Mutant Turtle Ninja Hero
Raphael - Mutant Turtle Ninja
October 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Leonardo - Mutant Turtle Ninja Hero
Donatello - Mutant Turtle Ninja Hero
Michelangelo - Mutant Turtle Ninja Hero
Raphael - Mutant Turtle Ninja
Donatello - Mutant Turtle Ninja Hero
Michelangelo - Mutant Turtle Ninja Hero
Raphael - Mutant Turtle Ninja
Serious people doing their serious jobs in their corporate business offices within the past year or two had serious conversations that likely spanned multiple meetings about how long the type lines for these cards could reasonably be.
October 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Serious people doing their serious jobs in their corporate business offices within the past year or two had serious conversations that likely spanned multiple meetings about how long the type lines for these cards could reasonably be.
A Legends of the Hidden Temple card where it’s nearly impossible to actually meet the conditions to produce the payoff.
October 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Legends of the Hidden Temple card where it’s nearly impossible to actually meet the conditions to produce the payoff.
“I was the Blightsteel the whole time!”
October 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“I was the Blightsteel the whole time!”
My Dad was a freelance concert photographer for a few years in St. Louis in the late 70s.
During COVID I finally started digitally converting a bunch of his slides.
This is my favorite shot of Springsteen of his and until now probably only a handful of people had ever seen it.
During COVID I finally started digitally converting a bunch of his slides.
This is my favorite shot of Springsteen of his and until now probably only a handful of people had ever seen it.
October 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My Dad was a freelance concert photographer for a few years in St. Louis in the late 70s.
During COVID I finally started digitally converting a bunch of his slides.
This is my favorite shot of Springsteen of his and until now probably only a handful of people had ever seen it.
During COVID I finally started digitally converting a bunch of his slides.
This is my favorite shot of Springsteen of his and until now probably only a handful of people had ever seen it.
Saw this before seeing what it was in response to and thought you were trying to summon every Pizza Hut in the Multiverse.
October 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Saw this before seeing what it was in response to and thought you were trying to summon every Pizza Hut in the Multiverse.
Never Susanoo. Terrible dinner party reputation.
October 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Never Susanoo. Terrible dinner party reputation.
What’s something that you look forward to having any excuse to talk about and don’t often get to?
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
What’s something that you look forward to having any excuse to talk about and don’t often get to?
I had to read this a dozen times before recognizing it contained homographs and not that you were preparing to engage in some sort of full-time tabletop kayfabe performance art.
October 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I had to read this a dozen times before recognizing it contained homographs and not that you were preparing to engage in some sort of full-time tabletop kayfabe performance art.
Also, they should keep hiring you and pay you double your rate because you’re awesome.
October 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Also, they should keep hiring you and pay you double your rate because you’re awesome.
Maybe it’s obvious but I was really just trying to refine my thoughts to say after years of adapting the majority of world mythologies as new planes there might just be significant design and business convenience when it comes to design time and effort to instead use popular licensed worlds instead.
October 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Maybe it’s obvious but I was really just trying to refine my thoughts to say after years of adapting the majority of world mythologies as new planes there might just be significant design and business convenience when it comes to design time and effort to instead use popular licensed worlds instead.
I thought about Aetherdrift while writing the reply and how it and Dragonstorm do seem to undermine any sort of real conscious business decision to not hire consultants.
I said “hat set” because it was convenient short hand for that trend towards those tropes, ie “pulp detective”, “western”, etc.
I said “hat set” because it was convenient short hand for that trend towards those tropes, ie “pulp detective”, “western”, etc.
October 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I thought about Aetherdrift while writing the reply and how it and Dragonstorm do seem to undermine any sort of real conscious business decision to not hire consultants.
I said “hat set” because it was convenient short hand for that trend towards those tropes, ie “pulp detective”, “western”, etc.
I said “hat set” because it was convenient short hand for that trend towards those tropes, ie “pulp detective”, “western”, etc.