Commander Pulsar
@commanderpulsar.bsky.social
He/Him. Pro-GM on Startplaying.Games & ttrpg enthusiast. Hockey Fan. Ask me about Fate, Cortex, Blades in the Dark, or my cats. Human rights are for all humans, full stop.
In my #ironsworn #starforged game, I'm unabashedly naming things after nerdy heros. So our hero, Echo, starts out doing repo work on Imahara Station. She's in hiding from her family, whose patriarch, Mark Mercer (@matthewmercer.bsky.social) has sent her older brother Cameron to find her.
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In my #ironsworn #starforged game, I'm unabashedly naming things after nerdy heros. So our hero, Echo, starts out doing repo work on Imahara Station. She's in hiding from her family, whose patriarch, Mark Mercer (@matthewmercer.bsky.social) has sent her older brother Cameron to find her.
Sadly, finances aren't lining up for me to attend #PAXU this year. I bought a badge hoping things would line up, but the expense of a hotel or airBnB and y'know, food, is more than I can swing right now. I'll miss seeing everyone, and plan for next year.
November 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Sadly, finances aren't lining up for me to attend #PAXU this year. I bought a badge hoping things would line up, but the expense of a hotel or airBnB and y'know, food, is more than I can swing right now. I'll miss seeing everyone, and plan for next year.
Continuing work on my #ironsworn #starforged game. As a theme, I'm naming things after folks in the nerdosphere. Two of the Founder Clans are named for Morgan Ellis and Rob Weiland, for example. The patriarch of the Bad Guys is, with utmost respect, @markmercervo.bsky.social. #solottrpg #ttrpg
October 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Continuing work on my #ironsworn #starforged game. As a theme, I'm naming things after folks in the nerdosphere. Two of the Founder Clans are named for Morgan Ellis and Rob Weiland, for example. The patriarch of the Bad Guys is, with utmost respect, @markmercervo.bsky.social. #solottrpg #ttrpg
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I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.
Ironsworn: Starforged (sci-fi solo to from @shawntomkin.bsky.social) seems to be the hottest iron in the creative fire. My Forge has a cassette futurism aesthetic & a synthwave soundtrack. The Terminus may be clean & neat, but we’re on the run in the Outlands.
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Ironsworn: Starforged (sci-fi solo to from @shawntomkin.bsky.social) seems to be the hottest iron in the creative fire. My Forge has a cassette futurism aesthetic & a synthwave soundtrack. The Terminus may be clean & neat, but we’re on the run in the Outlands.
My day job makes a regular gaming schedule really difficult, so I'm putting my energy into solo games I can fit into stolen moments. Worldbuilding this weekend on some Sundered Isles, the seafaring setting for #ironsworn #starforged by @shawntomkin.bsky.social.
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
My day job makes a regular gaming schedule really difficult, so I'm putting my energy into solo games I can fit into stolen moments. Worldbuilding this weekend on some Sundered Isles, the seafaring setting for #ironsworn #starforged by @shawntomkin.bsky.social.
Just so I can try to get my calendar in order, when is the next No Kings rally? Same time next month? Two weeks? This Saturday?
Surely it's not a one and done thing.
Surely it's not a one and done thing.
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Just so I can try to get my calendar in order, when is the next No Kings rally? Same time next month? Two weeks? This Saturday?
Surely it's not a one and done thing.
Surely it's not a one and done thing.
When I moved back here I was disappointed to find the government infested with MAGA idiots, Maggats, if you will. It's been embarrassing; I try not to bring it up at all.
but the kids are all right.
but the kids are all right.
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
n.pr
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
When I moved back here I was disappointed to find the government infested with MAGA idiots, Maggats, if you will. It's been embarrassing; I try not to bring it up at all.
but the kids are all right.
but the kids are all right.
When I hear "The mechanics get out of the way," it either means "I couldn't deal with these rules, and when I ignored them the story didn't break, so..." OR "I've learned these rules well enough to use them without breaking my flow."
Ideally, you want the latter. But I think it's often the former.
Ideally, you want the latter. But I think it's often the former.
October 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
When I hear "The mechanics get out of the way," it either means "I couldn't deal with these rules, and when I ignored them the story didn't break, so..." OR "I've learned these rules well enough to use them without breaking my flow."
Ideally, you want the latter. But I think it's often the former.
Ideally, you want the latter. But I think it's often the former.
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This is a gorgeous production and one of my games of the year for 2024.
If you haven't played yet or want to know more about how it all works, check out our deep dive: www.indiegamereadingclub.com/indie-game-r...
If you haven't played yet or want to know more about how it all works, check out our deep dive: www.indiegamereadingclub.com/indie-game-r...
October 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is a gorgeous production and one of my games of the year for 2024.
If you haven't played yet or want to know more about how it all works, check out our deep dive: www.indiegamereadingclub.com/indie-game-r...
If you haven't played yet or want to know more about how it all works, check out our deep dive: www.indiegamereadingclub.com/indie-game-r...
Happy James Introcaso Day to all James Introcasos who celebrate, especially @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Happy James Introcaso Day to all James Introcasos who celebrate, especially @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social
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I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
September 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
I was looking up synonyms for 'hills' and discovered that "an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly from a plain" is called an 'inselberg'.
Remember, folks. Your incelbergs should be isolated.
Remember, folks. Your incelbergs should be isolated.
August 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I was looking up synonyms for 'hills' and discovered that "an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly from a plain" is called an 'inselberg'.
Remember, folks. Your incelbergs should be isolated.
Remember, folks. Your incelbergs should be isolated.
My tl;dr on WotC making another version of Dark Sun is: let them. It feels like a team scoring on their own goal in a playoff game, but it is their time, money, and effort to waste. Who knows, it might avoid the yawning, gaping pitfalls and be... all right.
Not holding my breath, but it's possible
Not holding my breath, but it's possible
August 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My tl;dr on WotC making another version of Dark Sun is: let them. It feels like a team scoring on their own goal in a playoff game, but it is their time, money, and effort to waste. Who knows, it might avoid the yawning, gaping pitfalls and be... all right.
Not holding my breath, but it's possible
Not holding my breath, but it's possible
Oh, here's a trend I can actually do: 1 like = 1 ttrpg in my library. There are many.
August 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Oh, here's a trend I can actually do: 1 like = 1 ttrpg in my library. There are many.
Whether I "cut someone some slack" or "give them enough rope to hang themselves" depends largely on whether or not I would "bless their heart."
July 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Whether I "cut someone some slack" or "give them enough rope to hang themselves" depends largely on whether or not I would "bless their heart."
If ghosts happen because a soul has unfinished business, folks with ADHD are just straight-up guaranteed. Worse, we--of course I'm including myself--won't be able to move on, because we won't be able to remember everything on the to-do list. Remembering all the things we have to do is on the List!
May 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
If ghosts happen because a soul has unfinished business, folks with ADHD are just straight-up guaranteed. Worse, we--of course I'm including myself--won't be able to move on, because we won't be able to remember everything on the to-do list. Remembering all the things we have to do is on the List!
Corollary: if someone unloads the dishwasher & puts the dishes away, where the dishes are put is correct.
Whoever is loading the dishwasher is doing it right.
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
May 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Corollary: if someone unloads the dishwasher & puts the dishes away, where the dishes are put is correct.
Faction Goals didn’t work for me until last night, when I realized the faction needs a Face first, a person to represent/embody the faction for the PCs. Who this Face is colors the goals they set, plus if those goal oppose the PCs, you get a villain for the PCs to interact with & work against.
May 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Faction Goals didn’t work for me until last night, when I realized the faction needs a Face first, a person to represent/embody the faction for the PCs. Who this Face is colors the goals they set, plus if those goal oppose the PCs, you get a villain for the PCs to interact with & work against.
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Overheard: “William Henry Harrison had a better first 100 days, and he spent 70 of them dead.”
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
April 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Overheard: “William Henry Harrison had a better first 100 days, and he spent 70 of them dead.”
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
A03 has taught me to expect something very different from a thing called a Vornado, but this box fan is pretty nice.
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A03 has taught me to expect something very different from a thing called a Vornado, but this box fan is pretty nice.
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What if you replaced Harry Potter with Not Making Fixation With Fictional Worlds The Core of Your Personality
April 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
What if you replaced Harry Potter with Not Making Fixation With Fictional Worlds The Core of Your Personality
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January 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Interesting evening. Tried watching @transplanarrpg.bsky.social for the first time, but found myself banned immediately. Must have gotten on someone's ban list somehow? Dunno. I'm sure it was a great show, and y'all should go check them out.
January 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Interesting evening. Tried watching @transplanarrpg.bsky.social for the first time, but found myself banned immediately. Must have gotten on someone's ban list somehow? Dunno. I'm sure it was a great show, and y'all should go check them out.