Jim McGarva
@jimbozig.bsky.social
I teach math and stats and make tabletop RPGs and have a house full of kids and pets. He/him.
Find Tailfeathers, Strike!, and more http://jimbozig.itch.io and at http://strikerpg.com
Chat about my games at https://discord.gg/SmxeetS
Find Tailfeathers, Strike!, and more http://jimbozig.itch.io and at http://strikerpg.com
Chat about my games at https://discord.gg/SmxeetS
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Some new (?) tech to track persistent states via random tables with memory. Like Ladder Tables, but simpler in execution.
Behold, the Stepladder Table!
Behold, the Stepladder Table!
Stepladder Tables
I am not certain that I am the first to have this idea. In fact, I most certainly am not; there's nothing new under the sun (especially in R...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Some new (?) tech to track persistent states via random tables with memory. Like Ladder Tables, but simpler in execution.
Behold, the Stepladder Table!
Behold, the Stepladder Table!
A "tactics" spinoff.
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A "tactics" spinoff.
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Launch!
GRAVITY is a one-shot-focused RPG about powerful people stuck in an increasingly bad situation. To maintain suspense, the game uses a rotating-GM system (stolen from Lovecraftesque and my previous game, Bleak Spirit) to ensure that nobody knows what the Threat is until the climax.
GRAVITY is a one-shot-focused RPG about powerful people stuck in an increasingly bad situation. To maintain suspense, the game uses a rotating-GM system (stolen from Lovecraftesque and my previous game, Bleak Spirit) to ensure that nobody knows what the Threat is until the climax.
Gravity: A Roleplaying Game
A one-shot TTRPG about powerful people in a bad situation.
www.kickstarter.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Launch!
GRAVITY is a one-shot-focused RPG about powerful people stuck in an increasingly bad situation. To maintain suspense, the game uses a rotating-GM system (stolen from Lovecraftesque and my previous game, Bleak Spirit) to ensure that nobody knows what the Threat is until the climax.
GRAVITY is a one-shot-focused RPG about powerful people stuck in an increasingly bad situation. To maintain suspense, the game uses a rotating-GM system (stolen from Lovecraftesque and my previous game, Bleak Spirit) to ensure that nobody knows what the Threat is until the climax.
In Eyes of the Stone Thief, we got to the part that is designed like an old school dungeon. I had the players roll 3d6 and assign ability scores for this section, doing plain roll-under.
Of course one player immediately rolls triple 1s and ends up with a STR 3.
Very silly but fun for a session.
Of course one player immediately rolls triple 1s and ends up with a STR 3.
Very silly but fun for a session.
November 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In Eyes of the Stone Thief, we got to the part that is designed like an old school dungeon. I had the players roll 3d6 and assign ability scores for this section, doing plain roll-under.
Of course one player immediately rolls triple 1s and ends up with a STR 3.
Very silly but fun for a session.
Of course one player immediately rolls triple 1s and ends up with a STR 3.
Very silly but fun for a session.
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Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
If Cuono is mayor, is he going to make the Yankees play fútbal?
Are we going to see gabagool hanging in our subway cars?
Hey, I'm just asking questions. Maybe the stupidest questions you've ever heard. The sort of questions that make you wonder if I'm fit to even go out in public unattended.
Are we going to see gabagool hanging in our subway cars?
Hey, I'm just asking questions. Maybe the stupidest questions you've ever heard. The sort of questions that make you wonder if I'm fit to even go out in public unattended.
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If Cuono is mayor, is he going to make the Yankees play fútbal?
Are we going to see gabagool hanging in our subway cars?
Hey, I'm just asking questions. Maybe the stupidest questions you've ever heard. The sort of questions that make you wonder if I'm fit to even go out in public unattended.
Are we going to see gabagool hanging in our subway cars?
Hey, I'm just asking questions. Maybe the stupidest questions you've ever heard. The sort of questions that make you wonder if I'm fit to even go out in public unattended.
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Huh, I wonder what aesthetic he's trying to emulate and whether that aesthetic might have some troubling antecedents in this specific context
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Huh, I wonder what aesthetic he's trying to emulate and whether that aesthetic might have some troubling antecedents in this specific context
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sobbing as mom makes me smoke a whole pack of baseball in one sitting
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
sobbing as mom makes me smoke a whole pack of baseball in one sitting
Pitches over 95 are balls.
Completely fix baseball with five words.
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Pitches over 95 are balls.
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Fart is making a comeback — as a shit
Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a metaverse
Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a metaverse
Its crypto-themed metaverse, Otherside, has been a long time coming.
buff.ly
October 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Fart is making a comeback — as a shit
I think it's funny that the evil man is ruining the den of evil for the next evil man.
I think everything he does is horrible, but occasionally his horrible actions have consequences that fall on other awful people and that's a nice reprieve.
If he's focused on his balls, so much the better.
I think everything he does is horrible, but occasionally his horrible actions have consequences that fall on other awful people and that's a nice reprieve.
If he's focused on his balls, so much the better.
October 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I think it's funny that the evil man is ruining the den of evil for the next evil man.
I think everything he does is horrible, but occasionally his horrible actions have consequences that fall on other awful people and that's a nice reprieve.
If he's focused on his balls, so much the better.
I think everything he does is horrible, but occasionally his horrible actions have consequences that fall on other awful people and that's a nice reprieve.
If he's focused on his balls, so much the better.
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I can’t think of any indie TTRPG designers I know who want to be put up on a pedestal, be turned into some sort of icon by the people who read and play their games. They’re just people, with normal human wants and needs.
If there’s anything specific they want, it’s for you to buy their games.
If there’s anything specific they want, it’s for you to buy their games.
October 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I can’t think of any indie TTRPG designers I know who want to be put up on a pedestal, be turned into some sort of icon by the people who read and play their games. They’re just people, with normal human wants and needs.
If there’s anything specific they want, it’s for you to buy their games.
If there’s anything specific they want, it’s for you to buy their games.
Putting on my deerstalker cap to solve the mystery of who broke the flower pot.
October 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Putting on my deerstalker cap to solve the mystery of who broke the flower pot.
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That’s not Marxism you fucking idiot. That’s capitalism. It’s happening so rampantly in the United States because it’s the end goal of capitalism.
When tools like Mike Johnson warn about the “rise of Marxism” in the Democratic Party, let’s be clear: the Republicans steadfastly support Marxism, as long as wealth is redistributed to corporations and the rich
October 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
That’s not Marxism you fucking idiot. That’s capitalism. It’s happening so rampantly in the United States because it’s the end goal of capitalism.
I want to be able to practice the Silksong bosses.
@teamcherry.bsky.social , we need the godseekers to show up asap!
Let me fight Beastfly again but this time it summons Rhinogrunds. Give us a third Forebrother! Hell, let us fight Lace and Phantom at the same time! Or just be cruel: Flying Zango.
@teamcherry.bsky.social , we need the godseekers to show up asap!
Let me fight Beastfly again but this time it summons Rhinogrunds. Give us a third Forebrother! Hell, let us fight Lace and Phantom at the same time! Or just be cruel: Flying Zango.
October 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I want to be able to practice the Silksong bosses.
@teamcherry.bsky.social , we need the godseekers to show up asap!
Let me fight Beastfly again but this time it summons Rhinogrunds. Give us a third Forebrother! Hell, let us fight Lace and Phantom at the same time! Or just be cruel: Flying Zango.
@teamcherry.bsky.social , we need the godseekers to show up asap!
Let me fight Beastfly again but this time it summons Rhinogrunds. Give us a third Forebrother! Hell, let us fight Lace and Phantom at the same time! Or just be cruel: Flying Zango.
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What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
October 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
A student can just read a textbook, too! The textbook will be more accurate, more thorough, and better directed. It is truly crafted by experts to teach them the topic.
One may wonder then, why universities have persisted despite the existence of textbooks.
One may wonder then, why universities have persisted despite the existence of textbooks.
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A student can just read a textbook, too! The textbook will be more accurate, more thorough, and better directed. It is truly crafted by experts to teach them the topic.
One may wonder then, why universities have persisted despite the existence of textbooks.
One may wonder then, why universities have persisted despite the existence of textbooks.
This lady thinks that some of the most talented and skilled software engineers in the world simply never thought to add "never invent data" to their LLM's instructions.
Good thing she thought of it! She should call Zuckerberg and Altman and tell them!
Good thing she thought of it! She should call Zuckerberg and Altman and tell them!
Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.
October 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
This lady thinks that some of the most talented and skilled software engineers in the world simply never thought to add "never invent data" to their LLM's instructions.
Good thing she thought of it! She should call Zuckerberg and Altman and tell them!
Good thing she thought of it! She should call Zuckerberg and Altman and tell them!
Fascists and Anarchists, saying the same words, but one is frowning and the other smiling.
"If you oppose tyranny, you must also oppose capitalism (good)."
vs
"If you oppose tyranny, you must also oppose capitalism (bad)."
"If you oppose tyranny, you must also oppose capitalism (good)."
vs
"If you oppose tyranny, you must also oppose capitalism (bad)."
Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."
October 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Fascists and Anarchists, saying the same words, but one is frowning and the other smiling.
"If you oppose tyranny, you must also oppose capitalism (good)."
vs
"If you oppose tyranny, you must also oppose capitalism (bad)."
"If you oppose tyranny, you must also oppose capitalism (good)."
vs
"If you oppose tyranny, you must also oppose capitalism (bad)."
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4 days to go, 94% funded, only 18 backers needed, like 10 USD to back... we got the nice numbers
CRINGE WIZARD: A TTRPG Isekai Light Novel
A light novel about a guy forced to live through the terrible TTRPG campaign he ran when he was a teenager.
www.kickstarter.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
4 days to go, 94% funded, only 18 backers needed, like 10 USD to back... we got the nice numbers
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I love picking all the meat off fish heads, and not in the genteel way but in the “starved raccoon finds it in the dumpster” way
This is also how I eat crawfish, chicken, lobster, and anything cursed with bones
This is also how I eat crawfish, chicken, lobster, and anything cursed with bones
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I love picking all the meat off fish heads, and not in the genteel way but in the “starved raccoon finds it in the dumpster” way
This is also how I eat crawfish, chicken, lobster, and anything cursed with bones
This is also how I eat crawfish, chicken, lobster, and anything cursed with bones
Some people are angry that the world is going to hell. Not me, though. I'm too cool to ever get mad. I'm actually laughing right now.
October 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Some people are angry that the world is going to hell. Not me, though. I'm too cool to ever get mad. I'm actually laughing right now.
I hope we don't descend into fascism.
I hope our neighbours who have descended into fascism don't spread it here.
I hope our government won't invest all our resources in scams.
I hope our neighbours who have descended into fascism don't spread it here.
I hope our government won't invest all our resources in scams.
October 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I hope we don't descend into fascism.
I hope our neighbours who have descended into fascism don't spread it here.
I hope our government won't invest all our resources in scams.
I hope our neighbours who have descended into fascism don't spread it here.
I hope our government won't invest all our resources in scams.