Michael Boyle
@mikeboyle78.bsky.social
Put aside your elitist gatekeeping point (which is real, to be sure)--yes, I could be an improv game designer but I don't want to. I would rather do other things during a session.
January 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Put aside your elitist gatekeeping point (which is real, to be sure)--yes, I could be an improv game designer but I don't want to. I would rather do other things during a session.
All of these discussions also assume that GMs have unlimited bandwidth during play. Every moment that you are as libbing solutions to non-functional or non-existent mechanics is a moment that you are not spending on the narrative, characters, etc.
January 11, 2026 at 1:05 PM
All of these discussions also assume that GMs have unlimited bandwidth during play. Every moment that you are as libbing solutions to non-functional or non-existent mechanics is a moment that you are not spending on the narrative, characters, etc.
At this risk of leaning too hard into GNS language, the degree to which a big segment of the ttrpg community is absolutely hostile to the "game" part of "roleplaying game" is wild to me. The claim that the game works too well and thus makes you soft as a GM is to me very silly.
January 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
At this risk of leaning too hard into GNS language, the degree to which a big segment of the ttrpg community is absolutely hostile to the "game" part of "roleplaying game" is wild to me. The claim that the game works too well and thus makes you soft as a GM is to me very silly.
The college football content on here this season was pretty good.
January 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The college football content on here this season was pretty good.
I'll do my part and be intentional about Ttrpg posting
January 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I'll do my part and be intentional about Ttrpg posting
My attempt at doing cyberpunk had Canada as a world power that absorbed Michigan and sections of New England. It also de facto ruled the UK for like 20 years after it fell into civil war.
December 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
My attempt at doing cyberpunk had Canada as a world power that absorbed Michigan and sections of New England. It also de facto ruled the UK for like 20 years after it fell into civil war.
It has been an ...interesting year in Ttrpg layouts.
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It has been an ...interesting year in Ttrpg layouts.
FDR and the NRA would disagree.
November 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
FDR and the NRA would disagree.
I for one look forward to Thiel's Warhammer 40k analysis which is surely to come soon.
October 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I for one look forward to Thiel's Warhammer 40k analysis which is surely to come soon.
He's a truly unique and weird guy. I kind of love him.
September 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
He's a truly unique and weird guy. I kind of love him.
You mean, like the Vatican?
May 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
You mean, like the Vatican?
I certainly would.
October 20, 2024 at 11:42 AM
I certainly would.
It shouldn't require *this* much shenanigans to get to Trump +3 in a swing state.
October 19, 2024 at 8:27 PM
It shouldn't require *this* much shenanigans to get to Trump +3 in a swing state.
The thing about all of these BS polls is that when you describe the insane contortions they do to get like Trump +3, my thought is "this is actually good news for Harris."
October 19, 2024 at 8:27 PM
The thing about all of these BS polls is that when you describe the insane contortions they do to get like Trump +3, my thought is "this is actually good news for Harris."
The idea that the people attending the Al Smith dinner is "95% liberals" is hilariously funny. Dolan sure isn't.
October 18, 2024 at 3:56 PM
The idea that the people attending the Al Smith dinner is "95% liberals" is hilariously funny. Dolan sure isn't.
I am convinced that a time traveling from 1984 who watches this year's DNC would assume Harris and Walz were the successors to Reagan.
October 18, 2024 at 11:51 AM
I am convinced that a time traveling from 1984 who watches this year's DNC would assume Harris and Walz were the successors to Reagan.
I am convinced you could teach the entirety of basic Civ Pro using post 2020 election challenge cases.
August 19, 2024 at 3:45 PM
I am convinced you could teach the entirety of basic Civ Pro using post 2020 election challenge cases.
Both of whom will make "we must purge the groypers" a core value.
August 10, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Both of whom will make "we must purge the groypers" a core value.
If the Trumpist version of the Republican Party implodes, the future of the center-Right is Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney, which is the antithesis of what these people want.
August 10, 2024 at 5:04 PM
If the Trumpist version of the Republican Party implodes, the future of the center-Right is Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney, which is the antithesis of what these people want.