John Christensen
@netbard.bsky.social
Software Developer, Gamer, Geek, Craftsman living in Rochester. He/him
If you squint harder, the face is hard at work creating fraudulent credit accounts.
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
If you squint harder, the face is hard at work creating fraudulent credit accounts.
I mean, Wells Fargo is kind of demonstrably terrible, I guess.
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I mean, Wells Fargo is kind of demonstrably terrible, I guess.
While I’m still thinking on this - the Epic D&D format I’m working for at the moment is a good substitute. Multiple tables in the same setting, overarching plot lines, but you can’t decide to just go over and fuck over another table because you want to.
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
While I’m still thinking on this - the Epic D&D format I’m working for at the moment is a good substitute. Multiple tables in the same setting, overarching plot lines, but you can’t decide to just go over and fuck over another table because you want to.
Back at you, nerd. Run a game or something.
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Back at you, nerd. Run a game or something.
We… have literally been doing this about the same time frame. I may, in fact, be older than you, whipper snapper.
November 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We… have literally been doing this about the same time frame. I may, in fact, be older than you, whipper snapper.
It’s why my game planning at this point is 1-3 pages of bullet points with 1-2 paragraph NPCs whose stats are mostly pools and effects.
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It’s why my game planning at this point is 1-3 pages of bullet points with 1-2 paragraph NPCs whose stats are mostly pools and effects.
Agreed, though I will also posit I find the replacement (blockbuster larps) faintly distasteful in their cost, player selections, and pre-builds.
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Agreed, though I will also posit I find the replacement (blockbuster larps) faintly distasteful in their cost, player selections, and pre-builds.
Depending on how OWBN is doing, we may be the last thousand player game of any networked larp. Which is.. good. I think networked larps have inherent contradictions that are mostly impossible to square.
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Depending on how OWBN is doing, we may be the last thousand player game of any networked larp. Which is.. good. I think networked larps have inherent contradictions that are mostly impossible to square.
LOL. Am I claiming you aren’t one of the best people to run Werewolf, certainly the best at the scale of networked games? Of course not.
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
LOL. Am I claiming you aren’t one of the best people to run Werewolf, certainly the best at the scale of networked games? Of course not.
It certainly plays better than “hahaha enjoy your losing fight losers” tone.
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It certainly plays better than “hahaha enjoy your losing fight losers” tone.
I mean, the notion of the Apocalypse not being the end has now been the prime plot point of two editions of Werewolf (MES and 5th)
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I mean, the notion of the Apocalypse not being the end has now been the prime plot point of two editions of Werewolf (MES and 5th)
So we’ll try this and see where it goes.
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
So we’ll try this and see where it goes.
It’s too easy to have players get lost, with no real sense of “what now”, beyond “well, I guess we... burn the whole thing down? Or become reformers?” And let me tell you, the story of six werewolves who all become politicians is.. not super interesting.
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It’s too easy to have players get lost, with no real sense of “what now”, beyond “well, I guess we... burn the whole thing down? Or become reformers?” And let me tell you, the story of six werewolves who all become politicians is.. not super interesting.
This should help one problem with running Werewolf - the “ok, what now” issue. The thing is, is stupidity is rampant, you get rid of the stupidity and then you ... still have the world ending, still have banes baning.
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This should help one problem with running Werewolf - the “ok, what now” issue. The thing is, is stupidity is rampant, you get rid of the stupidity and then you ... still have the world ending, still have banes baning.
Here, we’re using “Never attribute to stupidly what can be attributed to malice.” The idea is that in this version of the world, conspiracies abound. Conspiracies whose point is the end of the world.
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Here, we’re using “Never attribute to stupidly what can be attributed to malice.” The idea is that in this version of the world, conspiracies abound. Conspiracies whose point is the end of the world.
DC KO is, so far, falling into the category as well. Mostly just an excuse to have a bunch of big fight scenes with not much else to it.
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
DC KO is, so far, falling into the category as well. Mostly just an excuse to have a bunch of big fight scenes with not much else to it.
Wegmans makes a pretty good honey-brined turkey breast that is super simple to make.
November 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Wegmans makes a pretty good honey-brined turkey breast that is super simple to make.
Just … breathtakingly poorly reasoned. Some drunken 2am conversation between undergraduate international relations majors somehow makes its way to Foreign Affairs.
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Just … breathtakingly poorly reasoned. Some drunken 2am conversation between undergraduate international relations majors somehow makes its way to Foreign Affairs.
Meanwhile, we’ll keep South Korea from getting nukes by promising them our military support - the withdrawal of which is the primary justification for allowing Japan to have nukes? And, of course, North Korea will just sort of.. do nothing while this happens?
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Meanwhile, we’ll keep South Korea from getting nukes by promising them our military support - the withdrawal of which is the primary justification for allowing Japan to have nukes? And, of course, North Korea will just sort of.. do nothing while this happens?