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The first time I ran my game Passing with strangers, I brought it to a convention. A group of older white men (who knew each other) sat down and within 20 minutes used the 1950’s setting as an opportunity to make racist jokes. I X-carded them multiple times and ended up cutting the game short
I’ve asked this privately for a while, but here we go: in the following comments I’m going to ask for folks to “like” (and ideally provide anonymized comments) of the use of the “X-Card” or other legible safety tools.
This is very unrigorous initial sense of the lay of the land.
This is very unrigorous initial sense of the lay of the land.
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The first time I ran my game Passing with strangers, I brought it to a convention. A group of older white men (who knew each other) sat down and within 20 minutes used the 1950’s setting as an opportunity to make racist jokes. I X-carded them multiple times and ended up cutting the game short
So proud of my students! This quarter I’ve been teaching a freshman and sophomore-focused class about games and education. The class has been split in half and each half has been making an educational alternate reality game for the other. Last week they each presented Act one of their game.
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
So proud of my students! This quarter I’ve been teaching a freshman and sophomore-focused class about games and education. The class has been split in half and each half has been making an educational alternate reality game for the other. Last week they each presented Act one of their game.
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Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested:
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I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
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I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
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November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested:
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
If you’re in Olympia, please attend the meeting today or write an email by noon. I’m a professor at Evergreen and this change would negatively impact a ton of our most marginalized students, making it more difficult to access workplaces, grocery stores, and other basic resources. #olympia
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If you’re in Olympia, please attend the meeting today or write an email by noon. I’m a professor at Evergreen and this change would negatively impact a ton of our most marginalized students, making it more difficult to access workplaces, grocery stores, and other basic resources. #olympia
I was given the opportunity to review Miranda Mellis’ spectacular new book Crocosmia (out with Nightboat Books).
You can buy the book here: nightboat.org/book/crocosm...
Find Mellis’ substack here: youareinlovewiththeimpossible.substack.com #bookreview #ecopunk #speculativefiction
You can buy the book here: nightboat.org/book/crocosm...
Find Mellis’ substack here: youareinlovewiththeimpossible.substack.com #bookreview #ecopunk #speculativefiction
November 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I was given the opportunity to review Miranda Mellis’ spectacular new book Crocosmia (out with Nightboat Books).
You can buy the book here: nightboat.org/book/crocosm...
Find Mellis’ substack here: youareinlovewiththeimpossible.substack.com #bookreview #ecopunk #speculativefiction
You can buy the book here: nightboat.org/book/crocosm...
Find Mellis’ substack here: youareinlovewiththeimpossible.substack.com #bookreview #ecopunk #speculativefiction
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I could use a little extra cash right now, so if you haven't bought one of my games, they're all 30% off at DTRPG through the end of the month #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #tabletoproleplaying #games www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I could use a little extra cash right now, so if you haven't bought one of my games, they're all 30% off at DTRPG through the end of the month #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #tabletoproleplaying #games www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
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Which Realm do you like playing with most? Bad Baby Lich Lords is available on our website! 💀 #cardgame #boardgames
October 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Which Realm do you like playing with most? Bad Baby Lich Lords is available on our website! 💀 #cardgame #boardgames
October 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The wonderful Miranda Mellis will be having some book readings in Olympia and Seattle for her new book Crocosmia by @nightboat.bsky.social! She is a lovely human and a thoughtful, generous, and explosive writer, WA folks should come out to support! #literature #bookreading #speculativefiction
October 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The wonderful Miranda Mellis will be having some book readings in Olympia and Seattle for her new book Crocosmia by @nightboat.bsky.social! She is a lovely human and a thoughtful, generous, and explosive writer, WA folks should come out to support! #literature #bookreading #speculativefiction
Got to spend some time this week playing a bisexual disaster in The Slow Knife. It’s a prompt-based TTRPG in which you play the villains of a revenge story, a la The Count of Monte Cristo. I was really impressed by the game—how thorough and intricate the prompt system was. #ttrpg #rpg #gamedesign
October 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Got to spend some time this week playing a bisexual disaster in The Slow Knife. It’s a prompt-based TTRPG in which you play the villains of a revenge story, a la The Count of Monte Cristo. I was really impressed by the game—how thorough and intricate the prompt system was. #ttrpg #rpg #gamedesign
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Gen Con runs Jul 31–Aug 3! Visit Pelgrane Press at booth 623 to browse our latest books, meet the team, and learn more about 13th Age, The Yellow King, Night's Black Agents, Fear Itself, and other games. We'd love to chat!
#GenCon2025 #GenConIndy #GenCon #gencon
#GenCon2025 #GenConIndy #GenCon #gencon
July 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Gen Con runs Jul 31–Aug 3! Visit Pelgrane Press at booth 623 to browse our latest books, meet the team, and learn more about 13th Age, The Yellow King, Night's Black Agents, Fear Itself, and other games. We'd love to chat!
#GenCon2025 #GenConIndy #GenCon #gencon
#GenCon2025 #GenConIndy #GenCon #gencon
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Sharp blades. Sharp suits. A sacred stone granting mythic martial prowess. @fondalee.bsky.social, @evilhat.bsky.social, and I offer you a clean blade.
Wǔxiá action meets gangster warfare in STREETS OF JADE: the Green Bone Saga RPG. Swear fealty to the clan & join the playtest! evilh.at/soj-playtest
Wǔxiá action meets gangster warfare in STREETS OF JADE: the Green Bone Saga RPG. Swear fealty to the clan & join the playtest! evilh.at/soj-playtest
July 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sharp blades. Sharp suits. A sacred stone granting mythic martial prowess. @fondalee.bsky.social, @evilhat.bsky.social, and I offer you a clean blade.
Wǔxiá action meets gangster warfare in STREETS OF JADE: the Green Bone Saga RPG. Swear fealty to the clan & join the playtest! evilh.at/soj-playtest
Wǔxiá action meets gangster warfare in STREETS OF JADE: the Green Bone Saga RPG. Swear fealty to the clan & join the playtest! evilh.at/soj-playtest
Check out the scenario I wrote for @pelgranepress.bsky.social’s two person TTRPG, Page Turners!
Preview the upcoming Page Turners scenario Addison's Shadow: a coming-of-age tale where one player and one GM navigate family fractures and a lurking entity. Tap the blog for a taste of eerie emotion. #PageTurners #TTRPG
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May 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Check out the scenario I wrote for @pelgranepress.bsky.social’s two person TTRPG, Page Turners!
Very excited to say that “Death Anxiety: An Inoculation,” an essay from my autotheoretical memoir, was named a finalist in @theplentitudes nonfiction contest!
May 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Very excited to say that “Death Anxiety: An Inoculation,” an essay from my autotheoretical memoir, was named a finalist in @theplentitudes nonfiction contest!
A bit late with this one, but last month I had the fantastic opportunity to speak to state legislators about the value of games in education, representing Evergreen state college and the education board of the TGA at the annual legislative game night! #games #education #ttrpg #teaching
April 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A bit late with this one, but last month I had the fantastic opportunity to speak to state legislators about the value of games in education, representing Evergreen state college and the education board of the TGA at the annual legislative game night! #games #education #ttrpg #teaching
It’s time for writing evaluations, which means I’ve been spending 40% of my time lying facedown on the floor, 40% of my time trying to think of synonyms for the word, “evocative,” and 20% of my time designing a mini role playing game about being a university adjunct during the apocalypse #ttrpg
March 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
It’s time for writing evaluations, which means I’ve been spending 40% of my time lying facedown on the floor, 40% of my time trying to think of synonyms for the word, “evocative,” and 20% of my time designing a mini role playing game about being a university adjunct during the apocalypse #ttrpg
I’m so delighted to say that an excerpt of “If This Matters” was selected as the winner of the @southeastreview.bsky.social nonfiction contest!
February 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I’m so delighted to say that an excerpt of “If This Matters” was selected as the winner of the @southeastreview.bsky.social nonfiction contest!
Running an initial playtest of my game in progress, “How Long Do You Mean to be Content?” a two person tarot-based game about seeing your own doppleganger #ttrpg #gamedesign
February 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Running an initial playtest of my game in progress, “How Long Do You Mean to be Content?” a two person tarot-based game about seeing your own doppleganger #ttrpg #gamedesign
Setting up my curriculum for next quarter. Very excited about this class! #gamedesign #academia #speculativeworldbuilding
February 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Setting up my curriculum for next quarter. Very excited about this class! #gamedesign #academia #speculativeworldbuilding
Anyone interested in game design (or art-making broadly) should subscribe to Sarah Doom’s Substack!
She’s a brilliant game designer, writer, and artist, writing a lot about what it means to maintain a sustainable art practice in today’s chaotic world!
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She’s a brilliant game designer, writer, and artist, writing a lot about what it means to maintain a sustainable art practice in today’s chaotic world!
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February 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Anyone interested in game design (or art-making broadly) should subscribe to Sarah Doom’s Substack!
She’s a brilliant game designer, writer, and artist, writing a lot about what it means to maintain a sustainable art practice in today’s chaotic world!
butcherbirdpress.substack.com
She’s a brilliant game designer, writer, and artist, writing a lot about what it means to maintain a sustainable art practice in today’s chaotic world!
butcherbirdpress.substack.com
Sarah is one of the most brilliant game designers I’ve ever know (and is a wonderful friend)—check out her beautiful, vulnerable, and visceral larp
I posted my sex larp in case you need to get naked and scream in shame and agony with a friend.
scorchadoom.itch.io/savage-garden
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Savage Garden by Sarah Doom
A LARP for 2-3 people about sex, fear, and vulnerability by Sarah Doom.
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February 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Sarah is one of the most brilliant game designers I’ve ever know (and is a wonderful friend)—check out her beautiful, vulnerable, and visceral larp
This quarter I'm teaching "Roleplaying Games as Creative Inquiry" at Evergreen State College. It's a creative writing and game design class where students explore the tools used in both mediums to tell compelling stories (and create their own work of fiction and tabletop roleplaying game!)
January 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This quarter I'm teaching "Roleplaying Games as Creative Inquiry" at Evergreen State College. It's a creative writing and game design class where students explore the tools used in both mediums to tell compelling stories (and create their own work of fiction and tabletop roleplaying game!)