Brian Stauber
@staubington.bsky.social
Coach - Facilitator - GM - Dad - Nerd (in no particular order)
Finding connection through shared experiences
https://www.staubercoaching.com
Finding connection through shared experiences
https://www.staubercoaching.com
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i sold my antipsychotic meds to buy my ai girlfriend a new model upgrade for christmas. but then i found out she sold her data center to buy me a gun
December 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
i sold my antipsychotic meds to buy my ai girlfriend a new model upgrade for christmas. but then i found out she sold her data center to buy me a gun
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If you’re naming me in the same breath as TTRPG studies then you should be following and listening to and citing Professor Torner who has done more for analog game infrastructure than any one person can comprehend. (Any number of us shine from reflecting Evan’s light)
Indeed. The purchaseable *product* we call the TTRPG begins in the 1970s with Western Gunfight, Chainmail, and D&D.
Yet role-playing "parlor games," simulations, and similar are centuries old and draw from a well that resembles all the positive stuff about D&D.
Parlor games were feminized...
Yet role-playing "parlor games," simulations, and similar are centuries old and draw from a well that resembles all the positive stuff about D&D.
Parlor games were feminized...
December 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If you’re naming me in the same breath as TTRPG studies then you should be following and listening to and citing Professor Torner who has done more for analog game infrastructure than any one person can comprehend. (Any number of us shine from reflecting Evan’s light)
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Imagine someone stole all your shit and then you give them a billion dollars.
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Imagine someone stole all your shit and then you give them a billion dollars.
✅ Get a write-up in @rascal.news
My thought experiment on what a TTRPG expirience based on the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald would look like got covered!
Wasn’t expecting this honor but definitely something to check off from my bucket list.
www.rascal.news/the-gales-of...
My thought experiment on what a TTRPG expirience based on the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald would look like got covered!
Wasn’t expecting this honor but definitely something to check off from my bucket list.
www.rascal.news/the-gales-of...
The Gales of November
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Its tragic story was the focus of folk-rock artist Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 ballad, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald....
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December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
✅ Get a write-up in @rascal.news
My thought experiment on what a TTRPG expirience based on the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald would look like got covered!
Wasn’t expecting this honor but definitely something to check off from my bucket list.
www.rascal.news/the-gales-of...
My thought experiment on what a TTRPG expirience based on the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald would look like got covered!
Wasn’t expecting this honor but definitely something to check off from my bucket list.
www.rascal.news/the-gales-of...
Super cool that Affinity has stopped allowing you to buy their software around the same time my free trial expired.
Was trying to avoid paying a subscription fee for InDesign, much less reformat the projects I was working on, but here we are.
Was trying to avoid paying a subscription fee for InDesign, much less reformat the projects I was working on, but here we are.
October 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Super cool that Affinity has stopped allowing you to buy their software around the same time my free trial expired.
Was trying to avoid paying a subscription fee for InDesign, much less reformat the projects I was working on, but here we are.
Was trying to avoid paying a subscription fee for InDesign, much less reformat the projects I was working on, but here we are.
Something that’s amazed me in reading through the Daggerheart Core Rulebook is the dedication to “shared storytelling first”. Shows up in both mechanics and GM guidance.
It’s definitely something DnD tried to do in 5e 2024, but seems antithetical to the brand and continued ties to wargaming.
It’s definitely something DnD tried to do in 5e 2024, but seems antithetical to the brand and continued ties to wargaming.
September 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Something that’s amazed me in reading through the Daggerheart Core Rulebook is the dedication to “shared storytelling first”. Shows up in both mechanics and GM guidance.
It’s definitely something DnD tried to do in 5e 2024, but seems antithetical to the brand and continued ties to wargaming.
It’s definitely something DnD tried to do in 5e 2024, but seems antithetical to the brand and continued ties to wargaming.
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I'm excited to announce that @peoplesbooktakoma.com will again host an Indie & Local Tabletop Games Fair!
🗺️📌 Takoma Park MD
📆 Sat, Oct 18
📑 Indie zine booths all afternoon
🎤 Panel discussion with designers at 4pm
peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/indie-...
🗺️📌 Takoma Park MD
📆 Sat, Oct 18
📑 Indie zine booths all afternoon
🎤 Panel discussion with designers at 4pm
peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/indie-...
Indie & Local Tabletop Games Fair 2025
The DMV is home to some of the world’s leading tabletop game designers! Come meet your neighbors whose games are available at hobby shops, online, and even your local bookstore. Designed in t…
peoplesbooktakoma.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I'm excited to announce that @peoplesbooktakoma.com will again host an Indie & Local Tabletop Games Fair!
🗺️📌 Takoma Park MD
📆 Sat, Oct 18
📑 Indie zine booths all afternoon
🎤 Panel discussion with designers at 4pm
peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/indie-...
🗺️📌 Takoma Park MD
📆 Sat, Oct 18
📑 Indie zine booths all afternoon
🎤 Panel discussion with designers at 4pm
peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/indie-...
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The eye exam is the perfect game design. That big E is a great tutorial that teaches you the basic mechanic. But it doesn't baby you and quickly gets hard as they introduce the small and blurry enemies.
September 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The eye exam is the perfect game design. That big E is a great tutorial that teaches you the basic mechanic. But it doesn't baby you and quickly gets hard as they introduce the small and blurry enemies.
2025 means making clickbait memes for a better world!
"I don't normally do this, but I had to share"
Someone in the Designed in the DMV Discord made this clickbait meme ad for The Bonsai Diary after someone else shared how they talked about the game with their therapist.
🤣 (for the ad not the therapy)
Someone in the Designed in the DMV Discord made this clickbait meme ad for The Bonsai Diary after someone else shared how they talked about the game with their therapist.
🤣 (for the ad not the therapy)
September 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
2025 means making clickbait memes for a better world!
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Todayborday, I'd like to wish alla y'alls a Mario Paint Labor Day!
September 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Todayborday, I'd like to wish alla y'alls a Mario Paint Labor Day!
Just ran #EatTheReich as the first session of my Sunday Scaries TTRPG series and hoo buddy did the players understand the assignment. I think everyone involved needed that cathartic release due to the month DC has had.
September 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Just ran #EatTheReich as the first session of my Sunday Scaries TTRPG series and hoo buddy did the players understand the assignment. I think everyone involved needed that cathartic release due to the month DC has had.
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Thirty years ago, that dog beat you at basketball.
Now it's back to ruin your second wedding.
It Didn't Say Anywhere In The Rules That A Dog COULDN'T Play Basketball is this month's comedy horror one-page TTRPG.
PDFs, text-only version and "design notes" here: www.patreon.com/posts/it-did...
Now it's back to ruin your second wedding.
It Didn't Say Anywhere In The Rules That A Dog COULDN'T Play Basketball is this month's comedy horror one-page TTRPG.
PDFs, text-only version and "design notes" here: www.patreon.com/posts/it-did...
August 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Thirty years ago, that dog beat you at basketball.
Now it's back to ruin your second wedding.
It Didn't Say Anywhere In The Rules That A Dog COULDN'T Play Basketball is this month's comedy horror one-page TTRPG.
PDFs, text-only version and "design notes" here: www.patreon.com/posts/it-did...
Now it's back to ruin your second wedding.
It Didn't Say Anywhere In The Rules That A Dog COULDN'T Play Basketball is this month's comedy horror one-page TTRPG.
PDFs, text-only version and "design notes" here: www.patreon.com/posts/it-did...
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kids should be allowed to have phone in school. not a typo, i think there should be one giant thirty foot tall phone in each school that kids have to share. they will gather around it every day, hooting and hollering like the apes in 2001: a space odyssey
August 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
kids should be allowed to have phone in school. not a typo, i think there should be one giant thirty foot tall phone in each school that kids have to share. they will gather around it every day, hooting and hollering like the apes in 2001: a space odyssey
Earlier this year I started a series of blog posts about how board games are amazing tools for improving collaboration, communication, and decision making within organizations.
I just published my newest entry, this time focusing on the award winning Sky Team!
www.staubercoaching.com/blog/skyteam
I just published my newest entry, this time focusing on the award winning Sky Team!
www.staubercoaching.com/blog/skyteam
Collaboration Through Gaming: Sky Team — Stauber Coaching and Consulting
Whether you supervise staff or just closely collaborate with others, understanding how your team approaches work, communicates, and makes decisions is critical in finding success. Tabletop games offe...
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August 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Earlier this year I started a series of blog posts about how board games are amazing tools for improving collaboration, communication, and decision making within organizations.
I just published my newest entry, this time focusing on the award winning Sky Team!
www.staubercoaching.com/blog/skyteam
I just published my newest entry, this time focusing on the award winning Sky Team!
www.staubercoaching.com/blog/skyteam
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Amazing solo journaling game from a DC local!
New!
The Bonsai Diary is a draw-and-journal game that creates space for contemplation.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/The-Bo...
The Bonsai Diary is a draw-and-journal game that creates space for contemplation.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/The-Bo...
August 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Amazing solo journaling game from a DC local!
I missed the calling of climbing into trees with a chain saw and tactically dropping massive branches.
#cranelife
#cranelife
August 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I missed the calling of climbing into trees with a chain saw and tactically dropping massive branches.
#cranelife
#cranelife
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rounding off the (robust) safety tools section in Hollows with a practical coda
August 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
rounding off the (robust) safety tools section in Hollows with a practical coda
And miraculously it all fits
August 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
And miraculously it all fits
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"Gone will be stoves, ovens and flat tops. Restaurant kitchens will only be a small closet with a microwave."
"I’ve moved all my employees to exclusively using microwaves. After I threatened to fire any employee that complained everyone told me the microwaves were great."
via @totter87.bsky.social
"I’ve moved all my employees to exclusively using microwaves. After I threatened to fire any employee that complained everyone told me the microwaves were great."
via @totter87.bsky.social
In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen
As a restaurant owner – I’m astounded at the rate of progress since microwaves were released a few short years ago. Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s m…
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August 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"Gone will be stoves, ovens and flat tops. Restaurant kitchens will only be a small closet with a microwave."
"I’ve moved all my employees to exclusively using microwaves. After I threatened to fire any employee that complained everyone told me the microwaves were great."
via @totter87.bsky.social
"I’ve moved all my employees to exclusively using microwaves. After I threatened to fire any employee that complained everyone told me the microwaves were great."
via @totter87.bsky.social
Gen Con: We’ll have plenty of space to get these all these games back home!
Now: Oh yes, the baby is coming back, too
Now: Oh yes, the baby is coming back, too
August 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Gen Con: We’ll have plenty of space to get these all these games back home!
Now: Oh yes, the baby is coming back, too
Now: Oh yes, the baby is coming back, too
Friendly card-playing tavern keep mode!
Huge crisis at #GenCon, this guy needed my help but I set that aside so I could play this tavern keeper in a round of Gwent.
August 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Friendly card-playing tavern keep mode!
#GenCon fan boy moments! Happened to meet Zach Reno and Persephone Valentine and they were both so incredibly sweet to all the @dropout.tv fans working at our booth.
August 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#GenCon fan boy moments! Happened to meet Zach Reno and Persephone Valentine and they were both so incredibly sweet to all the @dropout.tv fans working at our booth.
Had an amazing time working with @hachettebgusa.bsky.social at my very first Gen Con! Such a memorable experience and the team felt like a little family by the end.
Also got to ride Roach, finally!
Also got to ride Roach, finally!
That’s a wrap!
We wouldn’t be able to run our Gen Con booth and events without this fantastic staff! Our team is the best and we will fight anyone that says otherwise!
And yes, they know about the Witcher meme…😆
See you all next year!
#GenCon #GenCon2025 #Gwent
We wouldn’t be able to run our Gen Con booth and events without this fantastic staff! Our team is the best and we will fight anyone that says otherwise!
And yes, they know about the Witcher meme…😆
See you all next year!
#GenCon #GenCon2025 #Gwent
August 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Had an amazing time working with @hachettebgusa.bsky.social at my very first Gen Con! Such a memorable experience and the team felt like a little family by the end.
Also got to ride Roach, finally!
Also got to ride Roach, finally!