Timothy Gutierrez
timothygutierrez.bsky.social
Timothy Gutierrez
@timothygutierrez.bsky.social
TTRPG activity facilitator - applied linguistics researcher - small fish patron to TTRPG creators - using TTRPGs to increase non-native language fluency (https://blog.gutierrez94580.com/)
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This year, my students go on the Magic Quest. #aff2e #fightingfantasy
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I was thrilled to talk with Teos and Shawn at @masteringdnd.bsky.social this week. We talked about Designers & Dragons: Origins, of course, but dug into some nice history too: Greyhawk's dungeons, Jack Fred, Palace of the Silver Princess! (The show is nicely indexed, so you can hear what you want!)
Shannon Appelcline and Designers & Dragons Origins! (MD 265)
YouTube video by Mastering Dungeons
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November 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Terrific in-depth discussion here with @shannonappelcline.bsky.social on @masteringdnd.bsky.social. Not just about Designers & Dragons: Origins but also covering Shannon's early career in gaming and how he got started documenting the history of TTRPGs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f6v...
Shannon Appelcline and Designers & Dragons Origins! (MD 265)
YouTube video by Mastering Dungeons
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Really fun to read the new #DnD Adventures in Faerun book! I’m amazed the team seems to have advanced the calendar by 7-9 years to 1501 DR. Previous 5E adventures are now in the rearview mirror. We skipped some years and some fun years yet to come!

alphastream.org/index.php/20...
October 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I just backed Allies & Enemies - for the ShadowDark RPG on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/587... for @themightyjerd.bsky.social
Allies & Enemies - for the ShadowDark RPG
It's like a monster book, but filled with NPCs instead of monsters!
www.kickstarter.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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October 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Reshare: Even as TSR and D&D’s early periods receive the gold-standard treatment, there’s much more to the hobby than one game and one company. But are those histories actually important? What is at stake if we forget them?

www.rascal.news/we-cant-let-...
We can’t let the market decide what we remember and forget
Emily Friedman and Evan Torner on why gaming histories matter.
www.rascal.news
October 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Had a blast today playing some Incredible Creatures #Daggerheart content at CreatureCon! Ran a creepy investigation session then narrowly avoided a TPK in a session run by the awesome @worlds4all.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Elric of Melniboné 🗡️ #Commission
November 9, 2023 at 10:52 PM
Just watched a fantastically educational seminar on creating adversaries for #daggerheart
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This weekend! Tonight I am presenting a panel on designing Daggerheart-compatible adversaries, and tomorrow I am running a group through the encounter (and related environment + adversaries) I made for the book. :)
CreatureCon is coming soon!

This is a 100% online convention on Sept 26-28, celebrating all things #Daggerheart

We've got panels, games, and prizes (ty @drivethrurpg.com & @demiplane.com !)

Get tickets here: incredible-creatures-for-daggerheart.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
September 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Looking forward to previewing some new adversaries! #daggerheart
CreatureCon is coming soon!

This is a 100% online convention on Sept 26-28, celebrating all things #Daggerheart

We've got panels, games, and prizes (ty @drivethrurpg.com & @demiplane.com !)

Get tickets here: incredible-creatures-for-daggerheart.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Prepping the Car Wars Classic adventure Convoy for The Ettin (The Evanston TableTop INitiative)!

theettin.com

#theettin #theevanstontabletopinitiative #carwars #ttrpgs @stevejacksongames.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Starting tomorrow! You can still attend by clicking the link below!
CreatureCon is coming soon!

This is a 100% online convention on Sept 26-28, celebrating all things #Daggerheart

We've got panels, games, and prizes (ty @drivethrurpg.com & @demiplane.com !)

Get tickets here: incredible-creatures-for-daggerheart.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
September 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Crack! The! Sun!!
I had a truly awesome creative day today with the MCDM team! Some amazing fun is going to come your way!
September 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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I had a truly awesome creative day today with the MCDM team! Some amazing fun is going to come your way!
September 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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I assume #ttRPG players here have heard of Alarums & Excursions, the RPG APA which shut down earlier this year?

Well, a bunch of A&Eers set up a successor APA, in PDF form, called Ever & Anon, and you can download the first four issues here, for free:

www.everanon.org
Ever & Anon APA
Ever & Anon is a digital monthly Amateur Press Association (APA) about roleplaying games.
www.everanon.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Reposting for the weekday crowd. The Castle Automatic was a result of my efforts with the #Dungeon23 project!

Give me a room number, and I'll give you a teaser for the room's contents.
Made some back of the napkin sketches for my cartographer for the upcoming HIS MAJESTY THE WORM dungeon, and I think they're cute
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Here's my folder of personal RPG campaigns, things I worked on for my own purposes. Lots of good memories.
September 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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This is basic but I'm doing a lot of economic history right now for Tides of History and the reason prosperity and growth matter is because they usually make people's lives better: having enough to eat, access to shelter, avoidance of violence and massive stress, that's what economies are for.
September 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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5. Transgender advocacy organisation T-Net has released a statement welcoming the Sapporo Family Court's decision, and professing the hope that "courts across the country will continue to make flexible rulings, based on the lived realities of transgender people."
【声明】性同一性障害特例法5号要件違憲決定を受けて - Tnet (Tネット)
今月19日、札幌家庭裁判所が、「性同一性障害者の性別の取扱いの特例に関する法律」(以下、性同一性障害特例法)において定められた性別変更のいくつかの要件のうち、「その身体について他の性別に係る身体の性器に係る部分に近似す […]
tnet-japan.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Today we are proud to announce our next crowdfunding campaign. Award-winning historian @shannonappelcline.bsky.social examines the roots, artwork, and lore behind each and every product released by TSR for OD&D, AD&D 1e, and Basic D&D with his latest effort, Designers & Dragons: Origins.
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Launching Soon - Designers & Dragons: Origins
From Evil Hat - Launching Soon - Designers & Dragons: Origins
www.backerkit.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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It's almost showtime.
September 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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September 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Pleased to announce that my report for the @leidenasiacentre.nl, on Japanese LGBTQ+ politics, has been published!

In this publication, I cover some of the latest developments concerning key policy issues, such as Japan's lack of marriage equality, and analyse factors influencing policymaking.
Publication - Contemporary LGBTQ+ Politics in Japan: Policy Issues, Discourses and Developments, and the role of Foreign Actors - Leiden Asia Centre
Japan has publicly committed to creating "a society where all people can exercise their abilities and find their lives worth living," and to combating "prejudice and discrimination based on sexual ori...
leidenasiacentre.nl
April 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Part of my possibly unfortunate fixation on the "medieval" part of "medieval fantasy" means that I would like to see fewer (or no) D&D characters with surnames, and more should have lineage-names ("Ragnal, Erik's Son"), epithets ("Halfdan Worm-Tamer"), or place-names ("Aethel of Badwall").
By which I mean that Knut Eriksson, Erik Knutsson and Erik Eriksson were fighting Sverker the Elder, Karl Sverkersson and Sverker the Younger (aka Sverker Karlsson).

because why come up with new names when the names you've got can take at least another few generations of wear and tear.
September 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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September 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM