@vicnan.bsky.social
I get to play in a whole variety of things: work in tech, adjunct teach futures & systems thinking, play indie games & TTRPGs.
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@vicnan.bsky.social
· Dec 22
This is entirely a selfish endeavor - I want to find all sorts of GMs in Southeast Asia! Pro or not, every evening or once in a blue moon, I just want to follow you on here! Please don't shy, let me know who you are or tag your friends 💕 #rpgsea #ttrpg #gamemaster #dnd #pf #osr #southeastasia
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Just shipped something I'm genuinely excited about 🎲
You know that feeling when you're GMing and you have no idea what your players actually want? Like, is this person into roleplay or combat? Do they know anyone else at the table?
Just shipped something I'm genuinely excited about 🎲
You know that feeling when you're GMing and you have no idea what your players actually want? Like, is this person into roleplay or combat? Do they know anyone else at the table?
July 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Just shipped something I'm genuinely excited about 🎲
You know that feeling when you're GMing and you have no idea what your players actually want? Like, is this person into roleplay or combat? Do they know anyone else at the table?
Just shipped something I'm genuinely excited about 🎲
You know that feeling when you're GMing and you have no idea what your players actually want? Like, is this person into roleplay or combat? Do they know anyone else at the table?
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
April 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
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April 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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My story breaking this news exclusively was 7K+ words and had almost all of this in it, and more:
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
April 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My story breaking this news exclusively was 7K+ words and had almost all of this in it, and more:
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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Sharing with everyone reading this thread the story breaking this news and putting it into context:
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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April 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Sharing with everyone reading this thread the story breaking this news and putting it into context:
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
I know it isn't quite the spirit of the lesson, but as I really shouldn't take on more now, putting a wish out there till then: I'd love to see a Kala Mandala AP with @dungeonmotherkir.bsky.social and other folk (I'll find who you are)
My biggest piece of advice for folks who want to get into more TTRPGs AP streams/podcast is that if you're not getting cast in what you want...create your own.
If you already have the equipment to be on streams and the want/desire, download OBS and recruit your own cast.
If you already have the equipment to be on streams and the want/desire, download OBS and recruit your own cast.
April 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I know it isn't quite the spirit of the lesson, but as I really shouldn't take on more now, putting a wish out there till then: I'd love to see a Kala Mandala AP with @dungeonmotherkir.bsky.social and other folk (I'll find who you are)
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What if, and hear me out: what if you don't actually need her to tag back in for those pieces? What if the user experience wayfinder or the hawk-eyed editor is actually better equipped to fill in those missing design gaps than lunatic poet game design priestess ever was?
March 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
What if, and hear me out: what if you don't actually need her to tag back in for those pieces? What if the user experience wayfinder or the hawk-eyed editor is actually better equipped to fill in those missing design gaps than lunatic poet game design priestess ever was?
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Stop thinking of yourself as a game designer. You are not in game designer mode, at least not in any sense that is rewarding or interesting. Figure out what you need to be, instead, in order for this work to feel meaningful in its own right. Become that person for a while.
March 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Stop thinking of yourself as a game designer. You are not in game designer mode, at least not in any sense that is rewarding or interesting. Figure out what you need to be, instead, in order for this work to feel meaningful in its own right. Become that person for a while.
It's been a long time since I was last in a newsroom, but I've got a sudden hankering to stretch those (feature) journalism muscles to write about all the cool stories I'm coming across in the TTRPG space in Singapore and southeast Asia!
March 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It's been a long time since I was last in a newsroom, but I've got a sudden hankering to stretch those (feature) journalism muscles to write about all the cool stories I'm coming across in the TTRPG space in Singapore and southeast Asia!
If this is three, what is this? #monkeyisland
March 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
If this is three, what is this? #monkeyisland
Instead of sleeping in the morning of my last session, I woke up extra early, inspired to reflavour these 16 Southeast Asian-inspired spells that my players are rather enjoying. 🧙♂️ #TTRPGs #KalaMandala #SoutheastAsianFantasy
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March 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Instead of sleeping in the morning of my last session, I woke up extra early, inspired to reflavour these 16 Southeast Asian-inspired spells that my players are rather enjoying. 🧙♂️ #TTRPGs #KalaMandala #SoutheastAsianFantasy
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I am only a couple of stories in, but this is glorious, is leaving me heady, and has been responsible for more than one missed stop on commutes. Go read.
1st March is next week!
Wolf's Path is a collection of my stories from the start of my writing path until now. I turn 50 this year.
The collection is unapologetically queer & trans & joyful and angry & painful.
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Wolf's Path is a collection of my stories from the start of my writing path until now. I turn 50 this year.
The collection is unapologetically queer & trans & joyful and angry & painful.
www.atthisarts.com/product/wolf...
Wolf's Path by Joyce Chng
within a running wolf, four-pawed, howling
www.atthisarts.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I am only a couple of stories in, but this is glorious, is leaving me heady, and has been responsible for more than one missed stop on commutes. Go read.
I think I've run one too many games, and have been struck by The GM Curse™. Been rolling like total ass as a player now. T.T
During last week's Mörk Borg game, last three rolls were mine.. and as my dead party watched in horror, I rolled a 1, 2, and 3.
During last week's Mörk Borg game, last three rolls were mine.. and as my dead party watched in horror, I rolled a 1, 2, and 3.
March 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I think I've run one too many games, and have been struck by The GM Curse™. Been rolling like total ass as a player now. T.T
During last week's Mörk Borg game, last three rolls were mine.. and as my dead party watched in horror, I rolled a 1, 2, and 3.
During last week's Mörk Borg game, last three rolls were mine.. and as my dead party watched in horror, I rolled a 1, 2, and 3.
Someone in a #GM group chat asked for advice on how to improve when just getting started. While I’m a baby GM myself, I shared what I’ve found very effective for myself: combining prewritten oneshots with lessons from the Lazy DM Guide. Sharing the ideas here to hear from more experienced GMs! 🧵
March 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Someone in a #GM group chat asked for advice on how to improve when just getting started. While I’m a baby GM myself, I shared what I’ve found very effective for myself: combining prewritten oneshots with lessons from the Lazy DM Guide. Sharing the ideas here to hear from more experienced GMs! 🧵
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I heard y’all loved free TTRPG templates for affinity publisher and Canva
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store.farirpgs.com/collections/...
Templates & Assets | Fari RPGs
The official website and shop of Fari RPGs. Find the latest content, buy merch, and support your favorite creator.
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March 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I heard y’all loved free TTRPG templates for affinity publisher and Canva
store.farirpgs.com/collections/...
store.farirpgs.com/collections/...
Omg yes!
The Design Duo Behind Curse Of Monkey Island To Start Work On "New Comedy Adventure".
The Design Duo Behind Curse Of Monkey Island To Start Work On "New Comedy Adventure"
"A confounding mystery. A hapless butler. An interplanetary threat."
www.timeextension.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Omg yes!
Looks like some party of Meddlers failed to resolve the hornet's nest at Het Thamsya 🙀 I promise they weren't mine! #kalamandala @munkao.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Invasive Asian hornets ‘preying on’ hundreds of native insect species in Europe
Researchers at University of Exeter warn many of the hunted species are important crop pollinators
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March 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Looks like some party of Meddlers failed to resolve the hornet's nest at Het Thamsya 🙀 I promise they weren't mine! #kalamandala @munkao.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Come join me watching these folk now! twitch.tv/otsospiritbear
We already have treachery, colonizers, and Death's bits (my my).
But I guess the point is to see this new game in action.
We already have treachery, colonizers, and Death's bits (my my).
But I guess the point is to see this new game in action.
March 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Come join me watching these folk now! twitch.tv/otsospiritbear
We already have treachery, colonizers, and Death's bits (my my).
But I guess the point is to see this new game in action.
We already have treachery, colonizers, and Death's bits (my my).
But I guess the point is to see this new game in action.
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Gotta tap this sign again, I guess
AI probably uses em dashes because of all the books and professional level writing contained therein, so people who aren’t skilled writers are like “j’accuse!” — at the very people whose expertise was stolen in the first place
Just saw a post where someone said that use of em dashes (—) was a giveaway that you're using AI for writing. Uh, no. It could just mean you like to use em dashes.
March 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Gotta tap this sign again, I guess
There's so much there, amazing! But I need advice. What would you recommend as must-haves? I'm looking to explore my writing my own (southeast asian) adventures for #cairn adjacent #osr. Any great resources for tables? Or fab adventures to adapt? #ttrpg
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?pr...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?pr...
DriveThruRPG
www.drivethrurpg.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
There's so much there, amazing! But I need advice. What would you recommend as must-haves? I'm looking to explore my writing my own (southeast asian) adventures for #cairn adjacent #osr. Any great resources for tables? Or fab adventures to adapt? #ttrpg
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?pr...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?pr...
Interesting about the palette!
You should read this: possumcreek.medium.com/the-palette-...
A rare Dwiz thread: In the past, I've been critical of popular safety tools because they strike me as having little thought put into them, and are ignorant to the reality of what playing a game with other people is actually like.
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A rare Dwiz thread: In the past, I've been critical of popular safety tools because they strike me as having little thought put into them, and are ignorant to the reality of what playing a game with other people is actually like.
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The Palette Grid (a safety tool)
While I’ve been working on a new game lately (Seven-Part Pact, as if I’m ever working on anything else) I ran into an issue with a lot of…
possumcreek.medium.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Interesting about the palette!
Have an incredible Ramadan, everyone! And yes, everyone - I enjoyed learning what Ramadan means to various Muslim friends over the years, have memories of attempting partial fasting as a child, and enjoy a period of introspection where you're kinder to everyone (including yourself!
[Announcing The Days of Ramadan Festival 2025 Sale]
The Ramadan month is here and bringing all the exclusive collections from game developers around the world ✨
Tune in for featured demos, upcomin games, and games created by Southeast devs
store.steampowered.com/curator/4502...
The Ramadan month is here and bringing all the exclusive collections from game developers around the world ✨
Tune in for featured demos, upcomin games, and games created by Southeast devs
store.steampowered.com/curator/4502...
The Days of Ramadan Festival 2025
The Days of Ramadan Festival 2025 - The Ultimate Culture and Gaming Event
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March 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Have an incredible Ramadan, everyone! And yes, everyone - I enjoyed learning what Ramadan means to various Muslim friends over the years, have memories of attempting partial fasting as a child, and enjoy a period of introspection where you're kinder to everyone (including yourself!
Though I built this a while ago and I should fix reformatting, sharing some love for the upcoming game feature on #ttrpgoblin. I used this so much (#adhd brain) and especially love that it gives me links to the various chat groups!
February 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Though I built this a while ago and I should fix reformatting, sharing some love for the upcoming game feature on #ttrpgoblin. I used this so much (#adhd brain) and especially love that it gives me links to the various chat groups!
I know it seems like a small thing, but this was so painful to troubleshoot - we have automatic password reset available for GMs now!
#buildinpublic
#buildinpublic
February 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I know it seems like a small thing, but this was so painful to troubleshoot - we have automatic password reset available for GMs now!
#buildinpublic
#buildinpublic