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Dionysus 🍇
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Eclectic. Gamer. He/Him. Bi/Pan. ❤️ 💜 💙

Current Games
🎮: Guild Wars 2
🎲: Tales of the Valiant, Call of Cthulhu, ALIEN
♟️: Café Baras, Chess, Poker
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CW: Depression

I really like the fall and the cooling, damp weather. But combo that with the stresses of the world, stress at my job, and S.A.D., and I am a mopey guy.
Kermit the Frog sitting on a bench outside in the dark, in the rain.
October 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Tired of megacorps telling you what to buy, where to buy it, and how to live? Time to stop buying.

Megacorp shenanigans. "The only winning move is not to play." -Wargames (1983)
August 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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July 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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My invitation to a Midsummer Eve party back in 1995. An era of low-tech PCs and photocopiers. It was a magical time.

#Midsummer #Fae #ChangelingTheDreaming #Changeling
You are invited to a special event... A Midsummer's Eve Party Black and white image of a butterfly. Midsummer's Eve This gathering will be a time of letting go of your mundane life for a few hours and becoming one of the fae, also known as faerie-kin. You will be given a name at the beginning of the party and you will be referred to by this name until the end. No watches or time-pieces will be allowed at the party; only the Fae Chieftain will know what the time is. These two factors will help you separate yourself from the mundane world. (If you need to leave at a specific time, you may ask the chieftain to tell you when you need to leave.) Also, to help you get into the mood of the evening, costumes are definitely encouraged, but certainly not required. Wear whatever you want to wear. Be who you want to be. We will create our little reality outside of the one we live in. Refreshments and music will be supplied, but you may bring your own with the following stipulations: Food is to be ‘natural’ in genre. Fresh fruit, juices, baked goods, and cheeses are the preferred types. PLEASE avoid plastic and other synthesized materials as well as processed food at all costs. Music needs to be either New Age or something before modernized times (i.e. classical, folk-traditional,etc.). If you don't have something like this, dance music is also allowed. We are trying to create a fantasy for all to enjoy. Please try to leave the mundane world behind. Thank you and be prepared for the fantasy of a lifetime.
July 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Another bang-up delivery job by FedEx. Good think there were only aerosol cans and paint inside.
Corner view of shipping box with side bashed in. Aerosol can shipping label.
July 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Share the last 4 games you played, and expose your gaming habits (TTRPG edition):

● Guild Wars 2
● Tales of the Valiant
● Lancer
● Texas Hold-Em Poker

I like games with both story and strategy.

#GuildWars2 #TalesOfTheValiant #ToV #Lancer #LancerRPG #Poker #TexasHoldEm #ttrpg #rpg
Guild Wars 2 logo: the word "Guild Wars" over a 2 that is stylized like a dragon. A woman warrior and a large city compose the background. Monotone coloring, blue-grey scale. Tales of the Valiant logo, background shows a sorcerer riding a red dragon that is breathing fire. Snow and mountains frame the image. Lancer RPG cover art. Features ove a dozen persons and mechs on an alien world, a moon set in the backdrop. Texas Hold Em. Player is showing 2 Aces as their hole cards. Board shows 2 Aces, a Deuce, a Jack, and an 8. Poker chips are by the player and in the pot.
July 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Three for three (100%) escapes at Entrap Escape Rooms in #LNK. We always have fun, and the staff are always helpful and courteous. 5 stars.

entrapescaperooms.com/lincoln-esca...
Bumper sticker that says ESCAPED. From Entrap Escape Rooms in Lincoln, NE.
June 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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And then there were two...

Descriptions in Alt Text.

#Lancer #LancerRPG #Mecha
Left: 1/144 scale RGM-89S Stark Jegan GMS Everest "Stormbringer" (LL1) Heavy Mount: Sharanga Missiles Main Mount: Assault Rifle Flex Mount: Sharanga Missiles Systems: Rapid Burst Jump Jet System, Pattern-B Hex Charges, Javelin Rockets, Personalization (Reinforced Actuators) Right: 1/144 scale RGM-89 Jegan with rail rifle from Gunpla Option Parts Set #12" GMS Everest "Death Stalker" (LL1) Heavy Mount: Anti-Materiel Rifle Main Mount: XC-BR Battle Rifle (Exotic) Flex Mount: 2 Missile Racks (in shield) Systems: Rapid Burst Jump Jet System, Pattern-A Smoke Charges, Pattern-A Jericho Deployable Cover, High-Stress Mag Clamps
June 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Hot day activity: making a Lancer mecha using Gundam parts.

GMS Everest
Heavy Mount: Anti-Materiel Rifle
Main Mount: Assault Rifle
Flex Mount: 2 Missile Racks (in shield)
Systems: Rapid Burst Jump Jet System, Pattern-A Smoke Charges, Pattern-A Jericho Deployable Cover

#Lancer #LancerRPG #Mecha
1/144 scale RGM-89 Jegan "Gundam" with rail rifle from Gunpla Option Parts Set #12
June 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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I have returned from vacation to Manhattan KS #MHK. I really liked the Flint Hills region. It is very different than the rest of the Midwest/Great Plains, with its tallgrass prairies and its rocky soil. The hill cutaways are beautiful.

I could see myself going back.

#FlintHills
The Story of the Flint Hills Image of Kansas divided into the various hill regions. Kanopolis State Park: Hill with exposed rock layers. Kanopolis State Park: Image of lake with rocky hills in background.
June 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Another WIP physical map for Lancer. Copying digital maps to tabletop consumes a little time, and the dimensions are not the same. So compromises must be made.

Bonus points if anyone can recognize it.

#Lancer #LancerRPG #TTRPG #NotDnD #Mecha
Paper 1" hex map for Lancer showing various obstacles and an objective.
May 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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I also made some NPC tokens using Alice J Shade Fish's Lancer tokens (see link). I printed them out on paper, tried to cut them with a 1" punch (failure), trimmed them up, and stuck them in coin holders. Viola.

#Lancer #LancerRPG #NotDnD

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Paper mech tokens inside coin holders for instant mech tokens.
May 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Getting prepped for a #Lancer game in the near future. Recreating digital maps on hex paper is a chore, but this turned out okay. Perfectly fine for my needs. Ready for some stompy mech action.

#LancerRPG #TTRPG #NotDnD
A sheet of hex paper, 36" x 30" with a city map, featuring tall buildings, a city park, and pieces of a crashed starship. For a Lancer RPG game.
May 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Blessed Beltane!
A green grassy field with an aged wooden post. Hanging atop the post is a wreath of colorful wildflowers.
May 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs.

(Hard mode, no Star Wars, Star Trek or LOTR.)
April 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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My trinary of Clan Diamond Sharks mechs, with a couple of secondary line assault mechs and 2 points of battle armor.

#BattleTech
One trinary (3 stars of 5) of Clan Diamond Shark omnimechs, plus 2 secondary assault mechs and 2 points of battle armor. Livery is blue and dark grey with green cockpit windows.
March 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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What are your top 4 CGL redesigns?

I love all the CGL redesigns compared to the 80s/90s models. They look chonky enough to be armored mechs. No more twiggy limbs.

My faves:

Commando (COM-2D)
Thunderbolt (TDR-5S/7M)
Centurion (CN9-A)
King Crab (KGC-000(b))

#BattleTech #MechWarrior
Commando light mech. Thunderbolt heavy mech Centurion medium mech King Crab assault mech
March 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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See a knight, post a knight.
BL-9-KNT Black Knight "Clanbuster" from BattleTech. A 75-ton knight-shaped battlemech with a PPC on its right arm (firing a blue particle stream) and its left hand carrying a sword-shaped "hatchet". It is painted white with various decals. Around it, a battle with the Clans. A Clan Elemental battle armor is climbing its leg and firing at it.
February 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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This #SuperbOwl is truly for the birds.
Snowy Owl. White with black tips. All puffed up. Photo copyright National Geographic.
February 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Updated both the armor and name.

"For the Emperor!"

#GW2 #GuildWars2 #MMORPG #Warhammer40K #Warhammer40000
A human woman Revenant from Guild Wars 2, with wardrobe to look like an Adepta Sororita from Warhammer 40,000, complete with white hair and black/red/gold armor.
January 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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If you see this, post an archer.

#BattleTech
Jaime Wolf's ARC-2W Archer. A blue mecha with lots of missile tubes in the torso.
January 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Redid my Revenant, Annawynn, to look like an Adepta Sororita from Warhammer 40,000.

"For the Emperor!"

#GW2 #GuildWars2 #MMORPG #Warhammer40K #Warhammer40000
A human woman Revenant from Guild Wars 2, with wardrobe to look like an Adepta Sororita from Warhammer 40,000, complete with white hair and black/red/gold armor.
January 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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I guess this is one was to spend excess gold in #GW2. All of the classes can use a sword, so Bolt is a good buy.

This is my 7th Gen 1 legendary weapon, along with Frostfang, Twilight, The Juggernaut, The Predator, The Bifrost, and Kamohoali'i Kotaki.

#GuildWars2 #MMORPG
Bolt--Interwoven with an impression of a dragon whose name Tyria has yet to learn, Bolt is imbued with the strength of a storm–swelling inside like a thunderous inferno, eager to aid its wielder in combat. It is a Generation One legendary sword that dances with electricity when wielded.
January 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Correction: They used the SRD, not the OGL. The SRD is Creative Commons. WotC/Hasbro cannot revoke it and they don't receive a dime. Thus even if the OGL goes away, the SRD and Tales of the Valiant remain.

I'd rather give Kobold Press my money than the Megacorp.

Plus they sell PDFs of their rules.
Special Thanks To the 10,057 backers who made this volume possible and the thousands of playtesters who helped refine it! Another special thanks to the designers and contributors to earlier printings of some of the material that appears in this book, including, but not limited to: John Joseph Adams, Wolfgang Baur, Scott Carter, Dan Dillon, Janet Forbes, Chris Harris, Philip Larwood, Sarah Madsen, Greg Marks, Shawn Merwin, Kelly Pawlik, Marc Radle, Victoria Rogers, Adam Roy, Jon Sawatsky, Amber Stewart, Brian Suskind Tales of the Valiant, the Tales of the Valiant logo, Midgard, and Kobold Press are trademarks of Open Design LLC. All rights reserved. ©2024 Open Design LLC. All rights reserved. System Reference Document 5.1: This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at https://creativecommons. org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. Content in this work is compatible with the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons. www.koboldpress.com PO Box 2811 | Kirkland, WA 98083 Printed in China ISBN: 978-1-950789-75-7 Limited Edition ISBN: 978-1-950789-76-4
January 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Goal for 2025: get this to the table.
#TTRPG #WorldWideWrestling
World Wide Wrestling RPG.
December 31, 2024 at 4:29 PM