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Between 2020 and 2022, I published Crashing Beasts & Crumbling Halls, a Fate-based dungeon fantasy RPG, and two years of the supporting zine can•trip. It's work I'm really proud of, and I'd love for more folks to enjoy it.

To that end, through the end of this year, I'm running a sale on the complete line on itch. You can get the core rules or individual zines for 33% off, or buy the entire bundle for $30 - 50% off!

https://itch.io/s/104033/the-whole-hal l-haul

#TTRPG #Fate #dungeon #fantasy

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Between 2020 and 2022, I published Crashing Beasts & Crumbling Halls, a Fate-based dungeon fantasy RPG, and two years of the supporting zine can•trip. It's work I'm really proud of, and I'd love for more folks to enjoy it.

To that end, through the end of this year, I'm running a sale on the complete line on itch. You can get the core rules or individual zines for 33% off, or buy the entire bundle for $30 - 50% off!

https://itch.io/s/104033/the-whole-hal l-haul

#TTRPG #Fate #dungeon #fantasy

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I've been working on the GURPS campaign I'm going to be running for my home group. It's steampunk/Age of Sail pirate space opera (Star Wars by way of Pirates of the Caribbean). Yesterday, I made templates for mechanical automatons. Today, it's Dr. Moreau-style Beast Folk.

#TTRPG #GURPS

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I've been working on the GURPS campaign I'm going to be running for my home group. It's steampunk/Age of Sail pirate space opera (Star Wars by way of Pirates of the Caribbean). Yesterday, I made templates for mechanical automatons. Today, it's Dr. Moreau-style Beast Folk.

#TTRPG #GURPS

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Key to strong NPCs in your adventures: make a MEAL of them.

- Means: What actions are they capable of and likely to use in pursuit of their goals?
- Ends: What do they want to achieve or attain?
- Awareness: What do they know, and what can they reasonably learn (especially about the PCs and their actions)?
- Limits: What will they absolutely not do, even if not doing it threatens their goals?

#TTRPG

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Key to strong NPCs in your adventures: make a MEAL of them.

- Means: What actions are they capable of and likely to use in pursuit of their goals?
- Ends: What do they want to achieve or attain?
- Awareness: What do they know, and what can they reasonably learn (especially about the PCs and their actions)?
- Limits: What will they absolutely not do, even if not doing it threatens their goals?

#TTRPG

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The future of inflatable warfare. #GenCon #battletech

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The future of inflatable warfare. #GenCon #battletech

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A 20-foot-tall inflatable mech advertising Catalyst Game Labs. 

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The Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks crossover episode managed to be a pitch perfect high concept Star Trek plot, a hilarious comedy episode, and a clever commentary on fandom all at the same time.

It is honestly shocking just how good both of these series are. I can't wait until September when LD comes back.

#StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds #LowerDecks

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The Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks crossover episode managed to be a pitch perfect high concept Star Trek plot, a hilarious comedy episode, and a clever commentary on fandom all at the same time.

It is honestly shocking just how good both of these series are. I can't wait until September when LD comes back.

#StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds #LowerDecks

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People mess up the joke all the time.

It’s not “How do you make a small fortune working in TTRPGs?”

It’s “How do you end up with a small fortune working in TRRPGs? Start with a large fortune.”

If you say “make,” the hypothetical subject is still getting richer. Which is nonsense.

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People mess up the joke all the time.

It’s not “How do you make a small fortune working in TTRPGs?”

It’s “How do you end up with a small fortune working in TRRPGs? Start with a large fortune.”

If you say “make,” the hypothetical subject is still getting richer. Which is nonsense.

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It took 5 days, but my middle cat is finally warming to the new kitten. They spent a while this morning chasing each other around, having a grand time.

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It took 5 days, but my middle cat is finally warming to the new kitten. They spent a while this morning chasing each other around, having a grand time.

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There's an entire fairly popular site devoted to letting people pay you to run games for them, and you'd think I'd be all over that. But despite having an account for years, I've yet to successfully run anything there.

I've been a professional GM. I'm really good at it, and I enjoy it. But having to set everything up myself is difficult.

Anyway: https://startplaying.games/gm/paulstef ko

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There's an entire fairly popular site devoted to letting people pay you to run games for them, and you'd think I'd be all over that. But despite having an account for years, I've yet to successfully run anything there.

I've been a professional GM. I'm really good at it, and I enjoy it. But having to set everything up myself is difficult.

Anyway: https://startplaying.games/gm/paulstef ko

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Today is my 40th birthday. I’ve spent the morning trying to decide if I feel my age. I don’t know that I ever really have before, but today I think I do.

It must be that I’ve finally internalized that no one knows what they’re doing, and every “adult” is the proverbial duck paddling frantically under the surface.

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Today is my 40th birthday. I’ve spent the morning trying to decide if I feel my age. I don’t know that I ever really have before, but today I think I do.

It must be that I’ve finally internalized that no one knows what they’re doing, and every “adult” is the proverbial duck paddling frantically under the surface.

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If we say more good things about the amazing @RustySellsword, maybe he’ll check in here more often.

Cam Banks is simply one of the best people in gaming, and one of the best men I know. I strive to do even half of what he does with even a quarter of the grace.

#ThanksCamBanks

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If we say more good things about the amazing @RustySellsword, maybe he’ll check in here more often.

Cam Banks is simply one of the best people in gaming, and one of the best men I know. I strive to do even half of what he does with even a quarter of the grace.

#ThanksCamBanks

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I've leveled up my RPG session tracking for this year. No more spreadsheets for me!

#SQL #React #TTRPG

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I've leveled up my RPG session tracking for this year. No more spreadsheets for me!

#SQL #React #TTRPG

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Screenshot of a web app for tracking rpg sessions, including a chart showing Sessions Over Time, a pie charts of systems, and a tag cloud.

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Ah, new acquisitions! #TTRPG #Ironsword #Starforged

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Ah, new acquisitions! #TTRPG #Ironsword #Starforged

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A hardcover TTRPG rule book titled Ironsworn: Starforged, with a deck of cards for the game called the Asset Deck. 

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Tremendous season finale for Star Wars Andor.
#StarWars

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Tremendous season finale for Star Wars Andor.
#StarWars

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I've spent much of the weekend working to convert one of my games into a full-featured HTML version. If I want people to understand even a fraction of what's possible, I have to show them.

#TTRPG #HTML #CSS

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I've spent much of the weekend working to convert one of my games into a full-featured HTML version. If I want people to understand even a fraction of what's possible, I have to show them.

#TTRPG #HTML #CSS

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Screenshot of a web page, showing layout of a TTRPG text. Headings: "Lethal Damage" and "Zones and Ranged Weapons." Boxes to either side provide links to pages further explaining those topics.

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Screenshot of a website showing layout of a TTRPG text. Heading reads "Equipment Stunts." An illustration of an archer leaping sideways through the air while knocking an arrow in his bow. Table of contents. Glossary of terms.

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I want to make tools that help tabletop designers leverage web technologies.

I also want to *use* tools by other folks that do the same. Things like Write Skyscrapers by Speak the Sky: https://speakthesky.itch.io/write-skys crapers

The more people use these technologies, the more tools like these we'll develop to make the process easier and more effective.

#ttrpg #web

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I want to make tools that help tabletop designers leverage web technologies.

I also want to *use* tools by other folks that do the same. Things like Write Skyscrapers by Speak the Sky: https://speakthesky.itch.io/write-skys crapers

The more people use these technologies, the more tools like these we'll develop to make the process easier and more effective.

#ttrpg #web

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Every time I do something on Twitter now, I think, "Is this the database query that will bring the whole thing down?" It's intoxicating.

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Every time I do something on Twitter now, I think, "Is this the database query that will bring the whole thing down?" It's intoxicating.

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I believe the #ttrpg community relies too much on PDFs. It is cheaper (free), easier, and more accessible (to both creators and users) to produce games in other formats like HTML/CSS.

I want to help folks learn how to do it for themselves. I write a blog called Coding Character Sheets with guides to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript aimed at beginners and game designers: https://www. nothingventuredgames.com/codin g/

#html #css #javascript

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I believe the #ttrpg community relies too much on PDFs. It is cheaper (free), easier, and more accessible (to both creators and users) to produce games in other formats like HTML/CSS.

I want to help folks learn how to do it for themselves. I write a blog called Coding Character Sheets with guides to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript aimed at beginners and game designers: https://www. nothingventuredgames.com/codin g/

#html #css #javascript

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Oh, dang. Mana symbol emojis. :mtg_white: :mtg_blue: :mtg_black: :mtg_red: :mtg_green:

Also :mtg_tap: and :mtgC:

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Oh, dang. Mana symbol emojis. :mtg_white: :mtg_blue: :mtg_black: :mtg_red: :mtg_green:

Also :mtg_tap: and :mtgC:

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I don't care: I still love #FateRPG. I think it's still a great game, and I'm definitely going to design and publish more games with it in the future. #ttrpg

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I don't care: I still love #FateRPG. I think it's still a great game, and I'm definitely going to design and publish more games with it in the future. #ttrpg

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In #MageTheAscension, the cabal escapes from the Technocracy with a troubled artist who can talk to ghosts from an alternate timeline. Unfortunately, they seem to be drawing their history into our reality. She summons her dead father who asks the mages' help in stopping the incursions. #ttrpg

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In #MageTheAscension, the cabal escapes from the Technocracy with a troubled artist who can talk to ghosts from an alternate timeline. Unfortunately, they seem to be drawing their history into our reality. She summons her dead father who asks the mages' help in stopping the incursions. #ttrpg