Great video. One of those reasons is because post-apoc has expectations built in. In Tim's own words, "You can't subvert expectations if there aren't any to begin with." I love that.

CTPhipps@ctphipps.bsky.social · last wk.

Tim Cain ( #Fallout ) explains a large number of the reasons why he and I love #postapocalypse settings. Plenty of which that were the same as the ones that motivated me to write CTHULHU ARMAGEDDON. youtu.be/QIV3d0NR4Ok?... #videogames #books

I'm interested to see how WotC handles Dark Sun. It's more survival fantasy than heroic fantasy. Are they going to tell DMs to ban spells like Create or Destroy Water? Will they have alternate versions of them? Will they turn Dark Sun into a heroic settings, but with more blood? #dnd #darksun

went for the vinegar to put on my salad and grabbed the soy sauce instead. it's actually not bad.

It's always weird to me when someone starts a review of something with "it's not perfect, but...". Literally nothing is perfect, so why even start of with that? Like, what are you trying to say?

We did the thing. Epic 8 hour in person play session. As any good party should, they completely derailed by final fight plans and won the day. It was an amazing end to a great campaign. #dnd #spelljammer

𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰@arcanerobobrain.bsky.social · 2w ago

Big day today. Final session of the two year Spelljammer campaign. With the players luck. ☠️ #dnd #spelljammer

Big day today. Final session of the two year Spelljammer campaign. With the players luck. ☠️ #dnd #spelljammer

I was out walking and came across some kind of stone marker with "192" engraved on it. I assume it's just a fancy storm drain identifier or something, but it got me thinking. What if it's a future-world tombstone for a robot, designate "192".

The only people that think rich people are necessary for society to function are… rich people.

I was looking at all the MCU movies with the kids and realized the whole thing is just a bunch of people in a D&D campaign. #dnd The DM starts the campaign by running some backstory sessions and setting up plot hooks that may or may not pay off later.

I'm in the midst of planning out the final session of the two year spelljammer campaign. Session 100 will be at the end of the month and we're playing in person, with some folks flying in. It'll be the first time we've played together at a real time. Can't wait! #dnd #spelljammer

Right now my daughter is making a mask out of cardboard and felt, my son is making a Doom level (original Doom) and I’m building a Ninjago Lego set. It’s a good day.

Still nodding on my dangerous magic system for 5.5e. Turns out I really like designing. Not that I’m any good at it, but it makes some part of my brain happy.

“duties”

Friend Computer@friend-computer.bsky.social · last mo.

Attention sector DCC: The ongoing toilet suction issues and exploding issues have now been resolved. You may now all return to your duties without fear of porcelain perdition. #ttrpg #paranoia #dcc

I'm noodling on a system to layer on top of D&D's magic system to make it feel more like how I think of wizards of old, where powerful magic comes from drawing on a power deep inside yourself, or sometimes outside yourself. But there's a cost to drawing on this power.

I survived the layoffs, but I gotta say that it’s the people that make a job worth going to everyday. It’s painful to see so many good folks leaving.

I just wanted to inform everyone that yesterday, once again, I was voted the best dad ever. In case there was any confusion on the matter.

Seriously though

Ramin Nasibov@nasibov.me · 2mo ago

Museums should stay open until midnight. I don't want to go to a club. I want to look at art.

A couple years ago, when I was visiting L.A. (before I moved here), I tracked down the storefront in Culver City that they used in the movie. (In Legacy, at least.)

I like wearing my Flynn’s Arcade shirt because every once in an awhile someone I come across actually knows what that is and I get to geek out over Tron for a bit.

The forever GM gets to play soon. Meet Hendrick the aasimar necromancer. You’re more likely to find him in a pub than a temple.

Out for a stroll

This is encouraging to hear. I’m working on a set of homebrew rules right now with the goal of creating a specific vibe for the next campaign. My biggest fear is that players will balk at the idea of limiting their options or changing some things about how they think D&D should be done.

Jennifer Kretchmer@dreamwisp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I DO feel like a grognard for touting the joy of closed-world settings that have unique inhabitants and magic, but everything doesn’t need to/shouldn’t be everywhere, and it can be more fun that way, bc it eliminates the “generic, neutral fantasy vibes” of many games today. 3/

I'm making sure the kids know the classics. Watched Big Trouble in Little China over the weekend, and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure the weekend before that.

Happy Marathon launch day! This'll be the 5th? release I've been at Bungie for.

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K

Getting rid of OpenAi is not the same as getting rid of AI. I’m not getting my hopes up just yet.

MAF@velnna.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hopecore

Apparently being able to sit on the ground and get back up without using your hands is a sign of a good skeletal muscular system. I did it, but it was touch and go there both ways.

Is there a word for a feeling of nostalgia for something you've never experienced?