Dan VK

@deeveekay.bsky.social

He/him/his. Tabletop game retailer. Ink drinker for lit & art. Shambling meat mech pilot. A man of many mediocrities.

It's hard to be a person right now, and many of us need to do the opposite of touch grass because it's still the AM and we need to experience less of the world, but I hope the fact that this little birb believes in you makes your day better.

A green bird waving his left claw while standing on top of a computer monitor.

I could post about the banality of evil, why some statements are violence, and a history of targeted violence against myself and those I love due to the same rhetoric espoused by Charlie Kirk. But frankly, I'm tired and my time is worth more than people like him.

Trying to explain late-stage capitalism to customers in Discord DMs and it's so fucking hard. A couple items to note: Buying off DTRPG means the creator 1. Probably undervalued their work. 2. Took a 35% hit on that payment. If you are the person messaging me, you are fine. 1/3

Considering cardboard/plastic crack is slang in the industry, it shouldn't be surprising there's crossover between LGS basics and the Ten Crack Commandments.

Gangsta rapper Biggie Smalls in a tabletop game store filled with board games.

I took a day off socials, but I'm safely back home after Gen Con. What an incredible year filled with amazing people. The excitement and good vibes from everyone left me sappy because I'm a big softie. Love y'all.

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Friendly reminder that I'm at Gen Con this week. I'm prioritizing communication related to organizing because I'm trying to engage people who have their own busy schedules. Thanks for understanding that I'll likely be incommunicado until next Monday at the earliest.

It's been a weird few years -- a good weird, though, even through the toss and tumult. I don't know how I got here and I don't know where I'm going, but I've found a home I'm proud of and makes me happy. I'll share the team photo when that becomes available.

A bald man with glasses and a mustache wearing a vest with patches on it holding a plaque that reads: BUFFALO SPREE - The Best of WNY 2025 - Best Game Store: Gather & Game

If you're a retailer, check out Colin's stuff. His work is good, the covers have great shelf presence, and if he doesn't do direct orders anymore, or you don't like juggling too many product sources, check IPR.

Colin Le Sueur | By Odin’s Beard RPG@byodinsbeardrpg.com · 2y ago

Hi, I'm Colin (he/him), a Canadian #TTRPG designer living in the North of England. I make games like #Runecairn and #WeDealInLead. Portfolio: byodinsbeardrpg.com/portfolio Shop: shop.byodinsbeardrpg.com YouTube: youtube.com/@byodinsbeardrpg TikTok: tiktok.com/@byodinsbeardrpg

Runecairn Wardensaga Remastered. Vibrant blue and magenta, burning Viking warrior wielding two swords and surrounded by the charred and yearning dead. Art by CROM.

People say "AI is here and we have to adapt to it". There is, at a very basic level, no way of "adapting" to an environment where the more coherent equivalent of "colourless green ideas sleep furiously" is treated as the equivalent of actual data. It's the environment that must change

"Great Replacement" theory isn't just a racist conspiracy belief, it's also the ideology behind the deadliest terrorist attacks in America over the last decade. Terrorists who did Pittsburgh synagogue, El Paso Walmart, Buffalo Supermarket and other deadly attacks cited it prominently in manifestos.

Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is a version of the great white replacement theory - a racist conspiracy belief. Stephen Miller claims the Biden administration deliberately flew “illegal aliens” into the country so they could vote. And Elon Musk, a superspreader of conspiracism and extremism, endorsed Miller’s claims.

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"I happen to have come into possession of a large quantity of X trading cards. Do you happen to buy X trading cards?" Bro just tell me you stole them. The answer will still be no but at least you didn't also lie to me so I'll sound less tired when I do.

We welcome 10 games to our bestsellers list! CBR+PNK Death of the Author Dread Golden Sky Stories Hamsters and Himbos i'm sorry did you say street magic Menagerie of the Void Stewpot: Tales From a Fantasy Tavern Wilderfeast The World We Left Behind www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Bestse...

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Indie Press Revolution (IPR) is a direct sales network of quality independent publishers, dedicated to bringing you the best of small press tabletop roleplaying and storytelling games.

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The effect of all the worst, biggest sex pest fuckups on earth claiming autism as an excuse for their dipshittery, will be increased eugenics. Each time one of these dipshits announces autism as a justification, they cement the public perception of autism as dangerous, antisocial, predatory, etc

We've got a cool announcement to make! Myself and Cari Watterton have been working on a project together the past few months. Introducing Abletop - A six part series of videos discussing boardgame and tabletop Accessibility. Hour long episodes releasing weekly - Every Wednesday at 5pm UK.

A hexagon, inside which is a circle and a meeple, mimicing the accessibility stick figure in a circle. The word Abletop creates a table out of the top of the letter T. 

Text reads - Abletop: Exploring Tabletop Board Game Accessibility.

Image on the right shows a game of Frosthaven in progress.

As you probably figured out from my temporary name change, I'll be at the GAMA Expo in a couple weeks. I'll be disconnected from social media while I'm there, so if you want to meet up reach out before then or text message me when we're there.

1/🧵 The Cass Review final report was quietly amended in December 2024, just before the permanent ban was announced, and it seems to have gone unnoticed. While most of the changes were minor and clerical, two of them were significant. Both changes relate to informed consent.

I don't care what the industry is, my bare minimum standard business practices are written confirmation of agreements, product and payment delivered on time, and honest effort towards clear communication. The latter one covers for the former two, and if that's missing then the relationship is dead.

I finally bought a vest. We'll see if I have time to sew all of my patches onto it before GAMA. I have so much nerdy stuff to go on it. It'll be the first time in 20 years I've had a battle vest. I promise to wash this one.

My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread