Basheer Ghouse

@basheerghouse.bsky.social

He/Him, Nebula-Finalist and Ennie Gold winning RPG writer, developer, and cultural Consultant.

My thought process for how the Galactic Empire works is basically Stalinist developmentalism with totalitarian ambitions being built in the Holy Roman Empire, that coincidentally also happens to be run by a cabal of Satanists, where the Five Year Plans end up resulting in the Thirty Years War.

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If I can ask y'all for some help, please read & just share the following? Medical emergencies + 2yrs of unemployment + debt is a hell of a combo. Any support would be a huge help. So far, through your kindness I've been able to pay off $3k of my $20,000 debt gofund.me/5bfe73dd9

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I'm co-running a modified Cataphract game which starts in one week. It's a 'play-on-Discord' wargame set across two fantasy medieval continents and will run for 1 year realtime. We have 55 players(!!!) signed up but will need more, if you're interested let me know samsorensen.blot.im/cataphracts-...

Cataphracts Design Diary #1 - Sam Sorensen

Cataphracts commanders: there is no actionable intelligence in this post. Read on. About two months ago, I reread several series on military

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This was the coolest shit. Going through the logs Kara shared and then testing the fully functional program was the highlight of the game's back half. Felt like dead-eyed officers optimizing the sacrifice of your friends/planning horrific bloodshed in a war room. Huge props to Kara.

Kara Ling@karaling.org · 10mo ago

For @samsorensen.bsky.social's #OVER/UNDER I created WEATHERVANE, an in-universe themed combat simulator. Using it, our faction was able to predict the outcome of any battle with a high degree of confidence. It helped us price mercenary contracts and go into any combat knowing the expected outcomes.

I’ve been called a terrorist since I was seven years old. Today changes nothing for me but I remember the first time the face of that accusation reared its head at me and mine, and the violence it has excused as recently as a week ago. My empathies to those who are new here. I wish this on no one.

A lot of people tend to forget that sex between men in Canada was only decriminalised in 1969. “The state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation” - Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Justice Minister (later Prine Minister). Only 56 years ago. A lot we considered normal today are RECENT.