If you're serious about game development or design, PLAY OLD GAMES I can't overstate how many good ideas are sitting there waiting to be discovered. Sometimes it's not even stuff that was there at the time, it's only there now looking from a modern perspective.

ivy sly@ivysly.com · 3d ago

There is so much even in the simplest OG games that has been lost to time and shifts in culture

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Finally able to make some important updates, with more to come. If you know folks that need information on melting ICE, send them this: www.mn10kresources.org/surveillance...

Rapid Response - Land of 10K Resources

Legacy content of the tactics used in Minneapolis to resist ICE, and ongoing updates related to Metro Surge.

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Weird art is always needed.

Curious how you can help? We ask that you sign our petition for Wizards to voluntarily recognize our union, share it with your communities, and keep an eye on this account for future updates! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

Stand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union!

The Dungeons & Dragons team and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering; Duel Masters) are forming a union! We are joining the ranks of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC-CWA) and following in the fo...

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Our "long tail" is now fixed! Ssearch hundredss of Golden Cobra gamess in our interactive archive sstarting with 2014 and ending with 2025. "I wonder if there's a Golden Cobra game about...." Well just go ahead and look it up! www.goldencobra.org/GCInteractiv...

Playtest Material Issue One is out now: playtestmaterial.org/playtest-mat...

Playtest Material Issue One: An RPG Is Like...

Read the full magazine today.

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A return to Villa Diodati next year? Avalon larp studio's larp about nightmares and poetry ... Gothic

We’d like to invite YOU to come chat with us online about helping out with mask bloc MSP. Whether you’re looking for ways to help on a singular or recurring basis, we have a way to get you plugged in! Join us on Jitsi Sunday, October 18th from 1pm to 3pm. Email us for the link to the meeting. (1/2)

If you're queer and want to make geeky friends, head to #ConFABulous this weekend. #TwinCitiesGeeks

ConFABulous, Minnesota’s LGBTQ+ Gaming Relaxacon, Returns for Its Eighth Year

Like most relaxacons, ConFABulous is a small, intimate affair where you can spend your time chilling and playing tabletop and video games with folks who are more likely to understand you than the average NPC.

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Open Market will return to Mischief with more free & fresh food every Thursday afternoon in October! openmarketmn.org For more on Open Market, check out this new mini documentary: m.youtube.com/watch?v=8LrO...

OPEN MARKET MN

Information about the Open Market Program in Minnesota. Field to family food networks and community building.

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There's much more to say about this than fits well on Bluesky--glad to give many other examples to back up different elements of what @ecfriedman.com and @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social were saying. Here's an old roundup that needs updating boardgamegeek.com/thread/34237...

The women who invented murder mystery LARPs and other old parlor games | BGG

A few weeks ago, I was looking into the history of a murder mystery parlor game and basically stumbled across a number of stories attributing the invention and popularization of a particular kind of m...

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The very smart roleplaying podcast Dead Letters reviewed my old Manifesto of the Turku School. I wrote some thoughts in my blog but it was really nice and I became a regular listener. mikepohjola2.wordpress.com/2026/09/24/t... @dead-letters.bsky.social #roleplaying #larp #gametheory

The Turku Manifesto in Dead Letters

Twenty-six years ago I was young and arrogant enough to publish an artistic manifesto on roleplaying games and larps. (I’m not young anymore.)I proclaimed character immersion (“eläytymi…

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

Schools across the state started offering free breakfasts and lunches to all students in the fall of 2023. The number of students eating school lunch went up 15 percent the first year. The number of kids eating breakfast at school went up 40 percent.

Fewer skipped meals, less stigma: New data on the impact of Minnesota’s universal school meals

A trio of new studies shows Minnesota’s universal school meals program is providing a sense of relief to Minnesota families and students who are no longer skipping lunch and worrying less about family...

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Radio Dogs is a freeform LARP where mech pilots build their personal identity from nothing, through playlists, trauma and terrible circumstances. I wrote it for Golden Cobra. It's heavily inspired by #Warhound, and my lived social experiences, through fictional lenses docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Radio Dogs

Radio Dogs is a game of forced camaraderie under terrible circumstances. It is a game about piecing together your own identity through media, and unexpected role models, when “traditional” childhood d...

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Come to ConFabulous! The cozy queer Relax-a-Con of your dreams! October 2-4, 2026 at the Crown Plaza Suites MSP Airport confabulous.org

Looking forward to Twin Cities Veg Fest on Sunday from 10am - 4pm! Harriet Island Park in St. Paul, MN. So much food. Inspiring community. It’s a blast every year the the weather forecast looks great. #Minnesota www.tcvegfest.com

A friend suggested the "how to make a one-hour larp" chapter from Nine Space Games might be inspirational and a good format for folks to try out for the Golden Cobras, so I updated it and added a neutral worked example. I hope it inspires you! bpglink.com/freeform

Marchosias Rising, laid out, 44 pages of stuff! Instructions, character sheets, black mass components, love letters, chiffonier table tents, it's a lot. We took a page from Crescendo Giocoso and offer basic and deluxe suggestions for all the bits.

The 2026 Golden Cobra Challenge is live! I'm on the organizing committee and I'd be happy to answer questions and/or cheer you on. It's a cool larp contest and often generates interesting, weird, and sometimes excellent games. www.goldencobra.org

ssssssssss The Golden Cobra Challenge 2026 is OPEN for sssubmissions. Ssubmit by October 15th! www.goldencobra.org

We're so delighted to let you know that Strangers on the 'Net was selected as a Project We Love by Kickstarter Staff! #ProjectWeLove www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Chaos League has launched a patreon where they document their larps and discuss the process. www.patreon.com/cw/ChaosLeague

Chaos League — Podcast and more about larp and immersive experiences

Get more from Chaos League on Patreon. Podcast and more about larp and immersive experiences. Support Chaos League and get exclusive access to their work.

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I’ll call that.

My first response to this piece from @chloemashiter.bsky.social was (of course) “oh god it’s DIE the LARP” While that’s oversimplifying what CM is doing, it’s a fascinating example of what happens when playful/immersive media comes with a layer of additional meta-reflection baked into its design.

A dangerous castle

Castle Veldenz, where the most recent runs of The Castle were played. I recently played Reflections Larp Studio’s The Castle, which has left my mind buzzing over various elements of it &#8211…

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You can sign up for Just A Little Loving in the UK here. It's seminal in every sense of the word. Google it first and make sure it's for you. docs.google.com/forms/d/1Zte...

JALL SIGN UP FORM

Welcome to Just a Little Sign ups. Following the usual method of sign ups for this larp we will ask you to choose characters you wish to play and then offer you a place on the larp based on our abilit...

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i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected

Aaron Sojourner@aaronsojourner.org · last mo.

Program's up! 30+ teams share evidence abt impacts on health, educ, & econ + community response. Great folks @ziibiing.com @ottergoose.net @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social @chrisuggen.bsky.social @casemcnich.bsky.social @ngraetz.bsky.social @craigstetter.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/u/1...

@lizziestark.bsky.social and I are putting the finishing touches on a new larp called Marchosias Rising and I think it is the best thing we've done together. You play the Danish royal court in 1770 as they conduct a Satanic black mass to preserve the monarchy. Tons of weird, true, historical detail.