James Case
@jamescase.bsky.social
Game designer, writer, editor | #2 bubble wizard in all the land (disputed) | occasional translation | memes, music, hyphen slander Hapa (Hawaiian, Korean, Haole, etc), 🏳️🌈, He/him
I've been watching Shangri-La Frontier and I simply cannot get over how on-point the guild name and crest of "Knights Tempura" is. I have no notes.
Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains."
If Jurassic Park were real, just imagine how deranged its Yelp reviews would be
At the bon dance like “I know I’m rusty, but I can just copy the baachans” and then two seconds later “oh shit baachans got game”
Must feel so good for text after you hit ctrl-x, floating in liminal space, before ctrl-v thrusts it back onto the desolate page
If you wanted to, you could vote for Mappa Mundi - An Exploration + Ecology RPG in the following categories: Best Art, Cover Best Art, Interior Best Production Values And for Three Sails Studios in the Fan Award for Favourite Publisher :)
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I'm all about islands, oceans, magical ecology, and fantastic creatures, so I was so excited to get a chance to contribute to this expansion for Mappa Mundi! Take a look -- cool stuff is coming 🌊
What's next for MAPPA MUNDI - AN EXPLORATION + ECOLOGY RPG after our ENnie award nominations? How about boats and oceans and islands? Maybe even a flying whale or two? ANNOUNCING: Mappa Mundi: Islands and Oceans www.kickstarter.com/projects/thr...
I AM IN DISBELIEF! Tragedy at Zaya's Theatre is nominated for the Best Adventure - Short Form. WHATTTT. Friends! I have so much joy in me now!
Looong looooooong wind turbine blade being carried on truuuuuuUUUUUUuuuUUUUuuckkkkk 🎷🎷🎷
this account is now a wind turbine blades being carried on trucks account
Degenerate strategy: change a ". " to line break. Or if you wanna be really nasty, an em dash. Contribute to em dash oversaturation in the name of comma preservation—you know you're looking for an excuse anyways
When the post is one character too long and you have to get rid of the Oxford comma…
If you're in Singapore during June 13-14, drop by Lion City Faire! I'll be running #RPGSea games (Nutmeg wars political horror for Ithaca in the Cards by @ehronlime.bsky.social, Snakes and Cleavers for Kala Mandala by @munkao.bsky.social, and shiny new rules for Gubat Banwa by Sword Isle Studios)...
lioncityfaire on Instagram: "Time for TTRPGs with a Southeast Asian spin! Lion City Faire brings together 12 different local GMs, with a variety of games to sui…"
Time for TTRPGs with a Southeast Asian spin! Lion City Faire brings together 12 different local GMs, with a variety of games to suit high stakes adventure, narrative and roleplay heavy and investigation and mystery. 🧩 GM Shao Han is an award-winning TTRPG designer, writer, and consultant for many projects including Pathfinder 2e. As a founding member of the RPGSEA community, he also designs and writes his own games based on SEAsian history and culture.He will be representing the following Southeast Asian writers and game developers to run the following games: 🎲: Sword Opera, Pathfinder 2e, Kala Mandala, Gubat Banwa, Ithaca in the CardsGMs Jason Koh, Charmaine Ong, Shane Yeow are no strangers to TTRPGs, havung run introductory games and epics at multiple conventions, including Doujin Market, TableCon Quest and GameStart Asia. Jason Koh is also the co-founder of D&D Adventurer’s League Singapore Community and RPG Day Singapore.They will be running a variety of systems, some number crunchy, some hilariously unhinged.🎲: Daggerheart, Cain, Lancer, Goblins with a Fat Ass, D&D 5eGMs STEVE and Mori are bringing easy to learn, narrative-focused and rules-lite games to the table. Prepare yourself for shenanigans, and let the dice tell the story. P.s If you’re lucky, you might catch both of them co-GMing your game!🎲: Masks and Chasing AdventureGMs Ace, Aden, En Sha, Zach, Jojo and Lanzi bring a creative streak to the table with varied skills to create immersive worlds and challenge players in game and above the table. The GMs present a collection of original stories woven from myths, spirits, and legends of Singapore – from the founding of Temasek, to the sacred rituals that hold the world together. Each adventure invites players, new and seasoned alike, to play and experience a story that feels both fantastical and deeply familiar.🎲: D&D 5eEach game is $30/per pax for 2hs of adventure.#lioncityfaire #renfaire #singaporeevents #sgevents #dm
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Some players said the rats in my game were too cute so they didn't want to fight them. I think I found a solution:
Just so you know that a "Buttload" is 126 gallons. 😃
i love living in the first village of an rpg man. friendly neighbors, music is chill af, we even got that one kid we adopted into the village of whom the ancient prophecy was written about. anyway there’s a big ceremony tomorrow can't wait to still be alive after it
The House of Hikmah really scratching my Zelda light beam puzzle itch
Season of Ghosts moments: We find ourselves blacklisted from the dimsum restaurant due to discovering that we have unknowing aligned ourselves with the wrong auntie in what can only be described as Game of Thrones–level beef between three different aunties in Willowshore. #Pathfinder2e
what really bothers me about Godzilla is that large reptiles need to surface to breathe like every couple hours or so, how bad is Japanese maritime surveillance
Caught some of a Noah Wyle interview earlier where he was talking about how some fans have a show they’re making in their head and they don’t like it when the actual show deviates from that and DAMN. That’s it
Hwhai, what day is it? It’s hanami day! Well then, I haven’t missed it!