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

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."

From a Reddit forum, a photo of a can of coconut milk with a blue label, papyrus text and a flip-top, on a sidewalk.  It seems to hover because there's no visible shadow.  The pavement is sort of unevenly colored, with bright spots, and the grass along it is green and lush.

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 :)

The ENNIE Awards@ennie-awards.bsky.social · 4w ago

Voting for the 2026 ENNIE Awards is live! vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2026/ Please respect the 1-person, 1-vote principle. It's ok to encourage people to vote, it's not ok to promise things in exchange for votes. Please link to main ballot only. NOTE: A vote of 1 means it is your top choice!

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!

Screenshot of the nominees for Best Adventure - Short Form for Ennies.

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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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

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

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