you’re laughing. i’ve never been fed in my entire life and you’re laughing
James Mendez Hodes @ Gen Con
@lulavampiro.bsky.social
Cultural consultant (D&D, Magic, Jackbox, Daggerheart, Eat the Reich) and game designer (Streets of Jade, Avatar Legends, Thousand Arrows). I like religious studies, martial arts, hip hop, and orcs. He/him. jamesmendezhodes.com
*asexual voice* yeah, i'm a switch in bed. sometimes i sleep on the left side and sometimes i sleep on the right
*learning to use the lancer character creator* so do i have to change my pronouns to unlock more content on this thing or
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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I truly was not expecting. Thank you, thank you all who voted. And congratulations to @magpiegames.bsky.social for winning silver, and all the other Best Writing nominees—it was quite a competitive field.
Gold for Writing goes to Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Gallery Books
woke up from a D&D-themed dream and i guess i must have been a bard because this verse was the only thing about it I remember: step one, you kick down the door step two, knock his ass to the floor step three, run his pockets for drip step four, maybe check who he is?
area printer has never had ink in entire life, reports area printer
me any time I have to design any kind of #ttrpg conflict system to do literally anything: So the Tachyon Squadron dogfighting ladder…
Tachyon Squadron from @evilhat.bsky.social is on a super sale. It's a dynamite Fate adaptation and great game. I've run a Star Wars version several times and I'm doing a Crimson Skies hack for our upcoming Shared Hearth online con. It's great. Buy it. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2... #ttrpg
War consumes 16th century Japan. Chivalry and loyalty fade and fall as castles and ambitions rise. Navigate both battlefield and court politics as you rewrite history in gunpowder, blood, and betrayal. Thousand Arrows by @lulavampiro.bsky.social Available now: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Play knight-commanders, religious luminaries, spymasters, and rebels desperately trying to rewrite history in gunpowder, blood and betrayal in Thousand Arrows by @lulavampiro.bsky.social This PbtA game of samurai warfare, drama, and tragedy returns in PDF & POD: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Why didn't the eagles just fly Odysseus straight to Ithaca
Pioneer Day is just one example of the LDS Church’s anti-Indigenous racism, a new book argues. "Mormon Settler Colonialism: Inventing the Lamanite." www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
Pioneer Day is just one example of the LDS Church’s anti-Indigenous racism, new book argues
A Native American scholar describes how the LDS Church weaponized the Book of Mormon's “Lamanite” term against Native Americans — and the people reclaiming that name.
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Thousand Arrows returns next week! Knight-commanders, religious luminaries, spymasters, and rebels rally and maneuver their forces in a 16th century Japan embroiled in war. High drama, strategy, negotiations and more mix in this PbtA game by @lulavampiro.bsky.social More: evilhat.com/thousand-arr...
ICYMI, Sean has the latest recap of our project pipeline, including the imminent release of Don't Rest Your Head on Roll20 and the return of Thousand Arrows by @lulavampiro.bsky.social !
State of the Hat - July 2026
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i can’t tell you exactly what it was but recently i encountered a situation where it *was* my circus but they *weren’t* my monkeys so, just, be aware that those exist
Reload muskets. Rally the troops. Fight to unify Japan. Thousand Arrows is back in print with @evilhat.bsky.social! The TTRPG of samurai warfare and drama, powered by the Apocalypse, returns with revised text and layout. Get Thousand Arrows in PoD and PDF on 21 July! evilhat.com/thousand-arr...
Thousand Arrows launching soon! - Evil Hat Productions
On July 21, 2026 James Mendez Hodes and Evil Hat Productions are re-releasing Thousand Arrows in PDF and POD formats! It is the sixteenth century. All Japan is at war. The gallant cavaliers of eras pa...
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Dawn of the Orcs is back on Backerkit for 10 days, as part of the Ennies Emporium! Play wizards and mad scientists. Build your own orcs. It's a GMless game with just the right mix of strategy and storytelling that everyone who plays it has a good time. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
Dawn of the Orcs - ENNIES EMPORIUM!
Dawn of the Orcs is an Ennie-nominated GMless dark fantasy worldbuilding and roleplaying game. You play as the magical technocrats who create the first Orcs as weapons of war, modify and improve them ...
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Lyme has impeccable taste in fantasy orcs. This game goes deeper than even the "cool orcs" approach I often like: it makes your character literally personally responsible for the way the orcs turn out in the classic "wizard did it" situation, exploring the question of creative responsibility.
5 hours until the Ennies Emporium backerkit campaign for Ennie-nominated RPG Dawn of the Orcs launches. If you didn't get the game the first time, now's your chance! I'm also offering a couple games that will probably never see physical printing any other time. www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
JOKER: Not so fast, Bat-JERK! My LAUGHBangs will leave you BLIND as a BAT! BLUESKY BATMAN: Oof. Many people suffer from reduced vision. Not funny. JOKER: It's like, it's a pun. It's just wordplay. BLUESKY BATMAN: Sorry if I'm not in the mood for "jokes" while SCOTUS shreds our constitutional rights
A little late to Pride! Bisexual Love Triangle 1 of 3 Vampire - Human - Vampire Hunter Mini Print Set Here > yoshiyoshitani.store/products/bis...
Ad Rock: you can disagree with the current All: POPE MCA: but if you push his buttons then you’re a All: DOPE Mike D: ordain yourself a bishop and you’re All: SCHISMATIC Ad Rock: excommunication is All: AUTOMATIC
tired of the "#1 dad" nonsense. if you're a dad, stop treating it like a joke and post your actual national dad ranking. i'm # 492,018, which is actually really high up there, but more importantly it lets me enter ranked dad lobbies where i can get matched up for fistfights with dads of my caliber
Me not having a wife for Pride month is homophobic [crowd murmuring in agreement] and transphobic also [crowd cheering] maybe even racist [I see I’m kind losing the crowd but I take it one step further anyway] against white women,
princess knight is my favorite tezuka joint, a top 5 favorite comic, and gotta be one of my favorite genders. i desperately need this to be good
The Ribbon Hero is coming to Netflix Saturday August 8th! Based on the 1953 manga Princess Knight.
Can anyone recommend a book about Joan of Arc that goes into detail about Bishop Pierre Cauchon, who presided over her trial? Please assume I've already searched online and found the common results—I'm interested in personal experience, something you or someone you trust has read.
'He's tiny! It's blue!' Charles Darwin Foundation scientists discover a new species of octopus nearly 1,800 metres (5,900 feet) down on the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands. No bigger than a golf ball, the blue octopus has stubby little arms with only one row of suckers u.afp.com/SRvN