Queens Familiar
@queensfamiliar.bsky.social
Tabletop game cafe centering local and small publishers with coworking during weekdays 🎲☕ Coming soon to Queens NYC https://queensfamiliar.com/
Want a TTRPG that has Annihilation / Roadside Picnic / Stalker vibes? I recently updated the list at the end of the Zonecore post: omnes.exeunt.press/p/what-is-zo... #zonecore #stalker #zone #zonepunk #ttrpg
What is zonecore?
Creating Exclusion Zone Botanist led me to search for the origins and critical works of the genre. Here are five common elements of zonecore and a list of zonecore tabletop games for inspiration.
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I stopped by @sidequestbooks.bsky.social this weekend while in the Boston area and picked up these zines. Such a charming shop clearly imbued with care! Thank you for the laughs about whether I would outlive the shop as I decided whether to join the shop loyalty program.
I just made the "implied tablebottom games" joke elsewhere and then proceeded to make it my minute's work to repost other people making the joke here. I do wonder about "table" games. Floor time can be lovely, though. Ah, naming!
The existence of TableTop RPGs implies the existence of TableBottom RPGs.
Tabletop gaming implies the existence of tablebottom gaming.
Tabletop RPG implies the existence of a Tablebottom RPG
the name tabletop gaming implies the existence of tablebottom gaming
Tabletop games implies the existence of tablebottom games
Did you know this years ENNIEs judges were 100% white and 80% male? Anyway unrelatedly here's the application to judge next year ennie-awards.com/judge-applic...
2027 Judge Application – ENNIE Awards
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Fun times rolling dice with a lovely group this past Saturday!
WEIRD LITTLE FREAKS, the official tournament module from Between Two Cons, is now live on DriveThruRPG. 10 groups competed in the ultimate competitive dipshit dungeon crawl. Can your table beat the high score?? (it's 36 points.) Art by @betterlegends.bsky.social www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
#1 board game pet peeve: A bad rulebook. There are so many ways to go wrong: hard to navigate, ambiguous, not enough examples or pictures, components not labeled, no index, doesn't follow the game flow. Writing a solid rulebook is a skill and an art, even for simple games, and many fall short.
networksofny2026.bigcartel.com/product/netw... hi, did you like my book Networks of New York when it came out in 2016? you might like the updated 2026 edition which I'll be releasing in September and you can pre-order now
Networks of New York, 2026 Edition (PRE-ORDER)
SHIPPING SEPTEMBER 2026! Networks of New York is a book by me, Ingrid Burrington. It helps readers identify indicators of physical internet and telecommunications infrastructure in New York City. Usin...
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Yes! Our three GMs love to run these games and now you get to play all three in one night. It sounds kinda chaotic, right? The games are gonna feed on that chaos and we’ll guide you through it gracefully, safely, and maybe hilariously. Tickets on Luma: luma.com/event/manage...
When I move into a house I am just like anybody else: I like to immediately get settled in and orientate myself by drawing a map of the immediate area, themed entirely around the habits of squirrels.
New York City is going through a heat wave and Queens Public Library is here to help! Please visit your local library if you need an air-conditioned Cooling Center to #BeatTheHeat! queenslibrary.org/about-us/new... Learn More about what to do during Extreme Heat. nyc.gov/beattheheat
Made a pin about my recent obsession with modern domino games.
New Blogpost: Five methods for dealing with repeated results on random tables #osr #ttrpg #blogwagon
Five Solutions to the Birthday Paradox in Tables — Prismatic Wasteland
When you are using a random table more than once, you are likely going to run into repeated results. Here are five ways to deal with that problem, particularly for random encounter tables.
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grabbing every small business owner I can find by the shoulders and yelling directly into their faces that IF I DON'T HAVE AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT I CAN'T SEE ANY OF YOUR SHIT GET A FUCKING WEBSITE
