Ryan S. Dancey
@ryandancey.com
Respect other's life choices; defend free speech; protect democracy; yield to the rule of law; apologize when wrong; pay your taxes; debate honestly; celebrate diversity; and do unto others as you would have done unto you
#SessionKeeper is an amazing way to make your tabletop RPG sessions more fun and help you GM the best game you can. To build awareness they've launched a Substack that explores the anonymized and aggregated data from real game sessions. table.sessionkeeper.ai/p/surprising...
Surprisingly Little Stabbing
28% of TTRPG sessions never roll initiative at all.
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Sad to see that Count Binface the Recyclon didn't win the by election last night in Clapton. Apparently the Claptonians would rather be represented by an unrepentant fraud than a comedian.
At #gencon I presented two panels A discussion of AI and how it will impact the gaming industry and society in general A discussion of how copyright interacts with games I've made the Keynote presentations for both panels available. www.widepacifichorizon.com/2026/08/03/g...
Gen Con 2026 Presentations
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There are still a small number of tickets left for my Gen Con panel 5 Minutes to Midnight, which is going to explore the impact of AI on the tabletop gaming industry. The panel will be at 4pm on Thursday www.gencon.com/events/302293
Gen Con | Gen Con Indy 2026
The Best Four Days in Gaming
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Imagine what would happen if thousands of Batmen suddenly started showing up in public places, silently judging. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect - npj Mental Health Research
npj Mental Health Research - Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
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Congratulations to Reiner Knizia, the first "Grand Slam" Spiel winner. He's won the Kennerspiel ("complex games") category for his design Rebirth. There are few better days in tabletop gaming than the day you win a Spiel. Congratulations to all 2026 winners! boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
JinxO wins 2026 Spiel des Jahres, Rebirth secures historic triple for Reiner Knizia -
JinxO designer Martin Ang's victory underscores the growing internationality of the venerable German board games award, which until last year's success for Hishashi Hayashi's Bomb Busters had never be...
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If Count Binface is elected, does Parliament have a rule against his attending in costume? Also, I hope he exercises his right to wear a sword.
It is the most on-brand thing ever that McConnell is faking his own aliveness to control the election that will select his successor.
If Amy Coney Barrett were not a good person Birthright Citizenship would be dead. Today's decision isn't a win for stare decisis. It is a posted notice that says "try again later".
The "Norwegian Row" is my new favorite thing. ROW! ROW! ROW! The Vikings Are Coming! Proud Grandson of Norway! 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴
Juneteenth. A moment to remember two important things about the United States: 1. We've made incredible progress in addressing systemic inequality; to celebrate it we must teach where we started and how we got here. 2. Work still needs to be done. The job is not finished.
Next year we'll be as far removed from the year Austin Powers was released as Austin Powers was from the point when he was frozen in the 60s. Yeah Baby!
I've noticed that since leaving Facebook and Twitter I take a lot fewer photographs. I don't take pictures at events. I'm not trying to take pictures of what I'm doing or seeing to post on social media. I'm probably taking 10% as many photographs as I was while I was very online in social media.
Congrats to @classicalglaiza.com, @yesnogoodbye.ca and @jaztice.bsky.social for being named the Diana Jones Emerging Designers for 2026! boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
TTRPG trio triumph in latest Diana Jones emerging designer program, win expenses-paid trip to Gen Con -
The emerging designer program, now in its sixth year, seeks to amplify the voices of up-and-coming tabletop creators, with a particular focus on designers from marginalized communities.
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“Double Haters” — voters who hold a negative view of both parties, roughly a quarter of the public. That group currently prefers Democrats in the midterms by 31 points. For comparison in 2016 and 2024, they broke for Trump. I think Double Haters determine elections.
CNN Poll: Trump’s approval rating on the economy hits a new low | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s approval rating for handling the economy has fallen to a new career low of 31%, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, reflecting growing pessimism among Americans ove...
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Just learned that the fire aboard the USS Ford in the laundry lasted >THIRTY HOURS<.
Sailors aboard USS Gerald R. Ford reportedly lost their beds amid fire
Some sailors are sleeping on floors and tables because of the damage.
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Excellent snapshot in time of tabletop designer opinions about AI. I hope the @ttgda.bsky.social keeps running this survey annually. irp.cdn-website.com/2b6905d0/fil...
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I just wrote 17 pages of advice on why founders should use C Corporations, not S Corporations or LLCs for their ventures. And this is a book where each chapter is supposed to be short and breezy! Did you know that the personal capital gains rate on dividends up to $94k is ZERO PERCENT?
Watching @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social perform the rituals of his religion in fellowship with others during Ramadan has been inspiring. It's great to see someone who clearly actually believes what they espouse and doesn't see their faith as an onramp to grifting their community.
New York City mayor celebrates Ramadan with inmates at Rikers Island
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited Rikers Island Monday to observe Iftar, or the breaking of the fast, with inmates. It's part of his efforts to reframe Muslim life in the city.
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@bsky.app Why does the "Discover" tab show me ANYTHING from accounts I am already following? Shouldn't it be the place I go to discover new content?
When you are starting a new business the lure of X is powerful. If I just decide to support a raging edgelord performing fascism I can access my 4k followers again!
Interesting look at an AI workflow in a tabletop RPG context.
John Nephew@johnnephew.bsky.social · 5mo agoI was curious to experiment with Claude (free version) and see how it functions. I'm applying it to my home Ars Magica saga. I have to say...it's pretty amazing. The fact that all of Ars Magica is obviously in the training set (via pirate libraries at first, I would imagine; but now of course
I received confirmation today that Gen Con LLC has approved my event submissions for this year's show! This post is in regards to a presentation I will be hosting on July 30th at 3pm in Meeting Room 8 titled "Five Minutes to Midnight"
A few days ago I conducted a lengthy interview with Wargamer. Over more than an hour we spoke about a wide range of topics centered on AI and the tabletop gaming space. The results of that interview went live today. www.wargamer.com/board-games/...
Board Game exec Ryan Dancey lost his job for his AI claims - but what does he really think?
The former Chief Operating Officer at AEG shares his views on the risks and opportunities of AI, and why the tabletop industry has to prepare.
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