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Bea Livesey-Stephens

@soupdragonbea.bsky.social

researching disability and TTRPG safety tools forever and ever | also still a linguist | @gameassistyt.bsky.social | @TakeThis.org Accelerate Fellow '25 | @IGDAFoundation.org Grantee | pan-accessibility dreamer | crip and proud | she/her

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jay Dragon is sleepy@jdragsky.bsky.social · 3w ago

here's a question from the AMA that i've been asked a lot and i wanted to show to other people — i think there's a lot of anxiety about thinking through masculinity in 7PP as a cis man and i hope this answer can help reassure some people

oxaitza • 3h ago I know the game is supposed to touch on themes of toxic masculinity. What are the things you want/wish a cis-white male would a) experience and b) have to come to gripes with during play? Know it is not your job to teach, but also know that sometimes I can be a little unaware of where the critique is just because of privilege. Hope the question makes sense and doesn't lack tact! jdragsky OP • 3h ago Hi, no need to be apologetic! This is a game about toxic masculinity, but it's not restrictive in that approach. You are a cis white male, which means you've also experienced and thought about toxic masculinity. One of the points of the game is that the expectations of masculinity are difficult for everyone to maintain (you want to be strong, but you're scared you're too weak. you want to be a good dad, but your job pulls you away from your kids, etc.) I'm not interested in legislating a single correct way to engage with the themes of the game. Instead I encourage you to play the character that speaks to you and engage with it on your own terms. As long as you're compassionate to your fellow players, you'll find your own path.
jay Dragon is sleepy@jdragsky.bsky.social · 3w ago

here's another question about masculinity and seven-part pact i want to share with all of you. i have a tremendous amount of compassion for the asker and the question of "how do i make this game, which is playing with fire for my fellow trans women specifically, not burn them too hard"

I’m a bit curious, as a transwoman myself, about ways to play the game which wouldn’t just give me an ick feeling of being a man. Have there been thoughts about how gender may be altered either in-game, or as an option during play? I could see witches being a really fun expansion or extension of the game, as the inversions of nearly all the wizards, is that something you have considered or explored? Vote jdragsky OP • 2m ago Hi fellow trans woman! So I've agonized about this a lot, on account of ... well, you know. Also being a trans woman. This is a game where characters to refer to each other with he/him pronouns a lot. However I think there's a pretty big difference, at least for me, between "people using he/him for one of my characters" and "the feeling of being a man." For instance, here's some characters I've seen people play: A cis woman disguising herself as her dead husband so she doesn't get exiled from his tower. A trans woman who resents being called a man and plans to destroy the Pact. A nonbinary demon-creature who wears multiple faces, each with their own set of pronouns. An AFAB nonbinary person who was forced to bind/disguise themself as a man by their old master so they could become his apprentice. A trans woman who hasn't yet figured out she's a woman, but does get drunk every time she goes to the moot and who takes the form of a woman when she traverses the Dreamscape. A cis woman who was turned into a man by the Devil as part of a horrible bargain, and she regrets it tremendously. A cis woman who was appointed to the Pact by the King and is treated poorly by the other wizards as a result. I think there's a lot of ways to engage with the themes of the game without being a man. There's no one who knows how exhausting it is to be expected to be a man than we do, and there's no one better equipped to dismantle and poke at it.
The Game Accessibility Conference @gaconf.bsky.social · 4w ago

GAConf By The Sea is a week today!! Hang out with a bunch of cool accessibilibuddies, with drinks, snacks, trinket swap, swag, quiz with prizes.. have you got your tickets yet? #DevelopConf #DevelopBrighton

The Game Accessibility Conference @gaconf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

GAConf By The Sea! In-person social mixer alongside #DevelopConf, 15th July 6pm-8pm, in collaboration with @ga11ygathering.bsky.social. If you think accessibility for disabled players is cool and want to hang out with others who do too, tickets are now on sale! www.eventbrite.com/e/gaconf-by-...

jay Dragon is sleepy@jdragsky.bsky.social · last mo.

this was an amazing interview! sarah is a blast to talk to and i'm tremendously humbled to be on the same podcast as some of these stars. extremely worth the listen

Sarah Z@sarahz.bsky.social · last mo.

New vid up on Patreon!!! I sat down with the amazing game designer @jdragsky.bsky.social to talk for an hour about wizards as a metaphor for power, why rules are supposed to fight you (and the erotics thereof), the intersection of kink and TTRPGs, and patriarchy. www.patreon.com/SarahZ/posts...

A thumbnail of me, Sarah Z, and Jay Dragon. We are side by side in a zoom call and it says Wizard Madness & Game Design
Esther@dungeonminister.bsky.social · last mo.

disabled ttrpg designers: I'm hosting a disability pride month game jam on itch (running from July 1-August 31, 2026). this jam is intended specifically for disabled ttrpg designers to showcase our work. so join me! invite all your crip game designer friends to join in! spread the word!

Disabled Designers Game Jam (TTRPG)

A game jam from 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-01 hosted by dungeonminister. header image description: rectangular stripes of color form a diamond shape around black text. the stripes are in the colors of the ...

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Vale Blackwood@gorepunk.itch.io · 2mo ago

As of today my latest project is now entirely written, just need to do some minor edits here and there to tighten up the wording in a couple spots - and also get two bits of art in there. I'm excited, this is easily the best thing I've made. I'm also nervous because of how much it means to me

Evan Torner@guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Uni courses teaching TTRPG design are low-key also teaching the basics of liberal arts: writing persuasively, subject-area critique, psychology, probability, ethics, visual arts. That also means *anyone* from any background can design a TTRPG, which is why no school has locked down a profile in it.

Wyrd Science Magazine@wyrdscience.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Out of interest (& this is a genuine, non-loaded question) what visible impact have any of the higher ed courses teaching variations of game design had on tabletop game design? Can we point to actual things that have emerged from these courses? Ideas, coherent schools of thought, movements? In the…

Evan Torner@guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Bleed" is now a concept entering its third decade of existence. It was invented by Emily Care Boss in 2006 to answer some straightforward questions: What is the relationship between the player and the character? and Why is this player reproducing character behaviors out of game, & vice versa?

Evan Torner@guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · last yr.

A less-than-favorite line of post-larp discourse is: "Remember when you felt intensely bullied and isolated during the larp, purely due to our respective roles? We will now reproduce those social dynamics *precisely* in the post-game social media threads!" Read: nordiclarp.org/2025/07/01/w...