The Counselling DM

@thecounsellingdm.me

UK Counsellor using Therapy Assisted RPGs Everquest 2, TTRPGS and Hoarder of dice.(They/Them) Contact email: hello@thecounsellingdm.me https://linktr.ee/thecounsellingdm

The charity bundle from #rpgbookclub has already surpassed it’s goal with over 2 months left! This Pay What You Want bundle features 45 titles, many of which were featured on the r/myrpg subreddit and includes full system core books, toolkits and supplements, mini campaigns...

Graphic - screen shot of itch page titled Indie charity bundle for Accessibility in TTRPGs! (PWYW!) Hosted by jobclassttrpg with content from 35 creators. Pay what you want for 45 items regularly ~$106. $1055.50 of $1000 raised. 105% of goal. 158 contributors. $6.68 average contribution. $50 top contribution. Offer ends in 2 months and 5 days. Background shows cover art of submissions.

I promised myself I was going to be more active on social media. it's been hard work because my brain hates the idea of sharing what I'm up to. I'm constantly fighting the thought of "Why would anyone want to know this?" So if that's also you, I don't have a solution, but like same?

PITCHES OPENING SOON! We're looking to program the next 6-8 months of diverse, inclusive, uniquely European shows! If you have a game you'd like to run, an interview you'd like to conduct, a panel or talk show you'd like to bring together, start plotting now!

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“Broadly speaking, the human brain is a collection of software hacks compiled into a single, somehow-functional unit. Each “feature” was added as a random mutation that solved some specific problem to increase our odds of survival. In short, the human brain is a mess.” Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

It's International Joke Day today! Falling in the middle of the year, a day to tell jokes and laugh. My joke for you is: A ham sandwich walks into a bar and orders a beer, bartender says “sorry, we don’t serve food here.” I'll show myself out.

Carl Jung once said, You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do. This one is a personal call out for me. I'm great with the ideas and the plans. I love the excitement of thinking about something. Then comes the actual doing and I quickly lose interest.

We will be extending our verification period from 4 weeks to 6 weeks to allow our verification team to work through all of the amazing submissions and nominations from this year. Voting will now be open July 15th - August 19th

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Reminder: perhaps the easiest & cheapest way to tell Bezos to fuck off is by linking to Bookshop or (even better) an indie bookstore WHENEVER you talk about a book online. W/o a link people will just google it & that will lead to Amazon. W a link you can send a sale to a good business