Heading out from UKGE early on Day 3. Snuck in a demo of Mariners board game with one of the designers. It wasn't on my shortlist but kinda blew me away. Unfortunately it's still pre-ks, so a long wait. Said my goodbyes, loaded my noble steed, grabbed a cornish pasty for the road and off I go!

Long day 2 at UKGE! Tried two board games: the wild "fantasy meets foolery" game of Shug, and Druids if Edora - a dice placement-ish game i've been meaning to check out.

Second poll! What will determine whether you buy Ravenloft: The Horrors Within? (Comment if you have other primary considerations) - Link to the poll: youtube.com/post/UgkxAZb... #DnD #TTRPG

More board games stuff from UKGE day 1! Checked out and picked up L'oaf and Steery. Both are the sort of small quickplay games you can pull out anytime.

UKGE Day 1... There was good buzz about the board game Railway Porters ahead of the con, and a good play video sold me on it. So it was my first stop in the morning. Massive line up and it sold out for the day very quickly. I grabbed a copy, going to try to get a hands-on play later.

UKGE DAY 1! Let's Gooo! Checking out Thee Kobolds in a Trench Coat at the FanCrafted booth

Helping my friends from Limithron set up the Pirate Borg booth at UKGE. Got to check out their sweet starter set as part of set up. So much stuff in it! Can't wait to explore the con properly over the next couple of days.

Made it to Birmingham ahead of UKGE! It's pretty meh. Everyone I know arrives tomorrow, and i'll perhaps avoid accosting strangers with "psst, got a board game?" and just hang out in my room. Tomorrow will head over to the con to help friends with booth setup.

After 3 amazing days of food, theater, and sights in London, I'm off to Birmingham for UKGE!

I'm at the airport waiting for my flight, and the TVs have the sound off and subtitles on. One TV has a baking show. According to the subtitles the fluffy french-inspired pastries they're making are "christ ants." I'm entertained.

In more important world news...

Exploring #Eberron 5.5e goes on sale Tuesday next week on @dmsguild.com. Updated for the newest edition of #dungeonsanddreagons and available print-on-demand hardcover for your shelf and game.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live: Garbage Placebo Florence and the Machine Metric Apocalyptica U2 Yeah Yeah Yeahs The Tragically Hip Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Lacuna Coil

I have a hard time reconciling being happy for people who're enjoying something trashy and the fact that trash and mediocrity in media are being rewarded and thefore encouraging the production of more trash and mediocrity.

Shawn does great dnd work. I got to play the first of these encounters and it's fantastic! Really excited for this program.

My favourite TTRPG classes: 1. Weather Witch 2. Spellcaster who Communes with Dark Powers (also a witch) 3. Nightsister (space witch) 4. Bene Gesserit Sister (dune witch) 5. Non-musical Bard (usually not a witch, but what if...)

Toronto Tempo sportsballed good today. Yay - winning team :)

“AI is just a tool” says tech mogul who is just a tool

I'm J Strautman, I'm a tabletop game designer, composer, and podcast producer based in Toronto, ON. I've been full time with my art for a few years now, and after putting out a bunch of different kinds of stuff I wanted to have one home for it all! It's rebrand time, baby ✨

Lol. "Hey this is a scam, be careful!" "How dare you make me fall for this scam by telling me about it!"

First ever Toronto Tempo win!

AI-written text is plagiarized text. If someone has a new business that is "building a living historical record of the tabletop game industry" and they're doing it with AI, they're probably plagiarizing Designers & Dragons, Slaying the Dragon, and other texts that have been stolen by AI databases.

Night and Day! (To and from the Tempo game).

Toronto Tempo opening night!

My poor ttrpg and dnd peeps. Anyhoo....

GM sign up start tomorrow guys for this years Cypher Con. Join the CU discord to sign up to run some games. We have have slots available for @montecookgames.com adventures and you can submit adventure of your own creation. discord.gg/rrbfVms

Never let anyone talk you out of running a quick 3-session campaign. Those dozen weeks will be the best two years of your life. #DnD #TTRPG

15. Border - I’m a little on the fence about this one. 16. Bee - Get there quick. 17. Pipe - Cool when Mario, not cool when school-to-prison.

May the 4th be with you!

Finished the last episodes of Maul Shadow Lord, and it absolutely slaps all the way through. Overall, it's probably my second favourite Star Wars TV series of the Disney era - after Andor. (Which obviously is not a very high bar, but I liked it a lot.) Hope there's a second season.

Reposting once in a while!

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only The Expanse The Wire The X-Files Justified Hannibal Star Trek: TNG Archer Andor Slow Horses Killing Eve Game of Thrones Star Trek: Lower Decks Arcane Westworld Foundation

Bonus episode of Dungeon Masters? Yes pls. I feel like this one hints a bit at the sort of stuff that's getting cut from the full episodes. Maybe just me. (Like the "well akshually, the rule is...") Anyhow, more dnd fun! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSef...

Tom's always timely with running new stuff like the new play-along packs from the dnd Dungeon Masters actual play. Check it if you want to see stuff run for real. Tons of Draw Steel content too.

In a discussion of dated dnd art, this came up and I couldn't help but yearn for official fiction dealing with the mindflayer shopping for that robe. "Checking himself in the mirror, Urthal'thram'tak thought he looked fly enough, but he still asked the tailor to extend the cuffs."

First ever (pre-season) Toronto Tempo game. Let's go!

The inaugural Canada Roles Awards celebrates Canadian RPGs www.rascal.news/the-inaugura...

Tonight!

A sincere "fuck you" to all those responsible for this. And also your fucking calendars that start with a sunday while we're at it.

Me, when someone asks me to run a game at a convention. (Ok, ok, I'll run one. Definitely not more than three.)

Raptors win, Jays win, softball practice went great, it's a good day for sportsball!

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