Thanks so much for the very fun chat!

I just accidentally emailed a trrpg designer friend from my roller derby email address. I don't know whether to be thrilled or mortified that they immediately and intuitively knew that Maxx Damage was me.

carrying around a commander deck at gen con with the same energy as a teenager keeping condoms in his wallet – am I gonna get to use this? probably not! but if the opportunity arises and I find myself unprepared, I will never forgive myself (I just started playing magic again)

anybody doing Fancy Ennies this year? are we still trying to make that happen?

RIP to my trusty starter fountain pen – my beloved standard fine nib black pilot metropolitan, which served me faithfully for seven years.

ok who was gonna tell me that learning to ride a unicycle is really hard

Are you a PoC creator attending Gamehole Con? @glyphtide.games & I are hosting an industry dinner (sponsored by Monte Cook Games ❤️‍🔥) to foster community and help POC creators connect w/ mentorship and opportunities! If you are or know anyone who would benefit, apply! Apps close 7/23: bit.ly/ghcpoc25

after my summer buzz cut, my beard is longer than my head hair #hotgirlsummer

a work is feminist if two women are cuddling and making out and optionally nibbling each others flesh and tasting each other etc.

I'm going back to roller derby this month to see if that fixes my brain.

Supremes say parents can opt out of letting their kids listen to LGBTQ stories. Can parents similarly opt out of kids listening to stories that DON'T have LGBTQ themes or incidents? 🤣

today's lunch was the first tomato ever from our GARDEN, salted and peppered, on mayo toast . . . and I was not prepared for the euphoria that this produced

I'm disappointed in Roll20 and angered by this situation, but I've never been prouder to have my first book fly under the 9th Level Games flag alongside important work like Rebel Scum. Keep fighting, @9thlevelgames.bsky.social; I'm behind you all the way.

Last month, I spent a week playtesting @jdragsky.bsky.social's the Seven Part Pact in a fancy house in Bath. I write about the most maximalist RPG I've ever played.

last night I dreamt that Dahlia's had gotten a review from a ttrpg news outlet I really like but the review title was "Why does this exist?"

What if Lemony Snicket was a punctilious old woman whose parlor game collection was full of indie RPG zines? You'd get Dahlia's Diversions for Peculiar Parties – my first big editorial project I created for SJ Games! Check it out on #backerkit now! #dahliasdiversions sjgames.com/dahlia

better than therapy: hearing through the grapevine that someone has been using your RPG to run a muppet treasure island game for the past year

I fear mud wrestling may be my true calling

working on my costume for Monster Mud Wrestling and I cannot think of a better way to spend Easter Sunday than getting absolutely wrecked in some mud while getting heckled by cool gay people (and raising money for a local mutual aid group)

My FIRST physical RPG book, Secret of the Night Market, is LIVE on Kickstarter! I’m so grateful to @outridercreative.bsky.social for playing in my game, loving this location, and adorning it with his gorgeous illustration. If you’ve ever wondered “what if a shopping episode was good” check it out!

there are THREE classic blunders: Never get involved in a land war in Asia Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line Never enter a battle of wills against a Jack Russell Terrier

😭🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈 this is so cool I am so excited!!!

I hope your success irritates the fuck out of people who can’t stand to see you win.

I love friend art, phrase which here means art made [with/by/of] friend(s).

I made a themed connections puzzle with company trivia for our silly company blog and the responses are just people going "I have no idea what this game is, and I lost when I clicked on stuff randomly, so this is pointless and low quality content"

I got kind of . . . obsessive with my #imaginarycardsjam entry. This piece turned out to be a very fun way to get acquainted with brush tip paint pens for the first time! And I got to draw SO MANY TEETH! spacejob.itch.io/tooth-fairy

1. GURPS (but if you count chargen as "play," then it was AD&D) 2. GURPS 3. . . . also GURPS, I think? 4. Pathfinder 5. right now, Seven Part Pact 6. Seven Part Pact 7. Scurvy Buggers the lore behind 1. is I threw a fit over D&D sexism at age 11 and my stepdad picked a new rpg for the family

did y'all know the merriam webster website has a bunch of word games??? anyway pilfer is absolutely delightful www.merriam-webster.com/games/pilfer

the problem with finding intelligent/clever people attractive is that you put yourself into situations where you get constantly outwitted and outsmarted. and then your brain has the audacity to go 'that was hot'

got the cutest Valentine this afternoon! what should I make her? (Hayley @ lucky goose in Kennesaw did a lovely job I'm obsessed)

Kajiu and Kissing! Sailors and siss... never mind. Buy some #queerromance this #valentines!

Apparently PAX posted my and @spacejob.bsky.social's panel two weeks ago and I didn't notice?? Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxVr...

so I just watched section 31 with my family and I gotta say. that was so much worse than I thought it would be, and I didn't have high hopes. beyond impressively awful

this thread is going to be a list of things that have happened to/for me over the past few years, directly or almost-directly because of TikTok, in probably-not-very-chronological order.

I'm staggeringly emo about so many digital footprints of all the life changes that have happened for me in the last five years getting Thanos snapped by the government. if we connected on TikTok, feel free to hit me up here or wherever you see me.

informal survey for night owls who work in creative fields: do you schedule work emails for reasonable morning times to disguise how unhinged your "office hours" actually are, or do you just send the 3am email?

my new neighbors have a rooster but he mostly cockadoodledoos around midday/lunchtime, and . . . same, dude. 12-1pm is definitely time to rise and shine.

goodbye, nontraditional student era. now it is time to hibernate.

2.5 hours till my goofy PowerPoint panel with @oddpride.bsky.social about animal behaviors you can stick in your TTRPG come for the scary monsters, stay for the lesbian lizards

so apparently the loud battle jacket I typically wear to conventions is so much more recognizable than anything else about me that if I wear a regular black leather jacket I am totally incognito on a convention floor

today I won a battle of stubbornness against music software that I didn't know how to use bc I was dedicated to making a track to practice a song parody to why? well, I'm going to be singing onstage for the first time ever next month in a drag duo act in a monster themed variety show (as godzilla)

the Dragon Test – like the Bechdel Test but it's about the feasibility of trans headcanons rather than the feasibility of dyke headcanons

Be gay, do math. – Genesis 1:28 #pride #bible

post turkey day review: this is the most at home I've ever felt with a partner's family – not only are they lovely and welcoming, they're also WEIRD so I don't feel out of place/self conscious for The Way I Am. 1000/10.

so I'm staying with my girlfriend's family for the bird holiday which means I get to introduce a bunch of Europeans to my grandmother's legendary Oyster Dressing a̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶c̶i̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶e̶r̶i̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ for mutual cultural enlightenment

We are so lucky to have Rascal fr

If you're going to be at Unplugged, come catch me and @oddpride.bsky.social as we use natural sciences to flesh out some of your favorite TTRPG creatures @ 2:30pm Sunday in the #PAXU Mothman Theatre!

counting the days 'till holiday season (cookout eggnog milkshake)

Ooh fun! Show me your pet and what they are named after 👀