I find it kind of beautiful that we're seeing the next iteration of Apocalypse World's DIY art. Two of the biggest names in indie roleplaying games show, once again, that it's not about spectacle or expense. It's about using the skills you have and the skills you can develop to make it how you can.

Attempting to steal and crash a car in #over/under, hope my friends forgive me

VOID 1680 AM was the game the changed the face of Tales Yet Told and helped us understand just what kind of stories we wanted to tell. An amazing game about community, self-reflection, and sick tunes. #ttrpg #actualplay Check out the trailer of 2048 AM Voices in the Wood: youtu.be/YNKTtnFNMRo

Hey, that's me! Come listen to me and more importantly, Sam!

Wrapping up the Dice Exploder series on actual play with a game where, to me, actual play functions almost as a game mechanic: @kenlowery.bsky.social talks Void 1680 AM community broadcasts, and how even just the idea of putting your solo gameplay in front of an audience changes how it feels to play

Slamming refresh all morning...

What rpg has your favorite GM rules/moves/tools for prep?

Slow Horses season 5 planting such a big flag on River being a piece of shit is so good.

The time is now for breaking with PbtA dogmatism and houseruling your converstation

My Apocalypse World Heartbreaker lives... (It's basically Burned Over with a custom set of basic moves and sex moves back in the game.)

(I think this is not even everyone) #over/under

I Love Last Train To Brooklyn And I Did A Huge Dice Exploder About It Send Tweet @twicerolledtales.bsky.social

Me after roleplaying as a Space Cardinal for two hours: "maybe God IS real..."

water is delicious

If we have interacted even once in #OVER/UNDER, keep in touch.

This thread is genius. I didn't think anyone could actually capture what #over/under feels like.

Cooking 1hr Job 8hr Sleeping 6hr #over/under 20hr Admin 1hr someone who is good at time please help me budget this. my family is dying

“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red.” Macbeth or Vor Veljko? #over/under

What's the over/under on the #OVER/UNDER "I run TTRPGs" vs "I just play in them" ratio? Literally 56:0.

Immediately an all time favorite character to MC for

I think the #OVER/UNDER play report I am most excited for is Hopper, the Deliver Man's

New Dice Exploder today - it's a good one on communication at the table by way of going slow motion through an intense interaction. Plus: Maia is super smart.

I've felt so much more self-conscious roleplaying in #OVER/UNDER than I do after 20 years of playing games with friends and strangers online and in person, and I think because it feels so much like roleplaying in public. 1600 people! Or even just 100! How am I supposed to live up to that?

Tracy Letts should host everything

#OVER/UNDER needs a station wide referendum to enact a weekend

Over/Under is like high quality bedsheets

This week on Dice Exploder: @moreblueberries.bsky.social and @brianflaherty.bsky.social talk an original "tree shanty" produced for My First Dungeon's Wildsea series. We go deep on how preproduction, production, and post can all influence and surprise each other in the creation of a single moment.

Lessons from editing my actual play series: I prefer the medium when it's a documentary that has a relationship to fiction rather than a piece of fiction that acknowledges its authors in real time.

Clayton on awards has been great this week. I love his case for why we should care about awards even if we don't like them, I love imagining the awards show he might make, and I also don't want to think about how much work it must take to put on any awards show, much less a good or even okay one.

Watching any movie: this could be Midnight Run instead

shout out to rowan for immediately noting it's crazy not to name friends at the table as a core show in the development of actual play as a medium

Today Dice Exploder kicks off a miniseries on actual play, where each ep we cover one moment of play. First up is @rowanzeoli.bsky.social on the very beginning of My First Dungeon's Orbital Blues series, and an overview of where AP is at as a medium. Plus: is AP a fiction or nonfiction medium?

Apocalypse World

Next week on Dice Exploder I'm starting a 5 episode series on actual play where instead of breaking down one mechanic each ep, we'll cover one moment from an AP. If you want to get a jump on the subject of next week's show, check out the opening moments of My First Dungeon's Orbital Blues series:

Who are my late night Los Angeles movie people? Who's coming to the 10pm screening of SNEAKERS with me on Friday?

New Dice Exploder this week: I'm off but @merrileebufkin.itch.io and @jdragsky.bsky.social hold down the fort with an ep all about You Will Die In This Place by @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social. This ep, like this game, is packed with ideas about gender, the games industry, House of Leaves, and more.

Long Story Short style Microscope hack about a family with pregen characters send tweet

I think a good starting point for investigation stories/adventures is "who fucked up so bad it's become the protagonists problem"

It's fucking weird that the default mode of playing ttrpg remains campaigns

What are the best TV shows of the 2020s so far?

Regular reminder that if you want to talk about RPGs on Youtube, I’m running an indie RPG Youtuber mentorship over on the @chimerahearts.com’s Discord!

7 hours in movie theaters today, now that's a good day

Long Story Short is among the best shows I've ever seen.

Join us in welcoming THREE NEW SHOWS to the Many Sided Network! @5gmsofficial.bsky.social @theheartisadungeon.bsky.social @queerpg.bsky.social Learn more about these excellent actual play podcasts in this thread

Today on Bandaids & Bullet Holes: Gabriella clawed her way out of someone else’s grave to get her revenge on Barf, a fellow student of the shadowy Ferrymen, who murdered their mentor. @diceexploder.com as usual, cooking with some serious gas on this one.

Reposting this - I'm set on my own playtests, but I'm in need of folks willing to read the game, run it on their own without me, record the sessions, and report back. I'll owe you a huge favor. If you're interested in that or in just following along, DM me for an invite to the playtesting discord!

Didn't know I was in this headline photo!

RFK Jr. Warns Mistress That Condoms Cause Autism

Finished watching Midnight Run for the first time, immediately started watching Midnight Run for the second time

Fascinating to see Minecrafters reinventing how to roleplay in this 1000 player social experiment/movie. Definite crossover with RP servers and larp! Yet there's also a blurring of the lines between players' real identities and in-game characters, which is bound to cause tears (via Simon Carless)