This is an odd situation: I will be on two channels at the same time tonight 😂. Right now come watch prologue 1 of @hallowedhaven.bsky.social ‘s 7th Sea game and if Actual Play doesn’t interest you, I’m on the advice show with @happyjacksrpg.bsky.social at 6!

For all my threatening John Wick (the game designer) I have had a ton of fun with this game. I hope everyone loves it as much as I did. #ttrpg #actualplay #7thsea www.rascal.news/hallowed-hav...

“I’m sorry I’m late, I was reminding myself that I love being an active and involved member of a community after 7pm.”

Along with grades my school does narrative evaluations, and I never looked because I knew I passed the class and I struggle with compliments. Recently I had to look up some of my strengths based on feedback and ~30 years of schooling later I’m proud to report I’m still a “pleasure to have in class.”

Unfortunately, I am going to be disgusting about Lorwyn.

My New Year’s resolution is to embrace that I love a blue deck. And I am just going to have a tough row to hoe at any table as I learn how to play this game well.

I highly recommend telling your therapist about your ttrpg characters. Just try it. See what happens.

THE SKY HAS OPENED UP AND MY BACK PAIN HAS BEEN JUSTIFIED. ITS RAINING IN LA

I’m sad to see an era come to an end. I do wonder if my idea of how VtM should be run comes from Jason’s style rather than anything inherent to the system itself. Rather than “can Jason Carl adapt his style away from VtM?” The question might be “do we all play VtM that way because of his style?”

“What if I drove to school today just blasting Last Christmas and fill the halls of Whamhalla?” - me on my way to therapist school

I really need like, a playdate group for all my forever GM friends who want to be players. We need to connect you and get you a start playing GM or something.

Something about using my scream plastic library card just fills me with such civic delight.

Hot take: the club from VTM Bloodlines is just Bar Sinister. This is only funny if you’re a goth Angelino. This joke is really only for @vampiresnvino.bsky.social to confirm my head canon.

I have *got* to stop threatening my game masters on national television.* *and by national television I mean my niche twitch stream-podcast where we talk about TTRPGS and answer emails asking for game advice.

Giving solicited advice tonight on Happy Jacks! Come join us! twitch.tv/happyjacksrpg

One of my classes I’m just calling my DSM RP Class. They were not prepared for the improv crying.

Oh hey, I’m on Critical Role! (Technically) youtu.be/7M6QpzlX7pQ?...

With Mamdani winning New York, are we going to get Stomp-Clap-Hey music back? Can we revive it anyway?

Every year I am delighted to violate my “keep the holidays where they belong” stance only because it means NUTCRACKER SEASON (and caroling prep)

ICYMI it or want to put something on for your last minute Halloween crafting: we returned to the Huddyverse with @huddyvonschland.bsky.social as she ran the 3rd in her interconnected spooky-season #vtm oneshot series for the official @worldofdarkness.bsky.social channel! youtu.be/k3GoJkXOugs?...

I really enjoy taking with my classmates. There’s just something very endearing about a bunch of people being trained to be good and active listeners also getting super excited to talk about a topic and having them balance those impulses.

I’m shaming on all platforms. I can’t believe my first VtM after TANS starts with @lauratutu.bsky.social SCREWING ME OVER. I expected this of @vampiresnvino.bsky.social but not you.

hey vamily… be on @worldofdarkness.bsky.social tomorrow playing some messy toreador lesbian nonsense ‼️🩸 10/25, 2:30 PM ET | 8:30 PM CEST twitch.tv/worldofdarkness #vtm

Why aren’t there more vampire psychologists? I feel like it would be fertile ground for study. Also @huddyvonschland.bsky.social did rectify this problem by letting play one THIS SATURDAY. No promise psych will come up, but I will continue to play socially messy, emotionally damaged monsters.

Hey #ttrpg Bluesky, new question: Do you think games are written to be played 100% rules as written? If not, where’s the line where you stop following them?

Every year my band does a “let’s go to a haunted place and poke ghosts” activity and every year I wonder how I am supposed to replace 11 singers?

Gen Z/Alpha humor is deeply rooted in being exclusionary. “Haha adult doesn’t know our fun cool inside joke” but it’s across tiktok algorithms. The humor comes from the fact that adults are baffled. Otherwise, it’s just elevated echolalia.

More TTRPG tips from improv class: Don’t be coy. Confess the secret. We don’t know what is in your head. The only thing that exists in the narrative for your table is what you voice aloud. You may have a cool tortured backstory but I don’t know to bring that up with you if I don’t know it exists.

GoldyLocs

Actual Play tips from improv class: You have to care about your scene partner. You don’t have to LOVE other characters. You do need a reason to interact with the people in your scene. “But my character wouldn’t-“ Find a reason. If you don’t want to be there, the audience won’t want to be there.

Truly nothing activates the Group Project trauma than being in a game that has downtimes and homework and being the only one who does it. This isn’t about anyone in particular and I’m trying not to turn it into a multi-post rant. We’ll see how that goes.

Wait no, this one is solid.

There is no thoughtful opinion or insight I can have that doesn’t immediately lose credibility when it’s followed by “fuck I’m going to be late for improv.”

This isn’t a bad thing either. We don’t expect movie studios to provide grants for smaller scale studios. D20 and CR *do* have strong community leaning models but demanding they do anything other than what they are doing is somewhat parasocial imho. But it would be nice.

The industry would be far better off if people could accept that it's okay to cordially dislike someone who hasn't really done anything harmful but who just annoys you personally. It should be fine to just not get along with someone without that meaning "and therefore their life should be ruined."

9. The desire for personal brand ownership leads to a staggering duplication of effort in AP, and depletes the resources available for any one project. We'd be making more, better stuff if the base instinct was "Who can I join?" instead of "Where can I build my own thing?"

I’m well actually-ing and yes-anding like a good improv nerd: If you take an improv class the first thing they’ll tell you is NOT to try to make jokes. The funny will just happen. HOWEVER I fully believe that people who try to earn credibility by citing their education probably do just want to win.

P.S. If you see yourself in a post I make about the generalized you; that’s probably something to reflect on. Doubly so if it hurts. Tripply so if it’s about my shitty dating life.

I want to call this one out because it’s something I see in every kind of entertainment I’ve been in: Don’t lie to yourself when you start a project. Do you want to actually produce a project, or do you want notoriety? If you want the latter; there are other ways to get it for less work 1/9

If I was going to teach a class on Actual Play production, a lot of it would be lessons Aaron details here. He says it nicer than I would but 10 years of film production does not leave me kind to people who would think “professional” means anything other than professional expectations.

I have a degree in design.

I’m only a little sorry my bsky is becoming a psych feed. Anyway, there‘s a concept that’s been living with me from my Ethics class which is the idea that if you wouldn’t tell someone about your actions, you probably shouldn’t be doing them.

I’m heartbroken to lose a show and project that I put a lot of heart and soul into. The podcast will still exist to go back to and I know it’s crew will not stop telling stories. I’m proud of the work I got to do and I’m thankful for the community that grew out of our dark little corner.

Superman was a delight. A good superhero movie and a great Superman movie.

Another psych class, another 60% of my notes are about how Psychology relates to the ideas within Mage the Ascension.

I’m coming up with Fall Out Boy-esque names for my Magic Decks because *that’s where we are* in my baby MtG Player journey. This includes: - Doctors Hate This One Deck - Lets Explore Our Libraries And Our Genders - I Keep Saying I’m Sorry But Really That’s From Being Raised Femme Under Patriarchy

Congratulations to The All Night Society, featuring: @aaroninwords.qcg.social, @clearlygolden.qcg.social, @lauratutu.bsky.social, @forgottensaves.bsky.social, and Zak Savage.

If any of my friends are watching D20's Cloudward, Ho, you might also really love looking into Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan which Jess of the Shire has just done a video about: youtu.be/wmXAY-T0gyY?...

Picking notebooks for school and now I have to ask: What color are your main class topics? Like when you get a pack of folders (red, yellow, green, blue) obviously green is science. Right?

First day of school!