#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #SelfPromoSaturday ICYM yesterday, you can watch the recording on YouTube of @lorelink.com very kindly offering me space to showcase #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG ! www.youtube.com/live/tPdmsTN...

Thanks tonight to the grabbers! Mages & Mooks (a game of magic hates you!) grabbed! Forest Outlaws (game of Robin Hood style rollicking adventures!) grabbed! Find em on me itch, yo ho ho, yo! Enjoy! #ttrpg shannonmcmaster.itch.io

The Rogue Stands Alone! Join @epidiah.bsky.social this coming Sunday, November 9, to try out the many-player, one-Rogue version of Swords Without Master. Drop-ins and new players welcome! Join our Discord: discord.com/invite/cgJa5... Scheduling Post: discord.com/channels/130...

Word. Aldi's has a deal to feed 10 for $40. The Target deal is 4 for $20. Not only is Aldi's better financially, it's not run by simpering ring-kissers. corporate.aldi.us/newsroom/new...

It's Thursday. You know what that means.

Heeeyyyy!* Thanks to the grabber today! Mages & Mooks, whooo! A truly-true rpg about coping with just *how much* magic hates your character. shannonmcmaster.itch.io/mages-and-mo... *how I start all of my tiktoks about owning a ford flex (which are imaginary, fyi)

Today is the day I wished I could write phone apps, so I could release Ribd, an app with a 5.99/mo recurring charge that delivers a practical joke directly to you & the joke is it actually delivers a demand to update before it does anything, and what it does is actually just sit there.

... there's big ned in my recliner ...

I was going to give ZineQuest a miss this year. Instead I'll launch a game and put the profits into the strike fund. Probs the least I can do.

"Canva or its authorized agent will be entitled to enter onto your premises with reasonable notice to audit your use of the Affinity Software." [Rubs hands together as he registers a Canva account under the username H.H. Holmes.]

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I woke up at 1:30 this morning and checked to see what time it was in a different timezone to see if I had already used up my "fall back." I had not.

Belated thanks to yesterday's grabber! You grabbed Fairly Simple d6 Dungeon Game! And I am grateful! I hope you enjoy some dungeon mechanics with some adventure seeds to keep you busy in a waiting room! shannonmcmaster.itch.io/fairly-simpl...

A lot of my most recent guests said "happy halloween" instead of "trick or treat!" This is a noticeable development from last year.

T minus 3!?!? Cool. Cool cool cool.

For the day that's in it... 'All Hallows' by Louise Gluck - has a deep sense of loneliness and loss, that shifting between the seasons, and the final lines where the veil between this world and the next becomes thin #poetry #poemoftheday #Halloween

last day for spooookyyyy mmmmussssiiiiiic on yourclassical... tomorrow it snaps back to christmassy classical & vocal w/ a healthy smattering of wintery, solsticey, longest nights of the year public radio vibe (alas, to get you full Grinch, you need spotify) www.yourclassical.org/playlist/hol...

Hoping this is going well, whatever "well" means.

a.i., yo

Just remembered I wrote a card game once, using a standard deck (with one Joker removed), called "Kill Claudio!"

Caramellon.

T minus 5 Meg's away to a gig this week and won't be back until sometime o'clock on T minus 2. Will I get done what I need to, in her absence? We'll find out!

Encyclopedia Brown Star Trek (TOS-TMP era shows & comics) HHGTG MASH Barney Miller

This image reminded me of a thing! www.tumblr.com/temporalhicc...

I woke up and chose violence today. Do I'll day it with my full chest. Fuck AI! The TTRPG space is built on heaps on creativity and using it cheapens the hard work countless artists, writers and game designers put into it. While the picture is images, I mean all Gen Ai uses!

... got writer's block? a.i. puts plagiarism back in the toolbox! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.” “While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”

Who *did* invent metal? Probably The Beatles. www.openculture.com/2021/05/who-...

Balanced Ternary Value: 100111...

This would have saved our cohort *so much time," had it been in GR, @johnwinkelman.bsky.social, ya? www.tumblr.com/oldshowbiz/7...

Seasonal reminder that if you've played a Dread game recently or plan to play one before spooky season ends,* I love hearing about it! * Spooky season, of course, doesn't end until the spring, when folk horror season begins.

Freezer? My bedside table? Not sure. 😬

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper

ah, a giant snake! But it’s already dead and within its eyes you see your darkest desire!

And perhaps most importantly, there is no "right" level of appetite for risk. It's something you'll have to come to on your own and, should circumstances change, possibly revise. The thing you *shouldn't* do is find someone successful and emulate their posture.

T minus 9!! Next up, undoubtedly reworking something! Getting our bloody fingerprints all over everything, tinkering with all the bits.

This poem is written by Neda (11). She takes part in a sporadically occurring online class in Afghanistan, where she learns English as a second language. I am not offering any opinion or commentary, just the poem #poetry #poemoftheday #Afghanistan

Looking forward to spending some time with these... www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/fina...

this should be hot get in early

This is a *pitch*.

I learn a lot from these two & their on-going conversation.

Was chatting to someone about that old familiar piece of workshop feedback 'do you need the first/last line' and tonight I came across this from 'The Fragment' (Electric Light) #poetry #quoteoftheday #amwriting

Boost

The Brown Derby... www.tumblr.com/oldshowbiz/7...

absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago

I co-wrote the Leverage RPG specifically so you can do this stuff at a moment’s notice folks

I have my spookiest games bundled up nice and warm for the season. So warm. So close, so comforting. So... wait, what's in here!? itch.io/s/161982/spo...

Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]