Actual Play Players Wanted: Plus One seeks to create play groups representing diverse voices with different lived experiences. BIPOC, Queer, & voices from the global south are highly encouraged to reach out about opportunities to join our streaming team. All streams pay something. 3/5

based on Gnome's thoughts (which are worth a read!), we would classify the APs we make as both innovations in form and subject. we hope to make art that tries something new both in how it's presented and also in what its themes are 🫀

This is not a subtweet: I think Intreped Web Fest sounds rad, and will be submitting if I have time. I'm really curious about the notion of "innovation" in AP. I think it's a cool conversation that could refer to so many different things. What makes a show innovative? I have *thoughts* 🧵

This is neat 🤩

HAPPY BISEXUAL VISIBILITY DAY

I’ve got full 180 on this. I used to spend HOURS making decorative maps, and all sorts of other visuals (largely to accommodate my aphantasia). Then I switched to games that don’t require a shared understanding of space & distance. Now I get to frolicking with my true loves: words and imagination.

Workshopping our game about SPACE VAMPIRES on stream with @thismaybegraham.bsky.social 🌌🧛☄️ (this might be a slight violation of Soapbox Game Mechanics code, but, you know, I do what I want) twitch.tv/gnome_anne

The listing is up! Have you wanted to experience the wonder that is Moonlight on Roseville Beach by @rrookstudio.bsky.social? Come join us for a 4-6 session campaign and live your best disco inspired life!

I'm back on my bullshit thinking about TTRPG focalization again -- specifically about 2nd-person descriptions using a character *you are not writing* as a focalizer. "You enter the room: it's too dark to see, but you feel a cool breeze on your face." The GM is narrating from the PC's perspective.

Bluesky has the funniest little bug for me: if I hit return, I cannot hit "delete" to get things back to a single line (if I try, it does nothing). It causes my posts to look like poems because once a word falls off the line it can never climb back up

There's an art to hype. Don't share your half-baked ideas. Also, don't vaguepost about things in progress. Also, don't launch things before you have something to show. But also IM WORKING ON A SHOW RN AND ITS GOING TO MELT YOUR BRAINS

put disc drives back into laptops.

has anyone mentioned HOOPLA yet? a streaming service that partners with your local library

Making DND Monsters Scary - Tip #1 @annethegnome.bsky.social shares excellent ideas for all the #dnd players and dungeon masters out there. Check it out here: youtube.com/shorts/fb7fk...

I know it’s toxic but I spent a half hour reading comments on my stolen TikToks & watching people develop parasocial relationships with a … mirage ? … of me — talking to a person who never saw their message, finding connections btw videos posted out of order, arguing with each other in the comments-

The twitch auto-thumbnail for this episode is iconic

The worst part of having packed up my life in the city to live amongst the trees & moss is that I can no longer flippantly say “fuck this bullshit I’m running away to live in the woods“ — I did, and it turns out there is still bullshit 😭 But significantly more mushrooms, so still a win.

If you have a moment, please report this profile : www.facebook.com/GnomeAnnee Report -> This Page -> Fake Profile -> Impersonating a business -> gnome_anne

The internet is so surreal. New facebook imposter popped up, stealing my TikToks. One of those videos, Punkey Doodles animated as a short (I'm clearly credited). And the comments (on my stolen video) are full of people accusing me of stealing Punkey Doodle's audio without credit.

It’s meeeeee talking about scary monsters!

First ep of Soapbox Game Mechanics went well

This was a very fun time! Thanks to @annethegnome.bsky.social and @thismaybegraham.bsky.social and @jienbirb.bsky.social for having me and making the event encouraging, welcoming, and positive!

WE DID IT!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE We made a game about apocalyptic space vampires!!!

🎙️WE ARE LIVE 🏎️💨 GET ON IN HERE FOR THIS GAME DESIGN CHAOS twitch.tv/gnome_anne

Flowers? They deserve the whole sky 🤩 Fr though, I couldn't make shows without support from crew. So when the BIG PREMIERE of Soapbox Game Mechanics goes live in 1 HOUR (6pm PT twitch.tv/gnome_anne), everyone in chat say THANK YOU JIEN!

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feeling cozy as a pickle in a grilled cheese sandwich

Todayyyyyyyy

hey waitaminute this is toDAY

Peep the game from the super secret preview ep!

this looks amazing!! the super cool @thoughty.bsky.social will be there so of course it will be great

Curious about Actual Play post-production? Fascinated by amateur colour grading, transitions, animated underlays, dynamic cams, and so much more? Let's overthink some #ttrpg show design! Come hang out and chat with me while I work on my new show! www.twitch.tv/gnome_anne

Me, every single day of my damn life

What the heck is a MARC record? How do I get an ISBN for my book? Why is it so much work to get a zine into a library's online catalog? Answers to these and more in this week's Skeleton Code Machine on Tuesday (9/16): www.skeletoncodemachine.com #ttrpg #libraries #zines #publiclibraries

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

Anne and Graham are so much fun! Looking forward to this

Check this out! Thanks so much to @thismaybegraham.bsky.social & @annethegnome.bsky.social for inviting me to participate and for something fun to do on a weeknight :D let's see what we come up with!

IT'S HAPPENING!!! Soapbox Game Mechanics 📣 We're PREMIERING in 2 days on twitch with super special guest Beau! @thoughty.bsky.social Join us as we design & playtest a #ttrpg in only 90 mins LIVE Support us on Patreon and submit a prompt for us to build off of! www.patreon.com/AllMyFriends...

This 🥀

🥀EMO GIRL BOOTS🥀: a GMless storytelling game about the rise & fall of a fan forum for a fictional emo band! The 1st ep (test run!) of Soapbox Game Mechanics is live for Patreon subscribers, ft @trueryankhan.bsky.social Get the game for $5 or free w/ patreon sub 🥀 www.patreon.com/posts/emo-gi...

Pacific Northwest! Because the West Coast is the best coast! #TTRPG go.bsky.app/P7Nq6Xo

anne let me loose on the internet with this image i cannot be stopped behold your eldritch jien

NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📣 Introducing SOAPBOX GAME MECHANICS: the fastest game jam around. ~90 minutes~ to design & playtest a tabletop game! Hosted by me & @thismaybegraham.bsky.social Tech production by @jienbirb.bsky.social We a special guest dragged into this madness every episode!

My therapist: Mufasa Jien @jienbirb.bsky.social isn’t real, they can’t hurt you. Me seeing this:

okay, anne and graham are two of my favorite people, so this is VERY exciting

Strong contender for my favorite promo graphic of the year

This looks extremely up my alley!

Also @jienbirb.bsky.social is a giant sky entity bc *we* can hear them during the show but y'all can't, so it's just like we're getting prophecies or something, and we instantly took to refering to our wonderful tech producer as a god or ghost 👻

Graham unironicall loves this version better 😂

NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📣 Introducing SOAPBOX GAME MECHANICS: the fastest game jam around. ~90 minutes~ to design & playtest a tabletop game! Hosted by me & @thismaybegraham.bsky.social Tech production by @jienbirb.bsky.social We a special guest dragged into this madness every episode!