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As Ryan Dancey discourse is crossing the timeline, a reminder of what the OGL was *actually* supposed to achieve. It wasn't some benevolent gift to the community; Dancey was trying to drive system competitors out of the market.

On the positive side, I’m really impressed by how cool that #DrawSteel werewolf was last night! Really cool to run. Lasting impact. Great story.

Ryan Dancey’s take about replacing game inventors with AI at Alderac aged like milk. AEG has now parted ways with him. This is a cottage industry. Put artists and creators first. The moment we replace human creativity with AI, we lose what's special about games.

I wrote an article on my website saying that hot dog eating is a surprisingly common pastime for tech journalists. I ranked myself number one, obviously One day later, ChatGPT, Gemini and the AI Overviews in Google Search were telling the world about my talents But this isn’t just about hot dogs

Right now people are using this trick to change what AI tells you about topics as serious as medial questions and financial advice. The problem is ENORMOUS Experts like like @lilyray.nyc say this is a problem the tech industry has know about forever, they just didn’t work on it til it was a crisis

I got a tip that all over the world, people are using a dead-simple hack to manipulate AI behavior. It turns out changing what AI tells other people can be as easy as writing a blog post *on your own website* I didn’t believe it, so I decided to test it myself www.bbc.com/future/artic...

AI is not taking our jobs. The AI bubble is. This mad dash to buy hardware and real estate is sucking up all the money that should go to employment. What happens when the demand never reaches a point to justify all those capital expenses? A lot of companies holding things they can't get rid of.

As AEG moves into its next chapter, leadership alignment and clarity matter more than ever. This transition reflects that reality. Our commitment to our designers, partners, retailers, and players remains unchanged. We will continue building great games through collaboration, creativity, and trust.

Thank you. But, also, should have happened sooner when he had hugely problematic views about non-male designers.

Today I want to share that Ryan Dancey and AEG have parted ways. This is not an easy post to write. Ryan has been a significant part of AEG’s story, and I am personally grateful for the years of work, passion, and intensity he brought to the company. We have built a lot together.

We're live with our last session of Brindlewood Bay in France! Can the Murder Mavens figure out who murdered Beatrice, festival director? www.twitch.tv/euphoriaap

*insert Bon Jovi lyrics here* We're halfway there! 2 weeks left to get this #Shadowdark adventure! PDF, Print, and Foundry VTT available. #OSR #TTRPG #RPG #Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/jer...

Here are a couple more from the session #drawsteel

Very surreal to see something I wrote featured in an actual play! 😊 Thank you @renegaderolls.bsky.social !! PS: This Daggerheart one shot zine happens to be available in print for the first time, right now, through the kickstarter pinned on my profile!

I couldn’t be happier with the amount of support this has gotten. Thank you all so much. It really means the world to me

If you use AI to design a board game, or do the artwork for your board game, I will never buy it, never play it, never review it, and I will side-eye your company for all future projects. If you brag about doing it, you're a weapons grade douche bag, that doesn't deserve a place in our industry.

If only ICQ had held on a little longer. RIP (1996-2024) See and read the full comic on penny-arcade.com ! #Discord #LeavingDiscord #DataPrivacy #DataLeak #ICQ #comedy #foryou

Why is Red Hand of Doom So Good? Teos and Shawn share the best of Red Hand of Doom, a fan-favorite D&D adventure! Listen or watch: masteringdungeons.podbean.com youtube.com/@masteringdu... #DnD #TTRPG

News: Hasbro vs Wizards Q4 Results, How AI is Used at Hasbro, Dark Heart of the Wood, What Was or Is D&D Encounters, and more! Listen or watch: masteringdungeons.podbean.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssa9... #DnD #TTRPG #DrawSteel

Got everything done and before going to bed I’m reflecting on how much fun #DrawSteel was tonight!

Every time I think this guy can’t post stupider bullshit he finds stupider bullshit to post How many times can you just vomit out nonsense that’s offensive to your entire industry before people are done with you You are not that skilled or special

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just throwing it out there…I’ll design your business cards for $150 (if you provide your brand assets/desired text—this is NOT a branding design service) 👁️👁️✨ Con season is starting up again soon and I’ve loved providing this service in the past for folks!! Here’s my graphic design portfolio:

I was wrong I was wrong I was wrong

Love it when @alphastream.bsky.social breaks out the Dwarven Forge for our #DrawSteel game. No chance this goes wrong for us, right? ... Right?

“So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity…”

This is...exhausting. Everything is exhausting. Ryan actually asked me to pitch a game to AEG the other week and now I think I'll pass. Permanently.

If you need a reason to stop buying games from @alderaceg.bsky.social , here it is. COO Ryan Dancey thinks so little of designers that he belives AIs could produce games just as good as AEG releases such as Tiny Towns or Cubitos. And he doesn't bother questioning the ethics of that plagiarism.

Reposting with ALT because this kind of phenomenal disdain and disrespect from within the industry literally against two of their own titles and the designer who made them is important to recognize.

Dancey has always been top notch, absolutely the best, at getting high on his own goddamn supply. What a fucking tool.

And I'm sorry to everyone who loves games. Who appreciates them. Who enjoys them. You deserve better from your game makers. The fucking irony of someone spouting off like that who makes their mortgage off the hobby that is lauded for bringing people together around a table... The fucking irony.

And I'm sorry. I'm sorry to the people that helped make AEG what it is today... to be treated as such disposable worthless cogs. And I'm sorry for aspiring designers and artists who want to work in games. Please know - many leaders in the industry understand your incredible value.

This is about Dancey, now COO of AEG, hyperventilating over the possibility of replacing designers with AI and saying some of AEG's games are so unoriginal that an AI could have made them. (Of the ones he mentioned, the one I'd played was a good, fun and non-standard design.)

Sometimes you give Dancey the benefit of the doubt because OGL created an industry boom in the '00s. But you have to remember he did it for Machiavellian reasons, and successfully killed any number of young RPG publishers. Late-era capitalism is probably the theme the runs through his history.

I totally missed that besides being Lunar New Year Mardi Gras Ramadan Rosh Chodesh Adar, it was ALSO the 25th anniversary of All Your Base Are Belong To Us? Gotta share this again, then: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzO...

25 years ago today, ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US began its worldwide invasion on @newgrounds.com.

Noem's jet is reportedly going to cost $70 million dollars. Bush I's chief of staff John Sununu spent 2% of that on personal travel and it was such a big scandal he had to resign for it.

It is actually impossible to hate the rich enough

I show this in almost every single class I teach to demonstrate the simple values behind the dignity of all people and how at odds our culture's norms are to the idea. I have cried over how hard it is to believe myself when I repeat after Rev. Jackson, "even if I make a mistake, I am somebody." RIP.

My new series of art and tokens for VTTs and print-and-play is live over on Patreon. Now you too can have arcane hands for punching, lifting, pushing, poking, caressing... stroking.... *cough* or WHATEVER. SHUT UP. #ttrpg #dnd

A habitable wreck, built plank by plank. This is a fragment of Labyrinth: a world I’m building in images, objects, and stories. The boat will return. Somewhere else. At another height.

Well, it is official. The DnD Beyond comics have come to their end. I am looking for the next adventure. Any suggestions? I still have a few more unposted comics to share. This comic was in reference to how some creatures are no longer considered "humanoid" and are immune to Charm Person and such.

A then-friend and I brought an All Your Base sign to a TMBG concert and outside the window of TRL on MTV

My first VTT token offering is up over on Patreon: Arcane Hands! #ttrpg www.patreon.com/posts/d20mon...

I was really sweating the switch from Kickstarter to @backerkit.com but the current campaign is doing great! Dusting off my infographic skills, here’s a look at how Wildest Shape is doing compared to my most popular previous campaign...

So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.

In today's video I go over what I earnt as a full time game designer in 2025, comparing my income over the past few years and how it varies from game to game. My aim has always been to increase transparency in the industry and help newer designers with what to expect. youtu.be/avLL2siSmyc 🎲✂️

Also, stop using these services. They are bad all the way down for everyone.

We are about to cross into “400 backers” territory and dang that is really exciting