I think more people enjoy complex women protagonists in video games than a few divorced YouTubers would have you believe

currency exchange #東方project #touhou

Full offense, every time the "trans women can't trust any cis women" discourse flares up I'm harshly reminded that a lot of you think transfeminism is primarily a vehicle to build theoretical foundations that justify being an NLOG

ya sex is nice but have you ever made a particularly pertinent comment during book club and everyone starts snapping in approval

One thing thats really frustrating about Ai is that its this excuse to just repurpose the past without evolving it. As a machine that "easily" takes the past and repackages it, every little problem and presumption with art of the last decades gets reproduced.

Sent in a rulebook to a public editing space for review and some guy had the absolute GALL to suggest changing all instances of using they/them for the player to he/him. It's 2025 my guy!!!! The #tabletopgamedesign community needs to do better.

Nothing made me feel more like it was all worth it than when one of our playtesters got so excited about Mugen Taikai that they made a tier list of which cards they felt were the strongest. #boardgame #tabletopgamedesign #tabletopdesign #cardgame #gamedesign

ADHD #TabletopGameDesign Tips: Always be working on at least two projects you're excited about at once. It's way easier to stay productive when procrastinating one project means working on the second one.

I keep trying to write this game checks for everything it does right, but lord in heaven 13 Sentinels is transphobic.

#TabletopGameDesign Tip: Look at niche design communities for solutions. To keep each draft fresh in Mugen Taikai, we took a lot of inspiration from "Modular Cubes" in #MtG. The ways people had already been balancing synergistic and generic effects saved us a lot of work.

Niche topic YouTubers looooove to transform into people who get arrogant and annoyed that creators in that space aren't bending everything to match their personal preferences and opinions on design.

You know. I feel like the way video games has been split into "free to play gambling dens accessible to normal people" and "premium experiences that only enthusiasts can afford" should be treated as a recession indicator.

If you're someone who finishes a draft in #mtg and wants to start again right away, I'd love if you joined us in playtesting our newest project Mugen Taikai! The game is all about making the actual "resolution" parts of a draft faster so the synergies can shine. discord.gg/Du39ugZpqU

Knowing when to stop a project is so hard, cause I know for a fact i'll be looking at it in a year or two and hitting myself for not realizing how to solve a problem I never could have discovered until it was out there.

Fundimentally magic the gathering is not the same game it was 5 years ago. Universes Beyond and commander have new goals and incentives. And that's great for the people that are having fun. It's not for me anymore. But mtg died, and in its place a new more successful card game was born.

I think ttrpgs are an engine that make you annoying about ttrpgs.

Mario 64 level design is roblox obby level design.

reminder i emailed the author about this

The Epic of Gilgamesh is a useful touchstone for storytelling at its time - but it's really only "the first story" or "first piecd of liturature" is something that only makes sense when applying modern definitions both retroactively and needlessly strictly.

Innovation Ultimate has a deck it tells you to only add when another card asks you too - and I think it says something about me that this may have taken Innovation from a 10/10 to an 11/10

Social media is a machine built perfectly to create pointless leftist infighting

My biggest weakness is that I get more annoyed at people who believe right things for the wrong reasons then people who believe the wrong things.

I have three types of RPG character: - self projection - self projection but I'm unaware of it - self projection but I'm doing it for the bit.

It's fucked up how many people just put art that isn't there online and then list it as part of the creative commons??? Why??? And now I have to double check everything all the time too.

If Hundred Line has one problem it's that it doesn't seem willing to admit to how people will play the last "half" of the game, and that means the mechanics and design never quite catch up.

ANNOUNCING: the 2nd annual unofficial 5/5 @itch.io rating day! today on 5/5, take 5 minutes to login & give 5 ⭐ to your fav indie TTRPGs & other games on itch.io! star ratings give a HUGE algorithm boost! you can skip entering text, only creators see it! support your fav creators! #itchioRatingDay

Video games are so fucking good right now. Blue Prince, Hundred Line, Expedition 33, The Bazaar. These could have all been my game of the year in 2024, and in 2025 it's only May.

The way people whove never read comics talk about comic characters can be insufferable. "Batman should solve social problems" "um he does! Look at these screenshots" Batman isn't a real guy. He has no consistent continuity. It's up to the writer and thatll change the moment their run is over.

it really is insane that we were all meme-ing about kagurabachi potentially being lame or corny or cringe or bad at the outset but now it's genuinely one of the best new stories in sj right now. amazing choreo and story and themes and panel work. and it's just beautiful. like look at this.

remember to higurashi gou to the polls today

I admit it... I was the shadow duelist all along. I just got a little embarrassed so asked Konami nices not to tell anyone,,!

Despair Dilemma (by @continuityand.bsky.social) cleverly uses GM-less mechanics to make a #ttrpg that captures the intense thrills of Danganronpa and Squid Game. Read about it in my new review! libraryofwords.com/despair-dile...

My rose-colored glasses broke long ago. I do not experience nostalgia, and such, my reaction to things from my youth is more often "that's awful" than "that's awesome." But on rare occasion I'll think "that's so awful it's awesome." Behold: the licensed but off-model Nintendo "Power Game" calendars.

Just 20 hours left and we're only $70 away from the next stretch goal!!!

Alright! Time for a #Pocketopia update. We have hit the final couple of days before funding ends for these projects over on @backerkit.com, and so I'm about to let it become a huge part of my personality! Here is the list of Pocketopia 2025 Creators to peruse! go.bsky.app/Utk6Xdt

That Interview with Mike Mearls about 5.5e is so revealing. He spends one half complaining about how the background rewards limits the characters he can make, and the second complaining that woke took racial ability scores away. Hey buddy, don't you think racial ability scores did that way worse?

For #TransDayOfVisibility why not support a cool new #IndieTTRPG made by two trans women who love each other? Despair Dilemma is a TTRPG designed to put you in the seat of the Masterminds - and we only have 48 Hours Left before the campaign ends!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...

Fuck the @gamefound.bsky.social CEO and fuck awaken realms for normalizing AI art in games.

Our new TTRPG Project "Despair Dilemma: A Death Game Mastermind TTRPG" is LIVE on BackerKit now!! If you're interested in Death Game stories like Danganronpa, Zero Escape, and Squid Game, please give it a look: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...

Hey everyone! I'm super excited to finally be able to announce that I'm going to be working with @continuityand.bsky.social on their upcoming death game TTRPG, Despair Dilemma! I'll explain it a bit more below, or you can check out the link for yourself: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...

Triangle Agency by @hauntedtable.bsky.social is legitimately my favorite gaming experience of the last few years. It's mechanics perfectly set up for these "Monster of the Week TV Show" ass storylines without railroading you at all.

Please - it's not "media illiteracy" if they have a well structured argument. You can disagree with it, that's okay, but they are litterally being literate about the media right now.

Hiiii everynyan!! I got invited to collab on a cool ttrpg project Despair Dilemma! Stretch goal for me unlocked so I'll be making a death game scenario you can play ^_^ !!! The project is still being funded so if you are interested COME ON BY TO BACK IT HERE! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...

Our new TTRPG Project "Despair Dilemma: A Death Game Mastermind TTRPG" is LIVE on BackerKit now!! If you're interested in Death Game stories like Danganronpa, Zero Escape, and Squid Game, please give it a look: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...

I really should start using BlueSky more. We're planning to set up websites and socials for Double Summon soon, so someone keep me to upkeeping here when we do that from now on please. Thank you!