Thinking about the future of American education in 1973. From a paper called "Simulating Alternative Futures For American Education" by Jerry Debenham. Thanks to @jeeyon.bsky.social for turning me on to the positively wild Proceedings of the 12th Annual Symposium of the National Gaming Council.

GOOD DAY January is the month you should gather in small groups and PLAY GOLDEN COBRA GAMESSS Peruse the many entriess here: www.goldencobra.org

Do not discuss your organizing here.

If you’re in the market for a low effort New Year’s resolution, can I suggest “removing ‘content’ and ‘content creator’ from your vocabulary”? The artists and entertainers you’re referring to deserve better, even and especially if you’re using it to refer to yourself and your work

Thanks for including my games on this fantastic list! I appreciate you playing and supporting them so much.

You can download and play The Sentient Severed Arm for free! All you need is at least one friend and an arm. nullandvoidgames.itch.io/the-sentient...

Congratulations to @harperferry.bsky.social for their IndieCade nomination for "The Sentient Severed Arm"! www.indiecade.com/festival-202...

I absolutely love this game format.

Neola was wholly unprepared for the blizzard about to unleash its frozen hell. There never was much life around here. And soon there will be even less. Check out the AP of #DesperationRPG from @hopelessgames.bsky.social. #TTRPGs #RPGs youtu.be/wLIlngDkJCw

As of today, 90% of backers completed the #ZhenyaWonderTalesRPG survey! If you supported this project and have not yet completed the survey, please do so as soon as you can. 2026 will be here before you know it and you don't want to miss your copy! #TTRPGs bullypulpitgames.com/blogs/news/z...

Just a lil' reminder that Terri, Jabari, Bloom and I are cooking up a new BFF! and you DON'T want to miss it! follow us on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ros...

And it looks like the similar discount over in the US store... I just got me some holiday stocking stuffers! shop.critrole.com/products/for...

Please help us help you! Don't make us call on the Sova for aid.

5 out of 6 games Quinns mentions in this review are available and in stock at heartofthedeernicorn.com! Desperation, Skeletons, Tacklebox, Better Strangers, Fall of Magic, AND City of Winter!

This Black Friday, game the system: stay at home in your coziest clothes and get a head start on your shopping online! Take 25% off physical and "print and play" versions of our ship-ready games and their associated curriculum guides at our webstore: https://bit.ly/485bATW

Leslie Scott, the creator of Jenga, has been working on collection of texts on play for years. She has launched a "loose-leaf collection of writings that view play from every angle & and all life through the lens of play". Sign up for the free substack here: boundlessplay.substack.com/about

There are eight! Collect them all.

I am not there but my mendacious spirit infuses every product

do you guys know about consider the consequences, the first ever choose your own adventure book from 1930? it’s free on itch and i just read through a couple of routes with friends and had a blast, highly recommend geetheriot.itch.io/consider-the...

It's a good game y'all

The King of Snakes announced earlier today that pledge management surveys begin this week, and that pre-orders are now open for #ZhenyasWonderTalesRPG! #TTRPGs #RPGs bpglink.com/zhenyas-preo...

If Alice's name is new to you, I envy you. You can start by having a rummage around the Disability Visibility website, with hundreds of interviews, articles and podcasts, or you could start by reading the anthologies Alice edited with Vintage, or read her memoir, The Year of the Tiger.

The guy from the "Hit it, Joe!" photoplayer meme is starting his own nonprofit to preserve silent cinema technology: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

RIP Alice Wong, fiercest, finest, most fabulously dressed freedom fighter and friend. She changed the world a bit at a time every day and never stopped loving it. She taught me so much. I can’t believe this. I miss her bravery and clarity already. 💔♿️

Busy! @segedy.bsky.social has been moving boxes of our games to the car + @jmstar.bsky.social been writing games for our $1 Bubblegum Games machine! Stop by Expo Booth #4349 during #PAXUnplugged. Play a demo of #ZhenyasWonderTales or buy our gaming goodies! How do you prepare for #conventions?

Russians may not hear about Judgment Day after all. The UVB-76 military radio station, known as "The Buzzer" since the 1970s, went offline following a drone strike on its power substation, a monitoring account reported.

I made a bunch of games and game-like objects that fit in vending machine 1" capsules

AND it comes in a handy portable tin! Take a look: www.elrefugioeditorial.com/a-la-fuga

This version is so good

Check out part ONE of this historic first EVER video podcast from @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social! Join @aabria.bsky.social @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social @erikaishii.bsky.social + Lou Wilson as they plan a wedding, face sworn enemies, and fully embrace chaos. #FiascoRPG youtu.be/KKhpRYPlJLE

The bombs have dropped, the smoke has cleared and there's a new episode of WING WOMEN! ❤️✈️ The witches' victory lap is cut woefully short. Annie reveals her storied past - deeply intertwining one of the aviatrixes in the mistakes of her long-absent brother. Tune in here!🎙️➡️ linktr.ee/wingwomenpod

It’s here: a podcast with our faces. We’re playing Fiasco, a TTRPG that goes gloriously off the rails on purpose. Because sometimes chaos is the plan. Part one is out now wherever you listen to podcasts, and on our YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKhp...

Welcome to FIASCO! We're launching our first-ever video podcast tomorrow, Nov. 11th, at 7am PT! This two-part video podcast will be availably publicly on our YouTube channel, and as audio across your favorite podcatcher platforms. Are you ready for the chaos??? www.patreon.com/worldsbeyond...

I am planning on being at my first PaxU this year, so long as my flights still happen! I'll be at the @bullypulpithq.bsky.social booth during the day, if you want to hear me talk about how much I love Desperation!

Congratulations!

Ssssssss -- The 2025 Golden Cobra Challenge winners announced at Metatopia: (Thread)

There are live physsical people at Metatopia presenting the awardsss thiss year.

Thanks Ross!

You can read ALL the ssssubmissionss now. Awardss announced THISS Friday at Metatopia! www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...

One of the most memorable, influential freeform games of the last decade

Reminded of this anniversary by Dan. The Aarhus raid was filmed from a camera plane piloted by Flight Lieutenant Hanafin DFC. I think the target is glimpsed at about 12 seconds. A running figure in the street is seen at around 15 seconds. Full film: IWM OPF 199 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

There are a handful of Hittite words (and Hurrian loan words) that have unknown meanings. My favorite is the noun GALAKTAR. It's possible we will learn what galaktar means some day but probably not.

I love this

On this day, October 15, in 1945, the Soviet "Night Witches" regiment was disbanded. Maybe check out the game? bullypulpitgames.com/products/nig...

BFF is back and better with age, Follow us on Kickstarter! 💅 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ros...

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