MAKING GAMES x EPISODE TWO Making games is one thing. Moving them across the globe is another. In this episode, I and @gamesomnivorous.bsky.social talk about freight, mail services, warehouses, customs, shipping disasters, and the endless logistics of moving boxes. Find it where podcasts dwell

"Broom the soup." A lot of centrists are freaking out right now, and people are both reading too much and too little into the DSA victories, but a metaphor from my career may be helpful here. 1/?

Most projects I’ve been working on have been shifting to ~B5. RPGs want to operate for two major user modes: focused reading in hand and scattered reference on table. And B5 cuts this difference really well.

Technically, they’re Remains now.

Run! RUN!

Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected. From this day forward, we have a union!

If you're an RPG fan in Mexico who would be interested in talking to me about how hard it is to get game books (especially if you played before 2000 because it was even harder then), please reach out! I'm talking to some folks for an article and I'm learning a lot.

maybe it's the heat exhaustion but I decided to create a helpful guide

I once had a director tell me i "wasn't being professional" because I pitched a dating sim. I told him that romance novels make the most money and asked why he wanted to leave money on the table. He reported me to HR who did nothing because she agreed with me.

#Origins was a blast! The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design (AAGAD) inducted Apocalypse World into its Hall of Fame. @megueyb.bsky.social and I are beyond honored. www.originsawards.net Here's me accepting the award:

"Violence is an absurd response to things. I think it should always be presented as flatly as you can manage. Otherwise, you risk glamorizing it." “The older I get, the more I distrust discourse”: An Interview with M. John Harrison — Cristina Politano minorliteratures.com/2026/06/18/t...

Open call for essays that explore the playing experience of games—digital, tabletop, mixed reality, larp, playable theatre, interactive narratives, etc. All submissions for this "Games, Value & Meaning" issue of the Well Played Journal are due on 30 Sept., 2026. playstorypress.org/2026/06/15/w...

Just put up a Patreon post with a TON of new art to use in your personal and commercial projects! www.patreon.com/chaoclypse/p...

I'm attending a digital humanities event in Montreal. There was a keynote on AI and something about the talk made me wonder if it had been written by Claude. I said as much in the Q&A. As I posed the question, the speaker shifted, looking slightly uncomfortable. What he said next shocked the room +

As union loses 20% of membership to layoffs, Paizo’s CEO shares his concerns for the future of the company www.rascal.news/as-union-los...

So Girl Frame got a YouTube review and sold more copies today than it did on launch day (previous record) Which is uh. Yeah. Wild af thing to have happen while on vacation

We played a game of Credo at the site of the actual first Council of Nicaea, 1701 years later...

Bundle Hosting Revamped 📦 🎉 We've taken what we've learned over the past 10 years of co-op bundles and redesigned our bundle creation tools to make it easier than ever to host bundles of all kinds of sizes. Check it out: itch.io/t/6475377/bu...

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I am foaming at the mouth! I need full game Soothwardens!!!

Court holds Google liable for false claims in AI Overviews. Seems significant. "A regular search engine just points to outside websites. But AI overviews generate 'independent, new, and substantive statements' by evaluating and combining content from various third-party sites" the-decoder

Companies that hire you to work on IP often count on your enthusiasm for the fictional universe to override your self-respect and business sense. They'll milk you for free labor, pay below market rates, and hoard the rights to your work. Don't screw over future workers by accepting these terms.

I'm in this one. Thomas and I had such a fun, wide-ranging conversation about Burning Wheel, and as invariably happens, RPGs at large. It might be that system matters, among other things? I really love this project that Thomas is doing, and it was such a delight to hop on for this episode.

We're in the final three days, and I wrote a cheeky little thing about Soothwardens in the announcements on @rascal.news www.rascal.news/soothwardens...

Great writeup of Jubensha Con by @crapstacular.bsky.social at @rascal.news! Includes quotes from @opheliaau7170.bsky.social (speaker and jubensha designer) and me, with a shout-out to the venerable Chaoyang Trap House newsletter for being the place where I probably first read about jubensha...

I've written an actually kinda open and vulnerable piece about what made my UKGE better than previous years. (The name is a reference to Decision to Leave but that reference isn't relevant to the post, I just like the film, but the title of the post is relevant)

Having been in a couple of long-running tabletop gaming groups, it's neat to see how many literary circles also turn out to be gaming groups. Mid-17th C. 'salon' novelists? Gaming group(s). De Scudéry even has a long documentary of play: wobbupalooza.neocities.org/1667 Here's a 🧵 with more ...

Tabletop Bookshelf built its brick-and-mortar future out of past goodwill www.rascal.news/tabletop-boo...

I finally made some new art! "The Porcelain Tyrant of Mount Anhtong" I am not a fan of how "iconic" tigers look and am always looking for ways to make it look less tiger.

fun! i don't know who said that every game designer probably had one Star Trek game in them (and that Star Trek could support any number of adaptations because it was so many different things in one package) but it's so true. i wonder how many there are now! how many do you know?

Thomas sat down with me for two hours to get the details in this article. It's always worthwhile to read @rascal.news, but if you're a follower & fate fan, this one's extra worth checking out.

This is a great article. And it makes sense. FATE’s my go-to system. I’m playing in a campaign right now! But it’s so easy to make your own FATE material that the number of FATE books I’ve bought is hilariously small compared to other games I’ve played way less. That's just hard to monetize.

If we're eulogizing FATE today, then it seems like a good excuse to spotlight my single favorite thing that ever got made with it: @kiraserpentine.bsky.social's Twilight Dames! injectorseat.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/o...

I had a really great conversation with @deadlyfredly.bsky.social about Fate, the trajectory of Evil Hat as a publisher and how we might be looking at the last official release. I think there's some great anecdotes here, including how the early internet still influences the company's ethos.

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every compromise i make to earn money and sustain my livelihood is necessary and justifiable, every compromise someone else makes reveals them to be a shallow soulless hack of the highest order

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Someone asked about how they are using this prep prompt for NPC's in the Apocalypse World: Burned Over Discord. And I wrote the following: 1/5ish #ApocalypseWorld #TTRPG

Today is the last day of our collective Bundle! If you've been waiting on this deal (50% off one month's subscription to six independent websites), now's your final chance. A huge thank you to everyone who already supported. Y'all are our lifeblood.

RPG bundle crowdfunds disaster aid in the aftermath of Typhoon Sinlaku www.rascal.news/rpg-bundle-c...

Hello! I'm looking to speak to artists or art directors who have opinions about visdev / art agencies and crediting practices for artists who work through those agencies. Basically, as far as I can tell, some companies credit the artist and some don't, and the agency leaves it up to them.

Exclusive: Unionized tech workers at the New York Times have filed grievances accusing management of using AI-powered performance tools to track and discipline staff. The Tech Guild says recent disciplinary notices appear to be generated using one of the tools. 🎁 www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Hello! I'm looking to speak to artists or art directors who have opinions about visdev / art agencies and crediting practices for artists who work through those agencies. Basically, as far as I can tell, some companies credit the artist and some don't, and the agency leaves it up to them.

I do tech support for my entire family -- spent a couple hours fixing my sisters laptop (just needed a driver update, but was also slow af which got me going). Meanwhile my mom told me she's still on Windows 10 and I was like "probably for the best right now". Her decade-old machine works so 🤷

Another one of @aptshadow.bsky.social's book series is being adapted for tabletop roleplay. @handiworkgames.bsky.social will turn the The Tyrant Philosophers into a scheming, factional RPG, and the studio talked to us about their goals for the project.

We're over the moon to announce The Tyrant Philosophers Roleplaying Game! Take to the streets of Ilmar in this game of Rebellion and Resistance in @aptshadow.bsky.social's City of Bad Decisions! Find out more and sign up to be notified of the launch here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/han... #ttrpg

Gonna say the same thing I have been saying for the last few years: there is no future in this business. Get out while you can. If you have to write about media, do it because you want to, and do it for yourself, not some website that pays pennies and would feed you to an alligator to make a dime.

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