another trope: saving the town with a talent show. today i crit on a presence test that involved doing gymnastics in a spectacle we put on in the town square to get the baron's attention!

in today's Draw Steel, the party considered an assassination, dialed it back to just possibly burglary, then dialed it back UP to assassination again after meeting the guy's wife

I'd love to read your TTRPG newsletter. unfortunately you've chosen to host it on substack, the Nazi website, so I won't be doing that. sounds so interesting though. wish I could!

This is a long shot, but do any of my followers know of domestic violence and immigration resources that could help someone with a Palestinian passport & U.S. green card (both stolen) who is currently located in Egypt?

I'm replacing my laptop battery today. everybody cross your fingers and pray I don't accidentally break everything

The US is responsible for this

Art Fight attack for @inoaart.bsky.social of their very cool devil lady! #xochiart #artFight #artFight2026

trans people only: suppose you come across a review of your work. it's complimentary, but they misgender you. do you... 1) forget it exists? 2) ignore the misgendering and interact like it's any other review (reskeet, etc)? 3) openly acknowledge the misgendering? 4) secret other option?

sometimes game prep is just one scribbled line with a monster's name. and sometimes it's 27 pages of stuff collaged together via physical arts and crafts. and I'll never reveal which sessions are which

🏖️🌈HELP ME DO GAY BEACH!🌈🏄‍♂️ What are your fave APs of Moonlight on Roseville Beach? (no all white ones plz). I want to learn how to run it bc I've been dying to play it since I got the pdf a while back, and watching an AP helps me visualise the rules in action 🥰

Art Fight attack for @saisaixchan.bsky.social !! #xochiart #ArtFight #ArtFight2026

Horror lovers, I've got a Heart one-shot for you next weekend! The mayor is dying, and he's having the party of a lifetime before he goes. It's YOUR job to get the perfect ingredients for the perfect last meal. Horrors! Wet stuff! Weird mushrooms! Beginners welcome. Sat 7/11, 6PM Pacific. Get in!

Oh, the explanation of why the company is closing is heartbreaking. If masculine dress shoes are your thing, check them out, buy something.

I've gotten to the point of The Process where I hate every concept so much I'm just slapping some half baked garbage together and calling it a day. at least it's not AI 🫩

Yasmine!! #xochiart #streetFighter

I was a grief counselor for someone handling the loss of their dead wife. I killed their wife. They want to kill me for revenge. It was a good time.

tonight in Draw Steel someone floated the idea of, hey what if we just scraped together enough ultra-rare minerals to resurrect the dead baron and his whole dead family? which is, I will say, an INNOVATIVE solution to a political mess

I was correct btw. they DID spend three real-life hours in 1.5 rooms politically maneuvering. and I'm delighted to say that 1) nobody died, especially not the rightful heir to the barony, and 2) the PCs reached some kind of closure with one of their nemeses. meaty talking!!

Emi is a wonderful director and the work they're doing in adapting Strahd into Draw Steel is excellent! Highly recommend!

back in the graphic design mines again comrades. send help. send creative inspiration

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y'all will never believe this, but I just dropped a plate containing a bagel with cream cheese, and BOTH halves landed cream cheese side UP and on clean surfaces from which the bagel could be salvaged safely. should I buy a lottery ticket

in a server I'm in, I just saw somebody ask how to make non-combat scenes "meaty". [looking at today's prep notes, 75% sure the PCs will spend the whole session sitting in one room doing political scheming] idk how do you not

I'm re-listening to Til Death Do Us Heart (great AP, 10/10 recommend) and realizing, with horror, that @naomithinksit.bsky.social's character in this might be the origin of the most bizarre accent I use as a GM

"Befriending" is code for the fact I got to keep my "flirts with the npcs" title. But truly another amazing session!

There's a seat open in my Wednesday afternoon Draw Steel Against Strahd game! Slay vampires, make friends, explore Gothic mysteries, and bring life and joy back to a cursed land. The party just finished up the first arc of the campaign—perfect time to get in on the fun! Wednesdays 2PM Pacific:

I got to really lean into being a Shadow today and it was e x h i l a r a t i n g

I have to miss the next few sessions and I've never been so sad about not being able to make it to a ttrpg game. I love this party so much and am definitely not worried about my elementalist maybe turning into a werewolf 🙃

in today's Draw Steel, the party got to a new town and immediately tried to start a fight with (and steal from) the city guard. AND two heroes found out they have lycanthropy :)

Today, the Prairieland defendants Ines Soto, Joy Gibson, and Rebecca Morgan were sentenced to 50, 15, and 15 years, respectively. This is political persecution for the sole purpose of terrorizing potential protesters. But if we let them scare us out of organizing, that will only endanger us more.

i would love to do wrath month but unfortunately it is too hot and my local government made me do wrath during pride so i'm doing queer sloth month instead thank you for your understanding

to cope with my agonies I'm watching season 6 of the US Love Island, which I'm told is good. I'm tempted to live tweet, but nobody expect too much effort (the agonies)

sometimes prepping for a game means studying medieval heraldry. and sometimes it means watching a bunch of messy romantic dramas. it's research, you understand

clank clonk **kissing noises from knights

what is it that compels me to first create a large group of knights and then decide I must create heraldry for all of them. and then figure out the correct blazon for each. what is my PROBLEM

Draw Steel people, the final draft of Hooked on Crafting is out! 🎉 If you have already bought your copy, you should be able to just download the new PDF and start using it at the table. If you haven't, this is your last chance to do so at a discounted price 👀 thedicesociety.itch.io/hooked-on-cr...

this month I did have to Have A Talk about another player repeatedly misgendering my character, which. during pride month? smh. I'd love to play a game with strangers one day where this doesn't happen!!

June has sprinted past me at astonishing speed and I wish I'd had time to play some queer games w y'all (beloved friends and mutuals). alas! maybe next month... I've got Pendragon on the brain again...

folks should be asking what staff has been doing to these to people to drive them to this as it almost certainly means many of them will be possibly killed if not locked up for the rest of their lives

I’m going to say it again: I will never, ever, ever vote for this man.

It's not too late to call your reps to vote NO on KOSA, and if you like being able to sign on to the internet without entering your driver's license or passport number, it's crucial that you do! I left a message over the weekend and called again for good measure today. I hope you do the same!

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So close to getting the amount I need for this! Thankyou from the bottom of my heart to everyone who's donated so far! It's deeply appreciated! It would be amazing if I can get it before the end of summer, but either way, thankyou so much for all your kind support!💖🙏🤞 ko-fi.com/glitzydemon/...

It was me, specifically, who killed her wife. I look forward to having a calm and reasonable conversation with her

today in Witchlight the party snuck into the last (?) villain's stronghold through a secret entrance and then promptly walked into a full room of the villain's minions, undisguised, carrying an 8-foot-tall prop moon. wearing feathered pirate hats. I love subterfuge & subtlety

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It's never too late to start masking again! We've known that conventions and fests are superspreader events for decades, you don't have to get sick! COVID is still here and leaving so many disabled people isolated from most public spaces. If you don't want that to happen to you, wear a mask!

in tonight's Draw Steel, the heroes were handed a ticking political time bomb in the form of an angry grieving teenager (the legitimate heir to the barony). AND the assassin who killed the baron. who is also their personal nemesis (they killed her wife). AND their pasts are haunting them