It really is. Better than it had any business being.
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It really is. Better than it had any business being.
While you wait, you’re behind on listening to Push the Roll so get your life together and listen!!
Keep your ears out for a future episode of @thirdfloorwars.bsky.social Tabletop Talk with @rossbryant.bsky.social and @cuppycup.bsky.social discussing Push the Roll with Ross Bryant, the history, the process and lots of things in between.
Read this. Thank me after.
We touched on this idea in the Dice Exploder episode, and I was inspired to write a whole post about metaphorical gears in game design.
High gear, low gear, setting gears, system gears.
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Setting expectations is the secret. You think lines, veils, and x-cards make it banal? Safe <> banal. Once I know the landscape, and you have a parachute, I am left with infinite tools to lean in and take everything… unless. Horror is my favorite genre by far
I chatted with Matt & Rob of @dmofnone.bsky.social about Ride or Die, the Fast & Furious movies, classical heroes, and refusing to acknowledge physics when they get in the way of fun. Check out the podcast here: dmofnone.libsyn.com/393-ride-or-...
3. As if Blades '68 doesn't have enough touchstones already, I wrote a design diary about four "meta touchstones".
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These are less aesthetic touchstones and more creative guides for my own process. Two books, a TV show, and an ad campaign.
2. I also went on Dice Exploder, to discuss "Draw Maps, Leave Blanks" from Dungeon World (something very near and dear to my heart).
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I'm a big Dice Exploder fan so this was a real treat!
THREE THINGS:
1. I had a great chat with @thirdfloorwars.bsky.social about Blades '68.
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One motivation for continuing to make games is the chance to talk to Craig at least once every few years. Always a pleasure.
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Get some dank fantasy goodness.
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I talked with @olddog.games about the fever dream that brought us to Blades '68 (from @evilhat.bsky.social). How do you take a setting and shift it 100 years into an entirely new era with new touchstones? Find out on Tabletop Talk (on all podcatchers) and here: open.spotify.com/episode/4dkd...
Mumford & Sons on SNL in 2026 feels like finding that last Japanese soldier holding out on a remote island in the 1970s. the Emperor surrendered. clap-stomp was declared an op. clear channel pap. we closed that door in 2017 when everyone was digging that weird MGMT darkwave moment.
Are you curious about @pelgranepress.bsky.social 13th Age second edition by @jonathancapehart.bsky.social and @robheinsoo.bsky.social? And if not, why not? Join us for a romp though the swamp as demonic forces threaten to derail the crowning of a princess and wedding festival!
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Dragonfly Motel is a TTRPG about surrendering to surreal impulses and drifting through dream logic weirdness, watching absurd elements suddenly align and form something strangely satisfying.
Final hours on Kickstarter now!
PWYW for digital.
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At 5p ET, we are live playing the amazing Hunt(er/ed) RPG by @meghanlynnftw.bsky.social and @superdillin.bsky.social. 2-players and shared GM control. See you in chat! twitch.tv/thirdfloorwa...
All traces of strange dreaming had vanished with his recovery, and my uncle kept no record of his night-thoughts.
40% off sale ends today, on Cthulhu Hack Core Rules—soft & hardcover. Today ends a glorious resurrection!
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#CthulhuHack #Lovecraftian #TTRPG
It does exactly what it promises. We all had a blast!
I think we can do a crossover of some sort! Sending a DM.
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What you’re looking for is what I do in my interviews. Please let me know if listen! On all the podcatchers
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Who knows!? There is little chance I was the first to point the game out to him. I do know that you consistently make great games and the more people know, the better.
We ran this on the channel and it hit hard. It was weird, nostalgic, unsettling, and incredibly memorable. I can’t wait for the crowdfunding to go live. I want to run it in its final form.
No words. The best art is the art that leaves with nothing left to say. Wow.
Dunning-Kruger is in the room with us.
Well, damn. I always thought it was a CoC by Gaslight hack.
Matt Daemon for crypto broke the world.
