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I run RPGs and think about them way too much. He/Him https://antagonistrelations.blogspot.com/ Primary/Personal profile: @thatwordyguy.bsky.social

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Starting a new @landofeem.bsky.social online campaign and one of my player's character's, a gnome, ended up rolling 'Fake Poop' & a 'Meat Hook' for her starting mundane equipment.

#ttrpg

07.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now my players are attacking possessed roombas... #ttrpg

05.03.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Hunter 5e RPG screen with Hunter dice and tokens on it.

The Hunter 5e RPG screen with Hunter dice and tokens on it.

Time to run some #Hunter

05.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Lego mini figs with FCK ICE & Rebel Loon tops, carrying anti-ICE protest signs & a MN Ice Out Now Flag behind them with a fluffy gray cat behind the Legos.

Lego mini figs with FCK ICE & Rebel Loon tops, carrying anti-ICE protest signs & a MN Ice Out Now Flag behind them with a fluffy gray cat behind the Legos.

Got the Brickmania MN ICE Out Legos and they look pretty great TBH.

www.brickmania.com/minnesota-oc...

27.02.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 182 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5

Are you looking for a friendly online #TTRPG or #RPG group? The thread below has information about joining an every other Saturday afternoon online game playing @landofeem.bsky.social which is best described as Lord of the Rings meets the Muppets.

#landofeem #lookingforgroup #dnd

21.02.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The box and board for the Star Trek the Next Generation Interactive VCR board game: A Klingon Challenge from 1993.

The box shows Kavok an angry Klingon who yells at the players for approximately an hour.

The box and board for the Star Trek the Next Generation Interactive VCR board game: A Klingon Challenge from 1993. The box shows Kavok an angry Klingon who yells at the players for approximately an hour.

Up at a cabin with a VCR & about to be yelled at by an angry Klingon for an hour...

#boardgame #startrek #interactivevcrboardgame

22.02.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Are you looking for a friendly online #TTRPG or #RPG group? The thread below has information about joining an every other Saturday afternoon online game playing @landofeem.bsky.social which is best described as Lord of the Rings meets the Muppets.

#landofeem #lookingforgroup #dnd

20.02.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are you looking for a friendly online #TTRPG or #RPG group? The thread below has information about joining an every other Saturday afternoon online game playing @landofeem.bsky.social which is best described as Lord of the Rings meets the Muppets.

#landofeem #lookingforgroup #dnd

20.02.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Head and shoulders image of a white haired man with a white goatee looking off into the distance to the right. Some buildings and a bit of water are visible behind him. Ryan Dancey, former COO of Alderac Entertainment Group.

Head and shoulders image of a white haired man with a white goatee looking off into the distance to the right. Some buildings and a bit of water are visible behind him. Ryan Dancey, former COO of Alderac Entertainment Group.

Text from a LinkedIn post which says:

Ryan Dancey Author
Chief Operating Officer at Alderac Entertainment Group

I have zero reason to believe that an AI couldn't "come up with Tiny Towns or Flip Seven or Cubitos". I can prompt any of several AIs RIGHT NOW and get ideas for games as good as those. The gaming industry doesn't exist because humans create otherwise unobtainable ideas. It exists because many many previous games exist, feed into the minds of designers, who produce new variants on those themes. People then apply risk capital against those ideas to see if there's a product market fit. Sometimes there is, and sometimes there is not. (In fact, much more often than not).

Extremely occasionally (twice in my lifetime: D&D and Magic: the Gathering) a human has produced an all new form of gaming entertainment. Those moments are so rare and incandescent that they echo across decades.

Game publishing isn't an industry of unique special ideas. It's an industry about execution, marketing, and attention to detail. All things AIs are great at.

Text from a LinkedIn post which says: Ryan Dancey Author Chief Operating Officer at Alderac Entertainment Group I have zero reason to believe that an AI couldn't "come up with Tiny Towns or Flip Seven or Cubitos". I can prompt any of several AIs RIGHT NOW and get ideas for games as good as those. The gaming industry doesn't exist because humans create otherwise unobtainable ideas. It exists because many many previous games exist, feed into the minds of designers, who produce new variants on those themes. People then apply risk capital against those ideas to see if there's a product market fit. Sometimes there is, and sometimes there is not. (In fact, much more often than not). Extremely occasionally (twice in my lifetime: D&D and Magic: the Gathering) a human has produced an all new form of gaming entertainment. Those moments are so rare and incandescent that they echo across decades. Game publishing isn't an industry of unique special ideas. It's an industry about execution, marketing, and attention to detail. All things AIs are great at.

Ryan Dancey, a more than 30-year veteran of the tabletop gaming industry, has lost his COO job at publisher AEG a day after saying AI could generate game ideas as good as his company’s titles Tiny Towns and Cubitos:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

19.02.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 304 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 56
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AR Recruitment Drive For more information or to express interest contact Antagonist.Relations@gmail.com TL;DR My name is Zack, and I’ve been playing and running roleplaying games of all varieties since the 1990s, at any ...

I am especially looking for players interested in my @landofeem.bsky.social campaign that will be starting Saturday March 7th & continuing on 3/21, 4/4, 4/18, et cetera...

Beginners are more than welcome, you can find more information out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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16.02.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Wizards against ice

Wizards against ice

More protest art

17.02.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I've obviously been incredibly busy this last month, but I am still looking for an online player or two for a #TTRPG game that runs Saturdays from 11:30a-4pm CST every other week.

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16.02.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
A shot of an Old School Essentials sheet RPG sheet showing Gordo, a chaotic 1st level Magic-User. His background is below. His illustration shows a froglike humanoid with a cone hat covered with eyes, a staff, a frogskin grimoire, a frog eye ring and a waterskin full of 'delicious fermented swamp water'.

You are an itinerant collector of occult lore and unwitting servant of the frog demon Habzarg the Relentless. You came under your infernal master's sway after somewhat over-eagerly practicing the summoning magicks in a stolen, frog-skin grimoire that came into your possession. Still, the demon's demands mesh well with vour own wicked inclinations
Your skin and eyes have begun to betray your afhliation to the amphibious, causing you to hide away from other humans (except for those obsequious and obliging friends you have beguiled with your magic)

You scheme to establish a lair in an isolated bog where you can continue your research in peace, away from the prying eyes
of civilisation. You'll first just need to amass a certain level of wealth and a suitably impressive occult library...

A shot of an Old School Essentials sheet RPG sheet showing Gordo, a chaotic 1st level Magic-User. His background is below. His illustration shows a froglike humanoid with a cone hat covered with eyes, a staff, a frogskin grimoire, a frog eye ring and a waterskin full of 'delicious fermented swamp water'. You are an itinerant collector of occult lore and unwitting servant of the frog demon Habzarg the Relentless. You came under your infernal master's sway after somewhat over-eagerly practicing the summoning magicks in a stolen, frog-skin grimoire that came into your possession. Still, the demon's demands mesh well with vour own wicked inclinations Your skin and eyes have begun to betray your afhliation to the amphibious, causing you to hide away from other humans (except for those obsequious and obliging friends you have beguiled with your magic) You scheme to establish a lair in an isolated bog where you can continue your research in peace, away from the prying eyes of civilisation. You'll first just need to amass a certain level of wealth and a suitably impressive occult library...

Playing some #OldSchoolEssentials at @conofthenorth.bsky.social & Gordo's new favorite weapon is the severed human foot in a boot he found.

#ttrpg

15.02.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
No ICE in Minnesota by jesthehuman and 651 others No ICE in Minnesota: 1439 items for $10.00

Do you want 1,439 games for just $10? Of course you do, that’s BANANAS! All proceeds from this bundle on @itchio.bsky.social go to the MN Immigrant Law Center. Get you some rad games (including one by @thatwordyguy.bsky.social) & help hit the $500,000 goal, already at 70%! ❀️

itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

14.02.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Highly recommend inviting a bunch of Bluesky randos (now friends) to come play a #ttrpg in your basement where you dupe some farm boys, let out someone’s troublesome goat, carry the fox PC around in a cauldron for most of the adventure, accidentally summon a demon, then banish it and save the day! ❀️

31.01.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures, a zero-prep OSR roleplaying game you can play in an afternoon Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures is a zero-prep roleplaying game you can play in an afternoon

What a delight to get to run a session of Beyond the Wall tonight. Truly a fantastic zero prep #ttrpg that helps players build interesting and rich characters.

Got character creation & a satisfying session in under four hours.

www.flatlandgames.com/btw/

31.01.2026 04:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Still three open player spots for this, reach out if you're interested.

#ttrpg #minneapolis

19.01.2026 03:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.

21.01.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BE SO BRILLIANT NONE OF YOUR ENEMIES WOULD DARE LOOK AT YOU.

19.01.2026 05:47 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The game Pacts on a table top featuring a dark green playmat with different colored areas in blue, purple, and red and gorgeous Celtic knotwork and dragon illustrations in white. The assorted black and white cards with matching artwork lay on the table in front of the mat

The game Pacts on a table top featuring a dark green playmat with different colored areas in blue, purple, and red and gorgeous Celtic knotwork and dragon illustrations in white. The assorted black and white cards with matching artwork lay on the table in front of the mat

First play through of Pacts by @dvcgames.bsky.social A thinky little 2-player area control dueler that has solid components & gorgeous Celtic artwork. I played as the Kelpies, but there are many factions of the seelie & unseelie courts (all with different powers) we can’t wait to try! #boardgames

14.01.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Pacing the Hunt - Desperation & Danger Storyteller Tips for Hunter: the Reckoning 5th Edition A set of four Hunter dice, two orange regular dice and two black Desperation dice, showing the range of results with standard d10s underneat...

Just put up a new article on Antagonist Relations: Pacing the Hunt - Desperation & Danger Storyteller Tips for Hunter: the Reckoning 5th Edition

antagonistrelations.blogspot.com/2026/01/paci...

#ttrpg #worldofdarkness #hunterthereckoning

06.01.2026 00:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every great adventure in a TTRPG, no matter which system, should include at least one (if not more than one) element that needs to be solved without using the character sheet. Puzzles, Role Playing encounters, hard choices - players feel more satisfied when it is more than dice that wins the day.

06.01.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 129 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pacing the Hunt - Desperation & Danger Storyteller Tips for Hunter: the Reckoning 5th Edition A set of four Hunter dice, two orange regular dice and two black Desperation dice, showing the range of results with standard d10s underneat...

Just put up a new article on Antagonist Relations: Pacing the Hunt - Desperation & Danger Storyteller Tips for Hunter: the Reckoning 5th Edition

antagonistrelations.blogspot.com/2026/01/paci...

#ttrpg #worldofdarkness #hunterthereckoning

06.01.2026 00:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Last night I ran a fantastic @landofeem.bsky.social game where the party put "Glasses & Fake Mustache" (an actual item from the equipment list in the book) on the NPC they were escorting & tricked 2 sets of bounty hunters & avoided any combat the entire session.

3/5

03.01.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Want to play more #ttrpgs in 2026? We can help with that! 😁

02.01.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Behold my new iridescent Cat Butt Dice Tower! πŸ˜†

03.01.2026 02:29 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of the Land of Eem core rulebook with a tiny mushroom bookmark in it, the Bestiary and a notebook with bananas on it containing GM notes.

A photo of the Land of Eem core rulebook with a tiny mushroom bookmark in it, the Bestiary and a notebook with bananas on it containing GM notes.

Time to run some @landofeem.bsky.social

Party will be leaving Crickstop on their long journey to Muckland Harbor.

#ttrpg

03.01.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Still looking for a few #ttrpg players for online @landofeem.bsky.social & #shadowdark games that play Saturday afternoons every other week.

& in-person #hunterthereckoning #alienrpg & other #rpg player opportunities in the #minneapolis #stpaul #twincities metro area.

full details in thread.

02.01.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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My #ttrpg players know me too well... #toothd4 #d4 #teeth

03.01.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A set of fancy sparkly translucent HeroQuest dice showing the skull, hero shield and Zargon shield icons. They look nice but are slightly hard to read in person.

A set of fancy sparkly translucent HeroQuest dice showing the skull, hero shield and Zargon shield icons. They look nice but are slightly hard to read in person.

#HeroQuest has come a long way from the old wooden dice I used as a child...

01.01.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0