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Danny Fist π
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West Australian Engineer | Giant Robot enjoyer | Eternal GM (like a forever GM but I'm π with it) | Little freak https://dannyfi.st
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I will now assume everyone who hasn't read and rated my Appendix N adventure is illiterate. Prove you can read today! itch.io/jam/appx-n-j...
Very cool having the designer run the game. It gives a really unique insight into the system. Really hope we get more of these.
In a very special bonus "actual play" of Between Two Cairns, @outridercreative.bsky.social leads @bradkerr.net @betterlegends.bsky.social and me through a spider-infested game of Perils & Princesses! Join our patreon to have a listen. www.patreon.com/betweentwoca...
GK Chesterton's command of the English language is awe inspiring. He takes something you've heard a thousand times, flips it on its head, and pulls an even greater truth out of it. Well worth a read and entirely free! standardebooks.org/ebooks/g-k-c...
It's slop! It kind of works but no one has bothered to iron out the details. That kind of carelessness is typical of these decompiles and reimplementations.
After I test this I might do a write up. I have had a draft about the actual capabilities and limits of AI sitting there for ages and this might be a good case study.
Really cool website that puts out better formatted copies of public domain books. Been working on my old jailbroken kindle like a dream. standardebooks.org
After I test this I might do a write up. I have had a draft about the actual capabilities and limits of AI sitting there for ages and this might be a good case study.
I found a open source version of In Design the other day. Its an AI assisted reverse engineering effort which is disappointing but it looks like they also put in the work to actually polish it. Going to test it this evening because desktop publishing feels like the only major missing piece on Linux.
What's more suprising than anything the module delivers is that @weepingstag.bsky.social got into Star Trek through Lower Decks. Ew. (I'm sure Lower Decks is fine but that is an insane way to start watching Star Trek)
Season 2 of Ansible Uplink begins with a TIME WARP episode! @weepingstag.bsky.social joins to review the 1983 Classic Traveller module: Adventure 9: Nomads of the World-Ocean by Andrew and William Keith.
Looks like you have more time to give Calling Upon the Bright Blizzard 5 stars across the board! itch.io/jam/appx-n-j...
We've extended the review deadline for the #appxnjam! itch.io/jam/appx-n-j...
Okay this game fucking rips. Mostly combat focused with a bit of skill development and managing supplies, but the atmosphere is intense! Every floor has been another step away from reality and into hell.
Steam is having a Party-based RPG sale and I just found this great dungeon crawler called THYSIASTERY. Fantastic presentation and mechanics so far. Excited to see how deep it goes.
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138. Calling Upon the Bright Blizzard by @dannyfi.st A chilling science-fantasy pointcrawl for Cairn 2e β Clean layout trifold pamphlet with simple map & great old school atomic age public domain art. A post-nuclear forest where one can speak to the dead, inhabited by irradiated beasts & a robot
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Copyright is also a huge problem in tech. All these streaming services are technologically stagnant because their main area of investment is acquiring IP and licenses. It should not be faster for me to stream a movie from a torrent than it is Netflix but here we are.
Copyright has destroyed the artistic process. Every single artist throughout time has lifted and modified previous works, sometimes WHOLESALE from previous creators. It's always okay to use previous works as a springboard if you are human. If you are computer...halt and catch fire.
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Very precise analysis of a youtube video that annoyed me as well as some nice data
I surveyed 200 players and learned that most OSR games fall into two tiers of lethality - Meatgrinder and Picaresque. Table culture determines lethality more than system or campaign length. valerialoves.com/how-deadly-i...
I had to drop out early but still managed to capture some great pearls of wisdom from @zedecksiew.bsky.social (as well as a little sneak peak at his upcoming adventure (totally unrelated note but did you know there is a Malay version of Journey to the West?))
Just finished moderating LFG Indonesia's Adventure Writing & Publishing Workshop, with @zedecksiew.bsky.social & @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social as guest speakers! Had an awesome time listening to them share their insights, opinions, and experiences!
So excited that this is basically in my time zone
π¨WORKSHOP ALERTπ¨ Doing this workshop tomorrow with @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social for LFG---ie: Indonesia's hottest TTRPG community)! Moderated by @isaacisafraid.bsky.social . Come join? I worked hard on my 16-slide presentation! (Plus am using my next adventure as a case study- so sneak preview!)
The mad man did it and is still going!
100. Into the Viridian Pit by @weepingstag.bsky.social A Star Trek inspired pointcrawl for Cairn 2e π Nice colors & a fun map, absolutely crammed with text describing locations, novel gear, an alien race, an infectious disease, & a whole roster of redshirts. Oh, and *literal* star-crossed lovers!
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That's $9k each by the way. The writers get a chunk for themselves and then a chunk to spend on contractors and manufacturing. Then TKG pre-orders ~100-200 of the finished books (netting the creators another $1-2k when it's all said and done).
Mothership Month is back this year, with one big caveat: no crowdfunding, no new releases. Instead we're investing back in the community: For starters: the Jump-9 Writers Grant will invest $9k in 3 new writers to help them each create a Mothership zine. www.failuretolerated.com/mothership-m...
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He might actually make it to 100! Incredible.
This will be my official Appendix N 2026 Game Jam review thread #appxnjam π I'll review a few modules that catch my eye each day, aiming for 100 π² Please check out and rate my own submission below π as well as follow & read the works of all these other fine #TTRPG & #OSR creators!
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Check out Operation Bad Luau and take your table on an island excursion! gluetrapgames.itch.io/operation-ba...
Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net @betterlegends.bsky.social and I review two pamphlet adventures: Praise Be, God of Filth by @wuggy.bsky.social & Operation Bad Luau by @discodan.bsky.social, and discuss what we've been playing. www.patreon.com/betweentwoca...
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You have been misled. It's a setting, and it rules. valerialoves.com/wages-of-sin...
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