Derek Semsick

My first five TTRPGs in order 1. Vampire the Masquerade 2nd edition 2. Star Wars (West End Games) 3. MechWarrior (FASA) 4. Cross Splat WoD game (I was playing a Shadow Lord ) 5. Mage the Ascension 2nd Edition

You need to watch Marriagetoxin.

You have to believe the imaginary scientists. I think it's a law or something.

This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...

Your character sheet says your mage uses Tarot. Okay. What do they actually do with the cards? Shuffle? Meditate? Calculate? Tell a story? Enter trance? Ask a spirit? Mage gets much more interesting when Instruments become verbs.

Whelp, that's like half of the collection 😒

Me creating a horror for this game is a stretch goal! Come on! You want more Carlos out there don’t you?

The Decay: Survival Horror Roleplaying is now live on Kickstarter! Go back your new favorite horror ttrpg and get the Early Bird prices during the first 24 hours. We have such sights to show you. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cof...

Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits (Or don't. I'm not a cop). 1. The Wild Sea (GMed by @coffeeallnight.itch.io ) 2. Vampire the Masquerade 6th edition playtest 3. Werewolf (5th Edition) 4. Mage the Ascension (20th Anniversary edition)

One great thing about AI is that you can now be in a one-person cult and still not be the leader

Look at this sweet game from @atlasgames.bsky.social: Ars Magica Definitive Edition, with a cloth map of Mythic Europe! Mark and I put everything we had into this game, and I guess that's why it has such legs. "A fantasy RPG for gamers who are tired of fantasy RPGs" is what we called it in 1987.

Newest game is out! highlevelgames.itch.io/calling-cards #ttrpg #indiegame #indiettrpg #tarot

For any #WerewolfTheApocalypse #Therian folks out there who might like their symbol done up in glyph stylization, I had a Wyld urge and made one Version with transparent background you can download for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IH7O426CE20

Your mage has accumulated enough Paradox that you know something unpleasant is coming. Do you: A) Stop using magic B) Keep everything coincidental C) Deliberately trigger the backlash D) Cast something spectacular and trust fate 🎧 The Perils of Paradox: magethepodcast.com/the-perils-o...

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞? #poll - Paradox - Conflicting paradigms - Players getting too clever - The Storyteller saying "Are you sure?"

A quick thread about the Player Principles from #PuppetRun and where each one comes from: These principles really are mechanics because they help to reinforce the tone of the game 🧵1/10 www.kickstarter.com/projects/car...

You cannot design away bad players in a tabletop rpg. You cannot build enough guard rails to stop bad faith play. The only rule that helps is, "Play With Better People." Because those guard rails suck for every good faith player that has to bump into them, design for the people who WANT to PLAY.

"When I was a kid, we didn't have that mamby-pamby health care! If you got sick, you DIED, like an honest, red-blooded AMERICAN! If I'm elected, I promise that if you get sick, you'll die too, as God intended!"

🎉 Finale Celebration Livestream! 🎉 To celebrate this history making Kickstarter @felicia.day will be streaming live on Twitch. There's going to be a lot of weird shit. Music, dancers, weapon masters, a juggler, a falconer, an escape artist, a fire eater - we're closing this Kickstarter out in style.

As a parent, I don't enjoy events where I'm required to hang out with other parents. And it's because I don't want to talk to them about parenting, the ONE thing we have in common, because one of them will spout some thin cover nonsense for "Kids are property", and I am not allowed to punch them.

Check out Dark Conspiracy – A Horror RPG in the Modern Age on @BackerKit! I'm a sucker for horror and Traveller. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Listen to Mike.

Don’t forget, it’s Zero Cool Day! 😎 #HackThePlanet

I’m enjoying V6. A lot. #VTM #V6

I already did the thing and you should too.

The Poxy Boggards make questionable life choices by making a deal with the devil. Song rips, though.

I'll throw my hat out there to #Whitewolf that I have the unique mix of experiences to unfuck Mage. I've written for MageRev, consulted on M20, worked on both editions of Awakening, and worked for their IP holders and licensees from 1999 on. And I know where I screwed up. Hire me! Actually a bit srs

V6 flows narratively, has a pretty rough but likable framework, and is easy and fun to play. This is an edition I already like a lot.

Okay on to part 2 where I'm going to read through the Storyteller's Packet and give my live thoughts as I read. This one should be shorter. Again I really like where they're going with this game system already, it's mostly the meat around the bones that is pretty weak. Let's get on with it (1/??)

Looking for the intersection of #TTRPGs and #crochetsky or #sewingsky . One of the stretch goals for PuppetRun is going to be including crochet and sewing patterns to make your own spooky puppets and I am looking for designers who are interested! Please get in touch if that’s you and share if not!

You can tell what decade someone came into the ttrpg hobby by how strongly they argue that it's the GMs job, not the rulebook, to teach people how to play the game.

You should play more traveller Traveller is fucking incredible.

As a certified lover of all things vampire, I must tell my opinions on Vampire the Masquerade 6th Edition. I have heard a lot of skepticism about it, but I'm going to read the play test materials and live post my thoughts. I already say an AP at Gencon, and am already positive. (1/??)

Write more for the Black Sword Hack and the Chaos crier. Please bother the Merry Mushmen with your articles.

I need to get off of reddit. The TTRPG subs are overrun with V6 drama, and the flagrant misinformation is exhausting. "I heard they're getting rid of Hunger Dice and Predator Types and Touchstones, and by that point, is it even Vampire???" Yes. Yes. Yes. There's NEW systems that do the SAME THING

The Decay launches on KS October 1st, but I'm going to be doing some fun things ahead of it. 1) Fresh Decay is going to be a free preview zine that will contain the FULL system with an open license for 3rd party creators. 2) We will run a game jam using said license during October as well.

After playtesting and iterating for 2 years, The Decay has gotten to the point where it is comfortable and effortless to run, and intuitive on the player side as well. I can't wait to share this with all of you. Follow on KS to join in. #ttrpg #horror www.kickstarter.com/projects/cof...

Looking at the playtest version of Vampire: The Masquerade 6e, it has me pretty excited for them to (hopefully? finally?) put out a new edition of Mage: The Ascension.

Being the finance lead for rascal the last year has been a gradually worsening job, only because I have to be the bearer of bad news each month as the global economy gets worse and worse. If you want Rascal to continue to exist for years to come, we need your support

A couple ideas: 1) Describe it with your damn words. 2) Set aside the actual time you need to do your prep. 3) Don't do a stupid fucking eye spy puzzle in your game session.

Rascal News is an invaluable resource that is trying to keep games journalism afloat in this time of chaos. I am proud to be a subscriber and hope they can continue their work in the years to come. www.rascal.news

@worldofdarkness.bsky.social first impressions of VtM V6 - like what i've seen/heard. Keeping attributes and 1-5 skills = good, usual clans = good keeping some core concepts nature, beast, lifepaths = awesome player principles = great for one shots or series (all games should have these)

My English timeline is sad Vampire 6e is D&D now. My Brazilian timeline is happy it is more narrative. 🤷‍♂️

1 like = 1 completely mundane and useless fact about me.

Fuck Harry Potter. Go play Mage: The Ascension!

The new vampire the masquerade playtest feels like a departure… Which is good. When requiem 2e is still the best version of the game you kind of need to try something different than what V5 did. Call me intrigued.

In Vampire: the Masquerade, vampires can gain the powers of other vampires by drinking their blood and souls, a process known as diablerie. In the Nintendo games, beloved pink sphere Kirby likewise gains the powers of his enemies by eating them. implying Kirby is a diablerist. In this essay I will