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alexandrian.bsky.social
Creator of the Alexandrian. Author of So You Want To Be a Game Master. ENnie Award Winner. USA TODAY Bestselling Author. https://thealexandrian.net
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Ray Porter is basically 95% of my audio book consumption. If you want me to buy your book as an audio book, just get Ray Porter to narrate it.

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Down boy.

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Ok, serious debate.

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The Gamehole Con POC Industry Dinner (sponsored by @montecookgames.com ❤️‍🔥) is back for 2025. If you're attending GHC, are a POC, and create TTRPG of any size, including self-published work - apply! @glyphtide.games and I would love to see you there! Apply by 7/23: bit.ly/ghcpoc25

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This ruling is unsurprising. It says that performing statistical analysis on text and creating databases of that statistical analysis is not copyright infringement. Separate that from AI, and you can clearly see why. Everything from search engines to literary concordances would be affected.

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😍

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I once ran a CthulhuTech one-shot where the PCs had to sabotage a facility. As soon as they planted the bomb, I put a (physical!) chronometer in the center of the table, set to count down 1 hour of real time before the bomb went off. The players loved it! 10/10, would use that gimmick again.

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My new hobby is trying to guess what percentage of the "This must be AI!" responses to literally anything being criticized are, in fact, coming from AI bot commenters.

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Make your Shadowdark campaigns even darker by invoking the Mythic Underworld in real time! thealexandrian.net/wordpress/52...

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Pleased to see @alexandrian.bsky.social book in the wild today in Birmingham, England. Such a useful tool which has helped teen GMs at school find the confidence to run. 🎲🎲🎲

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Hypothesis: The Flagellant wing of the OSR experienced the poor layout, opaque text, and often nigh-unintelligible rules of 1970s RPG manuals, felt they found profound truth through their struggle, and now deliberately create illuminated manuscripts that are senselessly difficult to parse or use.

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Hey! Are you GM? Have your players broken you? Check out this PSA. youtube.com/shorts/GoDkg...

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Luckily there is a really good book called "So You Want To Be A Game Master" to fill in the gaps. Written by some guy :) #TTRPG

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Did you know that the D&D 5th Edition core rulebooks don’t include an example of a keyed dungeon map? This is because D&D no longer teaches you how to prep or run a dungeon. thealexandrian.net/wordpress/52...

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Remember: If you're voting for Republicans, you're voting to ban Calvin & Hobbes. pen.org/magic-tree-h...

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Hey! Are you a Game Master? Take your NPCs to the next level! thealexandrian.net/wordpress/46...

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So You Want to Be a Wizard: The First Book in the Young Wizards Series from @diane.dianeduane.com is only $1.99 on Kindle today. Give yourself a treat. amzn.to/45xVKjS

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Random GM Tips starting NOW on Twitch! twitch.tv/TheAlexandrian

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This might be the most agonizing 1500 words I've ever written. Just can't quite get the information to sequence correctly. JFC.

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Anyone else noticing that WotC is getting really shy about telling you who's actually writing their books? I can't find an author list for Dragon Delves anywhere online.

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The final day of #Pyrkon2025 has arrived! Join me for Three Clue Rule in RPG-1, Pavilion 7.

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I'm at #Pyrkon2025! We're celebrating the Polish release of So you Want to Be a Game Master all weekend. Join me today at 13:00 for a signing event, and then again at 16:00 for Let's Cook a Book with Chris Birch of @modiphius.bsky.social and @gshowitt.bsky.social.

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🎲 Heading to Pyrkon 2025? Catch Chris Birch from Modiphius in 3 epic events: game reveals, improv chaos, and TTRPG design talk! Plus, autograph signing June 14! Don’t miss the fun and bring cake 😉 🍰 buff.ly/esDDxfI #Pyrkon2025

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The Polish edition of SO YOU WANT TO BE A GAME MASTER from Black Monk Games is premiering at Pyrkon this weekend! Check out my Pyrkon schedule of events here: thealexandrian.net/wordpress/52...

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Re: Acrobat "new experience." Whoever at Adobe thought "removing all the keyboard shortcuts will make the program so much easier to use!" should be tarred, feathered, and forever ostracized from the tech industry.

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It’s time for the thrilling finale! The villain gives a little monologue, the initiative dice roll, and now it’s time for an epic— Oh. Never mind. The PCs already killed him. thealexandrian.net/wordpress/52...

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