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He/They. Librarian by day. Tabletop games artisan some of the rest of the time. Purveyor of fine PDFs at https://bad-quail.itch.io. Logo by John W. Sheldon.

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"money can't buy happiness" that's cool i'm not trying to buy happiness i'm trying to buy groceries without having a panic attack

submitted 5 days ago • 17 comments

Big sippin with the homie

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

Is a recipe book a system or an adventure?

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

This too is OSR.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

This evening played Great Heathen Army Logistics Simulator 2016 (A Feast for Odin).

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

𝐍𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐋𝐌 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐋𝐌 𝐮𝐬𝐞. See our paper for more results: "Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task" : www.brainonllm.com

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.

submitted 6 days ago • 166 comments

Microscope, Blades in the Dark, and Into the Odd all fit in the category of roleplaying games the same way Splendor, Catan, and Root are all board games. Board games have some terms to distinguish different types. I'm not sure we have any convenient shorthands for RPGs. Outside of scenes.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

it's always interesting to see that a lot of people assume adventure module = overwritten railroad trash. if you've only ever seen what the big boys are doing, i can't entirely blame them, although you'd hope they'd see other people enjoying the form and look a little deeper

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

The only Superman comic I've read is Red Son, so I don't think I have a grasp of how Lex Luthor is typically portrayed. But. We don't need to give fictional billionaires relatable motivations. They'll be put on a collision course with any supe worth the name just doing normal billionaire shit.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Are there that many recent examples of people releasing a TTRPG system and then pivoting to a career in another field? I know a few TSR-era people who went on to careers in digital games. But the couple I can think of were primarily adventure designers (Zeb Cook & Janell Jaquays). (1/2)

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

A 3-player game of ARCS with Leaders and Lore. A Corsair of the Living Cities won a cultural victory over the Rebel and the Fuel Drinker.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

New blog post on ACRLog, "AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide." Got a lot of comments during a recent presentation that people hadn't heard of the concept of AI refusal, so here's some places to start. 📚 acrlog.org/2025/06/11/a...

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

I don't mean this as a specific dig against Isaac or Mausritter. But, I absolutely don't want to say "Yes, count me in!" I want to click "save" and get a reminder email when the project launches. Framing it as a commitment makes me less likely to click the button!

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Act 2 of our second ARCS: Blighted Reach campaign last night. I remained the Caretaker and vied for control of the sector with the Believer, the Warden (formerly the Admiral), and the Pirate (formerly the Magnate).