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I'm having a rough month physically and financially but have secured a psych appointment a few days from now. If you wanna help take some of the pressure off C/V/Ko-fi: OrionDBlack

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Wrong link on previous post! Please follow Five Fires, a TTRPG about 80s and 90s Hip Hop! Coming in August: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Good question!

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Random tech/ttrpg question: are there people in the TTRPG space who could use help setting up an email newsletter built on Ghost (complete with hosting, etc)?

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Oh one more thing! Five Fires, my ttrpg about 80s-90s era Hip Hop, will have an edited and laid out version released around the time of this keynote. Current ashcan is here: thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/five-fires

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Also, a few more words on our first session of Raging River City Never Sleeps (RRCNS). My goal with the RPS system of Mindcade games was to emulate the overall loop of retro arcade games. There is a discovery portion, and choreography portion.

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Roll20, which owns DriveThruRPG, told Rebel Scum's designer (@9thlevelgames.bsky.social) that allowing their "hateful content" and political speech on its platform constituted a "slippery slope."

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I'll be giving a keynote speech at the Generation Analog Conference this year! My talk is entitled "Thinking of a Master Plan: Hip Hop, TTRPGs, and the Power of Imaginative Defiance" The event is online and free! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/generation...

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Love to see it!♥️ Periodic reminder: All of the original cowboys were Black. "Boy" was an insulting term for a grown man. A white ranch worker was a "cowhand." a Black ranch worker was a "cowboy." And "buckaroo" means "cowboy," because someone in California back in the day couldn't spell "Vaquero."

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Tomorrow I turn 42 & I'm depressed about it. I need emergency dental work—I'm broke, unemployed and w/o health insurance. Been hard to get a job in the industry or even just retail. And now taking care of my dad's mental health decline. For my birthday, please donate or share gofund.me/ea7d3005

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Just had an a great play session of Raging River Never Sleeps with @vaklam.bsky.social, @conorvoice.com and another buddy not on bsky. I need to tweak some abilities and numbers, but hole cow this game feels just like a beat em up! So happy with the game flow!

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Digging through some files and came across an oldie but goodie from the 4e days -- Worldbreakers! Long before legendary actions, I had made this system in 4e to make some epic boss fights. One of the best of them was Etherkai, the Nightmare Dragon.

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About half of every dollar spent at Tabletop Bookshelf goes directly to independent publishers and creators Another 20-30% goes to promoting their work. Most of rest goes to storing and distributing that work. None of this happened without an audience willing to pay for that work #PaidRPGDay

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I think people underestimate their ability to help support a game just by telling a friend about it. If I hear a designer talk about their game, I'm not usually convinced. If my friend Will tells me to check out a game, I'm looking. Your words, oftentimes, are just as powerful as your wallet.

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Oh. This sounds amazing.

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Following another Free RPG Day, I'm proud to kick off the second annual #PaidRPGDay! Today, I'm offering my games at a price you can pay to have them! Take a look and consider supporting your favorite indie publisher today, whoever they may be. Shop (with money) now: bannerlessgames.itch.io

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This is a great general point. Every good health habit I've made and kept is one where I started small and frequent. You won't believe how quickly it adds up over time.

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I am going to play Raging River City Sleeps online tonight at 7 pm EDT and I am so pumped. It's gonna be awesome.

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So, we bought a rowing machine (Peloton) a bit ago, but only used it occasionally. @jenmiller00.bsky.social comes up with the idea for us to do at least 5 minutes of rowing a day for 30 days... It's been amazing. Day 15 and I am getting ready to do my first 15 minute row.

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David Hogg, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman, Ilhan Omar, it’s always an excuse. “I don’t like him, I don’t like her,” I don’t care who you don’t like—I care about whether their platform aligns with my beliefs and values.

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What... the fuck?

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観た記念🩵 #kpopdemonhunters

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Rewatching Hannibal with @jenmiller00.bsky.social . It's our first watch together and my second after almost a decade. This show is so amazing.

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I am begging people not to look to the NYT for coverage of what's happening. The BBC, Le Monde, Ajazeera and others will have more truthful coverage.

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This game has a great engine for generating conversations. You should check it out!

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BViG Recap Day 5! You're Naomi, a teen on wheels looking for a way out of a sleepy summer town. Your MP3 player? It’s more than just vibes. Every track shifts the story, so get ready to roll through this narrative adventure set in the mid-2000s. #BlackVoicesinGaming #indiedev #Recap

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Such an honor to be able to work on #griot alongside such talented creators!

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