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tadleckman.bsky.social
Ruining the movie-going and game-playing experiences for students since 1999. UC Santa Cruz Formerly Activision|Blizzard|King, Riot Games, Blizzard, Lucasfilm, ILM. He/him.
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Previz, baby!

I've been following additional #ttrpg and miniature hobby folks here and on YouTube, and it's honestly helpful to dilute the real stuff a bit. Playing games is helpful, too!

Howdy! I'm about to do my first-ever text Q&A over on the Random World's Discord. Have you wanted to ask me a question about Haunted West? Now's your chance; join and ask away! I've got the book, a VERY TALL Viex Carrie for liquid courage, and countless typos to drop! discord.com/invite/mCntYas

When I saw that @flophousepodcast.bsky.social was being joined by @greatesttrek.bsky.social on this week's episode about Star Trek: Section 31, I audibly exclaimed "Holy shit!" even though I was alone in the kitchen about to do dishes. And it's a long episode, to boot!

VERY FUN NEWS! ✨ SAG-AFTRA's Game Jam Waiver is now publicly available!! There's no way I can fit absolutely everything I want to say about it in 300 characters—both about how to use the waiver/why it's so neat + how absurdly grateful I am to the folks who helped make it a thing—but it's SO cool.

Great write up on the value of TTRPGs in community spaces. And my book Side Quest is listed in a starter pack bundle for those interested in getting started! Thanks for the shout out, SLJ!

Get a job! DF is currently on the hunt for a Senior Systems Programmer. This position is focused on developing systems (imagine that!) and internal dev tools. Are you are the programmer of our dreams? Apply here: tinyurl.com/DFSystemProg

Rules-lite roleplaying: QuestWorlds is now available in print format at @drivethrurpg.com! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Elon doesn't seem to understand how the federal government works.

This is extremely good and makes me jealous.

Going to be a fun one this Saturday, Feb 22nd, morning. Live at 8am CT, 2pm GMT Talking META CURRENCIES in #TTRPGs Bennies, luck points, mo'mentum, threat, stress, doom, fate points, story points, plot points www.youtube.com/live/QVUYiMc...

Your outie names their layers

🎨 Happy 35th anniversary to the first version of Photoshop! 💾 Photoshop 1.0 was released on February 19th, 1990, exclusively for the Macintosh!

Spent Sunday afternoon downloading our 350+ Kindle purchases one at a time. Even if you haven't figured out your solution for stripping the DRM, be sure to download the files while you can! www.zdnet.com/article/down...

Aaw…! I’ve heard great things about G.Z.’s film FLOW. What a pleasant surprise! 🥰

This has been my experience as well. Do it!

Get ready for a wave of tuberculosis, a completely curable disease, and the loss of decades of progress. youtu.be/PBjQgizWRBA?...

The Starfinder team is hiring! paizo.bamboohr.com/careers/33

Just got my tickets to see my pal & #TheGuild creator @felicia.day - plus my fave folks @phillamarr.bsky.social & @vangsness.bsky.social for #TheGuild Musical Table Read at Dynasty Typewriter! 🎮🎶🎶🎶 See you there! 🎟🎟🎉🎉🎉 www.squadup.com/events/the-g...

If you missed this when it streamed live, the VODs are now on YouTube. Catch Part 1 here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfFq... Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPtH...

I just followed a bunch more #ttrpg folks in an effort to inject a tiny bit more positivity into my feed.

(Hell Site Repost) 📢 I'm proud to announce that both of Darker Hue Studios' self-published TTRPGs, Harlem Unbound and Haunted West, have been accepted into the collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The Center is an unparalleled research library located in Harlem, NY.

It might be a good time to review the history of cartographic propaganda. www.carnegiecouncil.org/media/series...

This is a very good comic. You should buy it.

Let’s get your cool indie game in front of some friendly folks!

The preview page for our first Kickstarter is up! Please consider following and supporting us. We go live on Feb 1st for ZineQuest 2025. #ttrpg #kismetgames #rustwater #zinequest www.kickstarter.com/projects/wpe...

Did you know that Lucasfilm’s Double Victory is streaming for free on YouTube? Always a worthwhile watch. youtu.be/QmcpILi1Rxc?...

Hey, Pally. You got a game to run but no time to create that scenario. Don't fret; Harlem Unbound Second Edition is jam-packed with seven scenarios, the sweetest tunes (cough...cough...horrors humanity was not meant to know), and the best setting around. #TTRPGS #History #CallOfCthulhu

I, an old person, feel like could do a podcast where I talk to young people about things that they are into, called "Welcome to My Lawn."

The nomination period for the Diana Jones Award Emerging Designer Program is open! Please head to our website for all the details. You can nominate yourself or any other worthy tabletop game designers in their first three years of publishing. Nominations close Feb. 14. www.dianajonesaward.org

UPDATE: APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025 CHAOSIUM 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION SUPPORT PACK CLOSE ON JANUARY 31ST AT 11.59PM PT. We've had an amazing response, with literally hundreds of convention organizers getting in touch. Great to see such interest from conventions all over the world!

Great free art resource from @chaoclypse.bsky.social

Two days until Horizons 2! This issue includes: 🏔️ Op-ed by Quintin Smith 📖 "Isolde's Tome of Esoteric Spells" by Amber Litke 🩸 "Crimson Strings and Stolen Prayers" by Sadie Lowry 🪤 "Terrific Trappendix" by James Introcaso 🕯️ "Adversarial Archetypes" by Carlos Cisco 👉 https://buff.ly/42m21gP

Biked over to my neighborhood Big Boy to visit the David Lynch shrine. Pretty great.

So here's what's cool about my job: Yesterday morning I said, "We really ought to have TWIN PEAKS available." So then a bunch of people scrambled, worked really hard, and now you can watch every episode of David Lynch & Mark Frost's original series for free on Pluto TV: pluto.tv/us/on-demand...

I will never understand going hands-free at a urinal.