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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Inspired by a real story from @worldchamp.bsky.social. Not sure if I actually got the joke across lmao but here it is

An edited Far Side comic of a man dreaming. The dream bubble is edited to show instructional text from a game that tells you to draw a card, but instructs you to compare the card to a table that is obviously designed for dice, not cards. The caption is edited to read "The [game designer]'s nightmare".

Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Sure! I could always be missing something, but isn’t this saying that a pre-constructed arc cannot be prepared in advance out of plots or beats?

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

ROM! Greatest of the Spaceknights of Golden Galador! ROM, whose name means "before all others," who was the very first Galadorian to give up his human flesh to be melded to the Spaceknight Armor! ROM, mortal enemy of the Dire Wraiths, who have now come to invade earth itself! Only ROM can save us!

The cover of ROM #1. A silver, robotic figure stands shining in the sun, brandishing a strange weapon as townsfolk react to its presence with fear and confusion.

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Easy answer: Almost Human, starring Karl Urban and Michael Ealy. Cyberpunk buddy-cop police procedural. Does some *seriously* fun stuff. I'm pretty sure some racist network exec murdered it on purpose, because they aired the season *horrifically* out of order and it's relatively linear.

A promo image for the tv show Almost Human.

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

JESUS I CAN'T BELIEVE I TOOK THE SCREENSHOT LITERALLY A QUARTER SECOND BEFORE SHE WENT FULL SMUG OJOU-SAMA

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The height difference between Vicki Vale and Lois in My Adventures with Superman is fucking SENDING me. They really said Lois is a pocket princess. Our girl is a fun size snickers. Vicki, meanwhile, is probably taller than wonder woman and twice as intimidating

A screenshot of Vicki Vale towering over Lois Lane as the mighty peaks of everest tower above the earth

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

adam the voice of my conscience as it relates to this stuff IS YOURS lmao. related post I made earlier

"mm I think beating up is good and that shame is a socially useful phenomenon that helps encourage people to make prosocial decisions"

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Day 2 gencon fit!! Look for the forward-facing Keith Haring shirt and the backward-facing Keith Haring hat! I’ve got demos aplenty - grab em while they’re hot and back Dragon Reactor while you’re at it!!

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Day 1 fit at Gencon!! Look for the Cheekface shirt and the On Air hat!! Feel free to say hi if you see me!!

Quinn, fitted up in grey jeans, a tight-fitting black t-shirt with red text, and a black baseball cap. There’s a secret guest…

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

On my way to gencon, folks!! Gonna be running a lot of games for Mythworks, but I’ve ALSO got these special bits of dragon reactor swag for anyone who runs into me at gencon! Track me down or ping me if you want one!!

Quinn, smiling, holding the Gencon Demo Version of Dragon Reactor and some similarly themed stickers.

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

LOOK AT HIM!!! LOOK UPON HIS MAJESTY!!! AND THEN LOOK AT THE SALLOW, PATHETIC CREATURE THEY PARADED BEFORE ME!!!

an original Jack Kirby illustration of Galactus among the cosmos. His strange, futuristic armor is a vibrant and uncompromising magenta.

A rendering of Galactus in his appearance in the new Fantastic Four movie. He has almost no color saturation at all, and the clean, powerful lines of Kirby's design are lost in ridiculous texturing.

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

NICE. Seriously though - this is an AWESOME result for a first day. Thanks so much for your interest, everyone. Keep sharing it around!! If you know any ttrpg newsletters, streamers, podcasters, etc - send em our way! We really wanna get this to as many folks as we can :)

A screenshot of the follow page for Dragon Reactor. It says “Join 69 other people!”

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I am LOSING MY FUCKING MIND at the fact that in the first issue of Star Wars comics in 1997, they had to add a coffee cup to Vader's hand because some pencil pusher at the comics code authority thought the force choke "looked too violent for the kids"

A comic rendition of the classic scene where Vader force chokes that one guy. In the first panel, Vader raises his hand and uses the Force to retrieve a steaming mug of coffee from across the room. In the second panel, Vader's hand grips the coffee - although it may well be steamed milk or another beverage, as it appears white. In the third panel, an Imperial official chokes for no apparent reason, while Vader gestures vaguely in his direction with his mug of coffee and says to the him, "I find your lack of faith disturbing."

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

ROM MENTIONED!!! ROM MENTIONED!!! I'M GOIN CRAZY

a pretend solicitation for an old comic book. "ROM #69- Rom and Brandy invest in a copy of the Kama Sutra and a bottle of sparkling wine!"
If you know who Rom is, it's VERY funny

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

from Berlin, by Jason Lutes. Presented without comment.

A screenshot of a comic book panel. Sparse black and white lineart, with minimal shading and no background. Two German intellectuals speak to each other. On the left, a diffident blonde man in glasses looks off panel and says "talk of lost causes ruins my appetite. Can we talk about something constructive? Something productive?" On the right, there is a frustrated black-haired man with a bow tie and pipe looking at the man on the left.

He says "No."

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Troupe-style maximalist apocalypse world game going very, very, very, very well. Featuring @adambell.games, @iknowadamseats.bsky.social, @trueryankhan.bsky.social, and Ric, whose bsky I cannot find

A screenshot of a Miro board, detailing the relationships of well over a dozen characters. The arrows that connect the characters are many, overlapping in a terrific morass of complicated feelings.

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Finally checking out The Penguin. Yeah, it's good shit, but look at these martinis that are VERY OBVIOUSLY ROOM TEMPERATURE. There's NO condensation, there's NO fogging or frost, the liquid and glass is CRYSTAL clear. immersion broken, 0/10, worst bar in america

The Penguin staring forlornly at an array of lukewarm martinis.

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

YOU CAN TURN IT OFF!!! FEAR NOT! go into settings! Then notifications! then change this setting! If you're on mobile, you can find it by going into the "notifications" tab on the bottom of the screen!

An image of the "Never" option selected in discord's new, bullshit "reaction notifications" settings

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

"You'll be visited by three spirits" The three spirits:

The characters Zatch Bell and Kiyo Takamine, from the manga Zatch Bell, flanked by a dragon made of lightning which is one of the magic spells Zatch and Kiyo can cast in the series.

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The book ends with even MORE Narrator advice, including an UNBELIEVABLE POWERHOUSE of a section on the fundamentals of *game design,* to help its players create their own games. I wish I could just post the whole section, but I'll post one of my favorite pieces:

Frustration triage: losing and setbacks fucking suck, so having something to immediately distract from eating shit is A+ design. Example: for this game you could create a rule called “Hardened” – every time you’re merked in a fight, you get a permanent +3 to your
merk.

Incentives: never punish an action when you can instead reward not doing that action. Positive incentives are not only more reliable for shaping behavior, but also contribute tothe overall sense of enjoyability of your game (nobody likes punishment).

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Don't mistake this system's on-face approachability for a lack of mechanical depth, either. As the book says, "Newjacks, don't even look at this section." The Effects section is chock-full of enough chewy and crunchy tactical moves to make Lancer blush, break eye contact, and sip its damn beverage.

Effects
What a Special does.

Newjacks, don’t even look at this section. Go on, git.

Attack Effects
Can’t have modifiers added except Use and Duration (end of section). What’s the difference between attack effects and offensive effects? Attacking is what you do with a weapon (swinging a sword, firing a pistol). Attack effects modify or trigger an attack. Offensive effects (next section) are any other way you cause offense, like psionic lightning or energy beams.
Spinning Attack: make a hand-to-hand attack on all adjacent enemies in place of your normal attack this turn. Attack path can’t pass through comrades (without attacking them). If dualwielding: you can make an attack with each weapon on all adjacent enemies (but remember they get to apply their defense to both attacks). 8 SP.
• Step: you can move one stride, attacking all enemies adjacent to your two-stride path. +10 SP
• Bound: you can move two strides, attacking all enemies adjacent to your three-stride path. +10 SP (and must have previous upgrade)
Followthrough: when you put offense on an enemy with a hand-to-hand attack, you can make an immediate bonus attack (same weapon) on a different enemy adjacent to you. Followthrough path can’t pass through comrades (without attacking them). No attacking the same enemy more than once. Automatically Duration: Permanent. 10 SP.
• Step: you can take a free one-stride step to followthrough on an enemy. +15 SP
• Reach: you can followthrough with reach weapons, but must maintain range (so if initial target 2 strides away, any subsequent targets must also be 2 strides away). Can instead followthrough to a second target directly behind an initial adjacent target, but then end there. Can’t step (above upgrade) when using this upgrade. +10 SP

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The design of "specials," the powers and abilities one expects their character to have in a heightened setting, is lightweight and adaptable. Note that they always begin with an aesthetic, and that the aesthetic is separate from everything else about it.

"A Name That Rings Out [4 SP]
Aesthetic: You went from all city bomber to a
well-known mural painter, respected in both
worlds.
Summary: Your local fame gets you occasional
special treatment (always active).
Effect: Minor Celebrity [4 SP]
Modifiers: X"

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

This INCREDIBLE piece of Key Narrator advice is just one example. The book is full of guidance for narrators, delivered with confidence, backbone, and style. The setting is an alt-universe 1994 Philadelphia, introduced to the table with gorgeous scene-setting and BGM.

"First Time Key Narrators: fuck nerves. The friends are getting together to riff and bullshit with each other. They’re going to have a good time no matter what. If your first session feels stiff, don’t sweat it, it’s not because you dropped the ball, it’s because things are still developing – the main characters don’t really have personalities yet, a crew dynamic is still brewing, and the setting doesn’t feel lived-in yet. The pilot session is still a good time, but where the hobby goes from good to great is two or three sessions in when the setting and characters start feeling familiar, start coming to life a little, and start relating to each other in interesting ways. There’s a reason it takes a couple episodes to get hooked on a TV show, you know? Besides that, Keying is easy: just give the main characters engaging shit to do, see what gets people stoked, and find interesting ways to give your actors what they want."

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

this exchange is genuinely a better "what is an rpg" section than 95% of them

Adam Bell posts: "what the hell is an rpg"
I respond: "a miserable pile of secrets"
Adam Seats responds: "BUT ENOUGH TALK, HAVE AT YOU"

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Printing out the shipping labels and preparing the very late fulfillment of my very first crowdfund. As I place labels upon envelopes and enclose zines within them, I am overwhelmed with gratitude. Even though many of my backers aren't here, thank you so much for helping make this real. Have fun.

A box full of fresh, colorful copies of my rpg zine ANY%.

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 06/04/2024

There's none who can compare with ROM, Greatest of the Spaceknights! One of the oddest and coolest pieces of random Bronze Age toys-to-comics series that somehow had incredible writing and art

A man in silvery, boxy armor flies through space, a strangely marketable weapon in hand.

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Come and hang out while we play this SUPER cool post-apocalyptic mystic america game on stream!! twitch.tv/tonyplusone

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