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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 2h

About to read this to find out if I should throw the books behind it away. No spoilers @aarontram.bsky.social #ttrpg #dnd #rpg

Copy of How D&D Changed the Way We Play in front of a bunch of D&D books

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 23h

New starting lineup for the Charlotte Hornets! Honestly really happy with this color scheme for the Dark Elf corsairs. Question is whether my warband will be able to afford them. #mordheim #miniatures #warhammer

Dark Elves in black armor with turquoise cloaks and purple tabards

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 26/09/2026

#FirstSpinFriday Hillsfar - Tides of the Moonsea: An Adventure for a New Age Big sound. Great soundscapes to explore. #vinyl #hillsfar #dungeonsynth #Discogs @discogsofficial.bsky.social

#FirstSpinFriday Hillsfar - Tides of the Moonsea: An Adventure for a New Age on Shipwrecked blue.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 25/09/2026

#FirstSpinFriday Orville Peck - Mule Somehow managed a signed copy. Here is to cowboy songs getting us through the times. #vinyl #orvillepeck #countrymusic #Discogs @discogsofficial.bsky.social

#FirstSpinFriday Orville Peck - Mule on marbled smoke vinyl.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 24/09/2026

Got the base of my Dark Elves for #Mordheim painted & ready. Went for a 3rd Edition 40K Dark Eldar scheme. The Cold Ones came out great. #miniatures #warhammer

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 23/09/2026

#nowspinning Early Moods - Ready For The Grave One of More Than Metal's faves got a new album. Absolutely great rock with fantastic production. #vinyl #earlymoods #doommetal #Discogs

#nowspinning Early Moods - Ready For The Grave on brown and red blob vinyl.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 22/09/2026

Every time I see that ICE has shot someone, I think of this dialogue from Amos with Murtry. #TheExpanse

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 22/09/2026

Sample the experience that is Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 22/09/2026

Exceptional set by Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats last night. Played all the big tracks across the albums & every single off the new one. The current lineup is their best & are just killing it with the visuals.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 18/09/2026

#nowspinning Green Lung - Necropolitan Long time fan & lot of hype for this release. Eager to hear this beast. #vinyl #greenlung #doommetal #Discogs @greenlungband.bsky.social

#nowspinning Green Lung - Necropolitan on purple with black/white splatter vinyl.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 18/09/2026

My historically accurate version of the Odyssey did not dominate the box office as I hoped.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 15/09/2026

My buddy, Adam Neal of Savage Master needs some help. Adam is one of the most supportive members of the heavy metal community. He is undergoing chemotherapy after having cancer removed. Anything helps. Much love. www.gofundme.com/f/support-my...

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 15/09/2026

#nowspinning The Well - ...And Flames Ran Like Living Animals Return of one a fave. Haven't heard an album like this for a while so good aural trip. #vinyl #thewell #stonerrock #Discogs

#nowspinning The Well - ...And Flames Ran Like Living Animals on clear red vinyl.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 14/09/2026

Give the people what they want. Slop work by me here, but certainly revealing. Approached this from a combination of home games, teaching TTRPGs at university, writing adventures, running @abraxasprecipic.bsky.social, play testing, conventions, basically holistic of my experiences over 35+ years.

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one page. header reads "RPG DESIGNER THEORYSLOP ALIGNMENT CHARTS & SHEET." gray text under the header reads "You have 20 points to assign to each stat array, Pendragon-style. For tri- or otherwise multi-polar arrays, express the stats as ranges, e.g. “Gamist 1–7 / Dramatist 8–9 / Simulationist 10–20.”
subheaders followed by lines for writing read: "Designer: / Project: / Link:"
subheader reads "Binary Traits," followed by a list of silly game studies paired descriptors and space to write stats: "Ludologist / Narratologist // Game-as-Activity / Game-as-Object // Proceduralist / Anti-Proceduralist // Diegetic / Endogenous // Suitsian / Non-Suitsian // Closed Lusory Goal / Open Lusory Goal // Toy-Game / Meta-Game // Character-Locked / Authorial // Problem-Solving / Story-Telling // Rulebooks / Adventures."
subheader reads "Special Twinned Binary Traits (the Bartle Zone)," followed by gray text reading "Assign 20 points to each axis, but make a single roll when testing the combined traits." following is a two-axis chart, north-south reading "Social / Non-Social" and west-east reading "Aggressive / Passive."
in the second column, a subheader reads "Multi-Polar Traits" followed by shapes with stats at their corners: triangle, "Dramatist / Gamist / Simulationist"; square, "Agon / Alea / Mimicry / Ilinx"; hexagon, "Classic / OSR / Trad / Nordic larp / Neotrad / Storygames"; square, "Gamer / Actor / Socialite / Immersive."
a subheader reads "Skills," followed by a big list of 32 skills, with space for stats next to each: Academia, Acting, Art Direction, Blog, Cartography, Copyediting, Credit Rating, Day Jon, Game Studies, Graphic Design, Illustration, Layout, Line Editing, Livestream, Marketing, Networking, Operations, Organizing, Podcast, Printing, Production, Proofreading, Shitpost, Shortform Video, Social Media, Thirst Trap, Video Essay, Web Dev, Writ. (Adventure), Writing (Lore), Writing (Rules), Other: "
gray text reads "Sam Sorensen, September 2026"

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 13/09/2026

Absolutely adore this Dungeon Deep Records shirt! Certainly brought me luck during today's Dungeon Crawl Classics session. #TTRPG #RPG

White shirt with castle gate, dragon on top, and wizard throwing dice out. Says "Dungeon Deep Records Mail Order Fantasy Music" on top.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 10/09/2026

Got my official medallion for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching @ucmerced.bsky.social Thanks again to the Honors Program for the nomination. Sadly, it wasn't made of chocolate. Should I wear this with the wizard costume in the future?

Metal medallion with "John Bultena Distinguish Undergraduate Teaching Aware for a Non-Senate Faculty" engraved on it.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 09/09/2026

#nowspinning Spirits Burning & Michael Moorcock - An Alien Heat Great vibe here. Love everything that has come from this collab. #vinyl #michaelmoorcock #spiritsburning #Discogs

#nowspinning Spirits Burning & Michael Moorcock - An Alien Heat on blue vinyl.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 08/09/2026

#nowspinning Sojourner - Gateways Very gothic blackened doom. Excellent showing by this project. #vinyl #sojourner #doommetal #Discogs

#nowspinning Sojourner - Gateways on yellow and black swirled vinyl.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 06/09/2026

#nowspinning Various Artists - Cyberpunk 2077: The Future Sound of Night City Killer comp of Polish artist's. Mastering of this record is incredible. #vinyl #cyberpunk2077 #soundtrack #Discogs

#nowspinning Various Artists - Cyberpunk 2077: The Future Sound of Night Cityon yellow vinyl.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 04/09/2026

Got the first wave of #TheExpanse #RPG in. The minis look good. Lot of cool bits & the bases are really well done. Bittersweet tbh regarding the books, I'll say more in a video. #TTRPG @greenroninpub.bsky.social

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 03/09/2026

#nowspinning Ginger Wizard - The Curious Flora & Fauna of the Ancient World Excellent blend of psychrock & dungeon synth styling. Vibes are immaculate. #vinyl #gingerwizard #psychrock #Discogs

#nowspinning Ginger Wizard - The Curious Flora & Fauna of the Ancient World on green with marble vinyl.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 02/09/2026

#nowspinning Arthur Brown (with Dan Smith) - Nature Arthur Brown is a force of nature with releases over 7 decades. And the energy remains. #vinyl #arthurbrown #psychrock #Discogs

#nowspinning Arthur Brown (with Dan Smith) - Nature on clear smokey vinyl.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 30/08/2026

#nowspinning Ebony Pendant - Threnodies From The Coldlands Cooling for the night with these frosty riffs. #vinyl #ebonypendant #blackmetal #Discogs

#nowspinning Ebony Pendant - Threnodies From The Coldlands on frosted vinyl.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 30/08/2026

Victory for the #Mordheim Summer Mini-League is Jeremy's with Night Goblins! He takes home a Cold Steel Hatchet. Join us for our October League! Check my Discord for details. #warhammer #miniatures

Jeremy holding a giant squig miniatures and a black hatchet, with a big grin and a goblin horde on his shirt.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 28/08/2026

#nowspinning Ironflame - Worlds to Conquer Hard hitting indie Iron Maiden worship par excellence! #vinyl #ironflame #heavymetal #Discogs

#nowspinning Ironflame - Worlds to Conquer on black with yellow, blue, and green splatter.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 26/08/2026

I rented Legend. Watched it OVER & OVER one weekend to get down the look of Darkness to do this kitbash for my 40K World Eater's Demon Prince. Folks would see it & say "Oh your leader is Tim Curry!" That always felt good. So yeah, the impact went so far.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry was a guy that I watched non-stop during the 90s. This was all my theater friends obsessed with Rocky Horror. The fantasy folks into Legend. Comedy, drama, horror, musical, video games. Guy did it all. Commanding it ALL.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 26/08/2026

#nowspinning The Night Eternal - Cold Velvet This is a massive showing for this act. Please go listen to this goth infused dark heavy metal. #vinyl #thenighteternal #heavymetal #Discogs

#nowspinning The Night Eternal - Cold Velvet on violet vinyl.

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 26/08/2026

Great welcome speech from Chancellor Munoz for the UC Merced Honors students. @ucmerced.bsky.social

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 ➡️Mordheim @onlyplaywizards.com · 25/08/2026

#nowspinning Wraith Knight - Of Arcane Magic & Forgotten Knowledge: The Necromantical Passage Another excellent release from this exceptional project. #vinyl #wraithknight #dungeonsynth #Discogs