Sign in

David Garrett

@amalara.com
248 followers 589 following 74 posts

Patriotically antifascist. Also, technologist, game designer, and dad. He/him. Find my games at: amalara.com

PostsRepliesMedia
David Garrett @amalara.com · 26/09/2026
This looks so good. Can’t wait for the print version.
141
Reposted by David Garrett
Robin M. Rondel @sadslut.club · 11/08/2026
— — YOU CAN PRY THE EM-DASH FROM OUR COLD DEAD HANDS — — — — GET YOUR 100% HUMAN EM-DASHES BADGE FOR FREE ON MY ITCH, LICENSED CC-BY-SA 4.0 — — — — SHOUTOUT @pestoenthusiast.bsky.social FOR BEING FULL OF SPITE — — — — MADE BY A LOUD TRANS SCOTTISH WOMAN — —
rmrondel.itch.io
100% Human Em-Dashes Badge by Robin M. Rondel
​You can pry my em-dashes from my cold, dead, human hands!
03213
Reposted by David Garrett
Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
You know what's cool? Books.
1017030
Reposted by David Garrett
Thomas O’Mahony @gotitatguineys.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The best edit I’ve seen in weeks, you absolutely have to turn the sound on for this one.
7294683630
Reposted by David Garrett
Elliot Davis | Pre-Save To Feel Your Warmth @moreblueberries.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Thanks for the shout @itsquinns.bsky.social! “Should be the first solo TTRPG you buy after Thousand Year Old Vampire” — floored!!
The first is 2023's Project ECCO by Elliot Davis, which I find super thrilling and rewarding. I think it should be the first solo TTRPG you buy after Thousand Year Old Vampire. It's a time travel game you play in a DAY PLANNER! What a phenomenal idea.
36521
David Garrett @amalara.com · 28/06/2026
@sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social Today I got another email begging for cash. That’s the only kind of communication I get from you. Dems need to lead with a vision, because the lack of one means “defend the status quo,” which is exactly what caused us to lose the White House.
100
Reposted by David Garrett
Cats Have No Lord @catshavenolord.itch.io · 24/06/2026
This is your regular reminder to tell TTRPG creators about how it goes when you run your stuff. Comments on Itch about my adventures make my day every single time.
218178
Reposted by David Garrett
Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Vaccines save lives. This is the FIRST time that ZERO cervical-cancer deaths have been recorded for this age group, and it’s thanks to the introduction of a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV). Yes, you read that correctly. ZERO.
ctvnews.ca
Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study
The HPV vaccine for cervical cancer has reduced the risk of dying from the disease before the age of 30 in England to almost zero, the first study of its kind showed Thursday.
140102673710
Reposted by David Garrett
Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The Knicks only lost one game in the last two months and it was the one Trump went to lmao
88122802401
Reposted by David Garrett
David Garrett @amalara.com · 05/06/2026
As a game designer, I buy lots of books and adventures for research and inspiration. Alas, my shelf space is finite. So I’m regularly listing books in gently-used, like-new condition that you might be interested in! amalara.com/collections/...
amalara.com
From the Bookshelf
As a game designer, I purchase a lot of games for research and inspiration. Unfortunately, my bookcase has a finite amount of room, so I am offering some of the great games that I've backed on crowdfu...
011
David Garrett @amalara.com · 05/06/2026
As a game designer, I buy lots of books and adventures for research and inspiration. Alas, my shelf space is finite. So I’m regularly listing books in gently-used, like-new condition that you might be interested in! amalara.com/collections/...
amalara.com
From the Bookshelf
As a game designer, I purchase a lot of games for research and inspiration. Unfortunately, my bookcase has a finite amount of room, so I am offering some of the great games that I've backed on crowdfu...
011
David Garrett @amalara.com · 04/06/2026
That’s a great choice. I had tons of fun playing it.
010
David Garrett @amalara.com · 31/05/2026
Finished *House of Leaves* today. It might be the recency effect in action, but I'd put it as my current favorite novel. It is not without its flaws, but it embodies the idea that the journey *is* the destination better than any book I've ever read.
010
Reposted by David Garrett
VItheSixth @vithesixth.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
More than a year after its original release, my first ever adventure is available in English! Give Dungeons & Kittens a spooky fairy tale twist with The Ogress of Brownleaf, starring a witch who isn't dangerous the way you'd expect... vithesixth.itch.io/logresse-de-... #ttrpg #donjonsetchatons
vithesixth.itch.io
Donjons et Chatons - L'Ogresse de Feuillemorte by VItheSixth
Une aventure pour Donjons et Chatons.
011
Reposted by David Garrett
Lin Codega @lincodega.com · 12/05/2026
Four Pillars Gaming published hundred of AI-generated profiles over the past four months and when people asked to be taken down, they doubled down, defended their process, and refused. The ramifications of hallucinatory LLM "histories" threaten to erode truth and destroy the historical record.
rascal.news
AI-generated profiles of TTRPG designers ignite fury across social media
4 Pillars Gaming’s new website adds AI-generated slop to an already ephemeral online historical record.
19686301
David Garrett @amalara.com · 20/04/2026
As the child of two educators, I can't think of a more meaningful way for my TTRPG creations to be used than in the classroom. Read about how Dan Burkey adapted my game Super City and the VRBS system that powers it.
011
Reposted by David Garrett
Jack Guignol @jackguignol.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
"May you meet JD Vance" is the new "May you live in interesting times."
0246
David Garrett @amalara.com · 21/03/2026
I pay for Kagi. It is 100% worth it. It is so incredibly refreshing to search for something and actually *find it*.
010
Reposted by David Garrett
JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We are not fighting over policy or political party. We are fighting over whether we are going to be a civilization rooted in empathy and kindness—or cruelty and rage. Choose your side.
12463105
Reposted by David Garrett
Tom Madico @smilingtom.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
58124792385
Reposted by David Garrett
itch.io @itch.io · 12/02/2026
The No ICE in Minnesota bundle has launched, raising funds for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Over 1400 items for $10.00! itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
1533912348
David Garrett @amalara.com · 11/02/2026
If you’ve ever thought about purchasing one of my games, I’d much, much, much rather you put that money toward this bundle, which happens to have five of my titles in it! And 1434 others!
052
Reposted by David Garrett
Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Cairn: Barebones Edition is now available as a digital download! Print editions coming soon! yochaigal.itch.io/cairn-barebo...
yochaigal.itch.io
Cairn: Barebones Edition by Yochai Gal
214965
Reposted by David Garrett
Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
317140343363
Reposted by David Garrett
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Naah, I want them on trial.
20692521294
Reposted by David Garrett
Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
152137152850
Reposted by David Garrett
Jes the human @jesthehuman.itch.io · 27/01/2026
🚨 If you submitted a game to the No ICE In Minnesota charity bundle jam, please approve your submissions here itch.io/b/3484/no-ic... 🚨 All submissions unapproved by Febr 6 will be pruned so the bundle can start on time on Feb 9. Please share for visibility & tell your friends who joined the bundle
13169126
Reposted by David Garrett
directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Puzzle Dungeon Jam was super fun and busy. I talk about the experience and looking at the wonderful submissions with so many awesome guests. #osr #ttrpg puzzledungeon.com/a-look-back-...
puzzledungeon.com
A look back at Puzzle Dungeon Jam
A retrospective on the jam. My hopes and dreams and oh so many dungeons.
02212
Reposted by David Garrett
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day
13183491389
Reposted by David Garrett
firstamongsequels.bsky.social @firstamongsequels.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
As @kenwhite.bsky.social has said before: "A government that deliberately abandons the rule of law is not morally entitled to its protections." We have eclipsed that tipping point.
1585111
Reposted by David Garrett
Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
1962470512668
Reposted by David Garrett
Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
👇🏿👇🏾👇🏽👇🏼👇🏻
09325
David Garrett @amalara.com · 24/01/2026
The only just outcome of this is that the architects of this atrocity: Miller, Noem, Vance, and Trump, end up strapped to a gurney with an IV in their veins.
200
Reposted by David Garrett
Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
13866007718640
David Garrett @amalara.com · 18/01/2026
These are super good and easy to use. I highly recommend them.
010
David Garrett @amalara.com · 18/01/2026
It me
010
Reposted by David Garrett
Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Cover for Cairn Barebones Edition by @amandalee.bsky.social. There is no one else as good as her, nope
927455
David Garrett @amalara.com · 14/01/2026
God made trans people trans and non-binary people non-binary, and he loves them *for* who they are, not *despite* who they are. If you have problems with that, you can take it up with the big guy himself.
000
David Garrett @amalara.com · 13/01/2026
My fellow Americans, our democracy is a social contract — one in which We the People have agreed to be bound by the rule of law rather than by the whims of a petty tyrant. In our system of government, no one is immune from accountability.
100
Reposted by David Garrett
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
"They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head."
An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries.
"We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.
10634383816965
Reposted by David Garrett
Emily | Odds & Ents @oddsandents.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Secondly I have put my other three mockups on sale at 30% off during the rest of January. So if you have a Zine Month or Zine Quest project coming up these mockups can help your backers or customers visualize the product you are creating Find the sale here: itch.io/s/177992/zin...
itch.io
Zine Month Mockups by Odds & Ents
A bundle by Odds & Ents, $20.00 for A5 Stapled Zine Mockups, Half Letter Stapled Zine Mockups, Trifold Mockup
0158
Reposted by David Garrett
sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
one of my long-running campaigns finally died. as an intermezzo before the next one, we've decided to to play a few sessions of Triangle Agency set in 1974
'70s style pseudo-advertisement for "The Triangle Agency," depicting a groovy office space. text reads "More than a corporation. / As an employee, we provide you with not just a job, but a mission."'70s style image for a course or seminar, depicting a big triangle cut into negative space around an orange-ish lined square. text reads "Resonance and You: A Practical Approach / Agent Training Seminars—Concepts and Problems / PRODUCED BY THE AGENCY AS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE"'70s-style advertisement for "The Triangle Agency," featuring an image of Lee Majors and a slick sports car with photoshopped-on details. text reads "He knows there's only three ways this can go. Make sure you choose the right one. / The Triangle Agency works in secret to keep our world safe from dissentients, dissonants, and dissidents. If you see an agent in the field, no you didn't."manual cover done up in the style of '70s EPA manuals, with abstract geometry and a black-and-white industrial landscape. the title reads "Reality and its Consequences," with other text reading "Field Agent's Handbook / Triangle Agency Series C / August 1974"
1726051
Reposted by David Garrett
Grey Wizard - LATE PLEDGES ON KICKSTARTER NOW! @greywizard.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
START - Tutorial adventure site for BREAK!! RPG www.kickstarter.com/projects/bre...
26814
Reposted by David Garrett
C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
For those of you wanting to start a new project in the new year but afraid you're gonna suck, heed the words of the ancient texts:
The dog from ADVENTURE TIME saying "Sucking at something is the first step to becoming sorta good at something."
131267440
Reposted by David Garrett
PT Klein @ptklein.com · 29/12/2025
I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
8167291197
David Garrett @amalara.com · 29/12/2025
Directsun is conducting a masterclass in dungeon design with his feedback of the Puzzle Dungeon Jam entries. If you want to write better adventures, particularly of puzzle variety, you should check these out.
021
Reposted by David Garrett
Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
I wrote about my plans for 2026, both under the @cairnrpg.com umbrella and Between Two Cairns. newschoolrevolution.com/cairn-in-2026/
newschoolrevolution.com
Cairn in 2026
Every year I try and write a little post about what folks should expect from me in the coming year. I suppose a small part of me feels that once I've announc...
1019439
Reposted by David Garrett
Brad Kerr @bradkerr.net · 26/12/2025
Lots of stuff cooking at Necrotic Gnome: necroticgnome.com/blogs/news/l...
necroticgnome.com
Looking Ahead to 2026
(Header image by DC Stow) Seasons greetings! As we approach the final days of 2025, it's time to take a look at what lies ahead for Necrotic Gnome in the coming year. All told, despite the manifold ch...
0333
Reposted by David Garrett
Zedeck Siew @zedecksiew.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Citation is easy. It's a couple of lines on your credits page. Citation is encouragement. Every time somebody else acknowledges me this way, I feel like the work is worthwhile. Citation is introspection. You are marking your trajectory, the ports you have called at, as a maker. 1/
419048
David Garrett @amalara.com · 19/12/2025
I love this.
010