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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There's a section in our latest Outward episode where Jack and I just start talking about the new DD2 patch and the upcoming DLC, so I chopped in a bunch of post-patch footage I'd taken, including this incredible, perfect self-own.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In what I can only call cosmic happenstance, without knowing you linked this at the time, 45 minutes later I referenced this on a recording

Me linking Michael Lutz and Cameron Kunzelman to Alasdair’s “Return of the King of the Hill of the Rings”

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I literally almost just replied to this with the same joke I already made in the video comments.

@AustinWalker1
3 months ago
That’s the Old Glory Shield Bomb!

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Have you seen the Amano and Obata covers?

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Impossible for me to read this post and not draw a line from this DHS post (and Zeets' analysis of it) back to Barthes and mythology. (First text block from Zito's post, 3 from Myth Today)

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Did you see what they’re doing in August’s patch? It’s becoming a thing with positive buffs associated, so I guess the new loop is that you want to have it for the buffs, but then want to always have enough cures for it (also being added) before you sleep in town?

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

they seem to be adding Twelve dungeons, though I wonder if they have the replayability of BBI. the new continent does seem to have the random loot system from BBI, though

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Me and the lads chilling after hearing the DD2 expansion news

A sculpture of a troll resting in the woods, flanked by two gnome statues.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Celebrating the Realis Kickstarter backer PDF release with the lads.

A carved stone head from the 2nd century AD, featuring two faces looking opposite directions. The text underneath reads:

Ceann cloiche snoite
Corr Leice, Co. an Chabháin, An lú-2ú haois AD
Carved stone head
Corleck Hill, Co. Cavan, 1st-2nd century AD
1998:72

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

real kismet timeline shenanigans here

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

@themountaingoats.bsky.social hey, guessing someone else has sent you this but real classic impersonator scam happening over here

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Friends at the Table's Perpetua (2026) Flegg merch available now. friendsatthetable.shop

A sticker sheet featuring six different Fleggs (egg-like creatures with arms and legs) rendered in different styles and colors. One is a simple MS Paint style black outline. A few represent different 90s/2000s-era console eras, and one is a higher level Flegg who has become a sorcerer.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Michael. I'm not saying that you need to like one of these more than the other but. Michael. They are distinct.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

There’s a SECONDS count down on this thing??? www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Can we hit 6500 physical books in the next twenty minutes… probably not… but what if www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

An image of the hardcover backing option. Currently has 6,466 backers.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The final hour has begun! 59 minutes to back my TTRPG, Realis, remain! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Today is the final day to back Realis on Kickstarter! In case you missed it, our latest update, @possibleworlds.bsky.social shared sample pages (featuring illuminations by @dancynrew.bsky.social!!), release timing info, and more! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

a common question, for sure. see attached for my theory. i keep writing to the sports committee to get this approved, but they must be busy.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

There's somethign about the lighting and background here that makes it look like this is your version of character headshot from The Wire's old DVD and promo material collection

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

yes!!! think about this one item description All The Time. it messes me up, especially in the context where you get it.

Companion Jar;

A talisman given by the jars to their friends.
Raises potency of thrown jars.

Though the jars are brought to life by human flesh and blood,
they are all rather kindly folk. Perhaps they were made to be better than their innards.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

This is suuuuuch a good example of how Realis works. Both the way that it allows for a sort of narrative maneuvering /and/ the way it pushes everyone to really get creative with what they have on their sheets. www.reddit.com/r/rpg/commen...

Reddit post titled: "What's the most elegant mechanic you've ever seen?"

With the body text: "Elegance" meaning the most complex/nuanced outcome from the simplest input

A post from Reddit user fluxyggdrasil:

The moment I think I "Got" Realis was a session where they were protecting a noble kid at a feast. Good kid, super naive, super surrounded by usurpers.

One noble was found stabbed in the main hall. "Does anybody have a counter for the sentence "I always take drastic measures to achieve my goals?" The intent is to kill this woman." Naturally, the doctor of the group ran out and into the hall to save her.

...what they then learned was that this was a ploy to separate the doctor from the noble kid.

"...The Doctor is busy, it's just you two now. And now I need to ask you: Do either of you have a counter for the sentence "I always wield an undetectable poison?" Their intent is to poison the child to death."

No 'dice' or random chance, but watching those players SCRAMBLE over their sheets to try and find a sentence they could leverage in a way to counter this sentence and un-poison the kid. (Which credit where it's due, they managed to do!) But man, I never thought Diceless gaming would have any stakes or "High-Pressure" situations until I pulled that admittedly mean trick on them. Consider me a Realis believer. That entire mini-campaign was fantastic.

A follow up question from Strayl1ght:

What was the counter? Now you have me invested

A response from fluxyggdrasil:

My Duelist PC countered by invoking their sentence +0 "I always carry a beautiful and distinct (weapon)." Their intent was to do some medieval-style bloodletting to get the poison out of the blood (or at least keep them stable long enough for the doctor to come back) as their weapon would be sharp as any scalpel, so it would be a much safer and easier cut to stitch back closed.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

There are ways that going from those notes to a ~400 page, hardcover book (look at that art from @badbucket.bsky.social!) is surreal. But the 'five years' of it all is really grounding. Half a decade I've been trying to whittle away at this thing as it was bouncing around in my head.

A digital mockup of the Realis hardcover book, which is red with golden linework of a strange cosmos

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Last week, I wrote about how Realis started: In a series of quick notes sent to a friend. From there it became a series of less quick notes put into an empty document. The document fileld up, and the words had turned into a little story-telling engine. www.clockworkworlds.com/one-week-unt...

Three panels from the manga Berserk. A fairy, carrying a strange egg straining facial features appended to it, escapes froma big monster. He calls back "When it comes to making a getaway, I'm the one with the advantage, fathead!"

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

It's funny you mention X-Men, because a lot of the early Phoenix stuff from the late 70s fits the bill here! Stuff like this

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

“What’s Pombon gonna evolve into.” “I hope it doesn’t get big and humanoid.” “There’s no way to know what it’s gonna look like.” It was there all along.

Pombon, the new Pokemon fire starter. A Pomeranian with red highlights.

Greater Dog, a giant dog knight from Undertale.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Everyone telling me to stay warm and safe: Thank you, but it's just that flights are canceled for days. I am actually just getting stuck in one of the most beautiful places on Earth while my neighbors back in NYC get the hell beaten out of them by this blizzard!

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Heads up that this is meant to be noon on Monday, not Tuesday. Went and checked his Twitter account, and this post over there has been edited to fix that.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

So far we have raised $111,152.69 for the WFM's Immigrant Rapid Response Fund, and we are going into our finale game: KING OF THE CASTLE! It has GREAT Twitch integration and we play it in a really fun way. COME HANG AND DONATE twitch.tv/friendsatthetable

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

We just hit $20k for the WFM's Immigrant Rapid Response Fund, and are continuing on! Next up: Keith and Art have to carry a huge pain of glass through a nightmare world filled with obstacles, and bc of a donation incentive, they are not allowed to talk about the glass! twitch.tv/friendsatthetable

a screenshot of Carry the Glass, featuring two figures carrying a big pane of glass that is about to be hit by a huge hammer.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Over on our stream, they've They've put me on trial for "stealing the Big Egg," but I didn't do it! twitch.tv/friendsatthetable to watch! tiltify.com/@friendsatth... to donate!

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