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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 5h

(jumping up and down in one spot with my eyes closed and my arms out in a t-pose)

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Ashcan @ashcan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i was tempted to check out pax ren recently, did some research on the rules, and some random reddit comment set me towards phil eklund's essay in the back of Neanderthal and i have sworn off of sierra madre/ion game design ever since lol

Animals do not recognize or identify with pictures or movies made of themselves. The very concept of a pronoun can’t be expressed in images, perhaps the reason why primitive tongues, for instance in the pre-Columbian New World, do not have the pronoun concept.

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 8h

........bruh, even the standard crypto-racist term for that is "urban."

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 18h

And it has a bit of that Balatro-boss-blind nastiness that's like "I spent the whole run building up a high-scoring gate with a 2x-to-next-gate modifier in front of it and the last stage DISABLED THAT FUCKING GATE BECAUSE OF COURSE IT DID"

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 19h

The Loopler is incremental resource gathering disguised as tableau-building roguelike. To beat each stage you need to score X based on total time played, time per loop, and points scored per loop. It doesn't feel deep or interactive but I'm happy to waste a few evenings on a good incremental game.

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The Loopler on Steam

The Loopler is a roguelite deckbuilder about a slot car driving in mesmerizing loops. Pick cards, place gates, and collect charms. Settle into the loop as numbers go up and dopamine fills your brain. ...

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RPG Trader @rpgtrader.com · 01/09/2026

Happy Solo September! 🌸 🌷 For the month of September, RPG Trader is running a solo bundle in partnership with @solorpglist.com . 134 Solo RPGs worth over $730 all for $20 - an absolute steal! Solo RPGs: your story, your rules, your adventure. 🐉 Check it out: rpg-trader.com/products/835...

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Solo September Games Bundle on RPG Trader

A collection of 134 games to play on your own. In partnership with Solo RPG List.

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 29/09/2026

Ooooo, I hadn't considered the possibilities of a game called "Face Book" or "In Stagram"

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Jenevieve F. @empressofrobots.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Do you ever get an idea so horrible you have to see it through to completion?

The iconic End of Evangelion image on the beach but it's one of those vapid blondes from 9 chickweed lane on the horizon. If you are reading this because you are unable to see the image, the gods have spared you from true horror in this instance.

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 29/09/2026

I must have been living in Texas for too long because "That pack of sluts love beans" fucking broke me

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 29/09/2026

I completely understand why this would bother the technical writing expert (who I would never deign to correct), but I completely understand someone trying to write "My husband's and my" and getting angry at the asymmetry of it.

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 29/09/2026

Lots of comments about The Game, but could we do any worse than that? Or something in the same ballpark? I'm gonna design a game called "A Thing I Can't Describe" and see what happens when you try to search for help with a thing I can't describe.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Gorgeous flowers collected in a glass vase, plus what appear to be some glaceed cherries. And butterflies. By Carstiaen Luyckx, on his day.

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 29/09/2026

TBF it really is fucking weird that Yellowstone was the biggest TV show in the world that seems to have no online fandom whatsoever, except maybe in Facebook user groups or something

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 29/09/2026

tbf I may not have known who Katseye was if it weren't for @br00taldan.bsky.social

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dedicated to the gallant people of Albany NY. May your hams be well-steamed. * Available as a front print or back print with a crest design on the front. danielsolis.threadless.com/designs/auro... #WeeklyTshirt

A yellow grungy rock concert poster design for a band called Aurora Borealis. A burning house is seen in the The text below reads "Live! This time of year. This time of day. This part of the country. Localized entirely within your kitchen!"

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 29/09/2026

Dammit is there another indie game that is GOOD happening right now

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 29/09/2026

One half of my brain says "I don't need another game on the to-do list" The other half of my brain says "What if you accidentally had fun while playing something that's NOT a roguelike deckbuilder"

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 28/09/2026

It’s Pizzamas! That means you can give $10 bucks to charity AND get an all-new, extremely weird one-shot! This one features an extended P.G. Wodehouse parody, a ton of classic Nerdfighter memes, and the best batch of pre-gen characters I’ve ever designed! pizzamas.com/collections/...

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2026 Pizzamas TTRPG One Shot - The Timeless Island

The adventure continues! The island of Vlogrill experiences a big shake up when destabilized faultlines go critical, unleashing a magical explosion so violent it causes not just an earthquake, but a t...

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 27/09/2026

Bluesky can have a little depressionposting, as a treat

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

the day after your hit skeet

4 panel comic

p1: a crow is doing stand-up, in his speech bubble is another funny/charming/odd looking cover for the hobbit, this time the portuguese translation

p2: a man in the crowd shouts "booo! get other material"

p3: the crow is sweating, looking worried

p4: pan down to his hands (wings?) in which are just several other weird/charming/odd foreign translations of the hobbit

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An ancient and magical amber bear 🐻 ✨ Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen 📷 by me #Archaeology

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 27/09/2026

I know this song because of radio playing inside the truck stop and Todd in the Shadows's end of year reviews. It's amazing how much popular music you can miss if you mostly listen to streaming instead of Top 40 radio.

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 26/09/2026

It seems like there's not THAT much content in the game yet, so I'm probably also putting it down for a while. It was fun for the early demo, though.

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 26/09/2026

@drider-gwen.bsky.social It is also very lesbian and takes place in hell, so, you know, I'm thinking of you~

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 26/09/2026

I thought that I was done with bulletheaven games, but then I saw this game on a LoadingReadyRun stream, which is very anime and features a hand-of-cards management system, and somehow that was just enough to get me interested again. It's surprisingly fun so far.

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Hell Maiden on Steam

Traverse the depths of Hell and beat its toughest demons on your way to Heaven in this horde survival deck-building game inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy.

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K'eeg @armormodekeeg.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026

recently I came to a realization about why "smart devices" are so shitty if you take an appliance that creates some sort of physical output, and connect it to a network, what you've actually done is invent a new kind of printer and printers are, of course, the devil's machines

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 26/09/2026

Ah yes, that famous flavor from the wizardsing school in Britain, the lemon sherbert

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Tumble @tumbleosity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sonk the Hedgehog! He goes a regular speed and likes bratwurst.

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Chris Perry @perridot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

OH!WARE, my first commercial release, IS OUT NOW! Your ancestors whisper guidance. The Gods all watch. They want you to check it out and give it a review 🙏♥️ store.steampowered.com/app/4121430/...

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Geoff Engelstein - The Universe Explained with Cookie out now! @gengelstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I wrote something I think is important. gametek.substack.com/p/changing-t...

Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 26/09/2026

"Deluxe box set", the original kickstarter edition

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Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Mummer badger!

An illustrated linocut print of a dancing badger.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 25/09/2026

These are your words of the week pool equinox rotund El Niño annihilate meretricious leather lake www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...

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The Words of the Week - Sept. 25

Dictionary lookups from weather, colors, and Fat Bear Week

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Littleevil0ne @littleevil0ne.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Inprnt has $5 shipping worldwide through Monday!!! You can get any on these pieces there! www.inprnt.com/gallery/litt...

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Stefan @zin5ki.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Gwen Marshall @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Onion ran this amazing article and thought, I wanna play this! So I made it! 38 pps, PbtA, plus every mechanic mentioned in the article, and a bunch of Rodrigo song references. And it's free! Enjoy! #OliviaRodrigo @theonion.com #theonion #ttrpg #itch.io drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-...

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High Winter Elves of Girlville by Gwen Marshall

A satirical game based on an Onion article about Olivia Rodrigo making a TTRPG!

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 19/09/2026

Tomorrow is Arthur Rackham's birthday, so that's a fun thing.

Alice, of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, being attacked by a loose, flying deck of cards.

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Ben Fleuter @benfleuter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Wiccanery - a short comic about a witch and a vampire.

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 17/09/2026

I don't think anyone sold Zuckerberg on the metaverse. I don't think anyone sold Musk on an underground track for self-driving Teslas. I think Google's been chasing failed projects for a decade now. I'm not convinced that anyone SOLD them on AI. I think they did it to themselves.

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 17/09/2026

BREAKING: Limozeen will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran

Four musicians and a driver are crammed into a space bus that is flying through space (it's a Homestar Runner reference)

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Jonathan H. Liu @jonathanhliu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy (belated) 10-year anniversary to this comic by @mattbors.bsky.social. I, too, participate in society while agreeing we should improve it somewhat.

Etch-a-Sketch drawing of the Matt Bors comic with a peasant carrying a bundle of sticks, while a smiling man pops out of a nearby well with a big grin

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 17/09/2026

When I went to sleep at the truck stop last night, the diesel price was $6.35. When I woke up, the diesel price was $6.54. Fuel prices are literally jumping overnight. I'm praying for y'all.

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sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

[rings bell] theoryslop! theoryslop! come get yer theoryslop while it's still hot!

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"

same theoryslop designer sheet as before, this time filled out in handwritten green, for me, Sam. I skew towards problem-solving, goal-driven play, as well as towards adventures, imaginary worlds, and simulationism. the notable inclusions in my skills lists are a +6 in game studies, a +4 in academic, blog, layout, line editing, and adventure-writing, and a +2 in "museum," my "other" skill

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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com · 14/09/2026

Something the mainstream media will never report on because they know that the entire Republican party has been caught with Renamon r34 fan-art

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