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Damon Bradshaw

@damonbradshaw.bsky.social
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Buh, it's always something, huh A (real) dad, teacher, musician, producer, engineer, and game system monkey/rules completist. I IMPLORE you to play something besides just D&D!

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
15 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves. Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:
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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The issue I see most in #TTRPGs is that few assume ordinary people are constrained by violence. If a 6th-level character can shrug off a 5 crossbow hits, violence loses meaning. Choices lose weight, consequences blur, and the game becomes floaty. This floatiness is often blamed on scenario content.
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Person Under Arrow Attack
ALT: Person Under Arrow Attack
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ok I've changed my mind Fozzie should be Gomez in the Muppets Addams Family Musical Gonzo should be Fester Maybe Walter is Lucas, though Kermit and Piggy are still Mal and Alice Jury is out on Pugsley
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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's time to go back to Gotham City. My book, I AM THE NIGHT: THE ULTIMATE UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY OF BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, comes out today! It's a narrative history of the landmark cartoon, packed with new interviews and deep-dive research. Grab a copy here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Back in the day, we called this "space-timing," i.e., being so invested in minutiae that other players are already agreeing on, essentially asking the game host "what are my exact space time coordinates"
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Let me down... Let me down... I said please Lord, let me down.
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Johnny Cash
ALT: Johnny Cash
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
No joke though, this game is actually kind of clever in a "squint a little," abstract sort of way. We played the HELL out of it many years ago, and came up with a bunch of little house rules to enhance it. I'm surprised nobody's tried to bring back the dungeon exploration system that this used.
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Rulings, not rules" is the same thing to me as GM Fiat Both are silly Games should have rules *shrug*
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Be strong enough to be gentle.
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Even our gods must leave this plane
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Myno @mynotar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Party girl do you like me?
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psudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Orange means caution
sketches of a lady in various sci fi situationsVarious units of a security teamguy in a hazmat suit
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Please please please don't let Ice Cream for Bears be a milkshake duck, please please oh please *checks* Ok, I think we're ok, WHEW
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Can't kick my fantasy habit: Legend in the Mist from Son of Oak and Slay the Dragon from Hexy Studio are both absolutely gorgeous and both give me this huge itch to play games that I don't always feel while reading game books.
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
WOW
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RPG Trader @rpgtrader.com · 06/08/2026
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TTRPG Maps Bundle on RPG Trader
A large collection of maps for your games
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Steam @steampowered.com · 03/08/2026
Are you a fan of rain-drenched neon nights, cybernetic body parts, and dystopian mega-cities? If yes, Steam Cyberpunk Fest might be for you! Solve murders, build futuristic cities, go on co-op spy adventures and more - now until August 10. store.steampowered.com/category/cyb...
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Cyberpunk
Steam Cyberpunk Fest 2026
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Part of the experience of role-playing games is the mental and social digestion of the act of reading, playing, and understanding the game and your narrative Like, the night after I bought and read Mork Borg I had TERRIBLE nightmares, just truly horrifying and disgusting And that's a part of it
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Esoteric Collector @vcreedsabretooth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Let's take a look at the history of Dungeons&Dragons Dice, a thread. #Dungeons&Dragons #Dice #TSR Part One Continued below...
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Since Kevin Bacon is getting some much needed light shed on his up and coming career, here is my wild little KB factoid: A friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend was in a movie with him Yeah I'm pretty smug about it It's too bad there isn't some kind of way to easily summarize it
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I'd like to speak to you about the Popcorn Initiative
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
We used to be a civilized nation. Pass it on, my friend
A red neon Suncoast Motion Picture Company sign above a mall storefront
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Once, we were a civilized nation... Pass it on, my friend
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Alex Falcone @alexfalcone.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Is Myers-Briggs a scam?
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The DM Gaze The tendency for TTRPG discussion to be framed through a D&D lens, or at least an older school fantasy filter. When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts looking like a d20 roll-over target number binary pass/fail or something to that effect hell I don't know
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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Hey, you! Are you making a neat little ttrpg for a game jam and need a cover? I gotchu. ✨And they're free✨ ko-fi.com/alderdoodle/...
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"Bah," "weep," "granah," and "ninibon"
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Misophonia is NOT me not liking mouth noise. Lots of people don't like mouth noise, 'cause y'know, it's gross. Misophonia is becoming so physically angry at my car's rattling dashboard that I pound it so hard it cracks the plastic, while driving 70mph down the interstate Mouth noise is kids stuff
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
If you have the choice, choose benevolence #TADC
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My aesthetic is "early aughts museum gift shop" You get it.
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
If you were a prune (like the fruit), then your name would be synonymous with the verb that describes the action of cutting the branches off of plants. It would be like a human family with the last name "Dismember"
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Being all about that bass, 'bout that bass (no treble) displays a startling lack of good audio recording practices (Thank you for reading my very timely joke)
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Normalize using surf guitar music for action movie sequences
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I'm an adult and that means that if I want to, I can put felt on things
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The tyrannical Masters rule the lands through vile sorcery and ancient technology. Rise up, Champion! Defend the Freelands, break the Masters’ control, and explore the ferocious wonders of the Wildernexus. Umdaar! 464 pages. Powered by Fate. Pay What You Want www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
The cover of Umdaar: Rebel Broadcast Edition featuring a colorful illustration of a warrior woman with four arms leaping into the air wielding a plasma axe. She dodges the bright eye blasts of a giant floating cyborg head festooned with metal tentacles like a medusa. Underneath the metal mask we see sickly gray flesh surrounding sharp and crooked teeth that form a screeching maw.
In the foreground a man with dreadlocks and cybernetic implants fires a laser blaster at something out of frame.
Art by Lorne Colt. Credited game designers: Dave Joria, Misha Bushyager, Mahar Mangahas, Pam Punzalan, Helena Real, Soup, and James Mendez Hodes.
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I know most people are just being cheeky about it, but it rankles my fur when people say things like "oh, you mean the *3* Indiana Jones movies??? Because there's ONLY *3* haha" Insert whatever franchise Something something take the good with the bad, don't ignore past mistakes, etc., etc.
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RiffTrax @rifftrax.com · 01/06/2026
Mike Nelson and his robot pals are caught in the same old place Mike and the Bots: together again. Take a look. youtu.be/Vv5VCXxicPw
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Mike and His Robot Pals - Sneak Peek At NEW MST3K Intro!
YouTube video by RiffTrax
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
This reminds me of the idea I had where you play Risk but every single battle is a full game of Stratego I hadn't really figured out exactly how it would actually work but it sounds SUPER tedious
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The number of people in the replies to this who completely misunderstand how property and casualty insurance (car, renters', homeowners', etc) works on a fundamental level means it's time for an explainer of What Car Insurance Actually Is!
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Khantalas @khantalas.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
courtesy of @krikrit-t.bsky.social teal deer: A lot of people who come from an improv background often ignore the rules of whatever TTRPG they are playing, but only because they are already playing a different game with its own rules However, this has a lot of implications for non-improv players.
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What Improv Can Miss about TTRPG Design
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Stay with me here: a dill pickle doughnut a dill donut (Also, potentially my drag queen name: Adele Donut)
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I was definitely not taught enough about audio compression in college
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A good time to remind everyone that the list of collective nouns for animals that everybody loves to quote was written by one woman in the 1400s and she made most of them up because they were poetic or funny. (Juliana Berners, the Book of St Albans)
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I frankly can't believe how goddam genius this idea is How RPGs could have developed without wargaming roots is a subject that deserves direct deep analysis and experimentation and I respectfully submit that we call the field "original finishes."
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only Mystery Science Theater 3k Cosmos Batman the Animated Series Transformers The Last Man on Earth Knight Rider Liquid Television Star Trek DS9 Quantum Leap Ted Lasso Star Trek TNG TMNT The Muppet Show Pee-Wee's Playhouse Mystery!
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Damon Bradshaw @damonbradshaw.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The only thing that sucked eggs about the 90s is that I was poor during them.
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Christopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 21/04/2026
we all know I have no life, so:
WHAT IF COLUMBO COULD REGENERATE LIKE THE DOCTOR?

1st Columbo: Groucho Marx
2nd Columbo: Danny Kaye
3rd Columbo: Sid Caesar
4th Columbo: Peter Falk (obviously he's the fourth, I mean come on, both in terms of iconicism and timing)
5th Columbo: Jamie Farr
6th Columbo: Judd Hirsch
7th Columbo: Howard Hesseman
8th Columbo: Mandy Patinkin
9th Columbo: Eugene Levy
10th Columbo: Mark Ruffalo
11th Columbo: Adam Brody
12th Columbo: Jason Alexander
13th Columbo: Natasha Lyonne
14th Columbo: Mark Ruffalo again
15th Columbo: Omar Epps

NOT PICTURED: Alan Arkin ("War Columbo"), Whoopi Goldberg ("Fugitive Columbo"), Laura Linney (possible 16th Columbo), Don Adams/Warren Christopher (played first and second Columbos, respectively, in "The Five Columbos" TV special)
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Owen Blacker @owen.blacker.me.uk · 13/04/2026
Your Kindle's not obsolete, it just needs a jailbreak — and I'll show you how it's done You can transform your old Kindle — even a bricked device — into the ultimate open-source reader. Here's how. www.zdnet.com/article/your...
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Your Kindle's not obsolete, it just needs a jailbreak - and I'll show you how it's done
You can transform your old Kindle - even a bricked device - into the ultimate open-source reader. Here's how.
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Wil (He/Him) @rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com · 08/04/2026
Every time I see the phrase "theater of the mind" in #ttrpg discussions I grit my teeth, and it finally bugged me enough to write something about it. aggregatecognizance.com/p/theater-of...
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