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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Same lock screen (and phone) since ~2016

Old picture of a Japanese storefront in Tokyo

Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

AND LIFT-OFF! We're ready to kick Season 2 of Dicey Discourse into high gear! More collabs, more indie games and perhaps a surprise or two! We're coming in hot (or cold as it were) with the Icecore indie RPG ARRHENIUS! @arrhenius.bsky.social linktr.ee/diceydiscourse

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"This is how GURPS dies. Not with a thunderous applause, but with a bang..." or whatever Senator Amidala said in one of those Space Guy movies. Come join us for the last episode of our adventure before we close the book on #GURPS and give our review!

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Serious question: Do you think a TTRPG being "fun" is a good metric for judging if it's good or not? I would say no, since with a great group of friends you can pull fun out of watching paint dry, but I'd be interested in hearing other viewpoints!

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Edge It's hard, but possible, to make a good edgelord character. It just requires • Table consent • OoG cooperation • Actual character growth Unless it's like, VtM, then being an edgelord is kind of a prerequisite in the first place 😅

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 31 marked as "Edge"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The penultimate episode of our GURPS adventure just went up! Come see whether we manage to hold to our pacifist beliefs or whether we fall to the allure of high yield explosives! open.spotify.com/episode/3GG6...

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Pride It reminds me how even in my time in the hobby (since 2014) the perception of it has changed - mostly for the better It's nice to see people be able to take pride in participating in the hobby with less fear of ridicule! Keep your imagination alive!

#RPGaDay 2026 calendar with day 30 marked as "Pride"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Labour It makes me think of how many RPGs are labours of love (spoiler, almost all of them) People make games because they have a cool idea and pour their time, money and effort into it with little hope for return if you aren't previously established Really inspiring actually

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 29 marked as "Labour"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Devotion It makes me think of the rampant tribalism in TTRPG spaces. No, your way isn't the only correct way to play. No, your favourite game isn't the only good one and no, everyone who plays a different edition than you isn't a "tourist" Next one will be more positivr again, promise!

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 28 marked as "Devotion"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hunger It makes me thing of resource management in RPGs and how very few games and even fewer tables/playstyles make that actually interesting and impactful Usually those tend to be hexcrawl (or at least pointcrawls) - Forbidden Lands comes to mind Anyone got any good suggestions?

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 27 marked as "Hunger"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Regret Tangientally related, but I regret that I never got into LARP back in university when I still had time for that kind of stuff. It was always so cool to see friends making costumes and props. Just wish I took the plunge instead of telling myself "next time I'll join!"

#RPGaDay 2026 calendar with day 26 marked as "Regret"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Familiarity It's very easy to stick with what's familiar in this hobby, but to grow as both a player and a GM I think it's important to branch out and at the very least read, if not play different RPGs. That's part of why I started this whole thing! That and to justify my poor financial decisions

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 25 marked as "Familiarity"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Distance Boomer opinion here, but COVID made me realize how much distance screens and devices put between us as I felt my passion for the hobby waver. It's the human connection of playing with friends behind a table that I crave above all.

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 24 marked as "Distance"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Fortune This one gives me a chance to brag that my lobster is too buttery. I've accidentally curated a regular group for myself where, once a campaign ends, everyone fights for the right to GM the next one. We currently have a queue of... about 10 years if my calculations are correct!

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 23 marked as "Fortune"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Grit I was too young, but through tales this hobby was difficult in ex-Soviet countries. English was rarely a second language and everything disseminated here much slower. Hell, there were people who straight up learned Swedish just so they could play KULT and Drakar och Demoner. Crazy times

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 22 marked as "Grit"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Charity It reminds me of how much the disparate corners of the TTRPG community have come together in recent years to raise money through stuff like itch.io bundles for varying causes. Warms my cold heart honestly

#RPGaDay with day 21 marked as "Charity"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Promise It makes me think of the inherent social contract we enter into with the GM and other players at the table. There's many parts to it, but I think it boils down to: "We promise to facilitate enjoyment for everyone at the table and to not be hurtful"

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 20 marked as "Promise"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Desire "His greed sickens me" I have so many games that I want to run and I keep buying more. I am especially a sucker for phyiscal copies of indie RPGs. Hell, the whole podcast started out as an excuse to get my friends to play some new RPGs and justify my questionable financial decisions!

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 19 marked as "Desire"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Directness As I've grown older and time is no longer in abundance I have started to value it much more, especially: • Games that do what they say on the tin • People that directly tell you if the table doesn't match with their vibe Helps everyone get to the "enjoying" part of the hobby faster!

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 18 marked as "Directness"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Intensity It reminds me that people view "stakes" very differently in RPGs. Ten Candles is a popular and "intense" game. Personally, all tension and stakes are lost once I know that the ultimate outcome is death. I need there to be the possiblity of survival, even if it is microscopic

#RPGaDay calendar with day 17 marked as "Intensity"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Composure Humor can be a defense mechanism when things get "too real" in a RPG. As someone who doesn't play/run a lot of horror it's something I have to actively supress to not break the tension and atmosphere at the table. Sometimes that's really hard when I think of an especially dumb joke tho

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 16 marked as "Composure"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Endurance As a GM I often times have to remind myself that a campaign is an endurance race, not a sprint. It's so easy to throw yourself into writing and prep only to burn out before the campaign has even reached the halfway point. I need to remind myself to let the story come more at the table

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 15 marked as "Endurance"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

If anyone else is looking for a low/no budget way of making audiograms of your podcast then I've found a pretty easy option 1. Wav2Bar - free open source software that runs locally 2. Upload to TikTok for a pretty accurate automatic captioning and save it Not super tech-savvy and managed this:

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Regard Saw System Hoppers do this so gonna steal it and just list some RPGs that I hold in high regard because they all taught me something about the hobby: • KULT • MörkBorg • Call of Cthulhu • Chains of Gaelia • Blades in the Dark • D&D 3.5 (my first ever game)

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 with day 14 marked as "Regard"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Strain Many of us playing RPGs are on the... socially unconventional side. There's been many times at many tables where that has caused strain between players out of game. It's important to check yourself and to give grace to others - rarely are these things done from malice at a table of friends

#RPGaDay 2026 calendar with day 13 marked as "Strain"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Loss I live by the dice and (my chars) die by the dice. Often times an anti-climactic end is just as satisfying as a climactic one! Fun story of loss: D&D char died, freak crit - so be it. I start on a new char only to have the DM magically resurrect old char. I was actually legitimately upset 😅

#RPGaDay calendar with day 12 marked as "Loss"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Tact I've always played RPGs with my friends. This means I almost always have a pretty good handle on what they will and won't like and what are complete "No" topics. However, now as I've started to GM for a larger variety of people I feel like I've had to learn "RPG tact" not needed before.

#RPGaDay calendar for 2026 whete day 11 is marked as "Tact"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Secret You need friends who play RPGs but aren't in your group, because goddamn is it hard to not immediately spill the beans about your new idea for the next session to your players 😅

#RPGaDay with the 10th day marked as "Secret"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Privilege I'm a cis straight guy and although the hobby has already gotten much more inclusive than it was in the past it's still important to foster a safe space at the table for everyone. Unfortunately, it's more likely that a chud will listen to me than someone with a different identity.

#RPGaDay with day 9 marked as "Privilege"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Resolve Reminds me of the indomitable human spirit or in other words: How fun and rewarding it can be in a world of gods and magic to play "John Fighter", a bog-standard human with zero magical ability or "chosen one" destiny. Just a guy who started doing the right thing and never stopped.

#RPGaDay calendar with day 8 marked as "Resolve"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Mercy It's an important step in the journey of playing RPGs that you have to, at some point, play a pacifist (or at least no-kill) character in a game focused on combat. Mine was a grizzled, old dwarf Paladin in 3.5e that adopted an urchin girl that ended up doing most of the killing...

#RPGaDay calendar where day 7 is marked as "Mercy"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Reach It makes me think of how far RPGs have the ability to reach. Since we started this podcast I've been searching for and interacting with more indie creators and I'm always surprised by how far into different corners of the world this hobby has reached! I wish more stuff got translated tho!

#RPGaDAY calendar with day six marked as "Reach"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Never done one of these before! Burden - It makes me most think of the burden of GMing. Prep, scheduling, running - it's all extra effort. But much like hiking up a mountain, the weight carried and effort exerted makes the view that much sweeter once you're at the top!

#RPGaDay calendar that lists different prompt words for every day of August. Day 5 is "Burden"

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The learning curve is steep, but once you get the characters done it flows surprisingly well! The simulationist in me is happy to calculate distances and modifiers, but it might turn some ppl off😅 Plus, there's not many dice systems that can beat the predictability and sexy Bell Curve of a 3d6!

A picture illustrating how close 3d6 rolls are to a perfect Bell Curve

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Finished the edit on the next chapter - a surprise indie TTRPG 😛 Might've found someones hiding spot in the process tho

An audio wave in Reaper software that resembles the well-known meme of Saddam Husseins hiding place

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Dicey Discourse @diceydiscourse.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

"It belongs in a museum!" Come join the Dicey Discourse crew as we punch Nazis and liberate treasure in our Outgunned: Adventure mini campaign! open.spotify.com/episode/0JZj...

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