Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm really enjoying Wildermyth on my Switch. Great game, but I'm very sad the devs have essentially abandoned the console version, as it crashes too much to fully recommend it without hesitation. 000
Reposted by Eric FranklinGordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Are shots fired increasing? No we're just displaying years backwards on charts now? Violent crime may be down, but graph crimes are here to stay I guess. 18010
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It wasn't a bad set. It was half of two different good sets in a trenchcoat, with a few too many bad cards (Derelor, Aeolipile). 120
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Reminds me of the time WotC released the Fallen Empires set for MtG. It's still relatively easy to find sealed packs for that one. 121
Reposted by Eric FranklinWriteups.org @writeups.org · 22/09/2026This is for ENWorld, a major TTRPG forum. 2112
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Loaded potatoes. Salt-baked loaded potatoes, where the skin is crispy and the inside is so very soft. And then you get to pick your toppings. Cheese. Bacon. Sour cream. Scallions. Bacon. Brisket. BBQ Sauce. Bacon. Butter. 100
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The new Core Rules removed skidding. I disagree with (but understand) the change. It means that the Urbie doesn't have as significant an advantage on asphalt anymore. 010
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Repost with your home river. When I was a kid, it was the Palouse River. Although we would occasionally fish off of the Snake, which wasn't far. As a tween and later, the Puyallup River. 010
Reposted by Eric FranklinZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The most important thing about this is that Trump has finally broken the seal on using his embargo powers, which are much stronger than his tariff powers and allow far more spectacular economic destruction. 718037
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Has anyone pointed out to them that by taking the videos down, it's impossible for anyone to take them in context? You'd think that if they want them to be placed in context, they'd provide links to the full video where the "out of context" clips were cut from ... Oh. Wait. Nevermind. I get it. 121
Reposted by Eric Franklin∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's worth clarifying that this applies to ballots mailed *from* your local elections bureau to *you*, not return ballots. If you plan to vote by mail, it's time to make a note of when they're supposed to go out & check what the back up options are if you don't receive a ballot. 083
Reposted by Eric FranklinSteve Voght @voght.org · 01/09/2026In King County you can sign up for text alerts to know when your ballot is mailed to you, received back at KCE HQ, and validated for counting: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... And also how to replace a missing or damaged ballot: cd.kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...info.kingcounty.govKing County ElectionsLed by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters. 022
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Based on the early sales numbers, that shouldn't be too hard. 3390
Reposted by Eric FranklinSerpyMatt @serpymatt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Well... had to update one I made 10 years ago... 1293
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Most of my local peers probably remember St. Helens, but I was still overseas for that. For me, it's either Challenger or Chernobyl. They both happened at about the same time, IIRC. 000
Reposted by Eric Franklin👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026even after her passing, she wanted kiddos to have access to books 🥺 017747
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I'm so glad she picked up where John left off, with the well-targeted social media. 060
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 25/08/2026In fairness, it did (mostly) fulfill. In 2023. It was worse than bad. It was mediocre and forgettable. Skarka ran another campaign on Backerkit to clear out Studio2's warehouse last year. It allowed backers to pay full price, and managed to eat up about a quarter of Studio2's inventory. 100
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Happy Farwestaversary for those who celebrate. The Far West RPG was funded on this date in 2011. 132
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Have your doctors eliminated Meniere's disease? (I'm not a doctor, but I have family history and have read up on it a bit) 000
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Steph is out of town this week, so I've been driving in rather than taking the train, and I have to say that it's given me a great deal of appreciation for the train. Not only am I able to get to work when I'm too tired to functionally drive, but I also get a couple of hours every day for reading. 000
Reposted by Eric FranklinMaya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026 Find out which of your local businesses are working with ICE. (New database from @theappeal.org) The Appeal’s investigation reveals a widespread web of public and private entities enabling Trump’s deportation machine. theappeal.org/ice-local-bu...theappeal.orgDeportation Dollars: ICE Contracts With More Than 1,000 Businesses Across the U.S.The Appeal’s investigation found contracts in nearly every state. Find out if your local businesses are working with ICE. 3192143
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Pulp Fiction. Tarantino always makes it look like he's trying too hard, and this is the most Tarantino film there is. The (thin) plot is mostly ignored in favor of character vignettes, many of which are completely unrelated to the plot. "Cool" trumps "coherent." There is no fun in this film. 000
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Thank you for increasing my blocklist by one more with this one. Ugh. 050
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Does this person not realize that most word processors these days ALSO have grammar checkers, which CAN distinguish between homophones? It's no substitute for a literate human having a read-through, but I could understand why an AI slopper would have trouble finding one of those ... 120
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I'm still grumpy about double heat sinks existing, much less ClanTech being so much better than LosTech. 110
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Head-chopping is one thing. Doing so with every trigger pull for all of your (very limited) ammunition in a 3025-era game is a very different chef's kiss. (Public rolls and multiple sets of dice, too) 160
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 14/08/2026TR: Boondoggles is one of my favorite gaming books ever published for any game. 170
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Our group used to have tales of Steve Rowe and his Magical AC20 To The Head. I think every group develops those stories in time. 180
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I love that those flawed Mecha are flawed because of graft and supply shortages and the like. They could have built highly-optimized killing machines. Instead, we have the Urbanmech. 260
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 14/08/2026static.klipy.comBit TronAlt: Bit, a computer-generated character from the film Tron, who is shaped roughly like a 20-sided die only with pyramids instead of flat faces saying "YES YES YES YES" 030
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Agreed. Weird coincidence that both the Rockies and the Cascades are both West of the Mississippi, though. ;-) 040
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I had an ex who called the string of unstoppable popup ads from porn sites a "pornado." And that felt about right. 030
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Really, the best Star Wars game is the one that best mimics the thing about Star Wars that you want to emulate. 010
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 01/08/2026There's a good Smallville hack somewhere that is an excellent Star Wars game. Hopefully, it is still findable. But that's largely because Smallville allowed for huge power imbalances without breaking. 100
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Where that went wrong was forcing balance between games. And everything else. 100
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 01/08/2026That's one thing FFG/Edge got partially right. Jedi and Scum need enough different mechanisms that they should be different games. 100
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Check out Scum and Villainy. It's Forged in the Dark, and owes a good chunk of inspiration to Have Solo and the SW underworld. 200
Eric Franklin @gamethyme.bsky.social · 31/07/2026It occurs to me that I have not liked *any* of the officially-licensed Star Wars RPGs. 110
Reposted by Eric Franklinjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126137999
