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Halflingspy

@halflingspy.bsky.social
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Writer and Lead of Sprites and Dice. Enjoys new projects and rambling conversations. Tries to do the right thing. He/Him, ADHD fun 24/7. Trying to figure out the gaming dad thing.

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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Please note - I am an absolute newbie and am learning from effective from scratch. Here’s my two first attempts at faces from when I started last time. The goal is to try to do 10-15 sketches, and hey, maybe I’ll get that first bit of confidence and “hey that looks okay” by the end!
First sketch attempt in December of 2025. Basic human face.Second attempt at drawing, a half elf woman, to try and do different ears and shapes. From December 2025.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
To keep myself accountable and finally try, I’m making October my month to really learn how to draw… by drawing for others. If YOU have a ttrpg character you want sketched or a little town or forest mapped, feel free to leave a comment of what you want and I’ll try my best for free!
Two books I’m trying to use to draw - “How To Draw Your RPG Character”, and “The Game Master’s Guide to Fantasy Map Making”.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I did it! With 10 minutes to go, I beat Control for #FinishTheDamnGame month! Had a blast. What a game. Glad I had a fire lit under my butt to see it in its weird glory through to the end.
Credits for Control, by Remedy games!
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Currently listening to an Audiobook on the history of Britain, because I am a huge nerd. Proof of extra nerdiness: “Huh, this intro chapter talking about how Roman Rule couldn’t keep them safe from invaders while also taxing them to pieces reminds me of how the Imperium in Warhammer 40K sucks.”
The cover art for the history book, The Anglo-Saxons, by Marc Morris.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
1.5 hours of NYC - we went apple picking after school since we know the weekend’s a wash. Beautiful day, but you could feel the wind pick up just a little speed and force every so often. Have these beautiful bands of clouds from the edge of the storm system streaking across the sky. Stay safe!
Walking through a corn maze with the family the Friday before a nor’easter.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So I have been slowly keeping a collection of headlines suggested to me of weird and interesting topics that make me just go “not now” because the world is a hot mess and I don’t have time to comprehend them. The one for today is “Seaworld wants to make you Horny” - I don’t have time for this?!
A headline and subtitle talking about how Sea World wants to attract the romantasy crowd.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I got to make my own axe last weekend. Step one of hammering it out on the left. Finished axe sunk into a throwing range target on the right. Everyone who went wants to go back again. Was an absolute blast!
My axe I made mid forging! This is after an hour or so of hammering it out.The axe I made, final product! Got to throw it into the wooden boards just a few minutes after it was done.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A reminder to myself that occasionally, I can clean up nice. Also a reminder that I’m still awful at selfies.
Selfie of myself in a suit in September 2026!
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I did it, I finally did it! After three different attempts to play the full story of The Witcher 3, I got to the end of the main story for #FinishTheDamnGame month for @spritesanddice.bsky.social! The game really picks up after the midpoint, and I had a blast, even if the starting areas are slower.
The epilogue quest, "Something Ends, Something Begins", to show I beat The Witcher 3! Hopefully without spoiling anything.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sorry for the ramble. It’s an elder millenial trying to make sense of a tragedy 25 years later, one that reshaped things for the worse for all who experienced that day and the generations that came after. I hate that I can’t look at images of the old skyline without both sad and also angry.
An old photo of the NY skyline with the twin towers intact, found online from the year or years before 9/11.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’m old enough to remember when this image haunted people. When it made people cry because it reminded them of dead family or friends. I’m also old enough to have watched it mutate into a joke, a meme based such a tragic day filled with death. And the sad part is that I kind of understand why.
The famous image of George Bush being told about the attack on the World Trade Center.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Got to bring my son to the beach for the first proper time this last weekend. Managed to capture a bittersweet ice cream on the boardwalk as we said goodbye. My heart is full.
Boardwalk eating ice cream, my son and wife.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Playing Halo: ODST as part of Finish The Damn Game month. Played it before, never finished it back in college. Feels real good to be back in the old school Halo games. It's just a comfy fit for an Elder Millennial like me.
Cutscene with Buck and Dare at the start of Halo: ODST right before they drop.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Took a walk to take a break from work and wake up. I thought I’d beat the rain. Good news: I am very awake. Bad news: I did not beat the rain.
Mid day walk, small chance of downpour!
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Well when all of the millionaires move out because it’s “unlivable”… Living an hour and a half north of the city is wild. You find local newspapers trying to spin his stuff as a negative and sometimes creating hilarity.
Cover of a February 2026 New York Post trying to mock Mamdani.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It’s not quite the same as de-molding dice for ttrpgs, but spending the morning de-molding bouncy balls for my kid! Science projects are great.
First two bouncy balls from a craft project for a five year old! He helped pour the beads, hold the molds, and chose the colors. Still drying after being taken out of the mold.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Vampire Lestat giving life advice, for better or worse.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Ah, the ADHD experience of wanting to buy ways to organize your board games better, waiting by the door for the package to arrive… …and then waiting two years to finally put it together and do the work. Hey, at least it’s getting done!
Finally starting to put together my board game organizers! This one is for Tiny Towns.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
For three years, my lovely wife has worked her butt off making this garden. It was once lawn, but lots of hard work turned it into a mulberry tree, rhubarb, corn, green beans, a strawberry patch… Garden lovers out there, can you please say if this garden rocks? Want to show her some positivity.
Our garden, above view, start of August 2026Our garden, view of squash and back fence, August 2026.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Was doing yardwork when wife came home from the craft store and said she had something for me. It’s going right on my bag, I love it. For any of those who I’ve GMed for in the past - accurate?
Me suspiciously holding my new messenger bag patch, “Unreliable Narrator”.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I’m going to withhold judgement for now, because I think I’m where you are at, but on the slightly more positive side of the coin. I adore the sniper pose but would have killed for a weird space elf compound bow, Turok style you know?
Exodite sniper model.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
For Father’s Day, I’m being allowed to do something very silly. Let’s see if we can actually learn this beast of a game. Time to survive the Bronze Age in Mega Empires!
Mega Empires board game being set up!
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A night of nostalgia and fun. Seeing Super Guitar Bros and Bit Brigade with much of the original group we had at PAX East in 2013. Getting older and hopefully, a little wiser… but still remembering to have fun. My heart is full.
Alton, me and Brian, taking a picture in front of the Bit Brigade stage in Kingston NY.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Just found out John Blanche died. The artist that inspired wargames and edgelords and epic tales for decades. I remember seeing his 40K art in high school and it resonating in a way I couldn’t explain; that somehow, the future wasn’t just progress but something to watch out for. Rest in peace.
John Blanche Art set in the Warhammer 40K universe.John Blanche Art set in the Warhammer Fantasy Universe.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
When cleaning out your garage accidentally ends up making it look like a “choose your weapon” from an old DnD rulebook. I think I’m going pitchfork.
Garage and gardening supplies!
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Started the day off right by getting a turtle off the road! Even if work sucks, I know I helped this little guy.
Painted turtle I helped to the other side of the road while on the way to work!
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Muttonchops update: after receiving more and more inventive mockery at work and from family, tried to clean it up a bit! It’s more “robber baron” than “70s trucker” at least, although the plaid work shirt isn’t helping here. If I do this again, making the donation goal a LOT higher!
Muttonchops cleaned up after charity stream! Quick selfie while doing yardwork.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
THE DEED IS DONE! Can’t believe we raised over $2,000. Thank you all. My heart is full.
Shaved for a charity stream goal into mutton chops! Still amazed we raised so much.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The things I do for a silly joke (and then all of you wonderful people donated to charity for). I haven’t seen my chin for 10 years. Time to change that! My wife already is mourning the beard. Stream starting soon!
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I have no context, but felt it must be posted.
A headline about how lasers on sharks might help save species! From popular science.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
…I haven’t seen my chin in 10 years…
A can of shaving cream.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Feeling proud of what our little collective has accomplished. Thanks to all who tune in, read our stuff, come to our game nights, and who just overall add more positivity to the gaming world as a whole.
A screenshot of the Sprites and Dice Tiltify page at the end of April 2026!
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
It’s taken 40 years, but here’s a photo of myself that I truly feel photogenic in.
Picture of me at the bar in Apotheke, a speakeasy in NYC. Celebrating an anniversary with my wife!
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
11 years married today. Thanks for all the adventures - here is to us having many more for many years to come, my beautiful bride.
My wife and I at our wedding in 2015!My wife and I on our anniversary date in 2026! Our first time able to go back to our favorite speakeasy since 2019.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Another update: We're up to $650 now thanks to ALL of your generosity! I am unsure why people are meme-donating, but we're here for it. Another game code giveaway has started! Say something in chat before 1:30 EST to be entered!
Screenshot of our charity stream going on while playing the pirate game Windrose. Donations in the top left corner saying things like "32 Feral Hogs Exactly".
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Took a walk during my lunch break - I love that New Paltz campus has a tree that orbited the moon on the Artemis I mission! It’s a lot more surreal now that we’ve watched Artemis II come back safely.
A tree on the campus of SUNY New Paltz that orbited the moon as a seed on the Artemis I mission!
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Oh hey, just saw another one.
Headline “earth’s gateway to hell keeps getting bigger” from Popular Science.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
So you know when you see headlines, usually around science or space or nature, that you just do NOT have the mental bandwidth to process? Started saving images when I see them, and call them "Not Now" articles. Here's a good one I saw last week when I glanced at my phone between doctor visits.
Headline for an article in Popular Mechanics which just reads "Every Single Cell in the Universe is Conscious, Research Suggests".
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
What my planner is going to look like for the next few weeks. I’m okay, just suddenly the concepts of side projects and pursuing bigger goals is going to be on hold for a while.
My weekly planner. “My main quest this week: SURVIVE”.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
*More Pirate Noises, But Snootier*
Box of Eldar Corsair models!
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Last night in 7 days to die *could* have gone better.
Playing 7 days to die, and a horde of zombies absolutely cornering me and my friends in a basement. I did not survive.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
(Good) Mistakes were made. Got a little something for myself today.
The new Eldar Corsair box set! Bought it for myself.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I- I…. What’s happening? Am I drunk? This can’t be real. Can it? There’s no way-
News about Jonathan Majors and Zach Levi doing an action film for the Daily Wire.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Working on my article about good Steam Next Fest games this month, but just wanted to shout out @allwillrise.bsky.social. Normally narrative "Visual Novel" esque games aren't what I go for, but the environmentalist plot, the compelling use of cards as social combat, it hooked me. Go give it a shot!
A screenshot of All Will Rise, a game demo available on Steam Next Fest about saving a river and its city from greed. The image is of when the river catches fire.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Was turning on my favorites I have through iTunes while going to get some work done and- Well, looked at the list of songs. I’m a strange sort of person, aren’t I?
List of 13 songs from my favorites for a playlist! Covering stuff from gaming soundtracks to Linkin Park and Heilung and Gorillaz.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
About to go run my first ever game of Daggerheart for a two-shot mini campaign. Rewrote and redesigned one of my favorite jump off points for a new party that I used first back in… D&D 3.0 over twenty years ago? Lots of feelings, like I’m about to DM for the first time all over again.
The front cover of the Daggerheart core rulebook.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Still cleaning up my hobby space to start painting, but enjoying actually putting kits together! The Endrin dock for the sky pirate dwarves are a fun and frustrating challenge. #AgeofSigmar #warhammercommunity
The Zontari Endrin Dock for Age of Sigmar. Put together, unpainted.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The world sucks these days, but still trying to find a little personal joy and momentum every day. Finally got these guys together after trying to find the kit for two years. Just really cool mage sculpts and should be fun to paint! #AgeofSigmar
Sculpts for age of Sigmar, the stormcoven.
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Very casual player in New York here! Loved Warhammer as an idea for decades, finally started properly collecting during COVID. Spearhead let me and a bunch of other new dads play the game without breaking the bank. We’ll be starting a path of glory campaign this year, a dream of mine for years.
Spearhead game of Tzeentch vs Swampy Kruleboyz!
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Halflingspy @halflingspy.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Finally getting back on track and publishing articles and reviews after having to take a month or so off. One thing I would love to have more time for: mastering board game photography. I know I need to buy some dedicated lights… Any tips?
A sample board game state of This Game Is Killer: Frozen Horror
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