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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Went to the Darwin Undeground Tunnels today for WW2 insights, and was pleasantly surprised to discover an Australiana klanka artifact, "Puppetry and Empathy" crafted by artist Robyn Davy. The silo tunnel had many stories to tell, building them and then defending them in WWII was tough and deadly.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Dr Strange or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Croc

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Darwin bush holiday day one hobby results: Land Raiders and Fellblades exit the manufactorum, ready to join the Iron Warrior Grand Battalion under Warsmith Zhorisch.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A Walkable ASCII Cyberpunk City in One HTML File 🤯 via Grow Now Games, a one person indie game developer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yty...

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A Walkable ASCII Cyberpunk City in One HTML File

YouTube video by Grow Now! Games

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I enjoyed this year's Queensland Games Festival, visual highlights included Cloudlings, Wild n Chill, and Keyboard Warriors. Full list: www.queenslandgamesfestival.com Shout out Ardent Roleplay www.ardentroleplay.com and the Tabletop Game Designers Australia www.tgda.org.au

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"Wait wait wait wait.. you didn't think about that?" "No. I attempt to think as little as possible. I want it to be as random as possible." A great mini-doc video by @itsquinns.bsky.social on Jerry Gretzinger and his disciplined divergent design process: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8N...

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He Won’t Stop Building a Map to an Imaginary Place

YouTube video by People Make Games

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Fresh LLM agents act like 'genies' determined to discover and act on loopholes. This can (sometimes) be counter-acted through recon, audits, and a tightly written hand-over brief. This process is neatly illustrated in this video skit by comedians Chris and Jack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM0t...

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The perfect wish to outsmart a genie | Chris & Jack

YouTube video by Chris and Jack

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Its amazing to be able to watch this live from Youtube, check it out if you have the chance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

‘The Turing Registry isn’t Hiring. Yet.’ My reflections after attending a cybersecurity x AI event: www.linkedin.com/pulse/turing...

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The Turing Registry Isn’t Hiring. Yet.

Dr James J. Dillon's reflections from 6Degrees.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

A fun interactive recap from YouTube Music depicting my recent music tastes. I'm pleased to see Four Tet at the top, recently discovering his music had been revelatory.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

There was lots to enjoy and learn at the Griffith University Film School Expermental Games Lab today. Plenty of AR/XR games to play, plus extensive industry representation.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Holiday coming to an end, check list review: sea ✅ surf ✅ sand ✅ 400 points of Legions Imperialis built ✅

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Another excellently produced #ttrpg review from @itsquinns.bsky.social showcasing Mythic Bastionland, a streamlined myth-chasing ‘hexcrawl’ with sharp rules, no skills, and lots of character. And rules for warbands! Is it Pendragon uber-lite?

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Lots of fun and inspo to be found at the Queensland Games Festival today. I'm feeling energised from the experience.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

"In fact, I don't want to learn anything at all. I want to preserve my brain." Some mind-bending quotes in this Business Insider article: 'Inside Silicon Valley's anti-college movement' www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-tech-f...

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For tech's new generation, college is an expensive waste

Inside tech's anti-college movement: "If you have to go to college, it's probably because you're mediocre."

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The Maya interactive tutorial is great. It's turned learning into a game, using the tools it provides as part of the software. An enjoyable way to learn, @autodeskedu.bsky.social.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Today's ‘Heroic Powers‘ 0.951 Minor Update includes significant changes and improvements to Chapter 3: Heroic Professions for the #Seablight Antilles #TTRPG Setting Guide: www.seablight.com/news/heroic-...

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

"The world's only Warhammer academic conference is returning in September to present more talks like 'The ethical implications of the Imperium’s war with chaos and the inverted meaning of order'" @pcgamer.com article by Lincoln Carpenter, consider me tempted! www.pcgamer.com/games/board-...

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Finally, some good news: The world's only Warhammer academic conference is returning in September to present more talks like 'The ethical implications of the Imperium’s war with chaos and the inverted...

In the grim darkness of the 21st century, there is only scholarly analysis of the grim darkness of the 41st millennium.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

I enjoyed watching the quick virtual production demo at Brisbane's Griffith University today. I also enjoyed their game design presentation. I'm feeling inspired to undertake Unreal Engine accreditation.

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We are LIVE NOW with Age of Vikings: The Roleplaying Game! Come on in and watch our all-stars learn the ropes! twitch.tv/chaosiuminc

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Livestreaming now: a fun @chaosium.bsky.social Actual Play for Age of Vikings, great job James Coquillat and team www.twitch.tv/chaosiuminc

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

#Seablight Antilles #TTRPG 'Copper Nickel Iron' 0.95 Major Update published today, free to download and enjoy. Feedback welcome. Designed for @chaosium.bsky.social's Basic Roleplaying (BRP) rule book. Available here: www.seablight.com/news/0-95-ma...

Seablight Antilles TTRPG front cover, showcasing action, adventurers, mutants, cibernetic creatures,

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Gold discovered via Reddit: the trailer for the unique side-scrolling action movie The Waves of Madness www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dD...

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The Waves of Madness (OUT NOW) Official Trailer

YouTube video by Jason Trost

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Kobold Press @koboldpress.com · 07/04/2025

A new article from Forbes diving into the latest state of the RPG and board game industry, featuring commentary from our Kobold-in-chief, Wolfgang Baur. Read here. 📖: www.forbes.com/sites/robwie...

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Tabletop Games Industry Members React To President Trump Tariffs Plan

I spoke wih several members from all levels of the tabletop games industry who offered their insight on the immediate, short and long term effects of the Trump tariffs.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Proud to be the 968th backer 😎 on @BackerKit for @threesailsstudios.bsky.social's Mappa Mundi - An Exploration + Ecology RPG. Looking forward to receiving it!

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

"A live show version of the classic table-top RPG, Call of Cthulhu, will tour the UK later this year, following a hugely successful run at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe." — @starburst.bsky.social Tickets available now!

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Call of Cthulhu Live To Tour UK - STARBURST Magazine

A live show version of the classic table-top RPG, Call of Cthulhu, will tour the UK later this year, following a hugely successful run at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This live show will tak...

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

0.935 Minor Update for #Seablight Antilles #TTRPG Setting Guide: new Heroic Profession images to assist with future 3D model augmentation, and text updates to Chapter 9: Scenarios www.seablight.com/news/heroic-...

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Social Warhammer 40K this Saturday. Fun with friends. Custom scenario involving a psychic summoninh circle in the middle. Complete destruction of our forces. Good times.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I'm having fun today working with 3D models in Blender for #Seablight #TTRPG. I learnt how to package a textured 3D model in Blender, import to Unity, and then augment an image using Vuforia. Up next is manipulating bones in Blender for dynamic poses. Animations will be a future 'stage 3' project.

Augmented 3D model of a Seablight Antilles wandering judge

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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 22/02/2025

I've made a few one-page TTRPGs, one of which earned an ENNIE nomination. So I wrote a guide to encourage and help others create their own one-page games. Covers everything from generating ideas to publishing online. Make your own one-page TTRPG: exeuntpress.itch.io/one-page-rpg #ttrpg #solorpg

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Got my Netherworld patch for visiting Mana & Malt MTG Modern competition organised by @dougesontwitch.bsky.social at BrewTide, cheers!

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Clever cross-mixing of media elements in the build-up to the EXODUS digital game by Archetype Entertainment: their latest content is a live action #TTRPG Actual Play www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZwM...

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Star Heist: An EXODUS Story | Episode 1 - “Latecomers”

YouTube video by EXODUS™ (from Archetype Entertainment)

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Aaaaand my partner surprised me with The Terminor movie-orchestra experience, a perfect Saturday birthday. 😎

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

My birthday #TTRPG loot drop: Spire The City Must Fall. To quote @itsquinns.bsky.social, it's time to give the aelfir hell.

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 21/02/2025

If you played TTRPGs between 1970-2004, PhD Candidate Geoffrey Ramirez (Binghamton U) is seeking participants for “Character Creation: The Tabletop Role-Players Oral History Project” as part of his dissertation. Interviews will be archived at the Strong Museum of Play (can be time-locked, etc)

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Character Creation: The Tabletop Role-Players Oral History Project

Hello! Thank you for your interest in participating in this project! This project seeks the voices of players, zinesters, artists, and amateur designers who played tabletop games anytime from 1970 to ...

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

A #Seablight Antilles #TTRPG update: a new look for Governor-Captain Bazl 'Blakbard' Jackson, plus an update for sail-based vessels to remove the 18th century aesthetic still lingering from last year.

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I'm testing a new process for flexible character design using Midjourney. I will first create a character in this classic profile pose with white background, then style reference it in future images, along with a unique text code for that character. Here's Governor-Captain Bazl 'Blakbard' Jackson.

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Science & Sorcery @scienceandsorcery.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

"No Place Like Home" We return to the world of @threesailsstudios.bsky.social's Mappa Mundi tomorrow! This story, GM'd by @drtalksalot.bsky.social will see us joined by the wonderful Emily Bates of @rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social who are also running Mappa Mundi this week! 📆 17th Feb 🕖 7pm GMT

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Dr James Dillon - CreatePlay @jamesdillon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Happy Valentine's Day to all the pyrates, coast wardens, and sea merchants of the Antilles Archipelago! To celebrate today's release of #Seablight Antilles #TTRPG Setting Guide 0.93 Update, we've published a fun one-minute video about love and rockets. Full story: www.seablight.com/news/downloa...

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Happy Valentine's Day 2025 from Seablight Antilles

YouTube video by Seablight

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