Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"In brightest day, in Friday night lights..." Is this anything? #lanterns 021
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026My ungenerous take is that this is a result of the influx of theatre kids (who I love & admire) to the hobby. They weren't drawn to the hobby to have experiences generated by following rules and procedures (which I love & admire), but by the potential for inhabiting characters and telling stories. 210
Reposted by Joseph WetzelA.C. @ Mothmind Press @mothmindpress.itch.io · 09/08/2026I'd say this kind of joke is borne out of play cultures that for one reason or another have no interest in discussing game design at all. Kind reading, popcorn and memes social play ; bad-faith reading, playstyles where domination is a constant subtext (rules cheesing, gm v players, whatever). 151
Reposted by Joseph Wetzel🍁 Levi Kornelsen @levikornelsen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Discussion of "How can you develop structures that not only provide, but *point to,* good times" is also fraught with both this and with the echoes of the idiotic "game design is mind control". 2242
Reposted by Joseph Wetzelcavegirl @cavegirl.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The problem is that we see discussion of game design as a medium shut down by this trivial observation. When people want to discuss game-structures and are shut down by somebody pointing out that play-events can be anything, the result is that we ignore game-structures as a topic. 36911
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Give in to temptation. It's like no other card game you've played. Excellent deck building, mind games and bluffing, and flavor. #netrunner 150
Reposted by Joseph Wetzel💜violet valentine💜 @bimbonihilism.bsky.social · 07/08/2026netrunner is free to print and play, community nurtured, queer and disabled inclusive, playable in-browser, anti-liceasing tie ins and it was designed by richard garfield at his best. community and game quality shoots way, way up when the money isnt poisoning your hobby.nullsignal.gamesWhat is Netrunner? - Null Signal GamesNetrunner is a two-player asymmetric card game set in a dystopian future where four megacorporations control almost every aspect of daily life. Legendary hackers known as “runners” aim to fight […] 112341
Reposted by Joseph WetzelHelen Rottier @helenrottier.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Wow, I can’t believe Spider-Man: Brand New Day is an allegory for [redacted]. 🕷️❤️💙 041
Reposted by Joseph WetzelVivian Jenna Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Short people are allowed to do evil because for them it's mischief 381882433
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Really looking forward to subsequent entries in the As My Balls franchise 020
Reposted by Joseph WetzelEternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 10/08/2025I think that as an indie game dev without a large publisher, your target audience is not gamers in general, it is sickos. It's hardcore sickos that will be diving the depths of your genre and finding your game, and it is sickos who will be spreading it. Please the passionate, not the masses. 281687435
Reposted by Joseph WetzelJames Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social · 13/07/2025It's a Sunday afternoon in mid-July, and that can only mean one thing: the award ceremony for the 2025 Spiel des Jahres award, the most important prize in tabletop gaming. Also the final of Wimbledon, but that's much less interesting. It starts in ten minutes and I'll be live-posting the whole event 18819
Reposted by Joseph WetzelErin Tierney | Veil’s Edge Games @veilsedgegames.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Top shortage and DM shortage parallels 6204
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Brandon Sanderson withdrawal got me like: "Now these ashes have grown cold, we open the old book. These oil-stained pages recount the tales of the Fallen, a frayed empire, words without warmth." #malazan #cosmere 130
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Kaladin stans go watch Bleach #stormlightarchive #cosmere youtu.be/_Kh4YOyEV_U?...youtu.beIchigo on the Precipice of Defeat | Bleach AMVYouTube video by First Time Last 110
Reposted by Joseph WetzelRigby! @rigbees.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Playing TTRPGs: Goofing, gabbing, fun with friends Designing TTRPGs: I have locked myself in the tower and will only leave for bread and water. My hands cramp with the toil of my labor. Will I see daylight this year? It is unknown. 618537
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Everyone who likes The Sunlit Man should know that Green Lantern stories are basically just this over and over again. #cosmere #sunlitman 021
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I like it when late stage cosmre stuff is weird and janky, like an awaked steelmind. I like it less when it's all just flattened into batteries and appliances, like a jar of dor. #cosmere 000
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I've been mainlining the cosmere secret projects to get caught up before Wind and Truth. I think these might be my new favorite cosmere novels. #cosmere 020
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 04/12/2024I finally started watching the Dune show and I'm having a rough time. Are there any scenes that aren't just characters explaining what's happening? 020
Reposted by Joseph WetzelWomen Of TTRPG @womenofttrpg.bsky.social · 28/11/2024We finally started our Women in TTRPG Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/P4FN8hM Go check out this epic list of amazing women, working and creating in the TTRPG space. We’ll also keep adding to this list over time so make sure you check back. 83727315
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I shake my head a little when I see someone starting the cosmere with Way of Kings. Mistborn is a story about assassin Jesus and his apostles of crime. Stormlight is a story about angst and big swords for people who felt like Bleach was rushed. #cosmere #mistborn #stormlightarchive 171
Reposted by Joseph WetzelAbby’s Shrimply Trying her Best 🦐 @nuffofabby.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Alright #bskyGMs - what’s your favorite #TTRPG to run/facilitate? Here’s my top three! 1.) Changeling: The Lost 2.) Ten Candles 3.) Call of Cthulhu 2141
Reposted by Joseph WetzelDan Muñoz (Nat1Fun) @danmunoz.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Alright, #bskyGMs. What's your favorite #TTRPG to run/facilitate? I'll give you my top 3. 1. D&D 5e/ToV/Pathfinder (Fantasy Adventure) 2. Vaesen 3. Cyberpunk RED 182
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Jumping in with the other #bskyGMs. Top three #TTRPG systems to run/facilitate. 1. Blades in the Dark 2. Chronicles of Darkness 3. Savage Worlds 251
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 17/11/2024The theme of the double feature is isekai by a guy named Clive 021
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I was thirteen when I watched @chrisperkinsdnd.bsky.social run 4e for the Robot Chicken guys. I began my yearning then. I think now I might finally have the right group to play with. 021
Joseph Wetzel @josephwetzel.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I get sad about "rulings, not rules" sometimes. I love rules so much. Tell me a procedure that results in an experience. 041
