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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 1h

"It is difficult for scientists to research these organisms" Good ._.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 1h

I'm already a bit upset and have yet to open the wiki about the eel ._.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 1h

It's an ornate tiger moth! Floofy boiii

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 1h

I get time on it. I don't have space in a structure that would cope with the weight.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 22h

If you have not watched The Big Sleep, you are missing out.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 30/09/2026

I'm also happy to help, let's talk about it!

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 30/09/2026

You can also ask a friendly layout person 👋😀

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 30/09/2026

I think recording your voice while you present is going to be perfectly fine!

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 30/09/2026

Ah, shame. I do not dislike the new build however, even if it could have replaced something worse

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 30/09/2026

Why? was the previous house listed?

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 30/09/2026

I'ma nab this for Traveller so hard

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 30/09/2026

is this going to be broadcast/published anywhere?

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 30/09/2026

I don't know exactly why but I particularly love this piece.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 30/09/2026

I took the habit of brewing tea in mine and it also seem to come out stronger, even if the bottle is bigger than a mug. Longer infusion at higher temp.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 29/09/2026

This is a promising project, I can't wait for the book.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 29/09/2026

This sounds super interesting. Are early drafts available for a peek? 👀

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 29/09/2026

I know Civilization 4 is really good, but the soundtrack is even better? Recording of period music by the Vienna Philharmonic? John Adams? I have no idea what the music budget was.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Civilization from 3 onwards have Printing Press or Movable Type as technology!

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Rowan A. (sarcophagus-games.itch.io) @sarcophagusgames.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

By the way, hello Bluesky - I'm Rowan A.! I do TTRPG art and graphics, layout, writing and game design) and I like making things that look good but might attack. You might know me from my work on Book of Gaub, art for Unicorn Meat, or my fan work for CAIN! Avast! sarcophagus-games.itch.io

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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How it started vs How it's going:

A screenshot of a conversation between me and Karly, where I aks if she wants to get her adventure in print.

A screenshot of a successful Kickstarter campaign.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Create an unnecessary sequel by adding an -er to a book’s title: Timer & the Gods

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 27/09/2026

for fucking REAL. the depth of trauma for those undiagnosed with ADHD is real. not just the way we feel like we're constantly failing (because everyone is telling us we are) but not understanding WHY because we have no context to understand other people aren't struggling with the things we are.

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Karie Bookish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I can only second this. If you are in Glasgow, visit Category Is. It's much more than a bookshop. It's a community hub, a place of active resistance, and a big fucking hug.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 27/09/2026

I used to be so good at sleeping. Like, black belt level. I could nap so easily and sleep 12 hours straight at weekends.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.

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Qsy @qsy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tuscan play the Italian Wars

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Anyone know the name of this painting? I saw a clip of just this lil guy and need to see the entire thing. Look at them. Just the most miniature of dudes.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 25/09/2026

I have given up on English people being ok about other countries. White English culture is, at large, supremacist.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 25/09/2026

At any rate, I've taken the drastic step of shifting to devedit/redraft and layout. This was really effective and I can finally see a way out, and a game being made. My feet are on the next rung. I don't want to jump down, so the only way is up.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 25/09/2026

Y'all the amount of methylphenidate and coffee consumed in the making of this book is only appropriate for a wizard.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 25/09/2026

I am, without realising, writing an ambitious game about accomplishing an ambitious goal and struggling with it for years, and I've been struggling with it for years. The game about the struggle lies in the struggle about the game.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 25/09/2026

And that's why this little game has been stuck in development for years. Because getting good is hard, ambitious endeavours are hard, writing short content is hard, mixing occult and bathos is hard. Climbing the Ladder is hard and frustrating and takes time and a lot of dedication.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 25/09/2026

There are also other technical difficulties. Each area/encounter/paragraph is about 5 lines long and has both a bit of world building and some game challenge and often a boon to discover. Brevity and variety don't easily go hand in hand, especially if you need dozens of these encounters.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 25/09/2026

It is also ambitious in many ways. can be played solo, it can be played with 20 people at the table. The worst part of it is that it does not need an arc, and the rules are hard to write because I set a high standard for myself. High ambition plus high standards make for high frustration.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 25/09/2026

It is also ambitious in many ways. can be played solo, it can be played with 20 people at the table. The worst part of it is that it's also my first solo game, and I'm struggling with both writing the rules and giving it a satisfying arc.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 25/09/2026

Switching between occult text and being a useless newb wizard apprentice is necessary to set the tone. You are not good but are trying to ascend. The Ladder to Leave the World Behind has only nine rungs, how hard can it be? Each Rung is a quest that could take years of time, so, yeah, it's hard.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 25/09/2026

Sorcery Shenanigans has been in development for years and had great playtest feedback, but the specific way its words sucks is infuriating. It's an occult text on discovering the mysteries of the world. It's also full of bathos and its comedy is full of slapstick because of PC incompetence.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 25/09/2026

I really, genuinely don't like my writing. A thread 🧵

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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGE

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UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls

UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Some wizards need some good manners slapped right into their stupid face.

A Simple Weave:
Step 1 : Plea on the Equinox Threshold ☐
The Monastery of Holy Patience opens its gate on the Fall Equinox, for one day. Only a few are judged worthy to work its looms. To be admitted, make your plea in front of the High Webster, and check Charisma+Weaving:
› 0-1: you are not worthy. You can try again next year.
› 2+: you are admitted in the Monastery, and allowed at the loom.
› Shenanigans: you disrespect the High Webster, who regretfully schools you publicly and loudly by slapping some good manners right in your face. Take 1d6 wounds. You can try again next year, but please be respectful.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 24/09/2026

I'm not sure to be honest, not that I think about it. There's definitely more chances to include a single element to it, a weirding point, not unlike fantastical realism, but more towards the uncanny.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 24/09/2026

If on a Winter Night is transformative! So good!

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Your RPGs can do with more Borges.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 24/09/2026

This book is excellent. Have you read any Calvino? Starting from Borges I'd recommend Invisible Cities.

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 24/09/2026

He asked permission, so he was negotiating your boundaries, which seems like an adult thing to do. But of course he went for one of the worst offender 2nd edition splat books.

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