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Mark Wallace, so-called

@markwallace.bsky.social
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Writer, game designer, anguish flâneur. Words: NYTimes, Salon, LARB, Rumpus, GQ, etc. Blog: yrpgm.bearblog.dev/blog/ Games: markwallace.itch.io News: inlooking.substack.com Once wrote a book: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262513227/the-…

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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
loved the maps and lands and mysteries that emerged in Cartograph from @ravensridgeco.bsky.social. Check it out.
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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole Con @tabletopbookshelf.com · 27/09/2026
NEW REVIEW: @markwallace.bsky.social takes us on a map-making trip into new lands with Cartograph from @ravensridgeco.bsky.social Find out what directions this solo-friendly game takes and how it might end up becoming your favorite way to create new worlds for your next adventure buff.ly/IZagZ7z
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The journey of a thousand TTRPG sessions begins with a single one-shot.
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
every year
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Every day, I sit in work meetings involving native speakers of 2, 3, or even (like today) 4 different languages. Today it was English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Every day, we get an absolute metric shit-ton of work done, helping farmworkers, the elderly, young children, and college students.
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It's just a hop, skip, and a jump from here to delicious nutriwafer. #blades68
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Current situation in my back yard
Six ducks and two geese splashing in a kiddie pool in my yard. They all belong to the neighbor.
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My wife thinks I cleaned the garage today because I was being responsible, but it's really just so I can run more TTRPGs out there.
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
okay #bluecollar #scifi bsky, where can I get my hot little hands on a copy of this book? Menial: Skilled Labor in Science Fiction www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...
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Menial: Skilled Labor in Science Fiction
Miner. Harvester. Mechanic. Sanitation Worker. These ar…
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Literally every fucking election, except maybe 2 of my adult life
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
super cool
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is good. Go forth now and listen.
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
killer 🚂 🧵
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Glossary of terms used by Philip K. Dick philipdick.com/mirror/PKDic...
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Dicktionary This is a glossary of terms used by Philip K Dick
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Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 01/09/2026
Applications for the Mothership #Jump-9 Writers Grant are now open. Deadline is September 30. www.tuesdayknightgames.com/pages/mother...
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
oh now, shit's getting real up in this whip
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
5 artists I've seen at least twice: Talking Heads Elvis Costello David Bowie Frank Zappa Yuan-Yuan Tan
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is really good
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Viridian Gimbels reporting for duty 🫡
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
woohoo! Just got my inbox down to less than 14,000 unread emails. Go, me!!
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
not Dolly!! 😢
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404 Media @404media.co · 22/08/2026
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Luke Wearying
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These Games Are Not For Sale @notforsalegames.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Let's take celebrating games as art a step further What if we celebrated the joy of creating games as an artistic endeavor Without regard to whether those games ever "go to market"
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
100% concur. I have always expressed this as, "Fly your freak flag high."
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Aaron King @aaronmfking.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We're finally doing it.
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
these are great
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The first step is admitting you have a problem: I buy way too many books when I travel.
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My daughter just called her eyeball "my seeing hole."
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
solid advice
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Book I still haven't finished after a couple of months, book I started and finished in a couple of days, book I purchased.
Three books: The Wake, by Paul Kingsnorth, which I like but which has gotten quite slow in the middle; The Collapsing Empire, by John Scalzi, which is really good like potato chips are really good so you can't stop eating them, y'know? and The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop., which I'm really looking forward to.
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
get minimalist with it #ttrpg
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
TIL the sewers in ancient Rome had their own god en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloacina
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Cloacina - Wikipedia
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible."
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
absolutely the kind of content I come here for
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
If AI is so smart, why can't it figure out that I don't want to use it, and stop suggesting stupid shit to me?
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
My Trophy? Gold.
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
these are amazing
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Architecture, nature, alcohol, space travel, rock n roll. — Swervedriver, 99th Dream
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
After Tintin, the fictional character who most inspired me to become a journalist was probably Karl Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Happily getting reacquainted after a number of decades. So good.
Darren McGavin in white shirt and dark tie at a typewriter, from the first episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, 1974. What a badass ❤️
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One-Page RPG Jam @onepagerpgjam.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The One-Page RPG Jam is back for 2026, with the optional theme of 'Fractured'! It runs 13th July to 16th August. Head over to the jam page to sign up itch.io/jam/one-page...
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Sam Roberts @thesamroberts.com · 10/07/2026
RPG folks: Sera is a voracious player and reader of games, with strong, smart opinions and a heroically open mind. I can’t imagine a better Ennies judge
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
RIP Louise Lasser, a favorite. Mary Hartman was something weirdly special and all its own, thanks in large part to her.
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 04/07/2026
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
You've certainly Swerved your last Driver
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
What a great question. Speaks to tradition, economics, precarity, sustainability, so much else. Me? Probably books and clothes 50+ years old. And I live in a 130yo house. Moving around a lot took its toll on my objets too.
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Jobclassttrpg @forthesect.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Our charity bundle is finally live! itch.io/b/3605/indie... Its PWYW, supporting a braille dice/gen accessibility charity Please repost this or make a post of your own with the following hashtags! We need to come together as a community if we want to make this a success! #rpgbookclub #dotsrpg
A screenshot of an itch page showing this user donated 10$ to obtain their charity bundle.
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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Block & Move On - The Bsky Way!
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
can confirm. or verify. or certify. or vouchsafe. or...
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Mark Wallace, so-called @markwallace.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Reading an old copy of @grantamag.bsky.social and I can't imagine what it must have been like for Paul Theroux to publish his first novel, a stupendous moment in any writer's life, and then receive a letter from his mother calling it "trash."
Cover of Granta #98, featuring a large blue swimming pool against the backdrop of a gray sea with hills in the distance under an overcast sky. Scotland or Wales, I believe. Always evocative, Granta.
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