Reposted by michaeljordan's ghost 🍖💧 @jordo.bsky.social · 5hanother day driving the fucking roboworm 0142
Reposted by michaelEmmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Happy October Eve! For Hallozeen this year, I made a 16-page walkthrough for a 36 year-old shareware classic. Primarily out of trash. I have no idea who the target audience is for this, besides me, but here you go! emmfoolery.itch.io/a-hallozeen-... #dosgaming #retrogaming 2117359
michael @modality.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So combined with the thin "real" game, you have a TCG where you can engage with deckbuilding anywhere from "None" to "A Lot," and it is probably the most fun part of the game. Anecdotally, I think I played maybe one real game session, but I spent hours poring over these cards in a cabin on vacation. 100
michael @modality.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is a really great game for exploring this question. I think the On the Edge starter decks were effectively a random assortment of cards, ostensibly a statement that "no deckbuilding is required." But deckbuilding in this game is very aligned with the narrative: you are building a conspiracy. 100
Reposted by michaelcmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have a newish publication at @analoggamestudies.bsky.social ! I co-wrote a piece on what "gameplay" is in TCGs and whether or not deckbuilding is gameplay (I think so! Most people do! But the scholarship and a lot of general writing splits it off!) escholarship.org/uc/item/2gt8... 313436
Reposted by michaelLorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026ok here we go 🍝 Spaghetti Celesti: Devour the Heavens ⛅ is out now for free!! 🍴 the best pixel spaghetti of your life ↪️ prepare them & fork them perfectly ⭐ get those 5-stars reviews 😡 and be quick ! the people are hangry play it at punkcake.itch.io/spaghetti-celesti #fallingblockjam #pixelart 8642271587
michael @modality.bsky.social · 29/09/2026yes, it was the same as if the original post had been "post your TTRPG hot take" 020
Reposted by michaelDracula Flow @dracula-flow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There are consequences to your crimes against Dracula 011965
Reposted by michaelnic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 23/09/2026a lot of Europeans don't understand it would take like 25 straight hours to drive to Thrax, City of Windowless Rooms 14317
Reposted by michaelnic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Traveller Supplement 14 - Punks Traveller Supplement 15 - Coastlines Traveller Supplement 16 - Sunglasses Traveller Supplement 17 - Wheat Traveller Supplement 18 - Antique Revolvers Traveller Supplement 19 - Tech 5 Mustaches Traveller Supplement 20 - Callsigns Traveller Supplement 21 - Sauces 44210
michael @modality.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is an incoherent jumble of arguments! So I think framing this as mere drama surrounding hot-button issues is either misinformed or disingenuous. I have eyes and I can see that this is bad. 170
michael @modality.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Here are the takeaways: - the finalists for this award are a "trendy mix" - the committee chose the finalists in order to do virtue signaling - Rascal's stance, which I share, is that awards aren't important - the winner deserved an award - I was on the selection committee for this award 170
michael @modality.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Someone made a comment about how the mess was just social media drama, then deleted their post. So I wanted to give another example Rascal's low quality that didn't involve drama. Here's a screenshot of the final graf of their coverage of the 2026 Diana Jones award. www.rascal.news/mischief-toy... 170
michael @modality.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Part of the job is to read what is written and consider how others might receive it. This is called editing. So my criticism is actually that this journalist is not doing the job. I am not an editor, so if even I can catch this, it's pretty bad. I think the TTRPG community deserves better than this! 1140
michael @modality.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Well, this is a golden opportunity for them to improve by learning that sentences in a particular order convey a specific meaning! I think understanding that would be pretty important for an organization whose medium is the written word 090
michael @modality.bsky.social · 15/09/2026For me, it's impossible to take seriously a writer who puts these sentences in this order. What it says is that they've learned "we'll add this disclaimer so that people don't yell at us" as if "not getting yelled at" is the point. But the point is that people are yelling to get you to take a side 1300
michael @modality.bsky.social · 15/09/2026RASCAL NEWSLETTER: The "Genocide Is Bad" organization has determined that this owners of this golf course actively support genocide. They have asked people not to play golf here, so go forward fully informed about the political context surrounding it. Now watch this drive 11756254
michael @modality.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"horse" radish? this seems more like an éomer recipe to me 100
michael @modality.bsky.social · 14/09/2026one time my dentist said this to me and I keep thinking about it because it definitely felt like it was tinged with both "I am in charge of my own destiny!" and also "I'm dealing with some difficult stuff today..." 110
Reposted by michaelStephen Kearse @kearse.bsky.social · 14/09/2026why is an industry that doesn't even care about water or air or privacy being taken seriously as an authority on "extinction" 419649
Reposted by michaelChris Thompson @christhompson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026this rules elementxcinema.substack.com/p/unforgivin...elementxcinema.substack.comUnforgiving YearsGunnar Stansson breaks his silence on 𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 715452
Reposted by michaelRanged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026(seeing any number of Noldor pursuing me in my flight with the Silmarils) well well well if it isn't the sons of Fingerbang 019138
Reposted by michaelaustin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Gonna have to wrap the screen we watch this on in one of those anti-bedbug plastic covers. Gonna have to put the film in a medical waste container once we're done. 17705127
Reposted by michaelChaoclypse (Brandon Yu) @chaoclypse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026chaoclypse.blot.im/wayfarer Wrote a small system: Mash-up of Traveller/OD&D/Searchers of the Unknownchaoclypse.blot.imWayfarer - ChaoclypseLow fantasy by way of Traveller. 2d6 down the line for STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, CHA. HP is average of STR and CON, rounded up. Allocate 5 rolls 1329
Reposted by michaelMr Drinking a Beer @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com · 29/08/2026One of your HOMIES is hungry. You can equip your HOMIES with FOOD from the HOMIES menu. Try assigning the BURGER you just purchased to GREGOR. 172211489
Reposted by michaelnekoyote.bsky.social @nekoyote.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Finished Morrowind for the first time recently and was compelled to do this 02611
Reposted by michaelnic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 23/08/2026me watching @evegoldenwoods.bsky.social & @modality.bsky.social 2213
Reposted by michaelSpiteful Matt @realmfresh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Person who has seen 100 movies: The best movie ever made is Citizen Kane Person who has seen 1000 movies: The best movie ever made is 8 1/2 Person who has seen 10,000 movies: The best movie ever made is Crank 2: High Voltage 1024453751
Reposted by michaelChris P. Wolf 🛸 Mostly Offline @chrispwolf.bsky.social · 19/08/20262000s: Let’s do everything in the D20 system. 2010s: Let’s do everything in either Apocalypse World or BX. 2026: True wisdom is achieved, the era of doing everything in Traveller begins. 1011127
Reposted by michaelLuke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 18/08/2026the thing about a book is that it is a powered machine. if you want to stop and think about it, you just do that. you stop putting in the effort to read. with a podcast or video or whatever, this process is inverted. you have to actively choose to stop the playback so you can think 3598
Reposted by michaelbrendan mordheim @brendanmcleod.dev · 15/08/2026I've given my beautiful white horse a biscuit that buffs both her accuracy and overall damage. 011115
michael @modality.bsky.social · 08/08/2026in the absence of POSSESSION (1981) and BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS we make due 010
michael @modality.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Hey check this out @betterlegends.bsky.social @amandalee.bsky.social it's the unicorn knight zone 181
Reposted by michaelEve @evegoldenwoods.bsky.social · 04/08/2026A red flame in Barad-dûr, based on the conversation in the most recent shelved by genre episode. I wanted the city to look both industrial and unsettling, so I tried to use a real mix of building styles, and avoid too many curves/natural shapes. 420647
michael @modality.bsky.social · 05/08/2026that's exactly how I envisioned the light in the window! nice 010
![Text from Rascal coverage of the Diana Jones award:
This year’s finalists include what has become a trendy mix of thinkers, games, and ways in which the committee can restate its progressive ideals. While my (or, rather, Rascal’s) opinion on awards shows hasn’t changed, Mischief Toy Store is deserving of accolades, laurels, and praise for their work within their community and as an example of the ways in which everyday acts of kindness and resistance can occur at any time — and should occur more often.
[Disclosure: The author served as a volunteer member of the 2026 Diana Jones selection committee.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mdv6ziftrioybhhoxqztquno/bafkreieotalizwqbjfeuosan3w2ywxitsbmm4vcr3p7jw6xads4gii42lq)
![A screenshot from Rascal's newsletter which reads:
[Blizzard Entertainment is owned by Microsoft, which has been named a "priority target" by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement over its complicity in Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestine and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. That boycott explicitly extends to Xbox and Microsoft's gaming products. I am about to spend a few paragraphs writing about a game I love (warts and all), so go forward fully informed about the political context surrounding it.]
World of Warcraft has once again activated the siren call, luring me back to shores I've explored for the majority of my life at this point. This latest temptation is the strongest and most devious, nostalgia mixed with big promises in the form of Wow: Forever. (The essay goes on.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mdv6ziftrioybhhoxqztquno/bafkreicritch25idnw2brdt4nlya6mfh2jyijsmvg6z5umyyge5ymiozqy)
