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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

AI & LLMs are why we can't have nice things - this is a picture by Stable Diffusion of Centaurs fighting. I'm gonna have nightmares tonight... please, do not use AI in your work. #NoBots

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Any suggestions for #TTRPG systems? This sounds sci-fi to me, so: TOON, Teenagers From Outer Space, HōL, Troika, SLUGpunks, Wyrmstalkers, or Vast Grimm? Any suggestions? You know if I'm creating adventure, it has to FUNNY!

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Howdy #TTRPG fans! I've entered an #RPG #GameJam itch.io/jam/appx-n-jam & my challenge is to make small adventure based on "Door to Centari" - so I'm inspired by these images... any other ideas that you think I should consider? Looking for your advice (while promoting the jam 😎)

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

My Stance on Gen AI & LLMs. I teach Indie Creativity. I design games & toys. I code, write, illustrate & make graphics. I believe that scraping IP to train LLMs is theft & plagiarism. I just removed all AI apps from my computer OS & every browser. Please Support HUMAN Creators! #NoAI

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Is it true that #Microsoft #CoPilot is now using xAI's Grok for search summaries? Because I just got this very strange answer to the Bing search tonight... so who the heck is "Rudolph the Red-Shaped Man"? BTW - when I asked CoPilot to draw a graphic of that - this is what I got back - scary.

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

WotC released the 5.2 SRD for #DnD today along with the new 2024 edition rules & a variety of the usual IP holdouts, it seems that the term "D&D" (but not D*ngeon & Dr*gons) is allowed terminology. Now D&D, along with 5e or 5th Edition is legal for 3rd party use. Thanks @tenkar.bsky.social

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Almost the same group from 9 years ago...

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

50 years ago, a group of nerds, including Bill Gates and Paul Allen, envisioned the future of computing by creating #Microsoft Thank You! I'm not sure what I'd be doing without Microsoft BASIC, QuickBASIC, MASM, Visual C++, and all the amazing tools that I've used to make software for over 45 years.

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Happy April Fool's Day! NSFW The next time you are talking to ChatGPT, CoPilot, or any LLM/AI chatbot - just remember how the Terminator did this - rolling 1D6 randomly for the proper response to any question.

Terminator HUD response to any question...

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

When the characters use the mystic arts to find an answer... use the Oracle Says D20 table. #TTRPG #RPG #D20Table #SMAFFRPG #Magic8Ball

The Oracle says…

Roll Oracle Answer
1 It is certain
2 It is decidedly so
3 Without a doubt
4 Yes definitely
5 You may rely on it
6 As I see it, yes
7 Most likely
8 Outlook good
9 Yes
10 Signs point to yes
11 Reply hazy, try again
12 Ask again later
13 Better not tell you now
14 Cannot predict now
15 Concentrate and ask again
16 Don’t count on it
17 My reply is no
18 My sources say no
19 Outlook not so good
20 Very doubtful

www.hoppsbusch.com

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Any collection of vertices (typically 3, but occasionally 4 in software rendering, rarely more) connected by edges in a clockwise (typically) rotation. Easy Peasy 😎

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Yule Tidings to you and yours! Unless, of course, you are on the naughty list.

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

The Grinch has visited Patty's Original Cheese Zombies shop. I came in today for the special Roasted Turkey & Cranberry Zombies. Mmmm Good.

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

They are VERY funky - Dungeon Crawl Classics uses very strange dice of 14 types: D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8, D10, D%10, D12, D14, D16, D20, D24, and D30. I'd prefer that the ODD sided dice & D4 were just doubled on the D6, D8, D10 & D14. I've heard of D13 dice but never seen them in the wild. #DCC

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

My process is bullet points or drawings for: Location>Hook>Patron>MacGuffin>Map>Quirky Cast>Combat>Skill Tests>Role-Playing>Twists>Hazards>Boss Battle>Loot Optionally, I craft all the props & terrain. I never play canned adventures. Finally, we play & the players make me wing something anyway 😎

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Balance in #TTRPG's is highly overrated. #DnD in its original release were guidelines at best for wargamers. The rules hardly made sense and were never balanced. In #RPG's it is always up to the players to decide if they want to run away or stand & fight, never the GM. Balance is for video games.

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Happy Halloween #TTRPG Fans! Just posting - I didn't make this. Still, one of my favorite homages to the #DnD Beholder ever. For those that don't know, I helped make the GBA version of D&D: Eye of the Beholder. It was my pleasure to write the original crazy mobster villain monologue for Xanathar.

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Happy Halloween #TTRPG Fans! Whatever #RPG you play, make it just a little bit #SPOOKY today. #DnD #PF2e #OSR #Knave #Cairn #DURF #RPGzines

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Howdy #TTRPG Fans! This is why I prefer rules-lite #RPG s. You just don't need or want hundreds of pages of rules when simpler systems allow you to pick up the pace and have more FUN. #DnD #OSR #SMAFFRPG #RPGzines

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

This is a sample of the 3D printed miniatures I'm taking with me to Arnecon 2 this weekend... these are all for my PlunderQuest™ RPG. Quest Board - Dangerous Well - Giant's Shield - Sydney the Owlbear (in Top Hat) - Crystal Puzzle - and of course a Mimic. If you are going, I hope to see you there!

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Randy "RangleMe" Angle @rangleme.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

It is my new guilty pleasure - I'm grinning ear to ear for whole episodes.

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