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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This took a bit of thinking... I think I ended up playing a lot of RPGs growing up, what do you think?

The 9 games that shaped me: Neverwinter Nights, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy VI, Majora's Mask, Suikoden II, Knights of the Old Republic, EVE Online. Warframe, World of Warcraft

Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Do any of you also have a cat who plays fetch and gets extremely vocal if you don't comply? This screambeast won't let me be and makes it difficult to work.

A brown/black/orange cat sits on the floor wearing a bow tie collar. She stares at the camera, deeply upset that I'm taking her picture and not playing fetch.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

How are there people who still think the Empire was the good guys?

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If you see this, we implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I hate that I agree with Doug Ford on something.

Text from a CTV News article reading: Ford told Carney that “no deal is better than a bad deal” that could encourage the United States to seek further concessions from Canada.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Took me a good moment to figure out where the scam was in this email - I almost overlooked it on first read.

Email we received at one location I work that includes a scam asking us to pay money for "reprint rights" for an article on a website.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Me, reviewing the "genius" code I wrote just yesterday:

Meme of President Hathaway - a suited animated character with glasses from the movie Monsters vs Aliens - in a control room with red seats saying "What idiot designed this?" in the top panel. Someone off screen replies "You did, sir." in the bottom panel.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

For the record, yes - I really messed up the math in my simulation engine... but it's fairly fixed now and creates something fairly close to recent MLB numbers. So now I can just use modifiers to tweak things. Yay!

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Oh yeah, I really screwed up the math.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I think I really screwed up the math. Either that or the Uruk-Hai can really play baseball.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The best part is that it's the exact same place/angle as the shot I just posted too! The whole thing was one of the coolest reveals for me at the time I read the third book (I was a wee youngling when it first came out).

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

It was sort of a twist reveal of sorts in the third book, though there were strong hints before that. The show, though, revealed it in the first episode - there's a shot of a landscape filled with heavily damaged skyscrapers from when the world was destroyed. It's basically our far future.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Misclicking while looking for singles for a new deck is how I discovered that there is, in fact, a Godzilla TCG...

An image of an shop page for the Godzilla Trading Card Game. The product featured is the starter deck for Godzilla Minus One.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I have officially reached the age where every time I look at myself in the mirror/camera, this portion of my hair is becoming more and more apparent. Ugh.

A picture of a guy in his early 40s with dark brown hair with a streak of white near his forehead

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Do I regret working on this project?

A few entries in a database
c_kinda is highlighted

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

When Bismarck come on my playlist and my phone volume won't go up:

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Working on a new project since I have some time off work... and I'm hoping to get a little feedback on three things related to the same "symbol" (a V and an A overlaid): a) gold or silver? b) right way up or inverted (or simply mirrored?) (TBC)

An overlaid V and A in gold inside a gold circle on a dark burgundy background, upside down

An overlaid V and A in silver inside a silver circle on a dark burgundy background, upside down

An overlaid V and A in gold inside a gold circle on a dark burgundy background

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Fortunately, the weather cooperated enough this afternoon that we could get him buried under a crabapple tree in the backyard along with a couple of our rats who passed this year. My son made a little temporary tombstone for them (we'll be painting a stone up for the spring).

A piece of wood with a few bricks and a rabbit statue on it. A small tombstone says "RIP Flash, Chewie, Buck, Ren. In memories I will love you all."

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

One of our cats passed away overnight last night. Hits a little harder as he was really my son's cat.

A gray tabby cat sits on a wooden chair.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

People: Keep your politics out of Final Fantasy! Final Fantasy:

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

As an example, I opened both books (Ultimate first and GM Guide second) to a random page and took a screenshot. The entire books are like this.

Example page from RIFTS Ultimate Edition

Example Page from RIFTS Game Master Guide

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Whenever someone tries to call a modern #TTRPG "complicated," I often want to show them this one. This is 375 pages worth of small print densely packed into a beefy hardcover book... and the accompanying similarly designed 352 page GM Guide. *Nothing* feels complicated in comparison.

RIFTS Ultimate Edition Core Book (2005 Edition)

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Ah, so YouTube algorithm is just broken today, huh? Never seen a short do this terribly.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Apparently I like sci-fi stuff. Starfinder just hits the right spot for wanting the d20 mechanics but without the medieval fantasy associated with D&D and Pathfinder. The game has lots of good adventures - I'd love to run it regularly once I get the 2E books.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Two-for-one! (Because they're technically the same game.) This is 100% my favorite system to use if I'm playing medieval European fantasy. It was originally written as A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Throne game and, when their license expired, they stripped off the serials. 10/10, no notes.

The cover of A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying: A Game of Thrones Edition. Young Robert Baratheon when he was still strong is about to straight crush Rhaegar Targaryean's dome in the Battle of the Trident on the cover.

The cover of Sword Chronicle: Feudal Fantasy Roleplaying. A house of fantasy characters, entirely legally distinct from any others you might be thinking of, sits around a table having a feast. A crazy old man stands up, pointing and shouting.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Let's start with probably my favourite game at the moment. I absolutely love Lancer. It is, without a doubt, my favorite game to run. It is so modular and easy for players and just plays so, so smoothly. I honestly wish I could play it more.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I'd love to get that last bar up to the 2000 mark, at least, by the end of the year for @redwizard.ca - seems like it should be achievable, especially with the sorta regular traffic from RPG-a-Day. Hoping to make it something people will come back for.

Screenshot of WordPress dashboard showing average number of views per year since 2020. Most years are around 1100 to 1200 except 2025 which is around 800.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

It is Friday the 13th. One of our rats is currently having babies. It is my turn to name the litter again. And so, may I present...

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Well, what do you know, the cost is extremely high like I thought. I was planning on doing two but looks like I might have to consider if I can even do one...

Outline of the Magic the Gathering Final Fantasy prerelease event showing it overpriced at $80

Spongebob Squarepants exhaling while leaning on a wall

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

... so I checked my temperature and it's *below* average. That would explain why I feel cold. What type of things cause lower temperatures while also feeling sick? Shit. I certainly hope not again.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Man, I really didn't realize Vaxis III came out yesterday until JUST now. Time to crank the volume.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Me, just randomly smashing whatever CC0 assets I can find together to test systems and make sure things work...

A screenshoot of a video game. A pixel art knight stands in a pixel art modern city.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

We got the little a pleco as a start for his new fishtank... I did not expect it would be so little (it is far from full grown - they get to be about five or six times this size within the first two years).

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Let's, of course, not forget the food token from the set either because it's relevant.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

... not even in Magic am I safe from Ignis coming up with a new gods-damned recipe.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

My YouTube feed in a nutshell right now:

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Aww crap, I think my PC might done. Boot up is painfully slow and it's having trouble recognizing my wifi adapter.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It's a little more 'orange wizard' than 'red wizard' but hey - I didn't pass my magic exams anyway. (Doing some touch-ups tomorrow after it's had time to sit.)

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Stage one done... Not much of a 'red wizard' without the red part though.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

All right, let's start with a before pic showing my white strip before we get going... (Yes, I'm probably one of the palest people you know. I don't tan, I burn.)

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Step One of "taking care" is complete. If it was just me, I would have gone further, but the little goes out hunting with me.

We walked 5.6km while playing Pokémon Go today.

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

There was a time streaming was the answer to a lot of problems when it came to watching movies and shows. Now though...

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Rian Allan @redwizardrian.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

We have one chunk, yes, but what about second chunk? Two new rats joining us here soon (fine, they're @umbrellarats.bsky.social's rats) and can you guess what I decided on naming them?

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