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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 16/04/2025

Also, #CatTax. Black will be 3 in July. Tabby will be 2 in October.

female tabby cat, laying with her paws crossed.

Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 05/03/2025

Last 4 characters saved in your phone are your DnD party: Captain Pike, Garibaldi (or G'Kar), Andor ... and the homicidal toaster from Fallout New Vegas ... about par for the course.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 03/03/2025

Hex Geomorph Tile Template: Refined The OCD and a glut for choice bit me. Needed to fix how everything lined up; the markers and gridlines especially. Now that I'm finally satisfied, I can get to making some fancy geomorph #maps for #ttrpgs or #wargames.

Demonstration of Geomorph Map Tile template, showing what features can be turned on or off.

Demonstration of Geomorph Map Tile template. Everything turned on.

Demonstration of Geomorph Map Tile Template. Shows how the hex tiles line up with each other.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 03/03/2025

#Fallout #2D20 Gamemasters, this is your sign to throw in a little Doctor Who, and Star Trek in your next session.

Fallout 2 Easter Egg; Tardis from Doctor Who

Fallout 2 Easter egg. Star Trek shuttle.

Fallout 2 Easter egg. Time travel gateway from Star Trek

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 02/03/2025

Whelp, time to break out the drawing tablet. Put together a quick Hex Geomorph template based off what few tutorials I could find. Hexes are 2in. Red dots mark where things can line up. Letters mark what side should line up with what (A-A, DC-DC etc.). Int. Lines are visual guides.

Screenshot of a Hex Geomorph tile template, in Affinity Designer. Nine 2 inch hexes are arrayed 1 inch apart. There are dots at each corner and center of each edge to help line matching tiles up. Letters (A,B,C,D, etc.) to help plan out which sides of each tile line up. Interior lines on each hex to help line everything up as an additional aid.

There are several layers, and grouped elements to make it easy to turn certain guides on or off.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 22/02/2025

Las Vegas residential skyline. Photography, my own.

Las Vegas, Nevada. Residential skyline streaked with shades of orange and blue.

Las Vegas, Nevada. Residential skyline streaked with shades of orange and gray.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 11/02/2025

Have a boost to well wishes and positivity. Also have an incredibly spoiled Ruby ... only way I can get her to take her meds.

Brown Tabby cat, balanced precariously on the back of a chair, eating a chicken treat from a spoon.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 11/02/2025

Minority Report told in 2 headlines. What?! this isn't fiction?!

Wired article. Headline: "AI can now predict crime before it happens"

"Researchers from the University of Chicago have demonstrated an AI that can predict crimes a week in advance ar an accuracy of 90%"

Wired article. Headline: "Predictive Policing Software Terrible at Predicting Crimes"

"A software company sold a New Jersey police department an algorithm that was right less than 1% of the time."

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 08/02/2025

One of his first EOs was to "end the weaponization of government against political enemies" by the previous (Biden) administration ... but clearly, the Traitor and Cheat will weaponize government against his enemies (as we all knew he would). www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 07/02/2025

Read it; make it your mantra; internalize it. Then put it on your wall, where you can see it!

Post-it notes on a wall. It reads: "Just write it! You can make it good later!"

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 07/02/2025

#SolarPunk is beautiful, but utopian idylls rarely hold attention for long. It's worth noting Bruce Bethke's (author of the original #Cyberpunk) words as we build this TTRPG Setting; Utopia has its flaws — needs its flaws — to capture the imagination.

Excerpt from an Interview with Bruce Bethke: "We like our utopias with dirty secrets, seamy underbellies, and a little rust and rot somewhere."

Strange Horizons interview with Bruce Bethke and Lynne Jamneck, 2005.
Link: http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/articles/interview-bruce-bethke/

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 07/02/2025

And if you would like to infuse that prompt with a little more action and intrigue; another, from the Poetic Edda (Jackson Crawford translation), Fafnismal.

Fafnismal 25, Poetic Edda (Jackson Crawford translation):

Reign said: "You are happy now, Sigurth,
wiping the blood
off your sword in the grass,
rejoice in your victory!
But you have killed my brother, though I had a part in that also."

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 07/02/2025

Here's a prompt 😁 From the Ballad of Lalla Rookh , by Thomas Moore. From my 1849 copy of The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore.

"Then, the sounds from the Lake, — the low whisp'ring in boats,
As they shoot through the moonlight; — the dipping of oars,
And the wild, airy warbling that ev'rywhere floats,
Through the groves, round the islands, as if all the shores."

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 07/02/2025

Back at the grindstone. Trying to finish up this second entry. Building a TTRPG Setting: Welcome to Desertpunk I hope you join me as I peel the layers of the #TurduckenPunk hydra I'm building. We'll see if my cat lets me work today. #WorldBuilding #TTRPG #CyberPunk #DesertPunk #SolarPunk

Article Teaser. 1/2
Title Reads: "Building a TTRPG Setting: Welcome to Desertpunk"
Subtitle Reads: "
What does a teenager hacking his dad's computer have to do with spaghetti westerns?"

Article Teaser. 2/2
Teaser Reads: "You heard me — it’s Sergio Leone all over again."

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 07/02/2025

I'd be lost without these little shits. Literally saved my life.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 06/02/2025

Make everyone trans to piss off the phobic troglodytes. Was this character a cis white man before? Now they're transfeminine, black & slaying it like Boudicca. Were they a woman before? Transmasc non-binary drag king with an axe to grind. Collect transphobe tears with a new mug. Mug Link in ALT

Mockup of a mug. White handle, with a white to pink gradient. Text on the mug reads: Drinking Transphobic Tears.

Mug can be found on the Powered by Rainbows webstore.
Link: https://powered-by-rainbows-store.creator-spring.com/listing/transphobic-tears?product=1565&variation=104920

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 06/02/2025

A quick preview of what I'm working on. "Building a TTRPG Setting: Welcome to Desert Punk" is the second meandering entry into my "turducken-punk" monstrosity, exploring how the world got fucked, and the push toward something more Solarpunk. Blending #Solarpunk, #Desertpunk, and #Cyberpunk.

Preview of a substack entry titled, "Building a TTRPG Setting: Welcome to Desertpunk"

Text reads: Firstly, a question left unanswered in the previous entry: why stuff three -punk genres into each other like a Kentucky fried flesh goblin?

The simple answer is this. When I look around, I see it. I see the possibilities converging, and it makes sense that — unless there’s some massive changes in society — we’ll be facing a very similar future to what is rolling around in my head.

It’s terrifying. Something that can be so starkly beautiful and full of hope on the surface, to be as corrupted and maligned … so anti-human at its core. A world we destroyed, and cannot escape. A world we’re rebuilding. Bastions of utopian idylls dotting the debris of our own poor choices scarring the lands around us … and those utopias guarding the last remnants of society — those sentinel cities and their communal satellite townships, built to purpose in supporting each arcology as infrastructural monocultures — were conceptualized, funded, and built by the same corporations that got us into this mess in the first place. Their corrosive greed and disregard for life as soon as it no longer serves them, seeping into every facet of society.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 06/02/2025

What's good for the goose is good for the gander, or haven't they heard?

Screenshot of an Entrepreneur article by Sherin Shibu. February 5th, 2025

Headline: An AI Company With a Popular Writing Tool Tells Candidates They Can't Use It on the Job Application

Subheading: AI companies are banning AI-generated job applications.

Link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/ai-startup-anthropic-to-job-seekers-no-ai-on-applications/486645

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 06/02/2025

I need to get back to shoveling out word soup, before the crisis of the day drives me insane. Here's what I'm working on. Just as half-baked and irreverent as the last ... just more focused.

TITLE reads: Building a TTRPG Setting: Welcome to Desertpunk.
Subheading reads: What does a teenager hacking his dad's computer have to do with spaghetti westerns?

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 06/02/2025

Prep: Grab an empty journal. Tear a few dozen pages into 1" wide (tall) strips. Then: create a smaller version of Raymond Queneau's Cent mille billiards de poèmes using only random comments from the chat, when someone donates. Break it out every stream after. Turn the comments into poems.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 05/02/2025

Adding to this: Affinity was bought out by Canva. You may need to dig into the co-owners, but there doesn't seem to be anything supporting Zionism at a glance. Site used to check: bdnaash.com

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 05/02/2025

Idk if anyone else is having the same issue with your thread, but, I can only read what individual posts show up on my feed, and when tapping on the threat, it only shows one post. Video attached for demonstration.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 05/02/2025

This, 100% Let's turn this into a small and loved pet chain, for all our mental health.

A gray/brown Tabby, and Black cat on a couch. The black cat is grooming the tabby.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 04/02/2025

"The Republican Party is the Party of Blue Collar Workers!" From now on, anyone uttering anything resembling that line, should be buried up to their necks in horse shit. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 04/02/2025

I split my time between: crushing my own soul into a fine powder while operating as a snake oil salesman focused on harassing business owners; roughly handling your bits and bobs until they do what they're supposed to; and attempting to build a "whole new woooooooorld" cue the brain worms.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 04/02/2025

Do it (if you are able to, and can care for them). They're trouble, but I wouldn't trade them for the world.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 03/02/2025

Patriotic? No. Idiotic? Yes. Attached are both the Enlisted and Officer's paths of service. Note the constitution comes first, above all else. Also note, presidential orders ONLY count if they're LAWFUL orders. Patriotism, is doing what's right, and standing up against tyrants.

The Oath of Enlistment (for enlisted):
"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

The Oath of Office (for officers):
"I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the _____ (Military Branch) of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God."

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 01/02/2025

12:41 PST. Seems some are able to pull it up (from the comments), but others aren't atm.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 01/02/2025

Very fun, and much more light hearted than the screenshot would imply.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 31/01/2025

Just a reminder of what was promised, not even a month ago. "until we have full control of the government" was a threat and promise of what's to come.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 30/01/2025

Anyone remember the Sierra/Dynamics game, Starsiege (1999)? Aside: Wonder if @markhamillofficial.bsky.social remembers 🤔 Anyway, in these trying times, sometimes we can find a message in media to carry us forward. In this case a Scannex entry, by Harabec (voiced by Mark Hamill).

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 25/01/2025

A reminder of what some of his day 1 Executive Orders were. "Until we have full control of the government" is not limited to hiring freezes. Keep that in mind.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 22/01/2025

I hope Freya blesses each of you in the love you deserve in your lives; that Heimdall keeps you in his sight and warns of danger; that Thor stands beside you, against your foes; and that Loki graces you with chaos, that you learn, grow, and remain strong in wit, heart, and body. Fuck hate.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 18/12/2024

2d20 Cyberpunk Arcology project: Today's Research, Bioclimatic Architecture, BWh Köppen climate classification (subtropical hot desert). The future may be pretty, but it's corrupt at every level. Image, the 3D Bakery, courtesy of AGi Architects.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 17/12/2024

Stance on AI: a reminder. I agree with the OP and Mad Magazine here. (I forgot to add the picture, earlier)

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 17/12/2024

That's just like, your opinion, man. Woke: X Edition isn't my cup of tea, but the company is garbage because *list of actually unethical things company has done*. Broke: X Edition sucks because they added/took out a thing I like/don't like. This is true for all TTRPGs with 2+ editions.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 15/12/2024

Reposting from FB; OP was Comrade Lop's Trans Rebelposting. This is just a heads up for all #Trans and #TransAllys who may or may not be on FB, or don't use it regularly. Details in pics. Note: I have no connection to Comrade Lop (I don't use FB). This was brought to my attention by a friend.

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 14/12/2024

I'll do better than just a screenshot. Hear it for yourself. youtu.be/KD6YqZXB9HE?...

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Anthony | RunesingerVTT @runesingervtt.substack.com · 12/12/2024

Disclaimer: I have deep respect for SWs, and I don't mind if their content crosses my feed—when it's their content, and appropriately labeled. This bullshit however, is entirely unacceptable. "Mega" filesharing servers & Fappening content is entirely unwarranted and unethical. /endgripe

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