sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026one of the big challenges of capital-L Lore in tabletop RPGs is that often getting the lore “correct”—making it tangible for the players—requires a bucket of very careful prep and work, but getting the lore “incorrect”—introducing some element that contradicts the Established Canon—is trivial 7736
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensendirectsun @directsun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I've been working on this for some time and with the release of the first three Cairn CAS adventures in Markdown, I thought this was as good a time as any to make a few announcements.games.puzzledungeon.comJust The GamesReference at the speed of play. 36729
sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026hello gamers! on Saturday, October 17th, to celebrate my birthday, I'll be hosting a night of GCTCG, my home-made science-fantasy trading card game of robots, demons, and lizards! it'll be at @boshis.place, featuring classic TCG goodness: rare drops, drafts, duels, and a tourney! see you there! 1131
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen🍄 @snakeroot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026That big boy, that big bitch, for all weather 462284
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen(Self) Regulators, mount up! @bankuei.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I have been thinking a lot over the last few years that lots of RPGs overlook the cost of repetitive tasks. Yes it's easy to come up with (stakes/costs) but it becomes less easy when you're asked to do it dozens upon dozens of times in one session. I think a lot of GM burnout hides in these things 0435
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensensam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NYC TTRPG Book Club at @boshis.place! Thursday the 8th, a week from today! we're reading Zedeck Siew & Munkao's REACH OF THE ROACH GOD! come join us to discuss! 1173
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenW. Gage Berry @gageberry.com · 02/10/2026I got distracted and wandered off... is the slop still hot??? 081
sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NYC TTRPG Book Club at @boshis.place! Thursday the 8th, a week from today! we're reading Zedeck Siew & Munkao's REACH OF THE ROACH GOD! come join us to discuss! 1173
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenThe Stillfleet Studio ☉ more than play 🇵🇸 🔜 Gaelcon @stillfleet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🎉💯 WE MADE IT TO EPISODE 100! 💯🎉 We celebrates 100 episodes of Why We Roll with Grit System Game Jam judges @danielhkwan.bsky.social, @wherewolf.bsky.social, @samsorensen.bsky.social & Lauren Bilanko, talking about the future of indie RPGs! 🎲🚀 #WhyWeRoll #Episode100 #IndieRPG #TTRPG 1125
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenGhoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Reading all the nuanced takes on the feed todaystatic.klipy.comSquidward: Daring Today Aren't We?ALT: Squidward: Daring Today Aren't We? 0303
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensentanze bravopueblo / w.s. healed @tattletale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026a rulebook should never give players 'permission' to change or break the rules -- the 'permission' is inherent in the fact that it's an inanimate object that can't do anything to stop you. it's at once condescending to the players and denigrating to your own design work 930572
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenLilith Lilac Leviathan @blujayh.itch.io · 28/09/2026most ttrpgs are way more fun when you do troupe play. I think this is most true about osr/simulationist style of play 2121
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenPechera Lylyka || Lylyk's Cave @pecheralylyka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's a bit all over the place, for I can't figure out how to properly apply Agon to TTRPGs (like, is it about PvP, or does PvE competition counts?), therefore sometimes my answers are more tabletop-gaming related than strictly TTRPG. Anyways, it was a lot of fun to dig into, thank you! 051
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenjay Dragon 🔜 Metatopia @jdragsky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026overly underly samuel sorenson made a career off of digital fights then he wrote cataphracts communal wargaming unceremoniously proving him right ( @samsorensen.bsky.social ) 1242
sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026astonishing! unaccountable! it's another episode of DEAD LETTERS! today, it's Evey Lockhart's WET GRANDPA, an ominous river adventure! join us as we discuss poetic meter, NPCs as ethical traps, "conversational infinity," gigging, and the Madonna. come listen! open.spotify.com/episode/6898...open.spotify.com29: Wet GrandpaDead Letters · Episode 0194
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenRowan A. (sarcophagus-games.itch.io) @sarcophagusgames.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Am I still on time for this 172
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenClayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here are 5 covers I liked this month. One of them doesn't even look like an rpg cover. It looks like junk mail. www.explorersdesign.com/covers-sept-...explorersdesign.comGreat Covers: September '26Great covers from across the tabletop rpg industry. 58630
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenMike Pohjola @mikepohjola.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This was a great discussion and a fantastic introduction to a very smart podcast. Thank you! I wrote a little reflection on it in my blog: mikepohjola2.wordpress.com/2026/09/24/t...mikepohjola2.wordpress.comThe Turku Manifesto in Dead LettersTwenty-six years ago I was young and arrogant enough to publish an artistic manifesto on roleplaying games and larps. (I’m not young anymore.)I proclaimed character immersion (“eläytymi… 131
sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026jason grinblat writes that the aesthetic of simulationism is the aesthetic of non-fiction. in this regard, my hexcrawl is basically a nature documentary about fantasy adventurers. my referee style is that of a 24-hour trailcam 1576
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenJ. Dracula @ratbastardgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026rat-bastard-games.itch.io/wolves-of-th... HEY DO YOU LIKE THE BRONZE AGE AND HEXCRAWLS? DO YOU LIKE THE MINOANS? CHECK OUT CRETE FOR WOLVES OF THE AEGEAN THE RULES ARE FREErat-bastard-games.itch.ioWolves of the Aegean by Rat Bastard GamesMythic Bronze Age Hexcrawl 511756
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenHighland Paranormal Society @n8hps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Mapping 1627
sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026relistening to this episode has granted me a Campaign Vision Board 1160
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensensam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NYC TTRPG book club at @boshis.place! this Thursday the 24th at 7:00 p.m.! we're reading Tom Bloom's CAIN! come join us to discuss, we'd love to see you there! 1357
sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026it cannot be! another episode of DEAD LETTERS, on Skerples' MAGICAL INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION! join us as we discuss setting guides (yet again), the relative social cachet of GMs as hobbyist game designer and/or improvisers, legwork, and postmodernism! come listen! open.spotify.com/episode/1Y5d...open.spotify.com28: Magical Industrial RevolutionDead Letters · Episode 3233
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenUnturnedLeaves @unturnedleaves.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I turned in my assignment late 1172
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenHawk [Any] @hawkdc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits (or don’t. I’m not a cop). Violence. Delta Green Old School Essentials Delving Deeper And the last four adventures. Rejection (Delta Green) Wages of Sin (Mothership) Hot Spring Island (OSE) Fever Swamp (OSE) 081
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenRobert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 18/09/20264 last ttrpgs: - ose with some becmi-ish house rules - 13th age - my vtm hack - fail forward 4 last adventures: - whatever @unpanny-valley.bsky.social has thrown at us - unreleased scifi prison ship by nuclear-saints.itch.io - sag river extreme cold research facility, alaska - gardens of ynn 161
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenleo 🦈 @darlingthresher.bsky.social · 19/09/2026COVER REVEAL GET SHARP ON 10-13-26. sophont.brittlestar.press 1210530
sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NYC TTRPG book club at @boshis.place! this Thursday the 24th at 7:00 p.m.! we're reading Tom Bloom's CAIN! come join us to discuss, we'd love to see you there! 1357
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenBrian Ashford @brianbloodaxe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026last four rulesets played: - 5e - Whitehack - 3 coins - Deathmatch Island last four adventures played: - Black Wyrm of Brandonsford - Reach of the Roach God - Holy Mountain Shaker - The Cage of Serimet (Trilemma) 271
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenfranc @francfrancfranc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026francfrancfranc.itch.io/4-historical... 2135
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenJ. Dracula @ratbastardgames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026last four rulesets played - Delving Deeper - AD&D - Wolves Upon the Coast - Wolves of the Aegean (!!!) in my "D&D Era" (know thy enemy etc) last four adventures played - Wolves Grand Campaign - "Crete" for Aegean Wolves - Coffinkeep II. The Sewers - Christmas At the Piss Emporium 0161
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenAfraid of Encounters (He/Him) @isaacisafraid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Last four rulesets played: - VtM - Call of Cthulhu - @catsumu.monster's PbtA one-shot game (When the Earth Sang Fire) - OSR mishmash for Dark Sun Last four adventures played: - CoC: Escape From Innsmouth - CoC: Masks of Nyarlathotep - PF2e: Season of Ghosts - Violence: Camp Corinth 181
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenOctober Caleb @calebwimble.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits (Or don't. I'm not a cop). Systems: - Into the Oddish - Sojourn RPG - Mythras - FKR Adventures: - The Secret of Vileplume Mountain - Black Death, Pale Fires - Ravenloft - The Isle 031
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenteuthida // Octopus Ink Games @octopusink.games · 18/09/2026Last four rulesets: - Houseruled b/x - Houseruled Mothership - Lancer 4 Gay Babies - Classic Traveller Last four adventures: - Cold Case (one I’m writing for mosh) - Wages of Sin bounty 19 - Operation: Raid of Meteor Fortress (l4gb) - Early Computing (DG in Violence) 072
sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026last four rulesets played: - OSR mishmash - heavily hacked monostat murky bog - call of cthulhu - for the queen last four adventures played: - black manse - empire of hatred - masks of nyarlathotep - dead light 4340
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenScribble M. Horror @scribblemhorror.bsky.social · 16/09/2026for those who enjoy frustrating survey questions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comScribble M. Horror's RPG Playstyle SurveyPlease try to answer the questions as accurately as possible to your actual experience. This is a shitpost joke survey 172
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenMids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Now we are all sons of bitches 061
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenTegelgeuse Tegelgeuse 🔜 PAXAUS @tegeljerk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We're it not for @rangedtouch.bsky.social and Game Study Study Buddies, I would not know what a Suits or a Grasshopper was... 131
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenTheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 16/09/2026I didn’t feel inadequate in my understanding of theory while doing this, you did! 031
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenWilliam Knight @willknightauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Fine, I'll bite. I believe in accepting the GM's hooks. 011
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenSaoirse! @islandsaoirse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Idk shit 031
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensentália @taliautsch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026something like that i guess 372
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenSporian Games @sporian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Alright this is the best you'll get from me. Any question I didn't care about has been replaced with either something silly or a question I do care about, like the historical veracity of catharism. 093
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenSierra @skulkbastard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Honestly, I think my style of game dev is fairly coherent. 041
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensennorgad.psd(*) 🗕 🗗 🗙 @norgad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026i think i've made myself clear 1124
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenSadie is 🎲 Laying It All on the Line 🎲 @oakleafinsignia.games · 15/09/2026I want to take this so seriously, and yet.... 1121
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenOmivel @omivel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Anyhow 021
Reposted by sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensenLa Ludothèque de l'imaginaire @ludotheqimaginaire.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Vous prendrez bien un peu de bouillasse théorique de JDR pendant qu'elle est encore chaude ?? principe: tu imprimes, tu remplis, tu te poses des questions que tu ne t'étais jamais posé avant!! (ou pas) #JDR 2115