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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 10h

Vincent Baker explains one of the most frustrating misconceptions about Apocalypse World with the patience of a saint:

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Matthew Andre @gugg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've always liked this spread in Apocalypse World, because it'd be impossible to tell if it's for a pbta game, or an OSR blogpost expounding on why OSR is the only real way to play ttrpgs.

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Stacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

Formal affordances are the elements that pull a player toward certain actions, they “cry out” for the player to take those actions. Material affordances are the actions a system actually allows the player to take. Agency occurs when the two are in balance. (Mateas 2001)

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A lot of people reading this as “when someone puts on a really good show, they get to throw away the rules and win by entertaining the GM or appealing to their whims,” and that is… not what this says

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was thinking today about how RPGs need not be “fair.” Yes, if you’re clever, creative, and charismatic you will be better at a lot of games. That’s literally a good thing! You can be skilled at RPG play the same way you can be skilled at board games or sports.

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I like how it’s completely acceptable to use “go birds” as a salutation and a farewell in philly. it’s like aloha

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Gibi @gibiofficial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank god Sean is good at words cuz I’m not - but we finished our campaign last night! It is so not an exaggeration to say that the multi year experience really did change my life. It brought me an immeasurable amount of joy. 💜

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tonight in my 4.5 Year Elf Game Finale: love is critical to life. Make peace with the reduced freedom that attends bonds of social obligation; it purchases a greater freedom to live with and love a community. Our impulses to push people away are manifestations of our desire for closeness. Also ooze.

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today in dungeon game: 3 extremely powerful wizards deigned to turn a creature into another creature, took a gross portal to a nasty tree, fell through rotten wood, assassinated a spider, got hammered by a treant, exploded his buddies, told him our life story, and offered to set him up with a dryad

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In the old days I had a reputation for controversy-for-controversy's-sake (mostly undeserved, genuinely; it should have been a reputation for putting my foot in it). Anyhow I'd be a little surprised if there's anything in this one that ANYone would take exception to.

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

PAX U media badge approved! Either it's really easy to get one, I'm a real boy, or some dread mixture. See you there!

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

tonight in blade eater '68: hacked the machine that puts your soul in a robot, got stuck in the Torment Nexus by a self-loathing crystal demon, requested some files, infected everyone else's computer at the university, got a bad doctor killed, our cohort bungled a heist, and we all dropped acid

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

today in SCUP: argued over breakfast with the lady wife, made the layabout torturer go do his job, created and then instantly killed an NPC, suggested the debauched farmers GO HOME and got invited along, stopped an assassin real clean, brought him to a dark room, and learned he's a skinwalker

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Jason Morningstar @jmstar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A friend suggested the "how to make a one-hour larp" chapter from Nine Space Games might be inspirational and a good format for folks to try out for the Golden Cobras, so I updated it and added a neutral worked example. I hope it inspires you! bpglink.com/freeform

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

tonight in disco imperium 68: unlocked a student's paranormal potential, started a pirate TV studio, printed an Anarchist's Cookbook, accepted a job we are not doing, a deathlands vision quest, metal gear rabbit stole brain drugs, stalked a gov't security sycophant, and got blackbagged by the corpos

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Add dice notation to the list of things the nascent D&D community invented alongside the term “dungeon master” and the thief

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Sylvan Lawrence Is Carfunding @lonelamplighter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Not sure who here heard already, but Nic from IPR was in a really bad car crash two weeks ago, and his car is completely totaled. Anything you can give would be immensely appreciated, and even if you can't, please please please spread the word on this! www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...

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Donate to Support Nicholas's Recovery and Car Replacement, organized by David Gales

I'm raising funds for my dear friend Nicholas, who was recently in a ter… David Gales needs your support for Support Nicholas's Recovery and Car Replacement

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Always a delight to see Nicholas at the IPR booth at cons, and when I've been lucky enough, to share a table with him. Aid a mutual if you can!

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

tonight in dagger minigame: communed with the river, hailed rogue philosophers at the magic tuning fork, played into their hands, bit a ring, endured hellfire, TWO heroes became one with the river, one died for it, chased the foe into the realm of possibility, and one sacrificed himself to seal it

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Chase @chkurk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

@scenefour.bsky.social you asked and I’ve delivered! In this episode Dusty and I take a look at gambling and betting mechanics in TTRPGs but our game at the end is very much not a TTRPG. I've been behind on this with so much other stuff *BUT* this was a great episode that I’m so happy with.

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Betting & Gambling in Games - Dusty Buyck | Gamestorm

Dusty and I explore gambling and betting as mechanics in TTRPGs and beyond! Join us as we talk betting mechanics, dramatic media with betting and as we run a mini test game near the end of the episode...

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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I am thrilled beyond words with what Tim and the team have made here. So excited to see it out in the world!

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

my partner claims you can be a big enough simp that it horseshoes around and you get Simp Aura is this true

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Gila RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm coming away with such a better energy after CIGS. There is something special about connecting with people in your local community. It was great being next to @storygameschicago.bsky.social , best booth buddies. Also, I got a lot of people saying "you're from Chicago??"

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Chase @chkurk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

CIGS was a blast, all the cool kids were at CIGS. @gilarpgs.bsky.social @pangyban.bsky.social @jessebmiller.bsky.social @collinjryan.bsky.social

Selfies of me with game designers making goofy faces from a thermal paper instant camera.

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SketchyVanRPG (He/They) @sketchyvanrpg.com · 14/09/2026

Sean, aka scene_four, has proudly been a mutual of mine on TikTok for ages. He fights the good fight week in and week out with limitless patience, grace and positive vibes Oh, he is also an incredible adventure writer in his own right! outrider-creative.itch.io/the-secret-o...

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The Secret of the Night Market by Outrider Creative

A Folklore Adventure for Perils & Princesses

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

really strong showing at Chicago Indie Games Showcase today. hoping we can keep this train rolling and create more community spaces for game designers in chicago!

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Nerdy | Bitch Goddess | Righteous Traitor Midnight @nerdysimulation.titterpig.academy · 13/09/2026

Found this TTRPG last night and kinda wild haven't heard anyone else mention it Cowboy Bebop where every risk is another Hit to your blackjack hand?? genius!

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HIT! The Blackjack-Powered Space Heist TTRPG by Honey Cup Games

A game about idiot space criminals

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CLAYMORE @claymorerpgs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

you DON'T like FIST or Triangle Agency? KILL YOURSELF

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Caleb Zane Huett @calebzane.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Friends. Gamers. Freaks. I've received sketches of the cover and main cast of this game and you are going to be obsessed. you gotta pre-save this campaign www.kickstarter.com/projects/hau...

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Coming soon: The House Edge, Paranormal Jailbreak TTRPG

Beat the odds and break containment as superpowered mercenaries fighting through the depths of an 80s casino full of myths & managers.

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

tonight in blade eater 68: walked in the front door, breezed through locks, threatened a prison warden with a good time, got weapon design lessons from sapphic hackers, built an insanely toxic relationship on lies and sabotage, then showed her some tiger etchings, and failed to EMP a robot secretary

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Sharang Biswas @sharangbiswas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Someone needs to pitch a chapter about @calebzane.bsky.social & @seanireland.bsky.social’s TRIANGLE AGENCY for this call themed on “The Corporate Uncanny”, just saying vernonpress.com/proposal/405...

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Vernon Press - Call for Book Proposal Chapters: “The Corporate Uncanny”

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

how cheeky should I get writing FAQs for RPG systems at work

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

tonight in dagger minigame: DIDN'T run away to the circus with the buff ex, rolled on the river, rated each others' moms, did the Pirates upside-down trick into the water monsters' lair, woke The Ogre in the process of setting up a narcotic bomb, got rampaged, drowned the robot, and shanked a spider

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

tonight in knight game: descended to the bone zone, buried one, shattered one, pained one, violated Bone Law, followed a river of bones, heeded the howl of the Hound, the Eagle circled the Sovereign, puffed up the Swollen Seer with a birthday party, then pumped him and an old wife for tales

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

tonight in dagger game: critically disarmed a massive malformed mandrake, scared its stressfully screaming sisters, fed stew and salad to their catatonic victims, took a potato portal to an observatory, visited home for 1 hour, planned pyramid schemes, sold potent ingredients, and bought a bowstring

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

oh neat, somewhere along the way I hit 1,000 followers on here! Thanks for coming along for the ride (the ride is mostly one-bleet play reports)

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

the videos for almost every RPG are rules overviews or character creation guides. the videos for every world of darkness game is entirely lore. the mechanics of the game are never, EVER mentioned. I used to find this frustrating but now it's just endearing

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Reading a little Berserk has allowed me to identify a tattoo I would have a assumed belongs to nazis as belonging to weebs instead

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

tonight in disco imperium 68: went on a date to the haunted aquarium, saw between beams, took meditation students on a drugged up pub crawl, exchanged bomb recipes with a fireworks dealer, prepped our robot radio host for primetime TV, got fished from a canal, and gambled on the souped-up ride

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

piracy is not a lack of support. it's not an act of rebellion. it's direct engagement, giving something mindshare and oxygen. you'll be okay without it

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Hailey @bachrach.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

not engaging with the wizard show (yes, even through piracy) is a gesture. it's literally the tiniest gesture of solidarity you can make, and it says a lot if that's too hard

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

gotta say, the choice to print your generic 5e-compatible genre-swapped $50k crowdfunder in Times New Roman almost loops back around to bold

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Gamers will be like: "D&D is so bad! You shouldn't support them with your dollars! Instead you should play [commences to list a bunch of companies that literally just did not pay me for countless hours of hard work and fired me because I'm trans or I spoke out about a mass sexual predator]."

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

8 1/2 cements Fellini as the OG self-aware problematic white boy

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I still can't wrap my head around how it is so rare for a TTRPG book to tell you the player count it's designed for. If someone only had your book and no other RPG knowledge, could they figure out how many friends to invite to game night?

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Bully Pulpit Games @bullypulpithq.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Great news for our community who don't have ready access to the Wesleyan campus. @jmstar.bsky.social has approved the filming of his talk so we will post that shortly after the event itself. Cool, yes? #TTRPGs #RPGs #gaming #larp

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