Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you didn’t go to the world’s biggest Costco, did you even go to Utah? 000
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Legendarium in Salt Lake City was incredible, if not only for these drink names. I got the “Long Way to a Small Angry Nut” 000
Reposted by Brian StauberPlotweaver RPG @plotweaver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Want to explore the sci-fi world of Splinterlight? Our GM ambassadors, the Plotweaver Envoy Team, have volunteered to run games for interested players on the weekend of 9/25-9/27! Just fill out this Google Form by 11:59 PM EST, September 20th. All details are on the form! ow.ly/5Ieu50ZNzEe 21713
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Did you even go to Cooperstown if you didn’t eat a 38 year old piece of gum? 120
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 12/08/2026In preparation for my NASAGA session on how game can be designed to evoke and help process grief, I wrote up a blog post on the recent Gladlands season of @dimension20.dropout.tv. TLDR: The adaption of Kids in Brooms plus expert improvised storytelling made me cry www.nasaga.org/blog/evoking...nasaga.orgEvoking Burnout and Grief through Mechanics in The Gladlands — NASAGAEditor’s Notes: This is the first in a series of articles previewing presentations slated for NASAGA 2026. Register now to attend ! Also, this blog post contains minor spoilers for the Gladlan... 130
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Just hit my second Tornado Warning after two weeks in the Midwest. Now to return to my new regular weather pattern: Sun and Fog 010
Reposted by Brian StauberRowan Rook and Decard @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Not to be a terrible bother but we would be awfully appreciative if you could check out Children of Time before it closes? If you wouldn't mind? No worries if not! bit.ly/3R1XMUu 413449
Reposted by Brian StauberKienna is making Erstwild @kiennas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Erstwild open alpha is live ✨right now✨ So very proud of what I, @anarisis.dylangrinder.com, and the rest of the @plotweaver.bsky.social team has pulled together, and I can't wait to see what folks do in our setting 💖 Join the playtest here: discord.gg/jgqZWwcmHm 17331
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 05/08/2026GenCon felt like a return to summer camp this year. Meeting so many incredible applied play folks I’ve only ever met online, demoing games with the all-star @hachettebgusa.bsky.social crew, and spending a week bunking with @jstaal.bsky.social was such a thrill. 120
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 03/08/2026If you didn’t play a pizza-based game while waiting for pizza, did you even go to GenCon? 020
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Best part of the GenCon DnD Wizard Tower was the dragon puppeteers Cari’s Creatures! Their Such charming and adorable puppetry! 110
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Remember Alf? He’s back. In card-drafting form! @hachettebgusa.bsky.social 010
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Indianapolis the Monday before GenCon is the most liminal space I’ve encountered. All of the skywalks and parking garages between the Marriotts are straight eerie without cars or people. 010
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 14/07/2026So excited to back this one! This little guy has been jamming on nature documentaries lately and I go straight to “these penguins are fine, but what if they were uplifted by a virus into a space-faring penguin society?” Now there’s a game for that. 051
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Finally getting some solo play in of Kronologic before running demos with @hachettebgusa.bsky.social in a couple weeks at GenCon. My mind usually sputters out during complex logic puzzles but being able to visualize them geographically and temporally is so helpful and flow-inducing! 110
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Ran the inaugural game of Daggerheart from @darringtonpress.bsky.social at Ember Rest’s new space in Martinez last night. I always love showing players who have only touched DnD the joy of indie TTRPGs. Such a blast to have them build the world with me while sitting in a room with such vibes. 190
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Just added two sessions of @landofeem.bsky.social to the calendar at @gamesofberkeley.bsky.social! The first is an introductory adventure on July 15 and is live for registration! Come get into some Jim Henson-style hijinks with me! All ages are welcome. gamesofberkeley.com/products/eve...gamesofberkeley.comProducts — Games of Berkeley 011
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 02/07/2026East Bay Board Gang has been one of the best parts of moving to Berkeley. So happy to find an immediately welcoming and warm group of tabletop gamers. Got immediately pulled in to Call To Adventure tonight, making it a real @brotherwisegames.bsky.social themed week of gaming. 041
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Just opening up the @storyenginedeck.bsky.social’s Lore Master Sampler from Free RPG Day, I’m nerding out about the design. Such a cool way to use the packaging to tell a story - what is this game and how do you play it- and hammer home the importance of intentionality in your craft. 252
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Two amazing adventures from @darringtonpress.bsky.social and @brotherwisegames.bsky.social ready to go for Free RPG Day! Hanging out with Game Kastle Fremont this morning before rolling back to my FLGS @gamesofberkeley.bsky.social this afternoon! 1101
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I brought copies of Naptime, Sweet Phone by @stickydoodler.bsky.social to a facilitation this week and was so thrilled by the results: sleepy phones, tucked away in beds and out of folks' hands. It was such a fun way to begin the session and declare "We're focus on humans on the room, not screens." 120
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 09/06/2026So excited for this one. I love a GM-less game where you can get into some crazy world-build together! Plus they put pangolins on the front cover! 031
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Saxophone Colossus was my first Jazz CD and what got me into playing saxophone back in middle school. Such an incredible musician who cemented my life long love of Hard Bop. 020
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I’d watch a three hour movie of Grogu and Anzellans just walking around narrating what they see. Those puppets are the dang cutest things. 020
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Had an amazing time at my first East Bay Board Gang meetup! Finally got a chance to play Fire Tower from @runawayparade.bsky.social after having it in the shelf since last GenCon. Can’t wait to pull it out again and add in the expansion. 030
Reposted by Brian StauberDimension 20 @dimension20.dropout.tv · 19/05/2026Don't dull your shine for anybody! ✨ #dimension20 234196
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Stoked to be running the special one-shot celebrating the 1st anniversary of #Daggerheart at @gamesofberkeley.bsky.social next Thursday! Seats are available at the link below! Join me for some celebratory hijinks and the first game I’m GMing on the West Coast. gamesofberkeley.com/products/eve...gamesofberkeley.comEVENT: Daggerheart RPG: The Wish Thief [5/21]Daggerheart RPG: The Wish Thief Join us Thursday May 21st, 6-9pm, to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Daggerheart’s release! with a brand new one-shot! 010
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Went to check out the lizard friends at the East Bay Vivarium and got star struck by this super chill black-crowned night heron 000
Reposted by Brian Stauberpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 13/04/2026It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for 129133083375
Reposted by Brian StauberJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/04/2026Lots of tech dudes think the "idea" is the important part of creating, not the creative journey you take through work to give that idea actual meaning. Ideas are the easiest, cheapest and least fulfilling part of it. Giving ideas life through work, and sharing that work with others, is the stuff. 953716859
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Crazy that there’s no shoe-based Pokemon, yet. Seems like a missed opportunity. 130
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I don’t often get shots of me GMing games, and am so grateful for some friends and players sneaking in a few this past weekend! I had a blast running #Daggerheart and even had a few Critical Role fans in full cosplay at the table! 060
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 15/03/2026I forgot that the Daggerheart QuickStart only has 5 pre-gens and hastily made Stumpy Deeproot, the wonkiest Clank Bard, as a 6th to fill in the gap at AwesomeCon. It’s so amazing to see people take a novel concept you had and completely bring it to life. 161
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 14/03/2026“Give me a hit of that snoot juice!” sounds so much better than “Where’s my bottle of Flonase?” 020
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 06/03/2026This is the kind of energy I wanna see at my tables! Go hard, test the limits of your holodeck until you find the walls, then break out of them. 030
Reposted by Brian StauberGrace Panetta @gracepanetta.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization 105138092484
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Friendly reminder that just because LinkedIn is an insane cesspool of AI-written posts glorifying AI doesn’t mean the rest of the world wants to follow suit. 210
Reposted by Brian StauberOmg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue 5783269214042
Reposted by Brian StauberDimension 20 @dimension20.dropout.tv · 27/01/2026Twelve people enter... twelve people leave 😉 #gladlands 315515
Reposted by Brian StauberWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 26/01/2026A major glitch has emerged in the regime's plan to send Tom Homan to Minneapolis 723546
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Still dying from these @dimension20.bsky.social Chili Cook off Contestants Slap mandel Dorothy Suzuki Otto von skid Bean can Palma egress Wandy scrapes Splat the eye kisser Twit ogalvy The Fetted molar Friedrick lube 020
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Rend Repair Purpose is finally up! Drawing from the art forms of Kintsugi and Blastover tattoos, it’s a journaling game about creating space to grieve then reconstructing yourself to face the world with boldness. staubington.itch.io/rend-repair-...staubington.itch.ioRend Repair Repurpose by staubingtonA journaling game about making something new from that which was lost. 121
Reposted by Brian StauberGloxinia @gloxiniagame.bsky.social · 14/01/2026IT’S HERE 😍😍😍 After a superbly fun weekend at @magfest meeting all you lovely, sparkly gamers, OUR STEAM PAGE IS LIVE! Add us to your WISHLIST!! #GloxiniaGame #MAGFest2026 #DanceGame #IndieGame #Coding #GamePlay #RhythmGame #Unity #CSharp #FMV #AfterEffects #Steam #SteamWishlist 182
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 10/01/2026For anyone at #magfest make sure to check out my very good friends’ booth in the Indie room! Queer Rhythm Game Fever Dream! Space Channel Five but it’s Town at 3 am Booth 67! 030
Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Let me go on Like I blister in the sun Let me go on Big hat, I know you're the one 020
Reposted by Brian Stauberleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 25/12/2025i sold my antipsychotic meds to buy my ai girlfriend a new model upgrade for christmas. but then i found out she sold her data center to buy me a gun 334252763
Reposted by Brian StauberDr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 23/12/2025If you’re naming me in the same breath as TTRPG studies then you should be following and listening to and citing Professor Torner who has done more for analog game infrastructure than any one person can comprehend. (Any number of us shine from reflecting Evan’s light) 210324