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Brian Stauber

@staubington.bsky.social
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Facilitator - GM - Dad - Nerd (in no particular order) Finding human connection through shared experiences. NASAGA Board Member www.staubercoaching.com staubington.itch.io

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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you didn’t go to the world’s biggest Costco, did you even go to Utah?
Me in the freezer section of the world’s biggest Costco. It was too big
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Legendarium in Salt Lake City was incredible, if not only for these drink names. I got the “Long Way to a Small Angry Nut”
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Plotweaver RPG @plotweaver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Want 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
Text reads: Splinterlight Alpha Weekend 9/25-9/27. Art of a short, humanoid bunny-like creating known as a frinn has a bionic arm and one bionic eye and holds what looks to be a glowing hand grenade in her outstretched bionic hand. She has a crazed look in her eyes.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Did you even go to Cooperstown if you didn’t eat a 38 year old piece of gum?
A pack of 1988 baseball cards of which I ate the gum.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In 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...
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Evoking Burnout and Grief through Mechanics in The Gladlands — NASAGA
Editor’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...
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Just hit my second Tornado Warning after two weeks in the Midwest. Now to return to my new regular weather pattern: Sun and Fog
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Rowan Rook and Decard @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Not 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
a pangolin photo where a thought bubble shows him dreaming of the children of time alian pangolin art with the dialogue I'm terribly anxious to go to space
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Kienna is making Erstwild @kiennas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Erstwild 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
A spiritfolk (a person with an inky void-like body and a mask for a head) crouches in front of a trio of people approaching an ancient mural. Text reads, "Erstwild Open Alpha"
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
GenCon 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.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If you didn’t play a pizza-based game while waiting for pizza, did you even go to GenCon?
Jon playing Leaning Tower of Pizza, a game using little white pizza tables to balance paper pizza slices in a tall stack.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Best part of the GenCon DnD Wizard Tower was the dragon puppeteers Cari’s Creatures! Their Such charming and adorable puppetry!
Me, a smiling shaved head white guy with a friend, two actors, and a fox dragon!
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Remember Alf? He’s back. In card-drafting form! @hachettebgusa.bsky.social
Photoshopped screenshot of the Simpsons with Milhouse holding the Alf card from MythologiesThe Alf card from Mythologies on top of a pink pile of card, all below the game’s box
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Indianapolis 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.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
So 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.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Finally 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!
Kronologic: Cuzco 1450 setup for solo play. Kronologic: Cuzco 1450 setup for solo play.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Ran 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.
Character sheets and accessories on a table in a dimly lit, fantasy themed roomVibey fantasy objects on a tableBookshelf with glowing potions and a galaxy projection against a perpendicular wallTome displayed on a table with glowing cloud decorations behind it
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Just 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...
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Products — Games of Berkeley
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
East 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.
The components of the game Call To Adventure on a table with the box displayed. Wine barrels and chairs in the background.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Just 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.
Lore Master’s Deck Sampler from The Story EngineOpening the first flaps, revealing information about the activityOpening the other two flap and removing the cards to reveal full cards instructions
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Two 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!
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I 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."
A smart phone tucked away in a cute paper bed on top of two laptops, all sitting on a chair.A smart phone tucked away in a cute paper bed on top of a laptop, all sitting on a chair.A smart phone tucked away in a cute paper bed on top of a laptop, on top of a table with LEGO bricks on it.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
So 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!
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Saxophone 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.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I’d watch a three hour movie of Grogu and Anzellans just walking around narrating what they see. Those puppets are the dang cutest things.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Had 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.
Brian and his brother-in-law playing the board game “Fire Tower” on a wooden table. Board is forest themed with dozens of plastic fire tokens arranged on it.A hands adjusting pieces of the board game “Fire Tower” on a wooden table. Board is forest themed with dozens of plastic fire tokens arranged on it.
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Dimension 20 @dimension20.dropout.tv · 19/05/2026
Don't dull your shine for anybody! ✨ #dimension20
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Stoked 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...
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EVENT: 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!
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Went to check out the lizard friends at the East Bay Vivarium and got star struck by this super chill black-crowned night heron
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
It’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
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/04/2026
Lots 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.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Crazy that there’s no shoe-based Pokemon, yet. Seems like a missed opportunity.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I 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!
A table with a blue tablecloth with the box for the game Daggerheart set out in front of a brown GM screen. In front of the box are character sheets and cut outs for the gameA man in a black Trogdor shirt gesturing to a group of players in cosplay
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I 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.
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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?”
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This 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.
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Grace Panetta @gracepanetta.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Alysa 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
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Friendly 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.
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sir 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
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Dimension 20 @dimension20.dropout.tv · 27/01/2026
Twelve people enter... twelve people leave 😉 #gladlands
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A major glitch has emerged in the regime's plan to send Tom Homan to Minneapolis
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
VOLITION [Easy: Failure] – You wake up in your Hilton suite to a cacophony of whistles and horns. Half drunk and half hungover, you hastily throw on your tactical gear. It feels heavier than you remember. You stumble outside. The cold hits you like a brick. What are you doing here in this dismal city? Home is warm. Home is safe. Home is a thousand miles away. Tucking your shotgun between your legs, you fumble with a tear gas canister like a child learning how to tie their shoes. The gun goes off and you shoot yourself in the balls.
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Still 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
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Rend 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-...
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Rend Repair Repurpose by staubington
A journaling game about making something new from that which was lost.
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Gloxinia @gloxiniagame.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
IT’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
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Snorlax woke up in a rave! #magfest
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
For 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!
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Brian Stauber @staubington.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Let me go on Like I blister in the sun Let me go on Big hat, I know you're the one
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
i 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
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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 23/12/2025
If 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)
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