Mark Della-Croce

Picture of the Northern Lights taken over a fence line and trees. A horizontal green band is closest to the horizon, with a diagonal pinkish-red band spread above it. Vertical striping is visible in the red band, and stars are in the night sky through the lights.

Always a treat to catch the Northern Lights from your own backyard...

I had great time talking with Craig. I loved the emphasis on safety and collaboratively building a world and characters using the steps in Shadowlight and Personae. I'll be watching with interest to see what Craig does with the final version!

The sad part is I saw this and thought "How many dice does it come with? Might be a good deal. The white and gold dice look nice..."

Okay folks -- it's still a work in progress, but here's where you can find the rarer bits of my music collection: archive.org/details/@lun...

Anything uploaded here is, to the best of my knowledge, no longer obtainable through other means. Lots of goth, industrial, Sacto bands, anime, visukei, etc.

Magic of Inventorying was a great way to play a quick, interesting role-playing game without a ton of prep time. And after we were done in 2 or so hours, we had a memorable cast of characters. Pick it up to play with your gaming group between sessions or with your friends who haven't played a TTRPG!

Twitch Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.

I haven't told you yet that we have a special Twitch stream on Monday!

@markdc.bsky.social will be joined by @rolistespod.itch.io to talk about Magic of Inventorying, which is coming soon on Kickstarter!

Join them as they talk about the game and play a bit!

1 PM Eastern!

Bite the Hand does an excellent job of using the Panic Engine to build out a great Cyberpunk adventure. It avoids the trap of most cyberpunk games in burying the game in mountains of rules for the GM and player to dig through, and lets the game happen!

This was awesome! Languages are great way to get your players more involved in your world and @retpallyjil.bsky.social has created an excellent glossary to get you started!

Oh, I was busy most of yesterday and missed this. Ooo, it is hard to pick just one. The Scarlet Pimpernel is definitely one of the top ones (partially because it was the first I saw More recently, I really, really enjoyed Operation Mincemeat.

You Were Made was a great time! I thoroughly enjoyed both the mechanics @12pdesigns.bsky.social has designed for the game as well as the world he has placed them in. The prompts work well for both as exercises for developing your creativity and as a means of self-introspection for personal growth.

Our big selling point is our accessibility. We're easy to use (with any tools you use to access the web!). Features like Quick Create, Linking, Sessions and Player Sharing make it easy to setup and run any campaign (in any system). More GMing and less searching your notes for a critical detail!

We use Cloud storage to allow you to switch between multiple devices with Lore Link, so initial data entry has to be online. After that, we do offer offline data caching currently. It will post updates when you get connection again. Our future roadmap does have full offline download on it however!

did the first part of a Session 0 Fabula Ultima today and I put in a goofy amount of effort into this silly bit on Foundry VTT

Full Send was a great experience, even as someone who isn't a mountaineer. @laurieoc.bsky.social has done an excellent job in capturing both the life-or-death challenge and the cooperative-competitive nature of reaching the summit of a mountain. I'll definitely be backing the Kickstarter!

I mean, if I point in most random directions from my desk, I'll probably find at least a die, if not a full set, so...yes? Maybe? Unless you mean the location of every single die I own, in which case: Never. Impossible.

What to Do Before Your First Session as a GM | Lore Link Learn tips, traps, and tools for how to start planning out your campaign before you even describe your first NPC!

Are you heading to Gen Con here in Indy next week? Are you a new GM that would like some tips? Join @markdc.bsky.social and @mrdowden.com as they talk about what to do before your first session as a GM. It's Thursday at 4 PM, and you can get more info here:
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Just last night. Or at least I got the email saying that it had been delayed last night. The team (protectft.com among others) remonstrating the petition made the decision not to oppose the request to delay last night.

As someone closely affected by this, thanks for spreading the word! As a note, Google (the people trying to build the data center) asked for a continuance, so the hearing got moved to August 20th, so there's still time to make your voices heard!

Tues... yes, Tuesdays are for Twitch!
Today, join @markdc.bsky.social as he shows how to run a game with over-the-top 80s-movie style action using Lore Link and games like Outgunned and Feng Shui 2.

Starting at 5:00 PM Eastern.

Join us!
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Tuesdays are for Twitch!

This week, join @markdc.bsky.social as he pulls out an old-school TTRPG-based computer game. Maybe a gold box? Who knows? I certainly don't!

Join us at 5 PM Eastern.
twitch.tv/LoreLinkRPG

Speaking of little treats, Dark Mode has been released for all Lore Link users.

No longer will we be blinded when we log in!

lorelink.com/get-started

LoreLinkRPG - Twitch "Silly" TTRPGs and Feast of Legends | Planning

Tuesday is for Twitch!

This week, @markdc.bsky.social pulls from his experiences with his nieces and nephews to show you how to use Dungeons and Dragons (a readily available game) to help introduce your kids to TTRPGs.

Join us at 5 PM Eastern!

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Want to hear me talk about cool TTRPGs? I mean, you can already; it's part of the Twitch stream thing I do. There's a YouTube archive and everything.
But if you want to see me talk about cool TTRPGs IN PERSON, you can come to Who's Yer Con!

This is the worst way to discover that I briefly had the power to speak things into existence.

Image showing the streaming schedule for March. Tuesday, March 4th @ 5:00 PM EST - Join Mike as he starts preparing a Pendragon game for the Lore Link Players. Tuesday, March 11th @ 5:00 PM EDT - Mike is back, as he continues to prep for his Pendragon game using Lore Link. Tuesday, March 18th @ 5:00 PM EDT - Twenty is streaming! More info coming soon! Tuesday, March 25th @ 5:00 PM EDT - Mark is back! More info coming soon! Friday , March 28th @ 1:00 PM EDT - It is time! Join us as Mike runs the Lore Link Players through Pendragon, seeing if the crew can hold up to the ideals of the knights of Arthurian legend.

It's Tuesday, so that means it's #Twitch day!

Join @mrdowden.com as he starts putting together a Pendragon game for the Lore Link Players. You can see the March schedule below!

Starting at 5 PM EST!
twitch.tv/LoreLinkRPG

I'm thinking of investing in many shovels, digging down for a while, and seeing what's there—maybe turning the whole campaign into a Dwarf Fortress game?🤔

The Lore Link streaming schedule for February 2025. It reads: Tuesday, February 4th @ 5:00 PM EST - Join Mike as he continues work on his Pathfinder “Quest for the Frozen Flame” game. Tuesday, February 11th @ 5:00 PM EST - Mark looks at Fabula Ultima and how to build out a cool BBEG. Tuesday, February 18th @ 5:00 PM EST - With a new comic movie on the horizon, Mark looks at how to create a cinematic fight scene in games like City of Mist. Tuesday, February 25th @ 5:00 PM EST - The Lore Link Players continue the superhero theme with Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

As promised on Tuesday's stream, behold!

February's Twitch stream schedule!

Bask in its glory!

A lot of the planning for my campaign comes on a session-by-session basis. I review the previous session, review what I had planned ahead, and see if I need to shift anything around to make things flow better. Oftentimes, my players will "derail" the plot by offering a better story.

And one arrogant Phoenix crushing Tidal Wave.