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Joonas Laakso

@jlaakso.bsky.social

I’m really into tabletop RPGs and miniatures. I do people stuff at Next Games, a Netflix Game Studio. Career in HR and game development. My team got a 9 from Edge. Helsinki, Finland. RPG bloggery at https://www.roleplayletters.com

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Latest posts by jlaakso.bsky.social on Bluesky

Techbros trying to profit by faking human connections when roleplaying games are right there #ttrpg

27.10.2025 06:49 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We played The Skeletons by @jasonmorningstar.bsky.social The longest and deepest post game discussion followed. Inspired to play more and tweak the game to our tastes (mostly: a lot longer rest phases) #ttrpg

26.10.2025 22:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

mega mega white thing

25.10.2025 08:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I am embarrassingly into the original Halo (didn’t much care for others, save Reach) and I know I’ll play this remake but I am very skeptical it’ll feel anything like the original. They’re going to mess with the sparseness, it’ll be too busy, I expect.

24.10.2025 21:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh wow I remember this image!

23.10.2025 09:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Middle age is washing down painkillers with caffeine

23.10.2025 05:59 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is FIRE way way way more interesting than any of the official 40K rpgs on my shelf. I did not expect to run a space marine game probably ever but now my players are getting all excited about space marines on my discord, based on quotes I'm pulling from this as I read it. And it reads so honest!

22.10.2025 19:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’ve watched Love Is Blind France, US, and Sweden for research purposes and it’s fascinating how different the shows are thanks to the national characters. #ttrpg

16.10.2025 20:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I don’t usually buy comic book singles as they release, but I buy DIE (and Power Fantasy) because it’s that good and I don’t want to wait for the trades. It’s also one of my favorite games #ttrpg

15.10.2025 18:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nää haluu kai palauttaa Suomen jonnekin kaupungistumista edeltävään aikaan. Sitä mä en vaan ymmärrä miten tää on ok muille kuin persuille. Aiempaakin sekoilua on joutunut selittelee ulkomaisille työntekijöille (hyviä veronmaksajia), ei helpotu yhtään... Suomella ei oo enää vetovoimaa.

15.10.2025 18:25 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wrapped my first mini campaign (three games, levels 1-2) of #daggerheart. Very good experience! We played Age of Umbra, and players were intrigued in seeing the other campaign frameworks, as well as continuing this one. Currently feeling like a clear alternative to DnD for me. #ttrpg

12.10.2025 20:26 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If your esthetic isn’t chipped nail polish I don’t know if we should be friends

12.10.2025 09:30 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Love it! You may want to check out Ryuutama or Break!! Both have this character stereotype in spades

10.10.2025 20:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Cover of Finnish red box Dungeons & Dragons, by Larry Elmore. It depicts a viking style warrior charging a bright red dragon, sitting on a pile of gold.

Cover of Finnish red box Dungeons & Dragons, by Larry Elmore. It depicts a viking style warrior charging a bright red dragon, sitting on a pile of gold.

I ran #DnD for brand new players. How did it go, and what would I do differently? www.roleplayletters.com/2025/10/10/d... #ttrpg

10.10.2025 18:46 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We’ve been watching Love Is Blind so it came easy :D

09.10.2025 19:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Can’t think anybody else in the world could sell me their unedited voice memos two at a time (okay, plus two acoustic versions of songs) and me loving them for it. Showgirl’s really grown on me

09.10.2025 05:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Star Crossed – Roleplay Letters

I played Star Crossed and wrote about it: www.roleplayletters.com/2025/10/08/s... Great game that really delivers on its powerful premise! #ttrpg @helloalexroberts.bsky.social

08.10.2025 17:30 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

why can't we have any nice things

07.10.2025 09:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Those flowers are so good, love it

04.10.2025 15:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was just thinking about her today when Taylor sings about a bouquet in the new album

03.10.2025 10:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There’s Fridays and then there’s new TS Fridays

03.10.2025 04:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Screenshot of my Discord status, displaying that I'm "Listening to Sisters of Mercy"

Screenshot of my Discord status, displaying that I'm "Listening to Sisters of Mercy"

October first dears

01.10.2025 14:11 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Spending time and as much brain power as I can spare on roleplaying games and with friends is self care.

01.10.2025 06:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The world is so shit right now I feel I’m getting dumber and more complicit every day I look at the news. Instead: woke up after, oh, two hours of sleep thanks to a dog with an ear infection to realize my brain had solved the problem I had with the weekend’s #ttrpg game last night. Thanks, brain!

01.10.2025 06:33 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
15 3D printed resin skulls on a linen cloth, painted dark gray. I used them as Fear tokens in the game

15 3D printed resin skulls on a linen cloth, painted dark gray. I used them as Fear tokens in the game

We played Daggerheart: Age of Umbra. I had a good time, looking forward to more this week! Report from the table: www.roleplayletters.com/2025/09/29/d... #ttrpg #daggerheart @daggerheartrpg.bsky.social

29.09.2025 14:24 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
12 3D printed human skulls, 15 mm across the dome. On a linen cloth. Painted dark gray by me

12 3D printed human skulls, 15 mm across the dome. On a linen cloth. Painted dark gray by me

All painted up at the table

28.09.2025 11:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tykkään tän jutun sävystä: ei se oo niin että kaikki tän järjestelmän voittajat ois laput silmillä. Moni kyllä näkee kokonaisuuden ja oman osansa siinä. Sitä tekee minkä voi, ja se sit vaihtelee miten paljon peiliin katsomista itse kukin jaksaa.

28.09.2025 08:59 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
a person is standing next to a cat laying on the floor in front of a stained glass window . Alt: a person is standing next to a cat laying on the floor in front of a stained glass window (from The Crow)
28.09.2025 05:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
15 3D printed resin skulls, airbrushed black and gray, on a messy paper in my airbrush booth. I only need 12 for the game, but good to have extras - resin breaks easily when handled carelessly at the table

15 3D printed resin skulls, airbrushed black and gray, on a messy paper in my airbrush booth. I only need 12 for the game, but good to have extras - resin breaks easily when handled carelessly at the table

Getting ready to run my first game of Daggerheart tomorrow. I realized late last night that I need Fear tokens. I had some skulls around but they were too small to handle. Printed some more, and these are perfect at about 15 mm for the dome #ttrpg

27.09.2025 09:47 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

I often think about how the UK back then decided "ninja" was a bad word

23.09.2025 10:26 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

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