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Robin D. Laws

@robindlaws.bsky.social

Writer, game designer, podcaster. Winner of the Diana Jones Award, 8 Gold and 5 Silver ENnies. Translated into 11 languages.

5,096 Followers  |  776 Following  |  2,166 Posts  |  Joined: 05.07.2023  |  1.8146

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Oddity

26.10.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mid 2000s Toyota Corolla with such a heavy load of chipboard strapped to its roof that its windshield has cracked and its driver door has buckled

Mid 2000s Toyota Corolla with such a heavy load of chipboard strapped to its roof that its windshield has cracked and its driver door has buckled

Closer shot of window

Closer shot of window

I’ve been hearing not so great things about the Corolla Truck

25.10.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A man in bed looks passively at a Beholder (D&D monster) hovering before him. 

Text:

β€œDo not be afraid, Kevin. I am God, assuming a form your
human mind will find most comforting. Iβ€”wait, hold on, what
am I right now? Normally I'm like, a grandma or a talking dog or
something. Wow, Kevin, you must be super messed up.”

A man in bed looks passively at a Beholder (D&D monster) hovering before him. Text: β€œDo not be afraid, Kevin. I am God, assuming a form your human mind will find most comforting. Iβ€”wait, hold on, what am I right now? Normally I'm like, a grandma or a talking dog or something. Wow, Kevin, you must be super messed up.”

25.10.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 358    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Me: I am still managing to keep in touch with pop culture

The culture: Anime films topping the box office

Me: Okay, except forβ€”

The culture: Whatever the hell that Role Model guy was doing as SNL musical guest the other week

Me: Make it stop!

25.10.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
All screencaps from http://www.imfdb.org unless otherwise noted.

All screencaps from http://www.imfdb.org unless otherwise noted.

Post image Photo from: https://fiftieswesterns.wordpress.com/about/

Photo from: https://fiftieswesterns.wordpress.com/about/

Photo from https://youtu.be/kqYgBj3mUBM?si=_8iQCmzSw36az41i

Photo from https://youtu.be/kqYgBj3mUBM?si=_8iQCmzSw36az41i

I know what all you Blueskyers want: a 🧡 about guns!

Ok, a 🧡 specifically about the cosmetic modifications done to many Western movie guns to make one model of gun look like another & the historical reasons behind those changes.

If you're not into Western minutiae you might want to turn back now

24.10.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5

Me visiting my 1980s self: And when your hair is this gray, sexbots will be everywhere.

Past me: Just as predicted in Analog Magazine!

Present me: Yep, a total nuisance.

Past me: What?

25.10.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 672: I Mostly Like Cowboys Β« Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff

Ken and Robin talk Kpop Demon Hunters for Feng Shui 2, Moonlight on Rosewood Beach with Richard Ruane, late 90s fantasy films, and an alternate Benedict Arnold.

24.10.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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β€˜Quiet as a whisper’: German firm launches ad campaign after lift used in Louvre heist After watching the news about the Paris robbery, managers at BΓΆcker decided to make the most of the publicity

Who says Germans can’t do comedy?

24.10.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Disgraced Prince Andrew's Coat of Arms Taken Down from Windsor Castle β€” a Move Reserved for Traitors Following Prince Andrew's announcement that he would give up use of his titles, PEOPLE can confirm that the banner featuring his coat of arms has been removed from Windsor Castle. Andrew, 65, announce...

Next thing you know they’ll be removing his special snuff box

24.10.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Endangered Kangaroo Island ground dweller found in trees Australian ecologists have made a remarkable discovery about the mysterious and endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart: it is partial to climbing trees.

Rare marsupial opens up about being partially arboreal

24.10.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Clearly an 1895 player character who has popped up again in This is Normal Now

23.10.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Petition to @robindlaws.bsky.social to make this French Detective a recurring character in the Paris setting for #TheYellowKingRPG he looks like the sorta guy who would give Art Students trouble while they try to uncover the mystery of a cursed play,

23.10.2025 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Kiss (Gustav Klimt) but Indigenous
Blake Angeconeb ~ Anishinaabe
c. 2022

22.10.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 152    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

It took me a moment to arrive at the right game design decision, as I had momentarily forgotten the option of player bribery

22.10.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Publisher reveals how to pitch as a writer #writing #advice #writingtips #designer

22.10.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A charcoal drawing of a skeleton at a table with a plate, a glass, and a wife carafe. Another skeleton leans its head out of open bed curtains

A charcoal drawing of a skeleton at a table with a plate, a glass, and a wife carafe. Another skeleton leans its head out of open bed curtains

Odilon Redon, The Battle of the Bones, 1881, Charcoal on paper, 44.7 x 37.3 cm (Kröller-Müller Museum)

22.10.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I wanted to see the footage the crab shot but apparently it’s premiering at Sundance

22.10.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm never gonna trust a ghost again.

#quoteOfGame

22.10.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If this was just a wergild situation we could pay it for them like last time.

#quoteOfGame

22.10.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ghost courts are based around summonsing.
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#quoteOfGame

21.10.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Netflix has big plans for Catan Netflix has big plans for Catan

If you know a sheep who wants to break into acting this is his big chance

www.avclub.com/netflix-cata...

21.10.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Ken and Robin Consume Media: Snowy Witches, an Evil Cat, and a History of Crime Fiction Β« Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff

Ken and Robin Consume Media: Snowy Witches, an Evil Cat, and a History of Crime Fiction

21.10.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Instead of watching the game or checking the score I spent the evening testing out all 15 titles in the new Hitchcock box.

Any Jays fans who want to send 4Ks to keep my jinx powers suppressed know where to find me

21.10.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Adam Driver Pitched Kylo Ren β€˜Star Wars’ Standalone Movie With Steven Soderbergh, but Disney Rejected Script: β€˜One of the Coolest’ Projects β€˜I’ve Been a Part of’ Adam Driver pitched a Kylo Ren 'Star Wars' movie with Steven Soderbergh, but Disney shut it down.

However there is still hope for a film in which the POV of the project’s ghost haunts the Disney executive suite

20.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Halfling Detective Game Teased #halfling #hobbit #rpg #game

20.10.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The risk of research is finding a fact so perfect you bend your narrative to wedge it in.

20.10.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The present name being a corruption of the original β€œMoore Is” dance

19.10.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now this is shipping

19.10.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A-frame for Oklahoma Burgers

A-frame for Oklahoma Burgers

Sign in window: 
Proudly Canadian
100% Canadian Owned
Established in 2023, we're a Canadian-owned and operated burger spot serving our neighborhood with heart and joy.

Sign in window: Proudly Canadian 100% Canadian Owned Established in 2023, we're a Canadian-owned and operated burger spot serving our neighborhood with heart and joy.

Sometimes events overtake your carefully chosen brand

19.10.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Food mascots come in two categories: happy to be eaten or bent on revenge, and we know which one Chikuwa Sarata-kun is

19.10.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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