Ash Cheshire

Thank you so much, that's delightful!

Confluence: The Living Archive Confluence is an expansive tabletop roleplaying game of in-world artifacts and Atlases, built upon a world and a system that grows and changes as you explore.

We're 5K AWAY from FUNDING! But we only have FOUR DAYS LEFT! I'm biting my nails... PLEASE HELP FUND US!

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Hey folks, it'd mean the world to me if y'all could spare some time to signal boost this, or back it, or both.

The Confluence team is fantastic, and the game itself is top tier. You'll also be directly supporting a diverse team of creators who will need your support now more than ever.

Confluence: The Living Archive Confluence is an expansive tabletop roleplaying game of in-world artifacts and Atlases, built upon a world and a system that grows and changes as you explore.

I come to you once again to ask for support. We have 9 days to go and Confluence is still yet to fund!! We still have to raise over 8k to get there!
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Love these, especially Sweetums! Allow me to propose in addition:

Link Hogthrob as Humperdinck (Humperlinck)

Uncle Deadly as Rugen

Sam the Eagle as the impressive clergyman

Rizzo as ROUS

Statler & Waldorf as "Booooo!"

And finally, one word: FOZZINI. Can't you hear it? "Inconceeeivable!"

Already said it once today and I'll say it again in front of everyone: Happy birthday!

Getting to finally hang out with you in person after years of online camaraderie was a major highlight of my con last year, and I'm looking forward to doing it again. ✨

*DREDGE*

Oof. What a Monday, I hope it improves from here. 🤞

Without being allowed to say Tootsie, I would have to say it's probably a very close contest between Hook and I ❤️ Huckabee's.

Squirtle welcome meme with the text "Regretful and Depressed People" over the many squirtles and "I Saw The TV Glow" over the single squirtle

Yay! I'm so excited about Big Bad Academy!!

Big Bad Con 2024 Community Achievement: Big Bad Academy Dr. Emily Friedman and Dr. Evan Torner are bringing together an exciting group of thinkers to pilot a new academic track at Big Bad Con.

My dream for @bigbadcon.bsky.social was a wee “academic track” of researchers & makers together in the model of #GenerationAnalog, w/ funding for early career researchers.

Sean & Ash proposed we call it Big Bad Academy & make it a stretch goal — now live, in collab w/ @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social.

Thank you Chris!

I remember when you and I were the only vendors in that little side room at our very first hotel, and just look at how it's grown!

I tend to conceptualize mechanics as a combination of "here is a tool" and "here is a mindset."

The improv tip of 'yes, and' is a great example because it's a literal tool (start by saying these words), as well as a reminder to hold a collaborative, generative mindset.

My personal GM and player style is informed by my training as an improv & stage actor and my past profession as a drama therapist.

I try to reflect that style in my mutual support mechanics, to hopefully create replicable techniques and approaches for a playful environment of reversible authority.

Abyssal Abyssal by Ash Cheshire and Lara Turner Abyssal is a Forged in the Dark role-playing game about humans, monsters, and the people in between. In this game, you will play a group of no-longerfully-human...

I've also been thinking about this issue a lot in designing Abyssal (FitD historical monster game in production w/ @evilhat.bsky.social) because play-to-find-out in a big historical setting with player-driven narrative can be daunting...!

My duet games are written with this explicitly in mind, too! Because they are collaborative narrative building with a very minimal structural arc to guide the story, I intentionally create two kinds of scaffolding: providing support for oneself, and providing support for one's play partner.

Absolutely, it's just who she is

YESSSS

Well Lara doesn't! 😆

Dejá vroom

TIL there's an actual name for what I've just been calling "mothman voice-to-text" in my head

The ritual is almost complete. Utter the arcane words barely bound by the text that restrains them and free our elder, The Red Velvet

Congratulations!!

Party of One Guest Application Hey there! Thanks for your interest in coming onto Party Of One as a guest. To help make that happen, we need some basic information from you on game preference, safety guidelines, and recording avail...

New year, new guest forms for Party of One!

If you'd like to join me on Party of One, and you DON'T have a time-sensitive need (we get a lot of submissions, and we work through them slowly--I may follow up in 6+ months!), here is the Party of One Guest Application form!

Party of One Games Submission Form Hey there! If you're filling out this form, you've got a game you think would be a good fit for the show, you'd like for someone else other than you to play it with me on the show, AND you're not look...

Likewise, if you've got a game you think would be a good fit for the show, and you'd like me to add it to my regular rotation of pitching to new guests for the show, here is the latest Party of One Games Submission Form!

Michelle Jones Medical Fund, organized by Michelle Jones My name is Michelle. I've been working through chronic pain and fatigue, but my health ha… Michelle Jones needs your support for Michelle Jones Medical Fund

I'm going to be relocating from Virginia to California in March, and I could use some help covering the moving costs! Once I move, I'll have a lot more support and a better living situation, so I'm raising the goal on my personal fundraiser one last time. Any help is appreciated! gofund.me/92648d1c

Danke! Your alternative crowns for Brindlewood also look great, delighted to be in the bundle with you!

Ich hab mal wieder was in ein Bundle geworfen und zwar meine alternativen Kronen der Königin für Brindlewood Bay (auf Deutsch & Englisch).

Im Bundle geht es um Neuanfänge aller Art - vielleicht wollt ihr ja zum Jahresanfang eure spielerischen Horizonte erweitern?

#pnpde #TTRPG

I'm loving our playtest so much! Thank you for these signal boosts, can't wait for our next session 🔥❤️