It's not the last draft, as I have version 4.3 on my laptop. But it _might_ be the last printed prototype sent to testers.
... who are now 40 years old.
We continued to work on it through at least March of 1996.
The last version I have on my hard drive is 4.3.
"The best way to avoid falling damage is to avoid falling."
—me, in the 1996 Manastorm RPG prototype
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30 years ago, I and my friends Tim Beach, Teeuwynn Woodruff, and Wolfgang Baur designed a Magic: The Gathering RPG called Manastorm. It was never released. But now, our boss Jonathan has put the manuscript up for auction to benefit Planned Parenthood. If you want it, contact Jonathan today.
A status #MillionDollarPuzzle update from our friends at Salesforce! Keep up the great work!
As of last Friday, I've been writing at @argn.bsky.social for 19 years!
"Oh hey, there's a massive Super Bowl puzzle hunt" was a great way to celebrate the milestone, with over 350 articles under my byline.
Some more hints for the #milliondollarpuzzle!
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If CNN is required to keep Jennings on the air, they should just replace Scott with Ken. @kenjennings.bsky.social
I contain ridiculous multitudes.
"Enter Mike Selinker, the author most likely to engender the comment, 'Uh, what the hell did I just play?'"
Great bit of work there, Shannon.
It's hard to overstate the impact Jean Rabe had on my career. Jean first hired me at TSR to write adventures for the RPGA and Polyhedron, and encouraged my development as a GM and event coordinator. She made a lot of RPG people the best version of their selves they could be. We'll miss you, Jean.
He sounds like a guy explaining “Settlers of Catan” to a group of people who will never, ever play “Settlers of Catan” with him again.
Here's a cool thing if you make games in Washington. Lots to be decided there, I'm thinking. @tga.bsky.social
"We are getting absolutely wracked in Minneapolis. Can we go somewhere where we have a chance?"
"Drawing up plans to invade Maine in the winter now, chief."
There are people in America who voted for this. But they are not the people in the places ICE is going. And so, ICE will never be greeted with anything but virulent hostility. They will never know peace.
10/10, no notes.
Hello perfidy, my old friend.
Why are you not minority leader yet?
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Magic: The Gathering goes full Fraggle.
