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James J. Haeck

@jamesjhaeck.bsky.social

ENnie Award-winning game designer. Freelance Writer & Editor for: Wizards of the Coast, Critical Role, Darrington Press, MCDM, Ghostfire Gaming. (They/them)

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Dragon Slayers TTRPG Heroic fantasy roleplaying using the award winning Slayers system. Time to slay a dragon.

Lets push this thing over the top!! I just backed Dragon Slayers TTRPG on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/the... by @gilarpgs.bsky.social

05.08.2025 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As long as I didn't get the Rona from Gen Con...!! ๐Ÿ‘ป

05.08.2025 00:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Put some 1" grid lines on there call that a battlemat mercer

04.08.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That you decided to create your zine because of my vids is why I'm so eager to get back to doing this <3

04.08.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh I really dig this. A clear but opinionated take on what the heck "good game design" and its oft-bemoaned opposite even means.

04.08.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿซถ

04.08.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't want to pivot to content creation as a career, but I want it to share what I've learned in my career so far. Mark Brown's GMTK series is a big inspo.

Mission stmt: create informative and entertaining videos that encourage people to become game devs and think deeply about the craft of TTRPGs

04.08.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm so happy for you and the team! You're doing aspirational work

04.08.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Holy shit that's great news

04.08.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So many happy meetings at Gen Con this year ๐Ÿฅฐ if we chatted at all this weekend, youve made my life brighter. PAX West is next! but for now... Time to fly home and sleep forever ๐Ÿ˜ด

04.08.2025 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey so hypothetically if I wanted to start making YouTube videos again this fall, what would you wanna learn from my channel? ๐Ÿ™Š

04.08.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The beginnings of a painting on black paper. The style is intended to imitate stained glass, and depicts an armoured female drow warrior

The beginnings of a painting on black paper. The style is intended to imitate stained glass, and depicts an armoured female drow warrior

Going interstate for a few days (so won't have my gouache with me) but wanted to share a WIP of my half-drow light cleric

Hoping to imitate stained glass by building up some darker tones and details over the opaque light base colours

I imagine this experimental piece will take a while to complete

04.08.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@jdragsky.bsky.social with some awesome new work, and articulates a critique on safety tools as thought-terminating rather than exploration-encouraging that I've been trying to express for a while

04.08.2025 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AP streamers: what lighting & set up do you use?

Looking to try make my lighting/set up look a bit more professional (without spending a fortune) but not really sure where to start!

04.08.2025 07:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Following this thread ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ

04.08.2025 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My last act in the Gen Con Hall and a huge highlight: finally meeting Kelsey Dionne and getting my own copy of Shadowdark! Shes such an inspiration ๐Ÿ–ค

03.08.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You're so damn cool dude, congratulations!

03.08.2025 00:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Quiet sleepy Gen Con day 3 but now it's time for @criticalrole.bsky.social live ๐Ÿ–ค

02.08.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 81    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You know it!!

02.08.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy Kiennaday!!

02.08.2025 05:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this is true, actually

02.08.2025 04:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kings supporting kings ๐Ÿ‘‘

02.08.2025 04:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

James is brilliant, and Iโ€™m so incredibly proud of the entire team over at MCDM for their release of Draw Steel. A huge achievement and I canโ€™t wait to get it to the table!!

02.08.2025 03:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 104    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

You've got a credit on this?? ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ

02.08.2025 04:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations Jess and Sebastian!! Well done friends!

02.08.2025 01:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

congratulations Jess!!

02.08.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding

August 1, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) โ€“ The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committeeโ€™s FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill, which excludes funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades.

For nearly 60 years, CPB has carried out its Congressional mission to build and sustain a trusted public media system that informs, educates, and serves communities across the country. Through partnerships with local stations and producers, CPB has supported educational content, locally relevant journalism, emergency communications, cultural programming, and essential services for Americans in every community.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding August 1, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) โ€“ The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committeeโ€™s FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill, which excludes funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades. For nearly 60 years, CPB has carried out its Congressional mission to build and sustain a trusted public media system that informs, educates, and serves communities across the country. Through partnerships with local stations and producers, CPB has supported educational content, locally relevant journalism, emergency communications, cultural programming, and essential services for Americans in every community.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it is shutting down.

Press release: cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

01.08.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 90    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32

Fair dinkum

01.08.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Twitter is now 75% bot activity. The dead internet theory aint a theory anymore.

31.07.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10090    ๐Ÿ” 3658    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 169    ๐Ÿ“Œ 982

Draw Steel is out! I had the pleasure of editing The Delian Tomb, MCDMโ€™s classic โ€œstart hereโ€ adventure, reworked for this new system. You donโ€™t need to read the whole thing before running it; instead, you and your players can learn the rules as you play. Check it out! โš”๏ธ

31.07.2025 23:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 138    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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