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Justin Alexander

@alexandrian.bsky.social

Creator of the Alexandrian. Author of So You Want To Be a Game Master. ENnie Award Winner. USA TODAY Bestselling Author. https://thealexandrian.net

4,746 Followers  |  223 Following  |  2,282 Posts  |  Joined: 03.07.2023  |  1.7738

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The Best D&D Blogs in 2025 ... Chosen by a Blogger! I select my favourite RPG and Dungeons & Dragons bloggers, and discuss what makes them great. A handy list of 5e D&D blogs to follow.

This is a great list of D&D/RPG blogs...

...and not just because I'm on it. ;)

www.hipstersanddragons.com/best-dnd-blo...

14.10.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reading through So you want to be a game master by @alexandrian.bsky.social and this is a must read! It goes over awesome advices and tools that everyone can use in their games.

#ttrpg #dnd

12.10.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“˜ Cover reveal!

THE CAMPAIGN HANDBOOK is almost here: a toolkit for running a full #5e campaign from 1st to 20th level without burnout or railroading.

β€˜A menu, a mood board, and an endless source of inspiration.’ β€” @alexandrian.bsky.social

More teasers on Instagram. Coming soon! #dnd #ttrpgs

11.10.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of those days where it takes you four hours to write three words.

09.10.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

"Kristi Noem, who shot her dog, said today..."

"Donald Trump, convicted felon, signed an executive order..."

"RFK, Jr., who swam in raw sewage, says you shouldn't trust your doctors..."

Every headline should look like this.

08.10.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're doing RANDOM GM TIPS on Twitch!

Come join us!

twitch.tv/TheAlexandrian

08.10.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Strangely, this is also my book writing strategy at the moment.

07.10.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
"All RPGS are inherently unfinished"-with Justin Alexander, Panayiotis Lines & Aled Lawlor
YouTube video by Reading D&D Aloud "All RPGS are inherently unfinished"-with Justin Alexander, Panayiotis Lines & Aled Lawlor

Me and Aled recently had a great chat with Justin Alexander @alexandrian.bsky.social and Ben Riggs @benriggs.bsky.social unsurprisingly all about tabletop roleplaying games and GMing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfgh...

06.10.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Andrew Lang's Book of Dreams and Ghosts (1897) β€” Containing 78 weird happenings, from a demon strangling Devonian farmers in 1682 to a poltergeist terrorising a contemporary Chinese couple. Read it here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-book-of-dreams-and-ghosts-1897

03.10.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 248    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7

Been working on this for the last few months, and it's really really important to me. We've got some really cool games and folks. Please come by and watch the stream and donate!

01.10.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 418    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Vladaam Affair – Part 16D: Vladaam Slave Ship – Eye of the East Go to Table of ContentsBeneath its charming exterior, the Eye of the East is a charnel horror of death and despair.CAPTAIN MORSUL: Captain Morsul is a minotaur vampire, infected during a voyag

One last ship in the Vladaam fleet!

This time with 100% more minotaur vampires!

thealexandrian.net/wordpress/52...

01.10.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ—£οΈTHIS is the message!!

Brava, Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social!!

01.10.2025 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 7300    πŸ” 2582    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 167
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Goblin! – The Saga of Ghost-Teeth Goblin! is a solo RPG from Hexy Studio and the first installment in the Misbehave series of solo RPG...

New post from "The Alexandrian"!
@alexandrian.bsky.social
#ttrpg #blog

29.09.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GOBLIN! A solo RPG about little green men.

An actual play with the Alexandrian.

youtu.be/SGz9FQJ4QDY

29.09.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's March 29th, 2026.

Imagine yourself at RPG IN THE JUNGLE.

I'm your GM for a week-long campaign at an all-inclusive resort.

You look up. This is what you see.

See you there!

rpginthejungle.com/upcoming-eve...

29.09.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I probably don't, but my editors said something about "needing food to survive." ;)

29.09.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Alexandrian is launching Youtube Memberships TODAY!

Alexandrite members will help create ambitious video projects that I just can't do without expanding my team!

Gain Discord+ access, loyalty badges, emotes, and member-exclusive videos.

www.youtube.com/@TheAlexandr...

28.09.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been off and on trying to make an F-Zero RPG work for 30 years.

(There's gold in them thar hills.)

28.09.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can find online references to C&Ds being sent to artists selling merchandise with the trademarked logo on it.

But that's completely different from claiming to own the copyright on artists' original work.

28.09.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join me at the Game Design Round Table, where hosts Dirk Knemeyer and David Heron kindly invited me for a discussion about how every Game Master is also a game designer.

thegamedesignroundtable.com/episode/seas...

28.09.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Trademark Info β€” Inktober This is a work-in-progress. As Frequently Asked Questions we will be updating this page accordingly.

Do you have an actual citation for this claim?

AFAICT, he trademarked Inktober and the Inktober logo, then gave people free permission to use the term.

I can't find anything indicating he has ever claimed to own copyright in art posted with the inktober hashtag.

inktober.com/trademarkinfo

28.09.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We're now 8 HOURS into Overtime Mode, and the Cypher campaign is just shy of $1MM. It's still an amazing deal. Give it a look while it's still going!

mymcg.info/cypher

#ttrpg #cypher #roleplaying

27.09.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better! The award-winning TTRPG perfect for forging the stories YOU want to play. Lightning-quick character generation. Super easy to GM. Unique and imaginative campaigns. And all the flexibility, story focus...

The stretch goals for the All-In level have made this a Must Back campaign for me.

Hours left!

Proud to be the 5,095th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

26.09.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's wild how many bots are on YouTube now.

And these are just the ones I can spot because they're grabbing the wrong keywords to feed into the nonsense generators.

It's.frustrating because I enjoyed actually engaging with people.

26.09.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Comic. [Person with ponytail talking to a second person.] PERSON 1: In the new *Fantastic Four* movie, their ship doesn’t have enough fuel to get home and Sue Storm goes into labor, so they slingshot around a neutron star and fire their engines at periapsisβ€”as Sue has her babyβ€”to get a boost. PERSON 2: Ah yes, the Obirth effect.

Comic. [Person with ponytail talking to a second person.] PERSON 1: In the new *Fantastic Four* movie, their ship doesn’t have enough fuel to get home and Sue Storm goes into labor, so they slingshot around a neutron star and fire their engines at periapsisβ€”as Sue has her babyβ€”to get a boost. PERSON 2: Ah yes, the Obirth effect.

Fantastic Four

xkcd.com/3146/

25.09.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1808    πŸ” 132    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 7

Happy to offer advice and support. If you haven't already, follow @slyflourish.com , @sskorkowsky.bsky.social and @alexandrian.bsky.social as they all have channels dedicated to top quality help and advice to GMs, old and new

25.09.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Have you noticed how adorable the bard is?

youtube.com/shorts/cnE9m...

25.09.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This tracks with my 9 year old.

Slightly different usage, same "AI is BS" baseline.

25.09.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

See a Nazi?

Block a Nazi.

That's how they become not-sees.

24.09.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join me for RANDOM GM TIPS on Twitch!

Going live now!

twitch.tv/TheAlexandrian

24.09.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@alexandrian is following 20 prominent accounts