Yes! I've had so many other things I've run peter out after much less time off whereas this one after I couldn't run anything for 6 months for health reasons it was like "cool what's the new mission we're ready"

I've been running a star wars campaign whereby the players are a squad of clones which lends itself to this and I think if it wasn't so episodic/arc based it wouldn't have survived the couple of lengthy hiatuses it's had to go through

Oh, does using the hallucinating lie machine hurt your reputation and make people and businesses not want to work with you??

I never would have guessed.

I'm unreasonably excited for this, I hope it's good

looking forward to the new aphra series an unreasonable amount tho i will be sad to not have a trans writer doing star war anymore :’) i rly hope to see more queer and trans of color writers in sw publishing bc it’s not been enough so far !

I wonder if the play is to turn these ideas around, especially if for like con one shots where prebuilt chars/backstories are a thing? I.e. yes, a mystery datacard! Player 3 found one and that's what led them to the heist! Or is what player 2 found that's why they know what the treasure secretly is?

Finally, a viable use-case for AI: crashing the AI market

I really like the FTL: Faster than Light sound track (and for calm specifically the tracks labelled explore as opposed to battle)

Wait but that means Disney has officially upended my personal hierarchies of canon? How will I ever recover?

(I had books as slightly higher tier than comics)

Can the Trash Crab Speak?: Disability Politics and Star Wars' Skeleton Crew four thoughts on the sixth episode of skeleton crew

new star wars theory post on KB, assistive tech, chronic illness management/cure/care and disability politics in skeleton crew 🥺 share ur thoughts, if u want !
starwarstheory.substack.com/p/can-the-tr...

Reminding myself to dip back in here to say that the destiny point system is one of my favourite TTRPG mechanics once plays get into the "fuck it this is star wars" mindset

Yeah I will say having it be the very first TTRPG I ever played and doing so from the GM seat with players who had also never played a TTRPG at 15 was certainly one of my wilder decisions but it mostly worked?

I really enjoy the vibes the dice bring but they definitely can slow down the first couple of sessions in person as you're learning the symbols/skills and having to do all of the cancelling yourself

I'll be curious to hear your thoughts if you do so! It's probably my most played (run) system but there are bits of it I've never fully captured/fallen in love with it

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Welp, I'm stealing that turn of phrase

Settling down to watch Skeleton Crew. Only just starting, but yes, good, show those opening five minutes to anyone running an Edge of The Empire / Scum & Villainy game.

I'm more likely to read content on substack than medium I think

Lilly, an elderly tabby cat medically described as chonky (just), sitting inside a wicker fruit bowl (that she does not quite fit in) on the dining table leaning towards my hand to be pet

I'm not a bot, just a lurker. If I've engaged with your post it was probably about:
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I will also pay the cat tax #promosky