Shandy

Re-writing the GM Guide Intro for A Thousand Faces of Adventure
open.substack.com/pub/1kfa/p/r...

#ttrpg #gamedesign #1kFA

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Musings on creativity, inspiration, disappointment, and hope

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The Cost of Knowing: trying to design a board game using the Prisoner's Dilemma

#boardgames #gamedesign

1kfa.com/table/deckah...

I'm pretty excited about the progress of my digital version of the 20-card "Deckahedron" needed to play A Thousand Faces of Adventure. Still in alpha, but it's neat!

#ttrpg #gamedesign

Ludic Listening: A Tool for Deepening the TTRPG Experience

open.substack.com/pub/1kfa/p/l...

#ttrpg #gamedesign

Reimplementing the UI for Togetherness Table. This effort is concentrating on making it more useful on mobile devices.

1kfa.com/table

github.com/sjbrown/toge...

#ttrpg #vtt #opensource

Been really enjoying this new content from @itsquinns.bsky.social - especially the recent reviews of Vaesen and Slugblaster

I took some time to diagram the CRM for #daggerheart

open.substack.com/pub/1kfa/p/f...

#ttrpg #gamedesign

#Daggerheart looks interesting - I think I'll read the SRD today (maybe with the help of #notebooklm)

Is it just the beards and glasses, or do Paul and Abdul look like twins from side profile?

My Earthborne Rangers review

#ttrpg #gamedesign #earthbornerangers #kublacon

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The TTRPG Pitch: Designer's "Sales Pitch" vs GM's "Play Pitch" You design a TTRPG, and you have a little darling baby you want the whole world to see.

Designer's Pitch vs GM's Pitch

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#ttrpg #gamedesign

Deciding to use AI / LLM tools for TTRPG writing

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#ttrpg #gamedesign

#DnD #TTRPG #DungeonsandDragons #D&D This applies to all tabletop RPGs honestly.

What's the pangolin's name?

I will repost the shit out of all pangolin content
#pangolin
#everypangolindeservesadulation

Humans arguing over whether we can make a machine that's as smart as us is like transistors arguing over whether they can transmit an electron that's as smart as them.

humans: corporations::transistors:computers

#AGI

Silence at the Table How RPGs Handle Pauses

Silence At The Table: How RPGs Handle Pauses

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#ttrpg #gamedesign

Product Design Reinforcing the Game's Goals

Now it's split into 3 books:
* Table Guide (for everyone)
* GM Guide
* Player Guide

1kfa.substack.com/p/product-de...

#ttrpg #gamedesign

1kfa.substack.com

A green stag stands atop a hill, his antlers fill the top of the page and are filled with plants and birds. In the hill he stands on, a doe leaps over her fawn. Below them two foxes chase a rabbit who waits at the opening of a warren.

the hart of the forest #art

Back to playtesting this after a loooong hiatus #1kFA

True facts are true

Dear Abby: Quit the "Advice Column", Provide "Tools" I've been making some significant changes to the structure of 1kFA's rulebook, and I wanted to share my reasoning behind them.

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Making some significant changes to 1kFA, and I wanted to share my reasoning. Initially, like many TTRPGs, I had a separate, hefty "GM's Guide" filled with advice. However, as development has been progressing, I’ve had a design epiphany...

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There's no excuse.. there's 1000s of protests in big and small towns across the country. April 5, we #protest! Find your local protests! www.mobilize.us/handsoff/?ut...

#dumptrump

What in the Silent Hill is this icon, @asana?

I’d just like to shout out humans for at least seeing through NFTs as the most idiotic idea possible.