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Dan Phipps

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Ttrpg making guy with a flowchart brain. I make lists of things. Half of Gem Room Games. He/him. Pfp by Rob Hebert of Nerdy Paper Games

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Inventing a measuring tape that reminds you if inches is ' or "

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Latest newsletter is out! We forgot to include the gem emoji in the subject line so here it is: 💎

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It's like a dream come true: getting to get down to games writing with only distant yard work for interruption

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I am sending you a buff that grants several damage resistances I hope this helps

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It's time for a Rainbow Car rules update: if you see a cybertruck, wipe your progress and begin again. This sounds like a joke but is actually the start of a blog post about adjusting mechanics to meet the vibe. Our original rules below:

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I love the Museum of Jurassic Technology so much

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I bet the brainwashing is cheap enough that it keeps getting budgetary approval as a rounding error

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There's a lot of fun to be had making a d20 fantasy brainmelter

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Best game writing day in a long while, and it was the work I was supposed to be doing to boot

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If you have any recommendations for iOS based readers I'd be interested! I'd be willing to pay (one time) for a good RSS app.

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Maybe I unfuck my RSS feed today, change my morning habit and assemble a 50s dad newspaper tableau. I'd need plaid slippers.

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Reading my morning papers (ttrpg design blog posts) and nodding with approval (I would have solved the problem a different way and it's fascinating to see other approaches)

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365 floors! It's like a word of the day calendar

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having a 2yo is just accepting the fact that you’re going to be sick for the full calendar year

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I need to actually read this but my first thought is sekiro combat's emphasis on creating an opening and then brutally murdering a guy (or in this case dragon) and I love that for TTRPGs

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It is, after all, the only hit point that matters

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Frame from a non-musical with a great soundtrack

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Getting up at 6 am to make coffee and do goose research and look up synonyms for "cruelty"

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if your boyfriend plays ultramarines you're single to me. what's he gonna do, tell me the codex astartes says i have to get out of your dms?

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In Android: Netrunner there are 4 corporations that own everything and all the cool people are stealing stuff from them. Today, all the cool people are desperately trying to make and sell something while corporations try and sneak in and steal it.

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After reading the elden ring patch notes I can confidently say I am a big fan of incentives in game design used to get a bunch of gamers to think they've won and go fuck off

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While there are absolutely valid critiques of the elden ring DLC, it does feel like a lot of folks are complaining that they bought something and then it did what it said it would do

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Do they not understand that "balanced" is a vibe?

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If your data does not serve the vibe then I will find data that will.

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Ok but what I really need is a fourth place where I can complain about my third place when it's being obnoxious.

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You simply must make your bad games, and celebrate your friends bad games

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Attention Origins Attendees: get thee to the cool kid booth!

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I had a lot more fun running lancer once I made all the bad guys canonically stupid so my tactical misplays were actually just good GMing

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Oh I just read the fine print, your budget is actually 240 for the purposes of all subsequent vagueposting

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If you had an rpg budget of 180 dollars, which games would you get? It's tempting to think you could only get like 6 medium press titles but you could also snag like 12-18 zines!

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Are you not a Zine Club member (perhaps because you hate indie designers, and finding ways to support them outside of the kickstarter ecosystem you MONSTER)???

Well good news, Campfire Scouts is up on itch!

plusoneexp.itch.io/campfirescouts

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If I'm gonna pay 180 dollars for a game it better expect me to do a lot of work making it playable 😤

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