Not Writing Games

@notwritinggames.bsky.social

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Writer and game designer. I love telling stories and hate capitalism!
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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 08:05 UTC

That’s me!

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Fetch @ameliafetch.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 06:11 UTC

Jex's enthusiasm for FitD translates the Monster of the Week format into a game in excited to try. Also, they're good people. Give it a look.

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 22:01 UTC

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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 19:12 UTC

Playing Street Uni X is fun for a few reasons: it's a solid extreme sports game, it's a fun homage to the PS1 era of this genre, AND if you type it out enough times you start wondering what "Street Unix" would be. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmvi...

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 20:20 UTC

Of all the places I post about my work, LinkedIn is by far the funniest. Surrounded by people with professional photographs and skill certificates earned in house being like, "Hey dude wanna launder that inflated tech salary into art? Remember when you had time to have fun?"

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 15:57 UTC

A fantastically good bad time. I’ve played in a few games of this and it’s got innovative design and a beautifully weird nightmare world to explore.

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Hendrik ten Napel @harmtennapel.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 08:06 UTC

I can hear y'all talking about this! Shut up! 😠

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 05:41 UTC

Shhhhh another season of the best podcast about TTRPGs is coming shhhhh

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Jason Pitre @genesisoflegend.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 21:37 UTC

Reminder that everyone ought to be pitching in to support Rascal if you can. It's the journalism the industry deserves, both as a promise and a threat.

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jex thomas @jexjthomas.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 02:05 UTC

Hard to believe there's only four days left in the Backerkit campaign for the Revised Edition of Bump in the Dark, my FitD game about monster hunting and occult investigation.

Here's a video I made walking you through how to create a character: youtu.be/URcTV87KNB4

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 22:11 UTC

Thanks!!!

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 22:01 UTC

We got there!!! Thanks everyone!

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 20:07 UTC

Closing in on $4k!!!

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 18:20 UTC

Almost 400% funded.

Reached our goal in 1 hour.

One of Kickstarter's Projects We Love.

Get in on the ground floor of this 365 floor concrete arcology. Give your cool cyberpunks somewhere to live or a place to get jobs in your fave cyberpunk TTRPG!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/not...

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Rascal News @rascalnews.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:36 UTC

Rascal is launching its first pledge drive! We are a worker-owned, reader-supported outlet; we don't sell ads, data, or information. We just write about games.

Here are some ways to support the drive and keep three bardpunk dirtbag journos writing about TTRPGs:
www.rascal.news/rascal-pledg...

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:05 UTC

Thanks so much!

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Ken Lowery @kenlowery.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 13:07 UTC

This looks cool as shit, honestly

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Hendrik ten Napel @harmtennapel.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 13:02 UTC

STACK # 95563 is at more than triple its goal now, people. It's coming! If you're into cyberpunk, don't miss this one. Michael has been steadily developing his version of the genre, with his signature anti-capitalist bend, and this promises to be quite the culmination.

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ttrpgcrab @ttrpgifs.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 18:06 UTC

Sudan is going through a humanitarian crisis. Millions of people have been displaced and thousands of people are going hungry. We put together 41 TTRPGs, Supplements, Zines and adventures from incredible game designers and writers raising money for Sudan Emergency Appeal.

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 03:21 UTC

Dare we get to $3k in one day???

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 17:35 UTC

The 55 Community Outreach thanks you for your service.

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jex thomas @jexjthomas.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 17:21 UTC

I just backed The 55 by @notwritinggames.bsky.social on Kickstarter and you should too:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/not...

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:13 UTC

THE 55 is live!

A cyberpunk supplement for all your cyberpunk TTRPG needs.

365 floors of woe, weird, and wage theft. Hundreds of locations from subterranean horrors to sterile corpo mansionettes. Come for the day or kick a streamer out and stay for a while.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/not...

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No Escape from the Final Shape 🏴🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧ @noescapevg.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 14:09 UTC

So my bank refused to fix the error they made which made it possible for a bunch of shit I'd been holding off to charge all at once. They refuse to even acknowledge it was an error. I now have a negative balance of -$1006.

I'd like some help paying it back, but slowly. 🧵

ko-fi.com/noescapevg/g...

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MashedBex ✨ @mashedbex.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 20:27 UTC

i need a flood of $10s/$20s/$30s to come my way right now.

my lights are being disconnected tomorrow.

my rent is officially 2 months overdue tomorrow - they're sending a 2nd notice tmrw.

please help me to stop both. i am drowning. i am reaching out for help.

please 🙏🏽

paypal.me/thelongestroad

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 01:33 UTC

Getting ready for tomorrow… Y’all like cyberpunk???

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Mynar Lenahan @mynarlenahan.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 22:07 UTC

Come get all these games and supplements for 40% off!

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Galen @nightjargames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 22:10 UTC

Behold! Our timely TTRPG of putting up with kings until you just can't anymore.

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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 21:41 UTC

👀👀

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 21:33 UTC

FEALTY, a game of court politics, drama, and steering a monarch, is now released!

A richly illustrated tome featuring art by @nightjargames.bsky.social

Break out your chess pieces and trade favours and tokens to define the world and manage the nation of Kyr!

notwriting.itch.io/fealty

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 00:56 UTC

I wasn't ready 😭

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Aaron Voigt @aavoigt.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 23:56 UTC

Evening bump for my latest essay!

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 22:20 UTC

If you want to vote for one of the games I'll be making this year, there is less than a day left in the poll! Become a patron and get in there: www.patreon.com/posts/patron...

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Orion D Black TTV @oriondblack.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 15:36 UTC

Hey! I'm Orion D Black and I'm a PNGtuber. I go on quests to play through entire franchises of games, one at a time. Right now we're taking on Pokemon, tackling one game from each generation. You can watch at Twitch.tv/OrionDBlack at Noon EST damn near daily! Come kick it w/ us in ~20 min.

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 19:14 UTC

If you see this, you have to post a picture from your phone but don't explain it.

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 05:43 UTC

Preparing my body and my mind for tomorrow's episode of Interview with a Vampire.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 16:42 UTC

Almost a year ago I was illegally fired for union activity. I've rationed out the funds I raised, but they run out soon. I've filed labor charges, but they're still winding through the bureaucracy. I've searched for work, but I'm a trans woman who's higher-risk for covid. I'd like to stay housed:

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 06:27 UTC

Uh no. I was looking up local tattoo artists and now Instagram has my fucking interests dialled in. Shit. Fuck. No not another cool tattoo artist! AUGH!

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 02:40 UTC

👀👀👀

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 17:39 UTC

Oh shit look at me I’m on Rascal (with a community submitted press release) @rascalnews.bsky.social

This will be the first of many in the future. Such a great service they are providing.

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TarotWeaver Roleplaying Game @jeradm.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 22:46 UTC

As someone who does remediation for Sonoma State, it can be a difficult exercise at times. Here’s a helpful guide everyone should have.

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Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 16:36 UTC

The folks at @rascalnews.bsky.social do amazing work and are currently running a peldge drive. Go help out if you can. www.rascal.news/rascal-pledg...

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 16:54 UTC

David's articles on peasant revolts have been educational and eye-opening. Please spread the hat around. Every little bit helps.

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 16:49 UTC

Launder the time you need through your employer. Do the minimum. As long as you aren't being an asshole you won't be let go. You need that time and energy for your writing.

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 16:47 UTC

Also I needed someone to tell me to stop taking all these jobs seriously. I was being used, and I have had very few employers who deserved all my time and attention. Here's a writing tip: Hard Work, in this world, isn't really a virtue. It's a trap, a lie, don't fall for it.

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 16:42 UTC

By the time I knew I wanted to write I didn't need writing tips so much as I needed to tips on how to survive while working a survival or joe job. What kinda work gives me time to write? What jobs can I do that look like I'm working that don't entail much work. No tips matter without time.

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 13:14 UTC

happy lottery day 🥰 www.newyorker.com/magazine/194...

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:40 UTC

No you're correct. Libraries are better. Don't make a barista do a job they don't want.

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 14:33 UTC

Oh also, if you’re in this position of being a writer but working a survival job, therapy might be a really good idea. I spent most of the last 20 years depressed and honestly I’m surprised I survived.

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 14:25 UTC

If you really want to be a writer but your job is doing something else to pay the bills, the thing you’re missing probably isn’t skill, it’s time. Find ways to steal it back from this world. Write at work. Write in your head. Write in your phone. No writing is wasted. It’s all practice.

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