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"Vimes was ready. He grabbed the boy, swung him round, and twisted the thing out of his hand before murder was done.

'No! That’s not the way! This is not the time! Hold it back! Tame it! Don’t waste it! Send it back! It’ll come when you call!'”

Of all the quotes from Night Watch, this is the one that means the most to me.

I spent most of my life suppressing a lot of anger, despite looking like a very calm individual. In true neurodivergent fashion, I didn't even realize it myself until it started affecting my health.

I read the City Watch series at a time when I was coming to terms with this, and it helped me feel normal. It also helped show me a better way to deal with it: don't repress it, don't give into it, hold it until it can be redirected into something good. Don't waste it.

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Every time I give in to despair I read a Pratchett book. Well, when one is available near me.

Because those books are full of anger at the world and the state it's in. Real, actual, barely-concealed beneath clever puns anger. It's a rage, not the pretty "i'm mad" calligraphied in the page in white ink. It's something like "I'm angry and you should be, too" scribbled in red ink over the pages.

But these books are so kind. So hopeful. And it's not mindless kindness, either. It's not "I'm kind until it's not easy or convenient to be anymore". It's actual kindness from people who are angry but turn that into fierce, deliberate, stubborn kindness. And of course you can despair but you can also turn it into anger and then the kind of fierce kindness that you can change the world with.

These books were so important for me growing up, still are. I literally wouldn't be the same person without them. And I reread Night Watch today, as one does, and the terrible fairness of Sam Vimes struck me. The world is a terrible, unfair place, he said, and I'm not participating in that. I'm not adding misery to it. I'm gonna be fair and I'm gonna be good if it kills me. (the same goes, of course, with Granny. It's about choosing to be good. It's about being good if it kills you. It's about desperately hoping and never letting go)

Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably-Priced Love and a Hard-Boiled Egg. And by gods if we aren't going to fight to get it.

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The Peoples Republic of 25th & Main

Happy Glorious 25th!

I just released the ashcan of my TTRPG "The Peoples Republic of 25th & Main". Inspired by Terry Pratchett's book "Night Watch", it explores the idea that a successful revolution might not look like what you expect.

A group of people are caught up in a revolution that is destined to fail, but they are going to do everything they can to make a positive change in the time they have left. While trying to delay being overrun by the opposition, the players will need to work together to achieve their goals. The game is GM-less with options for solo and duet play.

What impact will you make with the time you have left?

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Rebloging for the night crew.

Playtest for "The Peoples Republic of 25th & Main"

Hey everyone, I'm looking for playtesters for a new(/old) game.

Inspired by Terry Pratchett's book "Night Watch", "The Peoples Republic of 25th & Main" explores the idea that a successful revolution might not look like what you expect.

The players are caught up in a revolution that is destined to fail, but they are going to do everything they can to make a positive change in the time they have left. While trying to delay being overrun by the opposition, they need to work together to achieve their goals.

The game is GM-less with options for solo and duet play. If you don't think you will have time to play the game anytime soon, I'd still love to hear your thoughts on it.

I've been working on this in tandem with Lethe, and aim to have it out in time for The Glorious 25th.

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Playtest for "The Peoples Republic of 25th & Main"

Hey everyone, I'm looking for playtesters for a new(/old) game.

Inspired by Terry Pratchett's book "Night Watch", "The Peoples Republic of 25th & Main" explores the idea that a successful revolution might not look like what you expect.

The players are caught up in a revolution that is destined to fail, but they are going to do everything they can to make a positive change in the time they have left. While trying to delay being overrun by the opposition, they need to work together to achieve their goals.

The game is GM-less with options for solo and duet play. If you don't think you will have time to play the game anytime soon, I'd still love to hear your thoughts on it.

I've been working on this in tandem with Lethe, and aim to have it out in time for The Glorious 25th.

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reading terry prattchet is so crazy, cause you'll be reading about a character called something like plinko plonko and their zany exploits, and then he'll just drop a paragraph that goes so insanely hard like -

and then I just have to stare at the wall for a bit.

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Shout-out to my hometown for waiting until I moved over a thousand miles away to do the funniest thing they have ever done.

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there’s a bit in pratchett’s going postal where someone accuses the protagonist of indirectly causing 2.338 statistical deaths. recently it’s made me wonder, did pterry ever think about the lives he saved, himself? the people pulled out of the dark by his writing, in the same kind of fractions and possibilities? the people who survived by kindness that was only offered because he made each of us a little bit better?

he saved a piece of my life. without discworld, i would have been a little less likely to have made it this far. we talk about how he’s not really dead while his name’s still spoken, and a lot of the time we reference that same book when we do. but he’s alive in so much more than that. there’s a bit of his voice in every breath i take, because i don’t know for certain i’d be taking it if not for him.

and i think… don’t we all have that power? maybe the world would be a better place if we all understood that one well-placed kindness is all it takes to save a piece of a life.

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ok so these new tariffs are likely going to be primarily affecting red states. i want y’all to ignore the urge to respond by saying the people in those red states deserve it because of the political representation we have. not because some of us are progressives but because this is an opportunity. if conservatives from these states start complaining about higher prices and financial strain, do not respond with “well you voted for this!” this is your opportunity to pull them to the center. say “wow that is really awful. i’m sure this isn’t what you wanted when you voted last year. you deserve representatives that will have your best interests at heart, you should let them know how upset you are! you deserve to be heard!”

because listen to me. republican politicians don’t give a shit about what progressives in red states have to say. they aren’t gonna change their voting trends for us. but if a bunch of small town conservatives start to get restless and angry with their politicians, if they lose support from their most important demographics, that has a shot at changing things. so swallow your pride and disgust and have a conversation with that republican truck driver instead of taking the pot shot that’ll get you 10 minutes of dopamine. do the hard work.

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new year new mountain goats

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여어- 히싸씨부리 （ ɔ̸ᴉʇɐ͟N͞さんのツイート ）

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Now I’ve got people thinking that when I say that TTRPG campaigns shouldn’t be scripted, that I mean that they must be 100% improvised right there on the spot with zero planning or structure. I can’t fucking win.

And therefore critical role must be destroyed

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This is something I and other tabletop bloggers like thydungeongal have said repeatedly in the past, but I think it bears repeating.

If you don't like WotC due to the recent scandals they've been involved in (such as the OGL thing and sending the Pinkertons to someone's house) and you are serious about disrupting the economic and cultural stranglehold they have over the entire tabletop hobby, pirating D&D products is infinitely less important than exploring, discussing and platforming games and creators outside of the D&D 5e ecosystem.

A person who pirates every single D&D product but continues to exclusively play, discuss, talk, and blog about Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition is not doing as much as someone who religiously pays for every D&D product but also gives some of their precious time and attention to games that aren't D&D, especially if they have any sort of platform or audience.

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Happy 21st Anniversary to Fullmetal Alchemist.

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Hey TTRPG Tumblr! As I'm finishing up Lethe, I'm starting to look for reviewers, actual plays, and other TTRPG streamers to get the game in front of.

If you have any recommendations for who I should reach out to, I would love to hear them!

For those that don't know about Lethe, it's about rediscovering your past and choosing how much you will let it affect your future. It was inspired by things like Over the Garden Wall, Alice in Wonderland, The Divine Comedy, and various world mythologies.

All characters start with no knowledge of their past or what they can do, only their names. They must play to learn what skills and abilities they have and discover how they ended up in this place.

You can read more about it here:

https://crowdfundr.com/LetheTTRPG

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Like your murder mysteries with a bit of humor and a madcap nature? Enjoy Clue (the movie or the game, but mostly the movie)? Then do I have the game for you!

I just released "Some Days, You Just Can't Get Rid of a Body" for the One Page RPG Jam. It's a murder mystery TTRGP for 3-5 players and 1 GM. The game is free to download here:

https://crlegge.itch.io/some-days-you-just-cant-get-rid-of-a-body

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