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I and 34 other folks including @farmergadda and @hendrik-ten-napel are in the Bloggies list of debut blogs!

Prismatic Wasteland has recommended a single post from each if you want to check them out, and if you enjoyed reading any of these blogs in the last year you can vote for Best Debut Blog for the next... hour and a half!

The Bloggies is a fantastic compilation of great writing from across the scene so there's something in there for everyone!

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I think an important part of the "D&D is easy to learn" argument is that a lot of those people don't actually know how to play D&D. They know they need to roll a d20 and add some numbers and sometimes they need to roll another type of die for damage. A part of it is the culture of basically fucking around and letting the GM sort it out. Players don't actually feel the need to learn the rules.

Now I don't think the above actually counts as knowing the rules. D&D is a relatively crunchy game that actually rewards system mastery and actually learning how to play D&D well, as in to make mechanically informed tactical decisions and utilizing the mechanics to your advantage, is actually a skill that needs to be learned and cultivated. None of that is to say that you need to be a perfectly tuned CharOp machine to know how to play D&D. But to actually start to make the sorts of decisions D&D as a game rewards you kind of need to know the rules.

And like, a lot of people don't seem to know the rules. They know how to play D&D in the most abstract sense of knowing that they need to say things and sometimes the person scowling at them from behind the screen will ask them to roll a die. But that's hardly engaging with the mechanics of the game, like the actual game part.

And to paraphrase @prokopetz this also contributes to the impression that other games are hard to learn: because a lot of other games don't have the same culture of play of D&D so like instead of letting new players coast by with a shallow understanding of the rules and letting the GM do all the work, they ask players to start making mechanically informed decisions right away. Sure, it can suck for onboarding, but learning from your mistakes can often be a great way to learn.

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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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I think everyone would have a better time if we could all internalize the reality that our dearly loved hobbies are all a little bit shit.

Yes even that one. Yes, especially the one you like the most. Yes, ESPECIALLY all of mine. No, it's not a moral failing that you still like them. Yes, again, that one.

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I've recently reorganized my Brand Discord Server to have a more obvious focus on blogging and ttrpg, as that's mostly what I do these days. Y'all should stop by and maybe I'll remember I'm a V-tuber occasionally and do a stream S

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wow it really is so easy to switch to firefox

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the steven universe hate is insane bc people are (or at least were) more upset that fictional war criminals got fictional hugs than they recognize that it singlehandedly advanced queer rep in children's media by lightyears and then straight up ate heavy retaliation for the nerve.

It does have real flaws that are worth discussing, but it also put their male protagonist in dresses and skirts and played it straight and even empowering, they aired a lesbian wedding on television, it was a genuinely queer, genuinely diverse piece of media through and through. It did a lot of real good for the real world.

But also the fictional characters caused fictional harm to other fictional characters, and didn't get an onscreen firing squad sentence. So, you know, it's basically ontologically evil in real life.

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I've recently reorganized my Brand Discord Server to have a more obvious focus on blogging and ttrpg, as that's mostly what I do these days. Y'all should stop by and maybe I'll remember I'm a V-tuber occasionally and do a stream S

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i’m losing my mind

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the people yearn for turn of the century sonic gijinkas

here are my many inspirations

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Columbo and Jessica Fletcher patterns by Mrs Peggotty Arts-- she's also got loads of book characters (Ms. Marple, Jo March, Captain Nemo) as both cross-stitch patterns and coloring pages

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NEW BLOGPOST! Go to Hell! Literally, it's a Shortcut. Here's my proof of Concept for a Minecraft Nether Depthcrawl for OSR/POSR Elfgames, complete with the Nether Wastes Biome for your adventuring dis-pleasure!

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NEW BLOGPOST! A Mount? Extra Inventory? A RACING MINIGAME? All this and more with the Babidra! Baby Dragons for Blackfisk Publishing's Heroes of Cerulea!