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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 4h

Hope to see you all there!

DracoLucian @dracolucian.bsky.social · 5h

Going to try this again, with some actual time for people to sign up.

Hope ya'll can join us this Monday to get in some games of #PendragonMTG.

The quoted post has all of the links and other info to join us.

DracoLucian @dracolucian.bsky.social · 4d

Hey Everybody,
Ive been talking with friend, @ryan.wubrgsky.org to set up some cross server gaming for more #PendragonMTG to happen. I'm going to start a weekly Pendragon game night every Monday @7pm CST each week. Non streamed, mostly, just a way to get more pendragon games happening.

Info in 🧵⬇️

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 7h

The funniest part about that survey question isn’t that it blamed influencers — it’s that it shows how disconnected leadership’s gotten from player reality.

Players aren’t angry. We're just exhausted--especially influencers.

Four-panel “meeting room” meme.
Panel 1: a manager says, “Engagement and sales are down for the Spider-Man set. We need to know why.”
Panel 2: one employee says, “Maybe negative influencers?” another adds, “Marketing cadence, not enough hype!” The third leans back and says, “Players are just tired…”
Panel 3: the manager glares in rage.
Panel 4: the leaning employee is thrown out the window of a tall building.

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 8h

Following...because reasons.

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 8h

My opening short in my Pendragon series on YT is really growing legs! youtube.com/shorts/unn2l...

First deck of the week drops tomorrow at noon ET!

What Is Pendragon MTG? | Commander with Arthur, Excalibur, and 98 Commons

YouTube video by GamerDadBob

youtube.com

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 8h

I'd be connecting those dots as well.

Dork4Short @dork4short.bsky.social · 9h

Good Morning Magic!

After yesterdays controversial survey question regarding #MTGxSpiderMan, this got me thinking about the outlook of content creators within the space and how it might effect things like the Ambassador program.

What do YOU think will happen next?!!

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 12h

I'll try and catch it at a nice time.

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 12h

Go go go!

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 1d

No, you draw, I can't draw for shit.

I'm here all night--try the veal.

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 1d

First!

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 1d

This is like...the entire basis of my brand. I brag that I only play on easy mode. I'm older I have a family, work, content to create, I don't have time to git gud.

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 1d

👀 let's goooo! Can we hit 100 before the end of the year?

Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 1d

What's up @pendragonmtg.com let's keep building momentum on this awesome format. #PendragonMTG youtube.com/shorts/unn2l...

What Is Pendragon MTG? | Commander with Arthur, Excalibur, and 98 Commons

YouTube video by GamerDadBob

youtube.com

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 2d

Turn-Based Tuesday pivots tonight at 8 PM ET.
After dropping Final Fantasy Tactics, I’m going back to Chrono Cross — a game I loved years ago but never fully memorized. Time to go into the fog.

Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 2d

Yes...lol.

And it's all based on...vibes? I'm not clear as I've struck out across the board on all my asks thus far. But I'm optimistic something will stick. In short, shoot shots.

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 2d

If I could re-sign up, I would. Mana Pool really is doing a fantastic job in the card market space.

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 3d

These tokens are awesome lookin. Love the Ghibli influence on that bird!

TappedAndAttacking @turn1proxy.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to @ryan.wubrgsky.org of the WUBRGSky Discord, this week’s giveaway is something special!

A set of Ryan’s linocut tokens, and a set of tokens from me!

Repost this, and be a member of WUBRG Sky, and be following Ryan and me on Sunday, October 19 for a chance to win!

discord.gg/kjHss8bw3

WUBRG sky tokens by Ryan:
Printed insect token and WUBRG Sky sticker
Linocut tokens:
W-angel
U-octopus
B-demon
R-dragon
G-spider
Colorless?-mite

Foil tokens printed by me:
W-cat
U-bird
B-snake
R-dragon
G-spider

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 4d

Just realized I never replaced my last pinned post! So, re-intro time!

I’m Bob IT manager, lifelong gamer, 30-year MTG player, and turn-based game addict. I make grounded content about games, community, and keeping it fun while life keeps moving.

All my links: linktr.ee/gamerdadbob

gamerdadbob | Instagram, Twitch | Linktree

View gamerdadbob’s Linktree to discover and stream music from top platforms like Spotify here. Your next favorite track is just a click away!

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 4d

Thirty years with Magic. Two years creating.
A reflection on being 43 and still trying to find my footing in a space that’s moved on without me. Free blog post here!

Cards on the Table:
www.patreon.com/posts/cards-...

Cards on the Table | TheGamerDads

Get more from TheGamerDads on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 4d

Starting Tuesday 10/14, Turn-Based Tuesday pivots to Chrono Cross. It’s a game I loved back in the early 2000s, but not one I have memorized like FF6 or Chrono Trigger. There’s still some mystery left in it — enough for me to get lost in again.

Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 4d

I gave Final Fantasy Tactics Ivalice Chronicles a real shot, but it’s not my kind of turn-based game. Pacing, RNG, and permadeath stress just don’t click with how I play anymore. That’s a mismatch, not a flaw. Some games demand patience I don’t have the bandwidth for these days — and that’s fine.

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DracoLucian @dracolucian.bsky.social · 4d

Hey Everybody,
Ive been talking with friend, @ryan.wubrgsky.org to set up some cross server gaming for more #PendragonMTG to happen. I'm going to start a weekly Pendragon game night every Monday @7pm CST each week. Non streamed, mostly, just a way to get more pendragon games happening.

Info in 🧵⬇️

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 4d

I’m not anti-UB, I like quite a few of these sets. I’m anti-exhaustion.
Let the designers breathe, let the game invent again. Let the QC get their arms around sets again.
Because the people making these sets are still doing brilliant work — they’re just trapped in a machine that won’t slow down.

Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 4d

The thing about Universes Beyond for me, is, the art direction and card design are incredible.
They capture each franchise perfectly.
But that creativity is getting buried under Hasbro’s volume and greed. Magic’s best work is being used to serve quarterly reports now, not worldbuilding.

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 5d

I saw this same combo. I built this a while ago. If it inspires anyone, have fun! moxfield.com/decks/TT824P...

Pendragon - Defendball - Pendragon

A deck created using Moxfield.

moxfield.com

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Gamer Dad Bob 🎮 MTG & RPGs @gamerdadbob.bsky.social · 5d

Finished Ghost of Yotei the other night. Game was rock solid. I just couldn't vibe with the narrative the same way as the first. The story of Atsu just boiled down to a revenge at any costs story with a few twists along the way. Nothing really cut as deep as the guilt Jin felt in Tsushima.