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@kierongillen.bsky.social

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · May 15

Time for a new pinned post.

I'm Kieron Gillen, and I'm primarily a comics writer. My latest collaborations are The Power Fantasy (ongoing) and We Called Them Giants. You can find more about them here....

TPF: bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6k...
Giants: bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6k...

The Cover of The Power Fantasy, by Caspar Wijngaard

The Cover of We Called Them Giants, by Stephanie Hans.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 6h

Are you never getting back together?

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jvaralves.bsky.social @jvaralves.bsky.social · 1d

The Power Fantasy #12 by @kierongillen.bsky.social and @casparw.bsky.social was incredible. I did not see that coming. My only regret is that my social media reach is quite limited =( everyone needs to be picking this up! I want 100 issues min!

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 9h

We have auditory evidence!

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Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 14h

For anyone who can, a GoFundMe has been set up to help Rob's wife and their young daughter. Sending tons and tons of love and deepest condolences to Rob's family and friends.

www.gofundme.com/f/family-of-...

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah - I had to tickle Iris' feet mid post-stream, so delayed my follow.

Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 10h

(At least, traditionally)

I mean, is it Fly on a wall diary stuff? Actually written supplementary? I dunno.

The post-play model for the latter, with a commentary of action, is the way for the latter... but as previously discussed, expensive and work-intensive,

But shrug emoji. I dunno.

Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 10h

You get me thinking of the two kinds of learning the GM does - the prep (which includes reading the game) and the practise (what one learns at the table). The former (and that's what Quinns does to teach the game as he does - in generals and specifics) is well out of the area of what AP covers.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you, Paul. That's very kind. It's certainly where I am.

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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 23h

I’ve had the pleasure of reading the new issue, and I’m of the opinion Die is @kierongillen.bsky.social ‘s defining masterpiece, his central commentary on where we are. @stephaniehans.bsky.social understands perfectly.

𝕄𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕨 ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕘 @ashcanpress.com · 2d

One of my favorite recent comics, DIE, is rolling back onto shelves. DIE: LOADED from @kierongillen.bsky.social & @stephaniehans.bsky.social is the intersection of Pet Sematary, The Sisters Of Mercy, and the most harrowing D&D game you ever played.

Tell your local comic shop you need it.

DIE: Loaded

The sequel to the three-times Hugo-nominated, award winning dark fantasy comic, DIE.

bindings.app

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22 Panels Podcast @22panelspodcast.bsky.social · 23h

Now Playing on 22 Panels:
A conversation with @kierongillen.bsky.social

FOC for DIE: Loaded is October 20
Tell your LCS that you want it today!

www.podbean.com/ew/pb-fzuja-...

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

I think "Kieron finds you unusually reasonable" should be the modifier there.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

Unusually reasonable.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

Quoted for truth, etc.

Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 1d

Novels Comics Movies

Pictures: TOO FEW-------------------------TOO MANY
Captions: TOO MUCH----------------------TOO LITTLE

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

vg.

Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not sure what the biggest problem of this outline is. That I have to grit my teeth every time I write the word "dramedy" or that I'm not sure I'm spelling dramedy correctly?

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

My pleasure!

Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

I almost made this joke again, but I then remembered that I'd already posted it.

Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · Jul 31

For a group to play Monsterhearts, the players have to accept that the Turn Someone On move will as likely as not make their characters feel attraction to more than one gender. It requires Bi-in.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

It's also interesting in that it's not what either game covered actually does - and I do have an essay I want to write about this path is relatively unexplored path in setting heavy games, which a Session Zero works as a sticking plaster over.

Anyway! Try Play To Find Out. I like it.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

So, for me, more useful and interesting than most traditional actual plays. More dramatic actual plays will tell me a story. More factual ones will show you how any given game is done. This isn't either. You want to know what it's like to enter the world of Jorume or Nobilis? These are audioportals.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

(I almost wrote "From Matt Fraction's Casanova" in the post, with the real credits in the actual image, but I decided even I wouldn't want to risk the possible consequences of that, just for a bit.)

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

Up to date with this, and am really enjoying it - I find myself thinking what Quinns is doing with these heavy games is doing what most these games don't - follow the old screenwriting adage of Turning Exposition Into Ammunition. As such, it's both an intro to the players AND the audience.

Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social · 12d

The new season of my actual play show where we play old rpgs from history BEGINS!

Here at the start of the season I mostly hold it together as the GM. Later, you can practically hear the steam coming out of my ears. Podcast links are in the video description!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTLB...

Play to Find Out, S3E1: Nobilis

YouTube video by Quinns Quest

www.youtube.com

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

Novels are just comics consisting of one picture and an overwritten caption.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

My daughter also has it, which has been a fun thing to now see, popping up.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

It was very 1990s.