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Lou Anders

@louanders.bsky.social

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Author/Game Designer (he/him): NORRØNGARD TTRPG campaign setting. Hugo/Chesley winner. https://linktr.ee/louanders #ProtectTransKids #NoNazisInValhalla

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Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 17h

RIP Drew Struzan.

Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 23h

It was. I’m sorry for the snafu.

Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 23h

Last week's Norrøngard Unscripted live play on YouTube unexplicably jumps from 15:50 to near the end, cutting out about an hour of recording. The full #TTRPG #actualplay video can't be uploaded to the "live" channel, but can be found here: youtu.be/dEeVJuUuaaw?...

Norrøngard Unscripted 8: Beowulf Redux (With Missing Content)

YouTube video by Lazy Wolf Studios

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Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 1d

Heading to Gamehole Con later today!

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Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 1d

Super excited about this: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Get Ready for Ultimate Toolbox

From World's Largest RPGs - Get Ready for Ultimate Toolbox

www.backerkit.com

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Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 1d

Very nice

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Darryl Mott 💀 @gamerstavernshow.com · 2d

Quick reminder that Christopher Columbus was considered a vile, repulsive, evil man even in his own time. His actions as governor of Spain's New World colonies landed him in prison for his cruelty and violence.

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Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoyed this a lot!

Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 5d

Looking great

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Polygon @polygon.com · 5d

Keith Ammann returns with another invaluable resource for game masters and designers

You’ll never see D&D monsters the same way again after reading this essential TTRPG book

Keith Ammann returns with another invaluable resource for game masters and designers

www.polygon.com

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Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 6d

Failure is important in life. It is also important in TTRPGs. #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons

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Sophia McDougall @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social · 6d

#DVPit #GN #ND #LGBT Fae, Lawyers, Royals.

She married into the BRF. She got more than she bargained for. Her in-laws expect her to raise a changeling. So she wants a lawyer.

She gets one. He's confused. Especially when the Fairy Queens's champion arrives to negotiate-or maybe kill-on her behalf.

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Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 6d

If you missed the Kickstarter, you can preorder here: fury-of-the-forsaken-www-kickstarter-com.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

Pre-order Fury of the Forsaken on BackerKit

Defend a Viking lake town against an undead siege! An adventure for Tales of the Valiant and Dungeons & Dragons.

fury-of-the-forsaken-www-kickstarter-com.backerkit.com

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Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 6d

Yesterday the proof copy of The Bense Trilogy, the #TTRPG hardcover of adventures set in the Norse-themed city of Bense and powered by @koboldpress.com' #TalesoftheValiant #5e system came. And it looks great!

Three Nordic heroes stride the streets of a Norse-style city.

A 2 page spread, showing an undead draugr on the left and a cityscape of a longship sailing into a harbor on the right.

A 2 page spread, showing a banner on the left and a large hero wielding an ax leaping at a merfolk matriarch in a flooded chamber while others battle around him.

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Melissa F. Olson @mfolson.bsky.social · 7d

It’s finally here!
You can now buy the trade paperback of ARCHAIC, about a badass single mom who’s put in charge of a sentient island and its mythological Inhabitants. Come for the Mesopotamian goddess of the dead, stay for the 9-yr-old who saves the day w/birdwatching skills.
bit.ly/Demonde

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Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 7d

I've been doing really really tedious work on the final final last few yards of finalizing the #TTRPG books and VTTs for this Kickstarter. I am tired and ready to move on. But also really excited for folks to see it.

Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 8d

Hackman's portrayal was a great pre-1980s "mad scientist" Superman, but not the evil CEO that Luthor has been for 4 decades +. I was disappointed when Singer ignored the evolutions in the character for *Returns* and glad we finally saw a contemporary Luthor on the big screen, done right.

Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 10d

Cue Keanu Reeves: woah

Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 10d

Oh yes it is!

Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 10d

That is so awesome

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Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 10d

I think I’m too tired to wrap my head around that. Right now I feel like that results in the opposite effect.

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Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 11d

Less than d20 surprises me!

Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 11d

Years ago, I bought a bunch of 12 sided D6, but I mistakenly got them with pips instead of numbers.

Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 12d

Exactly.