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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox

@sfxprb.bsky.social

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TTRPGer, excellent cook, barely managing dad, home maker, internet ditherer, Philadelphian. Anti-chud. Here for rad art, cool ideas about RPGs, and to harass OSR luminaries with posts about food. He/him

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 4d

Wrote a new #OSR focused blog post about how both players and GMs can make the play style more fun. With thanks to @magnoliakeep.itch.io, @serket08.bsky.social, and @dodo-decahedron.bsky.social.

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How to make OSR play unfun

An examination of bad OSR behaviors

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 1h

Actually I looked it up and OD&D doesn't make it explicit. Probably one of the supplements or Ad&D1E.

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Idle Cartulary @idlecartulary.itch.io · 3h

This week in the Bathtub, its Emergence! Does this funnel module concentrate all the fun into a tiny container, or does it leave you as lost and confused as a babe? Find out!! idlecartulary.com/2025/10/20/b...

Bathtub Review: Emergence

Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module de…

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 5h

Amazon web services are down, which means you can't access the little guys like Starbucks, Venmo, and IMDB.

But Explorers Design? Still up alongside other fine rpg purveyors of theory slop and goblin gaming.

Explorers Design

Bespoke adventures, tools, and resources for tabletop rpg designers.

www.explorersdesign.com

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 7h

Sure, but EGG and Arneson borrowed from the same source (plus a few more) a decade earlier.

Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 7h

This looks delicious, but people thinking cheese belongs on every pizza is a blight on society.

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 7h

Those bastards!

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 8h

I mean, Gygax and Arneson pretty unambiguously stated that Law and Chaos mapped to Good and Evil, so I don't think we can lay ALL the blame at GW's feet. As much as I love blaming them for things.

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 8h

Depends how many slices you eat. Also please God tell me there's no cheese on that.

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 8h

Makin that sauwse.

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Woefully Encysted Creature @forlornencystment.bsky.social · 8h

My contribution to the proud tradition of trying to understand alignment languages. I discuss why speaking alignment languages in AD&D is socially taboo, how then they are meant to be used to identify creatures with a common ethos, & what this suggests about what alignment language actually is:

Alignment Languages are Socially Repulsive

In my last post on languages in AD&D , I teased that alignment languages were a topic worthy of their own post. Was I right? Let's find out....

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 18h

You played with fire Hodag...

Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 19h

How're you feeling?

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 1d

@magnoliakeep.itch.io?

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Jon Davis @sivads-sanctum.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna need 10 new subcommanders for this by November, hit me up if you're interested!

Jon Davis @sivads-sanctum.bsky.social · 18d

Starting up a game of @samsorensen.bsky.social's Cataphract!

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 1d

Jeebus, I hope you don't see this until after midnight. Good luck, have fun, puke as often as feels appropriate!

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Joshy McBoo! @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 1d

Use this Camping Procedure if you want to get more HP back in Dolmenwood or if you're trying to piece together house rules for the Middle-earth Hexmap Project

A Camping Procedure

Here is a procedure to simulate getting a good night's sleep in the wilderness. An adventuring party will need to perform several jobs aroun...

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 1d

I know there's been some concern that we haven't done the meme yet, but c'mon would we let you down? so here we go, freshly updated for issue 7 (now please buy a copy, thanks)

a photo of Taika Waititi showing a disapproving looking Cate Blanchett dressed as Hela from the MCU the latest issue of Wyrd Science

the towering balnchett is tagged "My Executive level bread winning wife"

Waititi is tagged "me, showing her yet another magazine about wizards I've just made"

same time, same place, next issue folks!

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 1d

I like Cable about 40% of the time. I quite enjoyed Cable/Deadpool aside from finding Deadpool pretty annoying.

Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, I'll pick Hellions back up post X of Swords.

Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 1d

Kirhon, are you planning on having the world be a megadungeon?

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Kirhon.vi @delvingwolf.itch.io · 1d

My new blog post, where I talk about the idea for my next Duet campaign, is now live!

#ttrpg #dnd #5e #osr #duet #blog

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My next campaign project

Lately my wife has been obsessed, like millions around the world, with Hollow Knight: Silksong. It's a beautiful game, and I look forward to...

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 1d

And Havok himself isn't particularly compelling here.

Other books (X-Factor, X-Corp, Wolverine ,Cable, Children of the Atom) I haven't been reading. Lack of interest, or my library doesn't have them digitally.

Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 1d

But it just feels so tawdry. Also really disliking the way they're using Colossus here. Maybe there'll be a payoff that makes it somewhat satisfying, but I'm expecting it to be even more frustrating as it continues.

Hellions: I dropped, boring. Aside from Havok I don't care about these characters.

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Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 1d

And then we have X-Force. It feels like this book is the most/second most important book in terms of driving the story, which is the only reason I'm still reading it. I *HATE* this take on Beast. I understand that the point of the book is that nations do horrible things for survival...

Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 1d

Slowly making my way through the Krakoan Age of X-books and I'm getting toward the end of year two "Reign of X". Excalibur: meh. Highs and lows
Marauders: surprisingly fun
New Mutants: very good
X-Men: consistent favorite
S.W.O.R.D.: have to read the 2nd volume, good not great.