Justin Alexander
@alexandrian.bsky.social
Creator of the Alexandrian. Author of So You Want To Be a Game Master. ENnie Award Winner. USA TODAY Bestselling Author. https://thealexandrian.net
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Justin Alexander
@alexandrian.bsky.social
· Nov 22
So You Want to Be a Game Master
"I wish I had Justin's book when I was 15. It would have made me a better DM, like it will make you a better DM."- Matthew ColvilleHave you ever wanted to step into your favori
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SO YOU WANT TO BE A GAME MASTER.
For those braving their first dungeon, it's a step-by-step guide.
As one delves deeper into mysteries, raids, heists, wilderness exploration, and urbancrawls, the book transforms into the ultimate GM's survival guide.
thealexandrian.net/so-you-want-...
For those braving their first dungeon, it's a step-by-step guide.
As one delves deeper into mysteries, raids, heists, wilderness exploration, and urbancrawls, the book transforms into the ultimate GM's survival guide.
thealexandrian.net/so-you-want-...
For posterity: Know ye that there was a time when the Google Maps app let you manually adjust your route. (You could even do it in multiple ways!)
Someone made the conscious choice to cripple the app so that you can only follow the route they dictate to you.
Someone made the conscious choice to cripple the app so that you can only follow the route they dictate to you.
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
For posterity: Know ye that there was a time when the Google Maps app let you manually adjust your route. (You could even do it in multiple ways!)
Someone made the conscious choice to cripple the app so that you can only follow the route they dictate to you.
Someone made the conscious choice to cripple the app so that you can only follow the route they dictate to you.
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I really admire Samus Aran, because sometimes I too deal with challenges by curling up into a ball.
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I really admire Samus Aran, because sometimes I too deal with challenges by curling up into a ball.
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Before the missions.
Before the decisions.
There’s one choice to make.
Add EXODUS to your wishlist — now live across digital storefronts! ⤵️
PlayStation: https://exodus.game/2de
Xbox: https://exodus.game/to2
Steam: https://exodus.game/q3z
Epic Games: https://exodus.game/h79
Before the decisions.
There’s one choice to make.
Add EXODUS to your wishlist — now live across digital storefronts! ⤵️
PlayStation: https://exodus.game/2de
Xbox: https://exodus.game/to2
Steam: https://exodus.game/q3z
Epic Games: https://exodus.game/h79
October 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Before the missions.
Before the decisions.
There’s one choice to make.
Add EXODUS to your wishlist — now live across digital storefronts! ⤵️
PlayStation: https://exodus.game/2de
Xbox: https://exodus.game/to2
Steam: https://exodus.game/q3z
Epic Games: https://exodus.game/h79
Before the decisions.
There’s one choice to make.
Add EXODUS to your wishlist — now live across digital storefronts! ⤵️
PlayStation: https://exodus.game/2de
Xbox: https://exodus.game/to2
Steam: https://exodus.game/q3z
Epic Games: https://exodus.game/h79
Laying groundwork for future adventures is one of those things that only advanced Game Masters do.
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thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53...
Ptolus: Running the Campaign – Laying Groundwork
DISCUSSINGIn the Shadow of the Spire – Session 48B: The Fall of TepalThe biggest story of the morning hours had been a mysterious fire in the Guildsmans’ District – an apartment building
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November 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Laying groundwork for future adventures is one of those things that only advanced Game Masters do.
thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53...
thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53...
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Women Pro GMs, tag yourselves below! 💖
We’re making a new starter pack, so let us know if you want to be added. Also, feel free to include a link to your games.
Let’s celebrate incredible storytellers, and telling women’s stories 🙌
(This is inclusive of all women. Trans women are women).
We’re making a new starter pack, so let us know if you want to be added. Also, feel free to include a link to your games.
Let’s celebrate incredible storytellers, and telling women’s stories 🙌
(This is inclusive of all women. Trans women are women).
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Women Pro GMs, tag yourselves below! 💖
We’re making a new starter pack, so let us know if you want to be added. Also, feel free to include a link to your games.
Let’s celebrate incredible storytellers, and telling women’s stories 🙌
(This is inclusive of all women. Trans women are women).
We’re making a new starter pack, so let us know if you want to be added. Also, feel free to include a link to your games.
Let’s celebrate incredible storytellers, and telling women’s stories 🙌
(This is inclusive of all women. Trans women are women).
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If you want to run a mystery, i really recommend @alexandrian.bsky.social "So You Want To Be a Game Master"
I recommend the book in general, it's so useful with excellent advice and tips.
#dnd #ttrpg #rpg #tips
I recommend the book in general, it's so useful with excellent advice and tips.
#dnd #ttrpg #rpg #tips
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If you want to run a mystery, i really recommend @alexandrian.bsky.social "So You Want To Be a Game Master"
I recommend the book in general, it's so useful with excellent advice and tips.
#dnd #ttrpg #rpg #tips
I recommend the book in general, it's so useful with excellent advice and tips.
#dnd #ttrpg #rpg #tips
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The reason the Faewild is the Faewild is that it's a git repo where the owner just accepts every single pull request reflexively. The only thing which stops a Fae from getting accidentally poofed from existence is a contract with beings on another plane (it's a legacy dependency, can't delete).
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The reason the Faewild is the Faewild is that it's a git repo where the owner just accepts every single pull request reflexively. The only thing which stops a Fae from getting accidentally poofed from existence is a contract with beings on another plane (it's a legacy dependency, can't delete).
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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Shipping out more copies of Haunted West today, and it genuinely brightens my whole day. Your support inspires me to keep writing and creating strange, wonderful worlds.
Thank you for riding along with me! 🤠👻💛 #BlackOwnedBusiness #TTRPG
Thank you for riding along with me! 🤠👻💛 #BlackOwnedBusiness #TTRPG
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Shipping out more copies of Haunted West today, and it genuinely brightens my whole day. Your support inspires me to keep writing and creating strange, wonderful worlds.
Thank you for riding along with me! 🤠👻💛 #BlackOwnedBusiness #TTRPG
Thank you for riding along with me! 🤠👻💛 #BlackOwnedBusiness #TTRPG
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Help our FAVORITE comics store keep the wolf from the door!
Books with Pictures is a treasure; let’s show them how much *we* treasure all they offer us!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Books with Pictures is a treasure; let’s show them how much *we* treasure all they offer us!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help.
I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Help our FAVORITE comics store keep the wolf from the door!
Books with Pictures is a treasure; let’s show them how much *we* treasure all they offer us!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Books with Pictures is a treasure; let’s show them how much *we* treasure all they offer us!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Enshittification of @plex.tv has reached terminal velocity.
They now charge $250 to run remote-access media servers.
When I asked why their Android app no longer supported local network streaming, I was told it's no problem because I could still watch their ad-riddled videos.
They now charge $250 to run remote-access media servers.
When I asked why their Android app no longer supported local network streaming, I was told it's no problem because I could still watch their ad-riddled videos.
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Enshittification of @plex.tv has reached terminal velocity.
They now charge $250 to run remote-access media servers.
When I asked why their Android app no longer supported local network streaming, I was told it's no problem because I could still watch their ad-riddled videos.
They now charge $250 to run remote-access media servers.
When I asked why their Android app no longer supported local network streaming, I was told it's no problem because I could still watch their ad-riddled videos.
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"I code so others can dream."
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ games pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has died - Gayming Magazine
Rebecca Heineman, a trailblazing figure in the video game industry and a celebrated icon within the LGBTQ+ gaming community, has died.
gaymingmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"I code so others can dream."
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
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Exclusive new video for Alexandrite members of the Youtube Channel!
This is an after action report from a session of my Mothership open table. I'm planning to do more of these in the future, offering a sneak peek into what's happening at my gaming table.
youtu.be/Ig6V7E44_bw
This is an after action report from a session of my Mothership open table. I'm planning to do more of these in the future, offering a sneak peek into what's happening at my gaming table.
youtu.be/Ig6V7E44_bw
After Action - Mothership
YouTube video by Alexandrian
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October 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Exclusive new video for Alexandrite members of the Youtube Channel!
This is an after action report from a session of my Mothership open table. I'm planning to do more of these in the future, offering a sneak peek into what's happening at my gaming table.
youtu.be/Ig6V7E44_bw
This is an after action report from a session of my Mothership open table. I'm planning to do more of these in the future, offering a sneak peek into what's happening at my gaming table.
youtu.be/Ig6V7E44_bw
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Apparently I really, really want to be a Game Master. #rpg #ttrpg #gamemaster @alexandrian.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Apparently I really, really want to be a Game Master. #rpg #ttrpg #gamemaster @alexandrian.bsky.social
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That's a fun trilogy.
November 10, 2023 at 4:25 PM
That's a fun trilogy.
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September 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
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Final art.
It's uploaded in 600DPI as stock art and can be purchased without pledging on my Patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/licens...
#ttrpg #art #micexplorers #osr #mausritter #fantasyart #bsnm
It's uploaded in 600DPI as stock art and can be purchased without pledging on my Patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/licens...
#ttrpg #art #micexplorers #osr #mausritter #fantasyart #bsnm
February 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Final art.
It's uploaded in 600DPI as stock art and can be purchased without pledging on my Patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/licens...
#ttrpg #art #micexplorers #osr #mausritter #fantasyart #bsnm
It's uploaded in 600DPI as stock art and can be purchased without pledging on my Patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/licens...
#ttrpg #art #micexplorers #osr #mausritter #fantasyart #bsnm
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Check out Dreams of the Overmind by Mortal Arrow on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/126...
Dreams of the Overmind
Set of 32mm scale table-top miniatures exploring the empire of the Overmind. Hand-sculpted minis feature brains, bones, and tentacles.
www.kickstarter.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Check out Dreams of the Overmind by Mortal Arrow on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/126...
If you're relying on a game system to solve shitty GMing, you're praying to a false idol.
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If you're relying on a game system to solve shitty GMing, you're praying to a false idol.
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We'd like to congratulate Nunavut on having the most RRD games per capita. They just received lots of 1pg games for their community centre! Specifically:
🔸3 copies x 6 volumes x 13 games in each = 234 games
🔸Pop. = 36,858 (across Qikiqtaaluk , Kivalliq, Kitikmeot)
🔸That's a game per 157 people!
🔸3 copies x 6 volumes x 13 games in each = 234 games
🔸Pop. = 36,858 (across Qikiqtaaluk , Kivalliq, Kitikmeot)
🔸That's a game per 157 people!
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We'd like to congratulate Nunavut on having the most RRD games per capita. They just received lots of 1pg games for their community centre! Specifically:
🔸3 copies x 6 volumes x 13 games in each = 234 games
🔸Pop. = 36,858 (across Qikiqtaaluk , Kivalliq, Kitikmeot)
🔸That's a game per 157 people!
🔸3 copies x 6 volumes x 13 games in each = 234 games
🔸Pop. = 36,858 (across Qikiqtaaluk , Kivalliq, Kitikmeot)
🔸That's a game per 157 people!
The 21st Century is the Age of Babble.
A President who can't speak in complete sentences.
"AI" that spews out endless bafflegab that looks like coherent sentences, but lacks any meaningful thought.
Short videos force-fed to us by an algorithm like a goose being fattened for foie gras.
A President who can't speak in complete sentences.
"AI" that spews out endless bafflegab that looks like coherent sentences, but lacks any meaningful thought.
Short videos force-fed to us by an algorithm like a goose being fattened for foie gras.
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The 21st Century is the Age of Babble.
A President who can't speak in complete sentences.
"AI" that spews out endless bafflegab that looks like coherent sentences, but lacks any meaningful thought.
Short videos force-fed to us by an algorithm like a goose being fattened for foie gras.
A President who can't speak in complete sentences.
"AI" that spews out endless bafflegab that looks like coherent sentences, but lacks any meaningful thought.
Short videos force-fed to us by an algorithm like a goose being fattened for foie gras.
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The biggest problem we have as a society is that “colonel” is spelled like that and no one’s doing a damn thing about it.
November 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The biggest problem we have as a society is that “colonel” is spelled like that and no one’s doing a damn thing about it.
How it possible for Dropbox to not know how large a directory in my Dropbox is?
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
How it possible for Dropbox to not know how large a directory in my Dropbox is?