Alphastream
@alphastream.bsky.social
Husband, father, Colombian-American game designer, environmentalist.
✍️ https://Alphastream.org
📺 https://youtube.com/@AlphastreamRPG
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🎤 https://masteringdungeons.podbean.com/
📝 https://bit.ly/AboutTeos
✍️ https://Alphastream.org
📺 https://youtube.com/@AlphastreamRPG
🥰 https://www.patreon.com/Alphastream
🎤 https://masteringdungeons.podbean.com/
📝 https://bit.ly/AboutTeos
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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Culmination of a story arc!
@czepeku.bsky.social
@czepeku.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Culmination of a story arc!
@czepeku.bsky.social
@czepeku.bsky.social
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If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
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PROMOTION'S 11: A SHORT STORY
Once upon a time, a 'bro said, "What if we stole the entire world's content, and hid that fact by claiming we were training AI?" "But it's just fancy auto-correct," his bro said. "There's no intelligence." The first 'bro shrugged.
It was the biggest heist in history.
Once upon a time, a 'bro said, "What if we stole the entire world's content, and hid that fact by claiming we were training AI?" "But it's just fancy auto-correct," his bro said. "There's no intelligence." The first 'bro shrugged.
It was the biggest heist in history.
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
PROMOTION'S 11: A SHORT STORY
Once upon a time, a 'bro said, "What if we stole the entire world's content, and hid that fact by claiming we were training AI?" "But it's just fancy auto-correct," his bro said. "There's no intelligence." The first 'bro shrugged.
It was the biggest heist in history.
Once upon a time, a 'bro said, "What if we stole the entire world's content, and hid that fact by claiming we were training AI?" "But it's just fancy auto-correct," his bro said. "There's no intelligence." The first 'bro shrugged.
It was the biggest heist in history.
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I give the same advice for RPG campaigns.
It was Downey who coined the phrase in the LEVERAGE writers room “future episodes do not win out over present episodes”. Trust me, you’ll have more ideas. You’ll die full of them.
WRITING TIP, something simple but it catches many of us out: if you have a great/fun idea for your story, *use it now*.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I give the same advice for RPG campaigns.
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It was Downey who coined the phrase in the LEVERAGE writers room “future episodes do not win out over present episodes”. Trust me, you’ll have more ideas. You’ll die full of them.
WRITING TIP, something simple but it catches many of us out: if you have a great/fun idea for your story, *use it now*.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It was Downey who coined the phrase in the LEVERAGE writers room “future episodes do not win out over present episodes”. Trust me, you’ll have more ideas. You’ll die full of them.
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This weekend ONLY, we’re offering amazing discounts on gifts for gamers of all ages and interests—plus exclusive deluxe items, perfect for the discriminating gamer, that are normally not available at any price!
It's MCG's Cypher Weekend Sale!
www.montecookgames.c...
It's MCG's Cypher Weekend Sale!
www.montecookgames.c...
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This weekend ONLY, we’re offering amazing discounts on gifts for gamers of all ages and interests—plus exclusive deluxe items, perfect for the discriminating gamer, that are normally not available at any price!
It's MCG's Cypher Weekend Sale!
www.montecookgames.c...
It's MCG's Cypher Weekend Sale!
www.montecookgames.c...
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FRPG GM and Player Tip: The right number of tests and checks to make in a game is the number that feels the most fun. If too many checks start to feel tedious, or if not enough checks makes it feel as if the characters aren’t doing anything, talk about what changes might make for a better balance.
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
FRPG GM and Player Tip: The right number of tests and checks to make in a game is the number that feels the most fun. If too many checks start to feel tedious, or if not enough checks makes it feel as if the characters aren’t doing anything, talk about what changes might make for a better balance.
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Forgot to post on Thursday, and didn't get many pictures of the Daggerheart session zero we had yesterday, but I'm happy to report I had a very nice holiday weekend with some of my best friends. 💜
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Forgot to post on Thursday, and didn't get many pictures of the Daggerheart session zero we had yesterday, but I'm happy to report I had a very nice holiday weekend with some of my best friends. 💜
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Crack the Sun for Draw Steel is coming! I worked on the cover! What???
Thanks @eriopsis.bsky.social :) A huge honor!
Follow the project here!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Thanks @eriopsis.bsky.social :) A huge honor!
Follow the project here!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
The MCDM RPG: Draw Steel Project Update: Draw Steel Updated PDFs Now Available
Hey Folks!
If you spend time on our Discord or r/DrawSteel you probably know most of this, but just in case here is a brief update of all the things we have going right now ...
www.backerkit.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Crack the Sun for Draw Steel is coming! I worked on the cover! What???
Thanks @eriopsis.bsky.social :) A huge honor!
Follow the project here!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Thanks @eriopsis.bsky.social :) A huge honor!
Follow the project here!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Oh boy oh boy oh boy!!! It's finally here. My #DrawSteel box just arrived
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Oh boy oh boy oh boy!!! It's finally here. My #DrawSteel box just arrived
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Chain×Link is a dungeon-defying semi-cooperative RPG.
Play as disparate rebel leaders escaping a megadungeon while gathering the best assets to further your faction's goals.
Play as disparate rebel leaders escaping a megadungeon while gathering the best assets to further your faction's goals.
Chain×Link | Glyphtide Games
A semi-cooperative dungeon-defying roleplaying game
glyphtide.games
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Chain×Link is a dungeon-defying semi-cooperative RPG.
Play as disparate rebel leaders escaping a megadungeon while gathering the best assets to further your faction's goals.
Play as disparate rebel leaders escaping a megadungeon while gathering the best assets to further your faction's goals.
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Woman Realizes Adorable Rescue Is A Coyote Pup After It Orders Dynamite Detonator Off The Internet
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Woman Realizes Adorable Rescue Is A Coyote Pup After It Orders Dynamite Detonator Off The Internet
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One of the few d20 conversions that I think didn't do damage to the original brand: Call of Cthulhu d20. Great author (John Tynes!) , solid publication (by WotC!), and perhaps more importantly: always intended as a one-and-done, so it didn't crash in 2003 and take the original with it.
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
One of the few d20 conversions that I think didn't do damage to the original brand: Call of Cthulhu d20. Great author (John Tynes!) , solid publication (by WotC!), and perhaps more importantly: always intended as a one-and-done, so it didn't crash in 2003 and take the original with it.
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That certain book also has this tidbit:
"Though the d20 books themselves did well, sales of the original Deadlands supplements — which had topped $60,000 a month at the company’s height — dropped in half."
(But, yeah, unwinding the Cybergames deal definitely seemed to hurt Pinnacle.)
"Though the d20 books themselves did well, sales of the original Deadlands supplements — which had topped $60,000 a month at the company’s height — dropped in half."
(But, yeah, unwinding the Cybergames deal definitely seemed to hurt Pinnacle.)
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
That certain book also has this tidbit:
"Though the d20 books themselves did well, sales of the original Deadlands supplements — which had topped $60,000 a month at the company’s height — dropped in half."
(But, yeah, unwinding the Cybergames deal definitely seemed to hurt Pinnacle.)
"Though the d20 books themselves did well, sales of the original Deadlands supplements — which had topped $60,000 a month at the company’s height — dropped in half."
(But, yeah, unwinding the Cybergames deal definitely seemed to hurt Pinnacle.)
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The question is: have d20 conversions done harm to a game line or publisher. (Thanks @chrishanrahan.bsky.social for the pointer.)
Yeah, I think so. I think they've done damage to the original lines, which wasn't repairable when d20 died out. And I think they've done brand damage.
Yeah, I think so. I think they've done damage to the original lines, which wasn't repairable when d20 died out. And I think they've done brand damage.
A serious question: In the ~25 years that people/publishers have been converting their RPGs to be d20 system/5e-based, what examples are there of the conversion doing serious harm to the game line/publisher as a whole?
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The question is: have d20 conversions done harm to a game line or publisher. (Thanks @chrishanrahan.bsky.social for the pointer.)
Yeah, I think so. I think they've done damage to the original lines, which wasn't repairable when d20 died out. And I think they've done brand damage.
Yeah, I think so. I think they've done damage to the original lines, which wasn't repairable when d20 died out. And I think they've done brand damage.
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Attention all Draw Steel Directors! If you've just nabbed a copy of MCDM's Fall of Blackbottom, consider checking out my debut adventure. It includes hooks for running in the aftermath of the events of TFoB. It's short, action-packed, and free for the next 2 week! jgorman.itch.io/the-bale-cro...
The Bale Crossing by James Gorman
A Draw Steel adventure for 2nd level heroes.
jgorman.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Attention all Draw Steel Directors! If you've just nabbed a copy of MCDM's Fall of Blackbottom, consider checking out my debut adventure. It includes hooks for running in the aftermath of the events of TFoB. It's short, action-packed, and free for the next 2 week! jgorman.itch.io/the-bale-cro...
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Beast RPG is a little more than halfway through its funding period. Give it a look. Grab the BIG preview. Join in for future playtesting.
Beast the Roleplaying Game for D&D 5e
Become a Hunter who gains the power to protect humanity from terrifying, titanic Beasts. An RPG compatible with D&D 5e (2024 version).
www.kickstarter.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Beast RPG is a little more than halfway through its funding period. Give it a look. Grab the BIG preview. Join in for future playtesting.
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This cover for The Fall of Blackbottom goes so hard. Makes me want to run it again!
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This cover for The Fall of Blackbottom goes so hard. Makes me want to run it again!
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I'm very proud of my good friend @barilleon.com. Leon and I came up semi-parallel to each other, and it's been a joy to watch their career and craft blossom and evolve. They're one of the best designers I know and one of my favorite humans.
Fall of Blackbottom is an excellent way into Draw Steel.
Fall of Blackbottom is an excellent way into Draw Steel.
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I'm very proud of my good friend @barilleon.com. Leon and I came up semi-parallel to each other, and it's been a joy to watch their career and craft blossom and evolve. They're one of the best designers I know and one of my favorite humans.
Fall of Blackbottom is an excellent way into Draw Steel.
Fall of Blackbottom is an excellent way into Draw Steel.
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I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
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