Andy H
@curubethion.bsky.social
Game designer and writer; building stories is what fascinates me
Proud member of the ✈️✈️✈️ Galactic Trendsetters ✈️✈️✈️ puzzle team
He/him
Games at https://curubethion.itch.io | Blog at https://ludicrusgaming.blogspot.com
Proud member of the ✈️✈️✈️ Galactic Trendsetters ✈️✈️✈️ puzzle team
He/him
Games at https://curubethion.itch.io | Blog at https://ludicrusgaming.blogspot.com
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Andy H
@curubethion.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Working on getting more posting done, but let's do a quick intro! I'm Andy, I've been around the indie #TTRPG scene for a decade and change, with blogs at playerside.blogspot.com (a much older me) and ludicrusgaming.blogspot.com (a version of me with somewhat better ideas).
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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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The effortless shift in discourse from people insisting that anything that isn't a white statue of a dead roman dude isn't art like 3 years ago to demanding that they be treated as visionary artists for typing" x-men mystique big boobs she's my girlfriend" into a prompt window
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The effortless shift in discourse from people insisting that anything that isn't a white statue of a dead roman dude isn't art like 3 years ago to demanding that they be treated as visionary artists for typing" x-men mystique big boobs she's my girlfriend" into a prompt window
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Want to catch up on 11 issues of sword-and-sorcery goodness (including games by @lumpley.bsky.social, @epidiah.bsky.social and @ndpdesign.com)? We now have the full run of Worlds Without Master up on itch, as well as the Adventurer & Hobbyist Annual 2025, and more!
unwrittenearths.itch.io
unwrittenearths.itch.io
Unwritten Earths Symposium
unwrittenearths.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Want to catch up on 11 issues of sword-and-sorcery goodness (including games by @lumpley.bsky.social, @epidiah.bsky.social and @ndpdesign.com)? We now have the full run of Worlds Without Master up on itch, as well as the Adventurer & Hobbyist Annual 2025, and more!
unwrittenearths.itch.io
unwrittenearths.itch.io
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Ok, I said no sales and I meant it... but I have but up community copies for Community Radio, Griot Anthology, and Wildfire Trilogy!
And Playlist Dungeon is always free!
Thoughtcrimegames.itch.io
And Playlist Dungeon is always free!
Thoughtcrimegames.itch.io
Thoughtcrime Games
Thoughtcrimegames.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Ok, I said no sales and I meant it... but I have but up community copies for Community Radio, Griot Anthology, and Wildfire Trilogy!
And Playlist Dungeon is always free!
Thoughtcrimegames.itch.io
And Playlist Dungeon is always free!
Thoughtcrimegames.itch.io
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i think WXSH is a game i was pretty proud of that performed hella poorly lol
anyway if you want a ttrpg about fighting over a wish granting gun it's here
cdguanzon.itch.io/wxsh
anyway if you want a ttrpg about fighting over a wish granting gun it's here
cdguanzon.itch.io/wxsh
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
i think WXSH is a game i was pretty proud of that performed hella poorly lol
anyway if you want a ttrpg about fighting over a wish granting gun it's here
cdguanzon.itch.io/wxsh
anyway if you want a ttrpg about fighting over a wish granting gun it's here
cdguanzon.itch.io/wxsh
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When the ALA recognizes one's work, that's pretty dang cool.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
GameRT Announces 2025 Platinum Play Award Recipients
www.ala.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
When the ALA recognizes one's work, that's pretty dang cool.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
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Oh, I listened today!
If you all want to hear me discuss mathfiction & hard SF, PKD, evolution of my stories/characters since 2019, writing “Fractal Karma” and “Axiom of Dreams, the nature of reality, and a ton of neuro (NMDA receptors, Jack Cowan, thoughts on AI, more) see link in reply:
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If you all want to hear me discuss mathfiction & hard SF, PKD, evolution of my stories/characters since 2019, writing “Fractal Karma” and “Axiom of Dreams, the nature of reality, and a ton of neuro (NMDA receptors, Jack Cowan, thoughts on AI, more) see link in reply:
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Interview with @arula-ratnakar.bsky.social coming as soon as I get 10 minutes. Probably tomorrow!!
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Oh, I listened today!
If you all want to hear me discuss mathfiction & hard SF, PKD, evolution of my stories/characters since 2019, writing “Fractal Karma” and “Axiom of Dreams, the nature of reality, and a ton of neuro (NMDA receptors, Jack Cowan, thoughts on AI, more) see link in reply:
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If you all want to hear me discuss mathfiction & hard SF, PKD, evolution of my stories/characters since 2019, writing “Fractal Karma” and “Axiom of Dreams, the nature of reality, and a ton of neuro (NMDA receptors, Jack Cowan, thoughts on AI, more) see link in reply:
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Art is the intentional expression of the human condition.
If you are human, you are making art all the time without realizing it. It's just that we've been conditioned to only hold regard for specific expressions in specific contexts. We gotta get over that shit.
If you are human, you are making art all the time without realizing it. It's just that we've been conditioned to only hold regard for specific expressions in specific contexts. We gotta get over that shit.
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Art is the intentional expression of the human condition.
If you are human, you are making art all the time without realizing it. It's just that we've been conditioned to only hold regard for specific expressions in specific contexts. We gotta get over that shit.
If you are human, you are making art all the time without realizing it. It's just that we've been conditioned to only hold regard for specific expressions in specific contexts. We gotta get over that shit.
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As long as we're being Thursday for things, I need tell you how the formation of @unwrittenearths.bsky.social has lit a fire within me.
I am so pumped to get the Swords Without Master fix-up out there, and a lot of that has to do with the talent and vision of my co-conspirators.
I am so pumped to get the Swords Without Master fix-up out there, and a lot of that has to do with the talent and vision of my co-conspirators.
"You'll be visited by three spirits"
the three spirits:
(see also: www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...)
the three spirits:
(see also: www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...)
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
As long as we're being Thursday for things, I need tell you how the formation of @unwrittenearths.bsky.social has lit a fire within me.
I am so pumped to get the Swords Without Master fix-up out there, and a lot of that has to do with the talent and vision of my co-conspirators.
I am so pumped to get the Swords Without Master fix-up out there, and a lot of that has to do with the talent and vision of my co-conspirators.
Always feel accomplished when I clear out my podcast backlog and then I go to add more episodes of shows that dropped in the meantime and whoops it's back to 8 hours again
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Always feel accomplished when I clear out my podcast backlog and then I go to add more episodes of shows that dropped in the meantime and whoops it's back to 8 hours again
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Many folks' final assessment of Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser---the closest thing to a multi-million-dollar larp experience we've ever gotten and one of Disney's highest-ever-rated attractions---came from a 4-hour complaint video about its game app, instantly accepted as sacred dogma.
Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Many folks' final assessment of Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser---the closest thing to a multi-million-dollar larp experience we've ever gotten and one of Disney's highest-ever-rated attractions---came from a 4-hour complaint video about its game app, instantly accepted as sacred dogma.
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Viola Fletcher survived the Tulsa Race Massacre, bore witness to one of our nation’s darkest days, and spent a century demanding justice. Her voice refused silence. Her legacy refuses erasure. Rest in power, Mother Fletcher. We will not forget.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Viola Fletcher survived the Tulsa Race Massacre, bore witness to one of our nation’s darkest days, and spent a century demanding justice. Her voice refused silence. Her legacy refuses erasure. Rest in power, Mother Fletcher. We will not forget.
This has always been the root of the conservative obsession with formal dress. It's about race and class. Which, I'm probably preaching to the choir but maybe someone needs to see it.
I recently described it as "Debate Kid Aesthetic" because my goodness so many of them are bad at looking good.
I recently described it as "Debate Kid Aesthetic" because my goodness so many of them are bad at looking good.
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This has always been the root of the conservative obsession with formal dress. It's about race and class. Which, I'm probably preaching to the choir but maybe someone needs to see it.
I recently described it as "Debate Kid Aesthetic" because my goodness so many of them are bad at looking good.
I recently described it as "Debate Kid Aesthetic" because my goodness so many of them are bad at looking good.
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One fun thing at Pax was describing The Wildfire Trilogy. Many people upon hearing the pitch were left cold. Not a problem, because for those who it was for, you could see their faces instantly light up, and they very consistently bought it thereafter. But the buying wasn't the point...
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
One fun thing at Pax was describing The Wildfire Trilogy. Many people upon hearing the pitch were left cold. Not a problem, because for those who it was for, you could see their faces instantly light up, and they very consistently bought it thereafter. But the buying wasn't the point...
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This was an actual thing that happened in a drizzt book
Gnome "I have a solution for us to survive a fight with mindflayers"
Halfling: what?
Gnome: "we polymorph our brains to where our butts are located"
Halfling: what?
Gnome: "we polymorph our brains to where our butts are located"
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This was an actual thing that happened in a drizzt book
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We are very happy to announce some of the artists that we will be working with to envision, explore and enhance Swords Without Master: @goblinprincete.bsky.social, Goran Gilgović, @portablecity.bsky.social (of course) and Erin Vest! Preview page has more info.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We are very happy to announce some of the artists that we will be working with to envision, explore and enhance Swords Without Master: @goblinprincete.bsky.social, Goran Gilgović, @portablecity.bsky.social (of course) and Erin Vest! Preview page has more info.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
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Five Fires, my love letter TTRPG to 80s/90s hip-hop, is launching in February. Join us! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Get Ready for Five Fires
From Thoughtcrime Games LLC - Get Ready for Five Fires
www.backerkit.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Five Fires, my love letter TTRPG to 80s/90s hip-hop, is launching in February. Join us! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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as if it was needed, this is proof that @jeffstormer.gobirds.online is one of the most thoughtful actual play creators in this space. not just a great memory, but an attention for detail and a care for the art.
How many games does @jeffstormer.gobirds.online recognize from ten years of TTRPG podcasting?
It turns out, 97 of 100 💯
Sorry #PAXU, that's the score to beat!
@partyofonepodcast.bsky.social
#PAXUnplugged
It turns out, 97 of 100 💯
Sorry #PAXU, that's the score to beat!
@partyofonepodcast.bsky.social
#PAXUnplugged
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
as if it was needed, this is proof that @jeffstormer.gobirds.online is one of the most thoughtful actual play creators in this space. not just a great memory, but an attention for detail and a care for the art.
If you haven't checked this out, you should! It's a very good time and I even wrote some of the stations for it!
We are down to our last 10 copies of Community Radio at #PAXUnplugged. If you are thinking about picking up a copy, grab it soon!
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If you haven't checked this out, you should! It's a very good time and I even wrote some of the stations for it!
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Random things: shoutouts to @ndpdesign.com for designing a Community Radio cover that stops people in their tracks and literally draws them across the aisle.
Shout out to @aaronradney.bsky.social for cover art on the Griot Anthology that did the same exact thing.
Shout out to @aaronradney.bsky.social for cover art on the Griot Anthology that did the same exact thing.
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Random things: shoutouts to @ndpdesign.com for designing a Community Radio cover that stops people in their tracks and literally draws them across the aisle.
Shout out to @aaronradney.bsky.social for cover art on the Griot Anthology that did the same exact thing.
Shout out to @aaronradney.bsky.social for cover art on the Griot Anthology that did the same exact thing.
Started poking at vim and I'm afraid to say it made me feel like a computer wizard
Then I got recommended Helix and I felt like I ascended
Then I got recommended Helix and I felt like I ascended
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Started poking at vim and I'm afraid to say it made me feel like a computer wizard
Then I got recommended Helix and I felt like I ascended
Then I got recommended Helix and I felt like I ascended
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The full run of Worlds Without Master is now available on our itch page! Get the Omnibus Collection of 11 issues (including 10 ttrpgs), the Selected Worlds 3-issue bundle, or if you just want Swords Without Master, you can pick up Worlds Without Master Issue 3!
unwrittenearths.itch.io
unwrittenearths.itch.io
Unwritten Earths Symposium
unwrittenearths.itch.io
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The full run of Worlds Without Master is now available on our itch page! Get the Omnibus Collection of 11 issues (including 10 ttrpgs), the Selected Worlds 3-issue bundle, or if you just want Swords Without Master, you can pick up Worlds Without Master Issue 3!
unwrittenearths.itch.io
unwrittenearths.itch.io
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Set up for tomorrow. @thoughtcrimegames.bsky.social is in awesome company with @turtlebun.com and @moreblueberries.bsky.social at booth 3850. Say hi!
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Set up for tomorrow. @thoughtcrimegames.bsky.social is in awesome company with @turtlebun.com and @moreblueberries.bsky.social at booth 3850. Say hi!
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Is it?
I'm going to do everything in my power to make this one of those weekly memes.
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Is it?