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Andy H

@curubethion.bsky.social

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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

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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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Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 12h

Realizing that we used to talk about "marathoning" shows until the rise of Streaming Service Content gave us "binging"...and I know that's partially marketing but huh

That sure is a difference in energy

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Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 16h

I started with World of Darkness, so technically I knew about that world from the start. But when it came to my paradigm shift, Risus (followed shortly by Wushu Open) blew the lid off of the way I thought about RPGs.

Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 19h

For tons of folks, there was that -one- game that blew the doors open and showed what #TTRPGs could be. The one that started the #IndieGame rabbit hole.

What was YOUR "gateway" indie #TTRPG? The first one that made you realize a whole other world was out there?

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Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 21h

Waiting for the teamup with Onion

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In theory I don't mind the idea of livelihood being connected to that art, but in this modern market the margins seem thin unless you get lucky, and require constant output to barely stay afloat, from everything I see. And that level of starkness is terrifying to me.

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Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 1d

The first thing that popped into my head was "restoring integrity to the game state" and now thinking about the different meanings of "integrity" that are rolled together here

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Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · 2d

Folks, I have a number to watch as it goes up!

Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 2d

⚔️ The Season of Swords is upon us! Swords Without Master is coming out of the pages of Worlds Without Master Issue 3 into a full, stand-alone release!

🔮 Follow the Kickstarter page to get notified on launch in early 2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

Coming soon: Swords Without Master

A ttrpg of strange sorceries, brutal violence and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.

www.kickstarter.com

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Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 2d

By which I mean that there is a school of rules interpretation that holds that the rules text is sacrosanct and presumably divinely inspired, and everything must be very literally interpretable without a play community or a willingness to figure out what the designer meant.

Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 6d

Part of me legitimately brewing a manifesto against the "sola scriptura" expectations placed on game rules

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Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · 2d

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POCGamer aka PanzerLion! @pocgamer.com · 2d

This. Time, effort, and a number of other factors all go into the pricing systems used by creators. Consumers generally only ever see the final product, not the hours and effort that goes into it. This is extra true of electronic content. An ebook or pdf is still a significant creative investment.

Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 2d

People get mad my ebooks are $2.99!

“It’s not *real*,” they say, like it didn’t take me at least a year to write.

People get mad my paperback books are $15, like it didn’t take me that time to write, someone to make the paper, print the books, pack and ship.

Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 2d

The huge numonopolistic corporations destroying lives to bring bad products at seemingly low prices has really fucked our perception of what it costs to run a business. Remember if you think something is affordable it's highly likely multiple people in the chain are being heavily exploited & harmed

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Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 2d

Was just thinking the other day about how energy-guzzling AI data centers are able to exist despite the technology being wildly unprofitable, because of the immense wealth that some people are able to burn. Having that much wealth at your disposal removes the natural incentives of "this loses money"

Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 2d

I'm about about the angst, S2 if it fits

Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously! What gives!!!

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · Sep 4

Masking at conventions makes so much sense I don't know why we don't all do it. The chances of getting get sick at a con are so high we have a cute little name for it: "con crud." That its easy to get COVID at cons should come as no surprise. Why would you not want to protect yourself and others?

Jadzia on stage at New York Comic Con, wearing a K95 mask.

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Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 3d

Baseball is the king of goofy happenings, there's a reason why "error" is an actual part of the stats! Every game is basically filled with random tables.

Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 3d

Wish granted, you can now buy it as cosmetic DLC

Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 3d

Alex has wowed me again and again. FtQ is the only game I've played where we did the "goofing off with joke character" to "deep dramatic drama" arc in less than three hours. This game just pulls that magic from people's hearts and lets it shine.

Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 3d

GOATed list tbh

Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 3d

Anna Garcia is a real one

Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 3d

I know a lot of pros iterate designs rapidly, like weekly. I've struggled to have that much focus but it's a place I should be at.

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A Couple of Drakes @acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social · 4d

Forgot that I had an 8 page essay on the role of spectacle in horror film until 45 minutes before class. I rattled off 8 pages about Night of the Living Dead without a single in-line citation and still had time to grab food from the caf before class. A-.

Human bullshit first, last, and always.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 4d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 4d

Somehow I always assumed penguins were involved

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 4d

microsoft product (begging, pleading): save this document to my documents?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (twitching, shaking) this jpeg. save to pictures?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (weeping, throwing up): this email attachment... downloads?

me: desktop

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Johanna Taylor 👻 Lightbox Expo 630 @johannamation.bsky.social · 4d

I’m convinced the main reason Miyazaki films have a reputation for being “cozy” in the West is because he actually writes and animates long moments of quiet into his stories, whereas Western animated films are usually a nonstop parade of loud music, sounds, noises and neon colors.

Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 5d

Miyazaki: in this movie two young girls (one is a toddler) are uprooted from everything they know to start new lives near the rural hospital their mother is in; she is possibly dying of TB. Their dad works several hours away and they are largely unsupervised.

AI Bros: so homey! So comfy!

Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 5d

every ai bro who has reduced miyazaki to empty gentle aesthetic should no exaggeration get the judas cradle bc this man's markmaking & passion about telling WAR STORIES

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Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 4d

Excited to dig in!

Andy H @curubethion.bsky.social · 4d

You know how to conserve the Greatness Juice for special occasions