Tyler Parrott
@davflamerock.bsky.social
Game designer. He/Him. Poly. I talk Star Wars Unlimited, Magic the Gathering, Halo, and social justice.
*My opinions are strictly my own*
*My opinions are strictly my own*
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a good reminder most people who actually know trans people have no problem with us and the entire genocidal movement is astroturfed by a handful of billionaires and has nowhere near the amount of people behind it that you’d think it does from its cultural footprint
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
a good reminder most people who actually know trans people have no problem with us and the entire genocidal movement is astroturfed by a handful of billionaires and has nowhere near the amount of people behind it that you’d think it does from its cultural footprint
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tapping the sign
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
tapping the sign
In many ways, this card is emblematic of what Secrets of Power is about: it cares about a hidden information (cards in hand), it's a haymaker that wins the game quickly, it provides a dream to build your deck around, & it features an iconic line from the saga. I'd change nothing about it #FFGStaff
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In many ways, this card is emblematic of what Secrets of Power is about: it cares about a hidden information (cards in hand), it's a haymaker that wins the game quickly, it provides a dream to build your deck around, & it features an iconic line from the saga. I'd change nothing about it #FFGStaff
Have you wondered how we decide who gets to be in a Star Wars: Unlimited set? Good news, I have a whole article just about character selection! #FFGStaff starwarsunlimited.com/articles/beh...
Behind Unlimited: On Character Selection
Tyler Parrott on Integrating Theme into Game Design
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December 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Have you wondered how we decide who gets to be in a Star Wars: Unlimited set? Good news, I have a whole article just about character selection! #FFGStaff starwarsunlimited.com/articles/beh...
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it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
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ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
As someone who enjoys having lots of deckbuilding freedom, I'm always looking for ways to increase how many cards could synergize with a leader. "Play upgrades" and "self-damage/grit" are both themes we've done in BV before—if we could play with both, I'd have more options to build with! #FFGStaff
December 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
As someone who enjoys having lots of deckbuilding freedom, I'm always looking for ways to increase how many cards could synergize with a leader. "Play upgrades" and "self-damage/grit" are both themes we've done in BV before—if we could play with both, I'd have more options to build with! #FFGStaff
It's the usual lineup, but we added Ninetails and Crobat to acknowledge what I would want in my daily life. Nidoqueen is my girl
December 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
It's the usual lineup, but we added Ninetails and Crobat to acknowledge what I would want in my daily life. Nidoqueen is my girl
We got ambushed in Osgiliath by the Hill Tribes of Dunland and failed to defend Frodo and Sam from a very determined General Targg (😕) But so help us, we rallied around Faramir and he singlehandedly fought off half of their army to victory, including trapping Wulf in a prepared kill zone #mesbg
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 AM
We got ambushed in Osgiliath by the Hill Tribes of Dunland and failed to defend Frodo and Sam from a very determined General Targg (😕) But so help us, we rallied around Faramir and he singlehandedly fought off half of their army to victory, including trapping Wulf in a prepared kill zone #mesbg
Luke: "Your overconfidence is your weakness."
Palpatine: "Your faith in your friends is yours."
We couldn't justify calling the card "Overconfidence" as it didn't make sense without its counterpart, but Ryan's idea for these paired cards resulted in one event that counters the other! #FFGStaff
Palpatine: "Your faith in your friends is yours."
We couldn't justify calling the card "Overconfidence" as it didn't make sense without its counterpart, but Ryan's idea for these paired cards resulted in one event that counters the other! #FFGStaff
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Luke: "Your overconfidence is your weakness."
Palpatine: "Your faith in your friends is yours."
We couldn't justify calling the card "Overconfidence" as it didn't make sense without its counterpart, but Ryan's idea for these paired cards resulted in one event that counters the other! #FFGStaff
Palpatine: "Your faith in your friends is yours."
We couldn't justify calling the card "Overconfidence" as it didn't make sense without its counterpart, but Ryan's idea for these paired cards resulted in one event that counters the other! #FFGStaff
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December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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This is lore-accurate. Clerics are only proficient with bludgeoning weapons.
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is lore-accurate. Clerics are only proficient with bludgeoning weapons.
I wanted a plot that would disrupt your opponent's ability to play cards, but figuring out how to balance it was difficult. Eventually I found that exhausting resources was kinda like bouncing a unit—you're stalling your opponent's ability to add to the board—so we costed it appropriately #FFGStaff
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I wanted a plot that would disrupt your opponent's ability to play cards, but figuring out how to balance it was difficult. Eventually I found that exhausting resources was kinda like bouncing a unit—you're stalling your opponent's ability to add to the board—so we costed it appropriately #FFGStaff
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fashion victim (2024)
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
fashion victim (2024)
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There is so much violence in their rhetoric, generally; the explicit non-consensual ‘gAI is here, you need to use it whether you want to or not,’ and then this kind of abusers’ logic ‘you have to use our tech but we aren’t responsible for anything that our tech does to you’
"Actually, you harmed us by using our chatbot in a way that made us look bad" is straight out of the abuser's handbook
ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology
OpenAI responds to lawsuit claiming its chatbot encouraged California teenager to kill himself
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
There is so much violence in their rhetoric, generally; the explicit non-consensual ‘gAI is here, you need to use it whether you want to or not,’ and then this kind of abusers’ logic ‘you have to use our tech but we aren’t responsible for anything that our tech does to you’
Stealing the flag from Atriox and some dirty elites (poor Captain Dare probably got killed 7 times in this game, but her Spartans did good work)
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Stealing the flag from Atriox and some dirty elites (poor Captain Dare probably got killed 7 times in this game, but her Spartans did good work)
We had done capture before, so when we brought it back we asked ourselves how we could evolve the mechanic. Ryan had the brilliant idea of self-capture, hiding a unit inside another unit to survive enemy removal. After MANY revisions, we ended up using it on DJ to great effect! #FFGStaff
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We had done capture before, so when we brought it back we asked ourselves how we could evolve the mechanic. Ryan had the brilliant idea of self-capture, hiding a unit inside another unit to survive enemy removal. After MANY revisions, we ended up using it on DJ to great effect! #FFGStaff
Ya'll are gonna want to play this set. I'm obsessed with the new bases we designed the draft format around (not to mention the deckbuilding possibilities for Premier) #FFGStaff
Step into A Lawless Time! A time filled with bounty hunters, smugglers and fearless outlaws in the epic seventh set of Star Wars™: Unlimited.
Read our First Look article here: starwarsunlimited.com/articles/a-l...
Read our First Look article here: starwarsunlimited.com/articles/a-l...
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Ya'll are gonna want to play this set. I'm obsessed with the new bases we designed the draft format around (not to mention the deckbuilding possibilities for Premier) #FFGStaff
Ryan had a cute idea for a top-down design for One In A Million, one that was optimized by the use of the Plot keyword. Defeating a unit for 1 resource (& no cards) is an unbelievable rate, & with most units having more HP than power, you can use damage to line them up for the right moment #FFGStaff
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Ryan had a cute idea for a top-down design for One In A Million, one that was optimized by the use of the Plot keyword. Defeating a unit for 1 resource (& no cards) is an unbelievable rate, & with most units having more HP than power, you can use damage to line them up for the right moment #FFGStaff
My article all about Designing Secrets of Power came out today! (Earlier than I expected, but it makes sense given the holiday.) This one was significantly more personal to me #FFGStaff starwarsunlimited.com/articles/beh...
Star Wars: Unlimited | Behind Unlimited: Designing Secrets
Star Wars: Unlimited | Tyler Parrott on Designing Secrets of Power
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November 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My article all about Designing Secrets of Power came out today! (Earlier than I expected, but it makes sense given the holiday.) This one was significantly more personal to me #FFGStaff starwarsunlimited.com/articles/beh...
We often want to have leaders who encourage you to build a deck around new mechanics. Palpatine and Bail were our Plot leaders in this set. But to ensure that we had more inter-set synergy, we designed Bail in a way that he didn't call out the mechanic, so he can do more than just plot #FFGStaff
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We often want to have leaders who encourage you to build a deck around new mechanics. Palpatine and Bail were our Plot leaders in this set. But to ensure that we had more inter-set synergy, we designed Bail in a way that he didn't call out the mechanic, so he can do more than just plot #FFGStaff
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Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
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November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
The original plot upgrade was a 4 cost +3/+3 in blue. Eventually we would overhaul the mechanic in a way that directed us towards wanting more common plot upgrades specifically, so we made several more with unique stats. What surprised me was that the expensive +3/+3 was too strong! #FFGStaff
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The original plot upgrade was a 4 cost +3/+3 in blue. Eventually we would overhaul the mechanic in a way that directed us towards wanting more common plot upgrades specifically, so we made several more with unique stats. What surprised me was that the expensive +3/+3 was too strong! #FFGStaff
Some kids were playing cards on the steps at my outdoor Shakespeare summer camp, and it seemed like a fun game for me to try. We didn't correctly know what any of the keywords did for several months
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Some kids were playing cards on the steps at my outdoor Shakespeare summer camp, and it seemed like a fun game for me to try. We didn't correctly know what any of the keywords did for several months
Today was cube day, and there were few enough of us that we got two drafts in! First went 3-0 with izzet in a rebalanced Bloomburrow draft, then 2-1 in "bar cube with great mana." Started both as UB Control and ended up in izzet, though I was able to splash a Seige Rhino the second time 🤣 #mtg
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Today was cube day, and there were few enough of us that we got two drafts in! First went 3-0 with izzet in a rebalanced Bloomburrow draft, then 2-1 in "bar cube with great mana." Started both as UB Control and ended up in izzet, though I was able to splash a Seige Rhino the second time 🤣 #mtg
Two independent goals we had for the set were to support go-wide strategies and to make the initiative minigame more interesting. After struggling with a lot of failed designs for this card, I wondered if we could make an anti-token card that also called out the initiative? #FFGStaff
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Two independent goals we had for the set were to support go-wide strategies and to make the initiative minigame more interesting. After struggling with a lot of failed designs for this card, I wondered if we could make an anti-token card that also called out the initiative? #FFGStaff