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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 11h

#A_NewHope ✊

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 7h

Not because "guns bring changes" but because the level & type of industrial production required for guns, brings about other changes. And a lot of those make a game feel less "fantasy" to a lot of players.

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 7h

Lean into guns, and you can wind up with the printing press, pencils, steam engines, and pocket watches. (All fine, if that's what you want in your game.)

Once you have guns at a level suitable for warfare, society and culture goes through drastic changes.

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 7h

Guns in Europe are 14th-16th century. They were rare, expensive, & aimed badly.

High fantasy games are often set in an era roughly equivalent to 10th-12th century tech.

Modern games don't have spaceships, even in urban fantasy. It's not about mixing genres; it's "what tech does this era have?"

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 1d

Once the series finished, it vanished from the airwaves. It wasn't doing constant reruns every summer; if you didn't see the first run, you knew nothing about it. So it didn't gather a fandom over time. It was very obscure until recently when it became available again.

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Citizen Harry 😷🥄⚙️💚🍉 @citizenharry.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

- Wilhoit's Law

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 1d

It'd shut out a lot of newer indie devs, esp. if it means "published on itch 5+ years ago." I suspect you'd see a lot of people ignoring it because they can't play.

Not even being hostile, just, "there's a zillion jams I can't do; I'm focusing on the ones I can."

Might try 1-2+ years as a limit.

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 1d

Or perhaps:
dannymakesrpgs.itch.io/heist-heist-...

Heist Heist Baby by dannymakesrpgs

A descriptive role playing game about pulling off the perfect crime

dannymakesrpgs.itch.io

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 1d

May I suggest:
appendix-g.itch.io/heist-heist-...

Heist Heist Baby by Appendix G

Cunning Capers and Daring Heists in a World of Deception

appendix-g.itch.io

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 1d

"ambitious plans for a multiplayer mode that could one day see the AI running a game for a whole table of friends"

Translation: We are nowhere near an actual AI GM, but we like the imagery of a robot at the head of the table. For now, plz accept this mashup of character.ai and our game system.

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 1d

"remember not just dialogue choices but also a player’s hesitations and omissions..."

What?

"If the player tries to stay vague or dodge the question, the NPC won’t just shrug it off. They might see that hesitation as a sign of guilt"

Err. That is not what most of us think of as a "hesitation."

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 1d

If I were going to suggest one to start - I think I'd go with the Wanderhome Playkit. It's a free, reduced version of the full game, a fantasy TTRPG that's *not* focused on "search dungeon, kill monsters, collect loot."

possumcreekgames.itch.io/wanderhome-p...

Wanderhome (Free Playkit) by Possum Creek Games

A quick taste of the record-breaking TTRPG of traveling animal folk and their pastoral world.

possumcreekgames.itch.io

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 1d

I also recently put together a list of No Dice No Masters/Belonging Outside Belonging games for one of my groups that was looking for those. I've marked the free & under $5 ones.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

GMless games

No Dice No Masters/ Belonging-Outside-Belonging games Most of these I have from previous game bundle purchases. Dream Apart/Dream Askew - The original; these established the BOB/NDNM game system. Th...

docs.google.com

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 1d

The first one that came to mind:
avryos.itch.io/mom-dad-i-su...

Mom Dad I Summoned A Demon And Now We Are Getting Married by Avraham Yosef Baez

avryos.itch.io

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Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 3d

The real story here is how the press refuses to address what law enforcement statistics clearly show: by a 20:1 ratio, pedophiles vote Republican.

www.nbcboston.com/news/local/g...

NH man committed civil rights violation with theft of LGBTQ signs, AG says

A New Hampshire man violated state civil rights laws when he stole an LGBTQ pride sign in Goffstown last year, the Attorney General’s Office said.

www.nbcboston.com

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 3d

I have stopped using the "stop" option; I just mark them as spam. I'm worried that "stop" marks me as a Real Person and means "don't send more from this phone number... sell this number to the next org in line."

I have responded to them but I'm pretty sure they're bots that don't receive texts.

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Tuxedo Catfish @tuxedocatfish.bsky.social · 4d

COVID is the price society paid for collectively shrugging about AIDS for decades

potatum @pot8um.bsky.social · 4d

"Both [the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the current covid] pandemics exhibit failures in global solidarity and reveal inequities in healthcare access."

American Journal of Preventative Medicine,
October 13, 2025

Infographic with three windows, horizontally aligned.

Top text reads
COVID-19 is "Airborne AIDS": provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

Left blue window reads
Two viruses, two pandemics
HIV: Sexually & blood transmitted; decades-long progression to AIDS
SARS-CoV-2: An airborne virus & highly contagious; result in Long COVID weeks to months after acute disease recovery

Center light pink window reads
Shared outcomes
Immune dysfunction & exhaustion
Viral persistence & vulnerability to (opportunistic) infections
Systemic inflammation & damage
Associated with neurological disorders

Right magenta window reads
Public Health & Call to Action
Both pandemics marked by stigma, inequities, delayed response
Lessons from HIV could inform Long COVID strategies; prevention, recognition, causal treatments

Bottom left window reads
Conclusion: Both pandemics exhibit failures in global solidarity and reveal inequities in healthcare access

ALT TEXT CONTD IN THREAD

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 3d

They jumped straight to, "Hey, wannabe creators: You've flopped at writing, singing, acting, directing, and programming - but you could make millions by describing your vision to a chatbot!"

Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 3d

They've invested a ridiculous amount of money into AI content-generation and they are 100% convinced that there IS profit in them. Somewhere. They just have to find the magic buzzwords that will make the money roll in.

They missed the step where first they have to produce content that people want.

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 9d

It's got partial playbooks built into the character creation section - 1 starting ability & 2 special ability options for each playbook.

There's enough to play; the options are just limited.

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 9d

…why the hell is the PDF set to 50% magnification by default? Fortunately, I can edit PDFs.

It lacks playbooks but has the 1st ability and a few other details; you can make playable-but-limited characters.

Not fond of the charsheet in light blue - meaning, pale grey if printed in black & white.

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 11d

Tweet from Sally Claire (@klujypop)
My fave tutor at uni had a great journalism 101 lesson: If someone says it's raining & another person says it's dry, it's not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the f**king window and find out which is true.
8:36 pm 14 july 2018

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 11d

Christopher Lee regarded it as the best movie he'd ever been involved with.

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 12d

Yay great! (Wow, that's recent; you weren't a few hours ago when I was at work!)

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 12d

Bundles have gotten a lot harder to find - itch doesn't put most of them on the bundles page anymore, so people can't find them by browsing. If they don't wind up showcased on the front page, people only see them on other social media sites.

Swan and Raven Studio @swanandravenstudio.com · 14d

Drumroll please...

HELLO//GOODBYE is a charity bundle containing 203 games for only $12. Every dollar goes directly to Virginia charities providing free legal aid to people facing injustice. Available now until November 5th.

itch.io/b/3276/hello...

HELLO//GOODBYE Charity Bundle for Legal Aid. available until November 5th, 6PM EST

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