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Joonas Laakso

@jlaakso.bsky.social

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I’m really into tabletop RPGs and miniatures. I do people stuff at Next Games, a Netflix Game Studio. Career in HR and game development. My team got a 9 from Edge. Helsinki, Finland. RPG bloggery at https://www.roleplayletters.com

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 2d

Wrapped my first mini campaign (three games, levels 1-2) of #daggerheart. Very good experience! We played Age of Umbra, and players were intrigued in seeing the other campaign frameworks, as well as continuing this one. Currently feeling like a clear alternative to DnD for me. #ttrpg

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 2d

If your esthetic isn’t chipped nail polish I don’t know if we should be friends

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 4d

Love it! You may want to check out Ryuutama or Break!! Both have this character stereotype in spades

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 4d

I ran #DnD for brand new players. How did it go, and what would I do differently? www.roleplayletters.com/2025/10/10/d... #ttrpg

Cover of Finnish red box Dungeons & Dragons, by Larry Elmore. It depicts a viking style warrior charging a bright red dragon, sitting on a pile of gold.

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 5d

We’ve been watching Love Is Blind so it came easy :D

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 6d

Can’t think anybody else in the world could sell me their unedited voice memos two at a time (okay, plus two acoustic versions of songs) and me loving them for it. Showgirl’s really grown on me

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 6d

I played Star Crossed and wrote about it: www.roleplayletters.com/2025/10/08/s... Great game that really delivers on its powerful premise! #ttrpg @helloalexroberts.bsky.social

Star Crossed – Roleplay Letters

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 8d

why can't we have any nice things

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 10d

Those flowers are so good, love it

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 11d

I was just thinking about her today when Taylor sings about a bouquet in the new album

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 12d

There’s Fridays and then there’s new TS Fridays

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 13d

October first dears

Screenshot of my Discord status, displaying that I'm "Listening to Sisters of Mercy"

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 14d

Spending time and as much brain power as I can spare on roleplaying games and with friends is self care.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 14d

The world is so shit right now I feel I’m getting dumber and more complicit every day I look at the news. Instead: woke up after, oh, two hours of sleep thanks to a dog with an ear infection to realize my brain had solved the problem I had with the weekend’s #ttrpg game last night. Thanks, brain!

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 15d

We played Daggerheart: Age of Umbra. I had a good time, looking forward to more this week! Report from the table: www.roleplayletters.com/2025/09/29/d... #ttrpg #daggerheart @daggerheartrpg.bsky.social

15 3D printed resin skulls on a linen cloth, painted dark gray. I used them as Fear tokens in the game

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 16d

All painted up at the table

12 3D printed human skulls, 15 mm across the dome. On a linen cloth. Painted dark gray by me

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 17d

Tykkään tän jutun sävystä: ei se oo niin että kaikki tän järjestelmän voittajat ois laput silmillä. Moni kyllä näkee kokonaisuuden ja oman osansa siinä. Sitä tekee minkä voi, ja se sit vaihtelee miten paljon peiliin katsomista itse kukin jaksaa.

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 17d

a person is standing next to a cat laying on the floor in front of a stained glass window .

Alt: a person is standing next to a cat laying on the floor in front of a stained glass window (from The Crow)

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 17d

Getting ready to run my first game of Daggerheart tomorrow. I realized late last night that I need Fear tokens. I had some skulls around but they were too small to handle. Printed some more, and these are perfect at about 15 mm for the dome #ttrpg

15 3D printed resin skulls, airbrushed black and gray, on a messy paper in my airbrush booth. I only need 12 for the game, but good to have extras - resin breaks easily when handled carelessly at the table

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 21d

I often think about how the UK back then decided "ninja" was a bad word

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 22d

I’m also wary that no one has done this before, to the best of my Google fu. Perhaps there are good reasons for it, or maybe the two audiences don’t align as much as they do in our circles.

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 22d

Designing first playtest of a romance reality TV #ttrpg exploring intimacy at and around the table, the space between sitting down and LARP, and the power of ritual and audience

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Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 23d

Tonight we played session 11 of Masks of Nyarlathotep, a year into the campaign. Still all of original cast intact. Second game in London. Need to get the breaks to a month at most… Next week: Daggerheart, Age of Umbra! #ttrpg

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 23d

It is interesting and I am open to someone studying it more in depth. For now I’m content to buy STLs from small artists and studios instead of global companies, and contributing less to global shipping. It feels like a healthier hobby to me, but then I’m biased because I have all the equipment.

Joonas Laakso @jlaakso.bsky.social · 28d

This book is so good! Big ideas, big characters, big drama. I haven’t read anything else as singles since DIE wrapped