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Definitely Andy Raff

@wulfboyraff.bsky.social

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(He/Him). Roleplaying stuff. Lefty. Thoroughly enjoyed 4e D&D. The Fog is one of the best horror movies ever made. Can't get enough Forged in the Dark and random indie #ttrpg. Also can't be making up a new profile at my time of life.

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hey folks I'm Raff, rarely Andy. I help create the best fest live roleplaying game in the UK. On BlueSky I post about #ttrpg, enthuse about crowd funding indies, whinge, and sometimes bang out some fanfiction. Not as funny or clever as I think. Will unironically like cat photos. Socialist-y I guess.

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 4h

Possibly of interest both to people who think of the 80s like I used to think of the 60s, and to people condemned to live through it.

Dice Company @dicecompany.bsky.social · 14h

🚨 ALARM 🚨

Part two of our four-part Kids on Bikes Halloween special is OUT NOW 🎲🚲🎃

This week, the gang get drawn deeper into a house full of mysterious paintings (and we do some unexpected 80s nostalgia)

Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 9h

Enemies crumble in fear and confusion?

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SoulMuppet Publishing @soulmuppet.co.uk · 12h

📣 48 HOURS REMAIN!

Doomspiral is our new soulslike #TTRPG complete with desperate fights against fearsome foes, dying yet wonderous lands, defying fate, and cackling NPCs who definitely won't push you off a cliff...

Back Now before the Loom of Fate unravels all
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sou...

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 14h

Although I think technically "Monsterheart" is the name of the designer and the actual game is called "Monsterhearts Monster"

Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · Jul 31

For a group to play Monsterhearts, the players have to accept that the Turn Someone On move will as likely as not make their characters feel attraction to more than one gender. It requires Bi-in.

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Amaranth M @jazzelves.bsky.social · 14h

Effectively: "When you succeed on a roll, assume you keep succeeding until the situation significantly changes". Sneaking across a courtyard by flitting from pile of crates to pile of crates? You keep on sneaking until there are no more crates to use. Let it ride until the approach doesn't work.

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 14h

Reporting you to HR as we speak :P

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 14h

Therapy??

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 15h

Trying to work out if therapy is worth it or if I could just use the money to pay someone to give me a hug and tell me it's okay. Decisions, decisions.

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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 16h

Geology are threatened by redundancies so they've brought rocks to the picket line today. Also, a dinosaur.

A picket line featuring a display of rocks and someone in an inflatable dinosaur costume.

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Andrew Smith @zos93.bsky.social · 16h

Yet…

the wicker mang @mangmangmang.bsky.social · Aug 14

People are always rightly pointing out that Warhammer contributes more to the British economy than the fishing industry, but the problem is that there just aren't very many folk songs about Warhammer

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 1d

Been watching the development on this on and off for a while. I normally get a severe allergic reaction to vampire stuff but this one piques my interest. There's a demo as part of next fest, might be worth your giving it a look?

Tempted to twitch stream it on Wednesday for a laugh.

Wadjet Eye of Sauron @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social · 1d

The Nighthawks demo has arrived!

During Steam Next Fest, seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts.

Your second life begins tonight!

store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/...

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JellyMuppet is DOOMSPIRALLING @jellymuppet.bsky.social · 1d

You are FORSAKEN.
Your world is DOOMED.
Take back the reins of Destiny.
Take back your future.
Before the cruel spiral of entrop eats you whole.

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 1d

"Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat one movie you'll never watch again, and ine song you can't stand"

Gooseberry anything

The World's End

Everything I do*

* If you don't remember that awful, hot Summer, you may not get it. But fuck that song. Fuck it with a hammer.

Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 1d

“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”

sea urchins

that werewolf movie with Gregory Hines

Lady In Red

Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh fun.

- Hard boiled eggs (can’t explain, just no)
- Children of Men (relentless)
- Sweet Caroline (does not require explaining)

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 1d

A 4 word horror story someone in my profession would understand:

NPC went off brief

👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

Sir Gilbert Scott restoration.

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

Manuscript lost in fire.

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 1d

#fallenlondon I am finally continuing to pursue my Ambition (I am bad at following main quests in general) and spent ten minutes going "Power or Love???" At a question that explicitly told me my answer was not binding. While being stared at by dream snakes. 10/10

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ceej @ceej.online · 2d

caught my vampire neighbor creeping through my front door. he claims my saying “for sure dude, we should definitely hang out sometime” the other night counts as an invitation, but I disagree. we’re on hold with the etiquette hotline

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair they sound like engaging premises.

Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 2d

The main activity this session was introducing the Union Crawler, setting the campaign up (search an area for black sites belonging to a defunct "mad science" corpo), and then demonstrating why its a bad idea to attack mechs in Power Loaders. I had fun.

Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 2d

Ran #SalvageUnion #ttrpg. At the last minute I decided not to run Rainmaker, and instead rip chunks of it off. It's a good adventure, but the maps didn't entirely get the more sandboxy point-crawl feel I was after. So we're in NOT DARTMOOR looking for Smith*Cross*Pride Technologies black R&D sites.

An ordanance survey of Dartmoor that someone has slapped boxes and labels on with gay abandon. Also four waving nerds and other Roll20 paraphernalia.

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 3d

#ttrpg pitch: Its Nobilis, but all the characters have a katana, an AK47, and a trenchcoat, and it is gothicpunk.

Or, it's Nobilis, but you start in a small frontier castle settlement and have to clear out the caves of chaos.

Just noodling ways to make this game that scares so many easier to run.

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Scott Murderhouse @voxparlour.bsky.social · 3d

Castle Draculas: everyone plays a different kind of dracula (magic, sporty, silly, nerdy). You're moving into a new castle but all 13 floors are occupied by Van Helsings of all different varieties

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 3d

I was at the Gathering the first year Renewal ran - it was my second fest LARP and I was increasingly unimpressed - and there was all sorts of rumour going around. My experience was mostly focused on being shot in the eye with an arrow though so I have no real idea what actually went on.

Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 3d

I sometimes, in my grimmer moments, think that the history of UK live roleplaying is mostly written by people who don't like UK live roleplaying. Then I have a Snickers, and stop caring again.

Fill Diesmekhanik @thedicemechanic.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting read.

My honest view is that, no, gaming history isn't important in the slightest. It's a niche of a niche.

But for some of us, it's interesting and enjoyable. And that makes it as worthwhile as any form of leisure activity.

Rascal News @rascal.news · 3d

Reshare: Even as TSR and D&D’s early periods receive the gold-standard treatment, there’s much more to the hobby than one game and one company. But are those histories actually important? What is at stake if we forget them?

www.rascal.news/we-cant-let-...

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 4d

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

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Definitely Andy Raff @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 4d

Likewise "Belgians" were the villains at the two Gatherings I accidentally attended in the 90s. Was any of it true? Who knows.

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