Amber
@amby.navy
writing things at https://rambledworlds.substack.com
trans bean, game designer, mtg addict and proud creator of thousands of unfinished projects
she/her
trans bean, game designer, mtg addict and proud creator of thousands of unfinished projects
she/her
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Draw Steel core rules updated today with errata, The Summoner and Fall of Blackbottom have dropped, and patrons are trying out the Alpha version of the Codex VTT today. Incredible work done by the team.
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Draw Steel core rules updated today with errata, The Summoner and Fall of Blackbottom have dropped, and patrons are trying out the Alpha version of the Codex VTT today. Incredible work done by the team.
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The latest TEETH newsletter features a guest essay on OVER/UNDER by prolific journalist and role-player @markwallace.bsky.social
It's really good. Have a read!
It's really good. Have a read!
Guest Post: On OVER/UNDER, by Our Man In California
Ahoy! You probably know what this newsletter is, since you signed up for it. But if you don’t, why not come by the Discord and ask someone? Perhaps Marsh or...
buttondown.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The latest TEETH newsletter features a guest essay on OVER/UNDER by prolific journalist and role-player @markwallace.bsky.social
It's really good. Have a read!
It's really good. Have a read!
Excited to be the 9th backer on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for A Refugee’s Guide to Nomas - Powered by Draw Steel! @sammcgurran.bsky.social said Psionics which makes my brain say Yes. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
A Refugee’s Guide to Nomas - Powered by Draw Steel
Seek refuge beneath a molten sky in Nomas, a psionic city where ideals clash with politics and thoughts have power. A modular Draw Steel supplement with factions, districts, and NPCs for running adven...
www.backerkit.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Excited to be the 9th backer on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for A Refugee’s Guide to Nomas - Powered by Draw Steel! @sammcgurran.bsky.social said Psionics which makes my brain say Yes. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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Ran @norgad.bsky.social's DEAD WEIGHT for a 6-player @mothership.bsky.social crew (from the Marlowe's Rest gang). A great cascading crisis module with an extremely weird twist. One of those modules I have no idea how it will play out until it does (which means I'm having lots of fun as the GM).
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Ran @norgad.bsky.social's DEAD WEIGHT for a 6-player @mothership.bsky.social crew (from the Marlowe's Rest gang). A great cascading crisis module with an extremely weird twist. One of those modules I have no idea how it will play out until it does (which means I'm having lots of fun as the GM).
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Blades '68! It's all go!
Here are some chapter openers I've been working on.
Here are some chapter openers I've been working on.
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Blades '68! It's all go!
Here are some chapter openers I've been working on.
Here are some chapter openers I've been working on.
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It's my birthday today 💫
A retweet or a like would make me very happy (:
A retweet or a like would make me very happy (:
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It's my birthday today 💫
A retweet or a like would make me very happy (:
A retweet or a like would make me very happy (:
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traveller for 5e. 40k for quest. metamorphosis alpha for skylanders. rifts for the lancer companion app COMP/CON. runequest for the nothing phone. top secret for zenner deck. elfquest for 3ds. toon for samsung smart fridges. GURPS for dolby 5.1 surround sound atmos enabled. ars magica for teens
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
traveller for 5e. 40k for quest. metamorphosis alpha for skylanders. rifts for the lancer companion app COMP/CON. runequest for the nothing phone. top secret for zenner deck. elfquest for 3ds. toon for samsung smart fridges. GURPS for dolby 5.1 surround sound atmos enabled. ars magica for teens
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i dont know whether I make good or bad work i’m just trying to make larger and more nefarious women
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
i dont know whether I make good or bad work i’m just trying to make larger and more nefarious women
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Graham Linehan is a normal and well man.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Graham Linehan is a normal and well man.
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it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
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As an addenda:
I have been told that NSR is a thing that exists, and that an NSR is when an OSR is a "Story Game" and or has pronouns in it. A "story game" is like what if a TTRPG was a Walking Simulator. At the risk of expressing an opnion that will get me killed: I think walking simulators rock.
I have been told that NSR is a thing that exists, and that an NSR is when an OSR is a "Story Game" and or has pronouns in it. A "story game" is like what if a TTRPG was a Walking Simulator. At the risk of expressing an opnion that will get me killed: I think walking simulators rock.
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
As an addenda:
I have been told that NSR is a thing that exists, and that an NSR is when an OSR is a "Story Game" and or has pronouns in it. A "story game" is like what if a TTRPG was a Walking Simulator. At the risk of expressing an opnion that will get me killed: I think walking simulators rock.
I have been told that NSR is a thing that exists, and that an NSR is when an OSR is a "Story Game" and or has pronouns in it. A "story game" is like what if a TTRPG was a Walking Simulator. At the risk of expressing an opnion that will get me killed: I think walking simulators rock.
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I have written a new blog about what an OSR is. I am told there is a lot of discourse about this, but am confident that this should settle the matter once and for all.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
What is an OSR? - The Garden Below
a post about not knowing what the OSR is.
thegardenbelow.blot.im
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I have written a new blog about what an OSR is. I am told there is a lot of discourse about this, but am confident that this should settle the matter once and for all.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
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working on my peanuts pitch for adult swim
April 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
working on my peanuts pitch for adult swim
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everyone who works at openAI should be tried as an accomplice
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
everyone who works at openAI should be tried as an accomplice
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Finally found some time to work on personal stuff.
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Finally found some time to work on personal stuff.
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scholzmx.com/blog/2025/11...
Finally started organizing some of my thoughts about
#over/under
Will have to write a few of these to get everything covered but you gotta start somewhere I guess.
Finally started organizing some of my thoughts about
#over/under
Will have to write a few of these to get everything covered but you gotta start somewhere I guess.
Run a Charity they Said. It will be fun they said.
Running a charity in a month-long 1.5k player play-by-post mothership wargame.
scholzmx.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
scholzmx.com/blog/2025/11...
Finally started organizing some of my thoughts about
#over/under
Will have to write a few of these to get everything covered but you gotta start somewhere I guess.
Finally started organizing some of my thoughts about
#over/under
Will have to write a few of these to get everything covered but you gotta start somewhere I guess.
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Tentative style test to round out the weekend. Content is very placeholder but am happy with the vibe visually. Need to spend some time with mothership proper rather than just via #over/under before i can really feel confident writing the mechanical parts of this, hence no stats in this draft.
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Tentative style test to round out the weekend. Content is very placeholder but am happy with the vibe visually. Need to spend some time with mothership proper rather than just via #over/under before i can really feel confident writing the mechanical parts of this, hence no stats in this draft.
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Another big style test, this time a double spread at the actual dispatch size of the publication. Trying to thread a needle on collage style and legibility. Could still do with a little more of that overwhelming full text claustrophobia some of the best mothership zines have though...
#over/under
#over/under
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Another big style test, this time a double spread at the actual dispatch size of the publication. Trying to thread a needle on collage style and legibility. Could still do with a little more of that overwhelming full text claustrophobia some of the best mothership zines have though...
#over/under
#over/under
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Draw Steel: Crack the Sun
Are you a bad enough dude to save the multiverse?
mcdm.gg
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Really proud of the work everyone at The Dreamcatcher put in during #Over/Under . It was truly a highlight to get to work with such creative individuals for the past month. I hope we were able bring some life to the Dream. So much creativity in this game overall. It was astounding what people made!
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Really proud of the work everyone at The Dreamcatcher put in during #Over/Under . It was truly a highlight to get to work with such creative individuals for the past month. I hope we were able bring some life to the Dream. So much creativity in this game overall. It was astounding what people made!
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November 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Y'all know beefstink wrote Orphans? #over/under
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Y'all know beefstink wrote Orphans? #over/under
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#over/under was not one of a kind. I have been playing similar games for the last EIGHT YEARS. Today, I give this medium a name - "Live Text Roleplay" - and help you build a community of your own.
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
How to Replicate Over/Under
A Guide to Live Text Roleplay
www.valerialoves.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#over/under was not one of a kind. I have been playing similar games for the last EIGHT YEARS. Today, I give this medium a name - "Live Text Roleplay" - and help you build a community of your own.
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...