Sam D
@diceexploder.com
TTRPG designer and podcaster. Find me on Dice Exploder, a mechanic-of-the-week design podcast and blog. Won a Golden Cobra once. Screenwriter. No colon.
https://www.diceexploder.com/
https://sdunnewold.itch.io/
https://www.diceexploder.com/
https://sdunnewold.itch.io/
This is the post about o/u I was waiting for.
#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.
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How to Replicate Over/Under
A Guide to Live Text Roleplay
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November 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This is the post about o/u I was waiting for.
This week on Dice Exploder, just in time for Mausritter month, @itsquinns.bsky.social joins me to talk about the Mausritter's inventory system: the only inventory system I've ever liked.
Inventory Tetris (Mausritter) with Quinns — Dice Exploder
Mausritter is an old school dungeon crawling game where instead of playing as elves fighting dragons, you play as mice fleeing from owls. It’s not unlike any number of other old school games like Cair...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This week on Dice Exploder, just in time for Mausritter month, @itsquinns.bsky.social joins me to talk about the Mausritter's inventory system: the only inventory system I've ever liked.
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Go back AW3e so I can play the Faceless in @diceexploder.com’s next AW campaign like I’ve always dreamed!
The Faceless. Underneath the mask, you never flinch.
The News. You're bringing the truth, no matter how bad it hurts.
The Show. Your music cracks open the world and moves people to your beat.
Updating these for #AW3rd is our first stretch goal.
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
#pbta #ttrpg
The News. You're bringing the truth, no matter how bad it hurts.
The Show. Your music cracks open the world and moves people to your beat.
Updating these for #AW3rd is our first stretch goal.
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
#pbta #ttrpg
In 2016, the Apocalypse World 2nd Ed campaign ended at $149,681. We'd like to beat that!
At $149,682, we'll get with the original authors and update three classic playbooks:
• The Faceless by Bret Gillan
• The News by Josh Savoie
• The Show by Elliot Baker
At $149,682, we'll get with the original authors and update three classic playbooks:
• The Faceless by Bret Gillan
• The News by Josh Savoie
• The Show by Elliot Baker
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Go back AW3e so I can play the Faceless in @diceexploder.com’s next AW campaign like I’ve always dreamed!
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First, this interview was great fun, and second, #AW3rd is kickstarting now and you can come along! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
First, this interview was great fun, and second, #AW3rd is kickstarting now and you can come along! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Today on Dice Exploder I talk with @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social about Apocalypse World 3e. We took the 2e Brainer playbook and broke down every change as it became the 3e Brain-Picker.
It's fascinating to me how AW from the jump has been designed around the Baker's kids.
It's fascinating to me how AW from the jump has been designed around the Baker's kids.
The Brainer and the Brain-Picker (Apocalypse World 2e/3e) with the Bakers — Dice Exploder
A third edition of the landmark indie darling Apocalypse World is on Kickstarter right now, and I wanted to have on Meguey and Vincent Baker to see what makes this edition different. Specifically, in ...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Today on Dice Exploder I talk with @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social about Apocalypse World 3e. We took the 2e Brainer playbook and broke down every change as it became the 3e Brain-Picker.
It's fascinating to me how AW from the jump has been designed around the Baker's kids.
It's fascinating to me how AW from the jump has been designed around the Baker's kids.
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#OVER/UNDER
I fucking hate leaving summer camp I cry every single year.
I fucking hate leaving summer camp I cry every single year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
#OVER/UNDER
I fucking hate leaving summer camp I cry every single year.
I fucking hate leaving summer camp I cry every single year.
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I find it kind of beautiful that we're seeing the next iteration of Apocalypse World's DIY art. Two of the biggest names in indie roleplaying games show, once again, that it's not about spectacle or expense. It's about using the skills you have and the skills you can develop to make it how you can.
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I find it kind of beautiful that we're seeing the next iteration of Apocalypse World's DIY art. Two of the biggest names in indie roleplaying games show, once again, that it's not about spectacle or expense. It's about using the skills you have and the skills you can develop to make it how you can.
Attempting to steal and crash a car in #over/under, hope my friends forgive me
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Attempting to steal and crash a car in #over/under, hope my friends forgive me
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VOID 1680 AM was the game the changed the face of Tales Yet Told and helped us understand just what kind of stories we wanted to tell. An amazing game about community, self-reflection, and sick tunes.
#ttrpg #actualplay
Check out the trailer of 2048 AM Voices in the Wood:
youtu.be/YNKTtnFNMRo
#ttrpg #actualplay
Check out the trailer of 2048 AM Voices in the Wood:
youtu.be/YNKTtnFNMRo
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
VOID 1680 AM was the game the changed the face of Tales Yet Told and helped us understand just what kind of stories we wanted to tell. An amazing game about community, self-reflection, and sick tunes.
#ttrpg #actualplay
Check out the trailer of 2048 AM Voices in the Wood:
youtu.be/YNKTtnFNMRo
#ttrpg #actualplay
Check out the trailer of 2048 AM Voices in the Wood:
youtu.be/YNKTtnFNMRo
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Hey, that's me! Come listen to me and more importantly, Sam!
Wrapping up the Dice Exploder series on actual play with a game where, to me, actual play functions almost as a game mechanic: @kenlowery.bsky.social talks Void 1680 AM community broadcasts, and how even just the idea of putting your solo gameplay in front of an audience changes how it feels to play
Actual Play: Void 1680 AM Community Broadcasts (with Ken Lowery) — Dice Exploder
To close out this miniseries on actual play, I wanted to feature a game that I think uses actual play as a game mechanic. Hear me out. Void 1680 AM is a solo playlist-building game in which you create...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hey, that's me! Come listen to me and more importantly, Sam!
Wrapping up the Dice Exploder series on actual play with a game where, to me, actual play functions almost as a game mechanic: @kenlowery.bsky.social talks Void 1680 AM community broadcasts, and how even just the idea of putting your solo gameplay in front of an audience changes how it feels to play
Actual Play: Void 1680 AM Community Broadcasts (with Ken Lowery) — Dice Exploder
To close out this miniseries on actual play, I wanted to feature a game that I think uses actual play as a game mechanic. Hear me out. Void 1680 AM is a solo playlist-building game in which you create...
www.diceexploder.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Wrapping up the Dice Exploder series on actual play with a game where, to me, actual play functions almost as a game mechanic: @kenlowery.bsky.social talks Void 1680 AM community broadcasts, and how even just the idea of putting your solo gameplay in front of an audience changes how it feels to play
Slamming refresh all morning...
Did ether of us say T minus 1? Today was T minus 1.
Launch in under 24 hours. Probably under 12.
See you there, dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Launch in under 24 hours. Probably under 12.
See you there, dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Slamming refresh all morning...
What rpg has your favorite GM rules/moves/tools for prep?
November 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
What rpg has your favorite GM rules/moves/tools for prep?
Slow Horses season 5 planting such a big flag on River being a piece of shit is so good.
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Slow Horses season 5 planting such a big flag on River being a piece of shit is so good.
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The time is now for breaking with PbtA dogmatism and houseruling your converstation
My Apocalypse World Heartbreaker lives...
(It's basically Burned Over with a custom set of basic moves and sex moves back in the game.)
(It's basically Burned Over with a custom set of basic moves and sex moves back in the game.)
October 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The time is now for breaking with PbtA dogmatism and houseruling your converstation
My Apocalypse World Heartbreaker lives...
(It's basically Burned Over with a custom set of basic moves and sex moves back in the game.)
(It's basically Burned Over with a custom set of basic moves and sex moves back in the game.)
October 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
My Apocalypse World Heartbreaker lives...
(It's basically Burned Over with a custom set of basic moves and sex moves back in the game.)
(It's basically Burned Over with a custom set of basic moves and sex moves back in the game.)
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(I think this is not even everyone) #over/under
October 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
(I think this is not even everyone) #over/under
I Love Last Train To Brooklyn And I Did A Huge Dice Exploder About It Send Tweet @twicerolledtales.bsky.social
Actual Play: 4AM at a Diner (Last Train to Brooklyn) with Linnie Schell — Dice Exploder
Last Train to Brooklyn is an actual play from Twice Rolled Tales where they play Last Train to Bremen on a New York City subway car. It's also probably my favorite actual play full stop. Why? I think…
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October 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I Love Last Train To Brooklyn And I Did A Huge Dice Exploder About It Send Tweet @twicerolledtales.bsky.social
Me after roleplaying as a Space Cardinal for two hours: "maybe God IS real..."
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Me after roleplaying as a Space Cardinal for two hours: "maybe God IS real..."
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If we have interacted even once in #OVER/UNDER, keep in touch.
October 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
If we have interacted even once in #OVER/UNDER, keep in touch.
This thread is genius. I didn't think anyone could actually capture what #over/under feels like.
But it *does* feel like a reworking of cyberpunk for the 2020s: a vision of the future not as a unified aesthetic but as this crazed sensory overload, a hundred different stories and worlds fired at you at once, leaping between crassness and warmth, insincerity and sincerity.
October 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This thread is genius. I didn't think anyone could actually capture what #over/under feels like.
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Cooking 1hr
Job 8hr
Sleeping 6hr
#over/under 20hr
Admin 1hr
someone who is good at time please help me budget this. my family is dying
Job 8hr
Sleeping 6hr
#over/under 20hr
Admin 1hr
someone who is good at time please help me budget this. my family is dying
October 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Cooking 1hr
Job 8hr
Sleeping 6hr
#over/under 20hr
Admin 1hr
someone who is good at time please help me budget this. my family is dying
Job 8hr
Sleeping 6hr
#over/under 20hr
Admin 1hr
someone who is good at time please help me budget this. my family is dying
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“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red.” Macbeth or Vor Veljko? #over/under
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red.” Macbeth or Vor Veljko? #over/under
What's the over/under on the #OVER/UNDER "I run TTRPGs" vs "I just play in them" ratio? Literally 56:0.
October 23, 2025 at 5:35 AM
What's the over/under on the #OVER/UNDER "I run TTRPGs" vs "I just play in them" ratio? Literally 56:0.