Ethan Henry
@ehenry.bsky.social
Canadian in Silicon Valley. Tabletop roleplaying games. #TTRPG
One-time Metafilter poster.
He/him
One-time Metafilter poster.
He/him
The only Avatar movie review that matters.
December 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The only Avatar movie review that matters.
This should have 10,000 backers. Go back it now.
Here it is. The final 24 hours. You've helped coax banked embers into a steady flame. Tell me, what is one thing you'll bring with you into What-Comes-Next? Seeds? Thread? A good kitchen knife? What will you make of what's left? Together, let's light up the world.
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Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This should have 10,000 backers. Go back it now.
Happy Friday everyone
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Happy Friday everyone
That seals it, I’m back to using RPG all the time. CRPGs and JRPGs and whatever else can use their own acronyms.
Where did the movement to call RPGs "TTRPGs" start? How can I fight them?
December 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
That seals it, I’m back to using RPG all the time. CRPGs and JRPGs and whatever else can use their own acronyms.
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America has deindustrialized so much they can't even manufacture consent
I still can't believe they're trying to make a war happen out of thin air. Not just their abrogation of Congress's role in formally declaring a war -- that's been a slippery slope for decades -- but their total unwillingness even to go through the motions of drumming up public support.
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
America has deindustrialized so much they can't even manufacture consent
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Labor markets weakness is all about uncertainty, not AI.
www.richmondfed.org/research/nat...
www.richmondfed.org/research/nat...
December 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Labor markets weakness is all about uncertainty, not AI.
www.richmondfed.org/research/nat...
www.richmondfed.org/research/nat...
Sadly bsky can't make Tom Hardy point in the correct direction
December 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sadly bsky can't make Tom Hardy point in the correct direction
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It is that time of the year - a free Christmas present for everyone who has supported Mongoose!
Orbital Reds, a free mission for Traveller... Paranoia... Travenoia... is ready for you to download now!
www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/orb...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #AlphaComplex
Orbital Reds, a free mission for Traveller... Paranoia... Travenoia... is ready for you to download now!
www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/orb...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #AlphaComplex
December 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It is that time of the year - a free Christmas present for everyone who has supported Mongoose!
Orbital Reds, a free mission for Traveller... Paranoia... Travenoia... is ready for you to download now!
www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/orb...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #AlphaComplex
Orbital Reds, a free mission for Traveller... Paranoia... Travenoia... is ready for you to download now!
www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/orb...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #AlphaComplex
There's over a dozen countries that work like this, just check any of them. It all works perfectly fine.
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
There's over a dozen countries that work like this, just check any of them. It all works perfectly fine.
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Vote for Rishi Kumar if you think that we can "BUILD THE WALL AND MAKE MEXICO PAY FOR IT" and "Tariffs will make America richer than ever before!"
Vote for Neysa Fligor if you are a sane and responsible adult.
Don't miss this run off election on 12/30/2025!
Vote for Neysa Fligor if you are a sane and responsible adult.
Don't miss this run off election on 12/30/2025!
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Vote for Rishi Kumar if you think that we can "BUILD THE WALL AND MAKE MEXICO PAY FOR IT" and "Tariffs will make America richer than ever before!"
Vote for Neysa Fligor if you are a sane and responsible adult.
Don't miss this run off election on 12/30/2025!
Vote for Neysa Fligor if you are a sane and responsible adult.
Don't miss this run off election on 12/30/2025!
Lots of people weirdly mad about this, although at the same time I'm sure this is a terrible article.
For me I just became caffeine intolerant in my 50s. If I have it it's likely I'll only sleep for a couple hours before waking up in the middle of the night. I can't explain it.
For me I just became caffeine intolerant in my 50s. If I have it it's likely I'll only sleep for a couple hours before waking up in the middle of the night. I can't explain it.
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Lots of people weirdly mad about this, although at the same time I'm sure this is a terrible article.
For me I just became caffeine intolerant in my 50s. If I have it it's likely I'll only sleep for a couple hours before waking up in the middle of the night. I can't explain it.
For me I just became caffeine intolerant in my 50s. If I have it it's likely I'll only sleep for a couple hours before waking up in the middle of the night. I can't explain it.
The shit in Black Mirror is supposed to be bad
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The shit in Black Mirror is supposed to be bad
Nobody likes to admit that San Jose is the 12th largest city by population in the US
“Albuquerque is a more populous city than Miami“ is one of those true facts that prove municipal boundaries in the US must be destroyed
Albuquerque is more populous than Miami... and I know it's not a flip at the mayoral level, but let's make sure it gets at least some of the attention Miami got today!
Here's how I explained these two races in my guide: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Here's how I explained these two races in my guide: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
December 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Nobody likes to admit that San Jose is the 12th largest city by population in the US
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Check out these two neighbors!
House A pays $36,228/year in property tax
House B pays $2,579/year in property tax
In just 2 years, House A will pay almost as much as House B did over *50 years*
Rishi Kumar wants to end property taxes for House B, maximizing the damage of Prop 13!
REPOST please!
House A pays $36,228/year in property tax
House B pays $2,579/year in property tax
In just 2 years, House A will pay almost as much as House B did over *50 years*
Rishi Kumar wants to end property taxes for House B, maximizing the damage of Prop 13!
REPOST please!
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Check out these two neighbors!
House A pays $36,228/year in property tax
House B pays $2,579/year in property tax
In just 2 years, House A will pay almost as much as House B did over *50 years*
Rishi Kumar wants to end property taxes for House B, maximizing the damage of Prop 13!
REPOST please!
House A pays $36,228/year in property tax
House B pays $2,579/year in property tax
In just 2 years, House A will pay almost as much as House B did over *50 years*
Rishi Kumar wants to end property taxes for House B, maximizing the damage of Prop 13!
REPOST please!
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immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Making margarine in Newfoundland out of whale and seal oil in the most horrifying piece of Canadian history I've heard in a long time
The Newfoundland Butter Company made margarine from whale, seal and fish oil. That margarine was then smuggled into Canada where it was sold for half the price of butter.
The company was established by Sir John Crosbie, the Minister of Fisheries in Newfoundland.
🧵7/12
The company was established by Sir John Crosbie, the Minister of Fisheries in Newfoundland.
🧵7/12
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Making margarine in Newfoundland out of whale and seal oil in the most horrifying piece of Canadian history I've heard in a long time
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11 Days Remain. $8,250 till we hit the last stretch goal, at which point every backer gets the PDF of our creator's guide to PBTA, An Apocalypse of Infinite Games, the moment it's ready.
Wanna be among the first to see? Here's your chance!
#ttrpg #pbta #AW3rd www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Wanna be among the first to see? Here's your chance!
#ttrpg #pbta #AW3rd www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
11 Days Remain. $8,250 till we hit the last stretch goal, at which point every backer gets the PDF of our creator's guide to PBTA, An Apocalypse of Infinite Games, the moment it's ready.
Wanna be among the first to see? Here's your chance!
#ttrpg #pbta #AW3rd www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Wanna be among the first to see? Here's your chance!
#ttrpg #pbta #AW3rd www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
"Then we appear to be left with game playing as the only remaining candidate for Utopian occupation, and therefore the only possible remaining constituent of the ideal of existence" - _The Grasshopper_, Bernard Suits.
What, in your opinion, is the actual end goal or "purpose" of playing a TTRPG?
This is for an in-progress writing project and would really love input (via replies, quotes, and/or shares).
This is for an in-progress writing project and would really love input (via replies, quotes, and/or shares).
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Then we appear to be left with game playing as the only remaining candidate for Utopian occupation, and therefore the only possible remaining constituent of the ideal of existence" - _The Grasshopper_, Bernard Suits.
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A new edition of Toon: The Cartoon Roleplaying Game is coming to BackerKit! In this hilarious RPG, you'll become any human, creature, or inanimate object you can think of . . . or make up. Characters will fall down – but they'll never die. Sign up for project notifications today!
bit.ly/toon2ebk
bit.ly/toon2ebk
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A new edition of Toon: The Cartoon Roleplaying Game is coming to BackerKit! In this hilarious RPG, you'll become any human, creature, or inanimate object you can think of . . . or make up. Characters will fall down – but they'll never die. Sign up for project notifications today!
bit.ly/toon2ebk
bit.ly/toon2ebk
I would simply reload from my last save
December 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I would simply reload from my last save
This is a tough choice for me.
Root
Call of Chthulhu
Traveller
And like something the specific players are into? There's no one perfect game for everyone
Root
Call of Chthulhu
Traveller
And like something the specific players are into? There's no one perfect game for everyone
If you wanted to run say, four different games that weren't Dungeons & Dragons in hopes of showing people the breadth of the TTRPG hobby, what games would you run for them? Assume that they are sort of familiar with 5E.
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is a tough choice for me.
Root
Call of Chthulhu
Traveller
And like something the specific players are into? There's no one perfect game for everyone
Root
Call of Chthulhu
Traveller
And like something the specific players are into? There's no one perfect game for everyone
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It's honestly unbelievable that someone would even propose such a hot mess of a bill. Not only is this corrosive to American society it would be a extremely hot mess that would throw the IRS into disarray for years as people get hit with expatriation taxes.
It's honestly unbelievable that someone would even propose such a hot mess of a bill. Not only is this corrosive to American society it would be a extremely hot mess that would throw the IRS into disarray for years as people get hit with expatriation taxes.
Sen. Moreno’s Bill Seeks to End Dual Citizenship in U.S.
The Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025 would prohibit holding US citizenship and that of another country. Failure to renounce results in automatic loss of US citizenship.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
It's honestly unbelievable that someone would even propose such a hot mess of a bill. Not only is this corrosive to American society it would be a extremely hot mess that would throw the IRS into disarray for years as people get hit with expatriation taxes.
It's honestly unbelievable that someone would even propose such a hot mess of a bill. Not only is this corrosive to American society it would be a extremely hot mess that would throw the IRS into disarray for years as people get hit with expatriation taxes.
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In San Francisco you can charter one of the antique streetcars with several dozen of your friends and have a pretty wild party on board.
December 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
In San Francisco you can charter one of the antique streetcars with several dozen of your friends and have a pretty wild party on board.
Prove me wrong @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social !! Publish a Traveller supplement that is just math for derivatives pricing for interstellar trade contracts!
It never occurred to me but it's an interesting alt history of the game. Mongoose is doing fine but it's a different approach to the game. I don't think SJG would have done two full Aslan sourcebooks and Mongoose would never have included a grad seminar on futures contracts.
December 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Prove me wrong @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social !! Publish a Traveller supplement that is just math for derivatives pricing for interstellar trade contracts!
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This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.