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Ben from Crudely Drawn Swords
@glenatron.bsky.social
GM and producer and music composer for Crudely Drawn Swords, lead guitarist for The Patient Wild, Game Designer for The Hallowed Walk and Trilogy, Programmer, Horse Trainer, dork-ass-loser and now apparently novelist?
Legitimately two of my all-time favourite games. So funny and charming.
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The worst way for a wedding to go!
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It makes sense that anybody with a backbone or moral integrity would have left the Home Office long ago. Hard to see how that culture could be redeemable.
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
That's eclectic!
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"It will put criminals off if they think they'll die instead of going to prison for life!"
Criminals don't think they're going to get caught, Clive. That's why they do the crimes.
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Thank you! My games include a PbtA game for epic fantasy campaigns, a two player game about a prisoner and their interrogator with prisoner's dilemma based resolution, and a story game you play by going for a walk with your friends: bridlewise.itch.io
bridlewise
bridlewise.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Would it feature the real Piltdown Man, though?
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The past is lost to us. All we have now is the presentation.
November 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
They can escalate to firm or clear, I think.
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Some people enjoy being angry. There's no point trying to appease them because they're just chronic grumblers and they'll just complain about whatever you do, if they even notice it. We've spent a decade bending to their every whim now and it's been miserable.
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I remember talking about Twilight with a friend years ago and she said "imagine you're a teenage girl, it's nice to have a story where the monster is safe, even though most of your real life relationships won't be like that."

That gave me a different lens for these stories.
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Under the pink and maybe Choirgirl hptel.
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Realising I could have gone for a list like...

Billy Bragg
U2
The Manic Street Preachers
The Dharmas
Smashing Pumpkins
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Clearly an afficionado of artists who begin with 'P'.
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I came to a similar conclusion except I was less radical and just thought each successive property should pay twice the council tax of the one before. Less immediately brutal but exponential growth quickly makes property-as-investment impractical.
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM