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Julia Pitts
@jewelpit.bsky.social
Computer nerd, TTRPG nerd, metalhead, main account is https://me.thecloudtender.com/profile/jewelpit. Games at jewelpit.itch.io. Blog at https://thecloudtender.com. Queer as in fuck you. she/her
Stranger Things season 5 and Twin Peaks both rule because everyone in them is autistic
January 2, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I'm working on a trick-taking solitaire game using only a standard French 52+2 card deck, where you don't have to worry about a deal being unwinnable, and I think it's coming together nicely now :)
#cardGames #solitaire
January 2, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Poor Ulv has been so much more skittish since Stribog passed away. He'd always been easily scared, but Stribog was his older brother and Ulv took a lot of emotional support from him, and with Stribog gone it's really clear that Ulv doesn't have that anymore 💔
December 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
There's no ethical, practical, or safe way to do this, but man it'd be cool to have a pet cheetah
December 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Happy solstice!
December 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm no longer on dice.camp, but it's a fantastic server that deserves your donations!
dice.camp/@sage/11574274908121…
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December 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Not with the ball blam burglerber!
#FionnaAndCake
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I've played way too much Hunt: Showdown to ever call Knives Out 3 by its correct name on the first try
December 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Well! I've now chatted with the authors of both ultralight RPGs that heavily influenced me as a teenager (RISUS and Sherpa). Neat!
December 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Whoa! I read FUDGE and Sherpa so long apart from each other that I never realized it was the same guy!
December 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Session two of my #Christmas #Traveller mini-campaign went well! (1/5)
December 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I picked up Sword of Cepheus yesterday, and dang, I can't wait to play it! This big Traveller kick I've been on lately has been very fruitful :)
#ttrpg #travellerRPG #cepheusEngine
December 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
You know what they say, it's not Christmas until the chicken's on the tree!
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
First session of Traveller went well! Very much a rules taster where we had some jumps, RP, and combat, and once I learned where most of the relevant tables were it was pretty fast to run. I'm excited to run more!
#traveller #travellerRPG #ttrpg
December 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Scientists have found zero reasons not to put Santa Claus in your Traveller game. That's just facts.
#traveller #travellerRPG #ttrpg #ttrpgs
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
No wonder I haven't been able to find anything about the old game Meritball that I used to play with my friends growing up, apparently its actual name is Suicide! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_(game)
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Today, at twelve years of age, Stribog's song ended, and his breath returned to the sky. I'll see you at the Rainbow Bridge, little buddy.
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Oookay, I thought The Secret Teachings of All Ages would be fine even though it was written from a believer's perspective instead of a historian's, but now he's directly crediting ideas as having originated in Atlantis. Hmm.
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I found it tonight that my friends' cat "Cleo" is actually named "CLEarance Offer." Amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Session zero of Traveller went well! Everyone really enjoyed the character creation minigame, myself included (I used it to make an NPC at the same time as the players). Now to prepare for next week and seeing how the game proper runs at the table :D
#traveller #ttrpg #travellerRPG #MgT2e
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Surprisingly long wait at the library for this one! Also, surprisingly hard to find a book that covers esotericism from a historical perspective instead of a believer one.
...these two facts might be related.
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Damn these western Washington clouds! Hopefully the aurora goes on long enough that I'll get a peek later this evening.
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I was never around in the scene in the 80s/90s, but I _was_ in the scene in the 2000s, and hoooo boy those Gygaxisms were still present even then in many corners of the hobby
1/ In terms of comparative examples, when anybody brings up the "man of his time" defense of Gygax, I always think of Palladium and the infamous early insanity table.

For those unaware, Palladium took an outdated version of the DSM as inspiration and included "homosexuality" as an insanity.
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Oh huh, Ferris Wheel and Raise Up Your Bat share a leitmotif. Neat!
#deltarune
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Why the hell does Copilot's voice sound like fucking NEPTR in every ad I get?
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM