Jonathan Tweet
@jonathantweet.bsky.social
Grandmother Fish (Macmillan 2016), the first book to teach #evolution to preschoolers, plus science games for kids (www.grandmotherfish.com). Over the Edge, #TTRPG of surreal urban danger (atlas-games.com/overtheedge). D&D 3E, Ars Magica, Everway, etc.
happy birthday!
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
happy birthday!
Not that I know of, but @atlasgames.bsky.social might know more
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Not that I know of, but @atlasgames.bsky.social might know more
hahaha, that's good
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
hahaha, that's good
that's the half-elf cleric in an epic-level battle from my 3E Elysombra campaign (1999–2004)
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
that's the half-elf cleric in an epic-level battle from my 3E Elysombra campaign (1999–2004)
This movie had the misfortune of releasing the same summer as Star Wars, bad timing
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This movie had the misfortune of releasing the same summer as Star Wars, bad timing
Good eye.
To me, all d10s are new-fangled and exotic. The twenty-sider numbered 0–9 twice, that's the normal way to roll 1–10.
To me, all d10s are new-fangled and exotic. The twenty-sider numbered 0–9 twice, that's the normal way to roll 1–10.
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Good eye.
To me, all d10s are new-fangled and exotic. The twenty-sider numbered 0–9 twice, that's the normal way to roll 1–10.
To me, all d10s are new-fangled and exotic. The twenty-sider numbered 0–9 twice, that's the normal way to roll 1–10.
it counts as too much time on my hands
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
it counts as too much time on my hands
It’s numbered 1–5 twice, in case that makes any difference to you.
All ten-sided dice are still sort of new-fangled to me. A d20 marked 0–9 twice is more like it.
All ten-sided dice are still sort of new-fangled to me. A d20 marked 0–9 twice is more like it.
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It’s numbered 1–5 twice, in case that makes any difference to you.
All ten-sided dice are still sort of new-fangled to me. A d20 marked 0–9 twice is more like it.
All ten-sided dice are still sort of new-fangled to me. A d20 marked 0–9 twice is more like it.
Yes, and you can give them a map to drive home how big the thing is. Not a perfect map, of course, and perhaps an intentionally incorrect one.
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Yes, and you can give them a map to drive home how big the thing is. Not a perfect map, of course, and perhaps an intentionally incorrect one.
FWIW, that’s a d5, a ten-sided die marked 1–5 twice
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
FWIW, that’s a d5, a ten-sided die marked 1–5 twice
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The world itself is so weird & well-realized. Imagine a blend of X-Files, Twin Peaks, Deus Ex, Naked Lunch, Stranger Things, & Community. And even that's not doing the setting justice.
If you like collaborative storytelling that can go in any direction, Over The Edge is a must have.
🙏4⏳, 💜🐼Z
If you like collaborative storytelling that can go in any direction, Over The Edge is a must have.
🙏4⏳, 💜🐼Z
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The world itself is so weird & well-realized. Imagine a blend of X-Files, Twin Peaks, Deus Ex, Naked Lunch, Stranger Things, & Community. And even that's not doing the setting justice.
If you like collaborative storytelling that can go in any direction, Over The Edge is a must have.
🙏4⏳, 💜🐼Z
If you like collaborative storytelling that can go in any direction, Over The Edge is a must have.
🙏4⏳, 💜🐼Z
I used to call this the "quantum mechanics" approach to an RPG setting, where things that the players haven't seen are in an undetermined superposition, and the GM is free to rethink things until the players have "measured" them and established them as canon.
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I used to call this the "quantum mechanics" approach to an RPG setting, where things that the players haven't seen are in an undetermined superposition, and the GM is free to rethink things until the players have "measured" them and established them as canon.
if social media were all grunts, body language, pantomime, and tone of voice, it would be a lot different. in some ways a lot better.
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
if social media were all grunts, body language, pantomime, and tone of voice, it would be a lot different. in some ways a lot better.
Ghostbusters (Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis, Greg Stafford, 1986). Rules light, eg, no "movement speed" rating. Story-oriented. You could invent specialties (not pulled from a list) for your base stats to differentiate them & make them personal.
November 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Ghostbusters (Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis, Greg Stafford, 1986). Rules light, eg, no "movement speed" rating. Story-oriented. You could invent specialties (not pulled from a list) for your base stats to differentiate them & make them personal.
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Over the Edge (1E). The idea that characters could be described with freeform traits rathe than a set list of attributes, that a system could be that simple, totally blew me away (1992).
October 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Over the Edge (1E). The idea that characters could be described with freeform traits rathe than a set list of attributes, that a system could be that simple, totally blew me away (1992).
Dust Devils changed the way I think about success and failure in RPGs
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Dust Devils changed the way I think about success and failure in RPGs
My daughter hacked her copy of Life so the object became collecting children, sometimes on the open market
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
My daughter hacked her copy of Life so the object became collecting children, sometimes on the open market