Joe
@jwegner.bsky.social
Hi! I'm Joe. I like tabletop roleplaying games. I never really post anything except boosting other people.
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I really don't like anything about D&D's alignment system, but I appreciate its power as a shorthand, and I'd love to do something that could work similarly, and this is a swing at that.
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Oops, All Heroes
Caveat before all of this begins – the material I’m about to use is sourced from a psychology paper on values which were used as the source for the diagram in a Common Cause article. I …
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November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I really don't like anything about D&D's alignment system, but I appreciate its power as a shorthand, and I'd love to do something that could work similarly, and this is a swing at that.
walkingmind.evilhat.com/2025/11/23/o...
walkingmind.evilhat.com/2025/11/23/o...
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Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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SOUTHERN REACH READERS and weirdlings in general, here's a call for lighthouse photo submissions if you want a chance to be in the forthcoming Area X: The Southern Reach Files book. Starts Nov. 1, ends Jan 21. PLEASE read thoroughly. Questions, weirdos?
www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...
www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...
October 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
SOUTHERN REACH READERS and weirdlings in general, here's a call for lighthouse photo submissions if you want a chance to be in the forthcoming Area X: The Southern Reach Files book. Starts Nov. 1, ends Jan 21. PLEASE read thoroughly. Questions, weirdos?
www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...
www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...
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Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment?
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
September 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment?
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
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Were you 20 or older during the height of the Satanic Panic? I'm researching that period for a game *and* novel, and I'd like to interview you about your firsthand experiences if you'd like to share them! (1/2)
September 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Were you 20 or older during the height of the Satanic Panic? I'm researching that period for a game *and* novel, and I'd like to interview you about your firsthand experiences if you'd like to share them! (1/2)
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Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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From an uptick in comms from wildlife rescue places lately: don't use glue traps, they're so cruel; do not spray paint wildlife, including birds and turtles; do not pick any animal by the tail or you can severely injure their spine. This includes opossums, for whom it can be life threatening.
August 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
From an uptick in comms from wildlife rescue places lately: don't use glue traps, they're so cruel; do not spray paint wildlife, including birds and turtles; do not pick any animal by the tail or you can severely injure their spine. This includes opossums, for whom it can be life threatening.
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Me when I'm reading D&D: Planescape influenced my spirituality. Dark Sun does amazing things with halflings. I love the really weird parts of Forgotten Realms. I'm so glad I grew up with this.
Me whenever anyone tries to talk to me about D&D: ew D&D
Me whenever anyone tries to talk to me about D&D: ew D&D
July 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Me when I'm reading D&D: Planescape influenced my spirituality. Dark Sun does amazing things with halflings. I love the really weird parts of Forgotten Realms. I'm so glad I grew up with this.
Me whenever anyone tries to talk to me about D&D: ew D&D
Me whenever anyone tries to talk to me about D&D: ew D&D
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Four lessons I've learned making #ttrpgs:
1. Never spend more than two years honing/developing a game if the play experience doesn't feel fun in the ways you want it to be in the first two iterations. It's extremely unlikely you'll manage to make it fun how you want to if it's not early on.
1. Never spend more than two years honing/developing a game if the play experience doesn't feel fun in the ways you want it to be in the first two iterations. It's extremely unlikely you'll manage to make it fun how you want to if it's not early on.
July 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Four lessons I've learned making #ttrpgs:
1. Never spend more than two years honing/developing a game if the play experience doesn't feel fun in the ways you want it to be in the first two iterations. It's extremely unlikely you'll manage to make it fun how you want to if it's not early on.
1. Never spend more than two years honing/developing a game if the play experience doesn't feel fun in the ways you want it to be in the first two iterations. It's extremely unlikely you'll manage to make it fun how you want to if it's not early on.
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In every possible way the vile detention camp in the Everglades is destructive and anti-life. www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
Darkness is crucial to Everglades habitat. Could Alligator Alcatraz threaten it?
Artificial light in a world-renowned “dark sky” preserve is just one of the environmental and human health concerns surrounding the facility.
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July 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
In every possible way the vile detention camp in the Everglades is destructive and anti-life. www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
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I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
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Ok, nobody asked for this, it is completely unannounced, but I was possessed by this idea so here we go:
Mausworn—what if Mausritter, but... Ironsworn?
I started the draft, drew the cover art, and have a vision to combine my favorite bits of these two awesome games into a standalone project.
1/3
Mausworn—what if Mausritter, but... Ironsworn?
I started the draft, drew the cover art, and have a vision to combine my favorite bits of these two awesome games into a standalone project.
1/3
June 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Ok, nobody asked for this, it is completely unannounced, but I was possessed by this idea so here we go:
Mausworn—what if Mausritter, but... Ironsworn?
I started the draft, drew the cover art, and have a vision to combine my favorite bits of these two awesome games into a standalone project.
1/3
Mausworn—what if Mausritter, but... Ironsworn?
I started the draft, drew the cover art, and have a vision to combine my favorite bits of these two awesome games into a standalone project.
1/3
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Nosferatu
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Nosf3ratu
Nosfer4tu
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Nosf3ratu
Nosfer4tu
NosferatV
June 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Nosferatu
Nosfera2
Nosf3ratu
Nosfer4tu
NosferatV
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Nosf3ratu
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Community survey! What rules and tools do you use in your Ironsworn/Starforged campaigns?
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The survey is a bit inside baseball, so probably not the best for casual fans. However, results thus far are interesting and will help me focus my development energy on what matters.
forms.gle/eh7WngZMpgmb...
The survey is a bit inside baseball, so probably not the best for casual fans. However, results thus far are interesting and will help me focus my development energy on what matters.
Ironsworn Gameplay Survey
Hello! Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete this form. It will help me understand which content and tools you use when playing the Ironsworn family of tabletop roleplaying games.
forms.gle
June 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Community survey! What rules and tools do you use in your Ironsworn/Starforged campaigns?
forms.gle/eh7WngZMpgmb...
The survey is a bit inside baseball, so probably not the best for casual fans. However, results thus far are interesting and will help me focus my development energy on what matters.
forms.gle/eh7WngZMpgmb...
The survey is a bit inside baseball, so probably not the best for casual fans. However, results thus far are interesting and will help me focus my development energy on what matters.
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I’ve seen articles recently about how decline in church membership = the death of communities, and while that’s not *TOTALLY* untrue, I don’t think you can honestly talk about the death of community w/o mentioning the housing crisis
May 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I’ve seen articles recently about how decline in church membership = the death of communities, and while that’s not *TOTALLY* untrue, I don’t think you can honestly talk about the death of community w/o mentioning the housing crisis
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I just did a reread of @scalzi.com’s Interdependency series. Doing this the same week that the GOP votes on the Murderous MAGA Budget Bill was utterly surreal. One of the characters makes the point that in the end times the only people worth saving are the wealthy. She isn’t exactly the hero.
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May 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I just did a reread of @scalzi.com’s Interdependency series. Doing this the same week that the GOP votes on the Murderous MAGA Budget Bill was utterly surreal. One of the characters makes the point that in the end times the only people worth saving are the wealthy. She isn’t exactly the hero.
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This is the first image of an aurora taken from the surface of Mars, or indeed the surface of any world other than our own.
"But wait!" I hear you say. "I thought Mars didn't have a magnetosphere. How can it have an aurora?"
A short 🔭🧵.
physicsworld.com/a/this-is-wh...
"But wait!" I hear you say. "I thought Mars didn't have a magnetosphere. How can it have an aurora?"
A short 🔭🧵.
physicsworld.com/a/this-is-wh...
This is what an aurora looks like on Mars – Physics World
Image is the first taken on the surface of another planet, and the first visible-light aurora image from anywhere other than Earth
physicsworld.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is the first image of an aurora taken from the surface of Mars, or indeed the surface of any world other than our own.
"But wait!" I hear you say. "I thought Mars didn't have a magnetosphere. How can it have an aurora?"
A short 🔭🧵.
physicsworld.com/a/this-is-wh...
"But wait!" I hear you say. "I thought Mars didn't have a magnetosphere. How can it have an aurora?"
A short 🔭🧵.
physicsworld.com/a/this-is-wh...
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The light was poor and I was at a fast shutter speed so these shots are soft in detail, but I'd like to share this moment. A few days ago, a Canada Goose started swimming close to a Sandhill Crane nest. Dad Crane was sitting on the nest when suddenly Mama Crane flew in and drop kicked the goose.
April 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The light was poor and I was at a fast shutter speed so these shots are soft in detail, but I'd like to share this moment. A few days ago, a Canada Goose started swimming close to a Sandhill Crane nest. Dad Crane was sitting on the nest when suddenly Mama Crane flew in and drop kicked the goose.
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Every use case I see people bring up for LLMs (large language models) is actually SLMs (small language models, being trained on very specific data for a very specific use). Aside from maybe „it helps my emails sound less mean“ and as a German let me tell you, just sound mean babe. It’s totally ok.
April 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Every use case I see people bring up for LLMs (large language models) is actually SLMs (small language models, being trained on very specific data for a very specific use). Aside from maybe „it helps my emails sound less mean“ and as a German let me tell you, just sound mean babe. It’s totally ok.
so excited for this, the artwork looks amazing!
Mythic Bastionland's artwork is now complete, so the final PDF will be released tomorrow and the print run will begin shortly.
March 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
so excited for this, the artwork looks amazing!
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Very glad to see @nellraban.com featured today on Rappler Gaming to discuss her experiences and contributions to the latest installment of Sid Meier's Civilization! I'm a dyed in the wool series fan so when I learned she was on the dev team, I was very excited to suggest our editor talk to her.
Q&A: Filipina 'Civ VII' game designer Nell Raban on creating narrative, Rizal as leader
Firaxis Games' Nell Raban says, 'The Philippines has no shortage of national heroes, but Rizal was always the first and only choice. Given his lasting impact on the Philippines and its people, it’s di...
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February 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Very glad to see @nellraban.com featured today on Rappler Gaming to discuss her experiences and contributions to the latest installment of Sid Meier's Civilization! I'm a dyed in the wool series fan so when I learned she was on the dev team, I was very excited to suggest our editor talk to her.
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Fie on goodness, fie!
I read The Once and Future King last year, and amidst the melodrama of Arthur and Guinevere and Lancelot was a despairing political tract from WWII's wake on people who grow tired of doing good.
I read The Once and Future King last year, and amidst the melodrama of Arthur and Guinevere and Lancelot was a despairing political tract from WWII's wake on people who grow tired of doing good.
February 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Fie on goodness, fie!
I read The Once and Future King last year, and amidst the melodrama of Arthur and Guinevere and Lancelot was a despairing political tract from WWII's wake on people who grow tired of doing good.
I read The Once and Future King last year, and amidst the melodrama of Arthur and Guinevere and Lancelot was a despairing political tract from WWII's wake on people who grow tired of doing good.
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The countdown for XENO's Kickstarter campaign has just begun!
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Join, become an alien, atone for your sins.
XENO will be available in both Spanish and English!
Share, let the invasion reach everyone.
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Join, become an alien, atone for your sins.
XENO will be available in both Spanish and English!
Share, let the invasion reach everyone.
Caligaes' Xeno Starts the Invasion! Coming to You in English and Spanish
From Axo Stories - Caligaes' Xeno Starts the Invasion! Coming to You in English and Spanish
www.backerkit.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The countdown for XENO's Kickstarter campaign has just begun!
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Join, become an alien, atone for your sins.
XENO will be available in both Spanish and English!
Share, let the invasion reach everyone.
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Join, become an alien, atone for your sins.
XENO will be available in both Spanish and English!
Share, let the invasion reach everyone.
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Thinking about Gene Wolfe on bad reviews again
December 28, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Thinking about Gene Wolfe on bad reviews again