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Ok. #ttrpgcommunity #DnD folks. I'm applying for a job. The listing asks for "systems thinking abilities with organizational...

Ok. #ttrpgcommunity #DnD folks. I'm applying for a job. The listing asks for "systems thinking abilities with organizational change, project management, and planning knowledge and skills." Those are all things I use every time I run a game. How do I say that in my cover letter?

#histodons - a provocative counter-factual from one of my students this morning. What happens if McKinley is not assassinated? Can TR win an...

#histodons - a provocative counter-factual from one of my students this morning. What happens if McKinley is not assassinated? Can TR win an election 1904 without having been president since 1901? If not, and my students are specifically looking towards WWI, what happens with the US in WWI? What is the impact on the progressive movement in the early 1900s?

Classes start in a week. I have one syllabus ready to go, but the other class has had 3 students enrolled since the beginning of December,...

Classes start in a week. I have one syllabus ready to go, but the other class has had 3 students enrolled since the beginning of December, and classes need at least 6 students to run. So I didn't prep a syllabus and anticipated an email telling me the class was cancelled. But now there's 5 students... So I should probably update my syllabus for the class.

So, your New Year's Resolution is "play more RPGs," but you need someone to run them for you? I'm your Dingo for that! If...

So, your New Year's Resolution is "play more RPGs," but you need someone to run them for you? I'm your Dingo for that! If I've got the material I need to run the game, I'll run it for you - online, or (within a reasonable distance from home) in person. https://startplaying.games/gm/dingo_dad_games

Thinking more about this:Hanibal is a Spider, clearly.Face is a Slide.BA is either a Cutter with a lot of Tinker or a Leach with a lot of...

Thinking more about this:

Hanibal is a Spider, clearly.
Face is a Slide.
BA is either a Cutter with a lot of Tinker or a Leach with a lot of Wreck.
Murdock is, I think, a Whisper? Or, you could play him as a Hull, with a rotating cast of controlling ghosts.

So, I've been watching the A Team - I didn't as a kid. And I'm running a #BladesInTheDark game (as you know). And at the back of...

So, I've been watching the A Team - I didn't as a kid. And I'm running a #BladesInTheDark game (as you know). And at the back of my head is a game idea - maybe Jazz in the Dark? - you play as a ragtag bunch of soldiers accused of a crime you didn't commit on the run from the law in the dark streets of a dark city...

Sundays! Noon! I should have said that in the original post!

Sundays! Noon! I should have said that in the original post!

So. My employment of record is as an adjunct in the SUNY system. My community college was the only SUNY CC that had enrollment go up this...

So. My employment of record is as an adjunct in the SUNY system. My community college was the only SUNY CC that had enrollment go up this year. This article is why. My union president predicts, gloomily, that we'll see collapse and consolidation of the regional CCs, and maybe even the 4 years in the system. Maybe the UCal system also. Luckily, my family isn't dependent on my adjunct salary...

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23428166/college-enrollment-population-education-crash

Anyone in the #ithaca area who like playing #BoardGames can join the Ithaca Boardgames Heavy Lifters at Great Escape Adventures in the...

Anyone in the #ithaca area who like playing #BoardGames can join the Ithaca Boardgames Heavy Lifters at Great Escape Adventures in the Ithaca Mall. I'm not sure what we'll be playing, but we love to see new faces!

I feel like I should write something substantive, since I've just renewed my invite to here from the bird place.I'm waiting for a...

I feel like I should write something substantive, since I've just renewed my invite to here from the bird place.

I'm waiting for a faculty meeting to start. Attendance for these is not mandatory, and doubly not mandatory for adjuncts like me, but I've been trying to get to them this semester. We're moving towards filing reports on Student Learning Outcomes at the end of this semester (and forever after), and folks have been freaking out a little. It's entertaining and stressful!

#BladesInTheDark #ttrpg - I have an open seat in my Monday night BitD game. We're playing from 8-11 or 12, Eastern time. We're using...

#BladesInTheDark #ttrpg - I have an open seat in my Monday night BitD game. We're playing from 8-11 or 12, Eastern time. We're using Discord and Roll20. It's a paid game, through Start Playing, but I'll comp you a first session if you're interested but want to try out the system, or my GM style, or the group before committing.

https://startplaying.games/adventure/62d7e0f15c6542daddabb8b5

Alas, we are too broken to play tonight. So I will write instead.

Alas, we are too broken to play tonight. So I will write instead.

So, yeah - that's my Friday night, if everyone is healthy and available (we're all deeply broken people with busy lives and long...

So, yeah - that's my Friday night, if everyone is healthy and available (we're all deeply broken people with busy lives and long weeks and such) - what are y'all up to?

Now, Joel has been arguing for a great deal of time that he's completely normal. Utterly natural. So natural that he's...

Now, Joel has been arguing for a great deal of time that he's completely normal. Utterly natural. So natural that he's super-natural. And then his most recent girlfriend gave him a guitar, and apparently it's a magical guitar, and he can do things with the guitar. Like, Joel played an acoustic version of Hush to create a zone of silence... And, anyway, it turns out that Joel is adopted. His bio parents might be the folks from Saga? Unclear.

It's Frrriday, which is the night that, if everyone is up for it and healthy and all, I get to play Cyberpunk. The original (with some...

It's Frrriday, which is the night that, if everyone is up for it and healthy and all, I get to play Cyberpunk. The original (with some extra stuff stirred in).

The premise in our current game is that supernatural fuckery is afoot. It's slowly being revealed that all of the player characters are actually the archetypes of White Wolf games - we've got a werewolf and an angel and a demon and a fay - no vampires yet - and Joel. Who is me.

Hey - I've got an open seat in my Blades in the Dark #ttrpg game. It's 3-4 hours at 8pm Eastern, online (we're using Discord)....

Hey - I've got an open seat in my Blades in the Dark #ttrpg game. It's 3-4 hours at 8pm Eastern, online (we're using Discord). It's usually $16/player - but I'm willing to comp you for one session if you want to try the system out, see if you like the group, and my play style:

https://startplaying.games/adventure/62d7e0f15c6542daddabb8b5

Tonight, they're going to fight a nest of Zorbz, bear type critters that drop out of trees and absorb and degrade weapons and armor and...

Tonight, they're going to fight a nest of Zorbz, bear type critters that drop out of trees and absorb and degrade weapons and armor and such, finally eating the hapless soul left defenseless.

The party includes a warforged. And the drop bears get harder to hit the more contact they have with metal and such. I hope it will prove a satisfying challenge!

Pretty sure none of my Tuesday players follow me here, so. They're deep in the forest of Gulan, a mysterious kingdom ruled by The...

Pretty sure none of my Tuesday players follow me here, so. They're deep in the forest of Gulan, a mysterious kingdom ruled by The Archdruid. They have reason to believe that the druid has The Anvil of Creation, 1/4 of the mantle of the god of magic (who is widely believed to be dead or non-existent). The druid is using the anvil to make abominations. The stable ones go into the army. The less stable ones go into the forest...

It's election -eve, y'all! Don't forget to leave out 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, 22 bottles of porter, 12...

It's election -eve, y'all! Don't forget to leave out 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, 22 bottles of porter, 12 bottles of beer, 8 bottles of hard cider, 8 bottles of Old Stock (whiskey), and 7 large bowls of spiked punch for the Constitutional Framers! And vote!

For #ttrpg, I'm running:a Monday night Blades in the Dark game, which I'm loving. Skullduggery in a steam-punk city powered by...

For #ttrpg, I'm running:

a Monday night Blades in the Dark game, which I'm loving. Skullduggery in a steam-punk city powered by ghosts! We're still fumbling a little with the "act first, plan second" design.

a Tuesday night D&D game - I believe we're coming up on three years. The players are on their way to deal with their second Big Bad now.

an infrequent D&D game where the players are trying to rescue a duchy. That's the one with the cows.