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Maarten βœβ™ŸπŸŽ²

@vlederik

Tabletop gaming and game design ~ Efteling ~ TTRPG ~ Popculture Shenanigans - No to Gen AI art Follow me on https://maartenr.itch.io/lallen

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Always loved the soundscape in this series, and this is one of my faves. Gonna listen to this on way home today!

06.03.2026 10:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

S1 Ep03 The Hole Of The Leviathan

In this episode I meet a lovecraftian monster, and have a chat about the meaning of life.

1/7

06.03.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
The image shows a rectangular Roman dice tower (turricula) made of four copper alloy (bronze) plates with punched cut-out Latin letters and cut-out decorative patterns. At the bottom front is a stepped exit chute with small bronze bells attached to the opening. The tower is a Roman anti-cheating device. It has an open top and is hollow inside except for three staggered, downward-sloping plates, designed to randomize dice as they fall, ensuring unpredictable dice rolls. When the dice rolled out of the exit chute they rang the bells!  There is a decorative dolphin either side of the stepped exit chute. The top of the front plate has two decorative pine cone finials. Height 25 cm. There is a single die shown next to the stepped base to illustrate how it was used. 

The front  inscription reads:
PICTOS VICTOS
HOSTIS DELETA
LVDITE SECVRI

Translated as: β€˜The Picts defeated, the enemy has been destroyed, play in safety’.

Around the top of the three remaining sides, a second inscription made with cut out letters reads:

β€˜UTERI/FELIX/VIVAS’ translated as β€˜Use happily; may you live well’.

Found at a Roman villa at Froitzheim in Germany in 1985.

The image shows a rectangular Roman dice tower (turricula) made of four copper alloy (bronze) plates with punched cut-out Latin letters and cut-out decorative patterns. At the bottom front is a stepped exit chute with small bronze bells attached to the opening. The tower is a Roman anti-cheating device. It has an open top and is hollow inside except for three staggered, downward-sloping plates, designed to randomize dice as they fall, ensuring unpredictable dice rolls. When the dice rolled out of the exit chute they rang the bells! There is a decorative dolphin either side of the stepped exit chute. The top of the front plate has two decorative pine cone finials. Height 25 cm. There is a single die shown next to the stepped base to illustrate how it was used. The front inscription reads: PICTOS VICTOS HOSTIS DELETA LVDITE SECVRI Translated as: β€˜The Picts defeated, the enemy has been destroyed, play in safety’. Around the top of the three remaining sides, a second inscription made with cut out letters reads: β€˜UTERI/FELIX/VIVAS’ translated as β€˜Use happily; may you live well’. Found at a Roman villa at Froitzheim in Germany in 1985.

Roman anti-cheating gaming accessory!

This Roman β€˜turricula’ (dice tower) was used to ensure a fair roll of the dice! 🎲🎲🎲

Dice dropped into the top, tumbled over sloping internal levels, and appeared randomly below.

From Froitzheim, Germany, AD 300-400

πŸ“· LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn

#Archaeology

05.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 899 πŸ” 270 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 48

All the best to you Luna! <3

03.03.2026 11:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This game is about to release into Early Access TODAY and I have a spare giveaway key. I'll post it into the replies for anyone to grab once this post reaches 500 reposts

03.03.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 2070 πŸ” 979 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 33
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A few pages I haven't previously shared from 'Tattered Wings', my 48 page story in #11 of 'The Savage Sword of Conan'.

03.02.2026 10:31 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8

it shouldn’t be lost on anyone that, for all the European rhetoric about opposing tyranny and being a bastion of democracy, a bunch of Minnesotans forming ad hoc neighborhood protection groups have stood up to Trump far more than any European power has or will.

20.01.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Why do I like sword & sorcery?

The limitless potential of its hodgepodge worlds

Its maps are blank, full of liminal spaces

Weird mysteries and great wonders lurk around every corner

It is the physical space of a dream

You engage with it in short bursts, ere that dream crumbles

18.01.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 228 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5

Computer: enhanceπŸ™‚

#efteling

20.01.2026 09:41 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We can start making Star Trek real by having good, competent, empathetic leaders whose sole motive isn’t just money but to better mankind.

Musk couldn’t be less Star Trek if he tried.

13.01.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Combat without Combat NULL_SPACE # Liminal Void is has been consigned to the void. Well, the name has, anyway. Going forward, it will be called NULL_SPACE! When I spoke about it last, I said both of the following: (in the ...

I'm just now seeing this post! Its fantastic. I love how we're all trying to slay the 1 HP Dragon (combat without HP/numbers). This is a really good system. My current drafts have similar ideas, but this one is so much more fleshed out.

binarystar.games/posts/origin...

23.12.2025 18:38 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
My illustration of a fawn with a fledgling robin on their back, hiding amongst vegetation. Decorative text reads: Leave trans kids alone. There is a monarch butterfly in the bottom right of the image.
Text below the image reads: by Talenshi Studios

My illustration of a fawn with a fledgling robin on their back, hiding amongst vegetation. Decorative text reads: Leave trans kids alone. There is a monarch butterfly in the bottom right of the image. Text below the image reads: by Talenshi Studios

πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ Leave trans kids alone! πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ (And adults too)

Going to make merch and stickers that will have profits donated to mutual aid and/ or metro trans umbrella group in St Louis.

Art by me, Karen Swartz / Talenshi
Created by hand in procreate on iPad pro

#transrights #art #illustration

22.12.2025 04:01 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Personal faves on Steam Wintersale:

- Disco Elysium: €3.39
- Inscryption: €5.99
- Citizen Sleeper:€ 5.85

Honorable mentions:
- Carimara: €4.24
- Tunic: €14.49
- Darkest Dungeon: €3.44
- Kingdom Two Crowns: €4.59
- Pentiment: €9.99
- The Royal Writ: €9.90
- The Drifter: €16.57

19.12.2025 08:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Personal faves on Steam Wintersale:

- Disco Elysium: €3.39
- Inscryption: €5.99
- Citizen Sleeper:€ 5.85

Honorable mentions:
- Carimara: €4.24
- Tunic: €14.49
- Darkest Dungeon: €3.44
- Kingdom Two Crowns: €4.59
- Pentiment: €9.99
- The Royal Writ: €9.90
- The Drifter: €16.57

19.12.2025 08:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OUT NOW

A #BrokenVeil ghost story for Christmas.

Rosie Cavaliero and Carrie Quinlan in

TOND

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18.12.2025 08:21 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 19
Cover van de Nederlandstalige editie van "Engelenbrood", de memoires van Patti Smith

Cover van de Nederlandstalige editie van "Engelenbrood", de memoires van Patti Smith

'Engelenbrood', de memoires van Patti "Godmother of Punk" Smith is het beste boek dat ik dit jaar (voor)las. Smith weet zelfs tijdens de meest hartverscheurende momenten in haar turbulente leven de zoektocht naar schoonheid voort te zetten.
Voor iedereen met een rebellenbult.

18.12.2025 09:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

De onnavolgbare Rune Callewaert strikes again.

πŸ’€πŸŽΌπŸŽ»πŸͺ‰

#FansMacabre
#Efteling

17.12.2025 17:12 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On the Way to Winter (2025)
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...

01.12.2025 06:09 πŸ‘ 817 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Krampusnacht (Dec 5th) has just passed- I hope no naughty children ended up in the Krampus’s sack!
Photo from the annual Krampus Run in Whitby a few years ago, so sad I couldn’t make it this year!
#FolkloreThursday

11.12.2025 09:18 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Heel tof! βš“

10.12.2025 17:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE movie poster

HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE movie poster

If you really dug ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, I urge you to check out HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE.

08.12.2025 21:04 πŸ‘ 149 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 13

You will be visited by 3 spirits

09.12.2025 08:48 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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De Europese klimaatwaanzin van Vlaams Belang en N-VA De Europarlementsleden van Vlaams Belang en N-VA dienen de vervuilende industrie.

🀳 In Europa werken de parlementsleden van Vlaams Belang en N-VA als loopjongens voor de vervuilende industrie. In het parlement waant N-VA de klimaatcrisis onbestaande. Vlaams Belang raakt dan weer niet uitgescholden over β€˜klimaatwaanzin’ en β€˜klimaatcommunisme’.
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09.12.2025 08:40 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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this map for Disco Elysium Final cut is i believe the most time consuming jobs i've done
was super fun

08.12.2025 15:43 πŸ‘ 1514 πŸ” 388 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2

En ik ben niet heiliger dan de paus. Ik lees die dingen ook. Ik probeer in de regel daar wel op dezelfde manier mee om te springen als met elke andere vorm van media. Maak zorgvuldige en kritische keuzes uit hoe en welke media je consumeert.

09.12.2025 08:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ik denk dat ze er wel degelijk rekening mee houden, in de mate van het mogelijke. Maar dat men dan nog niet alle kaarten op tafel legt snap ik net ook heel goed. En wat wij eraan doen, geef je zelf net al goed aan. De vraag stellen is 'm beantwoorden ;)

09.12.2025 08:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dat dat soort info maar te grabbel wordt gegooid, omdat we met z'n allen graag Eftelingnieuwtjes lezen.

09.12.2025 07:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Strays by kumada1 A game about the 1950s, changelings, and teens caught between worlds.

If you want to play a TTRPG about figuring out who you are and where you belong, Strays is a feature length game about changelings, the 1950s, broken factions, and being pressured to pick a side.

kumada1.itch.io/strays

08.12.2025 20:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

We hoeven het niet eens te worden maar kijk: Efteling hééft geanticipeerd door het nieuws zelf eerder naar buiten te brengen, via *die* weg. Dat dat in de ogen van fans weer niet goed (genoeg) is, ligt m.i. niet aan de Efteling. En dat blogbericht, met ontwerp, komt heus wel, als het klaar is. πŸ˜‰

08.12.2025 21:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Je mag het naΓ―ef vinden, maar ik vind het minstens even naΓ―ef dat we dat dan maar met z'n allen maar ok moeten vinden.

En "enemies close", tgoh. Echt ophef is er niet opstaan, buiten de fanwereld. Dit domineert niet de headlines zoals het verdwijnen van het Spookslot destijds.

08.12.2025 21:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0