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New York Times Bestselling Author, world creator, consultant and games developer specialising in SF and Fantasy. Proud daddy. Whitecishet. He / him.

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Not always at Dragon Con.
It started with Volpin Props & (formerly) GSTQ Fashions collaborating on the camo fatigues and a modified power wheel, then the carpet was replaced and it became A THING.

The hotel now sells cookies & cakes with the pattern every con.

06.03.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Update 4: Stretch Goal #1 Unlocked! Β· Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game Yep. You read that right.We've unlocked out first Stretch Goal In day 3 of our campaign! This goal allows us to add premium upgrades to our Kickstarter Exclusive Edition, making it more unique than ev...

Stretch goal book upgrade revealed. I think the book mark ribbon could be Godzilla’s tongue.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/idw...

06.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Very cool. 7TV is great fun.

06.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘†πŸΌ

06.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

does anyone know this story?

the corporate form actually dates to ancient Rome, where the idea - of an organisation being treated in law as a single person - gave rise to the creation of universities and colleges, guilds and political parties

06.03.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Yes!

06.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You’ve heard of money, right? And mercenaries?

I’m not bothered, I’m sure there’s in-setting arguments either way, I’m not really a Star Wars fan. It looks like a lazy design choice.

06.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Deluxe Dungeon Geomorph Tiles, Pack 3, are now up on DriveThruRPG. Hand drawn dungeon tiles for use with tabletop RPGs. Printable PDFs and VTT friendly graphics. :)
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/559436/inked-adventures-deluxe-dungeon-geomorph-tiles-3 #TTRPG #DnD #Pathfinder #DTRPG

06.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New #MouseGuard sketchbook debuting at # ECCC booth 26009: β€˜Past Whereabouts’

06.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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iFitnees Pro Get the flat stomach and abs that you’ve always dreamed of. Thousands of people are already enjoying having a perfect body!

Maybe it cheated…

bestbuyersguide.org?widipub_id=5...

06.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s always possible to flex a setting to justify design decisions (I have a whole career of that! πŸ˜†). But some design decisions need more flex than others…

06.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣

06.03.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

See reply re: body fat and abs.

06.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But it takes ~<= 10% body fat to show full abs, no matter what your core strength is like. And that’s as much as genetics as anything else.

06.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Update 4: Stretch Goal #1 Unlocked! Β· Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game Yep. You read that right.We've unlocked out first Stretch Goal In day 3 of our campaign! This goal allows us to add premium upgrades to our Kickstarter Exclusive Edition, making it more unique than ev...

Stretch goal book upgrade revealed. I think the book mark ribbon could be Godzilla’s tongue.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/idw...

06.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Abs-olutely Flabulous.

06.03.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Why does it have abs?

06.03.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 0
trolley problem diagram, with Sisyhpus pushing his boulder as the trolley car, and text that reads:

Sisyphus is rolling a boluder towards the Grand Hilbert Hotel. The hotel has an infinite number of rooms, but they are all full, so they may not be able to accomodate him or his boulder.

If you choose to divert him, his boulder will destroy the Ship of Theseus.  But the ship has had all of its constituent parts replaced, so it may not actually be the same ship.

Is Sisyphus happy?

trolley problem diagram, with Sisyhpus pushing his boulder as the trolley car, and text that reads: Sisyphus is rolling a boluder towards the Grand Hilbert Hotel. The hotel has an infinite number of rooms, but they are all full, so they may not be able to accomodate him or his boulder. If you choose to divert him, his boulder will destroy the Ship of Theseus. But the ship has had all of its constituent parts replaced, so it may not actually be the same ship. Is Sisyphus happy?

a question for the ages, really.

06.03.2026 07:04 πŸ‘ 329 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6

'The government must not weaken copyright law, and should instead strengthen licensing, transparency & enforcement.
The government should stop prioritising large multinational tech firms'

Training larger language models is not an academic pursuit. Training material should licensed and paid for.

06.03.2026 09:43 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🎢 Work your fingers to the bone,
Whaddya get?

Boney fingers!

06.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Blocked and reported as spam.

06.03.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cats are flat-out psycho mofos. And cute fluffballs.

06.03.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I may, to some extent, be taking the wrong lesson as I work through two series of books about wizards, because for all that I’m paying attention to the details of sorcery, I am more and more taken by how compelling the clerical side is, and how oddly untapped that is in RPGs.

06.03.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay. Not sure how the cats would react though.

06.03.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Reasons a cis women might have Y chromosomes:

- Twin brother
- Gestating a child with a Y chromosome
- Bone marrow transfusion from someone with a Y chromosome
- Being intersex (we know of XY women who have naturally conceived and given birth)

06.03.2026 08:35 πŸ‘ 472 πŸ” 173 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3

I’ve just posted again with the same links.

Turn it off and on strikes again!

06.03.2026 10:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game Testimonial
Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game Testimonial YouTube video by IDWPublishing

What did folks think of Godzilla - the role-playing game after playing at Pax Unplugged?

youtu.be/cuItWe7Ly7c?...

Back the campaign here (first stretch goal of premium book upgrade at $120k has just been passed):

www.kickstarter.com/projects/idw...

06.03.2026 10:49 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Entire corporations as loss-leaders.

06.03.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.

🧡 1/5

06.03.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 1382 πŸ” 797 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 119

It has two links. Is that an issue?

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