Space·Time Will Tell @Yoric@tabletop.social

Tomorrow night, the September pre-beta release of my #Patreon game goes live for patrons. It's getting closer and closer to being ready for playtest. Really want to get this out and see what people actually think about it. Just wish feedback was more prevalent. So much of the time, like any writer, I put stuff out and there's not even crickets chirping. Visual and performing artists get a lot more feedback from their audience.

The job I had in Rochester NY collapsed. I had to move to Nashville TN for a new gig. That ate $2000 needed for the mortgage payment. If you have spare change, please consider these links.
https://cash.app/$tarlimanjoppos
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-andrew-keep-new-job (yes, this is from our previous issue)

I've also got PDFs and physical books of my steampunk ttrpg, 1879, up on https://fasagames.com/catalog and https://www.drivethrurpg.com/ sales of which eventually pass a percentage through to me.

I've been saying for years that the indie RPG Ganakagok was the right system for playing The Dark Crystal. Both are stories about a massive impending change, and how that looming event forces a small group of people onto an epic quest, while most of the world fights back against them and the oncoming change.

The new TV show only reinforces my belief in this.

So anyway, here is a variant deck I made for playing The Dark Crystal via Ganakagok:

http://nickwedig.libraryofhighmoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/skeksis.pdf

Amazon's attempt to control the book world extends everywhere, they own the following:

Goodreads
Abebooks
Librarything (40%, through Abebooks)
Kindle
Audible

You don't have to get your books from Amazon or use Amazon book services. There are much more ethical alternatives available:

https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-amazon-and-goodreads/

Some of these alternatives are also on the Fediverse:
@inventaire
@libreture

#Amazon #Alternatives #Books #eBooks #DeleteAmazon

Reminder why switching.social does NOT recommend using Brave:

-Brave is a for-profit ad sales and cryptocurrency promotion company, funded by venture capital firms. Its primary purpose is to make money, not protect privacy.

-Top of the list of Brave's VC owners is Founders Fund, which is Peter Thiel's company ( https://web.archive.org/web/20190831163230/https://basicattentiontoken.org/ )

-Peter Thiel is also the head of Palantir, which makes its money by spying on the general public ( https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-palantir-peter-thiel/ )

#Brave #PeterThiel #Palantir

RT @Coach_Shakeeb@twitter.com

Je comprends pas pourquoi ça dérange les mecs de Génération Identitaire d'avoir pris 6 mois ferme.

Je croyais que "La prison c'est le club Med, ils ont la TV et snap" 🧐

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Coach_Shakeeb/status/1167222788987531264

Why am I just now finding out about gigworker.com and its focus on the hellscape our economy has become? The site is this weird mishmosh of tips for surviving the financial apocalypse and cheerleading for the capitalist theories that caused it.

I have to find lodging in Nashville immediately. My wife's parents have never liked me, and have become overtly hostile with her not being here. I had to apologize for needing to do laundry. How the hell am I supposed to start a new job like this?

I love the labels she used for the blog post: campaigns i want to run, links, mechanics i want to use, treasures i want to steal. Perfect. 😃

“Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering game that puts the fun in undermining democracy” https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/08/mapmaker-the-gerrymandering-game-that-puts-the-fun-in-undermining-democracy/

This really showcases the power of board games to not only be leisure but also a talking point where we can learn something #BordGame #Tabletop #Gerrymandering

A jam to design introductory tabletop RPGs:
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RT @PaulBeakley@twitter.com
We're hosting our first ever game design jam. I hope you'll consider joining! Super low key, no prizes, we'll review the ones we like at the blog. #onrampjam

https://itch.io/jam/onrampjam-igrc
https://twitter.com/PaulBeakley/status/1162089696484216832

So I'm looking for a job, but finding livable game design jobs is like chasing unicorns, so that means I'm looking for a job that I don't actually want.

So I'm looking for something livable and bearable and attainable.

My main qualifications are basic office competence, just under a decade as a billing rep, and whatever I can spin my game design experience as.

What does that add up to? What job titles should I be putting in search bars?

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Wie machen sie das mit der "Zensur"?
Insbesondere: Was sagt Eleanor in Folge 13 der ersten Staffel?
Im Englischen ist es "Holy motherforking shirtballs" und ich bin super neugierig wie sie das übersetzen…