is my current ultra-rich university probably evil? yeah, but at least i know that means my (non-teaching) job won't get randomly 'reorganised' any time soon
with a parting shoutout to @gamemastermonday.bsky.social who answered the same dramaturgical questions about systems way better
the announcers are struggling to remain excited about germany's goals
really tempted by a teaching-only job but god I don't want to be back at a university where i'm going to be constantly waiting for layoffs and strikes again
I went to the bathroom. People of Curaçao, you're welcome
#ttrpg Combat is fun when it presents you with a variety of interesting and dramatic choices to make moment to moment. It's why I enjoy both crunchy, tactical, 4e style games, as well as stuff like World of Dungeons, which is basically a stripped down pbta with a couple abilities...
I wrote about how this season of Dimension 20 is disproving Brennan's famous stove quote about D&D: dndramaturgy.com/2026/06/14/c...
the secret about adventure writing is that it is, imo, maybe even more technical than writing rules or classes. a ttrpg adventure product is not a narrative, it's an instruction manual walking the reader through GMing a session the way the author might, in accordance with the author's sensibilities