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When your special interest is also your full-time job, it's really easy to be enthusiastic about everything you do, to the point of ignoring physical signs of exhaustion.

I'm not well right now. I'm working on it.

Feels a bit vulnerable talking about this, but I'm doing it anyway so I can hold myself accountable.

I'm suffering from extreme autistic burnout. I've been ignoring signs of exhaustion for months, and I've made myself quite sick.

Taking a week to recover and figure out a sustainable way forward.

Left 4 Dead's graffiti is so memorable because it was made by people—a whole lot of people

aftermath.site/left-4-dead-gr...

Three images of Neil banging out the tunes on April 13, 2006. Neil is a hairless rat.

Twenty years ago, Neil banged out the tunes. Who was he? Come on a brief and fruitful quest to find out: defector.com/a-brief-and-...

I'm so ready for this

Thank you for helping this find it's target audience (me).

Tag Team review: A fighting board game that needs more punch The board game's memory-based deck-building captures the skill of the world's greatest fighters, but it gets the pacing all wrong.

Fun fact about me: I take boxing classes every weekend. I never thought that would ever help me with a board game review, but sometimes life surprises you: www.wargamer.com/tag-team/boa...

As someone who had been considering trying this one, thank you

Amazing Ross, congratulations!

I’ve never seen a picture of a chicken go harder than this

A sticker from ohmygollyembroidery on Etsy that says Trans Lives Are More Important Than Harry Potter.

Struggling with freelance work the past several months. Besides Tabletop Gaming Magazine, I have nothing going on. If anyone has a line on places accepting pitches for board game content, I'd appreciate the tip.

I'm biased because I'm a Gothic horror nerd, but I've been running a Strahd campaign for almost three years and it's the most fun I've had in D&D

Ex D&D boss Chris Perkins tells us why Strahd is the RPG's "most successful villain" "The Lord of the Rings has Sauron, and Dungeons and Dragons has Strahd - he's by far D&D's most resonant and successful villain figure."

When I go, they won't remember me for my words. They'll remember the weird image edits I made of Chris Perkins as Strahd von Zarovich.

Also, what a delightful interview! www.wargamer.com/dnd/chris-pe...

The Jim Crow Economy Is the True Horror in 'Sinners' The film illustrates the near-impossibility of upward mobility during the segregation era.

I have seen very few movies this year so I can't really judge the oscars, but one of the movies I did see was Sinners, and its portrayal of the Jim Crow economy is the film's driving force, even more than its supernatural elements www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

‘Late February’, a poem by Rory Attwood from our February / March issue.

There's only one day left to enter this year's Poetry Prize to be in with a chance of winning cash prizes of up to £1,000 and publication in the magazine:

thelondonmagazine.org/the-london-m...

I'll always be obsessed with this edit made by @tommchenry.bsky.social

The Secretive Company Filling Video Game Sites With Gambling And AI After being sold to Clickout Media, sites like GamesHub, The Escapist, Videogamer, and others have added gambling and casino stories and AI content

Grateful to @aftermath.site for giving me the time of day amid the Ongoing Unpleasantness.

Read the article. It's important.

aftermath.site/gameshub-cli...

We ask top designers how to make board games about the worst parts of human history Board game designers Cole Wehrle and Amabel Holland talk about designing distressing historical games - and whether to make them at all.

A long read from me today, about the delicate task of designing respectful historical board games. Massive thanks to @amabel.bsky.social and @colewehrle.bsky.social for talking to me about their design approaches. www.wargamer.com/board-games/...

Wanted to get a list out of my #Zinetopia picks but that's gonna be hard. So here's a thread of my faves you need to check out before their campaigns end!

The Book of Plagues: Infecting D&D 5E and Pathfinder A short rules supplement offering guidance on how to use communicable diseases in your campaign. Includes entries on 30+ IRL-inspired afflictions to give your PCs more challenges to avoid or overcome.

The Book of Plagues! I've never been fully satisfied with how D&D handles disease, so I'm curious to see if this could improve on that system: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...

On Call In On Call, you play as a werewolf who can’t shift during the full moon cycle (night before, during and after the full moon). Instead you and your colleagues are on call - dealing with any issues that...

On Call is a werewolf helpline TTRPG where you help fellow werewolves through the difficult full moon period. It's a whimsical concept that I think has the legs to tackle some really heartwarming narratives: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...

Barbabianca - Rumour and silence in a town that is no more A GMless game for 3-4 players set in the deep Italian countryside at the turn of the 20th century. Think Pavese, Calvino, Buzzati. Or imagine the secrets buried beneath the stones of any village where...

It's the last leg of Zine Month! There were many games I wanted to write articles on but didn't find space for, so here's some last hurrah posts.

Firstly, Barbabianca. I am a sucker for any game that makes me burn paper with candles, and this one is profound. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

I don't have the spoons to contribute anything meaningful to Journalism Discourse today. But just to put it out there, Wargamer policy is not to sell review copies that we receive.

Four paper magazines, from left to right: Senet, Fourteen Poems, Under the Radar, Debug

Subscribed to a bunch of print magazines at the start of the year so I can expand my reading.

The copy of Senet that just came through my door is, so far, winning the most stylish award.

This quirky Google Maps tabletop RPG turns your hometown into an urban fantasy setting Fantasy in My Backyard is an indie TTRPG tool that turns real-life maps and randomly-drawn cards into detailed urban fantasy settings.

Monday means more zines! I'm very keen to pick this one up and turn all of Britain's most boring cities into rich fantasy settings. www.wargamer.com/fantasy-in-m...

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I have so many questions about @residentbard.bsky.social 's game. Why an Axolotl? What are the wider narrative implications when your only tool against the robot uprising is violence? Can my axolotl juggle?

So many questions, and I'm willing to pay $10 to find out. www.wargamer.com

A tabletop miniature of a fantasy frog person, seen from behind with its bottom sticking out.

"What are you looking for in a Zine Month project, Mollie?"

FROG. BUM. www.wargamer.com/the-muck-kic...

A tabletop miniature of a fantasy frog, seem from behind with its bottom sticking out.

"What are you looking for in a Zine Month project, Mollie?"

FROG. BUM.

www.wargamer.com/the-muck-kic...