Peregrine's Nest: How Vampire Got Its Groove Back Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition beautifully updated some long-standing issues with the game. Here’s how.

ICYMI: Peregrine's Nest: How Vampire Got Its Groove Back: Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition beautifully updated some long-standing issues with the game. Here’s how. #ttrpg #dnd

Musk's Dept. of Government Efficiency Cuts Position of Vice President The move eliminates an unnecessary government employee.

JD Vance will be reassigned as a used Tesla salesman.

RPG Evolution: Looking Back at My 2024 Goals: Well, here we go again. #ttrpg #dnd

News Digest for January 12, 2025 Monster Manual 2015 previews, new Pathfinder titles, King in Yellow coming to Japan, and more!

ICYMI: News Digest for January 12, 2025: Monster Manual 2015 previews, new Pathfinder titles, King in Yellow coming to Japan, and more! #ttrpg #dnd

Not DnD | ION Heart Sail the stars and explore the galaxy with your mech best friend

Not DnD | ION Heart: Sail the stars and explore the galaxy with your mech best friend #ttrpg #dnd

The Architects Of L.A.’s Wildfire Devastation Developers and real estate interests crushed efforts to limit development in high-wildfire-risk areas — including in L.A. neighborhoods now in ashes.

🚨Upwards of 1 MILLION new homes are expected in LA’s very-high-fire hazard zones by 2050.

Real estate developers killed legislation to ban these high-risk builds, including in one of the neighborhoods incinerated last week 👇

Sepia background white postage stamp with "2024" stamped at an angle in the top left and bottom right corners center has an antique fade style line drawn and pencil colored art, a sword in front of a d20 with a vine writhing around it top text: forever open source bottom text: tabletop rpg jam

🎉 Round 2 of Forever Open Jam 2024 is here and runs all year long!
💫 Immerse yourself in the world of open gaming where everything stays open licensed forever!
🎲 Join us for endless #TTRPG creativity and free license love.
🔗 Dive in: itch.io/jam/forever-...

#GameJam #RPGJam

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ICYMI: Not DnD | Trail of Cthulhu 2nd Edition: Unravel cryptic mysteries that lead inexorably towards terrifying cosmic horrors #ttrpg #dnd

Israeli forces bombed the home of Palestinian journalist Iman Al-Shanti in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood,killing her,her husband,& their three children.The Palestinian Union of Journalists reports that Al-Shanti was the 193rd journalist killed by Israel since the start of the Gaza genocide.

Blow your paycheck like a well-informed citizen. Visit The Onion Store Showcasing 'Jesus Is My Health Insurance' Onion Headline Shirt

Blow your paycheck like a well-informed citizen.
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The White House refused today to call on Israel to halt its invasion of Syria. Since Assad’s ouster, Israel has moved to occupy land twice the size of Gaza on its eastern border, moving in and beyond a UN-patrolled buffer zone, in violation of the 1974 armistice.

Pathfinder Launches Playtest for Necromancer and Runesmith Classes The new classes are available for playtesting now.

ICYMI: Pathfinder Launches Playtest for Necromancer and Runesmith Classes: The new classes are available for playtesting now. #ttrpg #dnd

Registration - AHA Registration Open! All US-based historians presenting at AHA sessions must be AHA members, and all participants must register. Book your Housing in the AHA block first for a $50 discount! (No discount...

Instructors can help their students attend #AHA25 by taking part in our discounted group rate program. For an additional fee of only $15 for each K-12, undergraduate, & graduate student ($30 after Dec 15), AHA members can register their students to attend.

Pete Hegseth Clarifies Women Allowed In Combat Roles But It’s A Huge Turnoff -The Onion

Pete Hegseth Clarifies Women Allowed In Combat Roles But It’s A Huge Turnoff
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29 House Republicans want Trump to scrap the IRS's free direct tax-filing tool on day one of his presidency GOP lawmakers are framing the IRS's free direct tax-filing system as an example of the "weaponization of government against Americans."

Republican lawmakers want Americans to be forced to pay an extra fee to their corporate donors in order to file their taxes. I mean...REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW DYSTOPIAN THAT IS.

We're stalling out through the afternoon here. Let's pick that momentum up back through the evening! I really need YOUR help to make sure my senior boy gets the dental care he needs. Please keep pushing and sharing. Appreciate you all so much!

#MutualAidRequest #TTTRGCommunity #CatsOfBluesky

Screenshot of a tweet by Tristan Snell about Republicans, the IRS's Direct File program, and corporate influence.

Is everyone paying attention?

Gaza’s Media Office reports Israel killed at least 33 people in a “barbaric and heinous massacre” in the Nuseirat refugee camp, as Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Thursday left at least 71 Palestinians dead, including dozens of children, according to medical sources.

I guess I should post it all again here given this is likely to become the home base for future Signals. astrangesignal.com

Solstice Game Night (Free with purchase of zine!) What: Let's play Solstice: a folk horror role playing game about small town mentality, shame, and burning someone alive to bring back the sun. When: Thursday 19th December 2024 from 6:30PM-9:30PM Cost...

#ttrpg peeps in #Edinburgh / #Scotland: Solstice is my folk horror game of young adults struggling with expectation set upon the Winter Solstice. Next Thursday, 19th Dec, I'll be running it in a witchy shop to mark the nearing Winter Solstice. There are three spaces still available, so sign up now!

Will Trump's 'Department Of Government Efficiency' Actually Accomplish Anything? As Trump sets Musk and Ramaswamy up for failure, Democrats hope to call DOGE's bluff

$2 trillion in promises, no power to deliver, and Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in charge. DOGE is a meme come to life.

RPG tip: Limit source material to focus a campaign and make it unique among all others.

#dnd #ttrpg

FANTASY FRIDAY: The Doomed! | John Wick Get more from John Wick on Patreon

Hey, it's FANTASY FRIDAY! That means my Patreon People get a spell, a magic item, a monster, or SOMETHING from me for your favorite fantasy game (usually 5e adjacent). Today's Fantasy Friday is a zombie with a twist. The Doomed are cursed souls trapped in rotting bodies, eager to find forgiveness.

KitchenAid Unveils New Culinary Mech Suit

KitchenAid Unveils New Culinary Mech Suit
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Shadowmancer #3 at DriveThruComics.com

Shadowmancer #3 is available now from @markosia.bsky.social

Get it here: tinyurl.com/6su53yz5

With Thomas and Kate running from the fearsome Varrigal, Raphah tries to regain his stolen property from the evil Priest Demurral.

#comics #comicbooks

Lore! What Is It Good For? — Prismatic Wasteland RPGs shouldn’t blather about their lore. Hide your lore in something gameable like you’re hiding your pet’s medicine in a piece of cheese.

I wrote a blogpost about how I’m not a big fan of so much tedious lore in TTRPGs but nothing I said could have been more convincing that Lore is Bad than Ed Greenwood talking about the lore of elf breastmilk in forgotten realms

(The post in question: www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/lore-wh...)

New Law Requires SNAP Recipients To Balance Food On Nose Until Receiving Command To Eat It

New Law Requires SNAP Recipients To Balance Food On Nose Until Receiving Command To Eat It
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Excellent! I was doing inventory this morning as all the swag had sold out and I found the last two #HauntedWest saddles bags! Do I keep them or put them up on the shop? Hmmm.