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Fear Koans "...has a propensity for colorful metaphor."

@fearkoans

Reluctant iOS and Windows 11 user. I don't know what I'll be primarily posting here, but I work in Higher Ed IT and I vague post? Also, #TTRPG #TTRPGCommunity #Beekeeping #3DPrinting #6FootHalfling #Beer ?? Resist. Defy. Ally. πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

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I’ve never had the problem. I’ve been the problem tho’. My philosophy as a player is if I feel myself going that way is to pivot my β€œrole” to β€œelder sibling” and basically shift to playing the groups Steve Harrington. These chaos goblins are my children and they are under my protection.

06.03.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love a game from which story emerges so I like dice. But i also hate feeling incompetent when I don’t get the need result to trigger a particular outcome. So I’m somewhere in between I think.

28.02.2026 12:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The sweet spot for me was established by 2e old WoD. Black and white, no gloss, but excellent interior art and covers. These days I’m almost all PDFs. And then for the love of all that’s good, hot link your table of contents and index please. Work that time into the cost. I’ll pay it.

25.02.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One vet and some new crew is awesome. I live for the β€œah ha” moments from new players. They feed my soul.

25.02.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a black and rust Doberman wearing a blue nylon harness lies down facing the camera, with a hardcover of The Drowned Heir by Jennifer R. Donohue resting on his front paws. He looks at the viewer intently, his left ear cocked a little bit.

a black and rust Doberman wearing a blue nylon harness lies down facing the camera, with a hardcover of The Drowned Heir by Jennifer R. Donohue resting on his front paws. He looks at the viewer intently, his left ear cocked a little bit.

your reminder that The Drowned Heir is a #SFINCS finalist, and the ebook is on sale for $2.99! There's also a hardcover.

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18.02.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 354 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 2

Disagree on the twist. I found it contrived. Made for a disappointing close for an otherwise great story.

18.02.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Who was Chuck Schumer’s Weimar Republic analog? Jesus, Chuck.

09.02.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And while I’m on the subject… Play at the deck size minimum. You’re not doing yourself any favors running double sized decks.

04.02.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you play collectible or constructable card games w/ control decks… please don’t forget a win con. If you’re not damaging me or milling me, we’re still going to play for twenty turns and a half hour of our lives. If I’m not dead, I’ve got a line. If you don’t deny that line I’m going to win.

04.02.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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27.01.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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23.01.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And, you know what? Go ahead and report me right back !C3. Do it. I would happily put β€œultimately banned from social media for reporting and blocking the account of a government organization.” No matter which one it is, but especially !C3.

17.01.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, blocked and reported. They’ve participated in and promoted at least half the reasons in the report form.

17.01.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Aaand that’s how we deal with that.

16.01.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 3942 πŸ” 627 πŸ’¬ 283 πŸ“Œ 80

Yes. I like to homebrew, but I’ve also run established settings. The thing is I readily make every setting my own to an extent that given sufficient time it might become a home brew. And I’ll ignore established canon to fit my purposes with zero hesitation or regret.

10.01.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Depends a little on the game, right? And the people around the table to be honest. But i don’t have a definitive answer for this one either.

09.01.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Slow clap, WotC, well done.

03.01.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Birthday!

03.01.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New Year or whatever.

01.01.2026 12:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy New Year!

01.01.2026 12:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I tell you what tho’… i don’t think I’ll ever play another tech based character. No more riggers or hackers or whatever. Maybe, The Wrench.

30.12.2025 11:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Innkeeper because art imitates life. There’s a dwarf that would be EMS. A lot of my rogues would still be criminals. There’s been a chef or line cook. A beach bum surfer. An Atlantean prince.

30.12.2025 11:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Run something. Anything. Probably Eat the Reich or Pirate Borg. Get over my aversion to online ttrpgs.

27.12.2025 11:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hmmm… you can’t go wrong with dice for me. Recently I’ve gotten a couple of fun blind bags of dice. A few years ago I got a d2020 that was a 20 sider with apocalypses and at the time recent news stories on it instead of numbers. Math rocks go clicky clack make gamer brain go buzz buzz.

24.12.2025 15:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You are at deaths door until a team mate can restore you.

20.12.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had to house rule 5e to within an inch of its life. At least one of the things I did as a house rule for Savage worlds has since been incorporated into the core. It was a popular house rule. My older though is probably β€œno one is dead dead until everyone is.” Basically, 0 hp or whatever means…

20.12.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Everything has a grimdark noir gritty β€œ β€œ realistic β€œ β€œ iteration and I’m just not here for it. Give me hope whimsy and weird please.

17.12.2025 10:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🌿 Verdant is a singleplayer survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world, frozen in the 80s.

🌺 You wield the power to take or restore life - and combat is always just a last resort.

#verdantgame #indiedev #gamedev

15.12.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 2640 πŸ” 461 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 32

Wishlisted βœ…

16.12.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You can rephrase the question all you want. I’m not doing your homework for you. Couldn’t even if I wanted.

16.12.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0