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VISCOUNTESS "FRIENDMAKER" VERMIN

@legendaryvermin

Game designer, ttrpg streamer, @bungie by day White, she/it, transfemme cretin Here be ttrpg stuff, follow at your peril Washington's Worst

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First of all, she's dying.

Second of all, this means someone has failed. She's not supposed to die. She's Handler's special hound, Her prized pet, and some mechanism in the vast dog run that is this war malfunctioned.

Third of all, she's so fucking tired.

11.03.2026 00:52 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

Ron Cobb, near-forgotten genius political cartoonist.

He also did visual design of technology for the first Alien film and countless other scifi movies in the 70s/80s. Including the Weyland-Yutani Semiotic Standard - a visual language used for Nostromo signage.

11.03.2026 07:50 πŸ‘ 822 πŸ” 253 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 6

#TransRightsAreWomensRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights & I’m so often trembling with rage that this even needs to be said. Any person who has ever said trans & non-binary people don’t have Every Single Right that cis people do can get chronic UTIs RightTFNow. You wanted this to be about pee, right?

11.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Despite the name, I assure you that waffles are actually quite good"

-Bertie Wooster probably

11.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I could not be more stoked to announce CONTINUE, a defiant, new games magazine that aims to celebrate and interrogate the culture, creativity and community of videogames. The Kickstarter is now live below. www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

10.03.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 11
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Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

10.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 14425 πŸ” 3980 πŸ’¬ 123 πŸ“Œ 240

I sometimes worry that too many people think being a good critic means being a self-righteous dick about every little thing and I think far too many miss the point that you can't critique anything if you don't know how to love something.

10.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 3800 πŸ” 642 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 139

app where you can ask trans people about their hobbies

Grunglr

10.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 163 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Jokes on them I thought Leon was driving a very uncool Ferrari

10.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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are resident evil requiem's big text splashes being weird for anyone else?

www.jank.cool/resident-evi...

09.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Between Re:9 and Marathon this month really brought us a bumper crop of improbable firearms.

09.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œPiracy is the most effective form of artistic distribution these days. So be it.”

-Werner Herzog on NPR just now πŸ”₯

08.03.2026 23:38 πŸ‘ 7743 πŸ” 2227 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 147

Had a run in marathon where I needed to finish off a Mida contract but my team only wanted to go as far as Complex with me.

They bounced and I legged it across the marsh and ended up not only getting my contract but extracting with a bunch of much needed upgrade mats. ;)

09.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're in the final three days for the Spirit Swap, Slice-of-(City Witch)-Life solo TTRPG Zine campaign!
If you previously backed the original Spirit Swap game, check that one's latest Kickstarter update for a SECRET REWARD OFFER~
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sof...

08.03.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have to imagine the next step is some kind of truck horn.

09.03.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gives a whole new meaning to "is this action safe on block"

09.03.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

devising a new social media platform where you get three energy to spend every turn, posts can attack or defend, and the goal of the platform is slightly more obviously about defeating other commenters than here

08.03.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 2152 πŸ” 215 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 11

And I'm asking cause to me, without examples, this can read like "I don't like [this section of the hobby] as a format". πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

07.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Legendary Vermin

Actually if you're not comfortable pointing to people's work I do not mind if you riffle through my itch and read me for filth. :P

legendary-vermin.itch.io

07.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What games would you point to in this category?

I'm definitely guilty of writing a handful of games just for my own satisfaction, but that being said I think there's a lot of room for both turbo low budget oneshot material and games that are jank because folks are learning the craft.

07.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of (I must remain) The Glad Cowboy, by me. It's a freeware bit of cowboy art with a smiling emoji over it.

Cover of (I must remain) The Glad Cowboy, by me. It's a freeware bit of cowboy art with a smiling emoji over it.

I just released another short ttrpg zine.

(I must remain) THE GLAD COWBOY is storygame where one player plays a Glad Cowboy and the other player plays The Repressed Horror At The Thing They Did. #ttrpg #indiettrpg

kierongillen.itch.io/i-must-remai...

07.03.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 350 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 9
Kirby smiling gleefully in front of the trans flag, with text:

RESKEET THIS KIRBO TO
TO MAKE AN TRANS PERSON HAPPY

Kirby smiling gleefully in front of the trans flag, with text: RESKEET THIS KIRBO TO TO MAKE AN TRANS PERSON HAPPY

hey pets, this is your report that we've applied for the brasilian poverty aid, and will be receiving money. in 1 to 3 months.

until then, we need money to buy food and other groceries, instead of plain bread, so we'd appreciate any donations if you people are willing to give.πŸ’•πŸ’Έ

ko-fi.com/tabymeow

06.03.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 707 πŸ” 677 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5
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Dyke knights wip! βš”οΈ

07.03.2026 04:14 πŸ‘ 2052 πŸ” 657 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 7
RE9 comic
Big monster dragging Grace away as she screams
Monster gets shot in the face BLAM!!
Leon smugly: "Seems like she was... a bit of a drag"
Grace, having nearly died by a giant freakish monster, looks up at Leon entirely confused "huh?"

RE9 comic Big monster dragging Grace away as she screams Monster gets shot in the face BLAM!! Leon smugly: "Seems like she was... a bit of a drag" Grace, having nearly died by a giant freakish monster, looks up at Leon entirely confused "huh?"

i almost had my head bitten off by a giant freakish monster, why is this old man making lame jokes at me 😭 #re9

07.03.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 11453 πŸ” 2467 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 28
Hopeful looking space pilot.

Hopeful looking space pilot.

Jaded looking space pilot.

Jaded looking space pilot.

2017 πŸ™‚πŸ‘β€”β€”β€”β€”-> 2026 πŸ”«πŸ˜‘
#Starfinder #Starfinder2e

07.03.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5

Fuck. Me too, space pilot.

07.03.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've played magic casting games where you can cast any spell as long has you have the right scrabble tiles. There is no situation in which there is a direct onus to create complicated rules.

07.03.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You keep using the word "requires" and what I am saying to you is that even by your own admission, that is not the case.

The designer is at liberty to put as many or as few rules as fits the goals of the game into those interactions with the world.

There is no requirement, only design options.

07.03.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

*rolls

06.03.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In BXLLET, if you fire your gun with the intent to kill another person, they die.

This demonstrates the opposite of what you are suggesting. You could say "hey the rule is, describe combat without roles, debating the nature of injuries."

There is no single solution to the knowledge/system problem.

06.03.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0