I am that I am.
Realizing I am not.
Last week, a new anti-Trump billboard went up over Grand Avenue in downtown Phoenix. The billboard portrays President Donald Trump as the “Swamp King,” sitting naked in a swamp surrounded by the mess of his second administration.
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/readers-react-phoenix-billboard-swamp-trump-22086520
This article explores how system and style interlock, diverge, and co-create what we think of as “the game,” and why understanding that distinction matters.
https://www.modernmythology.net/articles/rules-in-practice-part-1
In Episode 10, Mark, Jamie, and Scott follow up our discussion on story-facing design by zeroing in on player spotlight: who talks when, who takes control of a moment, and how game systems shape pacing and participation.
https://www.modernmythology.net/podcast/episode-10-player-spotlight-rpgs
Versatile use of chimpanzee call combinations promotes meaning expansion
Mad As Hell is a new anti-capitalist demonhunting TTRPG by SoulMuppet Publishing, written by Evie Moriarty with illustrations by Per Janke, Scrap Princess and Alex Eckman-Lawn.
Play as Radicals, members of various Communities, banding together to fight the literal demons of capitalism.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/soulmuppet/mad-as-hell
#ttrpg #rpg #kickstarter #soulmuppet #anticapitalist #antifascist
@fedithom @memeprophet @morrus @darjr
That would be amazing, I'm a big fan of all things #ENWorld #ENPublishing!
My dear friend Jamie Curcio @memeprophet has recently started up a #ttrpg #podcast exploring different systems, themes, and topics. Many of the episodes include a discussion of a system and a brief #oneshot #actualplay - give it a listen over at:
https://www.modernmythology.net/podcast/tag/Episodes
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A team of researchers led by the University of Utah and the Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) has completed the largest genomic diversity study for the genus Psilocybe. Their genomic analysis of 52 Psilocybe specimens includes 39 species that have never been sequenced.
https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/psychoactive-psilocybins-evolution-in-magic-mushrooms/
ICYMI: Random House to Publish New "Tusk Love" Critical Role Novel https://www.enworld.org/threads/random-house-to-publish-new-tusk-love-critical-role-novel.707920/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ttrpg #dnd
Trump has vowed to take over the civil service, wreak vengeance on his enemies, and unleash the military on political opponents and immigrants.
He reportedly suggested that Hitler "did some good things" and wanted generals like the Nazis.
This is fascism. Use the word.
A Taoist wouldn’t advise a ruler
to use force of arms for conquest;
that tactic backfires.
Where the army marched
grow thorns and thistles.
After the war
come the bad harvests.
Good leaders prosper, that’s all,
not presuming on victory.
They prosper without boasting,
or domineering, or arrogance,
prosper because they can’t help it,
prosper without violence.
Things flourish then perish.
Not the Way.
What’s not the Way
soon ends.
(Dào Dé Jīng 30, translated by Ursula K. Le Guin)
The First Recording of Allen Ginsberg Reading “Howl” (1956)
https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/the-first-recording-of-allen-ginsberg-reading-howl.html
@shawnmerwin listening to the Eldritch Lorecast and heard you mention Candyland. I highly recommend watching Dimension20's A Crown of Candy. The premise is the world of Candyland with Game of Thrones drama and intrigue. It's really a masterpiece and worth the watch imho.
