@aefact 🌾
@aefact.bsky.social
ttrpgs / ip lawyer / patent and tm agent / raised by celery
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@aefact.bsky.social
· May 27
“We each have property in our own hands and minds, and a right to fairly trade in what we produce with them.” – #Anonymous
⚠️ Newly coined phrase alert:
"Let him stew, like weak broth."
"Let him stew, like weak broth."
September 25, 2026 at 8:43 PM
⚠️ Newly coined phrase alert:
"Let him stew, like weak broth."
"Let him stew, like weak broth."
And, this is how I learn?! 😱🫠 (Wasn't there supposed to be a plume of white smoke, or something? 💨)
--
"I am not a Fortune 500 company..."
--
"I am not a Fortune 500 company..."
![On a blue curtain background, off-white "comic sans"-like text reads:
and neither is hasbro anymore
they fell off the list in 2023
BUT THEY WERE
[Two fingertips are visible in the bottom right.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dvxcpnwm56ysmooqtwgjj3rp/bafkreigudwmr6ix4rypkzibkrcweawoyntlnopr67wwamlmad4h6wrto2m)
September 23, 2026 at 3:23 AM
And, this is how I learn?! 😱🫠 (Wasn't there supposed to be a plume of white smoke, or something? 💨)
--
"I am not a Fortune 500 company..."
--
"I am not a Fortune 500 company..."
selling imagination.
how D&D accidentally broke capitalism
YouTube video by Answer in Progress
worth it, imo.
kudos @sabrinacruz.bsky.social + Taha Khan & Melissa Fernandes
youtu.be/6tE3cqhUAjg
how D&D accidentally broke capitalism
YouTube video by Answer in Progress
worth it, imo.
kudos @sabrinacruz.bsky.social + Taha Khan & Melissa Fernandes
youtu.be/6tE3cqhUAjg
how D&D accidentally broke capitalism
YouTube video by Answer in Progress
youtu.be
September 23, 2026 at 3:16 AM
selling imagination.
how D&D accidentally broke capitalism
YouTube video by Answer in Progress
worth it, imo.
kudos @sabrinacruz.bsky.social + Taha Khan & Melissa Fernandes
youtu.be/6tE3cqhUAjg
how D&D accidentally broke capitalism
YouTube video by Answer in Progress
worth it, imo.
kudos @sabrinacruz.bsky.social + Taha Khan & Melissa Fernandes
youtu.be/6tE3cqhUAjg
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#Sale #TTRPG
Journey into the deserts of Arrakis in Dune, travel through uncharted space in Star Trek Adventures, or fight for humanity's survival in Infinity. Pick up core rulebooks and more in our warehouse sale.
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#Sale #TTRPG
September 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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« we believe that a strong economy is not an end in itself / but a means to a just society »
Canadian PM Mark Carney:
We believe that a strong economy is not an end in itself, but a means to a just society.
We believe that a strong economy is not an end in itself, but a means to a just society.
September 18, 2026 at 3:35 AM
« we believe that a strong economy is not an end in itself / but a means to a just society »
Are people* still talking about "disruption" like it's a good thing?
[Aside: For example, Uber "disrupted" thousands of taxi drivers' retirement plans for their medallions...]
* i.e., People other than the fellow – an investment banking VP – who was referenced in my quoted text below.
[Aside: For example, Uber "disrupted" thousands of taxi drivers' retirement plans for their medallions...]
* i.e., People other than the fellow – an investment banking VP – who was referenced in my quoted text below.
From an email I sent today:
« I'm a bit concerned that fellows like […] don't #neglect to exercise #ReasonableCare in (employing or) advocating for disruptive technology.
« imo, The word element #disrupt is fraught with potential peril, and should no longer be used to reference anything good. »
« I'm a bit concerned that fellows like […] don't #neglect to exercise #ReasonableCare in (employing or) advocating for disruptive technology.
« imo, The word element #disrupt is fraught with potential peril, and should no longer be used to reference anything good. »
September 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Are people* still talking about "disruption" like it's a good thing?
[Aside: For example, Uber "disrupted" thousands of taxi drivers' retirement plans for their medallions...]
* i.e., People other than the fellow – an investment banking VP – who was referenced in my quoted text below.
[Aside: For example, Uber "disrupted" thousands of taxi drivers' retirement plans for their medallions...]
* i.e., People other than the fellow – an investment banking VP – who was referenced in my quoted text below.
From an email I sent today:
« I'm a bit concerned that fellows like […] don't #neglect to exercise #ReasonableCare in (employing or) advocating for disruptive technology.
« imo, The word element #disrupt is fraught with potential peril, and should no longer be used to reference anything good. »
« I'm a bit concerned that fellows like […] don't #neglect to exercise #ReasonableCare in (employing or) advocating for disruptive technology.
« imo, The word element #disrupt is fraught with potential peril, and should no longer be used to reference anything good. »
September 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
From an email I sent today:
« I'm a bit concerned that fellows like […] don't #neglect to exercise #ReasonableCare in (employing or) advocating for disruptive technology.
« imo, The word element #disrupt is fraught with potential peril, and should no longer be used to reference anything good. »
« I'm a bit concerned that fellows like […] don't #neglect to exercise #ReasonableCare in (employing or) advocating for disruptive technology.
« imo, The word element #disrupt is fraught with potential peril, and should no longer be used to reference anything good. »
Hereby moving, once again, for an International treaty on #ArtificialIntelligence / #ai...
And, it took about 30 mins this afternoon to make a second pass at actually drafting it…
#OuterSpaceTreaty.>
What follows is for your reading enjoyment and perhaps more…
And, it took about 30 mins this afternoon to make a second pass at actually drafting it…
What follows is for your reading enjoyment and perhaps more…
September 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Reposted by @aefact 🌾
Play TTRPG games Halifax Nov. 8th @ Prince George Hotel! happenupon.square.site/shop/events/... We have three timeslots and amazing volunteer GMs signed up to run a tonne of RPGs from Blades in the Dark to D&D, Dungeon World 2, Monster of the Week, & more!
@ipr.bsky.social @hfxgov.bsky.social
@ipr.bsky.social @hfxgov.bsky.social
September 11, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Play TTRPG games Halifax Nov. 8th @ Prince George Hotel! happenupon.square.site/shop/events/... We have three timeslots and amazing volunteer GMs signed up to run a tonne of RPGs from Blades in the Dark to D&D, Dungeon World 2, Monster of the Week, & more!
@ipr.bsky.social @hfxgov.bsky.social
@ipr.bsky.social @hfxgov.bsky.social
Hereby moving, once again, for an International treaty on #ArtificialIntelligence / #ai...
And, it took about 30 mins this afternoon to make a second pass at actually drafting it…
#OuterSpaceTreaty.>
What follows is for your reading enjoyment and perhaps more…
And, it took about 30 mins this afternoon to make a second pass at actually drafting it…
What follows is for your reading enjoyment and perhaps more…
September 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Hereby moving, once again, for an International treaty on #ArtificialIntelligence / #ai...
And, it took about 30 mins this afternoon to make a second pass at actually drafting it…
#OuterSpaceTreaty.>
What follows is for your reading enjoyment and perhaps more…
And, it took about 30 mins this afternoon to make a second pass at actually drafting it…
What follows is for your reading enjoyment and perhaps more…
Beyond Backing : Table time is valuable for everyone…
Here, a good discussion / starting point for some barriers to entry, er… um, I mean... barriers to play that interested folks can encounter (post-entry) with new ttrpgs.
Kudos @thaumavore.blue! ✌️🫠
thaumavore.substack.com/p/why-your-r...
Here, a good discussion / starting point for some barriers to entry, er… um, I mean... barriers to play that interested folks can encounter (post-entry) with new ttrpgs.
Kudos @thaumavore.blue! ✌️🫠
thaumavore.substack.com/p/why-your-r...
Why your RPG will disappear
Selling the game is only part of the job. Somebody still has to run it.
thaumavore.substack.com
September 10, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Beyond Backing : Table time is valuable for everyone…
Here, a good discussion / starting point for some barriers to entry, er… um, I mean... barriers to play that interested folks can encounter (post-entry) with new ttrpgs.
Kudos @thaumavore.blue! ✌️🫠
thaumavore.substack.com/p/why-your-r...
Here, a good discussion / starting point for some barriers to entry, er… um, I mean... barriers to play that interested folks can encounter (post-entry) with new ttrpgs.
Kudos @thaumavore.blue! ✌️🫠
thaumavore.substack.com/p/why-your-r...
Found this promo article from a couple years ago... Could be related.
#Soulbreaker #SoulbreakerCodex
www.promonews.tv/videos/2024/...
#Soulbreaker #SoulbreakerCodex
www.promonews.tv/videos/2024/...
September 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Found this promo article from a couple years ago... Could be related.
#Soulbreaker #SoulbreakerCodex
www.promonews.tv/videos/2024/...
#Soulbreaker #SoulbreakerCodex
www.promonews.tv/videos/2024/...
Reposted by @aefact 🌾
Ben Felten, distinguished designer of Dungeon Inc, started a new blog about this indispensable game. Go there!
www.dungeon-inc.com/2026/09/dung...
www.dungeon-inc.com/2026/09/dung...
Dungeon, Inc. if you hate corporate life?
I spent more time than is healthy going through the comments on Ben Milton's review of Dungeon, Inc. and a couple of comments reminded me o...
www.dungeon-inc.com
September 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Ben Felten, distinguished designer of Dungeon Inc, started a new blog about this indispensable game. Go there!
www.dungeon-inc.com/2026/09/dung...
www.dungeon-inc.com/2026/09/dung...
Can 2nd this sentiment...
Also, the rumour around the water cooler is, a corporate focus group may favor rephrasing "killing Clients" as "expediting Donations"...
¯\_(👾)_/¯
#DungeonInc @mysteresdeparis.bsky.social @themerrymushmen.bsky.social
Also, the rumour around the water cooler is, a corporate focus group may favor rephrasing "killing Clients" as "expediting Donations"...
¯\_(👾)_/¯
#DungeonInc @mysteresdeparis.bsky.social @themerrymushmen.bsky.social
Beaten to it by my own publisher ;-) Anyway, if you wondered if Dungeon Inc was the game for you considering how irritating your boss and colleagues are... it may very well be just the medecine you need! #ttrpg #dungeoninc
Ben Felten, distinguished designer of Dungeon Inc, started a new blog about this indispensable game. Go there!
www.dungeon-inc.com/2026/09/dung...
www.dungeon-inc.com/2026/09/dung...
September 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Can 2nd this sentiment...
Also, the rumour around the water cooler is, a corporate focus group may favor rephrasing "killing Clients" as "expediting Donations"...
¯\_(👾)_/¯
#DungeonInc @mysteresdeparis.bsky.social @themerrymushmen.bsky.social
Also, the rumour around the water cooler is, a corporate focus group may favor rephrasing "killing Clients" as "expediting Donations"...
¯\_(👾)_/¯
#DungeonInc @mysteresdeparis.bsky.social @themerrymushmen.bsky.social
Below, just FYI, a list of current national security legislation in Canada. (I don't yet see any national AI or trade security legislation listed there, yet...) ✌️
September 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Below, just FYI, a list of current national security legislation in Canada. (I don't yet see any national AI or trade security legislation listed there, yet...) ✌️
Great post. Worthwhile analysis.
Went back and watched the subject @mysticartsdm.bsky.social and #BenMilton videos as well. And—their titles / thumbnails aside—there were some good kernels in there too, thanks to these "content" creators :)
And, kudos @valerialoves.bsky.social. Another banger.
Went back and watched the subject @mysticartsdm.bsky.social and #BenMilton videos as well. And—their titles / thumbnails aside—there were some good kernels in there too, thanks to these "content" creators :)
And, kudos @valerialoves.bsky.social. Another banger.
I surveyed 200 players and learned that most OSR games fall into two tiers of lethality - Meatgrinder and Picaresque.
Table culture determines lethality more than system or campaign length.
valerialoves.com/how-deadly-i...
Table culture determines lethality more than system or campaign length.
valerialoves.com/how-deadly-i...
How Deadly is the OSR, Actually?
A survey on campaign length and lethality
valerialoves.com
September 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Great post. Worthwhile analysis.
Went back and watched the subject @mysticartsdm.bsky.social and #BenMilton videos as well. And—their titles / thumbnails aside—there were some good kernels in there too, thanks to these "content" creators :)
And, kudos @valerialoves.bsky.social. Another banger.
Went back and watched the subject @mysticartsdm.bsky.social and #BenMilton videos as well. And—their titles / thumbnails aside—there were some good kernels in there too, thanks to these "content" creators :)
And, kudos @valerialoves.bsky.social. Another banger.
Forgot to mention, it has more to do with spacetime and ye olde H. P. Lovecraft quote* than it does D&D or magic
✌️🫠
* Screenshot of quote below:
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* Screenshot of quote below:
September 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Forgot to mention, it has more to do with spacetime and ye olde H. P. Lovecraft quote* than it does D&D or magic
✌️🫠
* Screenshot of quote below:
✌️🫠
* Screenshot of quote below:
"weapons of domination in the creation, perpetuation, and deepening of a gulf between classes in society"
– Harry Braverman, writing about uses of science and technology (1974)
– Harry Braverman, writing about uses of science and technology (1974)
September 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
"weapons of domination in the creation, perpetuation, and deepening of a gulf between classes in society"
– Harry Braverman, writing about uses of science and technology (1974)
– Harry Braverman, writing about uses of science and technology (1974)
downgrade a movie:
Down
Down
downgrade a movie:
Dim Crystal
Dim Crystal
downgrade a movie:
A Clear and Present Hassle
A Clear and Present Hassle
September 6, 2026 at 12:24 AM
downgrade a movie:
Down
Down
Example 1 (to be continued…)
September 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Example 1 (to be continued…)
Some light reading for a Saturday afternoon. Really, quite a beautiful (and useful) tome… Some might even say, magical 🧙♂️✨
👍 Kudos to the whole @dndbeyond.com team :)
[And, thanks to FLGS @lvlupgames.bsky.social in Mississauga, Ontario for all its inherent awesomeness too!]
#D&D #ArcanaUnleashed
👍 Kudos to the whole @dndbeyond.com team :)
[And, thanks to FLGS @lvlupgames.bsky.social in Mississauga, Ontario for all its inherent awesomeness too!]
#D&D #ArcanaUnleashed
September 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Some light reading for a Saturday afternoon. Really, quite a beautiful (and useful) tome… Some might even say, magical 🧙♂️✨
👍 Kudos to the whole @dndbeyond.com team :)
[And, thanks to FLGS @lvlupgames.bsky.social in Mississauga, Ontario for all its inherent awesomeness too!]
#D&D #ArcanaUnleashed
👍 Kudos to the whole @dndbeyond.com team :)
[And, thanks to FLGS @lvlupgames.bsky.social in Mississauga, Ontario for all its inherent awesomeness too!]
#D&D #ArcanaUnleashed
Reposted by @aefact 🌾
For me, the value comes from affording a better window on the inherent setting, thru its creator's eyes.
September 3, 2026 at 4:38 AM
For me, the value comes from affording a better window on the inherent setting, thru its creator's eyes.
Almost 9h later and the world has not broken down into a cacophony of discord : Hypothesis, check ✅
🙌 Kudos @ Jay Jani & all the #wotcstaff @dndbeyond.bsky.social ✊
(All I can say is, good thing this isn't reddit ;)
#UnearthedArcana #DnDdrops
🙌 Kudos @ Jay Jani & all the #wotcstaff @dndbeyond.bsky.social ✊
(All I can say is, good thing this isn't reddit ;)
#UnearthedArcana #DnDdrops
I proclaim, @dndbeyond.com's recent re-drop of Leomund's Lamentable Belaborment—an Unearthed Arcana (1985) spell—was itself, in this time, a self-aware insight or inflammatory statement about a polity nearer than we know. Else, on our intelligence, spend a turn discussing or arguing for or against.
September 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Almost 9h later and the world has not broken down into a cacophony of discord : Hypothesis, check ✅
🙌 Kudos @ Jay Jani & all the #wotcstaff @dndbeyond.bsky.social ✊
(All I can say is, good thing this isn't reddit ;)
#UnearthedArcana #DnDdrops
🙌 Kudos @ Jay Jani & all the #wotcstaff @dndbeyond.bsky.social ✊
(All I can say is, good thing this isn't reddit ;)
#UnearthedArcana #DnDdrops
I proclaim, @dndbeyond.com's recent re-drop of Leomund's Lamentable Belaborment—an Unearthed Arcana (1985) spell—was itself, in this time, a self-aware insight or inflammatory statement about a polity nearer than we know. Else, on our intelligence, spend a turn discussing or arguing for or against.
September 5, 2026 at 4:24 AM
I proclaim, @dndbeyond.com's recent re-drop of Leomund's Lamentable Belaborment—an Unearthed Arcana (1985) spell—was itself, in this time, a self-aware insight or inflammatory statement about a polity nearer than we know. Else, on our intelligence, spend a turn discussing or arguing for or against.