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Everlasting, Neverending Game Night

by Chris Sellers, they/them

šŸŒˆšŸš€ Reliable wonder engine. I make narrative role-playing games that imagine a weirder, queerer, more connected world.

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a.i. is getting in our business

Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in. Make yourself at home. It's so good to see you. I brought in some wild violets and dandelion flowers from the back yard and put them in a bowl of water. Iā€™ve been reading up on A.I. Itā€™s mind-boggling what it can doā€”and how fast it's changing. It can write and draw things that look like a person made them. But it's not great on factual accuracy or single-point perspective. The thing is, it's always "hallucinating"ā€”fumbling blindly, algorithmically, for...

about 19 hours agoĀ ā€¢Ā 2 min read

Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in. Help yourself to snacks. I cut some daffodils and put them in a mason jar with clean water. I think daffs like a simple presentation, don't you? Guess what. The number of guests at our house has increased recently. Spring has sprung. Three days ago, Udo (our aging husky) found tiny rabbits. a tiny cottontail bun, going back in the nest They're cottontails. Just three days old at the time, I'm guessing. They're snug in a hole Udo dug under our back deck....

11 days agoĀ ā€¢Ā 2 min read

Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come sit by the fire. Tonight, weā€™re at a campground in the path of the solar eclipse. We have a picnic table to game on. After the game, we can sleep in tents under the stars. In the cool morning, a drop of royal dew will crown each blade of grass. I brought food we can cook over the fire, trail mix, and some black-and-white cookies. They seemed appropriate. I also brought all the eclipse-themed RPGs I could find. Let's see: The Dark Sun setting for Dungeons &...

20 days agoĀ ā€¢Ā 2 min read
A small box, its lid slightly open, with golden light pouring out

Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in and sit down. Tonight, I have cookies. You deserve a cookie. On the table, I have a few purple vinca flowers. I'm not gonna lie, I'm feeling pretty heavy tonight. If you're not up for that, maybe skip this week's game night. You're always welcome back. The thing is, I talk a lot about wonder. For me, "wonder" means a sense of possibility, in its purest, most kid-like form. It keeps me going. But to get real for a minute? In our world, wonder often has a job...

30 days agoĀ ā€¢Ā 2 min read

Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in and sit down. I thought the weather was looking up, and then we got cold rain. A good time to be insideā€”have some hibiscus tea. We also have rice crackers and surprisingly good toast. Tonight, we're playing Dialect. Dialect is a game about language and how it dies. And it's amazing. It may sound like some wonky, crossword-puzzle kind of thing, all up in the head. But it's not. It always hits me square in the feels. We play members of an isolated community....

about 1 month agoĀ ā€¢Ā 1 min read

Hi Reader, Welcome. Please, come in. Have some tea. I've got chamomile and Earl Grey. It's full-on spring now. The crocuses are coming up, but I'm not picking themā€”they just need to grow. This week, Iā€™m in a heads-down, plugging-away mindset. I got good feedback from Lyla (aka Jar of Eyes), the dev editor for Defy the Gods. It's the kind of feedback to make you almost wish you hadn't already put out a public beta. (Which you can play right now.) It makes you want to make it better. I need to...

about 1 month agoĀ ā€¢Ā 2 min read

Hi Reader, How are you? Please, come in, sit. I have tea and water, and some little biscuits. February is still figuring out if it's winter or spring. Little green shoots are coming up in the yard, now covered in snow, but brave and unstoppable. I've been heads-down over here, working on the "beta" doc for Defy the Gods. And here it is! https://bit.ly/defy-the-gods-beta You could play it right now. That link takes you to a "quick start," focused on the one-shot experience, to see if the core...

2 months agoĀ ā€¢Ā 1 min read

Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in. Have some hot cocoa. Itā€™s raining out. On the table, Iā€™ve got paper, crayons, safety scissors, and Elmerā€™s glue. (It dries clear!) Tonight, weā€™re doing crafts. And the craft project is: Make a world that has you in it. When you were younger, did you ever see Richard Scarryā€™s ā€Best Rainy Day Book Everā€? I'm dating myself. It was this kidsā€™ book with all these paper crafts in it. You would color in the drawings, cut them out (in theory) and fold them into 3D...

3 months agoĀ ā€¢Ā 2 min read

Hi Reader, Welcome! Thanks for coming. I hope you're well. It's unseasonably warm today for early February. That doesn't mean it's warm, but warmer than I expected. Regardless, I'll be serving hot cocoa until we get back up to a low of at least 50 degrees. So! Just in time for Valentine's Day, I've got a new expansion for Raccoon Sky Pirates: Raccoons Are for Lovers. This eight-page PDF has charming pencil drawings showing raccoons kissing or gazing longingly. Nothing NSFW, just pure raccoon...

3 months agoĀ ā€¢Ā 1 min read

Hi Reader, Welcome! I'm glad you're here. Come in, warm up. We've got a full-court press against the cold: one pot of hot cocoa and another of Earl Grey tea. And here, a warm, fuzzy husky waiting to lean on you. He's shedding these days, so you'll have an extra insulating layer of dog fur on you by the time you leave. I apologize on Udo's behalf. I can't believe this is my first game night with you since the New Year. Where does the time go? But exciting things are happening! Raccoon Sky...

4 months agoĀ ā€¢Ā 1 min read
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