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Follow those scary passions!

I wonder how profitable the game design aspect of Draw Steel has been for them. It seem so have helped to keep their patreon subscriptions high.

I like the hiring as a holiday thing much more.

Leon Barillaro (they/them) joins Wizards of the Coast. I'm starting 2026 by taking a level in Wizard and joining the Dungeons & Dragons game design team. Collaborative storytelling has been my entire life since I was small. In particular, Dungeons & Dragons has been more or less the game...

Oh…. OH!

James at WotC!

Ashwaganda helps me a lot. It also mellows me out and takes the edge off. It does however cause wild wild dreams. Some folks can’t take them. I take it at night and was told I should take it during the day or morning instead to help limit the dreams. However taking it at night I get some very...

I’m in the same boat. I do like some things in it too. I’ve got the core behind me and am going to read it and maybe run a game. But I can tell already it isn’t for me. Even if Crows turns out to not be for me also, I’m looking forward to the process and getting to watch and maybe participate.

I’m looking forward to the open design like they did with Draw Steel.

James Introcaso begins work on Crows! A dungeon crawler RPG. Today’s a big for MCDM! Thanks to everyone who made the Crack the Sun crowdfunding campaign a success! It’s gonna be magic! As of today, I’m no longer the Lead Designer of Draw Steel products, and I’m stepping into the role of Game...

Sleep is amazing. I think many folks wonder about sleep and how weird it is when really the weird part is when we are awake.

Training today. Soft kit. Grappling for warmups, arms, then kicks and takedowns. Dominance workout, burpees, lunges, glute bridges, jumping squats, leg flutters, planks and one other thing I’m forgetting, two rounds one minute each exercise. Then buhurt takedown training on the rail. The bulk...

A week of walking and running. Soft kit takedown drills Tomorrow. In Armor Sunday!