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Luke Gearing

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Luke Gearing

@LukeGearing

consumed by 1d6 normal rats; thinking adventures thought leader; lead writer at Tuesday Knight Games (Mothership etc); email at [email protected]; 4⁄3

he/him

lukegearing.blot.im

Joined September 2011

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Luke Gearing
@LukeGearing
Apr 24, 2024
new newsletter, if you were on the old one you got migrated across. rip tinyletter. image unrelated mailbob.io/u/lukegearing/
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Luke Gearing
@LukeGearing
Jul 8, 2024
new poast, discourse free tm
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Luke Gearing
@LukeGearing
Feb 16, 2022
if you describe a hole in a dungeon as arm-shaped your players _will_ put their arm in the hole
Luke Gearing
@LukeGearing
Mar 27, 2024
i wont get in the trenches about social mechanics i wont get in the trenches about social mechanics i wont get in the trenches about social mechanics i wont get in the trenches about social mechanics i wont get in the trenches about social mechanics i wont get in the trenches ab
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Luke Gearing
@LukeGearing
Aug 16, 2024
once again i am thinking about the nightmare that is the ad&d monster manual for "beaver, giant"
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Luke Gearing
@LukeGearing
Aug 15, 2023
so i got to read a draft of the mothership Warden's Operation Manual early and there's one technique that has massively changed my games for the better. keeping a good notebook...
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Luke Gearing
@LukeGearing
Dec 1, 2023
yesterday i put my notice in at work. starting jan 1st i'll be the Lead Writer at @playTKG! full times games. games for days. games games games.
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Luke Gearing
@LukeGearing
Dec 15, 2020
cyberpunk is popular because it can be hollowed out and turned into nothing but self-referential aesthetics - the critical representation of capital becomes the 'default dystopia' - the reduction of different cultures to 'product' becomes 'wow cool katana' -
Luke Gearing
@LukeGearing
Apr 14, 2022
how to track consumables in games: write down how many you have. every time a consumable is used, reduce this number by one.
Luke Gearing
@LukeGearing
Oct 27, 2023
was informed of an absolute gem of an rpg and it is a doozy (and is also on sale) gormengeist.itch.io/greed
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Luke Gearing
@LukeGearing
Feb 1, 2023
wolves update is out. it now has over 500 hexes fills o dark ages inspired old-school material. itch below
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Luke Gearing
@LukeGearing
Jan 10, 2024
i've been revisiting a lot of old traveller stuff and one name keeps appearing under all those illustrations. RIP Jennell Jaquays
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Luke Gearing
@LukeGearing
Mar 6, 2023
with the addition of Wandering Isles & Sea Monsters, Wolves upon the Coast is now complete. thank you everyone for coming along on this journey. for those unfamiliar, itch in the reply. tldr early medieval hexcrawl in not-quite northern europe
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