Tabletop RPG writer, editor, graphic designer (for hire!). Corpselike academic. Brooklyn, NY. he/him samsorensen.blot.imhttps://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3mtovnbs3ps24goodness gracious! it's another episode of DEAD LETTERS, this time about MYTHIC BASTIONLAND! join us as we discuss modular worldbuilding, poetic meter, reading lens of storygames, diegetical detail and logistics play, and randomized quests. come listen! open.spotify.com/s/Xgf3wHR https://open.spotify.com/s/Xgf3wHR22 Aug 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:ku77xydmphm4eg5jvbgnqo7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtovnbs3ps24https://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3mtnkhz4cnk2bpaid a barefoot robe-clad belarusian street mystic with no eyebrows twenty bucks to read my healing tarot. he asked what I did for work, I said "game designer," and he started talking to me about the spiritual quality of invisible walls in Assassin's Creed22 Aug 2026 05:34 +0000at://did:plc:ku77xydmphm4eg5jvbgnqo7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnkhz4cnk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3mtjrkvbcjk25yo dude you gotta check out this cool new open-ended collaborative modular storytelling subsystem for tabletop RPGs I heard about recently, it’s called [IMPROV TECHNIQUE POPULARIZED BY DEL CLOSE IN 1963]20 Aug 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:ku77xydmphm4eg5jvbgnqo7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjrkvbcjk25https://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3mtcg7f22p22ccan it be? a new episode of DEAD LETTERS? about the TURKU SCHOOL MANIFESTO? discussing the immersive and/or empathetic larp style, internal vs external simulationism, and the revolution? in this economy? https://open.spotify.com/episode/53VnqtCasnxTX0oHrEstXD?si=dyQ4ggF3QmGvlM_VZQXhow&utm_source=copy-link17 Aug 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:ku77xydmphm4eg5jvbgnqo7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcg7f22p22chttps://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3msyjny3pnc2lone thing I've found that works well for oneshots, con games, and newbies is the "almost-pregen." like for dungeon dragon this means your class, stats, and perks are already decided, but you get to choose, say, your species, items, and name. skip 95% of the work, still get the feeling of chargen13 Aug 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:ku77xydmphm4eg5jvbgnqo7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyjny3pnc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3mss7ztnyqk2ifound myself at a movie night watching THE FALL (2006) with two cousins and the four wokest teenage boys in suburban utah. pretty astonishing experience overall, would recommend. my (newly cinephilic) cousin described the whole thing like a comic book, but to me it kept feeling like a videogame11 Aug 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:ku77xydmphm4eg5jvbgnqo7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mss7ztnyqk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3msjadfucx22oegads! a new episode of DEAD LETTERS about THE GREAT PENDRAGON CAMPAIGN (1985)—a followup to our last episode! we discuss the relationship between story and play, period lenses on the same era of history, '80s RPG books vs '00s RPG books, and dogs! come listen! https://open.spotify.com/episode/1x8lllaShOgg5n3URLgNiJ?si=89324d1b371a424207 Aug 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:ku77xydmphm4eg5jvbgnqo7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjadfucx22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3mscbugjtt22kjust a truly astonishing way to begin a game. is it a joke? is it a mistranslation? are we just awful at dice-tower-pulling? some mysteries remain elusive [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 00:36 +0000at://did:plc:ku77xydmphm4eg5jvbgnqo7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscbugjtt22khttps://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3ms2jirpjns24omni severin tornadoflood videos. the quoted tweet was about 5:15. here's 5:22 from the second floor [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:ku77xydmphm4eg5jvbgnqo7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2jirpjns24https://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3ms2fkgqsh224interior water features at the omni severin. emergent gameplay as the result of random weather tables 😤😤😤01 Aug 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:ku77xydmphm4eg5jvbgnqo7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2fkgqsh224https://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3ms25ommdc22fshock! terror! bafflement! it's a new episode of DEAD LETTERS, this time about PENDRAGON (6e)! join us as we discuss Le Morte d'Arthur, historiographical lenses, gay knights, Crusader Kings, rules-as-psychology, and over-the-shoulder play! https://open.spotify.com/episode/7sg06jhY9AkgI1EGB90Ykj?si=28fe609741cb44e301 Aug 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:ku77xydmphm4eg5jvbgnqo7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms25ommdc22f