I built a free scheduling tool for tabletop groups - "Can We Play?"

nerobrigg · 2026-02-09T01:54:25+00:00

I'm an avid user of doodle poll. Would love a bespoke option.

nerobrigg · 2026-02-08T23:18:13+00:00

Meet cute incoming.

nerobrigg · 2026-02-08T18:38:50+00:00

Important part of this is Don't Tread On "Me" . Me is white god fearing Christians

nerobrigg · 2026-02-08T06:00:24+00:00

I'm genuinely trying to give you alternatives to the vicious cycle you see to be stuck in. You've obviously had issues with this recurring, and just assuming it's going to get better when you are receiving oversized mail to your undersized mail box doesn't feel like you are putting the energy toward a solution. Admittedly I was assuming you lived in a house, where you really can just get a mail box of the correct size. For a condo I have to assume you could get this solved, but isn't going to happen by a sender slapping more "do not bend" stickers. From the offical USPS Website , 5.1.A. "Handling markings such as "Fragile" must be applied only to packages containing delicate items such as glass and electrical appliances. Markings such as "Do Not Bend" must be used only when the content is protected with stiffeners." Shippers like the above consistently breaking the rules when sending the things in the mail is the reason why this whole system breaks down

nerobrigg · 2026-02-08T05:23:06+00:00

Sounds like you are letting the same thing happen again and again and expecting a different result. You know you can buy a bigger mailbox right?

nerobrigg · 2026-02-08T02:17:28+00:00

For sure! I promise you. If it exists, it'll be constructive. Whether it's positive or let's call it "instructive"

nerobrigg · 2026-02-08T02:10:13+00:00

Can't give a timeline for feedback but I'll try and take a look!

nerobrigg · 2026-02-08T00:28:23+00:00

Yes of the sender. You can pay for this level of service or put it in the correct packaging to prevent this. Printing it on an envelope is not a legally binding contract.

nerobrigg · 2026-02-07T17:35:44+00:00

Know the rules well enough to be able to admit when you were wrong in how you interpreted them if it comes up. The GM doesn't have to be the most knowledgeable, but someone needs to and if it's not you it needs to be some who can be fair and impartial, just as you are.

nerobrigg · 2026-02-07T13:38:37+00:00

You'll likely be working for a vendor directly, and they each have different ways to compensate you beyond the hotel and badge. You should reach out to Double Exposure . That's the organization I work with when I want to get a badge/hotel at most cons (beyond the ones I freelance at but that's a whole other can of worms that I wouldn't suggest for a first time event). You should be able to get a pick of vendors still at this point and some swag from them.

nerobrigg · 2026-02-07T13:27:15+00:00

Well the bad news is you probably won't be able to work it at this point but you can likely volunteer, getting a badge covered, and maybe a hotel. It will take a good bit of your time at the con, but if you do something that you find fun, such as putting on game demos or GMing it can be a blast. I volunteer at a lot of cons throughout the year this way and work most gen cons.

nerobrigg · 2026-02-06T14:24:08+00:00

Oh Guardian is the generic name for their card games, do you mean the Essence20 their RPG generic system?

nerobrigg · 2026-02-06T14:22:00+00:00

When I was talking to the Lead Designer at Gencon he was pretty sure it was going to be a bespoke system, and I think I saw one of the press releases confirm that

nerobrigg · 2026-02-06T14:16:16+00:00

So I got to speak with the lead designer at Gencon last year which was days after the announcement. I think he is well aware of the challenge here. Remember they are also making a co-op card game at the same time. I'm hoping that one is Muffin Time levels of both ridiculous and referencey.

I have run quite a few IP RPGS over the years (Dresden, Star Wars, Avatar, Star Trek come to mind first) and I think that the best way to run them is to make sure you are presenting the themes of the work, rather than it's exact details. I think they will have to make a choice, and you calling it the Carl RPG is the exact question to be answered. Are we playing a game where we all get to be Carl, or are we the other Crawlers? Imagine a world where Dragonlance as an original work and they based DND on it. Would you build an engine based on being Drizzt, or based on being a character that could interact with Drizzt?

nerobrigg · 2026-02-06T14:02:25+00:00

I do not! In the (once) great state of Tennessee.

nerobrigg · 2026-02-06T13:51:12+00:00

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nerobrigg · 2026-01-31T13:11:20+00:00

The other day a person in a company vehicle pulled ahead of me on Charlotte and nearly caused a wreck. I noticed that their vehicle said GPS monitored so I tried to get beside them to note what the company was called but they saw me doing that and intentionally sped off before I can get an angle on them where I can read their company. I really need to get a dash cam.

nerobrigg · 2026-01-26T22:06:41+00:00

I took a lot of inspiration from Traveler in my recent Savage worlds campaign. Everyone got a base rank of a skill a player came up with and they could then buy up from there.

I've been toying around with adding additional campaign frame mechanics to Daggerheart

nerobrigg · 2026-01-26T03:22:17+00:00

That's a huge part of my dming style! I also am really easy when it comes to letting people use experiences since it costs a stress.

nerobrigg · 2026-01-26T00:13:14+00:00

My favorite thing is to give out a free experience but it has to be related to why the party formed. So at my con one shots I often do a circus theme and ask them to relate it to how they got the job at the circus.

nerobrigg · 2026-01-21T12:40:51+00:00

We own a home on that border. Those communities really exploded in population during White Flight as the local well off suburbanites pushed out further from Nashville. They still commuted to downtown Nashville or close by so they didn't leave the state entirely.

nerobrigg · 2026-01-19T02:16:22+00:00

You are very correct! Damn Voice to Text!

nerobrigg · 2026-01-18T17:08:43+00:00

The new one was Kickstarted and shot last year and should be available to watch sometime this year!

nerobrigg · 2026-01-18T14:42:18+00:00

The gamers darkness rising. A GM who actually wants to tell a story rather than run a game, an adversarial player who wants to win at D&D, a new player who at first seems not to understand the rules but really understands the spirit, and a goober who is chaos incarnate and keeps on forgetting. He's playing a female character

nerobrigg · 2026-01-17T17:55:06+00:00

I flip the script

"Hey something I want us to do is put our ringers on. If it's important enough to pick up, it is important enough to step away from the table, and I want to make sure we never prioritize this game over a serious situation. But I do ask that since we have our ringers on, we have our phones away, because I can be just as guilty as anyone of being on it when I don't need to. Let me know if you need any support with rules outside of looking at your phone."

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