Eldritch Mlems

Drakkalor, the City of greed was one of the kingdoms of the old dwarven empire of Shanator. But the city collapsed under the weight of its corruption and no dwarf lives in these ancient halls anymore. However, that doesn't mean the halls are abandoned...

Shannatar, the City of Greed is

Thought it was funny. Apologies if it's too low quality

A Viking’s home is on the restless waves Where salty winds carry far and wide To foreign shores and glory wars we will set sail With axe and sword by our side.” - Amon Amarth

Welcome to the Longship map pack! This map features a 24-oar longship used frequently by raiders and war-parties. The sleek, narrow shape of this ship allows for easy turns and quick maneuvers, making it ideal for a skirmish.

This pack features additional ship variants for Frost Giants, Fire Giants, Cloud Giants, and Undead.

I have also made tokens of each ship to provide you with full flexibility in how you want to use the ships. Foundry VTT modules with pre-built walls and lighting are available to patrons.

Download the base map for free here.

Check out my map archive to see more maps.

In less than 6 hours, Free League will open the Kickstarter for the revised edition of their Alien RPG. It will include revised and new rules, for example for zero gravity and for miniature support, the cinematic campaign Rapture Protocoll, a solo mode (Last Survivor), franchise updates and much more.

I never played the first edition, but I am a bit hyped about this game as I am much fonder of sci-fi than of fantasy.

How about you?

Article from January 2025:

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The report, based on a literature review and listening sessions with intersex people, ethicists, and medical professionals, states that “the over 5 million intersex people in our nation deserve to live healthy and fulfilling lives free from stigma and discrimination.”

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new contrapoints just dropped

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/23565790

Hello! I'm currently working on a research paper for my English composition course, and we were given free reign on the topic. I decided to do my topic on the history of queerness in gaming, and I'm not only talking about queer characters, but also the gaming community too. So far, my major sources focus on things like:

• Demographics of games with queer characters (which identities, created in what country, what year was the game made, etc.)
• I want to try to find more stuff about trans, enby, and ace characters as I feel their representation is a little underepresented
• Opinions of queer and non-queer gamers on queer representation in games
• How fan interpretations, fanon, and external content (like social media posts) is important to gaming too
• What games do right and wrong with representation, especially when it comes to "non-gendered" character creators
• How localizations/translations are sometimes used to censor queerness. Also about how queerness can be seen differently around the world.
• Some info on Gamergate, but that's not a major focus of the paper
• A pinch of info about feminist gaming, but not necessarily lesbian-women-only gaming

I want to make sure I'm hitting what people find important to explain and teach to others, as the goal of this paper is to be read by anyone who's curious to learn. So if there's any topic you deem extremely important that shouldn't be missed, please tell me! Also, I'm a little more knowledgeable about JRPGs compared to popular western games, so character recommendations to bring up are appreciated greatly.

I plan to promote a survey about this stuff later on, I just need to get my questions together :). I will crosspost this to other gaming or queer communities, so you might see me there too!

This post is also on Reddit, although due to it being a new account I'm going to struggle to gain traction there with the low karma bans :(