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Autodidactic Polymath, Game Designer, Imagineer & Entrepreneur: Over 100 Video Games, Tabletop Games & Toys - Indie since 1977, Pro since 1991. On Hiatus.

California - SF/Bay Area
Joined July 2008
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
accepting the existence of magic in a fantasy setting should not be easier than accepting the existence of disabled people in a fantasy setting๐Ÿช“
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
I can't believe that we're farther away from the release of OD&D than OD&D was from the 1930's pulps it was largely inspired by. For Gary and Dave it would have been like one of us now making a game inspired by 1980's stories. #DnD #Pulp
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
How much prep time would be ideal for you to get yourself ready to run your next DnD session?
16%About half an hour
35%About an hour
38%Two or more hours
11%I donโ€™t prep!
546 votes โ€ข Final results
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
Okay ttrpg peeps--which style are we choosing?
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
Break the Internet time! Please REPOST this challenge for all adventure designers to see. Rob Kuntz is officially challenging another adventure designer, anyone, to out design me. My entry vs. yours! Terms and conditions to be determined. Can you beat this old designer?
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
Replying to @rangleme
D&D will die. Either way. If it moves into digital the P&P will fade away; if it loses might be more interesting as Hasbro might dump the IP as unworthy. They are betting big on VTT. There's a big gap that's going to be created here that I have been hinting at for some time.
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
Who's with me?
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
Blackmoor Foundations This is Real #Blackmoor by Dave Arneson. Sanctioned and Licensed by The David Arneson Estate as An Official Blackmoor Setting. If you want to know True Blackmoor - this is your go-to source. Maps, Writing, and Lore. Make sure to tell a friend by Liking and Sharing this post. tfott.com/blackmoor-foundatiโ€ฆ #RetroRPG #EmbraceTradition #DnD #RPG #TTRPGRising
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
Seeing as we're talking a lot about proper attribution this week, I want to send high praise to this video. If I got paid every time someone steals images or footage from our social media sites or the movie itself, I would be sitting in the shade of an umbrella on a beach, while sipping fine wines and nibbling on exotic cheeses and meats, in Italy. (Sadly I never get invited to Lucca Comics and Games.) All we ask for is a citation. Most of our images are already tagged so you can use them as is. I see people photo shopping my tags off of documents and photos all the time. We will sometimes submit Internet Take Down Requests too. But it's hard to keep up with and we have games to make. This is a class act - they put a citation on the screen with all our material - thank you so much! youtube.com/watch?v=j3g0MgVbโ€ฆ This one goes out to our #italiano #gioco #GDR crew. #ttrpgcommunity
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
Seems Legit!
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
How comical are your campaigns? #rpg #rpgmemes #rpgmeme #ttrpgmeme
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
In a few words, tell me about your homebrew campaign setting and its main influences. Letโ€™s see how much inspiration we can get going, here!
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
Is The Age of the Wolf an actual work by Dave Arneson or even a Blackmoor setting? The Arneson Estate believes it to be a fake. For some time efforts have been made to work with Studio Ink Bat in order to determine if the game book is a work by Arneson, or something the Estate would be willing to grant license to. More here: arnesonestate.com/press #ttrpgcommunity #RPG #DnD #gencon2024
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
A lot of old gamers have always said WOTC D&D is not D&D. Not surprised to see an old guard designer/gamer say this: "They are jealous imitators, whose personal perception of their lack ability is underscored by the fact they felt the need to trade under a historic brand name they did not create, and that in fact has no legitimate creative connection with the alternate game systems they chose to design," IMHO 5e attempted to go back to a simpler and more traditional system, except it was video-gamed. Interesting letter, I wonder who wrote it. #DnD
From a dear friend and confidant.
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
Godzilla has always been anthropomorphized because itโ€™s a guy in a rubber suit until recently. But even though itโ€™s no longer a guy in a suit, heโ€™s still clocking other kaiju in the jaw with his fist. Should Godzilla be able to punch and kick, or act more like an animal?
82%Godzilla can punch
18%Godzilla shouldn't punch
188 votes โ€ข Final results
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
Do you agree or disagree? #dnd
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
Support Emperor's Choice If you want to expand your Old School Campaign here is something worth checking out. I am very biased in favor of Arduin Grimoire. It appeared out of nowhere in 1977 and someone in my game group always seemed to have a copy of at least one book floating around. The guys at Emperors Choice have been working for over two decades to preserve and promote the works of David Hargrave so they wouldn't end up in the trash heap like so many other original drafts of classic games. Arduin is a fascinating world setting as the main setting has gates linking it to other realms and even dimensions. Thus it is open to characters of any kind in a game session. Some feel that D&D stole the Artificer class from Arduin and a whole lot more. It is also fully OD&D compliant as a variant, and thus easily adapted to anything else. Even if you can't get the maps from the new KickStarter, throw them five bucks so they can keep up the wonderful job of archiving and preserving this master work world setting. Yup, that's Gary Gygax holding up the map. GO CHECK OUT THEIR PROJECT HERE: kickstarter.com/projects/921โ€ฆ #DnD #RPG #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpg #Kickstarter #maps
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
I'm looking for recommendations for books on the history of Venice between 1200ish and 1400ish Any ideas? Retweets for signal boosting appreciated
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Randy 'RangleMe' Angle๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ–– retweeted
It takes a special kind of absurd bias to judge the past based on today's standards. Here is an article about @threelinestudio (Rob Kuntz) reaction to @Wizards_DnD's revisionist "history" book... boundingintocomics.com/2024/โ€ฆ #DnD #TTRPG #RPG
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