Maria Perry

I've graduated from dice into board games, and the Kickstarter for the first game I'm producing is live now. As a huge, longtime fan of Tasting History, I couldn't have picked a more exciting project to jump in with! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sal...

I'm planning a truly unhinged magic the gathering holiday party this year, and figured I need maaaybe 300-500 treasure tokens, because reasons. (Un)fortunately(?) the most cost effective way to get them was to buy 4000 of them. I am about to have a comical overabundance of treasure.

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Dice Envys Pre Launch Kickstarter is live! If you sign up now, you'll get a VIP enamel pin when the project is backed! The set includes the Standard d10, Hunger d10, and numbered d10s. Sign-up for updates now at www.kickstarter.com/projects/dic... #vtm #vampirethemasquerade @diceenvy.bsky.social

I really hope this takes off. There needs to be a creative storefront marketplace that actually bans genai and drop shipping, and I hope it's a 100% ban. Etsy is completely ruined and not artist friendly. Much luck to Fybe! fybe.art

Watching people use AI makes me feel like I’m actually losing my mind. “Oh, there’s a tool that burns through natural resources, causes sickness in poor populations, was built on the back of an incredible theft of the work of people, and makes nothing of actual value or substance? Sign me up!”

At my 1st MtG Prerelease last night, I had a rough time. Not enough creatures in any 2 color combos, so I had to splash in a 3rd and still kept losing. 2 Guys tried mansplaining at me and couldn't fix it. This morning though? 241 dmg at my boyfriend over coffee in one attack phase. All better.

Today I'm being interviewed on camera for a documentary about a fandom I was very active in almost 20 years ago. Crazy to think how much it's affected the trajectory of my life, and who I have and haven't stayed in touch with, versus the people I thought I would back then.

I really hate not working, but on the plus side I've come out of my stress fueled burn out enough to work on my novel, redo our garden, and start cooking and exercising again. The healing wasn't my choice, but I will take it.

You ever start telling a story, then realize you have to back up for context? I've done that so much, I now have 365 years of world building for the novel I'm writing. Oops?

If I had a nickel for every time a company that laid me off had to pay to have me come back and train my replacement, I'd have three nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened thrice, right?

I miss getting to make new tabletop accessories. Sad I never got to make my mtg multideck bag design into a real product. I just really like the process of designing, working with manufacturers, iterating, getting samples, and then releasing a thing and seeing other folks get excited about it.

Collin is DMing a few games of We Be Goblins for the Titmouse Foundation's Dirty 20 Charity Event in Burbank on 1/31/26. Badges are $75, and include food tickets, a shirt, and your choice of games at up to 3 tables throughout the day. It's not too late to sign up! tabletop.events/conventions/...

This morning, the owner of Dice Envy announced company wide layoffs. I'm now in search of admin, operations, assistant, or product development type work. Happy to work remotely or in the Burbank/ North Hollywood area of California. I'd love to stay in the TTRPG world, but happy for any leads!

It's a new year, and I am begging y'all to put captions on your streams. Don't know how? I got you. Here's a thread of captioning options for your streams. With the exception of Meld that does not have a caption plug in (yet). These should work on other stream software.

Are black Friday scams and fraud up for all small businesses like crazy this year? We usually get one or two, but my current count is in the 40s, and several of our small business friends have similar problems. it's rough out here.

it's so much easier to gift shop for freaks and nerds. why don't you try getting a hyper-specific interest with a ton of niche handcrafted accessories to support it and then maybe you'll get some treasure?? hmm???

Just a reminder that there are LOADS of small businesses, BIPOC-owned businesses, LGBTQ+-owned businesses, women owned businesses who would appreciate your holiday shopping dollars so much more than any big box retailer ever will.

❣️For all my tabletop streamer friends out there who haven’t yet heard, Twitch has just announced a brand new Tabletop Creator Club! These clubs are a way to connect with other streamers in your niche, for everything from APs and TTRPG discussion to collectible card games and mini painting. (1/3)

Man, I feel like I've barely had time to come up for air this year. How is it October already? But also, how is it still 2025?

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Ridiculous and appalling that Open Ai, amongst other GenAi companies, think they can dictate how THEY use OUR works. No, Open Ai, it should not be authors and copyright holders opting out of your exploitative models. It should be you, Open Ai, asking authors and copyright holders to opt IN.

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

Trick or treat bags and Advent Calendars have arrived at @diceenvy.bsky.social and our office is tiny and so so full already. We ordered HALF the boxes we'll need this year, arriving tomorrow, and I have no idea where we'll put them. All of my tetris stress dreams have come true. 🥲

Fall season about to hit the shop like

If "AI" was as valuable as they say it is, they wouldn't be selling it to you. They'd be using it themselves in secret to make the next Minecraft, the next Avatar, the next Hello Kitty and then they'd sell that to you. They're trying to sell you a sick goose, while pretending it lays golden eggs.

Happy 9th Birthday, Dice Envy!! We're officially all about Minecraft and NOT into Paw Patrol anymore because THAT'S FOR BABIES.

Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this son of York

❤️ TWO CALENDARS?! 💜 That's right, 2025's Advent Calendars bring double the dice - one for the Naughty list, and one for the Nice! The perfect holiday gift for your favorite dice goblin 🎲 Pre-order yours diceenvy.com/products/advent-calendar #dice #rpg #dnd #diceaddict #newdice

May's 10-Piece Monthly Sub Box! Hark! The harrowed vampires sing... Daybreak threatens their bloodless king. diceenvy.com/products/sub... #dice #rpg #dnd #diceaddict #newdice #subbox

May's Metal Monthly Sub Box! Morninglord: "In the dawn, beauty reigns, and the way is clearer." diceenvy.com/products/sub... #dice #rpg #dnd #diceaddict #newdice #subbox #praiselathander

I know some of my bluesky moots are TTRPG Kickstarter manager types. Do any of you have openings rn for new projects?

Booo, boo I say, re: Jeremy Renner not playing himself in Knives Out 3.

Are you a UK-based podcast with a focus on nerdy stuff (movies, video games, TTRPGs, web/tv shows, books etc)? @12sidedstudios.bsky.social is looking for recos! If you want to be considered shoot an email here: Jasper@12sidedstudios.com‬

Knowledge is knowing that ~60% of LLM output is inaccurate. Education is learning *which* 60% of LLM output is inaccurate. Wisdom is understanding there’s no use for a tool that’s 60% inaccurate.

Must go faster. MUST GO FASTER. Get your zoomies on with our latest Dice Envy Original set, Warp Speed Delta! diceenvy.com/products/warp-speed-delta-dice #dice #rpg #dnd #diceaddict #newdice #dicecollector #dungeonsanddragons #gottagofast

Woof, got our first tariff invoices in today. They suck as much, if not a little more than we expected. (bonus suck from the fees the shipping companies tacked on for having to generate the invoice)

The Hasbro OGL fiasco. The fragmentation of social media. The onslaught of AI slop. The ever-evolving threat of tariffs. Attempted rollbacks of safety nets. It's a minor miracle any small-time creators are left in this industry. Send best wishes to a #ttrpg creator today because times are tough.

Just returned from Dark Library: Paris 1925, an interactive musical experience in one of Gertrude Stein's salons, with a cast of literary greats to rub elbows and clink glasses with. I cannot recommend it highly enough, if you're in the LA/ North Hollywood area. www.eventbrite.com/e/dark-libra...

I'm a GM for Critical Role now! I can't tell you how hard our team at @12sidedstudios.bsky.social and Paragon Pictures have worked to pull this together. We are going to BLOW. YOUR. MINDS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQs5...

Supply chain analysis, particularly for small scale shops, is basically impossible. Nobody knows what’s gonna break.

Steve Jackson Games posted this to their blog and the post is getting so many hits their site is effectively crashed but the point is worth repeating

12 Sided Studios is looking for a Production Assistant! Initial 3 month term. All levels of experience welcome. To work on an array of exciting projects. Fill out the form below: docs.google.com/forms/d/1chz... If you have already filled it out no need to do it again. Thanks folks

Vampire the Masquerade: Black Pentecost Season Finale is tonight, 9pm! @kuvenet.bsky.social @yaboibig.bsky.social @mostfacinorous.bsky.social & Darlingcreepshow have to answer for their mess... @bleakseason.bsky.social #vamily #vampirethemasquerade

The US Copyright Office has declared that generative AI art and text generated by prompts cannot be copyright protected. (Read more: The Verge)

In The Monsters Know What They’re Doing and MOAR! Monsters Know What They’re Doing, I reverse-engineered hundreds of #DnD monsters to help DMs plan their combat encounters. Now, in Making Enemies (Oct. 7), I explore everything that goes into creating #TTRPG monsters from the ground up. #booksky