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Perhaps also of interest: https://itch.io/jam/indie-nasa-adventures https://itch.io/jam/indie-nasa-adventures This is a tabletop game jam sparked by the NASA r

Perhaps also of interest: https://itch.io/jam/indie-nasa-adventures https://itch.io/jam/indie-nasa-adventures This is a tabletop game jam sparked by the NASA release. It is mildly snarky about D&D. The challenge is to write a TTRPG adventure that centers at least one NASA image. itch.io tabletop game jams often produce some cool stuff so I think it's worth watching.

Waterluvian 3y ago
> that Centers at Least One NASA* Image What does that mean? Or is it just a grammar thing and they mean centres on, focuses on, is built around…
- danparsonson 3y ago
  No, it's a game about CSS
- andruc 3y ago
  Center. Verb. to direct one's attention on something.
  - kadoban 3y ago
    I checked several dictionaries and none had that usage. It's at _best_ very awkwardly worded. It's probably just a mistake.
    - edflsafoiewq 3y ago
      It is not. Other examples of this "center" from around the web > A Major Museum’s Attempt to Center Native American Voices > Yet, the story of man’s redemption, the gospel, is one that always centers God
    - davorak 3y ago
      As a native USA, english speaker, I come across this usage enough that it was familiar and not out of place. The second noun definition[1] and first verb definition[2], but only after expansion, google gave me[3] match. The second verb definition[4] on merriam-webster.com, similar on dictionary.com, second noun definition on cambridge.org, but mostly missing, in an example but not definition for some reason, in the verb section. [1] the point from which an activity or process is directed, or on which it is focused. "the city was a center of discontent" [2]occur mainly in or around (a specified place). "the mercantile association was centered in northern Germany" have or cause to have (a specified concern or theme). "the case centers around the couple's adopted children" [3] https://www.google.com/search?q=define+center https://www.google.com/search?q=define+center [4] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/center#dictionary-entry-2 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/center#dictionary... to give a central focus or basis centers her hopes on her son the plot was centered on espionage
    - scrumper 3y ago
      "Centers on..," would be pretty normal usage. Making it active, like in the article ("Centers at least one...") is a little bit unusual and I can't recall seeing that usage before. Swapping it for 'features' would of course be completely unremarkable. It makes sense though, I don't mind it.
- hackeraccount 3y ago
  Verbing weirds the language. https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25 https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25
Karrot_Kream 3y ago
> It is mildly snarky about D&D. Truly one of the most obnoxious aspects of online RPG discourse.
- protocolture 3y ago
  DND existing, and being referred to as a default system for everything? Yes its very obnoxious.
- dallas 3y ago
  Indeed. "Why won't more people play the games I like after I've been snarky about the games most people enjoy?"
  - Apocryphon 3y ago
    Do people most enjoy D&D these days? On one hand, it’s iconic enough to be the Kleenex or Xerox of tabletop fantasy. On the other, recent behavior from Wizards of the Coast have put the brand in an ambiguous space, receiving ample competition from the likes of Pathfinder. Though that’s somewhat inside baseball consumer-corporate drama.
    - smegger001 3y ago
      Is it inside base ball drama when it make headlines in newspapers of note?
    - dallas 3y ago
      To be honest I don't like WOTC-era D&D all that much and prefer early TSR-era stuff and modern OSR games. However, I am surrounded by young people in my circles of real world friends who continue to play and post/YouTube about 5th edition - the game they got started in.
      - ultimafan 3y ago
        You're not alone, and really the one thing I will give WOTC credit for amidst all the bad they've done is bringing back the 1e/2e books as POD reprints, it felt great to buy brand new hardcover copies so I could shelve my original ones, and not have to worry so much about wearing them out at the table.

Waterluvian 3y ago

> that Centers at Least One NASA* Image What does that mean? Or is it just a grammar thing and they mean centres on, focuses on, is built around…

danparsonson 3y ago
No, it's a game about CSS
andruc 3y ago
Center. Verb. to direct one's attention on something.
- kadoban 3y ago
  I checked several dictionaries and none had that usage. It's at _best_ very awkwardly worded. It's probably just a mistake.
  - edflsafoiewq 3y ago
    It is not. Other examples of this "center" from around the web > A Major Museum’s Attempt to Center Native American Voices > Yet, the story of man’s redemption, the gospel, is one that always centers God
  - davorak 3y ago
    As a native USA, english speaker, I come across this usage enough that it was familiar and not out of place. The second noun definition[1] and first verb definition[2], but only after expansion, google gave me[3] match. The second verb definition[4] on merriam-webster.com, similar on dictionary.com, second noun definition on cambridge.org, but mostly missing, in an example but not definition for some reason, in the verb section. [1] the point from which an activity or process is directed, or on which it is focused. "the city was a center of discontent" [2]occur mainly in or around (a specified place). "the mercantile association was centered in northern Germany" have or cause to have (a specified concern or theme). "the case centers around the couple's adopted children" [3] https://www.google.com/search?q=define+center https://www.google.com/search?q=define+center [4] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/center#dictionary-entry-2 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/center#dictionary... to give a central focus or basis centers her hopes on her son the plot was centered on espionage
  - scrumper 3y ago
    "Centers on..," would be pretty normal usage. Making it active, like in the article ("Centers at least one...") is a little bit unusual and I can't recall seeing that usage before. Swapping it for 'features' would of course be completely unremarkable. It makes sense though, I don't mind it.
hackeraccount 3y ago
Verbing weirds the language. https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25 https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25

Karrot_Kream 3y ago

> It is mildly snarky about D&D. Truly one of the most obnoxious aspects of online RPG discourse.

protocolture 3y ago
DND existing, and being referred to as a default system for everything? Yes its very obnoxious.
dallas 3y ago
Indeed. "Why won't more people play the games I like after I've been snarky about the games most people enjoy?"
- Apocryphon 3y ago
  Do people most enjoy D&D these days? On one hand, it’s iconic enough to be the Kleenex or Xerox of tabletop fantasy. On the other, recent behavior from Wizards of the Coast have put the brand in an ambiguous space, receiving ample competition from the likes of Pathfinder. Though that’s somewhat inside baseball consumer-corporate drama.
  - smegger001 3y ago
    Is it inside base ball drama when it make headlines in newspapers of note?
  - dallas 3y ago
    To be honest I don't like WOTC-era D&D all that much and prefer early TSR-era stuff and modern OSR games. However, I am surrounded by young people in my circles of real world friends who continue to play and post/YouTube about 5th edition - the game they got started in.
    - ultimafan 3y ago
      You're not alone, and really the one thing I will give WOTC credit for amidst all the bad they've done is bringing back the 1e/2e books as POD reprints, it felt great to buy brand new hardcover copies so I could shelve my original ones, and not have to worry so much about wearing them out at the table.