Ben Overmyer

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Admin of Lore Monster. Platform engineer by day, tabletop game designer by night.
Ben OvermyerJan 20, 2023
In other news, I think I'm going to sunset this Misskey instance and go back to using my Mastodon account (@dungeonHack). Misskey seems to be missing some features (exploring the Fediverse is... difficult), and running my own instance is not as much fun as I thought, hah.

I think most people who follow this account already follow my Mastodon account, so it's probably not a big deal....
Ben OvermyerJan 20, 2023
So I'm working on a second edition of the Ingenium RPG. This time around (compared to 2014, the last attempt), it will hew quite closely to the original edition. It fixes a bunch of typos and small flaws. It adds content. I'll talk more about this in a blog post on Sunday on Silver Gryphon Games' website.

#SilverGryphonGames #IngeniumRPG #TTRPG
Show threadBen OvermyerJan 19, 2023
@LouAnders The core mechanics they're giving away, which are un-copyrightable anyway. This is smoke and mirrors.
Show threadBen OvermyerJan 18, 2023
@scribblingfox That's a wholly different Zola! Zola.com is for wedding stuff, getzola.org is a static site generator.
Show threadBen OvermyerJan 18, 2023
@scribblingfox No... I use Obsidian for personal note-taking, but my personal website is built with Zola (https://getzola.org). Also Markdown-based.
Zola

Everything you need to make a static site engine in one binary.

Ben OvermyerJan 18, 2023
I read https://stackingthebricks.com/how-blogs-broke-the-web/ this morning, and it has me wondering if I should ditch my static site generator and just maintain my personal site as direct HTML.

#WebDesign #SmallWeb
How the Blog Broke the Web

I first got online in 1993, back when the Web had a capital letter — three, in fact — and long before irony stretched its legs and unbuttoned its flan

Show threadBen OvermyerJan 15, 2023
@periaptgames Hey! Nice to see some Kiwis in the space. I lived in NZ for four years, 2000-2004.
Show threadBen OvermyerJan 15, 2023
@chaoticneutral @[email protected] @montecook One of my goals for 2023 was to not buy any new games in Q1.

This goal did not survive the OGL debacle.

I ordered myself a copy of Cypher. Looking forward to reading through it!
Show threadBen OvermyerJan 15, 2023
@Yora What's the two-sentence version of your post?
Show threadBen OvermyerJan 15, 2023
@AllenVarney I am. I own Silver Gryphon Games (along with Kevin Rohan), I'm the author of the Ingenium RPG, and I run the site Iron Arachne for content generation tools for RPGs.

I thoroughly enjoy Bundle of Holding, btw.