Don Allmon

SFF author of the Blue Unicorn Trilogy. Gamer, orc fan. Rep: @SaraMegibow. (he/him)

[Don Allmon @dallmon]

What are you in for when you read The Blue Unicorn series?

✅ Hot orc mechanic 🔧
✅ Fast Cars 🚗
✅ Steamy elf ninja 🏹
✅ Adorable fox familiar 🦊
✅ Double-dirty sex 🥒
✅ Rescue the AI princess 🦄
✅ Evil dragon-wizard 🐲
✅ HEA 💚💚💚

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RPGs: What else do you want but to make your friends laugh? That's all we're doing.

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So next week I will ask my 20-something group if they feel insulted by a generational term such as "Gen Z," & if so, they can vote on whether to get a more inclusive GM. K is perfectly qualified & would be great. I'll give her my notes and she can do whatever.

(Please say yes.)

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@alice_exclaims Which means the real problem is money. Surprise surprise. (OMG none of these gifs are from the Andy Griffith Show, Jesus what have we become?)

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When people I respect start pulling the "I'm more liberal than you" card, I know I've lost and there's nothing more to be gained here (as if there ever was).

Last thoughts: Republicans love it when we eat our own. And the left are cannibals at heart.

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@alice_exclaims I don't think it's purity that's the problem. I think it's media. They want media to give them that stamp of approval, left or right, they don't care, as long as it gives them clicks.

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@DoNaytion Honestly I'm done. I figure I got about 10 years left before my aorta gives out and that's a best case. Y'all (and your kids) can do what you want and best wishes to ya. Ain't none of my kids inheriting this mess.

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I'd have thought that if I wrote a book and someone bought it that they liked it. Jesus what a fool I was.

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Sometimes I wonder what I'd be like if I never had Twitter....

I'd never have realized romance readers were so fucking hateful. I'd never have realized liberals were so condescending & petty. I'd never have realized SF readers were so libertarian (OK, I always knew that).

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@UGEplex @Wizards_DnD Heads up acknowledged.

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@UGEplex @Wizards_DnD Nah man, don't start. I am 20 years older than the people I GM. They have different attitudes and perspectives than I do. One is not better or whatever. But it's different. I'm trying to recognize that and work with it. Don't try to portray this as "I don't see age."

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@UGEplex @Wizards_DnD Really? That is honestly fascinating. In my experience Gen Z finds everything boring & old (though maybe they're just talking about me!) & I'd love to know what about it caught their interest.

Let's be honest, Spelljammer wasn't even popular way back when. This is nostalgia.

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@UGEplex Gloomhaven in VR would be awesome.

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@UGEplex I hate PvP. I hate boardgames that pit me against my friends (unless they're silly like King of Tokyo or Sushi Go). But a game like Risk or Axis & Allies? Hard no.

When coop games became a thing, I honestly fucking danced around. One of the reasons I love Gloomhaven so much.

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@natsechobbyist @RepLizCheney Please. No one cares. Not a bit of any of this makes any difference. I can't even tell who you pundits think you're talking to anymore.

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@VAButlerwrites @madrid_mike @RepLizCheney Jesus Christ no.

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@JamesSACorey Meh. People prefer different things. Doesn't mean one is better than another.

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@JamesSACorey Oh man, dragon migration season is a whole genre of romance yet to be explored.

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@atticusmcl @DoNaytion 4/4 here!

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@DoNaytion Yep, I'll be there!

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@DoNaytion Happy birthday!

In my D&D group, four of six had birthdays this month. Counting you and S about 80% of the people I know are Ares. No wonder we're such a quarrelsome mess!