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Sandy Petersen 🪔

@sandyofcthulhu

Game Designer, Horror fan, Grandpa. Founder of Lovecraftian gaming. CEO of Petersen Games. Also known for Doom, the Age of Empires series, etc.

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I played my new boardgame twice this week while on a family reunion. The first time, my son playing as the Old Ones, was victorious in a 5 player game. Second time I was victorious as a species of decadent, lazy bird-things in a 6 player game. As a side note when my 13yo

I played my new boardgame twice this week while on a family reunion. The first time, my son playing as the Old Ones, was victorious in a 5 player game.

Second time I was victorious as a species of decadent, lazy bird-things in a 6 player game.

As a side note when my 13yo
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Clearly they’re trying to dump on Tolkien in comparison with GoT. What a failure. Is Boromir good or bad? Denethor led his nation wisely so long only to despair. How about Gollum - the central figure? Did the Dunlendings not have actual grievances? Saruman started good. Sam the

Clearly they’re trying to dump on Tolkien in comparison with GoT.

What a failure. Is Boromir good or bad? Denethor led his nation wisely so long only to despair. How about Gollum - the central figure? Did the Dunlendings not have actual grievances? Saruman started good. Sam the
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Okay so it is QUITE CLEAR that the black, bitter Orc drink that gives “unnatural energy” is coffee. Orcs drink coffee. This makes sense mythically too.

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Day of the Triffids. I was 7 years old. (We didn’t have movie ratings in 1963.) I was so scared I tried to hide behind my seat in the theater. That night, I slept on the couch in my grandpa’s front room. He had picture windows, and there were two trees blowing in the wind that

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Comics sold in the millions in the golden age (1940s), in the hundreds of thousands in the silver age (1960s) and in the tens of thousands in the 1990s. Someday they will die.

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Yesterday I posted that I needed prayers. I got a huge response. Things worsened this morning. To my amazement, this evening I learned a joyful fact which lifted my spirits hugely. If you prayed, I thank so much for a speedy & miraculous resolution. Yes I still have troubles

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I worked on this! I did all the quests & most of the puzzles. Arnold Hendricks, who was the lead, called me the “funbudsman” whose job was to make the game fun. There is a dark side to the game development I may share next week.