I wrote a praise poem for my sister. As long as I’m alive her name will never fade away. Praise Poem for Esther Darlene Massie. (Sunrise 1972-Sunset 2022). I am thankful for this day for this is the day she was born. substack.com/@alifeallah/...

When people think about African artistic traditions, they often focus on sculpture, masks, jewelry, or architecture. Yet some of the most sophisticated knowledge systems on the continent have always been carried in cloth. #DnD #Worldbuilding #Textiles #African #Fantasy

Bop: The Clock That Refused Colonial Time substack.com/@alifeallah/...

For those of us interested in genealogy, speculative fiction, and tabletop roleplaying games, fragrance offers an unexpected doorway into understanding African cultural continuity. It also provides a rich and often overlooked source of inspiration for worldbuilding. #DnD #TTRPG #Worldbuilding

Part 4 of the Trumbash article. The Trumbash appendix which contains: 3–5 visual references, museum holdings, historical notes, variants and further reading. #BlackFantasy #BlackSpeculativeLaboratory #Trumbash #TTRPG #DnD

Part three of the Trumbash article, the Black Fantasy Toolkit, gives tips on how to use it in Black Fantasy adaptation, a magical variant and how to use it in worldbuilding. #BlackFantasy #BlackSpeculativeLaboratory #Trumbash #TTRPG #DnD

Part two of the Trumbahs article for my Iron Archive: African Weapons for Fantasy, Tabletop Games, and Black Speculative Worlds series is covering bringing the Trumbash into DnD 5e and Other TTRPGs #BlackFantasy #BlackSpeculativeLaboratory #Trumbash #TTRPG #DnD

The Iron Archive: African Weapons for Fantasy, Tabletop Games, and Black Speculative Worlds series. I will be covering African weaponry and applying it to to Black Fantasy worldbuilding. We're starting off with the Trumbash. #BlackFantasy #BlackSpeculativeLaboratory #Trumbash #TTRPG #DnD

This is the Juneteenth Flag designed by Ben Haith and adopted in 1997

This is the Black American Heritage Flag designed by Melvin Charles and Gleason T. Jackson. Adopted on March 5, 1967

Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987), using the second set of Pan African Flag colors

This is the Pan African Flag designed by Marcus Garvey. Adopted on August 13, 1920

The Flag of the Liberty League of Negro-Americans. It would inspire Marcus Garvey to create his UNIA flag

A muppets/sesame street/children's show type horror #TTRPG could jump off

May they 9th Chip and Shatter #DuneDay #Dune

Lord Loq Gather-Spring’s-Heartbreak. Aelfir overlord in #SpireTheCityMustFall #SpireRPG #TTRPG

Lord Mataj Teeth-Through-Silk. Aelfir overlord in #SpireTheCityMustFall #SpireRPG #TTRPG

Caratauc Blessed-by-Bounty. Aelfir overlord in #SpireTheCityMustFall #SpireRPG #TTRPG

Josette Lapin the Idol. #SpireTheCityMustFall #SpireRPG #TTRPG

Prosper Trelent the Azurite. #SpireTheCityMustFall #SpireRPG #TTRPG

Rolant Duval the Vermissian Sage. #SpireTheCityMustFall #SpireRPG #TTRPG

Aubin the Mortician Executioner. #SpireTheCityMustFall #SpireRPG #TTRPG

Jebideaux Eboh the Gutter Cleric. #SpireTheCityMustFall #SpireRPG #TTRPG

Scriv the Inksmith. #SpireTheCityMustFall #SpireRPG #TTRPG

Arundhati Roy is always dropping it.

I'm gonna have to find this book. Published in 1988

We drop the first episode of our #SpireTheCityMustFall actual play tomorrow (12/20)25). Link is in the bio for the YouTube channel. You might as well go ahead and subscribe. #SpireRPG #TTRPGCommunity

Come through tomorrow and hear your boy chop it up with @classicsamnygm.bsky.social #Dnd #TTRPGCommunity #BlackTTRPGPlayer

Rock with me as I go through each of the classes of #SpireTheCityMustFall in 60 seconds or less. #SpireRPG #TTRPGCommunity

We had our 0.5 session for #SpireTheCityMustFall and it was incredible. Can't wait to kick off this campaign starting Dec 13th! #SpireRPG #TTRPGCommunity #TTRPG