Ben Sandfelder

@bensandfelder

He/him. Social studies teacher by day, indie game + TTRPG designer by night Past freelance writer for 5E/DDAL Currently running: OSR, The One Ring Currently playing: Cataphracts Jewish, ADHD, bi disaster.

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Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· 17d

Similar energy

From a Moon Knight comic: the superhero Moon Knight walks down a staircase, past a cross-shaped window. He says, “I know you’re here, Dracula, you big fucking nerd. Where’s my goddamn money?”

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Jul 21

Honestly I’m a sucker for a setting like Conan where most gods are regional/cultural, and probably aren’t real, but you sure as fuck don’t want to meet the ones that are.

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Jul 17

Still mad about the hexcrawl/text-based adventure game I found on Steam that was obvious AI slop. Still making my own and y'all, I am COOKING. You can't tell from just the screenshot, but that hex map was procedurally generated, and has functional, weighted pathfinding already!

A mockup of a game UI made with 2D pixel graphics. On the left side are five boxes with RPG character stats. In the upper middle, there is a hex map. Below that, an empty panel with a scroll bar. On the right is another empty panel, whose purpose has not been revealed yet.

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Jun 28

The Anakin/Padme meme.
Anakin: “Don’t worry. The Democratic Party is ready to fight in the midterms.

Padme: “Against Republicans, right?”

Anakin stares with sinister intent.

Padme stares back, concerned.

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Jun 27

Look at this perfect boy.

A creamsicle cat fast asleep on a couch.

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Jun 21

Feeling creatively burnt-out, but I have a cat now so that’s neat.

An elderly creamsicle cat lying on the floor nuzzles my hand, while looking toward the camera with yellow-green eyes.

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Jun 19

Found and brought home some queer artifacts from an estate sale today! Included bookmarks from a queer bookstore that used to exist on 13th Street, in Midtown Atlanta! Happy Pride!

Positively Gay by Betty Berzon, PHD (1984 printing)

Let Freedom Ring, a pamphlet from the Lesbian and Gay Bands of America concert in DAR Constitution Hall, Washington DC, October 10th 1987,

A Disturbed Peace: Selected Writings of an Irish Catholic Homosexual by Brian McNaught,

And a small Pride flag from the 1990s, possibly even earlier.

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Jun 15

So last night my partner and I found this perfect boy sadly yowling in a McDonalds drive thru lane. We think he was abandoned, which is insane, bc he’s the friendliest, best-behaved cat I’ve ever met.

A creamsicle cat gleefully rolling on carpet

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Jun 1

Speaking from the heart, as both a friend, a fan, and someone who had this happen 2 weeks ago

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· May 10

I mean. A running gag in the series is that a reporter with an Arabic name asks you challenging questions about your more difficult decisions… …And you punch her in the face. Ahaha, so funny, right?

A graphic from Mass Effect, titled “Your… OTHER CHOICES.” It shows the reporter Khalisa Al-Jilani interviewing Commander Shepard.

68% of players addressed the reporter’s questions with a punch to the face.

32% addressed her questions with candor and grace.

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Apr 22

AOC blasts RFK Jr. with a Cyclops-style eye beam slicing straight through his collarbone

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Apr 1

Partner and I watched The Death of Stalin last night. Came away wondering, “do you think this is what will happen here When The Thing Finally Happens?”

Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi) gestures to Stalin’s dead(?) body, lying in a puddle of his own piss, as other Soviet officials look on, paralyzed by indecision.

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Feb 6

Yes (according to the 2005 Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie adaptation, at least)

A red, lightsaber-like knife cuts through a loaf of bread, toasting each slice.

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Jan 30

The Galaxy Brain meme:

Small Brain: “We need to vote Blue so we can flip Congress!”

Average Brain: “The Democrats suck and the Republicans are clearly planning to steal the midterms so what’s the point in voting?”

Enlightened Brain: “If we win by large enough margins then the Republicans won’t be able to contest the results!”

Galaxy Brain: “Even if we’re fucked at the Federal level there are state and local races that will have much more immediate impacts on your community!”

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Jan 13

If anyone wants to know what playing Cataphracts by @samsorensen.bsky.social is like, it’s checking your Discord notifications first in the morning and getting sent hurtling through this loop like you are clothes in the dryer.

A diagram of an endless loop alternating between “We’re so back” and “It’s so over.”

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Jan 2

Hmm.

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Jan 1

Board games and Return of the King for New Years. • Tried to find what time to start the Theatrical version, so that the Ring gets destroyed at midnight. • Got a hilariously wrong answer (10:23) from Google AI. • Instead, started the New Year with Gandalf crying, “This is no place for a Hobbit!”

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Nov 25

Introduce yourself with 4 Spaceships! Fuck the Empire but the TIE Fighter engine wail is my all-time favorite sound effect, and they’re more fun to fly than X-Wings. Embarrassingly proud of the time I went 33 and 0 in a TIE in SW: Squadrons PvP. Also I really like Elite Dangerous’s ship designs.

The Krait Mk2 from Elite Dangerous, a wide arrowhead-shaped ship.

A pair of TIE Fighters flying along the underside of a Star Destroyer.

A Solomon battleship decelerating towards the Pillars, from the game Nebulous: Fleet Command.

The Alliance Chieftain from Elite Dangerous, firing four forward-facing pulse lasers. Their bright red beams slice towards the camera.

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Nov 25

#cataphracts #vanitera450 has brought out my artistic side. Behold: my greatest contribution.

A beige monochrome image of Matthew Mcconaughey smoking a cigarette, photoshopped so that he’s in a 13th century tunic and hat, standing in front of a castle.

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Oct 30

Did a quick sketch of my #over/under PC. Wilton Hassel started as “what if Harry DuBois was Appalachian?” but he has turned into a purveyor of oversized jackets and the premier expert on the Mini Marines tabletop wargame.

A sketch of a middle-aged man with a scruffy beard, crooked nose, and dark circles under his eyes. His buzzed hair shows a prominent widow’s peak.

Ben Sandfelder@bensandfelder· Oct 9

Late to the party but I have finally started Disco Elysium. I have also changed my phone wallpaper to Volition from Disco Elysium. I don’t want to read too far into that.