u/D12sAreUnderrated

Hey all! Me and a player are looking for 1-3 more players (18+) for a leftist/very anti-capitalist Troika! one-shot tomorrow. It'll be over Fluxer, an online platform very similar to discord but more secure. The game will start at 4pm CDT we'll go over safety tools, rules and character creation within the first hour, and then we'll game for another 2-3 hours.

If you're unfamiliar with Troika!, it's a psychedelic sci-fi fantasy comedic Pratchett-esque game where characters are randomly generated. You could be a Gremlin Catcher, a Member of Miss Kinsey's Dining Club, or even a Sceptical Lamassu! The system itself uses d6s and most rolls will be 2d6+modifiers.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

If you are interested, please dm me with the following information: preferred name, pronouns, any lines/veils (hard/soft boundaries) you'd like to set, anything else you'd like to note or ask about.

Hope to hear from ya soon!!

Hi all! I'm looking for a good craft beer spot to take my fiance on a weekend-night date (saturday/sunday), preferrably somewhere that isn't too busy/loud and has spacious tables for board games. I understand it's a big ask though since it's a weekend. We are Richardson-based but are willing to drive within 30-ish minutes. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

We are a leftist ttrpg community with a focus on indie ttrpgs (though not exclusive)! If you're not familiar with Fluxer, it's a great mostly 1:1 discord alternative that aims to be FOSS in the near future. All are welcome in our community and we have a zero tolerance policy on oppression of any kind as well as liberalism/right-wing ideology. Come join the IndieRev Collective and roll some dice with fellow commies✊️🎲

🔗 https://fluxer.gg/EWV4p3Zl

Hi all!

I've been itching to play online multiplayer games but my budget is a bit tight, $20 usd tight. I really miss that experience of just queue-ing up and playing with randoms or "people-watching" online. Lately I've been digging into Warframe a lot because it's free and my favorite moments are when I get to play with others and see their warframes. I'll check out almost anything really apart from a couple of games:

* Fortnite: never been into it, mostly due to the skill ceiling of building and shooting simultaneously.

* Rocket League: I've sunk decent time into it before, but I suck too much to enjoy it tbh. Fun game though!

* Palia: fun but for some reason it just doesn't run well on my switch.

Any other good recommendations? The cheaper, the better for my wallet lol

Hey all! I was looking for guidance on whether it's worth the effort to unionize the coffee shop I work at?

This is our second location, which opened in late 2024 and I am a day 1 hire for it. Since opening our old manager (who I'm close friends with) fought tooth and nail to keep the workload from potentially worsening due to the owner's increasing expectations, but that manager left and was replaced a few months ago. Most ideas we propose are ignored even if it helps potentially cut costs, and apparently the owner does not want a team meeting because he "may feel ganged up on" when all we want is to voice our concerns. Despite these struggles, we all enjoy working as a team.

Recently we were told we would close early half the week to cut costs, meaning closers will have to rearrange their lives to make it work or leave. Many of us were also pushed to sign a team lead document by our new manager and were threatened with "the owner may find new people that will take the team lead positions and will cut hours for everyone that doesn't". This comes with more potential responsibilities for us and no pay raise while still cutting our hours due to early closing. I also just found out that one of our day 1 hardest working coworkers had her yearly review and didn't get a raise despite everyone else getting one. I have my own work beef with the owner but that laundry list would double the length of this post.

Our store has been "in the red" since we opened which makes it hard for us to gauge how much we can push things. More than half of us want to unionize so I reached out to the Starbucks union for advice and they told me I should file with the NLRB. Now my coworkers are wondering if this is a process we should collectively follow through with, if there are alternatives, or do we jump ship and look for new jobs in this horrible market?

Any and all input is appreciated!