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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · 2d

I am known for wild games. This one was WILD, even for me xD

Pantsless Tables @pantslesstables.bsky.social · 2d

The VOD for Starlight Sparkle, MAKE UP! our magical girls one-shot is now on YouTube! Watch our 4 dramatic teens become their best sparkly heroic selves in this Kids on Brooms game!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIGo...

Starlight Sparkle, MAKE UP A Magical Girls Oneshot

YouTube video by Pantsless Tables

www.youtube.com

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · 7d

Have you heared the witches of Wederra keep already? @wederrakeep.bsky.social It farms prizes like no tomorrow because it's so good!

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · 9d

Just had a nice lil oneshot with @lesbyearning.bsky.social @quinnbeckham27.bsky.social @crimsonsol.bsky.social and @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social playing defintely not Sailor Moon.

A vice principals tires got slashed, An AI dismantled, gay romance pushed and a stoat got bribed A LOT. Normal things.

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · 9d

You wanna feel like a magical girl? You wanna see us defeat evil with the power of friendship? Join us NOW!

Pantsless Tables @pantslesstables.bsky.social · 9d

TONIGHT! Join DM @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social as they take players @lesbyearning.bsky.social @crimsonsol.bsky.social @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social and @quinnbeckham27.bsky.social @crimsonsol.bsky.social through a magical girls adventure playing Kids on Brooms!

www.twitch.tv/pantslesstab...

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · 19d

The strays are BACK! After 2 weeks of break, let the mist fall down and find out what the cards will throw our way today! Over @hausofdreams.bsky.social

www.twitch.tv/haus_of_dreams

Haus_of_Dreams - Twitch

City Of Strays Session 4

www.twitch.tv

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 13

Same here, but your DMs are closed 😊

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 13

Good luck and don’t forget to save! ❤️

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 12

Okay why did I spent all my uni time writing complex themes, postmodernism, all the personal trauma dumps my professors encouraged, only for my MAFIA PIGEON and TTRPG Vampire stuff to end up on the desk of the city theatre. Are y’all kidding me? 😂

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Jacob Wolf Lefton @watermosaic.bsky.social · Sep 11

We are live! Sorry for the delay, there was a technical issue with a Mech, but now it's mostly better but the Mech is very sad! Come watch us and help cheer it up!!

www.twitch.tv/euphoriaap

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 11

Tonight! More Harp-E, more mechs, more drama!

EUphoria Actual Plays @euphoriaap.bsky.social · Sep 11

TONIGHT!
Part 2 of 2! @watermosaic.bsky.social is joined by @urbanfriendden.bsky.social, @gaskinator.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social &
@bardwithmanynames.bsky.social for the final part of On A Sea of Stars using Girl By Moonlight by @evilhat.bsky.social !

A deep purple background with light purple grid. Pixel-style font header reads - Mechtember. Streaming this September. A month of mechs at twitch.tv/euphoriaap
A yellow vintage UI button, contains the details of the stream.
Girl By Moonlight, 4th and 11th September, 8pm BST / 9pm CEST.
Headshots of Ruben, Jacob, Gask, Younes, and Bard set into square, grey, vintage style UI buttons.
A lil pixellated robit guy stands watch.

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 10

Sadly no city of Strays today over at @hausofdreams.bsky.social . We will be back next week with tarot cards, birds wearing deerstalkers, forgotten gods and the city in the mist ❤️

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 9

I got a 15, a 1 and a 5 😊

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 9

I prefer DMs or Discord :3 we already have written with eachother

Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 9

I would love to play test and/or review it!

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 9

Read it. It’s great. And it’s short and understandable. And great. Did I mention great already?

jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · Sep 8

good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...

The Expressionist Games Manifesto

“Work! Intoxication! Brain-racking! Chewing, eating, gorging, rooting up! Rapturous birth pangs! Jabbing of the brush, preferably right…

possumcreek.medium.com

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 8

Episode one already was so heartbreaking and awesome and emotional and I want to adopt each and every one of these beautiful people o.o

EUphoria Actual Plays @euphoriaap.bsky.social · Sep 8

On A Sea of Stars - Girl by Moonlight, but make it mechs.
@watermosaic.bsky.social is joined by @urbanfriendden.bsky.social, @gaskinator.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social & @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social with a story of reluctant heroes piloting powerful Engines to defend humanity from extinction.

Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 4

Heartbreak! Apokalypse! Worldsouls! Friendship! And Mechs!

Trust me folks, you don’t want to miss this one :3

EUphoria Actual Plays @euphoriaap.bsky.social · Sep 4

TONIGHT!
Girl by Moonlight, but make it mechs. @watermosaic.bsky.social is joined by @urbanfriendden.bsky.social, @gaskinator.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social &
@bardwithmanynames.bsky.social with a story of reluctant heroes piloting powerful Engines to defend humanity from extinction.

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 3

Lets go! Draw some cards and conce some quences :3

Kallum @theatrekallum.bsky.social · Sep 3

@hausofdreams.bsky.social We are live with episode 3 of City Of Strays out surrealist horror show set within a lost city of lost stories. With @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social @aadimk.bsky.social and @antiquehorror.bsky.social www.twitch.tv/haus_of_dreams

Haus_of_Dreams - Twitch

City Of Strays Session 2

www.twitch.tv

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 2

If the game is just half as crazy as our ideas in session 0, y’all are in for an absolute treat! It’s gonna be WILD :3

EUphoria Actual Plays @euphoriaap.bsky.social · Sep 1

On A Sea of Stars - Girl by Moonlight, but make it mechs.
@watermosaic.bsky.social is joined by @urbanfriendden.bsky.social, @gaskinator.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social & @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social with a story of reluctant heroes piloting powerful Engines to defend humanity from extinction.

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Sep 2

Wanna do stupid magic girl shit with me? ✨

Pantsless Tables @pantslesstables.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hey you! Yeah, you! You want to play in a magic girl parody one-shot for charity? Then this casting call is for you! Pantsless Tables presents "Starlight Sparkle, MAKE UP!" a Kids on Brooms adventure DM'd by @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social!
September 27th at 10pm IST
#ttrpg #actualplay #castingcall

Pantsless Tables Presents

Kids on Brooms

Starlight Sparkle, MAKE UP!

Sunday September 27th

9:30pm IST/12pm EST/5pm EST

Casting Call Open Now!

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Aug 29

Cheers, a leftist German with basic reading comprehension and a fucking history book

Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Aug 29

Like for real. He stole the whole fucking playbook and runs with it. He even uses the same wordings from time to time. We had this in school for years so it never happens again (with mixed results, see the AfD), but I can watch it real time happen across the ocean. And it was so casual it scares me.

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Aug 29

This is happening in the US right now.

And this is something I found in the basement of the grandparents of my boyfriend from „way back when“ aka 1940 where everyone got one to save them from „Entartung“ aka degeneration in art and society.

Translation in alttext

The foto of a fallen apart book from the year 1940 in German. The title translates to the following:

„Art in the German Reich: given out on mission of the Führer (yeah, that one) for the surveillance of the whole mental and cultural schooling and education of the NSDAP (Nazi party)“

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Aug 28

Hell yes! Send it over whenever. I mostly Dm for 12-16 for minors at my local libary 😊

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Laura/Bard @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social · Aug 28

I have been running games for kids for years now and let me tell you: there is nothing that teaches you as a GM to think fast as much as DMing for re-wiring brains. And it so much fun. The rules can be a bit harsh, though, so this seems worth checking out!

DC Bradshaw ✍️ Little but Fierce @dcbradshaw.com · Aug 28

It's my 40th Birthday! 🎉

And as present to you all, the pre-launch page for the LITTLE BUT FIERCE Kickstarter is now live.

As a free present to me, I'd ask you to follow the KS page and then repost this to anyone who might be interested. Thank you :)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcb...

Coming soon: Little but Fierce: Streamlined 5E for Children of All Ages

Little but Fierce is a rewrite of 5th Edition with streamlined rules, simplified language and a family friendly tone

www.kickstarter.com

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