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@proton31.bsky.social

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Indie TTRPGs, OSR, PbtA, sci-fi Half-Japanese, half-Jewish Games: https://proton31.itch.io/ Physical Games: https://ko-fi.com/roguelikeheavyindustries Blog: https://planetsandmonsters.blogspot.com/ Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@Davidjackson

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David @proton31.bsky.social · Feb 1

Roguelike Megadungeon is a procedural map generation toolkit for the creation of an entire campaign setting centered around a megadungeon with its own planar cosmology. The Itchfunder launches today for #ZineMonth2025!
#OSR #TTRPG #ZiMo25 #ZineMonth

Roguelike Megadungeon by David H. K. Jackson

Analog Roguelike Dungeon Generation

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Benj Dino 2 has a Patreon! @goobernuts.itch.io · 6d

I put up a goal on my ko-fi because I want to help my parents pay for my matriculation fees.

My mom lost her full-time job so my dad has taken on most of our expenses.

Any amount will help immensely! If you can't give anything, even sharing this around will help, too.

ko-fi.com/goobernuts/g...

Buy goobernuts a Coffee

Become a supporter of goobernuts today!

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River Ray @nullconstant.bsky.social · 5d

I have a really hard time imagining a TTRPG campaign or system that *isn't* improved by the PCs having some kind of (in Told by Wild Words lingo) shared asset.

This might be a vehicle like a ship (sea- or space-faring), a home base or town, or a faction they belong to or command.

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David @proton31.bsky.social · 5d

Firefly is worth another shot!

David @proton31.bsky.social · 6d

A mutual aid group Im working with recently planned to do a hat drive and put out a call to knitting/crochet groups in the area (it turns out there are tons) to make winter hats to be given out at distro, I just love the idea so much

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Goblins and Gardens @goblinsandgardens.bsky.social · 8d

Hey it’s bandcamp Friday and our band just put our new EP

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David @proton31.bsky.social · 8d

This is great, you guys rock!

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David @proton31.bsky.social · 12d

Some thoughts sparked by the Indie RPG Newsletter about changing social media platforms and what it means for the hobby

Discourse on Discourse

A couple of recent Indie RPG Newsletters mention that discourse surrounding a piece of media (a manifesto blog post and a video review) was...

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Molgannard Press 🇵🇸 @molgannardpress.bsky.social · 13d

PCRF aid Bundle coming soon!
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PCRF aid Bundle coming soon!

Hello all, The

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 23d

The cover of a book called Hard Wired Island: Second Gig (it's a mystery and you shouldn't worry about it.) The background is a daytime street in Grand Cross, Hard Wired Island's cylindrical space station city; the street continues on far into the distance until it's following the curve of the cylinder up and out of sight.

Five people are crossing the street in the foreground, Beatles Abbey Road Cover style: a mysterious white-haired woman with heavy cybernetic augments and a heavy coat, a large man with a purple suit and a nice hat, a pink-haired punk woman with shredded jeans, a big green jacket, and a baseball bat on her shoulder, a purple-haired rocker with a varsity jacket, carrying an amp and a guitar; and a dark-haired human-like android lady dressed like an emo. They're being watched by two armed surveillance drones (latest fad).

There's also a cat sitting on a window several stories above the ground in the BG, which I think is neat.

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Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.social · 20d

The 4-page Deep Space #ttrpg core rulebook is Pay What You Want on @drivethrurpg.com - grab a copy, and if you enjoy it check out the 25+ supplements bundle. 14+ adventures, some sourcebooks and some supplements to fill out your game and give you some options.

A neat #rpg game using a single #D12.

Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.social · Sep 6

In celebration of hitting a new creative milestone and feeling utterly pleased with myself - details of which I'll share at a later date - my best-selling TTRPG 'Deep Space' core book is FREE OF CHARGE until further notice!

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

#ttrpg #rpg #dnd #dnd5e #roleplaying

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W.H. Arthur RPG—Mud Ghost Estate Redux🔜Kickstarter @wharthur.bsky.social · 20d

91 people have joined #FolkloreJam this year already! Join us this October in making analogue games inspired by folklore of your own culture or a place you belong.
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Folklore Jam 2025

A game jam from 2025-09-30 to 2025-10-31 hosted by W.H. Arthur, Lari Assmuth, Lucky Newt Games & unseeliejess. Analogue game jam on folklore (including myths, urban legends, etc.) from your own cultur...

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Roque Romero - Comms open @roqueromero.bsky.social · 21d

So, yes, Orestruck, by @weirdwonder.bsky.social is out into the wild and barking on its tunnels, under the Tannic Forest, and I had an awesomely great fun time working them for its cover.

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#ttrpg

cover of Amanda P.'s Orestruck, a fantasy adventure for the Cairn ttrpg, depicting an adventurer with a torch and a sword, in color, inside the mouth of a bony fanged monster in black and white

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Evey 💀 Swamp Hag Trainee 🐸|🏳️‍⚧️ @violentmedia.itch.io · 21d

at 58% of goal!

get some rad shit, and help a bitch out

Evey 💀 Swamp Hag Trainee 🐸|🏳️‍⚧️ @violentmedia.itch.io · 24d

hey it'd be cool if you bought some zines because shit ain't going so great no more

writing's become unsustainable & I gotta shift my focus and the use of my very limited spoons.

fuck, y'all, writing's been my dream job since the 2nd season of xena first came out. 🤷‍♀️it worked for a while there.

I can't do this anymore... by Evey Lockhart

A bundle by Evey Lockhart, $30.00 for 28 games

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David @proton31.bsky.social · 22d

The shallower rooms of the depth crawl have more exits, deeper ones have fewer until they have none, and youre in the final room

The dungeon generator is also just one modular piece of the game that can be left out. We ran a DCC funnel with the rest of the system and still had a great time

David @proton31.bsky.social · 22d

The dungeon generator in Murderhobos works well enough that we shifted to playing GMless in playtests. It uses a short depth crawl where you eventually reach a final room, containing a treasure or other objective

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David @proton31.bsky.social · 25d

Well I dont want to present it as some kind of consensus among gamers, but yeah, with abstracted items some people felt like the hi tech cyberpunk feel was diminished

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David @proton31.bsky.social · 25d

I've heard that Cyberpunk Red did a stripped down generified equipment list compared to previous editions, which was met to mixed responses. I think what makes the most sense is for equipment list length to match the crunch level of the game

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Vitoria, Lamashtan Mage @vitoriafaria27.bsky.social · 25d

I'm going to release the lil' guy manifesto

In which you play TTRPGs playing lil' guys, and the lil' guys go on adventures

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David @proton31.bsky.social · 28d

Should have made something up. Oh no, Ive been getting into DJing lately

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Goblins and Gardens @goblinsandgardens.bsky.social · 29d

We’re about to reach our final stretch goal which means I’ve started working on the first adventure for Dungeon Wilds! Here’s a sneak peek at what I’m thinking for the cover art:

Hand drawn black, red, and white art. A dungeon wall with ivy. One of the bricks is missing and some red eyes peer through the whole. Above the dung one wall is the night sky full of starts and the words “Over the Dungeon Wall. An adventure for Dungeon Wilds.”

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Kris H. @1matrixghost.bsky.social · 29d

Greetings operators! Allow me to introduce, CHROMATIC SHADOWS: Occult Cyberpunk RPG. An original d6 dicepool system in the lineage of Shadowrun and Vampire, set in a weird-haunted Sprawl bubbling with strangeness & occult danger. Basic Rules are FREE!

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Chromatic Shadows Basic Rules - Matrix Ghost Games | DriveThruRPG

CHROMATIC SHADOWS is an original weird cyberpunk tabletop roleplaying game. The BASIC RULES contain everything you need to jump straight into a strange new world of cyberpunk action and occult intrigu...

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · Sep 11

ok but can you buy it at Tractor Supply Co. yet?

(no seriously, and they change up their stock: www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/search/rpg )

Alfred Valley @alfredvalley.bsky.social · Aug 3

Lasers & Feelings in the Financial Times. Let's go

Photo of FT Weekend supplement with a printing of Lasers & Feelings

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Alfred Valley @alfredvalley.bsky.social · Aug 3

Lasers & Feelings in the Financial Times. Let's go

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David @proton31.bsky.social · Sep 12

Another big inspiration for Murderhobos is a post on the DnD Horror Stories subreddit. A DM, probably pretty young, was complaining about playing with his childhood friends. They rejected the plot hooks of the adventure module he had prepared, and killed all plot relevant NPCs over percieved slights

David @proton31.bsky.social · Sep 11

"cleverness and imagination are all too often underappreciated by cloddish characters whose only thought in life is to loot, pillage, slay, and who fail to appreciate the hours of preparation which went into the creation of what they aim to destroy as cheaply and quickly as possible."