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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 17h

It's somewhat like those old school adventure games ("you are likely to be eaten by a grue"), something like Choose Your Own Adventure, with more RPG mechanic elements.

It also is very much an example of what I meant in my blog post about grounded fantasy:

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 17h

Time for more occasional self-promotion

This one is a free/pwyw solo game. It's an RPG point crawl but played in the browser. It was an experiment around writing games in markdown.

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sam “over and under” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 2d

on Tuesday, October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 25, I'm going to launch another real-time play-by-post wargame, open to the public, called OVER/UNDER. the server will open to players on Monday the 13th, but in the meantime you can read about it here: samsorensen.blot.im/mothership-m...

Mothership Month 2025 Wargame: OVER/UNDER - Sam Sorensen

Starting on October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 2025—the annual group-crowdfunding campaign and general season of celebration for

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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 1d

finished up this bad boy yesterday! commission piece for @thegeoffskinner.bsky.social in their upcoming project about titans

mountain city, in fog, large winged creature in background

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 1d

My art packs are 10%OFF for a few days:

👉 www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

👉 salvaterra.itch.io

#bsnm #stockart #ttrpg

a collage with several black and white item drawings like books, chests, maps, scrolls, treasures, idols etc.

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 6d

Not totally sure what's been going on on bluesky but I'm also still on dice.camp

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 7d

I am still on book 2 of 3 but the setting of Ancillary Justice/Ancillary Sword seems like it would be a good Cataphracts setting

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 8d

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Hmm maybe I need to raise my prices

Plus One Exp | Staying Home For PAXU (cause we live in Philly) @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 8d

When you go to print your #TTRPG remember that you need to charge at least about 6x the cost to print for sustainability.

Small to midsize publishers can take advantage of scale & you can't.

You are not Wizards, Evil Hat, Exalted Funeral, or Modiphius.

Ideally charge 10x an pay a bill.

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 9d

trying to decide if I should do a reprint of A Gathering Storm for Cairn

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 9d

Is there a prompt list?

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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 10d

5 of these have sold so I'll be adding 5 new pieces to the pack! Actually, I already uploaded updated with first new piece, but 4 more incoming
perplexingruins.itch.io/mork-bork-in...

Mörk Borg Inspired Art Pack by Perplexing Ruins

141 Pieces of Royalty Free Art

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 10d

What are the monthly prompt things happening this month for me to pretend I'm going to do

I vaguely remember there was maybe something bad about inktober

There's a Mork Borg thing?

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 12d

it always slightly surprises me that people generally do not want to play every type of game

that's not a value judgement on that fact, just surprising that I seem to be an outlier

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 12d

I should figure out what a matrix game is by playing one, one of these days

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bordercholly @bordercholly.bsky.social · 16d

a sick adventure for Knights of the Road!!

Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 21d

I made an adventure for Knights of the Road (an ItO-like).

It's basically a heist on a train.

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The Sierra Express (Ashcan) by seedling

An adventure for Knights of the Road

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MeatCastle GameWare @meatcastlegameware.com · 17d

I adore this game. You should check it out, play it, and post your maps!

Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 18d

I should probably do occasional self-promotion

I made a system-neutral supplement called Procedures to Discover the Path Ahead. You can use it to make maps (or point crawls or paths) that are semi-random, where landmarks change as you travel

seedling.itch.io/procedures-t...

a hand drawn hex map showing two major towns with forests, farms, hills and deserts in between and oceans around the edges

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Brian Yaksha (He/They) @brianyaksha.bsky.social · 17d

"Procedures to Discover the Path Ahead" is something I'd describe kindly as a stellar introduction to travel procedures. It does a wonderful job at stoking the embers of curiosity, remains consistent in its sense of circumstances, and I would rank it far higher than many other exploration toolkits.

Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 17d

Also I have physical copies on my itch page (US only) as well as in various stores online (not US only)

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Self Guided Adversarial Imagery Meditations @bankuei.bsky.social · 17d

The random tables on cultures, local food, types of merchants, etc. are super useful if you're a GM and you need to suddenly fill in details in the moment.

This is one of the few "GM tool" RPG books I've found to be invaluable in play!

Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 18d

I should probably do occasional self-promotion

I made a system-neutral supplement called Procedures to Discover the Path Ahead. You can use it to make maps (or point crawls or paths) that are semi-random, where landmarks change as you travel

seedling.itch.io/procedures-t...

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aryxymaraki @aryxymaraki.itch.io · 17d

Procedures to Discover the Path Ahead is one of my favorite exploration generation supplements. You should buy it.

Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 18d

I should probably do occasional self-promotion

I made a system-neutral supplement called Procedures to Discover the Path Ahead. You can use it to make maps (or point crawls or paths) that are semi-random, where landmarks change as you travel

seedling.itch.io/procedures-t...

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 17d

Also I have physical copies on my itch page (US only) as well as in various stores online (not US only)

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Cats Have No Lord @catshavenolord.itch.io · 18d

ONE
GEON
JAM

#OSR

#TTRPG

#OnegeonJam

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Onegeon Jam

A game jam from 2025-09-01 to 2025-12-31 hosted by Cats Have No Lord. This is a jam for making single dungeon rooms (Onegeons) that are modular and can be used in any dungeon someone is writing or run...

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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 18d

Coming next summer!
Join @bradkerr.net, Skullboy and I at Between Two Cons, an indie RPG/OSR convention in Portland, Oregon.

Fill out this survey to influence how it takes shape:
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Between Two Cons

The Between Two Cairns podcast is hosting a convention (Between Two Cons) next year in Portland, Oregon, and we'd love your help! Please answer the following questions so we can plan accordingly.

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 18d

Oh I have made a thing
And now I am trying to figure out how to figure out if I should spend time (and money) on it

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 18d

the one for Liminal Horror? Or a different one? I'm thinking of systems with a lot less support than Liminal Horror

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 18d

there's the theory of "systems need people to write adventures for them if we want there to be more cool indie systems" but also the practical question of is this something people actually want to support

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