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📍Bow Market, Somerville, MA 📚 Sci-fi/fantasy books & indie RPGs from underrepresented folx 🤓 Boston’s only woman-owned game store 🗓️ https://linktr.ee/sidequestbooks

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Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · Jan 30

Oh hey! We’re gonna give this app a try.

Follow us for:
🐉 Books and role-playing games about magic, dragons, and anti-capitalist revolutions
🐉 Inclusive & fun indie game nights
🐉 A heckin’ cool nerd community that’s as diverse and multifaceted as the fantastical stories we love

See you at Bow!

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Worlds 4 All ➡️ PaxU @worlds4all.bsky.social · 2d

Got to chat with @goosepoopgames.com and see this game in action last night at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social - highly recommend checking it out!

Plus One Exp | Staying Home For PAXU (cause we live in Philly) @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 2d

Have you check out BlackFlies by @goosepoopgames.com? I got to sit down last Wednesday and chat with Jordan about the dice pools, legacy mechanics on stream at YouTube.com/PlusOneExp but you should go to ttrpg.link/blackflies & check out this lightning fast horror #TTRPG about forming a cult!

Black Flies

A horror TTRPG where YOU'RE the villain! Join a cult, gather Followers, and turn townsfolk into flies in this rules-lite GM-less TTRPG. Will you seek your Fortune? Great for fans of Hot Fuzz, The Fly,...

ttrpg.link

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Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · 4d

🥰🥰🥰

makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 4d

relevant links here on my linktree!
linktr.ee/makanayama

if you wanna take advantage of anti-Prime day, THE OBAKE CODE is available on Bookshop!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

don't have a bookstore to support? can I suggest my local queer woman owned SFF indie, @sidequestbooks.bsky.social???

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 6d

"Hey, it's the witching hour somewhere," I say, downing a glowing potion that transmogrifies me into a tall toad in a stovepipe hat.

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Brian Liberge/Freddie (she/he) 🔜Dungeons and Drag Nuns @brianliberge.bsky.social · 9d

Boston area TTRPG designers, we are putting together a meetup to see each other in person, exchange ideas and build community.

Thursday October 23rd at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social in Bow Market

www.eventbrite.com/e/ttrpg-game...

TTRPG Game Designer Meetup @ SQBG

Come get to know the other TTRPG designers in Camberville and beyond!

www.eventbrite.com

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John Curtin 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @curtinwrites.bsky.social · 10d

Took myself on a date to @sidequestbooks.bsky.social 's live D&D game with Anjali Bhimani tonight. It's pretty awesome seeing a busy D&D event in the middle of a trendy hotspot. Can't wait for the game!

Bow St Market in Somerville, a two-story shopping center wrapped around a central courtyard

A crowded room of gamers gathered to watch Anjali Bhimani GM

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Candace the Magnificent 🔜 PAXU @thecandacemarie.bsky.social · 11d

Oh hello!!!

Are you or someone you know a BIPOC analog game dev? Sign up to get your project more visibility below!! This is such a cool program, I’m pumped to discover new games next month 🤩🤩🤩

Cassie aka Lamia @intersectionscch.bsky.social · 11d

GOOD NEWS! the PAX Together Demo Days Program has found funding and is returning to PAX Unplugged 2025!

Are you a BIPOC Indie Game Dev (analog) with a game kickstarting or coming out? Would you like space and support to demo and market your game on the expo floor?
Apply tinyurl.com/PAXDemoDays25

PAX Unplugged 2025 :: Leap Conventions

tinyurl.com

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · May 30

my body is a machine that turns
purchased TTRPGS
into unplayed TTRPGSs

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Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · 10d

Eeeeeee we can’t WAIT!!

Worlds 4 All ➡️ PaxU @worlds4all.bsky.social · 10d

So, I work at this amazing FLGS @sidequestbooks.bsky.social, and this weekend, we are hosting the incredible @sweeetanj.bsky.social for not one but TWO events. I am genuinely SO excited on so many levels.

PLUS going to @twentysidedtavern.bsky.social in Boston Friday! Pretty sure this is the best 🎉

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Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · 14d

Feeling’s mutual! 😁

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 14d

friends at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social! @voidcricket.bsky.social @wordsiren.bsky.social @understatesmen.bsky.social @thesuiway.bsky.social

photo of An Unbreakable World by Ren Hutchings on a book display table

photo of So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole on a book shelf

a photo of The Dawnhounds by Sasha Stronach face out on a bookshelf

a photo of The Dragonfly Gambit by A.D. Sui on a book display table

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the Driveby Calligrapher @dbcalligrapher.bsky.social · 15d

@wiswell.bsky.social being properly lauded at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 15d

(If we can try to support living authors, that would be especially neat btw)

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 15d

Black Speculative Fiction Month starts next week. Read/reserve/rec/preorder/buy accordingly

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Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · 18d

I just finished my copy and I CANNOT WAIT TO YAP ABOUT THIS IT IS SO GOOD

Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 18d

Can't wait for this book club event with the amazing @sidequestbooks.bsky.social in Somerville on Tuesday (9/30)! This is my big chance to talk about THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES without worrying about spoilers, woohoo! Looks like there are just a few tickets left: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-club-...

Book Club with the Author: The Last Soul Among Wolves with Melissa Caruso

Join Side Quest Books & Games for a discussion of the second book in Melissa Caruso's Echo Archives series, "The Last Soul Among Wolves."

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Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · 25d

One of my favorites to sell out of and then restock again and again and again…! 🫶

Maggie 🇵🇸 @magathachristie.bsky.social · 25d

Don't forget that if you're local to the Boston area, you can grab a physical copy of my game Just Passing Through at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social, one of my very favorite stores.

Honestly, the selection is so good you'll probably find five other things too...

maggiemahoney.itch.io/just-passing...

Just Passing Through by Maggie Mahoney

A cozy fantasy gm-less duet game about old friends.

maggiemahoney.itch.io

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 27d

What are you made of?

1. cheese & charm
2. thorns & darkness
3. molecules & music
4. fog & fatigue

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Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · Sep 12

D&D royalty Anjali Bhimani is coming to Boston and she wants to play D&D with you! Come watch the show, or apply to be one of the players at the table. Hosted by yours truly on 10/2! (We’re already 2/3 sold out after less than 3 hours don’t wait on this I beg you) www.eventbrite.com/e/1685849303...

D&D Live Show with Anjali Bhimani

D&D royalty Anjali Bhimani will be running a live session from her own published adventure! Come watch, or apply to be one of the players!

www.eventbrite.com

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · Sep 9

If you don't feel like yourself today, choose a disguise to wear into the world:
- forlorn tugboat captain
- unemployed rock bassist
- librarian of darkness
- moss witch
- slightly sexy shrub
- large boulder the size of a small boulder

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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · Sep 9

this morning i saw a con program with this panel description:

“where does romance fit in speculative fiction?”

now, i’m not naming the con—i’ve contacted them, hopefully they’ll change it—but since they’re not alone in framing questions like this, we’re going to talk about why it sucks actually 🧵

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Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · Aug 31

Will do! Thanks so much!!

Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · Aug 31

Hi this is INCREDIBLY our vibe, do you sell at wholesale to retailers?? I know shipping will be bonkers but when I say that my shop NEEDS this…! (By which I mean me. I need this.)

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Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · Aug 31

Show up! Alix says so! bit.ly/4p29bQo

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FalconWizard @falconwizard.bsky.social · Aug 30

Celebrating a year of @sidequestbooks.bsky.social with a fun one shot of MAZES from @9thlevelgames.bsky.social !!

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Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · Aug 28

Ah geez.

*We’re HOSTING

:grumblegrumble: edit button :grumblegrumble:

Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · Aug 28

We’re @alixeharrow.bsky.social for the Boston tour stop for “The Everlasting”!

@melissacaruso.bsky.social will be moderating!

It’s all happening at @artsatthearmory.bsky.social on Nov 5!

I’ll be screaming about this not only for the next two months but also until I die probably!

Tix in bio!

Details about the tour stop for The Everlasting, with images of the book, Alix E. Harrow, and Melissa Caruso.

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Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

I keep forgetting to post stuff here but OH YEAH HEY LOOK I’m putting 5 incredible authors through an actual play at Bow Market tonight! Come along if you’re in town and up for a show!

Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · Aug 25

Incredibly excited for this all-author D&D live one-shot at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social tomorrow!!! If you're in the Somerville, MA area, come join us! You can get tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/all-author...

All-Author D&D Live Show with dungeon master Caroline. Tuesday, August 26, 7 - 10:30 PM at Upstairs at Bow Market. $15. Celebrate Side Quest's first birthday with a live Dungeons & Dragons show featuring five incredible fantasy authors! Maiga Doocy, Aislinn Brophy, Tara Tai, Melissa Caruso, Rebecca Podos