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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Sep 6

We had a great time at Grafficker Alley today! Thanks to all who came out ✨️

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Plus One Exp | Staying Home For PAXU (cause we live in Philly) @plusoneexp.bsky.social · Sep 5

Wes is a key member of the Plus One team and a dear friend.

We will be helping as much as we can, but that means sharing the ability to support this.

If you have picked up a zine from us in the last year, there is a huge chance Wes helped make it happen.

Help get them out of the DC metro.

𝙒𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 is Dead. @carrion-comfort.com · Sep 5

Howdy.

Things are fucked for a lot of folks, but it would mean a lot to me if you’d be able to share or donate to this #GoFundMe.

This is going to help @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social, our pets, and I get a fresh start away from the epicenter of fascism. #mutualaid #donateorshare

gofund.me/9e6be72cf

Donate to Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed, organized by Wesley Franks

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. It feels like more … Wesley Franks needs your support for Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed

gofund.me

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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hey GTA, tell your friends about this art show/zine fair!!!!!

Share to let a local know #Toronto #GTA #ttrpg

Poster for Grafficker Alley, a comic, mange and zine show. A raccoon, dog, and pigeon cling to a photocopier on wheels racing through the city with the CN tower in the background. Details on the poster include: Saturday September 06 from 11-5pm. Free Admission. Hundreds of artists. Small Arms Inspection Building at 1352 Lakeshore Rd East in Mississauga. Graffickeralley.ca

Jupiter holding the printed copy of Rituals for Dead Games outside.

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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Sep 4

They're reeeeeal!!! Print copies are in hand for Grafficker Alley this weekend.

Jupiter's hand holding a printed copy of Rituals For Dead Games outside near a black fence

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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Aug 31

NEXT WEEKEND: Find us at graffickeralley.ca in Mississauga! September 6th.

If everything goes to plan we will even have a few print copies of RITUALS FOR DEAD GAMES. Come be the first person to own a print copy.

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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Aug 31

NEXT WEEKEND: Find us at graffickeralley.ca in Mississauga! September 6th.

If everything goes to plan we will even have a few print copies of RITUALS FOR DEAD GAMES. Come be the first person to own a print copy.

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Quinn 🔜 Pax Unplugged! @quinnbeckham27.bsky.social · Jul 26

Thanks for the space! This Saturday I want to shout out an amazing zine project I was part of! Rituals for Dead games by @summoningpress.bsky.social is about remembering our old characters and honoring that memory, recognizing that the characters we no longer play are still part of us in so may ways

Rituals For Dead Games by Summoning Circle

small playable offerings for your grief

summoning.itch.io

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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Jul 17

Wanna buy some (mostly) solo games to try this weekend?

Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Jul 13

THE RITUALS ARE HERE

summoning.itch.io/dead-games

Rituals For Dead Games by Summoning Circle

small playable offerings for your grief

summoning.itch.io

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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Jul 14

I think only 5 copies of this sold at Breakout Con, but if you have one, the secret sale URL is live!!! Enjoy 50% off the final project.

The cover of "Where You Still Find Me" that mentions a url for a discount when the full project goes live.

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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Jul 14

The community copies are almost all gone! I put up 25 to start and they vanished before our eyes.

I'll replenish them if we can get some sales!

Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Jul 13

THE RITUALS ARE HERE

summoning.itch.io/dead-games

Rituals For Dead Games by Summoning Circle

small playable offerings for your grief

summoning.itch.io

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Sebastian Yūe 💜🧡 🔜 PAX U @sebastianyue.bsky.social · Jul 13

If you haven’t followed and subscribed to The Hearth Magazine yet, you’re missing out on indie games, reviews, news, and more! Go and support them!

The Hearth Magazine 🌈💜🖤🤍 @thehearthmag.bsky.social · Jul 13

In addition to our Summer Subscription Drive (details in the graphic), we are coming up on 1000 followers here. As arbitrary benchmarks go I think it's pretty cool, so if you like what we do and haven't yet, maybe give us a follow. #ttrpgsky ko-fi.com/prairiedrago...

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Jess Elizabeth Reed @jexewizabee.bsky.social · Jul 13

Very glad to have Rituals for Dead Games live @summoningpress.bsky.social !

My game, What Remains, is included alongside other fantastic rituals 🩷

Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Jul 13

THE RITUALS ARE HERE

summoning.itch.io/dead-games

Rituals For Dead Games by Summoning Circle

small playable offerings for your grief

summoning.itch.io

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Quinn 🔜 Pax Unplugged! @quinnbeckham27.bsky.social · Jul 13

It's here!!!! I feel so honored to have my work included in this zine. As someone who gets deeply attached to my characters I love this concept of having small ways to remember those characters whose stories have come to an end

Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Jul 13

THE RITUALS ARE HERE

summoning.itch.io/dead-games

Rituals For Dead Games by Summoning Circle

small playable offerings for your grief

summoning.itch.io

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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Jul 13

THE RITUALS ARE HERE

summoning.itch.io/dead-games

Rituals For Dead Games by Summoning Circle

small playable offerings for your grief

summoning.itch.io

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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Jul 7

I had a font crisis.

Rituals for Dead Games will be available THIS WEEKEND! Tell a friend. Five rituals, just for you.

Updated zine cover. Half the title: "Rituals for" is now handwritten on torn brown paper in the top left corner. The blue roses remain as the background image. The rest of the title "Dead Games" is now stylized where the word dead is faded and wavy.

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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Jun 27

Here is the cover! We're adding the finishing touches and the zine will be available on itch in early July.

Cover for a zine called Rituals for Dead Games. Black text in two different fonts over an edited photograph of roses and petals that has been recoloured blue

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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Jun 21

Rituals for Dead Games is in final layout!!!! It is still coming soon. Health and moving house caused several delays but we're so close!

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Moss Powers -> Orycon @mossdaggar.bsky.social · May 5

Horror designers, this one's for you! We're hosting a #TTRPG jam next month to get ready for HELLWHALERS: The Book of Leviathan! Most TTRPG content that fits biblical or nautical horror is eligible. Usual rules apply. No AI, no fashy content, etc.

Page coming soon!
#sinnersandseamonstersjam

A public domain image of an angel stabbing a devilish creature. To the left, over coffee stained paper, is an advertisement for the Sinners and Seamonsters Indie TTRPG Horror Jam, running June 1st to July 31st, 2025.

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S. Kaiya J. || Mirror-lock Atelier @mirror-lock.bsky.social · May 5

I just went through my Things To Rate page (find your own at itch.io/library/thin...) and rated sixteen games in the past hour. See if you can beat that record!

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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · May 5

Review our zines today!

Rate all your downloads from your itch Library. There's a menu on the left and there's an option to rate all your stuff at the bottom of that menu.

jess @jessfrom.online · May 5

ANNOUNCING: the 2nd annual unofficial 5/5 @itch.io rating day!

today on 5/5, take 5 minutes to login & give 5 ⭐ to your fav indie TTRPGs & other games on itch.io!

star ratings give a HUGE algorithm boost! you can skip entering text, only creators see it! support your fav creators! #itchioRatingDay

the unofficial
5/5 itch.io
rating day

enjoyed playing or listening to a
game? on 5/5 support indie creators
of your favorite TTRPGs and other
games by taking 5 minutes to rate
them on itch.io today.

1. go to the game’s itch page
2. click this button in the top right

3. give it 5 of 5
4. you don’t need to submit a text
review, as they’re only shown to
the creator of the game!

star ratings give games a huge bump
in the itch algorithm. it’s a great way
to support creators!

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Kienna is sometimes a scary goose @kiennas.bsky.social · May 5

Only 7 more backers until we unlock a sick poster AND reach 75% of the way to a print edition 👀

Kienna is sometimes a scary goose @kiennas.bsky.social · Apr 27

Play as a former assassin dragged back into the criminal underworld on a quest for vengeance in Blood On My Name, a solo journaling #TTRPG

Load your guns, sharpen your knives, and take your revenge or die trying 🔫🩸🔪

itch.io/s/149389/blo...

Blood On My Name Itchfunding Campaign by KiennaS

A bundle by KiennaS, $19.80 for Blood On My Name, Blood On My Name (Backer Rewards)

itch.io

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Casper Oliver 👻🌈📚 @casperoliver.bsky.social · Apr 1

Hello! I'm Casper Oliver (he/they), and I am a TTRPG game maker! I'm taking part in a game jam right now to get my first game published!

I typically make horror, mystery, and gothic games! 🥰🏳️‍⚧️

I wrote "Relating to the Monster in the Closet" for a @summoningpress.bsky.social horror ttrpg anthology.

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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · Mar 19

Viva La Queer Bar is a GM-less storytelling game about a crew who runs a queer small biz. Set it anywhere - bars or book stores, sci fi or fantasy, past or future. Comes w 52 prompts, history, and 23 portraits of IRL businesses. Even use it for worldbuilding to create your adventurers' tavern!
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Viva la Queer Bar - Knave of Cups

Viva la QueerBar is a slice-of-life story game about a queer bar (or queer café) and the team who runs it. It’s a game about the pleasures and struggles of being part of a queer community. Whether as…

knaveofcups.com

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Sebastian Yūe 💜🧡 🔜 PAX U @sebastianyue.bsky.social · Mar 18

My zine haul from @breakoutcon.bsky.social! I’m so excited to read and play all of these 🤩

A collection of RPG zines arranged so the titles are visible. Included are:

Bloomfall by Sharang Biswas, Yeonsoo Julian Kim, and Joshua Gleason
Together Among the Stars by Takuma Okada
Galatea and Her Odyssey by S. Kaiya J.
Band of Horses by Aaron Lim
Oddfolk by Maxwell Lander
Slender Threads of Freqs and Fortune and Hook, Line & Cyber by Satah (Wicked Glitch Games)
Hidden in the Margins and Deadline by Will Jobst and Seb Pines (Good Luck Press)
Auspex by Seb Pines
This Discord Has Ghosts in It by Adam Vass and Will Jobst
Longsword by Viditya Voleti
Told by Starlight by Ryan Khan
Wands & Laserguns by Christian Bahnweg and Justin Vandermeer
Bad Moon, Good Game and Print it Yourself by Justin Vandermeer (Shouting Crow)
SPLAT 3, SPLAT 4, and Skill Points by Summoning Circle Press.

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Summoning Circle Press @summoningpress.bsky.social · Mar 18

Everyone sign up for launch notifs right now. Bug Dish is the bee's knees!!!

The One True Ryan Khan @trueryankhan.bsky.social · Mar 18

Been a long time coming, and it's just about here! Bug Dish Kickstarter coming next month! Give it a follow to see what it launches!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/215...

Coming soon: Bug Dish: a culinary TTRPG

You're bugs! You're chefs! Explore the world in your mobile kitchen and experience the romance of food and travel.

www.kickstarter.com

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