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CJ Tucker

@crackerjackalope.bsky.social

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Writer, game designer, welsh, queer they/them https://crackerjackalope-games.itch.io/

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CJ Tucker @crackerjackalope.bsky.social · Nov 13

Just realised I haven't done a proper intro post yet!
I'm CJ! A queer game design student from Wales. I write short TTRPGs about a range of things, but I often explore themes of death and legacy, while experimenting with new and unique mechanics! All my games are at crackerjackalope-games.itch.io

The text: "Goodbye, World: A game of last words by Crackerjackalope" besides a greyscale image of a destroyed mech leaning against a rock with a sword through its chest

Colourful text reading: "Trivia Heroes" beside a circle with 6 different coloured segments, like the pieces in Trivial Pursuit

The text: "Late Night in Limbo" besides an antique illustration of a crescent moon

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HAL @hal-monitor.bsky.social · Sep 2

✨🏳️‍⚧️ Belated Pride Comic (1/4) 🏳️‍⚧️✨

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angel ☾ @angeliets.bsky.social · 1d

Ryuhiko ⟢ The Fortuneweaver

[ #commission #ocsky #outfitdesign ]

Original artwork of an Au Ra (draconic humanoid race from FFXIV) with warm brown skin, pearlescent horns and scales, light cerulean eyes, and long, braided blond hair that fades to a light pink. He is dressed in various dark and light blue garments, with gold moon and star motifs throughout his clothing and jewelry. A tarot card depicting a star floats above his left hand with gold magic surrounding it.

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Namaera @namaera.bsky.social · 1d

🕯️A character from a design challenge with some friends. This is mine, a burning candle horned creature. 🕯️
#art #oc #illustration

A red dual candle horned creature lady. The one candle is lit, wax dripping down onto her face.

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🎃SCARY PENDRAKE🐍 @peripendrake.art · 1d

Hop! 🚋🐰🍊

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Louie Salvaterra / Moka @louiems.bsky.social · 1d

coloring wip

#wipwednesday #wip #digitalart #halloween

a screenshot of a work in progress in clip studio paint. You can see a candle inside a pumpkin and some tables around it.

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 2d

witch of shadows

fanart of Medea from Hades 2, but wearing modern clothes (tiny leather shorts with double belt, red/purple leather crop top), a nose ring, necklaces, also big tattoo covering the entire left arm (a snake, a moon crescent, flowers and leaves)
She's sitting, resting on her left hand, her right hand next to her face, conjuring some plague magic that bathes her in green light

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Deb JJ Lee 🔜 Lightbox 112 @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 2d

[inktober day 7] final round

inktober illustration of a woman in ornate armor putting on her helmet

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Swan and Raven Studio @swanandravenstudio.com · 5d

Drumroll please...

HELLO//GOODBYE is a charity bundle containing 203 games for only $12. Every dollar goes directly to Virginia charities providing free legal aid to people facing injustice. Available now until November 5th.

itch.io/b/3276/hello...

HELLO//GOODBYE Charity Bundle for Legal Aid. available until November 5th, 6PM EST

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🔪 To Meet You @ear-a-corn.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hey! My Horror Fantasy Jam and Bundle are open for submissions! If you want to create a horror fantasy project you can join the Jam here! itch.io/jam/fear-fan...
Or, if you have a completed Horror Fantasy project, You can submit it for the bundle here: forms.gle/AWoyUjgyhK8y...

FEAR & FANTASY JAM

A game jam from 2025-09-01 to 2025-11-01 hosted by earacorn. THIS JAM IS 18+ AND BY ITS NATURE INCLUDES DARK TOPICS AND THEMES The Goal: Create a project (Game, comic, ttrpg, prose, poetry, art zine, ...

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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 9d

🚨NEW WEIRD GAME KLAXXON🚨

ECO MOFOS sets sail!!
Windwaker meets Waterworld in this rules light procedure-heavy TTRPG for solo and group play. Smash Corpo Schemes while discovering Monsters and Mecha lurking beneath the waves, guzzling ambergris to learn new spells.

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3 Punks on a catamaran sailing away from a monster and Mecha fighting in the mist.

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snejkha @snejkha.bsky.social · 5d

Monstertober 2025 Day 5. Amphibian + Cleric
#monstertober #monstertober2025

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max and 19 others 🌌 @sneptech.bsky.social · 5d

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CJ Tucker @crackerjackalope.bsky.social · 9d

Two Haunted Games are on sale for all of October. Two gothic TTRPGs that only take a session to play, perfect for halloween oneshots! itch.io/s/161028/two...

Two Haunted Games by Crackerjackalope Games

A bundle by Crackerjackalope Games, £6.60 for ABODE 2nd Edition, Visitations

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NeverPaint 🐛🪲🕷️ @neverpaint.bsky.social · 5d

Finding solace in Bilewater 🌱

#hornet #silksong #illustartion #animation #art #hollowknight

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Gen LR @cimmerianco.bsky.social · 6d

Tiny rogue mouse painting 🐁🍓🗡️🍃 Acrylic paint, 2025. First time painting in years, I’m pretty proud. #painting #dnd #fantasyart #cottagecore

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Evangeline “I’m Scared” Gallagher @egallagher.bsky.social · 6d

True Witch Tales series for New Mexico Magazine. Thanks so much to Karin for art directing!

Would love to do more editorial work like this!

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 6d

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

A model of the first level from Mario 64.

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Genel Jumalon ✈️ Twin City Con @geneljumalon.bsky.social · 9d

Princess Mononoke - Eyes Unclouded

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 7d

Here is my occasional note: if you are black TTRPG designer and can use help with anything - design advice, brainstorming, connections - please feel free to reach out and I will do what I can to help or find someone who can help.

We need more black TTRPG designers.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · Sep 9

Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio had a budget of $35 million and every single character was moved one frame at a time by a human being. What the fuck are we even doing!!!!!!!

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Sep 8

OpenAI confirms they're helping make an AI-generated movie called 'Critterz'

• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models

(via WSJ)

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · Jul 31

QRP with your skull art 💀

a compass rose comprised of a triceratops skull with metal blades embedded in it, making one of its horns and the metal things point in the cardinal directions.

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Deric Bindel @dericbindel.bsky.social · 8d

Hey, October's this unit's birthday month! To celebrate, all of it's games are half priced! (or you can get them as a bundle for 70% off!)

Get its most recent game for cheap, or dig through the backlog for something you haven't seen before!

itch.io/s/161082/bir...

#DericGames #DericSale #ttrpg

Birthday Month Sale 2025 by Deric Bindel

A bundle by Deric Bindel, $15.00 for 6 games

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CJ Tucker @crackerjackalope.bsky.social · 8d

New post on Jackalope Mail! Things I Liked July-September. Check it out: jackalope-mail.neocities.org/posts/2025-1...

Things I Liked: July-September 2025

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 8d

#MÖRKTOBER day 1: FROG

GLOPSTEPALOF
"His eye on the east and the dying light of the sun, he wants nothing less than to flood the world and plant his throne atop it. His time is nigh."

Writing by @loottheroom.bsky.social
Art by me

MÖRKTOBER, day one: Frog.
Glopstepalof
Glopstepalof, third of his name, last of his kind. Once the rightful heir to the swamp kingdoms of the east, in childhood he watched them drained by the giants so that they might build their great bridge.
He sank deep into malice and magic. Carved runes into his flesh, fed blood into entities best left unnamed. Sucked power from the teat of the world.
Seven hundred long, lonely years passed. He grows fetid and fat at the peak of the twisted tower he built for himself, from which he communes with the things beyond the stars and the oozes that lie even beyond them. He gathers his power. His eye on the east and the dying light of the sun, he wants nothing less than to flood the world and plant his throne atop it.
His time is nigh.

Chris: Grimes – Miss Anthropocene (2020)
Johan: Vinnie Paz – God Sent Vengeance (2025)

Illustration: crowned frog wizard with a burning hand and a skeletal staff magically tormenting a fallen knight.

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Dr. Duncan Idaho 11 @duncanidaho11.bsky.social · 9d

RTing because at no point this week did I see this reported on. The powers at be want us to feel alone and isolated. You are not.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 14d

"No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here!"

Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!

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