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Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · Apr 6

Well hello new followers! I'm guessing you're here because I was added to an asexual creator's list, so welcome! If you want to see more of what I do, head over to @thehearthmag.bsky.social and check out The Hearth Magazine, a bi-monthly digital magazine for and about small press and indie ttrpgs.

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 11m

Want to grab one of my games and want to save some cash?

Browse the imperfect book collection! These games have small blemishes on the outside, but are full of the same great rules on the inside.

I just updated the stock with some more titles!

gilarpgs.myshopify.com/products/imp...

Imperfect Books

Sometimes books get a little dinged up during travel. Why waste a perfectly good book? All imperfect books are completely readable and ready for play. They just have some cosmetic damage, such as a be...

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Paul Czege @paulczege.bsky.social · 16h

How horrid these tech bro companies and venture capitalists are. If your business fails in a way that breaks the world economy you should go to jail.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · 9h

Happy Solar Orbit Day!

Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · 13h

Not a great mental health day. I know most of it is the return of SAD but...yeah.

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 1d

hell yeah

Cover of the classic children's book Frog And Toad Are Friends.

Drawing of Toad, a brown toad, sitting on a bench, dressed in a green jacket and slacks. He is reading a book to his friend Frog, a green frog dressed in a brown jacket and slacks. They are surrounded by green plants and mushrooms. There is a silver Caldecott Medal in the corner.

Text has been altered from original. It reads
Fiftieth Anniversary
Frog and Toad Are Antifa
by Arnold Lobel

Commemorative Edition

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 1d

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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tt🪦RIP💀gifs @ttrpgifs.bsky.social · 14h

🔴 EN VIVO 🔴

Twitch.tv/ttrpgifs

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 18h

www.gofundme.com/f/dnmxx-save...

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Joshua Justice // Ghost Tropic @ghosttropic.org · 18h

Sunlit Path for Mothership launches on Tuesday! I’m so proud of the work @raccomputing.bsky.social and I have done on this project. Very excited to get the ball rolling with music by Bonnie Jeanne and to see what art Worne and @amandalee.bsky.social cook up!

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Sunlit Path for Mothership RPG

From RAC Computing and Joshua Justice - Sunlit Path for Mothership RPG

www.backerkit.com

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Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · 23h

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We aim to please

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SoloRPGList @solorpglist.com · 1d

New to the #SoloRPG List: Steam Spies by Mark Mekkes
Industrial espionage for the Industrial Era. #Steampunk #TTRPG
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.html?...

Cover for the RPG Steam Spies - the game of role playing by Mark Mekkes. A man with muttonchop haircut holding a pointy dagger in the foreground, while a woman shows off some leg and holds a steampunk gun in the background.

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SpicyTunaRPG @spicytunarpg.bsky.social · 2d

We're going to be at Gamehole Con next week!
Find us at Booth 21 with @goosepoopgames.com
We'll have everything Spicy Tuna + solo games from our friends at @worldchamp.bsky.social, @dngnclub.itch.io, and @spacepenguinink.bsky.social

Also hoping to play some Blackthorn and Cryo Drakus!

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The Hearth Magazine 🌈💜🖤🤍 @thehearthmag.bsky.social · 1d

If you would like to join our ranks of supporters, please check out our Ko-fi Shop and page. Even a single coffee goes a long way! ko-fi.com/prairiedrago...

Buy Prairie Dragon Press a Coffee

Become a supporter of Prairie Dragon Press today!

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The Hearth Magazine 🌈💜🖤🤍 @thehearthmag.bsky.social · 1d

I want to take a second and say a huge thank you to all of our subscribers, single issue customers, and folks who just went to our Ko-fi page and donated so other folks could have community copies of The Hearth Magazine. Your support means the world to everyone involved, thank you!💜💜

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Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · 1d

*disconnected phone in an Innsmouth hotel room starts ringing* "Hold on, I think this might be *looks to camera* our Call of Cthulhu!"

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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HoneyandDice @honeyanddice.bsky.social · 2d

So...just casually soft early launching something here for people who have been waiting. I am still fixing my website after it broke so this is a soft launch. There is a $3 minimum for each but it is pay what you want and I hope this helps you tell new and exciting stories:
honeyanddice.itch.io/mmm

MMM - A Cooking TTRPG by honeyanddice

MMM

honeyanddice.itch.io

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Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, this worked really well last time! I need someone from Brazil who knows about the RPG scene (specifically Vampire/White Wolf) in the early 2000s. Anybody here who could answer a couple quick questions?

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SoloRPGList @solorpglist.com · 9d

Looking for an amazing solo or duet #TTRPG?
We have over 400 titles listed in our index over at solorpglist.com

#SoloRPG #DuetRPG #TTRPGfolks #GMless #Worldbuilding #Journaling #DungeonCrawl #TabletopRPG

Solo RPG List - Find Solo and Duet TTRPGs

Discover amazing solo and duet tabletop role-playing games that can be played with—or without—dice, tarot cards, playing cards, pen and paper, etc.

solorpglist.com

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Meghan Cross 🖤✨ @meghanlynnftw.bsky.social · 2d

Just ordered a small print run of this zine to bring with me to PaxU - so if you're going to be there and want some shitpost games, make sure you find me!

Meghan Cross 🖤✨ @meghanlynnftw.bsky.social · 11d

They're Your Problem Now - A Shitpost #TTRPG Collection is now live on itchio!
13 of my most shitposty #ShitpostTTRPGs all in one place with an amazing layout by @fearlessguard.bsky.social!

Grab your copy for free or PWYW here:
meghanlynnftw.itch.io/shitpostzine

Happy Shitposting!

They're Your Problem Now - A Sh!tPost TTRPG Collection by Meghan(IynnFTW) Cross

A collection of 13 sh!tpost TTRPGs

meghanlynnftw.itch.io

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Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · 2d

That definitely sounds like an environment they would would thrive in.

Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · 2d

I think you do as well.

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PVincent (Table Cat Games) @tablecatgames.com · 10d

Heart of Glass, an adventure supplement for Street Wolves is coming soon to Backerkit. The heroes are out of their element in a town shrouded in secrets and in the grips of a satanic panic.

Please follow along, it's going to be a really cool release!

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Candace the Magnificent 🔜 PAXU @thecandacemarie.bsky.social · 9d

See you at PAXU cuties!!

Wrex Verdi @wrexverdi.bsky.social · 9d

Happy to announce that I'll be moderating a panel on how to run your first game for your friends, with @urbanbohemian.com @thecandacemarie.bsky.social @damphyr.com @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social and @gammaliz.bsky.social
11/22 12-1 PM in the Crab God Theatre (Lvl 1, 1113C)
#PAXUnplugged

Title: So Your Friends Have Suckered You Into Running a Game, What now? ("What Now?" is on wooden letter tiles, with an upright dice cup beside it, and another dice cup has spiled two 6 sided dice
Pictures of each panelist are in order below:
Brian Gray, Candace the Magnificent, Kay Purcell, Eugenio Vargas, Elizabeth Ferrara, and Ryan Greene.
Nov 22 12 PM Crab God Theatre (Lvl 1, 1113C)

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