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Fiona K.T. Howat
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She/Her. Improviser. TTRPG Podcaster. RPGeek. ENNIES Judge 2026.

🎧 🎙️ 'What Am I Rolling?', 'The DM's Book Club' & ‘Last Line Rewind’

💻 https://fkth.carrd.co

What Am I Rolling? 🎧 https://linktr.ee/wair_podcast

The DM’s Book Club 🎧 https://linktr.ee/dmbc
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Fiona K.T. Howat @fkth.bsky.social · Oct 28
Hiya👋 I’m Fiona (She/Her) - podcaster, improviser & actual play performer 🎲 🎙️ 🎭

🎲🎙️Host/GM of @wairpodcast.bsky.social
🎲📖 Creator/Co-Host of @thedmsbookclub.bsky.social
🎲📼 One Third of @lastlinepod.bsky.social
🎲💻 One Third of @rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social

📝 fkth.carrd.co #ttrpg #rpg
Fiona, a white woman with shoulder length blonde hair wearing a purple patterned jumpsuit from Lucy & Yak, facing the camera in part shadow. Headshot by K11 Studios. Fiona, a white woman with shoulder length blonde hair wearing a purple patterned jumpsuit from Lucy & Yak in a side on profile, holding her right hand up in a thoughtful gesture. Headshot by K11 Studios.
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jasoncordova.bsky.social
The first three episodes of The Lands Remaining Podcast are now available wherever you get podcasts. This podcast tracks the development and eventual release of my new game, The Lands Remaining. Check it out! www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-lands-re...
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January 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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paulfoxcroft.bsky.social
Found your boyfriend's house.
January 17, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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loottheroom.bsky.social
The ashcan of In The Library With The Wrench is available on Patreon, a murder mystery game inspired by Cluedo and Knives Out. Find it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/146816572?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share
January 17, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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jesthehuman.itch.io
There are almost 750 entries to the No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle supporting ILCM!

The deadline to enter your games is Jan 26! 🖤
This is a screenshot that shows there are 746 games in the charity bundle on itchio
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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manysidedmedia.bsky.social
Last chance to tell us about your Zine Month project if you're interested in being featured in our February series on Talk of the Table.

No game too small! Tell us about the cool stuff you're working on and we'd love to help highlight it!
January 16, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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rdonoghue.bsky.social
The related thread ended well enough that I don't want to append to it, so instead, I will just share my doodle without context.
A graph labeled "How much system matters" with a curve climbing form right to left. There is a VERY narrow line to the leftmost side, and a wider green bar next to it. Aroung the graph, is the message "When a normal person says 'System Doesn't Matter'" and the key that the green is what they mean and the blue is what we hear. To unpack, they usually mean system matters a very small amount, but we treat the argument as if they said it matters ABSOLUTE NIL.
January 16, 2026 at 1:32 PM
fkth.bsky.social
Just over two weeks in and still going (admittedly catching up when I can).
fkth.bsky.social Fiona K.T. Howat @fkth.bsky.social · 16d
#CharacterCreationChallenge is now on.

For each day in January, create a new character and post it online for an RPG that you play or wish to play.

Full info here > tardiscaptain.com/gaming/chara...

And I've started a blog for my submissions. Yeah I know.

medium.com/@FionaKTHowa...

#TTRPG #RPG
Alt Text: A black & white graphic showing a line drawing of gaming dice, minis, hex/square and lined paper, a pencil and a knight miniature. The text reads #charactercreationchallenge 31 Day Character Creation Challenge New Year, New You. For each day in January create a new character and post it online for an RPG that you play or wish to play!
January 16, 2026 at 6:02 AM
fkth.bsky.social
Thanks for having me on! ♥️
January 15, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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clowiththeflow.bsky.social
A break from the void of space, instead, a table of friendly faces! Am curated an incredible roundtable over on RWD 🎲 Listen to them chat TTRPG with @fkth.bsky.social, Ellie Webster, @michellicopter.bsky.social, @chrifu.bsky.social and @drtalksalot.bsky.social 🎧

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RWD Roundtable: A TTRPG Discussion | R.W.D.
We're on break from the Constellation this week, as Am sits down with some wonderful TTRPG creators to discuss all topics big and small about the current state of Actual Play.
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January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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effektpodcast.org
Dammit! Our latest episode did not publish on schedule on Monday and was still draft. I have just published it. We talk about @evilhat.bsky.social’s Blades ‘68; @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social‘s Cluster Truck and Solo RPGS

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Lone Rider | Effekt | Episode 274
We talk about solo gaming, especially as it pertains to Tales of the Old West00.00.40: Introductions00.02.30: Welcome and thank you to our new patron: Shaky T (Simon)00.03.59: Slightly unscheduled Old...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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evilhat.bsky.social
Blades '68 isn't just a new retro-future setting for Blades In The Dark. It also has a specific point of view.
Sign up here to get notified when the game goes live.
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And scroll to the bottom of the page to access the free, 40-page preview - including this spread!
A two page spread from Blades '68: Player Advice So you’ve sat down to play Blades ’68 and the GM has slid the book over to you, open to this page. First, thank you for playing. Second, you don’t need any advice—just play and have fun. But maybe you want some tips on how to have the most fun; in that case, read on. HOW TO PLAY HARD AND HAVE FUN IN '68 1. GO IN BOOTS AND ALL. The campaign will be shorter than you think. Make stuff happen now. Don't wait, pull the trigger. 2. DIG THE OTHER CHARACTERS. Dial in on the other player characters, pay attention to their narrative, and get your own character involved. Be their fan, or be their foil. 3. MAKE THE GM SWEAT. Think of the game like a physics toy, and push the levers you have as hard as you can, just to see what happens. Rattle the cage, jump out the window, don't look down. Move so fast the GM can't keep up. 4. SELL THE PUNCHES. Always choose the bigger reaction. Let your character be changed by the world and by other characters. Let them be upset, emotional, irrational. 5. FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT. If your character dies, they can come back as an echo. If they have to retire, you can always make a new character. The crew cannot be stopped. Act first and think later, make bad decisions, let the chips fall where they may. 6. LEARN TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE CONSEQUENCES. Most rolls are going to have consequences. Wouldn't it be boring to succeed all the time? Embrace consequences, and create consequences, then roll them up in a giant ball of chaos and surf on top.
January 14, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social
⏰THE FINAL HOURS APPROACH

In the final days, a strange woman shall come to you across the desolate bone sands and ask for PRE ORDER cubes.

Woe betide those ENDING SOON who did not obtain these delectable cubes for that day.
January 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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paulbaldowski.bsky.social
There's a certain delight in watching, or experiencing, character creation.
January 14, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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fistfulofcrits.bsky.social
Thank you so much to @adragonswinging.bsky.social for the GORGEOUS!!! cover art! And being an absolute dream to commission and work with <3 I am so excited for this project and expanding on Toe Beans in a system that really suits how I like to write.
An intricate image of the front of a cat cafe, where a man in an apron walks holding a drinks tray. A variety of different coloured cats can be seen following him or sitting near the entrance to the cafe.
January 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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fistfulofcrits.bsky.social
Toe Beans is now live for sign up on Kickstarter! ☕🐾
Our 5e module returns in this magical cat café supplement for Daggerheart with cozy quests, enchanted drinks, magical items, real recipes, brand new art and an exclusive new story to play! #Daggerheart #TTRPG
Launching Feb 2nd!

shorturl.at/8pN1A
Coming soon: Toe Beans Magical Cat Cafe: A Supplement for Daggerheart
Welcome to Toe Beans, a magical cat cafe purrfect to drop in to your Daggerheart game, by Fistful of Crits.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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alderdoodle.bsky.social
Hey #PortfolioDay ✨
I'm Ramona, an illustrator drawing pretty things for indie game designers, authors and the nerdy inclined.

I love to draw highly ornate and detailed pieces inspired by vintage books and decor.

alderdoodle.co.uk
[email protected]
9 ornate book cover illustrations in colour. Covers are for the Stygian Library, Starlight Infirmary, The Gardens of Ynn, Sidequest, Ten Candles, Mouse Guard, Vampire the MAsquerade, Call of Cthulhu. It also shows a cover border with dragons. 9 colour illustrations of character sheets in various themes and game systems. 7 colour illustrations of handlettered logos on a black background. Logos are for Ruination Pilgrimage, Blinking Birch Games, DC Bradshaw, Sena, The Hired Swords, Arcane Quill Publishing, Ellie Jordan. Black and white illustrations of ornate scrollwork page decor elements.
January 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
fkth.bsky.social
When you have a VO recording at 6pm but have D&D at 8pm.

‘A (pretend) wizard is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.’

#ttrpg #improv
Fiona wearing a grey beard and cape in her closet waiting for an improv show to start
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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friede.bsky.social
The "traditional" structure of TTRPGs puts an enormous amount of pressure on the GM to learn/refine & very little on the players.

Which is somehow seen as more reasonable than spreading the load of learning/contribution across the whole table.

Broader implications about community in there, y'all.
January 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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glowpinkstah.bsky.social
Any recommendations for TTRPG artists that can draw fat characters?

I’d love if the artist was plus size themselves too, but I wanna know about all the inclusive artists out there 💖 #ttrpg
January 11, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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whodo.bsky.social
With The Words We Leave Behind at the printers I'm finally getting around to working on SSBN again by running through a series of test draws that have already highlighted how rough the current ashcan is.
A tablet and keyboard with a deck of cards spread over the keyboard, two aces and a king are face up
January 11, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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riseupcomus.bsky.social
I don't remember where I read this advice but it made an impact on me: Make an NPC by anthropomorphizing an animal. Give them an animal-like feature. Give them an animal-like hobby. Give them an animal-like voice.

A Brian Jacques character is about as complex as an NPC needs to be.
January 11, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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deadlyfredly.bsky.social
Hold onto your butts, data nerds. I've been looking Evil Hat's distro performance — solely based on our distro invoicing that we do through Freshbooks; we don't invoice IPR there so they aren't represented in these data.

The TLDR:

2025 was the worst year for EH's distribution in the past 10 years.
A line graph showing the performance of various distributors — as invoiced by Evil Hat — between 2016 and 2025. I'll paste the data matrix in the alt text for the other image on this post, but honestly it's not easy figuring out how to alt-text a line graph like this one... follow along in the thread for some narration! Distro 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 ACD $33,613.60 $94,409.40 $103,181.45 $79,319.25 $72,511.84 $80,754.58 $83,188.43 $113,672.50 $90,661.51 $94,542.23 Aetherworks $0.00 $5,447.20 $8,431.00 $10,852.50 $8,523.40 $9,844.30 $9,472.60 $9,170.70 $6,713.40 $5,900.10 Alliance $61,481.60 $133,904.40 $110,589.60 $116,125.96 $94,411.60 $119,744.65 $160,520.75 $161,476.00 $101,756.80 $85,366.80 Asmodee Nordics $5,836.00 $20,084.80 $9,462.00 $4,396.80 $3,012.80 $3,273.60 Asmodee UK $29,124.00 $59,082.40 $42,112.00 $49,464.80 $25,047.20 $21,559.20 $18,385.60 $24,176.40 $10,193.60 $5,631.20 Blackfire $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $17,428.00 $8,289.60 BNW $0.00 $4,853.20 $9,273.60 $8,158.80 $13,137.20 $13,725.20 $15,766.40 $28,087.20 $16,327.20 $21,874.40 Flat River $50,905.60 $153,284.80 $134,873.60 $170,128.80 $191,055.20 $199,732.80 $112,922.87 $146,095.20 $63,184.80 $41,337.60 Fun Supply $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $18,723.20 $2,961.60 $7,136.80 $2,916.00 $4,108.00 Golden $2,889.20 $5,026.80 $6,016.40 $4,137.20 $3,170.80 $3,799.60 $1,566.00 $3,931.20 $772.00 GTS $9,531.60 $35,076.80 $18,169.20 $14,574.00 $6,849.20 $8,863.20 $10,865.60 $11,768.80 $8,339.20 $2,594.00 Intrafin $0.00 $3,072.00 $11,040.00 $16,503.20 $3,883.20 Lion Rampant $5,817.20 $13,200.40 $3,990.80 $2,990.40 $6,610.00 $8,286.40 $12,516.00 $15,370.40 $15,680.00 $1,194.00 Outland $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $2,939.20 Pegasus Spiele $2,840.40 $9,006.00 $5,444.40 $4,968.40 $1,296.00 PHD $0.00 $15,252.80 $1,075.60 $770.00 $0.00 $360.00 $1,814.40 Southern Hobby $10,570.40 $21,301.60 $6,678.40 $712.00 Spiral Galaxy $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12,038.50 $19,521.60 $23,180.00 $33,784.80 $30,174.40 $21,448.80 Ulisses Spiele $3,153.20 $1,112.80 Universal (Canada) $0.00 $3,379.00 $13,799.60 $20,461.60 $10,471.60 $12,996.80 $17,878.80 $30,039.60 $20,206.00 $19,269.20
January 9, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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tuta.com
Gmail welcoming the Gemini era?

That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
Screenshot of Gmail tweet saying: Welcome to the Gemini era, reposting a Google tweet that explains the latest update on Gemini.
January 9, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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wilkiescandylab.com
Cooooool
January 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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thedmsbookclub.bsky.social
The next episode of our DM’s Book Club series is out!

Episode #17: The Ultimate RPG Worldbuilding Deck Pt. 1: A Battlefield, A Place to Eat and A Union

🎧 pod.link/1520190874

Check out The DM's Book Club wherever you listen to podcasts!

#RPG #ttrpg #Worldbuilding
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January 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM