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Sarah Cole
@irny.bsky.social
Pale. Curious. Game-maker. Writer. (de-)Archivist. Goon.
Goblinesque. Demi. ADHD. She/Her.

Current things:
- Darkened Hill & Dale 🎲💀🏞️
- TERMINUS 🎲💀🚇
- Trick or Retreat 🎃🎲☕☺️

links.patchworkfez.co.uk
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Interested in a TTRPG of mine?

Pick up Darkened Hill & Dale at
shop.patchworkfez.games

TERMINUS late pledges are open on Kickstarter at
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

Sign up to my rare newsletter at
buttondown.email/PatchworkFez

General info at
patchworkfez.games
Patchwork Fez Games
Horrible games for lovely people.
shop.patchworkfez.games
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Yet.
it's advent you know what that means
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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The #BigGive2025 is live! This week, your donation to Conway Hall will be DOUBLED 🥳

➡️ £1 becomes £2
➡️ £25 becomes £50
➡️ £50 becomes £100

Considered giving a gift that matters? This is the week. Make twice the impact. #GivingTuesday

👉 Donate now: https://tinyurl.com/conway-hall
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Daily reminder of my ongoing Kickstarter.
The crowdfunding period is only 15 days in total because the majority of the pledges came either in the first or last week in my past Kickstarter campaigns.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
Mud Ghost Estate Redux—A Spooky Tumbling Tower TTRPG
A spooky tumbling block tower-based TTRPG inspired by Hong Kong folklore; now with revised text, new artwork and extra content!
www.kickstarter.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Have received some frustrating news about the details of a contract renewal with a long-term client, and feeling pretty gutted about it.

I'm not out of work or anything, but in practical terms it means I'll likely have to find an additional client, which means I'll have less time to make games. 😔
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now

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December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Well, I promised I would, so I did!

Following in the footsteps of my esteemed colleague @byodinsbeardrpg.com (and several others), here is my write up (including all our numbers) of Dragonmeet 2025 and our experience tabling there.

Check it out and let me know what you think! shorturl.at/j9f9A
Dragonmeet 2025 Running the Numbers — Three Sails Studios
I follow in the footsteps of my esteemed colleagues (primarily the brilliant Colin le Sueur of By Odin’s Beard RPG fame) in writing my very first post-convention report. My name is George, I’m the...
www.threesailsstudios.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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In the new year I'm focusing a bit more on 'A Dark Star To Steer By', my 19th century tall ship RPG using the D6 Those Dark Places rules.

It's written, 27K words with full adventure and pregens, so I think my next step is creating a PDF for public playtesting.

Pitch - ALIEN meets The Onedin Line.
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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All 50,000 panels of the National AIDS Memorial Quilt has been fully digitized.

You can search Duane's name and see the panel he made. And someone else made a panel for him, too.

www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
December 21, 2023 at 3:46 PM
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Good morning! It's December, which means it's time for my annual advent calendar!

The Mouth Of Winter is 25 chapters of grimdark fantasy, releasing daily through Christmas. Mercenaries break an ancient covenant. A monster wakes up. Nobody's having a good time.

loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025 ❄️
The Mouth Of Winter by Chris Bissette
A serialised dark fantasy novella
loottheroom.itch.io
December 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Liz Mamont

♬There must have been some magic in that ancient scroll they read
For when they smeared his face with blood
All their enemies were dead! ♬
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
They really need to move this World Championship to the Excel Centre.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What is the fast growing e-sport of competitive Microsoft Excel?
Two co-founders behind the competitive Excel UK chapter explain how the game works.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Going to be real for a min, I haven’t sold a single one of these new charms yet. 😓 Not saying this to get sympathy sales (tho I wouldn’t mind haha) just want to share that even if you see a lot of likes on shop posts, it doesn’t always translate to sales! It’s tough to take a chance on new products!
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Oh, stuff it. Let's give it a go.
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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In anticipation of Volume 3 hitting shelves at Easter, why not give yourself the gift of creativity this year?
linktr.ee/specficforne...
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
@wharthur.bsky.social has been working hard on this project, and I'll be editing it if it's successful!

Back it to make work for my idle thumbs in the new year. 😅
Mud Ghost Estate is a spooky tumbling block tower-based TTRPG inspired by the urban legends and folklore of Hong Kong. 👻
The Redux edition is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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#AshmoleanAdvent Day 1: Snow at Kinryūzan Temple

Our Ashmolean Advent Calendar is here! Check back each day until Christmas for a new seasonal treat from our collections.

The first festive treat from the collection is Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s View of Snow on Benten Hill at Kinryūzan Temple in Asakusa.
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Shop drop on dec 1, 12am pst including a postcard calendar, seconds sale mystery necklaces (my fav), and hand painted wood shields

pamwishbow.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I forgot to say yesterday (because it took me a while to track down the box I'd packed my brain away into), but I had a good time at Dragonmeet!

It was particularly nice to meet so many people, both familiar and new, and chat with you all about games and horror and mosaics and whatnot. 💜
Hello from Dragonmeet!

I am slightly overtired but I am PRESENT.

Find me over at stand E15 – next to Chaosium's looming illuminated banners – to acquire games!

I'm also giving away free facts about the London Underground and mosaic-making. 😂
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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one lovely moment from Dragonmeet was picking up Terminus by @irny.bsky.social for elements such as this .. there is a lot of love gone into that publication .
November 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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"AI" - dashare.zone ADMIN
May 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Me: I am very tired post Dragonmeet.

Also me: Should I book a stand for UKGE next year? 🤔
Hello from Dragonmeet!

I am slightly overtired but I am PRESENT.

Find me over at stand E15 – next to Chaosium's looming illuminated banners – to acquire games!

I'm also giving away free facts about the London Underground and mosaic-making. 😂
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The best description of the Telegraph you'll read this week.
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Hello from Dragonmeet!

I am slightly overtired but I am PRESENT.

Find me over at stand E15 – next to Chaosium's looming illuminated banners – to acquire games!

I'm also giving away free facts about the London Underground and mosaic-making. 😂
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM