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Becky Annison 🔜 Ex Tenebris is Kickstarting now! @beckyannison.bsky.social · 2d

We are in the final hour of the campaign!

Then I'll never speak of it again (well almost)

#ttrpg #kickstarter #spacehorror

Ex Tenebris: A star-spanning gothic investigation TTRPG

Unravel mysteries, battle horrors, protect the stars

www.kickstarter.com

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Jerod Leupold | Paroxysm by Design @jerodleupold.bsky.social · 2d

10 Horror Movies to get to know me

🍺Sinners
🔬Cabin in the Woods
🧛Lost Boys
🧊The Thing
🐣Alien
🎙️Late Night with the Devil
🧙‍♀️The Conjuring
🪢Sinister
👨‍⚕️House on Haunted Hill
⛰️The Descent

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Jerod Leupold | Paroxysm by Design @jerodleupold.bsky.social · 4d

Me too and I could not agree more. GM dice pools may not be the future, but it sure felt like it!

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 4d

I was very lucky to playtest Cold City 2e and, oh boy, you are all on for a treat!

Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 4d

We're delighted to say that Cold City second edition, the roleplaying game of hidden Agendas, trust and monster hunting is 🅞🅤🅣 🅝🅞🅦 in PDF and pre-order. All pre-orders come with a free PDF.

The PDF is available exclusively @drivethrurpg.com

Pre-order: handiwork.games/product/pre-...

Cold City Second Edition - Handiwork Games | Cold City Hot War | DriveThruRPG

In the divided city of post-World War II Berlin, terrors hide in the darkness. The legacies of war, suffering, and fringe science lurk beneath the surface, feared and desired by former allies and defe...

www.drivethrurpg.com

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 6d

It’s happened to all of us? Speak for yourself Cris. I have never fumbled the ball in the National Football League.

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 5d

echovore

A formless parasite that seeps in through sound. It starves in silence, but every scream feeds it, twisting space and time into a nightmare maze.

Submitting soon for itch.io/jam/liminal-...

Art: Kim Diaz Holm Design: @groewe.bsky.social

#LiminalHorror #TTRPG

A bloody red and dark demonic faces cries out from a sea of yellow pus. In the top left ECHO VORE in white horror font. In the bottom left, a white box saying FOR USE WITH LIMINAL HORROR.

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Jerod Leupold | Paroxysm by Design @jerodleupold.bsky.social · 6d

Honorbound updates and more. Every time I think I'll just take a break, I find myself writing up something new. I think that's the creator's journey. One caffeinated drink at a time.

paroxysmbydesign.com?p=788

And Now I Rest… Honorbound Updates & More - Paroxysm by Design

And now I rest as my pen runs dry. Er, computer pixels, uh, dim? I have finished a month long sprint of writing, playtesting, and re-writing. 23 mechanics were ultimately tested and about half of them...

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Pelgrane Press @pelgranepress.bsky.social · 8d

How to Get Published as a Writer #writing #fantasy #gaming

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 9d

The Dee Sanction
We have six winning entries from our Dee Comp plus a new scenario written and run by @paulbaldowski.bsky.social. Sign up for interest and we'll be drawing the lottery in the next week or so! Games run 10-16/Nov, mainly UK evenings.

forms.gle/55FtYcxMg9sK...

Dee perform magic in front of a ring of skulls, courtiers and Queen Elizabeth I

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 9d

A delirium of delightful Dee Sanction to dedicate your freedom to participating in 🧙🏻‍♀️🔮🪄

jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 9d

The Dee Sanction
We have six winning entries from our Dee Comp plus a new scenario written and run by @paulbaldowski.bsky.social. Sign up for interest and we'll be drawing the lottery in the next week or so! Games run 10-16/Nov, mainly UK evenings.

forms.gle/55FtYcxMg9sK...

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 12d

The Lovers "tarot" card for the Legacy Archetypes chapter from Honorbound RPG.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gam...

#ttrpg #tarot #b&wart

a black and white tarot-like card drawing depicting The Lovers as a couple embracing while holding a cog and a pen, outlined in white to show their constellation against a starry space background.

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Jerod Leupold | Paroxysm by Design @jerodleupold.bsky.social · 12d

Honorbound Update!

21 mechanics and 1 adventure were play tested in September. Whew! Writing and art assets due Oct. 10th. Then, off to the layout and printing.

Books before Christmas? We'll see what Santa has to say.

paroxysmbydesign.com?p=783 New update in 2 weeks!

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Jerod Leupold | Paroxysm by Design @jerodleupold.bsky.social · 14d

I really enjoyed this topic and this session! What a fascinating way to change up the writing style.

Big props to @irny.bsky.social for breaking down the process!

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 16d

Great fun talking to @irny.bsky.social about how to write system flexible scenarios, using the brilliant examples of her Darkened Hill & Dale and Terminus Kickstarters!

You can still late pledge for Terminus until 1st Oct, see www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

open.spotify.com/episode/6UTy...

So you want to write a system flexible adventure

open.spotify.com

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 20d

One more micexplorers illustration painted by @louiems.bsky.social is added to our Patreon! Link is the same as the original bw version below.

🎃 Micexplorers 23 right in time for spooky season. 🐭

#micexplorers #ttrpg #stockart #fantasyart #darkart #osr

illustration of a necromancer mouse wearing a green glowing magic tablet on its neck, arms raised, chanting a spell while raising a dead opossum from the grave, tombstones in the background under a dark spooky sky.

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Jerod Leupold | Paroxysm by Design @jerodleupold.bsky.social · 22d

I just got to play The Mistsower from Zgrozy run by Malek Golonka on the Raspy Raven. A great mix of character interaction and eldritch horror all within the confines of a cafe hosting the revelation of a new painting!

They happen to be having a sale too!

drive.google.com/file/d/1bN3f...

Zgrozy Fifteen Thousand Sale.pdf

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Jerod Leupold | Paroxysm by Design @jerodleupold.bsky.social · 22d

I'm in! Haven't heard of these but they look fantastic!

Jerod Leupold | Paroxysm by Design @jerodleupold.bsky.social · 22d

I always wanted to check that one out! I read the MYTH series with my dad and has huge nostalgia vibes for me. Love it!

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Jerod Leupold | Paroxysm by Design @jerodleupold.bsky.social · 23d

Some many winters ago my cool Aunt Ruth bought be Bimbos of the Death Sun and my understanding of what fun fiction could be changed forever.

What was the book that ISN'T one of the touchstones of our era that hit you just right?

Shout out to Knight of Ghosts and Shadows!

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Jerod Leupold | Paroxysm by Design @jerodleupold.bsky.social · 23d

I'd love to!

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Jerod Leupold | Paroxysm by Design @jerodleupold.bsky.social · 24d

I am so looking forward to seeing this!

jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 24d

Check out our talk with @savagespiel.bsky.social as we discuss how to write an adventure for her Brindlewood styled game, Matrons of Mystery. The C word may be used, Cosy that is.

open.spotify.com/episode/1EWQ...

#TTRPG

So you want to write an adventure for Matrons of Mystery?

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Jerod Leupold | Paroxysm by Design @jerodleupold.bsky.social · 24d

I can NOT wait to check this out!

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Jerod Leupold | Paroxysm by Design @jerodleupold.bsky.social · 24d

Emergency Playtesting is still happening! Only two more weeks...

This week we try En Media Res OR 2 Scene adventures. I Think it might have legs? They also reveal a doomsday weapon... www.youtube.com/shorts/O1Ypj...

Full recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCBG...

the evil empire's doomsday weapon

YouTube video by Jerod Leupold

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 25d

Currently on sale:

🐭 legacy.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?k...

🐭 itch.io/c/6298986/mi...

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Becky Annison 🔜 Ex Tenebris is Kickstarting now! @beckyannison.bsky.social · 28d

Ex Tenebris just got 'project we love' on Kickstarter!

#ttrpg #kickstarter #spacegothic

Ex Tenebris: A gothic space TTRPG

Unravel mysteries, battle horrors, protect the stars

www.kickstarter.com

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