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Michael
@onemoretimearound.bsky.social
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As and when I use this app, it'll mostly be for indie tabletop RPG design thoughts. Mostly quiet for now though, being off social media has been good for me.

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She/Her, He/Him, Ze/Hir, Ve/Ver, Xe/Xem, Ae/Aer
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Michael @onemoretimearound.bsky.social · Sep 4
The classics are classics for a reason.
A paragraph from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde that reads "'If he be Mr Hyde,' he had thought, 'I shall be Mr Seek.'"
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cyborgurl.bsky.social
still looking for new gigs! pay a disabled former indie luminary to speak remotely at your school, write for your project, or design a game for you! my new portfolio site isn't up yet but w.itch.io is chock full of my work (and also contains my contact info)
[email protected]
w.itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
onemoretimearound.bsky.social
ADHD consultation tomorrow baybeeeee
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
onemoretimearound.bsky.social
I cut a bunch of stuff and tried it again and it is STILL JUST OVER HALF AN HOUR LONG
onemoretimearound.bsky.social Michael @onemoretimearound.bsky.social · 2d
Been trying to put together a ~10min presentation about some of my game design projects for an event. So far the drastically cut down, kill-your-darlings edit is just over half an hour long. 🙄
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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ftlcast.bsky.social
If you've ever wanted to know about how Muppets are a load-bearing part of reality, you really should listen to our second installment of Canon/Eyes.
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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sifsweetman.bsky.social
Miracle. The scar of the Bontive Valley. The final #Palisade post card is a collaboration between myself and @badbucket.bsky.social. We traded sketches back and forth to land on the comp. I painted the environment, Conner did the ships, the finishing touches, the typography etc. #friendsatthetable
Two synthetic beings look up from the scar of the Bontive Vallet, filled with shards of Crusade's glass weapons. They gaze out over the valley between great stone formations at the encroaching Twilight Mirage swirling in secondary colours. From the clouds 3 ships burst forth, creating a circular void in the clouds in their wake. The image is treated with clean typography that frames it. VT Lin amd Ter Tirhan are the listed authors. The title spans the horizon line. Miracle, it reads. The same painting as previous, but with the typography removed.
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
onemoretimearound.bsky.social
Been trying to put together a ~10min presentation about some of my game design projects for an event. So far the drastically cut down, kill-your-darlings edit is just over half an hour long. 🙄
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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wharthur.bsky.social
Mud Ghost Estate Redux has now got 93 followers on Kickstarter! 👻
Can I get 7 more before the launch? 👉👈
Please share with your friends! ✨
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! The cover image depicts two people walking up the stairs of a derelict building, with a mud ghost around the corner standing menacingly. Bottom right of the image shows that the project currently has 93 followers.
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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austinwalker.bsky.social
So that you can enjoy it in its full beauty, here's the PAXU Realis postcard image in high quality, along with the in-game text & Sentences of Halfmoon Twaintcut's that Si was working from!
An image of a green/brown moon, cut down its equator, floating in a sea of clouds. In the foreground at the bottom of the image, a group of shepherds or nomads, along with their alien animals, look off to the horizon. Upsidedown at the top of the image, but still In the foreground at, a group of adventurers climb over rocky hills and look into the horizon. Impulse: Cut something of yourself free. It could not have been a blade—no hand nor hardpoint is strong enough to wield a sword so large. It could not have been a searing beam, as the edges bear neither char nor residue. It could not have been a dip into the Great Void nor the edge of Realis-Itself, both of which are known to take pieces of those worlds that come too near—for the halfmoon Twaincut bears no radiant aura, no abyssal mark. It is simply a half-sphere, smaller than most moons yet still its own by all rights, perfectly flat on one side, and curved as orbs ought on the other, rotating in the blue light of Realis like a gamepiece floating in black water. It would be a puzzle, except for the greater one: Whether human or beast, to be born on Twaincut is to be born twice—first on the prairie-like Flatside, and then, after one’s first death, on the village-dotted Hillside. Or else reversed in order. And so to live on Twaincut is to live twice, soul and sense contiguous, yet with only fleeting memories of the life before. A nomad lord turned village priestess. An ox of the field turned ass of the mountain. A chicken-keeper turned sage of the open sky. A child lost and then a child again. Simplicity and complexity, ease and ambition, clarity and ambiguity. This is the amateur perspective. No, it is not so obvious as that. The plain is flat, but it is not simple. The hill requires effort but not all who climb have aims. It is a dream place, a haunting. Life and death, youth and age redoubled in on themselves. Spend a while there and you may wonder what I did: Perhaps Twaincut simply split itself. People Sentences Twaincut flatsiders always see without horizons. Twaincut hillsiders always seek what’s beyond the peak. Twaincut mystics always remember both lives. Place Sentences The Twaincut Flat always provides for those who journey far enough. The Twaincut Hill always turns a traveler down a new path. Twaincut depths always split outsiders in two.
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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rascal.news
"It's arguably most productive to view public action against an oppressive force specifically as a game — not as a trifle, but as a series of moves with an end state."

Contributor @therisingtithes.bsky.social connects RPG prep with the increasingly vital labor of public protest.
What does Session Zero of a protest look like?
Games as rehearsal for the streets.
www.rascal.news
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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moreblueberries.bsky.social
Ripley is an unmatched talent and you should hire them to make your game look sick as hell
skullingway.bsky.social Ripley 👽💖 @skullingway.bsky.social · 3d
So happy to see folks at PAX today and get to see this door based on my art for TTWH 👁️🌸 in person. Honestly the best thing ever I live here now

@socksmagocs.bsky.social @moreblueberries.bsky.social
Picture of the door model closed Door model open with a showcase of the cards Flower detail!!! More flower details
November 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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brendanmcleod.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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gitarooman.bsky.social
I’m gonna fucking throw up laughing dude
A green mustang decorated with various bad quality joker merchandise. The back says JESUS LOVES BAD GUYS THE JOKER. The license plate reads NOFARTS
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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rileyrethal.bsky.social
do you guys know about consider the consequences, the first ever choose your own adventure book from 1930? it’s free on itch and i just read through a couple of routes with friends and had a blast, highly recommend geetheriot.itch.io/consider-the...
Consider the Consequences by geetheriot
The first ever Choose Your Own Adventure (style) book from 1930 is back! In Interactive Fiction form!
geetheriot.itch.io
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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innes.bsky.social
MY CAT LOVES TO STOMP ON MY KEYBOARD AND TURN ON CAPSLOCK!!! BUDDY!!!!!!! IT'S NOT CALLED CATSLOCK
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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austinwalker.bsky.social
Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS!

ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
Coming soon: Realis
A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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gshowitt.bsky.social
D66 Things Guards Say When You Pass A Stealth Check (Fantasy)
This is a D66 table which is too long to fit into the alt text. It's 36 different things a Guard might say when you pass a stealth check. Here's a selection, anyway: “Huh. Guess it must have been the wind.” “Blimey, the size of the size of the rats ‘round here!” “I must be tired.” “Don’t bother. This place makes all sorts of weird noises.” “You’re hearing things! You ought to lay off the whiskey.” “Guess it was nothing.” “I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that.” “Go on, get out of here!” “I’m not checking it. You check it.” “Come on, who’d try to sneak in here?” “Ugh. I hate this job.” “Any more noises like that and I’ll be forced to stand up and take a look.” “I don’t feel like getting shanked in the ribs tonight. Just let it slide.” “What you mean, ‘strange noise?’ Sounds like a perfectly normal noise to me.” “My doctor said I’m not supposed to investigate mysterious sounds after 6pm.” *aimlessly whistles a sea shanty, and dreams of their true purpose: sailing the mighty ocean* “Ohhh, my aching back! I can barely stand up straight, let alone search for intruders!” “Geoffrey? Is that you? I’ve told you not to do the hiding thing any more. It’s dangerous.” “I think someone must have left a window open somewhere.” to themselves: “Don’t be scared. Shh. There’s no such thing as ghosts.” “Probably just a harmless drunk. They kip in here sometimes.” “Hey, your shift’s over! It’s my time to guard. Let me have this, Sylvia.” reading aloud, weeping: “Dear Erik. I am very sorry, but I must leave you. I’ve found a new lover. He wants to start a family. I can’t wait for your promotion any longer.” “No, no: my grandfather told me about a time he investigated a nearby disruption. I’m not going to make the same mistake.”
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
onemoretimearound.bsky.social
New Realis art alert! Plus, you know, the kickstarter itself. Can't wait to spend all my money on this next year.
possibleworlds.bsky.social Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social · 6d
Realis is coming sooner than you think! Sign up to be notified at launch when the print edition of @austinwalker.bsky.social's TTRPG goes live in 2026, and start bracing yourself for all the additional art, player options, and GM resources being added to the game: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
Coming soon: Realis
A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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calebzane.bsky.social
i'm going to put a wizard in your real life house (threat)
hauntedtable.bsky.social Haunted Table -> PAX U Booth #4234 @hauntedtable.bsky.social · 6d
Surprise: we're working on something new! A game called Tiny Wizard.
Tiny Wizard text logo in green and gold. A candle, a little door, and a star are hidden in the text. Underneath the logo is a large wide-brimmed wizard's hat with eyes and glasses. Text next to the hat says: We can no longer be seen or heard. A choice made for us, long ago. But we can still connect. Thank you for accepting one of our wizards into your home, and may they bring you some much-needed magic. Tiny Wizard is a solo RPG about a tiny wizard exploring your actual house. Together you’ll climb furniture, cast spells, and open portals to bring the magic of the Tiny Realm back to Earth, one room at a time. Intended for all ages, Tiny Wizard’s gameplay is inspired by solo TTRPGs, virtual pets, and memories of being very small.
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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ftlcast.bsky.social
Join MK, Jade, Danielle, August, and @jeffstormer.gobirds.online as we play Jeff's upcoming game, Canon/Eyes! We must steal back wonder from the Corporation by exposing the true history of the world that should be, and dismantle their coverups & black ops missions ftlcast.podbean.com/e/follow-the...
Follow the Leader Presents Canon/Eyes 2 - Puppet-Agnostic Muppet | Follow the Leader
Join special guest Jeff Stormer, August, Danielle, Koda/Jade, and MK as we play Canon/Eyes by Jeff Stormer. The world around you is weirder and more wonderful than you ever imagined. Aliens? Real. Tim...
ftlcast.podbean.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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badbucket.bsky.social
A few years back @friends-table.bsky.social brought me on to illustrate a series of in-universe pulp novel covers for their mecha season ‘Palisade’. Initially these shipped out as postcards to their patreon subs. Excited to be sharing these. heres the first..

‘Key Roseate by Alise Breka’
An illustration in the style of a 70’s pulp novel: a massive and ominous machine hovers above the ground with its arms divinely posed. it’s shape is backed by the outline of moons. other machines of similar form approach on the horizon. at the bottom of the illustration is a crowd of out-stretched hands.
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 AM
onemoretimearound.bsky.social
I love discovering a surrealist painter for the first time. Have you *seen* this Vasko Taškovski guy?
Surrealist painting of a brown horse with flaming golden hair and some sort of alien armour fighting a weird lil beardy, tentacle-y guy who just hatched out of an egg. Surrealist painting of a weird structure made out of a mix of bird-like parts, bones, branches, shells, rocks and who knows what else, standing on a beach with bright blue sea and sky in the background. The key features include an eye near the middle and what appears to be a human woman, dwarfed by the structure, leaning against one of its spiky... legs? Surrealist painting of Icarus, legs stretched out to the right and turning into islands, torso represented by an egg breaking open to let out blasts of white light or force which form the wings, and a head that's a uniform white sphere, maybe a moon. Surrealist painting of a whole lot of elements that we've seen in the other paintings, notably islands, architecture, shells, ovals and the piercing blue sky, all spiralling around a central point.
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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ehronlime.bsky.social
This was a really fun chat with Thomas, and it took us two tries, with a month in between because a power cut caused Thomas to lose the first half of the interview! I'm kinda glad we got to chat again though, a lot happened in the month in between that helped me better articulate some things.
friede.bsky.social Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social · 8d
Starting the day listening to @newmadras.bsky.social in conversation with @ehronlime.bsky.social about TTRPG & communities in Yes Indie’d — only fitting given that today is our final fall conversation at Auburn about play & communities with @itsquinns.bsky.social this afternoon.
Games Need Communities (w/ Aaron Lim)
Podcast Episode · Yes Indie'd Pod · 11/17/2025 · 1h 3m
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November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
onemoretimearound.bsky.social
What perfect album came out when you were 16?

I was completely unaware of any of these in 2003, except maybe Hail to the Thief, which I still didn't buy until I was at uni.
Album cover for The Ugly Organ by Cursive: a pale green background with 4 gold circles (each with a red ring around it) at the top, and a piano/organ keyboard with jagged edges that look a bit like teeth across the middle. Album cover for The Desert Sessions 9 & 10: Against a black background there's a close-up on the face of a carved figure with a long nose. "Desert Sessions 9" is written down the left, "I See You Hearin Me" down the right. Half of the cover is obscured by a sticker with details of the musicians who took part, the singles and bonus features, and some review quotes. Album cover for Hail to the Thief by Radiohead: a painting of a hill made out of brightly coloured sections that recall neon signs and billboards, advertising single words that range from "TV" and "meat" to "armed," "fear" and "anti." At the top of the hill, some dark paint trickles up off the top of the painting, under a black box with the band name and album title. Album cover for De-Loused in the Comatorium by the Mars Volta: a bald, golden head lies on a plate on a stainless steel table in what looks like an operating theatre. The head and plate are surrounded by surgical implements, and a gurney is visible in the background. The egg-like head's eyes are open and a cone of white light is pouring out of its mouth towards the top left. A yellow sticker displays the band name and album title, along with a silhouette of what looks like it might be a puppet going limp.
November 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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skatunenetwork.bsky.social
Yeah, I got ADHD

Ahhhhhh
Dis
Head
Dontwork
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM