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Perplexing Ruins

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Portfolio: https://perplexingruins.carrd.co/ You can find my games: https://perplexingruins.itch.io/ You can support me here: https://www.patreon.com/perplexingruins You can watch a few vids here: https://www.youtube.com/@perplexingruins

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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 4h

getting that jittery vaguely agitated feeling where I want to play something, but then overwhelmed by options, so stalling out on option-paralysis

Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 4h

peak seasonal

Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 4h

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Noobirus @noobirus.bsky.social · 7h

All the classes in the OSR game I'm working on.
#ttrpg

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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 7h

Multi-purpose point-crawls. Might be handy for your game this evening

open.substack.com/pub/davidbla...

Multi-purpose Maps

Need a map for your game tonight, but run out of time/spoons?

open.substack.com

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Monday @mondave.bsky.social · 2d

The open beta release for Pilgrim's Passages, my house rule set, is here! It attempts to tackle travel, item crafting, and spell programing. If you would like to check it out please click the link in the next post. It's "Pay What You Want", so feel free to take it for a spin.

#osr #ttrpg

Two risograph printed and bound zines. One is called "Pilgrim's Passages", the other is called "Pilgrim's Prayerbook".

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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 4h

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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 4h

i mean, no effort to leave the area by the batter? i guess b/c he's squared up, which is a non-defensible position?

Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 4h

and a fridge recently, with a screen that will play ads, like at the gas stations 😞

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 5h

Much like our waistline @emielboven.itch.io’s DURF has massively expanded since 2021, find out more plus discover all kinds of other interesting stuff that might provide some distraction from the end times in this week’s super cool Gazeteer

Slay To Find Out

In this week's Gazetteer, one of our favourite post-OSR games, DURF, gets expanded, Frogs cast a spell on you and what is better than Warhammer? Warhammer and model railways, obviously.

wyrd.science

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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 4h

Time for more occasional self-promotion

This one is a free/pwyw solo game. It's an RPG point crawl but played in the browser. It was an experiment around writing games in markdown.

seedling.itch.io/what-remains...

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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 4h

i've seen several comments about the game from what I think of as "nonDH-loyalist types" and it's been all positive. i was initially not too interested but growing more and more curious

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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 5h

sent initial email before seeing this message. Will resend with more details of the game. thank you for your response :)

Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 5h

thanks for the heads up

Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 5h

good to know, the library has a few others, so can dip into it a bit

Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 5h

🙏

Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 5h

appreciate that, thank you!

Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 5h

thank you!

Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 5h

thank Jason! it's what I'm trying to go for - doesn't quite hit the shadowdark aesthetic, but hoping its memorable to players anyway

Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 5h

yep, not to be lightly trifled with, lol

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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 5h

thanks Tony! that was a late stage addition, and I'm glad I did

Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 5h

thanks John! appreciate that :)

Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 19h

😕😱?

Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 19h

patrons are welcome to make requests! i make no guarantees but try to be accommodating.
thank you :)

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Ether Diver @etherdiver.bsky.social · 19h

Anyway, the point is you should spend your money supporting fellow creatives and humans that perform services for you, not propping up corporations and creating future waste.

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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 19h

oh dang, that's very kind of you - thank you 🙏

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