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Roads Uncharted @roadsuncharted.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Friday, travelers! Here's a reminder to leave reviews on your favorite #podcast apps! Give the shows you love a 5-star rating! You'd be surprised how easily that helps the creators reach a wider audience...which means you can chat about your favorite shows with even more people!

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Wren (they/them) @thornydryad.bsky.social · 2d

I'll be joining the #BestFriends Animal Society #SpookyStream2025 fundraiser! Join me throughout October as I stream to raise money for animals in need!

Check out the campaign link here: tiltify.com/@thornydryad...

Tiltify - Made for Fundraisers

We give you the tools to engage with your donors and raise more for your charity

tiltify.com

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Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social · 2d

CHAOS RETURNS
OCT. 25 | 8PM ET

❌

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Kit [they/them] 🐀 @kitrole.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not crying YOURE crying

@bitterthorne.bsky.social had me sobbing recording this, I’m so glad we get to share it with the world now 💚😭

Bloom&Blight @bloomandblight.bsky.social · 2d

✨LIVE NOW✨
Season 2, Episode 19: “Transcendence”

💚💛💙🤍💜

A flower blooms as the team meets their destiny.

Release graphic for Season 2, Episode 19 of Bloom&Blight. A rounded square graphic sits inside of a wider graphic. Both are primarily blue and purple, with the wider background more out of focus. Text on the square reads
“BLOOM&BLIGHT
A GIRL BY MOONLIGHT AP PODCAST”
Text in the right reads:
NOW AVAILABLE
SEASON 2, EPISODE 19:
“Transcendence”
Symbols for various podcast apps sit below.

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Pantsless Tables @pantslesstables.bsky.social · 1d

Are you a BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ TTRPG game designer? Do you have a new game/kickstarter launching soon? Would you like to be featured on "BUT WHY?" our TTRPG talk show where we
1. interview a game designer
2. play a one-shot with their game/setting
3. have chill fun vibes?

If this is you, DM us!

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Roads Uncharted @roadsuncharted.bsky.social · 1d

Hey travelers, if you haven't checked out Kappa's OTHER #podcast, you're missing out on some great content!

rndpod.bsky.social @rndpod.bsky.social · 1d

Good Morning R&D Department!

We have a special guest today with @stellaluna.tv!

We chat about the formative media that molded them along with the origin of many of the things they love today!

Check it out on the @oneshotnetwork.bsky.social YouTube!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t03K...

Rad & Dope w/Kappa and WallE Episode 3 - Stellaluna

YouTube video by ONE SHOT Podcast

www.youtube.com

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WallE But They Are A Vampire @walle132.bsky.social · 1d

Hey guys! It's my birthday!

You should watch the new episode of @rndpod.bsky.social with myself and @thekappachris.bsky.social

We got @stellaluna.tv and we talk about neat stuff!

You should watch it!

rndpod.bsky.social @rndpod.bsky.social · 1d

Good Morning R&D Department!

We have a special guest today with @stellaluna.tv!

We chat about the formative media that molded them along with the origin of many of the things they love today!

Check it out on the @oneshotnetwork.bsky.social YouTube!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t03K...

Rad & Dope w/Kappa and WallE Episode 3 - Stellaluna

YouTube video by ONE SHOT Podcast

www.youtube.com

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Roads Uncharted @roadsuncharted.bsky.social · 8d

Happy Friday, travelers! No new content this week but we would love to take a moment to extend a big congratulations to all the nominees for @nzwebfest.co.nz!

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Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social · 8d

❌ INTERLUDE TOMORROW ❌

The Hanged Man confronts a ghost,
The Star finds the space between,
The Chariot surges onward,
and The Hermit tries to forget.

♦️♠️♥️♣️

Our hiatus ends TOMORROW (10/4) at 8pm ET with a very special episode of THE CHAOS PROTOCOL. Come for a meal — and stay for the memories.

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Dax @gmdax.bsky.social · 9d

New Episode of Hunters 2012: San Diego, a #CypherSystem Actual Play, airs tomorrow!

After the drama last session, the group now faces the consequences of their actions and are reassigned. See y'all tomorrow at 7pm ET over at twitch.tv/daxara19

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Bloom&Blight @bloomandblight.bsky.social · 16d

✨LIVE NOW✨
Season 2, Episode 18: “Eclipse”

💚💛💙🤍💜

Tides turn, but at what cost?

Release graphic for Season 2, Episode 18 of Bloom&Blight. A rounded square graphic sits inside of a wider graphic. Both are primarily blue and purple, with the wider background more out of focus. Text on the square reads
“BLOOM&BLIGHT
A GIRL BY MOONLIGHT AP PODCAST”
Text in the right reads:
NOW AVAILABLE
SEASON 2, EPISODE 18:
“Eclipse”
Symbols for various podcast apps sit below.

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Wren (they/them) @thornydryad.bsky.social · 12d

Wednesday marks the return of "Oceans Apart" a Tidal Blades #ttrpg two-shot using the #CypherSystem from @montecookgames.com! This #charity game benefits the Best Friends Animal Society!

You can donate here to cause chaos and help us reach our goal: tilt.fyi/pOXpC6L4j4

Reposts appreciated!

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Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social · 12d

What news on the winds? 🍃

We are so proud to share that GODKILLER: Last Hope picked up the award for Best Costuming & Makeup at the @njwebfest.bsky.social — and @seaplaysrpg.bsky.social was awarded Best Player Performance in the Video AP category for their work as Litany!

We’re feelin’ the love!!

A photo of Sea and Connie standing in front of the New Jersey Web Fest banner, holding awards. They are both wearing black outfits with white and gold detailing, and matching black masks. Sea wears a gold glasses chain and a long black dress revealing one arm covered in tattoos, while connie wears a high necked black top and a long black and white striped jacket, gold earrings, and a huadian.

A photo of Sea and Connie standing in front of a large screen and a microphone at the New Jersey Web Fest, holding an award. They are both wearing black outfits with white and gold detailing, and matching black masks. Sea wears a gold glasses chain and a long black dress revealing one arm covered in tattoos, while connie wears a high necked black top and a long black and white striped jacket, gold earrings, and a huadian. They are both facing to the left with a speaker and large gala space behind them.

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Goblets and Gays Podcast @gobletsandgays.bsky.social · 11d

🌘Tyrant of the Dark Star 3.03 is live!🌒

Gravewing and Alistair hunt a mole in the Bloody Blades while Judith arranges a meeting with Bloodline. They get closer and closer in finding Gravewing's missing sister. Are they already too late? #ttrpgs #pathfinder2e

🎨 @akinomiiart.bsky.social

The Cover Art for Tyrant of the Dark Star s3A

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Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social · 11d

WE'RE (ALMOST) BACK FROM HIATUS! 📣

Need to catch up on The Chaos Protocol before Saturday? Want a reminder of what happened the last time we were live... months ago? 😅

You're in luck! You can find succinct, one page recaps of every CHAOS episode and a full character appendix at bit.ly/ChaosRecap!

Transplanar RPG: THE CHAOS PROTOCOL RECAP

THE CHAOS PROTOCOL - RECAP DOCUMENT - Art by @Crowesn. Transplanar RPG is an all-transgender, people of color-led dark fantasy TTRPG show set in an original non-colonial, anti-orientalist multivers...

bit.ly

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Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social · 10d

It has always been our ethos to stand against racism, fascism, and colonialism, and we’re not stopping now. As artists, radical imagination is our tool for carving better worlds into existence — worlds where everyone can live in prosperity and dignity.

Hope is a weapon. Let’s wield it together.

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Wren (they/them) @thornydryad.bsky.social · 16d

I have space open in my #StarWarsRPG! Join a gang of fighters as they find their place in the war against the Empire! Join today and get in on the action early! We play every other Wednesday night at 8 pm eastern time!

Check out the details here:

startplaying.games/adventure/cm...

Star Wars: Age of Adventure

The Empire Rises. Emperor Palpatine has declared all Jedi to be rogue enemies of the Galactic Empire. Military law is on the rise and the heels of the Imperial War Engine stomp the citizens of the gal...

startplaying.games

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Roads Uncharted @roadsuncharted.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations on the nominations!

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Bloom&Blight @bloomandblight.bsky.social · 15d

If you’re heading to @njwebfest.bsky.social this weekend, keep an eye out for your favourite magical girl team! Bloom&Blight is up for ✨FOUR✨ awards this year, and we couldn’t be more proud to share the stage with such amazing projects!

💚💛💙🤍💜

Simplified poster for Bloom&Blight Season 2, Part 2, with five white film festival laurels.

Dark background, with art of Dark Lark. Lark stands facing away from the camera, a glowing white spear in hand. The spear has purple and pink ribbons tied to it, and a yellow ribbon is tied in Larks hair. She looks resolute and defiant, her hair and costume billowing in a breeze. Below her, reflected in water, is another Dark Lark. This time, she is in her hands and knees, looking defeated, her hair and costume are limp, and her skirts are tattered. Her spear is a full metallic colour, chipped at the end and stained in blood. The ribbons are missing.

Above both Dark Larks, a pair of red, glitching mechanical eyes loom in the darkness. The dark background fades to stars at the top.

Five sets of laurels show web festival nominations. In the middle, a set of laurels reads “Official Selection, New Jersey Web Fest 2025”. Four other sets sit around it, labelled “2025 Award Nominee”, each for a different category: Outstanding Science Fiction AP (Podcast), Best Sound Design of an AP, Best Premise of an Actual Play, Best Ensemble Cast of an AP (Podcast).

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rndpod.bsky.social @rndpod.bsky.social · 15d

youtu.be/qYzK5uUNdVQ?...

We apologize for the delay but here we are! Fresh new episode of R&D featuring a return to form with @thekappachris.bsky.social and @walle132.bsky.social having a good chat about what's important to them... Tournament arcs.

Rad & Dope with Kappa & WallE! - Episode Two,

YouTube video by ONE SHOT Podcast

youtu.be

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stellaluna 🔜 PAX Unplugged @stellaluna.tv · 15d

Seeking performers for a paid 4-episode mini-series of CALL TO POWER, a dark high fantasy game about strife and hope. What came of dust will return to dust.

This casting call closes October 6th.

Apply: forms.gle/GH7cT5Q7Meyp...
Sponsored by @projecthedron.bsky.social 🔥

#TTRPG #Casting

Call To Power: a dark High Fantasy game of Strife and Hope. Seeking performers for a sponsored 4-episode livestreamed mini series of "Call To Power" - to be livestreamed @ twitch.tv/stellaluna on Saturdays October 18, October 25, November 1, November 8 at 3pm Eastern. What came of dust will return to dust. Sponsored by Hedron.

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Dax @gmdax.bsky.social · 17d

We'll have a giveaway that goes live during stream, where you have a chance to win these three TTRPGs! You just have to be in chat to enter.

Three RPG booklets lined up on a table. From left to right: Goblin Errands, Viva la Queer Bar, Catcrawl.

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Dax @gmdax.bsky.social · 17d

Saturday is Part 2 and we have new incentives!

$5 - Upgrade difficulty by 1
$15 - Give the players a Force Point
$25 - Mikyl wears a Clone helmet
$25 - Get a seat at Ran's table on StartPlaying Games (limit: 1, must redeem when donating)
$40 - Give every player a free Triumph

#StarWars #ttrpg

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Bloom&Blight @bloomandblight.bsky.social · 17d

Only 3 episodes left in Bloom’s story…

Are you ready for the end?

#BloomandBlight
💚💛💙🤍💜

Poster for Bloom&Blight Season 2, Part 2. Dark background, with art of Dark Lark. Lark stands facing away from the camera, a glowing white spear in hand. The spear has purple and pink ribbons tied to it, and a yellow ribbon is tied in Larks hair. She looks resolute and defiant, her hair and costume billowing in a breeze. Below her, reflected in water, is another Dark Lark. This time, she is in her hands and knees, looking defeated, her hair and costume are limp, and her skirts are tattered. Her spear is a full metallic colour, chipped at the end and stained in blood. The ribbons are missing.

Above both Dark Larks, a pair of red, glitching mechanical eyes loom in the darkness. The dark background fades to stars at the top.

Text at the top in purple reads: “The difference between hero and villain… is time”

Text at the bottom lists the title and credits:
“Bloom and Blight
Season 2, Part 2

Taylor Price, Candace McAfee, Anna Maeve, Logan Wassenaar, Kit Ira, Dani Gage

A DarefulArchives Production using the Girl by Moonlight System by Andrew Gillis. Brought to you in part by the generous support of Evil Hat Productions. “Seconds Rising Star” by Harper S.K. .
www.bloomandblight.com Poster Art by @inquisirob”

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Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social · 17d

THE BAR AT THE END OF THE WORLD hosts a variety of galactic outlaws and scoundrels in a well-loved tavern of memories and meals.

Please welcome our guest players for our ARC INTERLUDE — @ryomasa.bsky.social & @radicalzo.bsky.social.

The Hermit and the Hitchhiker draw their cards on October 4th. ❌

A promotional graphic for Transplanar RPG’s Interlude Episode. The graphic features a black background with dust particles, glowing white text down the center line, a red X, and two vertical pictures. The pictures are of Jon and Zo. The text reads: “THE BAR AT THE END OF THE WORLD. Jon as REDACTED. Zo as Kimani. Saturday Oct. 4th @ 8pm ET. Arc Interlude. Twitch.TV/TransplanarRPG.”

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