Side Quest Books & Games ➡️ PAXU
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social
📍Bow Market, Somerville, MA
📚 Sci-fi/fantasy books & indie RPGs from underrepresented folx
🤓 Boston’s only woman-owned game store
🗓️ https://linktr.ee/sidequestbooks
📚 Sci-fi/fantasy books & indie RPGs from underrepresented folx
🤓 Boston’s only woman-owned game store
🗓️ https://linktr.ee/sidequestbooks
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Follow us for:
🐉 Books and role-playing games about magic, dragons, and anti-capitalist revolutions
🐉 Inclusive & fun indie game nights
🐉 A heckin’ cool nerd community that’s as diverse and multifaceted as the fantastical stories we love
See you at Bow!
Follow us for:
🐉 Books and role-playing games about magic, dragons, and anti-capitalist revolutions
🐉 Inclusive & fun indie game nights
🐉 A heckin’ cool nerd community that’s as diverse and multifaceted as the fantastical stories we love
See you at Bow!
So excited for this!
If you're in the Boston area, @sidequestbooks.bsky.social is hosting a Q&A about Mythomorphosis on Dec 16! You can get tickets for that here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/game-desig...
www.eventbrite.com/e/game-desig...
Game Designer Panel & Game Launch: "Mythomorphosis"
Join the designer Gordie Murphy for a discussion of his sweeping new RPG, "Mythomorphosis." Sign up to play a session after the talk.
www.eventbrite.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
So excited for this!
Full write-up on IG, but basically, it’s my birthday, I’m having big feelings about community and responsibility and stubborn joy, and I love you all 🫶
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December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Full write-up on IG, but basically, it’s my birthday, I’m having big feelings about community and responsibility and stubborn joy, and I love you all 🫶
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Great write up — and thanks for the shoutout! It was so great meeting you, too!!
PAX Unplugged 2025 wrap-up posted!
Safely back from PAXU and recovered, it's time to share some thoughts and highlights from this year's tabletop gaming convention in Philadelphia. Spoiler: It was awesome!
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#PAXU #PAXUnplugged #PAX2025
Safely back from PAXU and recovered, it's time to share some thoughts and highlights from this year's tabletop gaming convention in Philadelphia. Spoiler: It was awesome!
omnes.exeunt.press/p/paxu-2025-...
#PAXU #PAXUnplugged #PAX2025
PAX Unplugged 2025 wrap-up
Safely back from PAXU and recovered, it's time to share some thoughts and highlights from this year's tabletop gaming convention in Philadelphia. Spoiler: It was awesome!
omnes.exeunt.press
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Great write up — and thanks for the shoutout! It was so great meeting you, too!!
⚔️🐉 COME SOMERCON WITH US! 🐉⚔️
SomerCon is happening 1/25 at the Armory in Somerville, and we need YOU to make it the smashing success we know it can be! GMs, panelists, vendors and workshop hosts: apply here by Dec 10 🥳
bit.ly/3V1MSMf
#ttrpg #indiegames #nerdsky
SomerCon is happening 1/25 at the Armory in Somerville, and we need YOU to make it the smashing success we know it can be! GMs, panelists, vendors and workshop hosts: apply here by Dec 10 🥳
bit.ly/3V1MSMf
#ttrpg #indiegames #nerdsky
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
⚔️🐉 COME SOMERCON WITH US! 🐉⚔️
SomerCon is happening 1/25 at the Armory in Somerville, and we need YOU to make it the smashing success we know it can be! GMs, panelists, vendors and workshop hosts: apply here by Dec 10 🥳
bit.ly/3V1MSMf
#ttrpg #indiegames #nerdsky
SomerCon is happening 1/25 at the Armory in Somerville, and we need YOU to make it the smashing success we know it can be! GMs, panelists, vendors and workshop hosts: apply here by Dec 10 🥳
bit.ly/3V1MSMf
#ttrpg #indiegames #nerdsky
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If you missed Griot Anthology at Pax Unplugged, dont worry! We are working with @plusoneexp.bsky.social @sidequestbooks.bsky.social and @ipr.bsky.social to make physical copies available soon!
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
If you missed Griot Anthology at Pax Unplugged, dont worry! We are working with @plusoneexp.bsky.social @sidequestbooks.bsky.social and @ipr.bsky.social to make physical copies available soon!
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Also come find me this weekend at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social where we are raising money for the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center and I’ll be running What Happened? By @bignoseagenda.bsky.social 🌌
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Also come find me this weekend at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social where we are raising money for the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center and I’ll be running What Happened? By @bignoseagenda.bsky.social 🌌
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
Come play!!
This coming Monday, Dec 1st, 6 PM, @sidequestbooks.bsky.social is inviting you to come play Last Kiss with me as Facilitator.
For only $9.39 a person, space still available. Last Kiss is our new PbtA game about queer identity, authority and the end of the world
www.eventbrite.com/e/tabletop-r...
For only $9.39 a person, space still available. Last Kiss is our new PbtA game about queer identity, authority and the end of the world
www.eventbrite.com/e/tabletop-r...
Tabletop RPG Night w/ Side Quest Books & Games
9 unique role-playing games, new friends, and inevitable chaos! Sign up for your chosen game. Hosted by SQBG at Upstairs at Bow.
www.eventbrite.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Come play!!
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People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
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i have always depended on the kindness of gamers
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
i have always depended on the kindness of gamers
We have plenty of copies left! Come check ‘em out!
No demos today. I’ll be walking the floor later with free copies of 🌽💀in my bag. I’ll post a headshot so you can hunt me. I think there are still copies in PAX Together? You should go there regardless to see @sidequestbooks.bsky.social
@openthegatesgaming.bsky.social and essentially the cool kids
@openthegatesgaming.bsky.social and essentially the cool kids
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We have plenty of copies left! Come check ‘em out!
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Go visit the PAX Together room!
And while there check out the games at the @sidequestbooks.bsky.social table. They have copies of You are a Muffin and Make Your Own One-Page RPG by Exeunt Press for sale! #PAXU
And while there check out the games at the @sidequestbooks.bsky.social table. They have copies of You are a Muffin and Make Your Own One-Page RPG by Exeunt Press for sale! #PAXU
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Go visit the PAX Together room!
And while there check out the games at the @sidequestbooks.bsky.social table. They have copies of You are a Muffin and Make Your Own One-Page RPG by Exeunt Press for sale! #PAXU
And while there check out the games at the @sidequestbooks.bsky.social table. They have copies of You are a Muffin and Make Your Own One-Page RPG by Exeunt Press for sale! #PAXU
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@sidequestbooks.bsky.social is a local store for me and it is awesome. Pay them a visit!
Before you get to the main expo hall, stop by the PAX Together Intersection Lounge in 201C - I spot some games Designed in the DMV here, from @greenintern.bsky.social, @playsamovar.bsky.social, and me!
Thank you @sidequestbooks.bsky.social for welcoming indie designers and games to the table!
Thank you @sidequestbooks.bsky.social for welcoming indie designers and games to the table!
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social is a local store for me and it is awesome. Pay them a visit!
Eeeeeeee we’re so excited!!
Before you get to the main expo hall, stop by the PAX Together Intersection Lounge in 201C - I spot some games Designed in the DMV here, from @greenintern.bsky.social, @playsamovar.bsky.social, and me!
Thank you @sidequestbooks.bsky.social for welcoming indie designers and games to the table!
Thank you @sidequestbooks.bsky.social for welcoming indie designers and games to the table!
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Eeeeeeee we’re so excited!!
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Pre-release copies will be on sale at
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social ! And you can try for free at my table before you buy!
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social ! And you can try for free at my table before you buy!
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Pre-release copies will be on sale at
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social ! And you can try for free at my table before you buy!
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social ! And you can try for free at my table before you buy!
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Indie TTRPG publishers; here is another absurdly huge font bundle to consider picking up for your personal collection. They tend to give you a lot of potential value for your buck, and are clearly licensed for commercial use.
creativemarket.com/saltandpeppe...
creativemarket.com/saltandpeppe...
The HUGE Font Bundle (98% OFF) SALE, a Sans Serif Font by Salt & Pepper Designs
creativemarket.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Indie TTRPG publishers; here is another absurdly huge font bundle to consider picking up for your personal collection. They tend to give you a lot of potential value for your buck, and are clearly licensed for commercial use.
creativemarket.com/saltandpeppe...
creativemarket.com/saltandpeppe...
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Hawker will be at Pax Unplugged at the @sidequestbooks.bsky.social table. Looking forwards to folks being able to make their fantasy fortune!
Pop by and grab a copy and check out some of the other cool RPGs by other folks!
#PaxU #Paxunplugged #TTRPG
Pop by and grab a copy and check out some of the other cool RPGs by other folks!
#PaxU #Paxunplugged #TTRPG
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Hawker will be at Pax Unplugged at the @sidequestbooks.bsky.social table. Looking forwards to folks being able to make their fantasy fortune!
Pop by and grab a copy and check out some of the other cool RPGs by other folks!
#PaxU #Paxunplugged #TTRPG
Pop by and grab a copy and check out some of the other cool RPGs by other folks!
#PaxU #Paxunplugged #TTRPG
SEE YOU SOON, PAX U! Can’t wait to show y’all the incredible games we’re bringing along from new, micro, and marginalized creators. It’s such an honor to be in the PTI room and sponsoring Demo Days!
Who will we see there??
Who will we see there??
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
SEE YOU SOON, PAX U! Can’t wait to show y’all the incredible games we’re bringing along from new, micro, and marginalized creators. It’s such an honor to be in the PTI room and sponsoring Demo Days!
Who will we see there??
Who will we see there??
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Emissary will be at @officialpax.bsky.social #PaxUnplugged in Philly next weekend! Drop by the @sidequestbooks.bsky.social table in the PTI Lounge to grab a copy while supplies last! I can't wait to hear what 🪐 worlds and 👣 wanderers you all cook up. #DesignedintheDMV #storygame
November 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Emissary will be at @officialpax.bsky.social #PaxUnplugged in Philly next weekend! Drop by the @sidequestbooks.bsky.social table in the PTI Lounge to grab a copy while supplies last! I can't wait to hear what 🪐 worlds and 👣 wanderers you all cook up. #DesignedintheDMV #storygame
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If you're going to #PAXU, check out @sidequestbooks.bsky.social's booth! They'll be selling a whole mess of great independent RPGs, including my own! I'm terribly grateful to them for the opportunity to get my stuff out there!
November 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
If you're going to #PAXU, check out @sidequestbooks.bsky.social's booth! They'll be selling a whole mess of great independent RPGs, including my own! I'm terribly grateful to them for the opportunity to get my stuff out there!
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*whispers*
Copies of Just Passing Through and Allucinalia are on their way to PAX Unplugged where you can grab them from @sidequestbooks.bsky.social!!
(Does this make me feel better about not being able to go to PAXU myself? A little bit!)
#ttrpg #duetgame #solojournaling #PAXU
Copies of Just Passing Through and Allucinalia are on their way to PAX Unplugged where you can grab them from @sidequestbooks.bsky.social!!
(Does this make me feel better about not being able to go to PAXU myself? A little bit!)
#ttrpg #duetgame #solojournaling #PAXU
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
*whispers*
Copies of Just Passing Through and Allucinalia are on their way to PAX Unplugged where you can grab them from @sidequestbooks.bsky.social!!
(Does this make me feel better about not being able to go to PAXU myself? A little bit!)
#ttrpg #duetgame #solojournaling #PAXU
Copies of Just Passing Through and Allucinalia are on their way to PAX Unplugged where you can grab them from @sidequestbooks.bsky.social!!
(Does this make me feel better about not being able to go to PAXU myself? A little bit!)
#ttrpg #duetgame #solojournaling #PAXU
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Here are the games I'm running at #PAXUnplugged with Games on Demand. Come try Thieves of the Tome or Broken Justice with me! You'll also be able to grab a physical of Thieves of the Tome at @goosepoopgames.com and @sidequestbooks.bsky.social!
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Here are the games I'm running at #PAXUnplugged with Games on Demand. Come try Thieves of the Tome or Broken Justice with me! You'll also be able to grab a physical of Thieves of the Tome at @goosepoopgames.com and @sidequestbooks.bsky.social!
Our December calendar is live! So many games! Come join! All tickets are in our linktree: linktr.ee/sidequestbooks #ttrpg
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Our December calendar is live! So many games! Come join! All tickets are in our linktree: linktr.ee/sidequestbooks #ttrpg
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.