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The REAL Texas Paul @paulsrockinbluesky.bsky.social · 8d

here's a reminder that discord has adopted a new arbitration policy, which means you have under 30 days to opt out of it

Opt-out. You can decline this Agreement to Arbitrate-and no other provision of these terms-by emailing an opt-out notice to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com within 30 days of September 29, 2025 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later; otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate Disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, Discord also will not be bound by it and there shall be no arbitration agreement existing between you and Discord, whether under these or prior arbitration provisions. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, you may exercise your right to a trial by jury or judge, as permitted by applicable law, but any prior existing agreement to arbitrate Disputes will not apply to claims not yet filed. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, you will not be opting out of any other provision of these terms and you agree to be bound by all other provisions of these terms, which shall remain in effect as allowable by law

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 15d

My friend and industry colleague Heidi has received the devastating news that her partner can no longer fight off his cancer and must go into hospice. She will lose him soon and she is a good person who has already lost so much. Please consider helping her defray the costs and survive the aftermath.

Donate to Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story, organized by Heidi McDonald

I was a game writer at the height of my career - author, freq… Heidi McDonald needs your support for Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story

gofund.me

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Chase Taylor-Carter @chasecarter.bsky.social · 11d

Worth pointing out that Kickstarter United is NOT currently calling for a public boycott of Kickstarter's platform.

The work strike encompasses 59 "community support specialists, trust and safety analysts, marketing professionals, software engineers, and other tech workers" under the old contract.

Rascal News @rascal.news · 11d

Unionized workers with @kickstarterunited.org are poised to strike if the crowdfunding platform's management doesn't approve their new contract.

The union has demanded a four-day workweek, minimum living wage salaries, and protections against generative AI encroachment.

Kickstarter United workers will strike beginning October 2

Demands include enshrining the four-day, 32-hour work week in their contract.

www.rascal.news

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Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social · 25d

Very much do not have access tragically but 👀

Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social · Sep 11

Yes yes we can be space pirates

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Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ahhh I’ve been waffling on whether to go but if I do I will definitely come play!!

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Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social · Sep 11

It sounds so good!! And I’ll be keeping an eye out for Last Kiss as well

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Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social · Sep 11

Good Society is my #1 for this, it’s the game that made me fall face-first in love with TTRPGs in a way other games hadn’t quite accomplished

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Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social · Sep 11

I’m loosely familiar with Natalie’s games but am going to prioritize playing them now because it’s very exciting to see someone describe my ttrpg priorities like this!

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Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social · Sep 11

Absolutely adore this — it really speaks to me both as a player and a designer, and it is clear and comprehensive in a way I didn’t personally find the Expressionist Games Manifesto to be

Natalie Pudim @luckoftheharbor.com · Sep 11

The Relationship Games Manifesto

An approach to analog roleplaying game design that centers our relationship to one another over any other priority. A call to action for games with empathy as a foundational principal. Free to everyone on my Patreon.

www.patreon.com/posts/relati...

The Relationship Games Manifesto | Luck of the Harbor

www.patreon.com

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satah @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online · Sep 4

game jam i mentioned! 🖤

Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social · Aug 24

I forgot to post about this when it started but I’m currently running my second jam for Monsterhearts skins: itch.io/jam/skin-of-...

I didn’t post abt it last year bc it was more of a me-and-my-friends thing but hey!

Skin of a Killer 2: Back 2 School

A game jam from 2025-08-15 to 2025-09-16 hosted by Small Stories. Summer's over, and school's back in session. Who will you become this year? This is a game jam for making fan skins for Monsterhearts ...

itch.io

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Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social · Aug 24

I am absurdly proud of that banner lol

Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social · Aug 24

I forgot to post about this when it started but I’m currently running my second jam for Monsterhearts skins: itch.io/jam/skin-of-...

I didn’t post abt it last year bc it was more of a me-and-my-friends thing but hey!

Skin of a Killer 2: Back 2 School

A game jam from 2025-08-15 to 2025-09-16 hosted by Small Stories. Summer's over, and school's back in session. Who will you become this year? This is a game jam for making fan skins for Monsterhearts ...

itch.io

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queenregnant.bsky.social @queenregnant.bsky.social · Aug 6

Grateful for this kind shout-out, and I wanted to highlight the praise of @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social's layout - they took my vague vision of a zine that felt like a riot grrrl had made it in 1992 and made it feel really special

Nina Fairweather @ninafairweather.com · Jul 24

I'm so glad to see that my favorite fight club for queer women hasn't been delisted on itch yet. The retro zine layout is a succinct masterclass that I've referenced while playtesting other games.

Also: 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans women are women. It's a rule of the game, sorry haters!

deecity.itch.io/drink-my-sweat

The cover of TTRPG Drink My Sweat, a game for 2-5 about punching people who get you hot
Cover art by Rachel Merrill
Layout by Chloe Sobel
Produced by Dora Rogers

"Queer" "Women"
This i s a fight club for queer women. But don't get too bothered about what "queer" means , or what "woman" means. I f someone thinks they belong, they belong. Maybe your character has always thought of themselves as straight , but is feeling sparks with a female friend recently; maybe your character is non-binary, but feels connected to womanhood because they're also a lesbian. It's all good.

Also trans women are women, so they're invited. It's a rule of the game, sorry haters!

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Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social · Aug 8

🥺❤️ so genuinely grateful that you trusted me with your game!!!

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folio: multi-guest solo TTRPG actual play @foliopod.bsky.social · Jul 18

🏰🤰📜 FINAL EPISODE of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰

called to the court, to scandals of men-at-arms, to grandmother's visions... you need more than wits. you need your flame-lit truthsense, your curse-sharpened teeth, your memories of a jilted lover's ancient tomes

039 - to honour and obey 03 - with HB & chloe sobel | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

[link to the episode transcript]the game is to honour and obey by laurie o'connel https://laurieoconnel.itch.io/to-honour-and-obeythe guests arehappy birthday | gm36.itch.iochloe sobel | smallstories....

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folio: multi-guest solo TTRPG actual play @foliopod.bsky.social · Jul 11

🏰🤰📜 EPISODE TWO of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰

your mother tries, but your husband's position means yours is different from hers. blight, uneven ledgers, farm squabbles-- at any time she'd have dealt with perhaps one of these problems. all of them & more are yours

038 - to honour and obey 02 - with HB & chloe sobel | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

[link to the episode transcript]the game is to honour and obey by laurie o'connel https://laurieoconnel.itch.io/to-honour-and-obeythe guests arehappy birthday | gm36.itch.iochloe sobel | smallstories....

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Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social · Jul 31

Once again very grateful for the opportunities this bundle gives me, go check it out — lots of great art in there!

Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Jul 30

✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.

itch.io/b/3062/

illustration shows the outline of a soaring bird, filled in with the colors of the queer and trans pride flags. text over the top reads "QUEER GAMES BUNDLE."

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Jul 30

✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.

itch.io/b/3062/

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Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social · Jul 4

so SO psyched to make it onto folio doing the most "me" game possible: pregnant arthurian lady abandoned by her husband in favor of his "job", using Mage: the Awakening tarot cards

folio: multi-guest solo TTRPG actual play @foliopod.bsky.social · Jul 4

🏰🤰📜 EPISODE ONE of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰

your husband's duties call him away, but yours are bound to you: a keep in disrepair, a favourless retinue, & a gnawing anxiety filling any space in your gut not taken up by the child who grows there

037 - to honour and obey 01 - with HB & chloe sobel | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

your husband's duties call him away, but yours are bound to you: a keep in disrepair, a favourless retinue, & a gnawing anxiety filling any space in your gut not taken up by the child who grows th...

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folio: multi-guest solo TTRPG actual play @foliopod.bsky.social · Jul 4

🏰🤰📜 EPISODE ONE of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰

your husband's duties call him away, but yours are bound to you: a keep in disrepair, a favourless retinue, & a gnawing anxiety filling any space in your gut not taken up by the child who grows there

037 - to honour and obey 01 - with HB & chloe sobel | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

your husband's duties call him away, but yours are bound to you: a keep in disrepair, a favourless retinue, & a gnawing anxiety filling any space in your gut not taken up by the child who grows th...

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Psy Costanza @ganondalf.bsky.social · Jun 26

The "Jesse what are you talking about" meme featuring Walter White and Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad.
(Panel 1) JESSE: Zohran Mamdani, with a record of anti-Israel activism,
(Panel 2) WALT: What?
(Panel 3) JESSE: won over some Jews in the New York City mayoral primary,
(Panel 4) JESSE: but confirmed other Jews' worst fears about the American left.
(Panel 5) WALT: Jesse what the fuck are you talking about?

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · Jun 19

It's late night in my timezone, but maybe it's early in yours. Maybe it's early enough to... wake up and start doing farm chores.

Simulated farm chores!

In this bundle of farming ttrpgs!

itch.io/b/3073/farm-...

Image of a tractor pulling hay bales. "The Farm And Garden Center TTRPG Bundle: A Bushel Of Great Tabletop."

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · Jun 19

I have this starter pack of great black TTRPG designers. Give them a follow!

If you are a black TTRPG designer who wants to be included on the list, let me know!

go.bsky.app/TSmxwUa

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · Jun 19

Juneteenth would be a pretty good time to give the Griot Anthology your attention! Today is the last day it's free/pwyw thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...

I'd love to see some of the games in the Anthology get played on APs, but I am not connected enough to that scene to make it happen...

Griot Anthology (Ashcan) by Thoughtcrime Games

a zine of microTTRPGs and micro-settings from black TTRPG designers.

thoughtcrimegames.itch.io

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