j strautman
@strautmaskreplica.bsky.social
Touring bass player. Audio editing, music, and co-GM for Planet Arcana. Fledgling game designer. Supernatural horror fan. Non binary TTRPG nerd (they/them)
https://strautmaskreplica.carrd.co/
https://strautmaskreplica.carrd.co/
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A Fool’s Errand is a tarot-fueled science fantasy game set in a vibrant post-calamity world of Androids, Humans, and those in between.
The digital version is available now!
strautmaskreplica.itch.io/a-fools-errand
The digital version is available now!
strautmaskreplica.itch.io/a-fools-errand
i bought a computer and was reminded that my body doesn't know the difference between spending over $100 and being held at gunpoint
do i have any friends who are computer savvy? i'm likely buying a desktop PC and i feel very out of my depth trying to determine what i need
January 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
i bought a computer and was reminded that my body doesn't know the difference between spending over $100 and being held at gunpoint
do i have any friends who are computer savvy? i'm likely buying a desktop PC and i feel very out of my depth trying to determine what i need
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
do i have any friends who are computer savvy? i'm likely buying a desktop PC and i feel very out of my depth trying to determine what i need
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👀 If any brands/companies want to hop on the ground floor of an awesome project, I am working on an Atlantis-themed campaign and am looking to secure funding for all the awesome collaborators on this project!
if you have a favorite TTRPG brand that sponsors creators, feel free to tag them below!
if you have a favorite TTRPG brand that sponsors creators, feel free to tag them below!
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January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
👀 If any brands/companies want to hop on the ground floor of an awesome project, I am working on an Atlantis-themed campaign and am looking to secure funding for all the awesome collaborators on this project!
if you have a favorite TTRPG brand that sponsors creators, feel free to tag them below!
if you have a favorite TTRPG brand that sponsors creators, feel free to tag them below!
saw 2001: A Spacy Odyssey for the first time last night! we watched it in 70mm at the theatre
the whole time i was imagining seeing this movie in the theatres, pre moon landing, like were people losing their fuckin minds
the whole time i was imagining seeing this movie in the theatres, pre moon landing, like were people losing their fuckin minds
January 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
saw 2001: A Spacy Odyssey for the first time last night! we watched it in 70mm at the theatre
the whole time i was imagining seeing this movie in the theatres, pre moon landing, like were people losing their fuckin minds
the whole time i was imagining seeing this movie in the theatres, pre moon landing, like were people losing their fuckin minds
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I am at MAGFest!! Come say hello and play a shortened demo of The Time We Have using our ACTUAL door!!
January 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I am at MAGFest!! Come say hello and play a shortened demo of The Time We Have using our ACTUAL door!!
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I̵͎̿͂͝N̸̙͛͌͜C̸̪̰̔̉Ǫ̸͒͝M̷͓̦̈́I̵̠̮͋̍N̴̈́G TRANS̶͛̀̾̽M̶̑I͛S̷̨͂̔̀Š̵IO͙̫̞N̶̏̆
Audio artifact ProjectECCO_01.07.26 has been recovered and repaired from chronological distortion.
Your experience of the story may be inhibited by your linear perspective on time. We apologize for the inconvenience.Time is kind to no one.
open.spotify.com/episode/0bs6...
Audio artifact ProjectECCO_01.07.26 has been recovered and repaired from chronological distortion.
Your experience of the story may be inhibited by your linear perspective on time. We apologize for the inconvenience.Time is kind to no one.
open.spotify.com/episode/0bs6...
A Warning | January 7th
open.spotify.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I̵͎̿͂͝N̸̙͛͌͜C̸̪̰̔̉Ǫ̸͒͝M̷͓̦̈́I̵̠̮͋̍N̴̈́G TRANS̶͛̀̾̽M̶̑I͛S̷̨͂̔̀Š̵IO͙̫̞N̶̏̆
Audio artifact ProjectECCO_01.07.26 has been recovered and repaired from chronological distortion.
Your experience of the story may be inhibited by your linear perspective on time. We apologize for the inconvenience.Time is kind to no one.
open.spotify.com/episode/0bs6...
Audio artifact ProjectECCO_01.07.26 has been recovered and repaired from chronological distortion.
Your experience of the story may be inhibited by your linear perspective on time. We apologize for the inconvenience.Time is kind to no one.
open.spotify.com/episode/0bs6...
we're back!!! getting into the back half of the series with this little number*
*big calamity
*big calamity
🎰🃏 IT'S A GAMBLE 🃏🎰
🎣🌊 E5 - THE FLOOD 🌊🎣
OUT TODAY!
Put on your slickers and galoshes, folks, it’s gonna be a damp one in Denseburg! We’re predicting wind speeds up to 60km/h, a 65% chance of precipitation, and a 100% chance of catastrophic flooding caused by an angry Arcana.
LISTEN NOW!
🎣🌊 E5 - THE FLOOD 🌊🎣
OUT TODAY!
Put on your slickers and galoshes, folks, it’s gonna be a damp one in Denseburg! We’re predicting wind speeds up to 60km/h, a 65% chance of precipitation, and a 100% chance of catastrophic flooding caused by an angry Arcana.
LISTEN NOW!
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
we're back!!! getting into the back half of the series with this little number*
*big calamity
*big calamity
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Okay, 2026, let's do this.
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Okay, 2026, let's do this.
one of my absolute fave Toronto experiences is going to the Revue to see an absolutely incomprehensible classic anime and leaving with my friends being like what the hell did i just see
January 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
one of my absolute fave Toronto experiences is going to the Revue to see an absolutely incomprehensible classic anime and leaving with my friends being like what the hell did i just see
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Planet Arcana no.4!! this is a good feeling (& in good company too)
🚨 Final 2025 Audio Fiction World Cup Ranking 🚨
The tallies are in, we can finally put a bow on the 2025 AFWC! We had an incredible year with a wildly close finish at the top!
Visit our website digitalmediaworldcup... for the complete list! #AudioFiction #FictionPodcast #ActualPlay #AudioDrama
The tallies are in, we can finally put a bow on the 2025 AFWC! We had an incredible year with a wildly close finish at the top!
Visit our website digitalmediaworldcup... for the complete list! #AudioFiction #FictionPodcast #ActualPlay #AudioDrama
January 2, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Planet Arcana no.4!! this is a good feeling (& in good company too)
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Hitting top 4 is huge. So so so proud of this, thank you to everyone who listened to the Network Defenders ✨💤
🚨 Final 2025 Audio Fiction World Cup Ranking 🚨
The tallies are in, we can finally put a bow on the 2025 AFWC! We had an incredible year with a wildly close finish at the top!
Visit our website digitalmediaworldcup... for the complete list! #AudioFiction #FictionPodcast #ActualPlay #AudioDrama
The tallies are in, we can finally put a bow on the 2025 AFWC! We had an incredible year with a wildly close finish at the top!
Visit our website digitalmediaworldcup... for the complete list! #AudioFiction #FictionPodcast #ActualPlay #AudioDrama
January 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Hitting top 4 is huge. So so so proud of this, thank you to everyone who listened to the Network Defenders ✨💤
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My First Dungeon: The Wildsea placed THIRD at the 2025 Audio Fiction World Cup!
🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉
Thanks to everyone who listened. We're incredibly proud of the shanties we sang and the stories we told.
Special thanks to @mythworks.bsky.social and @felixisaacs.bsky.social for making it possible
🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉
Thanks to everyone who listened. We're incredibly proud of the shanties we sang and the stories we told.
Special thanks to @mythworks.bsky.social and @felixisaacs.bsky.social for making it possible
December 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My First Dungeon: The Wildsea placed THIRD at the 2025 Audio Fiction World Cup!
🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉
Thanks to everyone who listened. We're incredibly proud of the shanties we sang and the stories we told.
Special thanks to @mythworks.bsky.social and @felixisaacs.bsky.social for making it possible
🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉
Thanks to everyone who listened. We're incredibly proud of the shanties we sang and the stories we told.
Special thanks to @mythworks.bsky.social and @felixisaacs.bsky.social for making it possible
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Should*
you could play Contact, my playlist building game about communicating with aliens through your radio, with exclusively Christmas carols
strautmaskreplica.itch.io/contact
strautmaskreplica.itch.io/contact
CONTACT by j. strautman
we are not alone
strautmaskreplica.itch.io
December 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Should*
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Really enjoyed this game while roadtripping!
you could play Contact, my playlist building game about communicating with aliens through your radio, with exclusively Christmas carols
strautmaskreplica.itch.io/contact
strautmaskreplica.itch.io/contact
CONTACT by j. strautman
we are not alone
strautmaskreplica.itch.io
December 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Really enjoyed this game while roadtripping!
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10 TTRPGs I want to play / run in 2026 (a few of which I've run before):
Discworld 🐢
For The Queen 👸
A Fool's Errand 🤡
Monster Of The Week 👾
You Awaken In A Strange Place ⏰
Die 🎲
Daggerheart 🗡️
Kids On Bikes 🚲
A Land Once Magic 🪄
Orbital Blues 🚀
Discworld 🐢
For The Queen 👸
A Fool's Errand 🤡
Monster Of The Week 👾
You Awaken In A Strange Place ⏰
Die 🎲
Daggerheart 🗡️
Kids On Bikes 🚲
A Land Once Magic 🪄
Orbital Blues 🚀
10 TTRPGs I want to play/run in 2026:
A Fool’s Errand 🤖
Drama Llamas 🦙
Perils and Princesses 👸
Cryptid Creeks 👾
Our Woodland Gods 🐿️
Brindlewood Bay 🧶
Vaesen 🫎
Candela Obscura 🕯️
Monster Truckers 🚛
Blades in the Dark🔪
My once-a-month group has our gaming schedule set for the next year plus!
A Fool’s Errand 🤖
Drama Llamas 🦙
Perils and Princesses 👸
Cryptid Creeks 👾
Our Woodland Gods 🐿️
Brindlewood Bay 🧶
Vaesen 🫎
Candela Obscura 🕯️
Monster Truckers 🚛
Blades in the Dark🔪
My once-a-month group has our gaming schedule set for the next year plus!
10 TTRPGs I want to play/run in 2026:
🎭 Pallas
🧌 Broken Tales
📚 Apprentices Of The Magere
🌾 Harvest
👑 Our Queen Crumbles
🫖 Riverbank
🌔 Realis
🌿 Evergreen
☣️ The Zone
🪦 Solemn Vale
Honourable Mentions:
🪡 Household
✨ A Land Once Magic
🌲 The Woods At Blight's Hollow
🎭 Pallas
🧌 Broken Tales
📚 Apprentices Of The Magere
🌾 Harvest
👑 Our Queen Crumbles
🫖 Riverbank
🌔 Realis
🌿 Evergreen
☣️ The Zone
🪦 Solemn Vale
Honourable Mentions:
🪡 Household
✨ A Land Once Magic
🌲 The Woods At Blight's Hollow
December 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
10 TTRPGs I want to play / run in 2026 (a few of which I've run before):
Discworld 🐢
For The Queen 👸
A Fool's Errand 🤡
Monster Of The Week 👾
You Awaken In A Strange Place ⏰
Die 🎲
Daggerheart 🗡️
Kids On Bikes 🚲
A Land Once Magic 🪄
Orbital Blues 🚀
Discworld 🐢
For The Queen 👸
A Fool's Errand 🤡
Monster Of The Week 👾
You Awaken In A Strange Place ⏰
Die 🎲
Daggerheart 🗡️
Kids On Bikes 🚲
A Land Once Magic 🪄
Orbital Blues 🚀
this is really excellent
My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.
The Golden Age of Indie RPGs: 2010-2025
YouTube video by A.A. Voigt
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
this is really excellent
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My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.
The Golden Age of Indie RPGs: 2010-2025
YouTube video by A.A. Voigt
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.
Reposted by j strautman
10 TTRPGs I want to play/run in 2026:
A Fool’s Errand 🤖
Drama Llamas 🦙
Perils and Princesses 👸
Cryptid Creeks 👾
Our Woodland Gods 🐿️
Brindlewood Bay 🧶
Vaesen 🫎
Candela Obscura 🕯️
Monster Truckers 🚛
Blades in the Dark🔪
My once-a-month group has our gaming schedule set for the next year plus!
A Fool’s Errand 🤖
Drama Llamas 🦙
Perils and Princesses 👸
Cryptid Creeks 👾
Our Woodland Gods 🐿️
Brindlewood Bay 🧶
Vaesen 🫎
Candela Obscura 🕯️
Monster Truckers 🚛
Blades in the Dark🔪
My once-a-month group has our gaming schedule set for the next year plus!
10 TTRPGs I want to play/run in 2026:
🎭 Pallas
🧌 Broken Tales
📚 Apprentices Of The Magere
🌾 Harvest
👑 Our Queen Crumbles
🫖 Riverbank
🌔 Realis
🌿 Evergreen
☣️ The Zone
🪦 Solemn Vale
Honourable Mentions:
🪡 Household
✨ A Land Once Magic
🌲 The Woods At Blight's Hollow
🎭 Pallas
🧌 Broken Tales
📚 Apprentices Of The Magere
🌾 Harvest
👑 Our Queen Crumbles
🫖 Riverbank
🌔 Realis
🌿 Evergreen
☣️ The Zone
🪦 Solemn Vale
Honourable Mentions:
🪡 Household
✨ A Land Once Magic
🌲 The Woods At Blight's Hollow
10 ttrpgs I want to play/run in 2026
A Land Once Magic
Draw Steel
The Between
Armour Astir
The Time We Have
Ambition
The Beckoning Dream
Fabula Ultima
Mörk Sol
The Lands Remaining
(Daggerheart is a free space)
A Land Once Magic
Draw Steel
The Between
Armour Astir
The Time We Have
Ambition
The Beckoning Dream
Fabula Ultima
Mörk Sol
The Lands Remaining
(Daggerheart is a free space)
December 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
10 TTRPGs I want to play/run in 2026:
A Fool’s Errand 🤖
Drama Llamas 🦙
Perils and Princesses 👸
Cryptid Creeks 👾
Our Woodland Gods 🐿️
Brindlewood Bay 🧶
Vaesen 🫎
Candela Obscura 🕯️
Monster Truckers 🚛
Blades in the Dark🔪
My once-a-month group has our gaming schedule set for the next year plus!
A Fool’s Errand 🤖
Drama Llamas 🦙
Perils and Princesses 👸
Cryptid Creeks 👾
Our Woodland Gods 🐿️
Brindlewood Bay 🧶
Vaesen 🫎
Candela Obscura 🕯️
Monster Truckers 🚛
Blades in the Dark🔪
My once-a-month group has our gaming schedule set for the next year plus!
you could play Contact, my playlist building game about communicating with aliens through your radio, with exclusively Christmas carols
strautmaskreplica.itch.io/contact
strautmaskreplica.itch.io/contact
CONTACT by j. strautman
we are not alone
strautmaskreplica.itch.io
December 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
you could play Contact, my playlist building game about communicating with aliens through your radio, with exclusively Christmas carols
strautmaskreplica.itch.io/contact
strautmaskreplica.itch.io/contact
We wrapped recording for It's a Gamble over the weekend and all I have thought about since is how soon I can get another campaign of A Fool's Errand going
December 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We wrapped recording for It's a Gamble over the weekend and all I have thought about since is how soon I can get another campaign of A Fool's Errand going
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🎰🃏 IT'S A GAMBLE 🃏🎰
💋⚡ E4 - PERVERTS ⚡💋
OUT TODAY!
The hunt for the divorce contract continues. The perverts in G’s head tell them to protect a toxic ex, Sublime is awash with déjà vu, and Connie pays to get walked by a dog. Duck Duck trades up.
LISTEN NOW!
💋⚡ E4 - PERVERTS ⚡💋
OUT TODAY!
The hunt for the divorce contract continues. The perverts in G’s head tell them to protect a toxic ex, Sublime is awash with déjà vu, and Connie pays to get walked by a dog. Duck Duck trades up.
LISTEN NOW!
December 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🎰🃏 IT'S A GAMBLE 🃏🎰
💋⚡ E4 - PERVERTS ⚡💋
OUT TODAY!
The hunt for the divorce contract continues. The perverts in G’s head tell them to protect a toxic ex, Sublime is awash with déjà vu, and Connie pays to get walked by a dog. Duck Duck trades up.
LISTEN NOW!
💋⚡ E4 - PERVERTS ⚡💋
OUT TODAY!
The hunt for the divorce contract continues. The perverts in G’s head tell them to protect a toxic ex, Sublime is awash with déjà vu, and Connie pays to get walked by a dog. Duck Duck trades up.
LISTEN NOW!
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EPISODE 4 IS OUT!!!
this show has really shown me the value of keeping it CRAZYSTYLE. not only does this mystery unwind at a WONDERFUL pace, we meet a dog with the weirdest name youve ever heard!!
give it a listen!!!!
this show has really shown me the value of keeping it CRAZYSTYLE. not only does this mystery unwind at a WONDERFUL pace, we meet a dog with the weirdest name youve ever heard!!
give it a listen!!!!
🎰🃏 IT'S A GAMBLE 🃏🎰
💋⚡ E4 - PERVERTS ⚡💋
OUT TODAY!
The hunt for the divorce contract continues. The perverts in G’s head tell them to protect a toxic ex, Sublime is awash with déjà vu, and Connie pays to get walked by a dog. Duck Duck trades up.
LISTEN NOW!
💋⚡ E4 - PERVERTS ⚡💋
OUT TODAY!
The hunt for the divorce contract continues. The perverts in G’s head tell them to protect a toxic ex, Sublime is awash with déjà vu, and Connie pays to get walked by a dog. Duck Duck trades up.
LISTEN NOW!
December 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
EPISODE 4 IS OUT!!!
this show has really shown me the value of keeping it CRAZYSTYLE. not only does this mystery unwind at a WONDERFUL pace, we meet a dog with the weirdest name youve ever heard!!
give it a listen!!!!
this show has really shown me the value of keeping it CRAZYSTYLE. not only does this mystery unwind at a WONDERFUL pace, we meet a dog with the weirdest name youve ever heard!!
give it a listen!!!!
happy perverts day to all sickos who observe
🎰🃏 IT'S A GAMBLE 🃏🎰
💋⚡ E4 - PERVERTS ⚡💋
OUT TODAY!
The hunt for the divorce contract continues. The perverts in G’s head tell them to protect a toxic ex, Sublime is awash with déjà vu, and Connie pays to get walked by a dog. Duck Duck trades up.
LISTEN NOW!
💋⚡ E4 - PERVERTS ⚡💋
OUT TODAY!
The hunt for the divorce contract continues. The perverts in G’s head tell them to protect a toxic ex, Sublime is awash with déjà vu, and Connie pays to get walked by a dog. Duck Duck trades up.
LISTEN NOW!
December 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
happy perverts day to all sickos who observe
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it's been a good month or so of receiving crowdfunded games. now, to read (and hopefully play) them
December 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
it's been a good month or so of receiving crowdfunded games. now, to read (and hopefully play) them
cw: pet death
I went hard on scheduling games this year after suddenly losing my cat Harvey. I mentioned that to a friend this week after telling him how many games I played this year and he said, "what a wonderful gift she gave you"
I went hard on scheduling games this year after suddenly losing my cat Harvey. I mentioned that to a friend this week after telling him how many games I played this year and he said, "what a wonderful gift she gave you"
I had to do this too! I played SO MANY GAMES this year!!
this is my #ttrpgwrapped for 2025
(thank you @saltandketchup.bsky.social for taking this cover photo)
this is my #ttrpgwrapped for 2025
(thank you @saltandketchup.bsky.social for taking this cover photo)
December 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
cw: pet death
I went hard on scheduling games this year after suddenly losing my cat Harvey. I mentioned that to a friend this week after telling him how many games I played this year and he said, "what a wonderful gift she gave you"
I went hard on scheduling games this year after suddenly losing my cat Harvey. I mentioned that to a friend this week after telling him how many games I played this year and he said, "what a wonderful gift she gave you"