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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 5d

So far, based on what I'm reading about what you're reading is I should pick this up immediately.

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Kienna is sometimes a scary goose @kiennas.bsky.social · 7d

All are welcome to the Cult of the Spouses!

Live with @anarisis.dylangrinder.com doing more spouse co-op Cult of the Lamb w/ Twitch integration so you can join our flock 🐑👑😈

twitch.tv/anarisis

Promotion image for Cult of the Lamb streaming on twitch.tv/anarisis. It features artwork from Cult of the Lamb and an illustration of Dylan and Kienna both holding one controller by dragonsparkz.bsky.social. Dylan has red eyes and wears a red crown while Kienna has purple eyes and wears a purple crown.

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 8d

If you got an idea and you need someone to punch it up, let me know! Or even if you just want someone to go "Gross! Rad!" I'd love to hear what others are doing!

I've got this whole cosmic body horror hex crawl in a nightmare circus thing going on over here. Once I got something formal I'll share!

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 9d

Man, I feel like I've been in a real TTRPG slump lately but the Meat Circus Jam is really igniting some fires in my brain! I've been neglecting all the body horror that's been building up in there I guess.

Also check out the jam! I made the logo for it.
itch.io/jam/meatcirc...

Meat Circus Jam

A game jam from 2025-10-01 to 2025-11-01 hosted by KiennaS, Dylan Grinder, superrobotbear & PbPlaysInside. Do you hear that on the October winds? Raucous laughter, festive music, and wet squelching......

itch.io

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 9d

I've already got some ideas brewing in a different direction, but I don't see why you couldn't!

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 10d

It is truly a meat meet jam.

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 10d

I love how this logo came out!
So excited to be making a heckin' weird game for the jam, too. I'm going full in, like one of the stats is going to be "MEAT."

Kienna is sometimes a scary goose @kiennas.bsky.social · 10d

Do you hear that? Raucous laughter, festive music, and wet squelching...

#MeatCircusJam is in town! Join me @anarisis.dylangrinder.com @pbplaysinside.bsky.social and @superrobotbear.bsky.social for a #TTRPG jam about MEAT

Submissions open until Oct 31st at 11:59 pm PT!

itch.io/jam/meatcirc...

Graphic for Meat Circus Jam created by Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social. It features a circus background and a cleaver.

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Kienna is sometimes a scary goose @kiennas.bsky.social · 10d

Do you hear that? Raucous laughter, festive music, and wet squelching...

#MeatCircusJam is in town! Join me @anarisis.dylangrinder.com @pbplaysinside.bsky.social and @superrobotbear.bsky.social for a #TTRPG jam about MEAT

Submissions open until Oct 31st at 11:59 pm PT!

itch.io/jam/meatcirc...

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 11d

I can hear the organ music already!

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Kienna is sometimes a scary goose @kiennas.bsky.social · 11d

New game jam arriving tomorrow alongside the October winds 👀🔪🤡

itch.io/jam/meatcirc...

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 19d

Completely unrelated to anything else I've been posting, I did finish my dinosaurus spearhead army.

A small army of magic space dinosaur all painted up and ready for war.

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 19d

Been not really feeling like myself lately. Not exactly sure why but I think there may be a connection to a string of failed or MIA games projects I have been working on. I dunno.
What have people been making/enjoying? Feelin' a bit outta the loop (almost 100% dnd at the place I've been hanging).

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 27d

Yes, for sure. Games (especially ttrpgs) are physical and verbal things as much as textual. Trying to move between mediums can be the hardest part, but things like examples and easily referencable handouts can help with the translation.

jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 27d

Fellow ttrpg designers, have you ever written a mechanic where people were consistently confused about it in text, but it consistently worked if they read it out loud and did it as they went along?

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Jess/Fawn (they/them) 🍉 @faunandgames.bsky.social · Sep 11

🚨 A challenge has been issued! 🚨

I loved indie mystery game The Roottrees are Dead and even played the extended mystery Roottreemania. However, I never opened that last manila envelope.

Can I solve this mystery 6 months later!?

Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames

YouTube thumbnail graphic that has a purple border and the promo picture for new indie game The Roottrees Are Dead in the center. Game picture shows an animated newspaper with the headline "The Roottrees Are Dead" and a picture of three blonde sisters under it. Layered over top is an animated character for streamer FaunAndGames who is crying. Above and below them it reads "FaunAndGames returns to Roottreemania (6months later)"

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · Sep 11

Bought a new office chair designed specifically to sit cross-legged in and what an absolute game changer.

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · Sep 7

I just picked up Piranesi! Excited for some surrealism.

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Jess/Fawn (they/them) 🍉 @faunandgames.bsky.social · Aug 21

If you wanna see baby Fawn trying Hollow Knight for the first time back in early 2021 I have a YouTube playlist.

Just ignore the tears since it started as a fundraiser and I was overwhelmed with people coming together to raise hundreds of dollars for charity.🥺

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Let's Play: Hollow Knight - First Playthrough - YouTube

Join me (go_jg) as I play this beloved game for the first time ever completely spoilers free.

youtube.com

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · Sep 2

So hyped for it!

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · Sep 1

Giving Necromunda an honest try and I'm having a lot of fun putting tiny posters on walls. Terrain is mostly done at this point, and then I'm moving on to models!

Two Hivecity gangers are in stand-off in front of a (for my personal effort) nicely painted hive-wall with glowing lights, little posters, and some other textured details.

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · Aug 31

Been playing FF14 again and I've been wondering if its incredibly slow pace is what makes it playable for hours on end.
Like, if I play two hours of Helldivers 2 I'm exhausted. A round of Nightreign (45 mins) where you lose at the very end? Disastrous.
Four hours of FF14? Barely made progress in MSQ

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · Aug 25

Sometimes we just need to be reminded of the human wonder that is cake.

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · Aug 23

There's something weird about having to fill out a medical form that's like "No, there is no metal in me." What if I have secret metal? Metal no one told me. Do *you* know, doctor, if I have any metal in me because I would like to know.

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · Aug 16

Starting to notice this weird trend of Videogames get turned into Boardgames that turn into TTRPGs that turn into Videogames.

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · Aug 10

I've been playing "The Roottrees are Dead" and while the original content was good and fulfilling for my detective brain, Roottreemania makes you *really* work for those clue-trails. Very good so far!

Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · Aug 4

Dusting off my drawing tablet for some squirrel in a 40s BIG SUIT.

A squirrel in a BIG SUIT leans, either looking into or out of a window. A cigarette inexplicable hangs from their mouth.

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