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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 2h

shit well now I want isolated shitty roadside attraction Motel Dracula

Cats Have No Lord @catshavenolord.itch.io · 9h

You + kitschy rural Romanian hotel + snowstorm + Dracula = perfection

catshavenolord.itch.io/hotel-dracula

#TTRPG
#OSR

Hotel Dracula by Cats Have No Lord

A Vampiric One-Shot Adventure for Liminal Horror

catshavenolord.itch.io

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 7h

defo

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 9h

FUCK

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 1d

If you're even the lowest level of paid member, you get ALL the games for free AND get to submit Prompts to be used in upcoming episodes!! 🤩🥀
www.patreon.com/AllMyFriends...

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 11h

The last article in my Awards Debrief is up. What even is the point of an award show? Should anyone care?

www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-4/

Where do rpg awards go next?

An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part four. What's the point of an award show? And what do we want to see in the future?

www.explorersdesign.com

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 9h

FUCK

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 10h

FUCK

Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 13h

⚔️ The Season of Swords is upon us! Swords Without Master is coming out of the pages of Worlds Without Master Issue 3 into a full, stand-alone release!

🔮 Follow the Kickstarter page to get notified on launch in early 2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

Coming soon: Swords Without Master

A ttrpg of strange sorceries, brutal violence and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.

www.kickstarter.com

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Felix "Wildsea" Isaacs (is finishing Tigers on the Wire) @felixisaacs.bsky.social · 1d

New character art for Tigers on the Wire? From our very own Omercan Cirit, perhaps the primary brain behind the looks of the #Wildsea? Well, I'm glad you asked!

#TRPG #Art #Showcase

The broadcaster, a new post option (pictured: Mothryn Broadcaster with amberglass helmet and punchcard companion)

A Piratical sort (Pictured: An ektus pirate from the Never-Sheathed Claw, bristling with weapons)

The Queen of Claws (Pictured: An ardent pirate queen, wearing a helmet styled to represent the face of a tiger, one of the wildsea's lost creatures)

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Gnome Anne @annethegnome.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for a #horror tale to get you into that autumnal mood?

Wayward Autumnal is a sylvan horror of feminine monstrosity. A dark fairy tale in a lush, twisted wood 🍂

It's completely improvised using Under the Autumn Strangely. It's an audio story, but I put my whole ass into the visuals. ENJOY!

Matt Caulder @mattcaulder.com · 1d

This just makes me think really hard of the Wayward Autumnal AP (put on by @annethegnome.bsky.social, game by @thismaybegraham.bsky.social), which I really need to dig into and finish this season

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The Obsidian Cabaret @obsidiancabaret.bsky.social · 11h

Step right up, travelers—our next tale unfolds! 🍂

Tales from the Never Was, an Under the Autumn Strangely Actual Play adventure, premieres next week 10.17.2025!

A strange land, two curious souls, and a touch of other-worldly wonder await!
youtu.be/ryA6-Edo9jg

Tales from the Never Was - Trailer

YouTube video by The Obsidian Cabaret

youtu.be

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Gnome Anne @annethegnome.bsky.social · 2d

what's that in the distance?
it's the rumble of VERY FAST GAME DESIGN! 🏎️💨🫧

Oct 14, Ray Chou of @mythworks.bsky.social is joining me & @thismaybegraham.bsky.social for another SOAPBOX GAME MECHANICS: the show where we design & playtest a #ttrpg in 90 mins!

Tech production by @jienbirb.bsky.social

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Many Sided Media @manysidedmedia.bsky.social · 1d

My First Dungeon | The Wildsea won Best Editing and Best Sound Design at the 2025 @njwebfest.bsky.social !!

Special thanks to @mythworks.bsky.social for making this season possible.

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 1d

If you're even the lowest level of paid member, you get ALL the games for free AND get to submit Prompts to be used in upcoming episodes!! 🤩🥀
www.patreon.com/AllMyFriends...

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 1d

#UnderTheAutumnStrangely Things
(Thanks @mattcaulder.com!)

Beren's Reverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · Nov 11

The Hunter's Funeral Procession

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 2d

I hear you asking. BUT WHAT IS THE OTHER GAME.
why it's Emo Girl Boots, of course
A LiveJournaling Game 🥀

Tell the Rise and Fall of Band Fan Forum

And @annethegnome.bsky.social ACTUALLY MADE A FORUM

WATCH THE SUPER SECRET EPISODE w/@trueryankhan.bsky.social ->
www.patreon.com/AllMyFriends...

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 1d

Fan fuckin tastic

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EuphoRic - Mythworks -> PAXU @euphoricheise.bsky.social · 2d

Zephyros Sink
a Game for at least one Scyllaffinitous

Play Zephyros Sink whenever You Create a Whirlpool.

Declare someone or Something Caught Within The Roil.

Share how they were Caught. Can they Escape (you may surrender a subject)

[Will they Afford escape Cost]

Breathe The Roil In and Out.

The Name or Game Bot @nameorgamebot.bsky.social · 16d

You got a game! Pitch the game: "Zephyros Sink"

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Matt Caulder @mattcaulder.com · 1d

This just makes me think really hard of the Wayward Autumnal AP (put on by @annethegnome.bsky.social, game by @thismaybegraham.bsky.social), which I really need to dig into and finish this season

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Matt Caulder @mattcaulder.com · Sep 4

Seconding Under the Autumn Strangely in a big way

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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · Aug 31

BACK IN THE SHOP: Under The Autumn Strangely by @thismaybegraham.bsky.social 🍂 A multiplayer, collaborative storytelling RPG. Three roles - Traveler, Arcadian, Terror - define the weird Americana of the Never Was. Curious Travelers, Arcadian denizens, and The Terror, corrupting, stalking ever-closer

The cover of Under The Autumn Strangely by Graham Gentz. Dark background with gold and red text. Looks like hand-lettered script and decorative fall vine, leaf, pumpkin, and frog motifs on a chalkboard

An interior example of Under The Autumn Strangely. On the lefthand page, an image flourish of a spherical ribcage and some branches. Beneath it, an overview of the three roles - The Traveler, The Arcadian, and The Terror. It says they are equally important and balance one another. "Each role can Change the narrative, able to Contradict one Role, but only able to Confirm the other Role. The duties of all Roles is to provide weirdness and the unexpected." At the bottom of the page, an image of a strange carving of skulls and mushrooms. On the righthand page, the information for The Traveler (with accompanying wood carving-style image of a man pondering). "They struggle with the Unfamiliar, full of wonders and horrors alike. The duties of the Traveler are to provide whimsy in their descriptions and interactions."

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Felix "Wildsea" Isaacs (is finishing Tigers on the Wire) @felixisaacs.bsky.social · 2d

IT'S TIME FOR MORE #WILDSEA!

The new adventure, Tigers on the Wire, launches on #gamefound on October 14th. Thank you to them for a push on #TRPG visibility, and if you've ever wanted a whisper-fuelled radio broadcaster post, well, your dreams are about to come true!

gamefound.com/en/projects/...

The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire by Mythworks - Gamefound

The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire is the latest scenario from the award-winning TTRPG the Wildsea by Felix Isaacs. Nobody sails the waves for long without realizing what a vast and terrible power even t...

gamefound.com

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should've been a cat @nepenthe.bsky.social · 17d

#oneshotpodcast Under the Autumn Strangely -

Oh my god I love the little saplings so much 😭😭😭

And Apollo Pierce has given me a new visceral body horror. I have never before thought of trees as hundreds of trees forever buried and trapped around each other, never to see the light of day again.

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 2d

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 2d

this

Gnome Anne @annethegnome.bsky.social · 2d

for a very specific demographic (ppl who spent their teen years in niche forum communities), this game will reawaken a corner of your brain

Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 2d

I hear you asking. BUT WHAT IS THE OTHER GAME.
why it's Emo Girl Boots, of course
A LiveJournaling Game 🥀

Tell the Rise and Fall of Band Fan Forum

And @annethegnome.bsky.social ACTUALLY MADE A FORUM

WATCH THE SUPER SECRET EPISODE w/@trueryankhan.bsky.social ->
www.patreon.com/AllMyFriends...

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