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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 21h

I'm fascinated by the insistence in almost all VtMv5 materials that scenarios have 6 major scenes/acts/chapters. It is very specific & in almost every scenario I read for prep. Arguably even true of the visual novels on Steam that came out recently, It'll be fun to see how it works out to adopt.

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UrbaneBlobfish @urbaneblobfish.bsky.social · 2h

Coining the term “ttrpg cosmopolitan” for people who are tired of bickering about whether trad or narrativist games are better

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🖤🐦‍⬛⚫𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆⚫🐦‍⬛🖤 @fsohns.bsky.social · 2h

From my Comprehensive Guide to TTRPG Art Commissioning and Licensing, because I'm really feeling this right now

www.patreon.com/posts/137186...

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World of Darkness @worldofdarkness.bsky.social · 9d

Renegade has partnered with Humble Bundle and we're excited to announce another fantastic Month of Darkness Digital Humble Bundle! In our biggest bundle to date, you can get your hands on over 50 World of Darkness TTRPG titles!

Check it out here. pdxint.at/3KRkHhB

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia crowdfunding now! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 9d

We are officially halfway through the Absurdia crowdfunding campaign!!

Genuinely I've been blown away by the support so far. We funded in under 24 hours and just hit our first stretch goal to bring even more strange and surreal art to the book!

Are you ready to step through the looking glass? 👁️

Absurdia: The (Meta)Physical Edition

An absurdist tabletop roleplaying game about the inane hilarity and mundane horror of everyday life, inspired by Welcome to Night Vale, Alice in Wonderland, and Gravity Falls.

www.backerkit.com

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UrbaneBlobfish @urbaneblobfish.bsky.social · 9d

First urban shadow session tonight! >:)

UrbaneBlobfish @urbaneblobfish.bsky.social · 9d

Beautiful sentence from the GM section of urban shadows:

“Make them talk to each other, then pour gasoline on the sparks that fly from that initial conversation.”

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 16d

It's the State of the Hat for September! Our own Sean Nittner updates you with all the latest on Designers & Dragons: Origins, Streets of Jade, Deep Cuts, Blades '68, and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P43t...

State of the Hat - September 2025

YouTube video by Evil Hat Productions

www.youtube.com

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UrbaneBlobfish @urbaneblobfish.bsky.social · 22d

For those who still haven’t downloaded it, I can confirm that it looks BEAUTIFUL!

𝙒𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 is Dead. @carrion-comfort.com · 22d

If you backed #TheBetween on Backerkit then check your email for how to get access to your PDF of the core rulebook!

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𝙒𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 is Dead. @carrion-comfort.com · 22d

If you backed #TheBetween on Backerkit then check your email for how to get access to your PDF of the core rulebook!

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia crowdfunding now! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 24d

Live now on Backerkit!

Absurdia is a love letter to classic and contemporary absurdist works like Welcome to Night Vale, Alice in Wonderland, and Gravity Falls in #TTRPG form.

Subvert normalcy. Embrace chaos. Get weird.

Back today 👁️
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/q...

Absurdia: The (Meta)Physical Edition

An absurdist tabletop roleplaying game about the inane hilarity and mundane horror of everyday life, inspired by Welcome to Night Vale, Alice in Wonderland, and Gravity Falls.

www.backerkit.com

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Exquisite Corpse @funereel.bsky.social · 25d

Vamp doodlies

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World of Darkness @worldofdarkness.bsky.social · 24d

Lasombra & Toreador join the base game in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2!

Plus: 2 new Story Packs announced
Loose Cannon (Q2 2026)
The Flower & The Flame (Q3 2026)

See the latest trailer here: youtu.be/NV8gmuZFaM4

#Bloodlines2 #VampireTheMasquerade #WorldOfDarkness

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · Sep 11

A very cool thread.

SupernalClarity @supernalclarity.bsky.social · Sep 11

The fact that @jdragsky.bsky.social brings up, specifically, the NON-expressionist elements of Apocalypse World got me thinking. Funny enough, I’d credit it as one of the games that opened up my own play in a similar direction.

jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · Sep 8

good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...

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SupernalClarity @supernalclarity.bsky.social · Sep 11

The fact that @jdragsky.bsky.social brings up, specifically, the NON-expressionist elements of Apocalypse World got me thinking. Funny enough, I’d credit it as one of the games that opened up my own play in a similar direction.

jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · Sep 8

good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...

The Expressionist Games Manifesto

“Work! Intoxication! Brain-racking! Chewing, eating, gorging, rooting up! Rapturous birth pangs! Jabbing of the brush, preferably right…

possumcreek.medium.com

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UrbaneBlobfish @urbaneblobfish.bsky.social · Aug 20

I don’t think it’s fair to say either is a step forward or backwards when they’re intentionally very different. I prefer the hunger dice mechanic and some of the other changes to v20, even though v20 is also cool!

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UrbaneBlobfish @urbaneblobfish.bsky.social · Aug 1

I love it but it feels like its design halted in the 2000s, with the exception of some stuff like hunger dice (which I adore)

UrbaneBlobfish @urbaneblobfish.bsky.social · Aug 1

Trying to resist the constant urge to rewrite the storyteller system to keep it updated along modern ttrpg design philosophy

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UrbaneBlobfish @urbaneblobfish.bsky.social · Jul 27

Finally ran a playtest oneshot for my ttrpg about a colony of stray cats! It went so well! My players were AMAZING and I got so much valuable feedback

Plus the gang of cats pulled off a cheeseburger heist at a diner and only got somewhat coveted in ketchup in the process, so that’s a win!

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KOKOTÖNA Pre-launch LIVE 📌|E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · Jul 25

The art & logo for #KOKOTÖNA, my #TTRPG inspired by the myths and legends of pre-colonial Mesoamerica are finally ready!

I would like to tell you more about the designs so 🧵:

#MÖRKBORG #RPGLatAm #LodelRol

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UrbaneBlobfish @urbaneblobfish.bsky.social · Jul 26

Both of them look neat :/

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UrbaneBlobfish @urbaneblobfish.bsky.social · Jul 26

Anyone have a ttrpg they’d love to run but probably won’t because it’s… a lot?

For me it’s Burning Wheel or Ars Magica

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UrbaneBlobfish @urbaneblobfish.bsky.social · Jul 26

At a certain point does including all of these things under AI just become intentionally misleading and bad for discourse? Bc that’s how it feels when it’s all lumped together.

outstar 🧛🏻 in bloodlines 2 era @outstar.bsky.social · Jul 25

Tip if you're applying for jobs and see question about AI tools, here's what counts:

- all popular workflow mgmt tools (Asana, Jira),
- Grammarly, writing aids, note takers, subtitle generators,
- Adobe Podcast and other audio cleanup tools,
- most underrated, Google Lens!

UrbaneBlobfish @urbaneblobfish.bsky.social · Jul 26

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UrbaneBlobfish @urbaneblobfish.bsky.social · Jul 26

And of course this

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