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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 1d

omg I am so hooked, outrageous premise

roping all of my friends into this

Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 1d

“A storygame with crunchy character building” really challenges peoples’ priors.

If you’ve never read the book it’s easy draw the wrong conclusions from the marketing!

Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 1d

My first system review, after a year's experience at the table!

Come gawk at my Big Complex Feelings™.

www.valerialoves.com/why-dont-i-h...

Why Don't I Hate Fabula Ultima?

Theoryslop shadowboxing an omnigender Italian

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 2d

I’m honestly shocked that your NDA permits these articles.

If my awards show was organized primarily over Facebook Messenger I’d do everything in my power to hide that from the public eye.

I really appreciate this series - thank you so much.

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False Machine @falsemachine.bsky.social · 4d

False Machine orders to North America are now open once more falseparcels.bigcartel.com

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 8d

Credit to @riseupcomus.bsky.social for finding this masterpiece.
ironykins.itch.io/waiting-for-...

Waiting for Gygax by Ironykins

Imagine if your D&D Campaign never left the Tavern

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Need Games! 🔜@ Gamehole Con! @needgames.bsky.social · 10d

MORE THAN 100K IN 10MINS!
Fabula Ultima TTJRPG Celebration Edition + Bestiary Vol . I is now live on #Kickstarter! 💎
Back within the first 48 hours to get an exclusive bonus cloth patch!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndg...

Fabula Ultima TTJRPG Celebration Edition + Bestiary Vol. I

The ENNIE-winning JRPG-inspired tabletop role-playing game levels up with hardback and collector's editions, and the new Bestiary Vol.I

www.kickstarter.com

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 11d

Shoutout to Mythic Bastionland’s Infuriating Children table. @bastionland.bsky.social

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 11d

Anyone deep enough in the rabbit hole to be following me will adore Wyrd Science

wyrd.science/violence-is-...

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 12d

emotionally devastating quotes only

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 13d

Don’t be rude to meemaw

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Idle Cartulary @idlecartulary.itch.io · 16d

I wrote a little about criticism today. idlecartulary.com/2025/09/25/w...

What do critics owe us?

A few things recently happened in the discourse that raised the question, “what do critics owe us?”, in various forums across the TTRPG space. I have a response, but to understand it we must meande…

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 16d

Time is a flat circle

falsemachine.blogspot.com/2011/12/miss...

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 16d

Please tell me everything about the voracious aldi boys, I am an ignorant child

Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 17d

I wanted you to know.

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 17d

According to the bearblog help article I googled just now, yes!

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Head to the bottom of my landing page, you should see an email submission field. I‘ll poke ya when I post.

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 17d

That would be @idlecartulary.itch.io, review queen of the NSR. Creator of the comically prolific Bathtub Reviews.
idlecartulary.com/2025/09/22/b...

See this nonsense, posted 20min ago, as evidence of the blogging scene’s overwhelming affection for her work.
bsky.app/profile/pris...

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 17d

New Review!

Orphans, the newest Tuesday Night Games Pamphlet.

Numerous thoughts within.

www.valerialoves.com/orphans-stuc...

Orphans Stuck in Tasty Mud

is the weakest official Mosh module still a certified banger?

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 18d

👀

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 20d

What is she eating

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 21d

Rainmaker for Salvage Union

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 21d

Cloud Empress modules were really hit and miss for me.

A few felt like dungeon crawls that missed the pacifist memo, but Funeral for the Anti-Saint is an all-timer.

Look for the ones Watt themselves wrote.

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 22d

True!

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 23d

Say more?

(Or blog post maybe?)

((Pretty please?))

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 24d

A roundup of the biggest blog bandwagon ever: over 69 different bloggers wrote about their Appendices N and I collected and categorized them all for you
#osr #ttrpg

Bandwagon Roundup: The Appendices Ns

Over 69 (!) bloggers came together for the largest bandwagon of the year and I round them all up for your perusal

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