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Almost Bedtime Theater
@almostbedtime.bsky.social
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🎲Dad & creator of all-ages TTRPGs
📚CRIT Award winner: The Librarian's Apprentice solo RPG
🎙️Family-friendly podcast of kids playing and reviewing role-playing games

🔗 http://bio.link/AlmostBedtimeTheater
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I love how good Emily's mock-ups make my stuff look!
A thin book, laying face-down and flat on a table so that both the front and back cover are visible. A thin book standing upright, so that the front cover and spine are visible.
January 7, 2026 at 2:47 AM
almostbedtime.bsky.social
Back into Area 3 but my botanist got distracted by a plant with responsive leaves and spent far too long watching it. I figured I had plenty of time to get out. I did not factor in Science Fascination(tm). Or time twisting plants, frankly.
A notebook page with the sketch of a plant with needle-like leaves in clusters all along the stem. A second sketch shows the needles curled up against the stem. The text reads: "15:15, Area 3. Needles curl up around stem when disturbed."
December 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The good news is that I've made a major discovery in Area 6: there's a plant here that distorts time! The bad news is that this plant distorts time and it's now rather later than it should be...
A map of the Exclusion Zone with a sketchbook sitting on top of it. On the map is the text: "Corruption: 1." The sketchbook contains a drawing of a spiky aloe vera-like plant. The time - 12:40 - has been scratched out. Handwritten text reads: "13:26; Area 6. Chronological distortion!"
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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A few weeks ago, I started reading/playing a digital copy of @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social's solo game SPINE. It was awesome, but I quickly realized that to do it justice I needed a copy that was an actual book. That print copy has now arrived, and it looks so good!

backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine
A black book with gold lettering that reads "Siderius Plug's SPINE: Immortality in Ninety Nine Endnotes. Revised Edition." An interior spread of SPINE. The left page shows a few torn pieces of a handwritten letter, though several pieces are missing. The right side appears to be an unusually formatted poem.
December 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Lily says Happy Birthday!
A gray house cat on her back, displaying her belly spots.
December 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
almostbedtime.bsky.social
I did manage to discover another new specimen. It only slightly blinded/disoriented me, so that’s nice. It does mean however that my plan to head on to Area 6 has been put on hold as I stumbled off in the wrong direction. I’m sure that won’t come back to haunt me…
December 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Also, my first discovery!

Note: Do not eat the berries.
December 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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All prepped for this morning’s solo RPG club get-together!

(Wish me luck on surviving @exeunt.press’s Exclusion Zone Botanist. I have… concerns.)
A pile of supplies for playing a solo RPG, including a copy of the game Exclusion Zone Botanist, markers, paper, and a container for dice.
December 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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@bibliofi.bsky.social's playthrough of The Librarian's Apprentice continues with epic poems of history and folklore carved into frosty scrolls and spiced gingerbread!

You can vote on where she goes next: The Hall of Watchers or the Making Your Own Luck section.

www.patreon.com/posts/ttt-pa...
A map for game The Librarian's Apprentice, made with two playing cards. One card is labeled "Cedric's Office" and the other "The Frost Scrolls of Music." The text indicates this is for Table Top Tuesdays, and that a more detailed story can be found on Patreon.
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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I had a wonderful time this evening presenting solo journaling games to some delightful folks! I printed out some one-page games for trying right away and shared some of my favorites from my game library.
A selection of role playing games set out on a table.
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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I spy, with my little eye, so many excellent games at the Imagining Games / @ipr.bsky.social booth at Gamehole Con!

@mallenhall.com
@pandiongames.com
@exeunt.press
@goblinmixtape.bsky.social
@deepdark.games
@montfordtales.com
A booth set up with multiple displays of TTRPGs.
October 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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I got the chance to play Goblin Night Market and it turned out so good! Rolling on the lists gave me a short, hairy goblin selling containers in a book. He's definitely going into my mental bank of NPCs to drop into games I run!

waywardadventurers.itch.io/goblin-night...
A drawing of a shop in a book. The shopkeeper is a green fuzzball with eyes, nose, and two feet standing on a table with a sign that says "All sales final!" Above the shelves it says, "Iz-Ben's Bags and What." The shelves are full of various containers, from bags to boxes to bottles to a bucket. Some have stuff in them; others appear empty. There's also a terrarium on one shelf that appears to have mushrooms growing in it.
October 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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One more update for the night, then I’d best find out what this would cost before I spend too much time getting excited about it. 😬
A thin cardboard box folded up to look like a book and held closed by a paper band designed to look like a lock on the book. The cover has “Path of the Bookbound” worn on it faintly in pencil.
October 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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The TTRPG ideas, they be flying fast and furious today…
A prototype of a folding box, open to show sheets of paper. The open prototype box set up like a GM screen, plus a sheet of paper set out like a character sheet
October 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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No idea what kicked off the spike in attention on itch.io, but somehow Song of the Scryptwyrm jumped to #2 for physical games today?!
September 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Hip hip hooray, it’s TUMULUS day!

If you’re a fan of the gaming inspiration, design theory, and playable #TTRPG content of @exeunt.press, the Tumulus zine has all that and more, including guest pieces. (@junkfoodgames.bsky.social and @grinningrat.itch.io contributed to this one!)
A copy of the TUMULUS zine, with tentacles on the cover.
September 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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The first wave of Song of the Scryptwyrm went out out on Saturday. Wave 2 is ready to ship Monday!
Four cardboard boxes stuffed with mailers and a fifth containing additional packages.
September 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Just down the road from where I live is a yard with two goose statues, one of which is headless. When I started reading this game I immediately thought of this duo. What I had to decide was if only Headless was to become my small god or I was making offerings to the pair.
Two small goose statues, unpainted and standing in a yard. One is half-hidden by ivy. The other has been damaged and is missing its head.
September 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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📚 Looking for an entrance to the infinite Great Library? 📚

Well, if you are lucky enough to be at #PaxWest2025 this weekend, you can find it via The Librarian's Apprentice from @ipr.bsky.social at #Booth4320!
Three trifold brochures that are labeled as volumes 1, 2, and 3 of The Librarian's Apprentice RPG. A library card for the Great Library is also shown.
August 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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It's here! It's here! The printed copies of the Song of the Scryptwyrm solo RPG have arrived from @printninja.bsky.social and they look amazing. I'm so excited to get these out to all the wonderful backers who supported this project!
A book titled Song of the Scryptwyrm: A Librarian's Apprentice Mystery. A butterfly sits on the cover; its wings have map textures on them.
August 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Just received my copy of Bonds Between (plus a bespoke journal) and it looks so good! Just need to grab a deck of cards to cut/color/burn while we play.

Big congrats to @brightbard.bsky.social & @graftbound.bsky.social on a job well done!
Two small booklets: the Bonds Between RPG and a journal with stacks of books and a fish bowl on the cover.
August 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
almostbedtime.bsky.social
The kiddo and I are trying out the #Daggerheart quick start adventure and I thought it would be fun to have a thematic, dagger-shaped ruler for ranges.

Spoiler: It is. It really is.
A paper dagger with the words Melee, Very Close, Close, and Far printed on it, set in the middle of fantasy minis.
July 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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✨ #Booth449 is THE place to visit at #GenCon2025 ✨

IPR is going to have a huge variety of indie #TTRPG options on hand, including The Librarian's Apprentice!
A copy of The Librarian's Apprentice cover and contents, with logos for Gen Con, Indie Press Revolution, and Almost Bedtime Theater, plus the phrase "Booth #449".
July 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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This is just a post to say that @tabletopbookshelf.com is awesome.

Not only do they carry a wonderful selection of indie games - including the ones displayed below - but I ordered these less than 48 hours ago and they have already arrived!

Well done, Tabletop Bookshelf.

Well done.
A deck of cards and a trio of books. The books are titled “Hidden in the Margins,” “What Lies Beneath,” and “Tangled Blessings: Echoes of the Lost Electives.”
June 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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I've had a blast pulling together art from so many different sources for Song of the Scryptwyrm, including this delightful little goblin from @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social!
A glasses-wearing goblin with a pile of books, standing next to bookshelves on a forest floor.
April 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM