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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 15h

Excerpt from Unchained Mysteries, a treaties on investigative TTRPG gameplay that shares a lot of points with Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy. #ttrpg #ttrpgtalk #indiettrpg #rpg

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The result of the above process is not the story that will be revealed to the players. It isn't even a history of events that will be explored by the players. The point of play is not to carefully and patiently dole out this information in a dramatic and entertaining manner. That is writing.

Instead, the purpose of this is to prime the game master for playing on equal footing with the players. In many ways, it is simply the backstory of all the supporting characters in the scenario. Therefore, the only thing that matters at this stage is the game master's own enthusiasm for the material. Are they excited to play with, not merely present, the situation now boiling in their hands?

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Matt @ ChaoticanWriter ⚔️🚀 @chaoticanwriter.bsky.social · 16h

Its a new TTRPG round-up, my roleplaying friends! This week, we highlight WRASTLEVANIA, Shift RPG, Glatisant, and more, ... Plus some of spoooooky bundles! chaoticanwriter.substack.com/p/spooky-sea...

Spooky Season TTRPG Round-up (Dungeon Delve #38)

Frights are back!! In this weeks tabletop RPG round-up, we highlight WRASTLEVANIA, Shift RPG, Glatisant, World of Darkness deals, many RPG tables, Power Word Meal, Kickstarter United news, and more!

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 1d

Excerpt from Unchained Mysteries, a treaties on investigative TTRPG gameplay that shares a lot of points with Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy. #ttrpg #indiettrpgs #ttrpgtalk

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Think of all the ways people in a community react in the presence of that sudden stress. The key is to make sure enough human drama exists so that the weirdness does not become the point. The simple test is to look and see if discovering and destroying the creature resolves all the crises and return things to the status quo. If that's the case, add in more trouble and turmoil among the supporting characters.

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Viktor | The Crown of Jarajakti on Kickstarter @navypink.itch.io · 4d

Happy #SelfPromoSaturday to the #TTRPG community!

My new adventure, The Crown of Jarajakti, is a horror dungeon crawl set on a stranded ship that evolves as the party delves deeper ⛵

PDFs, booklets, maps, tokens, and more available!

Back it now on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/161...

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 1d

Financial Status Update October 7th 2025

October Income Quota: $224.54/$4,000

It is necessary that we hit this goal in October.

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 5d

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Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy module Horror Harry's Haunted House is being streamed live right now.

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Horror Harry's Haunted House - A Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy One-Shot -- !eureka !quote

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 5d

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You get a bunch of awesome stuff from a patreon subscription, including monthly updated versions on everything we work on.

Patreon is empowering a new generation of creators. Support and engage with artists and creators as they live out their passions!

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 5d

Patreon Pledge Drive

We get $947/month on patreon.

If we could increase that to $2,000/month, we would be a lot less desperate for money every month.

It will take a long time to build that number up, but once we do I am promising an expansion with boats, selkie, and mermaids for Eureka. #ttrpgs

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 5d

Financial Status Update

October Income Quota: $90.90/$4,000.

We absolutely must hit $4,000 this month, anything you can give will be a huge help. If you cant, just talking about our projects such as Eureka also helps.

#rpg

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Support A.N.I.M. TTRPGs

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SeroRPG @serorpg.com · 9d

We'll be playing a one-shot of @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social's new #TTRPG, Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy. Consider it our spooky #HalloweenSpecial -- with guests Laura and Heather and a GM from the Eureka community!

Join us this Friday: 7pm EDT / 4pm PDT (Saturday 12noon NZDT) on twitch.tv/seroRPG

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 5d

The Cog That Remains has reached 80% of its goal that will translate to some cool interior art to complement the cool cover art! This mecha mechanic Wretched & Alone solo #ttrpg will remain 65% off through November, so give it a try so I can throw money at an artist! itch.io/s/160017/the...

The Cog That Remains Itchfunding - Final Shot Sale by Seamus Conneely

A sale by Seamus Conneely, 65% off The Cog That Remains

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 8d

Surely nothing bad could possibly happen in paradise, right?

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 8d

Rifflin Office Supply Co. is that place for some people, and it just expanded its workforce. The investigators have been taken on as new employees and work continues to flow smoothly. Rifflin Office Supply Co. is just the place that makes people want to stay until retirement.

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 8d

Looking for a job is hard, and sometimes you have to take what you can get. Sometimes, however, you find the perfect place where the sun seems to shine even indoors. Your coworkers are funny, you can take short Fridays, and the boss genuinely cares about his employees.

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 8d

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Everybody Loves Frank, a Fan-Made Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy Adventure Module

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Everybody Loves Frank [Finished/Beta] by promicamite

short mystery module for Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 8d

Recording for the show Harmony Road starts in less than a week so time for me & @starmetalpro.bsky.social to begin the hype train

First up we have the map teaser!

Our players are gonna be (hopefully) traveling all over this map in this first season and If ya want to see it full check Out the show

A blurred but still discernable map of a custom pokemon region with what appears to be a main major landmass with two seperate offshoot islands

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 8d

Financial Status Update:
We have made $2,214.90, so we didn't hit our ultimate goal of $4,000, but we did surpass our minimum of $2,000, thanks to all your generous support!

We will NEED to hit $4,000 in October, however, so if you are planning to donate more, please wait until October 1st.

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 10d

Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy does investigation gameplay really good.

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 10d

Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy has all kinds of werewolves.

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 10d

Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy has vampires.

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 10d

PCs must also sleep for 5 Ticks every day/night cycle or suffer ill effects.

Adventure modules for Eureka will often have Tick limits or certain Tick numbers where something bad will happen, such as the villain getting away.

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 10d

A Scene may take more Ticks if something the PCs do there ends up taking an exceptionally long time, like as a result of a bad Paperwork roll to sort through a bunch of filing cabinets. Ticks never pass arbitrarily or just because "the scene is taking a long time."

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 10d

Eureka has the "Ticking Clock" mechanic, which divides each Day and Night into 10 Ticks each. A "Tick" is a non-specific unit of time that doesn't directly translate to any real-world unit. Every Scene(basically every location visited) takes 1 Tick by default.

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 10d

Awesome
Splitting up in Eureka is also meant to be advantageous for the party, since they will often be under time pressure, and it allows them to investigate multiple locations in a single "Tick"(kind of a time resource). It also allows PCs who have secrets to more easily keep those secrets.

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 10d

What was the game?

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