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arcane jelly cult @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 3h

About once a year I revisit one of my favorite fantasy comics, Clandestinauts by @timsievert.bsky.social.

It is absolutely rad and worth checking out if you’ve not. Plus it’s got a slug guy that’s a knight.

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arcane jelly cult @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 3h

I’m notorious for not finishing game jams, but this is the kind of jam I’d love to sign up for and *maybe* finish!

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Lukasz Kowalczuk @elkowalczuk.bsky.social · 6h

HYPERSPACE FRONTIER
Cover art for an upcoming skirmish game from @renegademinis.bsky.social.

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 11h

All the characters I did for Honorbound ttrpg.

#characterart #ttrpg #indierpg #commissions #fantasyart #b&wart

black and white drawings of nine alien characters for a space opera ttrpg. they are all humanoid, mixing clothing from different time period inspirations, including three musketeers era. there's a tree person with astronaut attire, a devil guardsman, a vampire detective, a human with robot arms tomb rider, a beetle buckanner, a crystal creature fixer, a fish person swachbuclker, a fox-raccoon bard and a liquid metamorpher burglar.

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 12h

Broke: Werewolves
Bespoke: Weregild
#ttrpg #osr (new blogpost)

Moonlight Glitters upon Weregild — Prismatic Wasteland

Lycanthropy is played out. Instead of using another werewolf in your game, try some weregilt.

www.prismaticwasteland.com

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Brooklet Games @brookletgames.bsky.social · 12h

Get the core book today!!

Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 1d

NEW ARRIVAL: In Beetle Knight @brookletgames.bsky.social, you play as arthropod Knights designated by the Iridescent Order as protectors of the realm of Litterfall. You are thus duty-bound to travel the world, helping those in need 🐞
tabletopbookshelf.com/products/bee...

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KOKOTÖNA Pre-launch LIVE 📌|E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 11h

Hey #TTRPGCommunity! Less than a week until the #Kickstarter for #KOKOTÖNA goes live, so for this #WIPWednesday I'd like to share with you some old concept art and text from way back when the #TTRPG was early in development!

#RPGLatAm

Reddit screenshot of a post dated more than 2 years ago.

The title reads: I'm working on a Mörk Borg compatible Mesoamerican inspired setting called KOKO◈TÖNA, I am gonna start sharing little bits of lore and content here and on the game's Twitter! Hope you like it!

The image shows an aztec style glyph in red on a black background with the text: Years of Ceremonial Flower Wars have reduced the continet-spanning Teotekan Empire to ashes. Tez-Kozamalotl, Huei'Tlatoani, supreme ruler of the seven imperial tribes has succumbed to the madness of embarking into Likland, the accursed eastern continent, and sacrificing the True Thieves of the Flesh as the final offering to Huei'Huei-Naktokatl's ancient bargain. He crawls out of his Temple-Palace, a rotting husk of skin and bones. He coldly snatches a blood-obsidian knife and plunges it into his own chest, ripping his still-beating heart out. He devours it whole then smashes it under the glare of Huei'Huei-Metzhuotl's blood-red moon. As blood gushes from his mouth, he flashes a maniacal grin and addresses his followers, issuing a final command: KOKOTÖNA

Mirror images of Makizkoatl scultupres, two-headed snakes. with the text "First came HER Then came HER MATE"

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arcane jelly cult @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 7h

🤷‍♂️ I’ll take it

My randomly generated Halloween horror film role is “the secret second killer.”

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 9h

Part 3 is here. The deep dive into the Ennies. If you're someone who doesn't know much about the Ennie Awards, you should read parts 1 and 2. But if you like a bit of inside baseball and are interested in award shows in general—this is the article for you.

www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-3/

How are the Ennies designed?

An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part three. How does the structure of the Ennies determine its outcomes? And what does it mean for others?

www.explorersdesign.com

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arcane jelly cult @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 8h

Coming up on 3 weeks of working on an educational, fun, & accessible TTRPG for my Pokémon-obsessed eldest.

I’m aiming for a Pre-K/K audience. Hitting on conservation, biology, and simple math, and reading/spelling, among others, as the driving curriculum.

I think I may really have something here.

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 16h

Today's video was a hard one for me to make - I wanted to talk about my experiences going through burnout in the last year or so as a game designer, and aspects of the wider tabletop industry that contribute to that.

youtu.be/D2rC_8F10R8

🎲✂️

The reality of being a full time game designer

YouTube video by Matthew Dunstan

youtu.be

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arcane jelly cult @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 9h

Go read @explorersdesign.bsky.social's 3rd entry in his ENNIES debrief.

The awards have always felt arcane to me in a way that I never really understood why certain games sank and swam or were nominated for categories that didn't make sense.

Well worth your time!

www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-3/

How are the Ennies designed?

An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part three. How does the structure of the Ennies determine its outcomes? And what does it mean for others?

www.explorersdesign.com

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Gabe @cwgabriel.bsky.social · 10h

Our new Lookouts story continues with part 2 today:
www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/1...

The Blessing, Part Two - Penny Arcade

www.penny-arcade.com

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Drew Shields (commissions open) @gnarlyghost.bsky.social · 10h

Sniper

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Brooklet Games @brookletgames.bsky.social · 1d

Ho boy!!

Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 1d

NEW ARRIVAL: In Beetle Knight @brookletgames.bsky.social, you play as arthropod Knights designated by the Iridescent Order as protectors of the realm of Litterfall. You are thus duty-bound to travel the world, helping those in need 🐞
tabletopbookshelf.com/products/bee...

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arcane jelly cult @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 1d

JP’s videos are so good. I normally am not a map kinda guy, but a few of his videos helped me cement a world map for my home game.

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Phil. A. Ménard (AKA The Chatty DM) @chattydm.bsky.social · 1d

Dungeons & Dragons: The Immersive Quest 2.0 with improved gameplay opens up in Plano Texas in October!

Meet in the Yawning Portal, explore Ashardalon's dungeon, face him in combat and, if you make it out alive, celebrate your victory back in Waterdeep!

Oh yeah, I wrote the whole thing! :)

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · Aug 24

Making some of my art into stock art for people to use in their gaming projects. A selection of my esoteric hell knights and angels right now, but there will be a wider selection soon. Find them here: legacy.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4... #ostensiblecatdesign #oldschoolgaming

skeletal knight in repose wearing armour that is pierced by three spears.

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Chris Bissette 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · 1d

Given that #mörktober marks the 5th serialised adventure I've written, I thought it might be time to write something about how I approach working on these things.

So here that is.

www.patreon.com/posts/writin...

Writing Mörktober | Chris Bissette

Get more from Chris Bissette on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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arcane jelly cult @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 1d

I did love 4e. That's a pretty glowing review just based on that sentence!

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arcane jelly cult @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 1d

I'll be curious to read your thoughts! I've waffled back and forth on picking it up myself.

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arcane jelly cult @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 1d

You've definitely succeeded at that. I'm looking forward to reading parts 3 and 4.

If anything, it's made me interested in judging when that would not have ever been a consideration before!

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Necro’D Howletta 👻 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 1d

If you, like me, are finally ready to contact someone at itch.io about getting your payout that's taking weeks, this post was news to me: itch.io/t/5345077/im...

Now, if you go to your Payouts screen and click "Payout details", there's a bespoke "Contact support" link for each payout.

IMPORTANT: Payout Or Tax-Related Issues? Read Here! (NO THREADS) - Questions & Support

If you need help with a payout, we have refined our payout process and added an updated “Contact support about this payout” link on the Payout page within your dashboard. Please use this link to conta

itch.io

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Hit Point Press @ SHIFT Kickstarter! @hitpointpress.bsky.social · 1d

We're hosting a SHIFT Q&A Livestream at 2pm ET today to celebrate the launch!

Bring your burning questions and our SHIFT team will answer them!

Get notified when we go live:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9IF...

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HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.social · 1d

OH YEAH, WE GOT MECHS!

underthedice.com/flamesoforion/

Under The Dice

Mechanized Combat in a Dark Future. In the dark and distant future, the stars have smoldered and burned. Everything that once stood in the Orion sector has descended into darkness. Those who h…

underthedice.com

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