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🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they)

@arthograph.bsky.social

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Little Oracles podcast: https://www.littleoracles.com 🔮 Gentleman Bandit & the Western Cantos poetry RPGs: allisonarth.itch.io 🌈 Cat Devotee with Big Book Energy 📸 IG: @arthograph

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🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hey there, new folks! 🌈 Welcome to the home of:

• The Little Oracles podcast: creative practice, process, theory, and thought + big book energy
• The Western Cantos poetry RPG cycle (incl. the solo fave Gentleman Bandit) and other lyrical, lexical RPGs: allisonarth.itch.io
• Mitchell the cat

Mitchell, a fluffy grey and white cat with a black nose, light green eyes, and a mask-like pattern on his face, sits on a record player, obscuring the album on display (Billy Joel's Storm Front). He is surrounded by art: paintings on the walls, photography, wooden and other sculptural objet. He is looking away from the camera, contemplative.

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🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · 3d

Last few hours to get a whole passel of solo (and solo+) RPGs at 45% off 🎉
itch.io/s/78055/poet...

POETRY PARTY 🎉 Birthday Sale! | Poetry Games 45% OFF by allison arth

A bundle by allison arth, $22.00 for 8 games

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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 7d

Movie night for @arthograph.bsky.social's birthday: her favorite. One of the all time greats.

Title screen for Peter Weir's film PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK.

A screenshot from PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK depicting a young woman reelected in two mirrors, speaking to another girl at the boarding school before leaving for their fateful trip to Hanging Rock.

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🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · 7d

thank you, Karen! 🩵

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thank you, Jenn! 😊

🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · 7d

It's my birthday AND it's #SoloRPGDay ... kismet 🎂✨

🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · 10d

It's my 45th birthday this week 🎂 Come celebrate with poetry games at 45% OFF! Featuring:

• The Western Cantos, incl. Gentleman Bandit & its ghastly hack, Dark Highway
• The gay seafaring GB hack, Gentleman Pirate
• Telegraph poetry generators, original & Occult Edition
itch.io/s/78055/poet...

POETRY PARTY 🎉 Birthday Sale! | Poetry Games 45% OFF by allison arth

A bundle by allison arth, $22.00 for 8 games

itch.io

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🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · 10d

POETRY PARTY 🎉 Birthday Sale! | Poetry Games 45% OFF by allison arth

A bundle by allison arth, $22.00 for 8 games

itch.io

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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 22d

In case you missed the Backerkit campaign, pre-orders are now open for Deep Cuts. Just click the button here:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts

Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts is a 128-page expansion for the Blades in the Dark roleplaying game — containing a treasure trove of lore, setting material, and alternative mechanics John Harper develop...

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Alice @alicesamv.bsky.social · Jun 25

Do you like Jane Austen? Or maybe you're a fan of Susanna Clarke's Piranesi? Are you into surrealist fantasy of manners, infinite houses and god like beings that deal in the arts? Boy, do I have the perfect ttrpg for you, may I present PALLAS!

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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · Aug 22

It was great to chat with Jared Logan and Joe O'Brien on the @glasscannonnetwork.bsky.social. We talk about game design, Deep Cuts, and crime fiction. Stick around to the end if you want to add a dozen movies to your watch list. :)
youtu.be/dvCoy2CkpDk?...

Glass Cannon Radio #30 – Special Guest John Harper/Game Design/Crime Fiction

YouTube video by The Glass Cannon Network

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🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · Aug 7

a man wearing a green hat and a yellow trumpet

ALT: a man wearing a green hat and a yellow trumpet

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🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · Jul 28

he do a little stretch and a little snore

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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · Jul 28

Mitchell nap position update.

Mitchell the tuxedo cat (with gray and white markings and a black nose) reclines on his back on his blanket with his front paws stretched out in front of him.

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The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.social · Jun 20

Jaws is 50 years old today but my search for Mayor Vaughn’s stylish yet timeless jacket continues…

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julie gourinchas @literaryfey.bsky.social · Jun 19

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

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🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · Jun 19

Stake out your turf, set up your next score, and indulge your vice!
If you've heard about Blades in the Dark but aren't sure what the buzz is about, our New Crew bundle gets you both books + PDFs with a 20% discount on the core book.
Just hours left to back!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

A mockup of Blades in the Dark and the Deep Cuts expansion on a bright orange background with a lightning bolt cutting through it. Alongside each books are mini tablets representing the PDFs. Caption: New Crew Bundle $49.

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🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · Jun 19

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🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · Jun 19

In the midst of everything, a Mitchell for your mental health

Mitchell the cat is a grey and white tuxedo cat with light green eyes and a mask-like pattern on his face. He is sitting on a patterned blanket, staring into the distance. Dappled light cascades across his face.

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Jennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.social · Jun 19

I think a thing we, as game designers, should steal from fine arts people, is the habit of saying "in my practice", like "oh, well in my practice, I like to do a solo prototype test before I show it to others" in a way that leaves room for the fact that we are artists and we all do it differently

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🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · Jun 19

this right here 🤌

🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · Jun 18

omg you all did it

scoundrels, ready thy pens 🕺🏻

A close-up of text on a white background that reads "4,000 backers"

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · Jun 17

I’m working on a thing: tell me about your favorite solo TTRPG, the more obscure the better. I’m going to have an opportunity to write about more TTRPG stuff in the future and I would like to do some specific solo RPG writeups

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🍷allison arth🍕 (she / they) @arthograph.bsky.social · Jun 18

*snaps on snaps on snaps* to this 🔥