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CHAMELIA @amelia-g-music.bsky.social · 19d

Tried to explain to an artist friend that music software “isn’t that complicated” and took a screenshot

A screen capture of Reason 13, filled with colorful virtual instruments and audio tracks.

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Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Aug 11

>// PENULTIMATE EPISODE DROP INCOMING.

The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.

🧵 below!

Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social

Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social

#LancerRPG

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Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Aug 11

We're preparing for our end-of-season Q&A! Ask us a question in the form below! forms.gle/wM9U2GcswVFS...

Bring Your Own Mech S2 Q&A!

Thank you for helping us celebrate the end of Bring Your Own Mech S2!

forms.gle

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CHAMELIA @amelia-g-music.bsky.social · Aug 11

Won’t say when but I did end up making the GM tear up with one of the songs, big W

Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Aug 11

>// PENULTIMATE EPISODE DROP INCOMING.

The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.

🧵 below!

Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social

Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social

#LancerRPG

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Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Aug 11

We're preparing for our end-of-season Q&A! Ask us a question in the form below! forms.gle/wM9U2GcswVFS...

Bring Your Own Mech S2 Q&A!

Thank you for helping us celebrate the end of Bring Your Own Mech S2!

forms.gle

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Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Aug 11

Listen to S2 E26: The Wheelchair Accessible Stairs here open.spotify.com/episode/6W4E...

S2 E26: The Wheelchair Accessible Stairs

Bring Your Own Mech: A Lancer RPG Actual Play · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Aug 11

>// PENULTIMATE EPISODE DROP INCOMING.

The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.

🧵 below!

Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social

Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social

#LancerRPG

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Goblets and Gays Podcast @gobletsandgays.bsky.social · Jun 30

Just a reminder!

TODAY is the last day to vote in the Crit Awards, so make sure you get those votes in!

Goblets and Gays Podcast @gobletsandgays.bsky.social · Jun 19

The @critawards.bsky.social nominations are out and we'd like to humbly request your votes.

@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume

Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e

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Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Jun 29

You have until 5pm PST tomorrow (6/30) to vote if you haven't already!

Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Jun 2

WE’RE NOMINATED! Congratulations to @amelia-g-music.bsky.social for Whispers of Witness being nominated for Best Instrumental Of The Year!

🗳️ below!

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Goblets and Gays Podcast @gobletsandgays.bsky.social · Jun 19

The @critawards.bsky.social nominations are out and we'd like to humbly request your votes.

@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume

Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e

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Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Jun 2

WE’RE NOMINATED! Congratulations to @amelia-g-music.bsky.social for Whispers of Witness being nominated for Best Instrumental Of The Year!

🗳️ below!

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Goblets and Gays Podcast @gobletsandgays.bsky.social · Jun 25

We need everyone to give the biggest of birthday wishes to Goblets and Gays very own GM and Producer @themadqueen.qcg.social !!!
An incredible storyteller and absolute menace to her players (lovingly)
Support her work, buy her a coffee and wish them a great birthday!
themadqueen.carrd.co

A person with red hair in a black dress and black hat with pink sunglasses

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Adam Ma, Optional Quest NPC @34thgingerbread.bsky.social · Jun 16

Do you like indie TTRPGs? Need new podcasts, resources, actual plays, and campaigns to follow? Well here's a list of the 2025 CRIT Award Finalists all wrapped up together in a handy Starter Pack.

I'll add more as stray finalists confirm their social media with me!

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surasshu @surasshu.com · Jan 30

newgrounds to their credit has banned all genAI stuff, and they have a good article up on how to hear (or otherwise detect) genAI music, worth reading!: www.newgrounds.com/wiki/help-in...

very fond of this extremely succinct and dry but lethal description of genAI music 🔥

a screen from newgrounds. the text is as follows:
How to Detect AI on the Newgrounds Audio Portal

By Quest and ADR3-N

The Rise of Generative AI

As generative AI (GenAI) tools have become more accessible, Newgrounds has received an alarming amount of AI-generated audio content. This “music” lacks the spirit and creativity of genuine, human effort and degrades the quality of the Audio Portal with cookie-cutter tracks that essentially sound the same. Furthermore, GenAI songs represent a certain amount of legal risk to our site, as AI models are trained on copyrighted material without consent.

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Goblets and Gays Podcast @gobletsandgays.bsky.social · Jun 9

Do you need more Gay in your Goblets? Well we have good news for you!

GnG now has Pride Merch on our Bonfire shop!

Check it out today! #ttrpgs #pathfinder2e

GnG pride merch advertisement on a pink background.

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CHAMELIA @amelia-g-music.bsky.social · Jun 7

I have been told this is “criminally, terribly evocative” and idk if that’s a compliment truly

Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Jun 7

To celebrate the CRIT Awards nomination, Amelia is teasing the Bring Your Own Mixtape vol. 2 album cover and releasing the... (checks notes) dank gamer den music? Available wherever songs are streaming, link to Spotify below!

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Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Jun 7

Listen to 40 Fathoms to Freedom here: open.spotify.com/track/4nyhrK...

40 Fathoms to Freedom

Amelia Giarusso · 40 Fathoms to Freedom · Song · 2025

open.spotify.com

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Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Jun 7

To celebrate the CRIT Awards nomination, Amelia is teasing the Bring Your Own Mixtape vol. 2 album cover and releasing the... (checks notes) dank gamer den music? Available wherever songs are streaming, link to Spotify below!

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CHAMELIA @amelia-g-music.bsky.social · Jun 5

I might do something extremely wicked to celebrate the nomination…

A screenshot from the DistroKid music distributor, showing the single “40 Fathoms to Freedom” from the upcoming Bring Your Own Mixtape vol. 2 set to be released.

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Goblets and Gays Podcast @gobletsandgays.bsky.social · Jun 2

The @critawards.bsky.social nominations are out and we'd like to humbly request your votes.

@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume

Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e

A crit awards nomination poster with Aubrey, Aki and Jae on it. Asking for people to vote for them.

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Eclipse @eclipse.gay · Jun 2

Thank you all for nominating FAGGOT GAMES: AN URGENT WARNING to the Crit Awards category, 'Best Blog or Article Written in the TTRPG Space'!

It's now the finals! I poured a lot of my queer heart into my blog, and I believe it reflects a materialized, radical movement in design. Vote for fag blog! 👇

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Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Jun 2

Go vote for our cast members/ sister show! 🎉

Goblets and Gays Podcast @gobletsandgays.bsky.social · Jun 2

The @critawards.bsky.social nominations are out and we'd like to humbly request your votes.

@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume

Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e

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Aki ✨️ Akino @akinomiiart.bsky.social · Jun 2

Heyyy I got nominated for Best Player | Paizo for the #CritAwards this year! It would be great if you could throw me a vote.

Big thanks to the community and @critawards.bsky.social for the nomination u cuties. 💖

Image depicting the 5 finalists for Best Player in the Paizo Category:
Jessie “Aki” Lo (@akinomiiart | She/Her) in "Tyrant of the Dark Star" by Goblets and Gays
Lian Xia Rose (@lianxiarose | She/Her) in "Bad Heroes" by Bad Heroes
Steph (@littlegoblingirl | She/They) in "Campaign 1: Orion's Hope" by Dragonborn Industries
Robin Ekberg (@captainkrail | They) in "The Aurora Protocol" by Unprepared Casters
Button (@bluebluebutton | They/Them) in "Unearthed Inheritance" by Stealthy Elf Productions

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A.G.Willow | looking for work + comms open @willowsquest.co.uk · Jun 2

Look Ma, I'm an award-nominated cover artist!! 👻✨️💖

Thank you to everyone who submitted my work, and an eternal thanks to Rich and crew at @hatchlingdm.itch.io for being so cool to work with 🥰

[ #art #ttrpg bc i dont think i have it posted here yet lol ]

42. Best Cover Art
This award is to be given to a piece of cover art that is designed by an individual artist or team of artists that is judged to be the best based on creativity, detail, style, and thematic relevance to the item it is from. Large scale and union productions are not eligible for this award.
Finalists

[The below text is a series of hyperlinks to images, with my name circled in yellow]

"Deify" Cover by Maia Trewartha (Any) | Cover Art Link
"Cryptid Creeks" Cover by Willows Quest (She/Her) | Cover Art Link
"Operation Winter Scar" Cover by Peyton Gee (He/Him) | Cover Art Link
"Fables of the Folk" by The Infinite Tavern (He/Him) | Cover
Art Link
"Sink! Treasures of Deep Grotto" Cover by Sam Rusk (She/They) | Cover Art Link

My cover for Cryptid Creeks from Hatchlings Games. A foggy teal-grey night is lit from above by a crescent moon, silhouetting a distant and over-large cat skulking on a cliff. Below, a dark pine forest looms around five kids telling ghost stories around a campfire. The four to the left are reacting in various nervous ways to the fifth, with her arms raised and fingers wiggling mid-tale telling.

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Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM @bringyourownmech.bsky.social · Jun 2

Second verse, same as the first! Thank you for the nomination and congrats to the other Best Instrumental nominees! 🎉

A list of songs nominated for best instrumental of the year, including: Castleton Title Sequence by Brittany Fenwick, Whispers of Witness by Amelia Giarusso, Seconds Rising Star by Harper’s Things, Wayward Autumnal by Si Rutherford, and The Crackling Heart by BE/HOLD

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