Cerin's Lair
@cerinslair.bsky.social
(He/Him) Welcome to my lair where I think big game thoughts and sometimes turn those thoughts into games.
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Check out Heart Heist: The Zine 🐲💙
Icon & banner: @lunchboxart.bsky.social
Find me: linktr.ee/cerinslair
Support me: ko-fi.com/cerinslair
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Cerin's Lair
@cerinslair.bsky.social
· Aug 19
Hello 🔵☁️! Call me Cerin.
Here to post abt my TTRPG projects, games/creators I like, game design, & sometimes Current Events™ in the tabletop space when I have the 🥄 for it.
BFA + Certificate in Game Design, so someone out there thinks I know what I'm doing. Find me/stuff I make: linktr.ee/cerinslair
Here to post abt my TTRPG projects, games/creators I like, game design, & sometimes Current Events™ in the tabletop space when I have the 🥄 for it.
BFA + Certificate in Game Design, so someone out there thinks I know what I'm doing. Find me/stuff I make: linktr.ee/cerinslair
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Also, for 2026's sake, the other consideration is $7.99 allows you to discount 38.5% before you actually hit $5, which makes up for the ridiculously high 30% platform fee things like Steam charge, so you still get to pay salaries even when you're then forced to discount deep deep for sales placement
January 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Also, for 2026's sake, the other consideration is $7.99 allows you to discount 38.5% before you actually hit $5, which makes up for the ridiculously high 30% platform fee things like Steam charge, so you still get to pay salaries even when you're then forced to discount deep deep for sales placement
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Okay so- especially artists, folks in the TTRPG space, and all other sensible folks who hate AI-
Do this.
I did this to be sure. Guess what? They were present in the public Discord I run without even appearing as a member.
Do this.
I did this to be sure. Guess what? They were present in the public Discord I run without even appearing as a member.
⚠️ ATTENTION DISCORD USERS ⚠️
Discord has quietly added AI scraping bots to all servers. They’re invisible, so they won’t show up on your member list, but they can be removed. See these instructions for how to ban them by ID:
www.tumblr.com/m34tcr33p/80...
Discord has quietly added AI scraping bots to all servers. They’re invisible, so they won’t show up on your member list, but they can be removed. See these instructions for how to ban them by ID:
www.tumblr.com/m34tcr33p/80...
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💬 15 🔁 2762 ❤️ 2931 · TO ANYONE WHO USES DISCORD- FOUR AI SCRAPING BOTS HAVE BEEN SECRETLY ADDED TO YOUR SERVERS WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT · Saw this going around and tested it myself, and I can confi…
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January 10, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Okay so- especially artists, folks in the TTRPG space, and all other sensible folks who hate AI-
Do this.
I did this to be sure. Guess what? They were present in the public Discord I run without even appearing as a member.
Do this.
I did this to be sure. Guess what? They were present in the public Discord I run without even appearing as a member.
Putting these up on the shelf until a recurring type of numbskull's tiny worldview expands enough to actually contribute anything worthwhile to the conversation. Or can at least respect the boundaries of folks who share a table with them.
January 11, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Putting these up on the shelf until a recurring type of numbskull's tiny worldview expands enough to actually contribute anything worthwhile to the conversation. Or can at least respect the boundaries of folks who share a table with them.
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Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
RIP Doofus the jumping spider.
You were the doofiest spider I've ever kept, but you were MY doofus 🖤
You were the doofiest spider I've ever kept, but you were MY doofus 🖤
December 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
RIP Doofus the jumping spider.
You were the doofiest spider I've ever kept, but you were MY doofus 🖤
You were the doofiest spider I've ever kept, but you were MY doofus 🖤
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Just discovered that DuckDuckGo lets you block sites from all future search results and this is going to fix me.
December 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Just discovered that DuckDuckGo lets you block sites from all future search results and this is going to fix me.
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Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
www.polygon.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.
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This comic isn't even an exaggeration. There's scores of people on literally every platform acting as if even the reasonable issues with AAA gaming means that all of video games is a wasteland. Meanwhile, there's a literal beautiful garden of every single indie game ever made
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This comic isn't even an exaggeration. There's scores of people on literally every platform acting as if even the reasonable issues with AAA gaming means that all of video games is a wasteland. Meanwhile, there's a literal beautiful garden of every single indie game ever made
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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PSA: If you are based in the UK and want to check out the coolest indie game designers on itchio, you are likely to encounter this page.
And if like me, you don't want to pay for VPN, Tor Browser is your best friend.
www.torproject.org
And if like me, you don't want to pay for VPN, Tor Browser is your best friend.
www.torproject.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
PSA: If you are based in the UK and want to check out the coolest indie game designers on itchio, you are likely to encounter this page.
And if like me, you don't want to pay for VPN, Tor Browser is your best friend.
www.torproject.org
And if like me, you don't want to pay for VPN, Tor Browser is your best friend.
www.torproject.org
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Endangered Species of the Philippines 🇵🇭
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Endangered Species of the Philippines 🇵🇭
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I've had a horrible week.
⛈️
If y'all share this so people find my channel I'd be so grateful.
🥺
youtu.be/lnX47yuoRgo
🎙️
Please give it a chance!
🥰
These stories are the best I've ever written. Please help me, I just want people to enjoy my work!
🎺
#bookrecs #audiobooks #readersky #Raven+Bear
⛈️
If y'all share this so people find my channel I'd be so grateful.
🥺
youtu.be/lnX47yuoRgo
🎙️
Please give it a chance!
🥰
These stories are the best I've ever written. Please help me, I just want people to enjoy my work!
🎺
#bookrecs #audiobooks #readersky #Raven+Bear
The Knightbane's Prize
YouTube video by Bramble
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I've had a horrible week.
⛈️
If y'all share this so people find my channel I'd be so grateful.
🥺
youtu.be/lnX47yuoRgo
🎙️
Please give it a chance!
🥰
These stories are the best I've ever written. Please help me, I just want people to enjoy my work!
🎺
#bookrecs #audiobooks #readersky #Raven+Bear
⛈️
If y'all share this so people find my channel I'd be so grateful.
🥺
youtu.be/lnX47yuoRgo
🎙️
Please give it a chance!
🥰
These stories are the best I've ever written. Please help me, I just want people to enjoy my work!
🎺
#bookrecs #audiobooks #readersky #Raven+Bear
Gearing up to run a TTRPG that has some very specific needs.
(Pirate theme, west marshes, for coworkers, strict schedule restrictions - among a list of others).
Unfortunately, I couldn't find one that fit all of those needs. (Not looking for suggestions here)
(Pirate theme, west marshes, for coworkers, strict schedule restrictions - among a list of others).
Unfortunately, I couldn't find one that fit all of those needs. (Not looking for suggestions here)
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Gearing up to run a TTRPG that has some very specific needs.
(Pirate theme, west marshes, for coworkers, strict schedule restrictions - among a list of others).
Unfortunately, I couldn't find one that fit all of those needs. (Not looking for suggestions here)
(Pirate theme, west marshes, for coworkers, strict schedule restrictions - among a list of others).
Unfortunately, I couldn't find one that fit all of those needs. (Not looking for suggestions here)
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I know this may come across as unreasonable, but I feel like when I pick up an officially licensed TTRPG adaptation of some piece of media, it shouldn't be a coin toss whether there will be any mechanism for playing as the sorts of characters the game's ostensible source material is actually about.
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I know this may come across as unreasonable, but I feel like when I pick up an officially licensed TTRPG adaptation of some piece of media, it shouldn't be a coin toss whether there will be any mechanism for playing as the sorts of characters the game's ostensible source material is actually about.
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Alright, it's time...
This is Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
Light on rules, bound to the dark.
100 playtesters battle tested this game and it's finally available!
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
This is Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
Light on rules, bound to the dark.
100 playtesters battle tested this game and it's finally available!
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Alright, it's time...
This is Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
Light on rules, bound to the dark.
100 playtesters battle tested this game and it's finally available!
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
This is Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
Light on rules, bound to the dark.
100 playtesters battle tested this game and it's finally available!
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
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1. this is true
2. Itchio reviews are, unfortunately, only for the creator's eyes. if you want to write something kind for other potential player's to see, please make it a comment on the game-page instead.
no I don't know why it's set up this way but it is.
2. Itchio reviews are, unfortunately, only for the creator's eyes. if you want to write something kind for other potential player's to see, please make it a comment on the game-page instead.
no I don't know why it's set up this way but it is.
You know that kind review you left for an indie game on itch?
The creator read it and it meant the world to them. And they will go on to make more cool stuff because you took the time to say something positive.
Being nice is cool. Keep it up.
The creator read it and it meant the world to them. And they will go on to make more cool stuff because you took the time to say something positive.
Being nice is cool. Keep it up.
October 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
1. this is true
2. Itchio reviews are, unfortunately, only for the creator's eyes. if you want to write something kind for other potential player's to see, please make it a comment on the game-page instead.
no I don't know why it's set up this way but it is.
2. Itchio reviews are, unfortunately, only for the creator's eyes. if you want to write something kind for other potential player's to see, please make it a comment on the game-page instead.
no I don't know why it's set up this way but it is.
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If I see one more bad TTRPG take that boils down to "the game system you use actually doesn't matter at all" I am going to become some sort of creature.
January 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If I see one more bad TTRPG take that boils down to "the game system you use actually doesn't matter at all" I am going to become some sort of creature.
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Hey guys, The Knightbane's Prize is out now. I'd appreciate it if people watched this. It's the best thing I've ever written and absolutely free on youtube.
#writesky #knights #Raven+Bear #QueerWriters #writers #booksky #fiction #fantasy #sci-fi #apocalypse #Fallout #Frieren #TheWitcher #Merlin
#writesky #knights #Raven+Bear #QueerWriters #writers #booksky #fiction #fantasy #sci-fi #apocalypse #Fallout #Frieren #TheWitcher #Merlin
September 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Hey guys, The Knightbane's Prize is out now. I'd appreciate it if people watched this. It's the best thing I've ever written and absolutely free on youtube.
#writesky #knights #Raven+Bear #QueerWriters #writers #booksky #fiction #fantasy #sci-fi #apocalypse #Fallout #Frieren #TheWitcher #Merlin
#writesky #knights #Raven+Bear #QueerWriters #writers #booksky #fiction #fantasy #sci-fi #apocalypse #Fallout #Frieren #TheWitcher #Merlin
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Look man, all I'm saying is if 75% of your how-to-GM advice amounts to "see those shiny toys on your players' character sheets? The best way to keep the story moving is to give them as few opportunities to play with them as possible", you may be playing the wrong game for the story you want to tell.
September 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Look man, all I'm saying is if 75% of your how-to-GM advice amounts to "see those shiny toys on your players' character sheets? The best way to keep the story moving is to give them as few opportunities to play with them as possible", you may be playing the wrong game for the story you want to tell.
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Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Looks like enshittification is coming for Microsoft OneNote. Does anyone know any good alternatives that support a similar level of organization and inter-notebook hyperlinks? This is going to *seriously* hinder my workflow.
August 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Looks like enshittification is coming for Microsoft OneNote. Does anyone know any good alternatives that support a similar level of organization and inter-notebook hyperlinks? This is going to *seriously* hinder my workflow.