deldon | *Dreams in CDR Asha*
@deldon.bsky.social
(they/them/del/don)
🩸 🌬️ 🏴☠️ in Vanitera 450
CDR Asha Kuznetsova in a past Dream
Indie TTRPG designer, Certified Zelda Nerd
Designer of The Door Locks Behind You: https://linktr.ee/TDLBY
profile pic by Virginia Storm
banner by Thursday Garreau
🩸 🌬️ 🏴☠️ in Vanitera 450
CDR Asha Kuznetsova in a past Dream
Indie TTRPG designer, Certified Zelda Nerd
Designer of The Door Locks Behind You: https://linktr.ee/TDLBY
profile pic by Virginia Storm
banner by Thursday Garreau
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The Door Locks Behind You by deldon
A Puzzling Dungeon Adventure Game
deldon.itch.io
Today is the day! The Door Locks Behind You is officially released on itch! TDLBY is my loveletter to the Legend of Zelda series, bringing their signature puzzle box dungeon exploration into the realm of NSR TTRPGS, such as Cairn, Mausritter, Into the Odd, and Knave. deldon.itch.io/the-door-loc...
So far Cataphract has been a lot like playing Strip Poker but trying to get everyone's money. No one can keep their poker face once the top comes off. #vanitera450
December 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So far Cataphract has been a lot like playing Strip Poker but trying to get everyone's money. No one can keep their poker face once the top comes off. #vanitera450
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In a very special Bonus Episode of Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net and I interview @samsorensen.bsky.social about Over/Under, a massive wargame/LARP held during Mothership Month. This episode is only available to Patrons but will see a wider release in the future.
www.patreon.com/posts/story-...
www.patreon.com/posts/story-...
The Story of Over/Under | Between Two Cairns
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December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In a very special Bonus Episode of Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net and I interview @samsorensen.bsky.social about Over/Under, a massive wargame/LARP held during Mothership Month. This episode is only available to Patrons but will see a wider release in the future.
www.patreon.com/posts/story-...
www.patreon.com/posts/story-...
Reposted by deldon | *Dreams in CDR Asha*
Out now: WHALE ROADS
The chronicle of a year-long, 30+ player West Marches campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by @lukegearing.bsky.social
A 250-page "zine" filled with play summaries, original art, and Referee commentary.
Available now, and it's 100% completely free.
sulcata.itch.io/whale-roads
The chronicle of a year-long, 30+ player West Marches campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by @lukegearing.bsky.social
A 250-page "zine" filled with play summaries, original art, and Referee commentary.
Available now, and it's 100% completely free.
sulcata.itch.io/whale-roads
WHALE ROADS by sulcata | Brendan McLeod
A megazine about Wolves Upon the Coast
sulcata.itch.io
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Out now: WHALE ROADS
The chronicle of a year-long, 30+ player West Marches campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by @lukegearing.bsky.social
A 250-page "zine" filled with play summaries, original art, and Referee commentary.
Available now, and it's 100% completely free.
sulcata.itch.io/whale-roads
The chronicle of a year-long, 30+ player West Marches campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by @lukegearing.bsky.social
A 250-page "zine" filled with play summaries, original art, and Referee commentary.
Available now, and it's 100% completely free.
sulcata.itch.io/whale-roads
@juniper-c.bsky.social surely this counts as an OSR right?
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
@juniper-c.bsky.social surely this counts as an OSR right?
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#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so
April 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so
Juniper is pioneering the future of OSR blogging by dragging it kicking and screaming back to it's roots (zine swaps)
Yes i've been printing off all the blogs people send me. Reading is best done with a pen or with scissors.
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Juniper is pioneering the future of OSR blogging by dragging it kicking and screaming back to it's roots (zine swaps)
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I wrote a #mothership module about greasy spoon diners, dementia, gendered violence, and uploaded intelligence.
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
valerialoves.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I wrote a #mothership module about greasy spoon diners, dementia, gendered violence, and uploaded intelligence.
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
Very grateful to have been quoted in this. #over/under was some of the most emotionally intense playing I've done, ever, and I'm not sure how long it will be until I'm *not* thinking about it daily
"Players reported dreaming about Over/Under, losing sleep, even forgetting to eat."
@lincodega.com writes about the intensity of Mothership Month's hyperbaric roleplay experience and the bleed that resulted from a lack of conventional safety tools.
@lincodega.com writes about the intensity of Mothership Month's hyperbaric roleplay experience and the bleed that resulted from a lack of conventional safety tools.
Thirty Days of Bleed
Within a high-pressure, nonstop roleplaying game, denizens of Over/Under found it difficult to extricate their character’s emotions from their own.
www.rascal.news
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Very grateful to have been quoted in this. #over/under was some of the most emotionally intense playing I've done, ever, and I'm not sure how long it will be until I'm *not* thinking about it daily
June has been in this scene for 2 weeks and already has ended all discourse with these laser focused takes.
As an addenda:
I have been told that NSR is a thing that exists, and that an NSR is when an OSR is a "Story Game" and or has pronouns in it. A "story game" is like what if a TTRPG was a Walking Simulator. At the risk of expressing an opnion that will get me killed: I think walking simulators rock.
I have been told that NSR is a thing that exists, and that an NSR is when an OSR is a "Story Game" and or has pronouns in it. A "story game" is like what if a TTRPG was a Walking Simulator. At the risk of expressing an opnion that will get me killed: I think walking simulators rock.
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
June has been in this scene for 2 weeks and already has ended all discourse with these laser focused takes.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
@juniper-c.bsky.social learned about the OSR while playing #over/under and has somehow managed to already learn enough about it to hold correct opinions on what OSR stands for.
@explorersdesign.bsky.social is it too early to submit posts for the Bloggies?
@juniper-c.bsky.social learned about the OSR while playing #over/under and has somehow managed to already learn enough about it to hold correct opinions on what OSR stands for.
@explorersdesign.bsky.social is it too early to submit posts for the Bloggies?
What is an OSR? - The Garden Below
a post about not knowing what the OSR is.
thegardenbelow.blot.im
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
@juniper-c.bsky.social learned about the OSR while playing #over/under and has somehow managed to already learn enough about it to hold correct opinions on what OSR stands for.
@explorersdesign.bsky.social is it too early to submit posts for the Bloggies?
@juniper-c.bsky.social learned about the OSR while playing #over/under and has somehow managed to already learn enough about it to hold correct opinions on what OSR stands for.
@explorersdesign.bsky.social is it too early to submit posts for the Bloggies?
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LEGO Castle factions as queers or cops:
Lion Knights: sapphics
Black Falcons: cops
Forest People: t4t trans femmes*
Wolfpack: t4t trans mascs*
Dragon Masters: all-gender size-queens
Royal Knights: cops
Fright Knights: mall goths
Crow Knights: trans femme noise band
*cross-faction hookups common
Lion Knights: sapphics
Black Falcons: cops
Forest People: t4t trans femmes*
Wolfpack: t4t trans mascs*
Dragon Masters: all-gender size-queens
Royal Knights: cops
Fright Knights: mall goths
Crow Knights: trans femme noise band
*cross-faction hookups common
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
LEGO Castle factions as queers or cops:
Lion Knights: sapphics
Black Falcons: cops
Forest People: t4t trans femmes*
Wolfpack: t4t trans mascs*
Dragon Masters: all-gender size-queens
Royal Knights: cops
Fright Knights: mall goths
Crow Knights: trans femme noise band
*cross-faction hookups common
Lion Knights: sapphics
Black Falcons: cops
Forest People: t4t trans femmes*
Wolfpack: t4t trans mascs*
Dragon Masters: all-gender size-queens
Royal Knights: cops
Fright Knights: mall goths
Crow Knights: trans femme noise band
*cross-faction hookups common
Explaining #over/under to out of game players in #vanitera450 is making me realize what a farce the wargame turned into by the end
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Explaining #over/under to out of game players in #vanitera450 is making me realize what a farce the wargame turned into by the end
#Vanitera450 is yet another game that lets me commission one of my favorite artists to draw my character!! Thanks so much for bringing The Witch on the Red Wind to life @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social !!!
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
#Vanitera450 is yet another game that lets me commission one of my favorite artists to draw my character!! Thanks so much for bringing The Witch on the Red Wind to life @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social !!!
I've put feelers out there in some of the post-game discord servers, but I am fully open to discussing my experience in #over/under with anyone who's interested, in or out of the game!
If you want to hear from a Denizen who clawed their way up to Boss, hmu!
If you want to hear from a Denizen who clawed their way up to Boss, hmu!
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I've put feelers out there in some of the post-game discord servers, but I am fully open to discussing my experience in #over/under with anyone who's interested, in or out of the game!
If you want to hear from a Denizen who clawed their way up to Boss, hmu!
If you want to hear from a Denizen who clawed their way up to Boss, hmu!
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#over/under was not one of a kind. I have been playing similar games for the last EIGHT YEARS. Today, I give this medium a name - "Live Text Roleplay" - and help you build a community of your own.
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
How to Replicate Over/Under
A Guide to Live Text Roleplay
www.valerialoves.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#over/under was not one of a kind. I have been playing similar games for the last EIGHT YEARS. Today, I give this medium a name - "Live Text Roleplay" - and help you build a community of your own.
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli...
Was thumbing thru my copy of APoF today and noticed a typo so I quickly corrected it. @lukegearing.bsky.social
#over/under
#over/under
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Was thumbing thru my copy of APoF today and noticed a typo so I quickly corrected it. @lukegearing.bsky.social
#over/under
#over/under
In case anyone was worried, the #over/under lesbians were keeping it messy right up to the 11th hour.
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
In case anyone was worried, the #over/under lesbians were keeping it messy right up to the 11th hour.
#over/under is finished, here's Asha's final Tempest scene
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
#over/under is finished, here's Asha's final Tempest scene
I cannot stress how much WEATHERVANE won the game for Tempest. Like, I was able to take win/loss statistics, casualty predictions, and squad costs, and accurately price war contracts' % gross profit. #over/under never saw a Hot War from Tempest and WV proved it would have been *brutal*.
For @samsorensen.bsky.social's #OVER/UNDER I created WEATHERVANE, an in-universe themed combat simulator. Using it, our faction was able to predict the outcome of any battle with a high degree of confidence. It helped us price mercenary contracts and go into any combat knowing the expected outcomes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I cannot stress how much WEATHERVANE won the game for Tempest. Like, I was able to take win/loss statistics, casualty predictions, and squad costs, and accurately price war contracts' % gross profit. #over/under never saw a Hot War from Tempest and WV proved it would have been *brutal*.
The beautiful thing about #over/under is that despite not getting to partake in Sam's The Sink/Doptown one-shot, I am within my fictional powers to order the players that did so to write a summary for me.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The beautiful thing about #over/under is that despite not getting to partake in Sam's The Sink/Doptown one-shot, I am within my fictional powers to order the players that did so to write a summary for me.
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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#OVER/UNDER a bit proud of this one
November 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
#OVER/UNDER a bit proud of this one
@grinningrat.bsky.social , couldn't have asked for a better Commander, scene partner, friend. Thanks for everything, ma'am 😉 #over/under
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
@grinningrat.bsky.social , couldn't have asked for a better Commander, scene partner, friend. Thanks for everything, ma'am 😉 #over/under
