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Goblincow 🍉 @goblincow.bsky.social · 1d

This guide really is COMPREHENSIVE.

If this topic remotely intersects with your work you should give it a read, this is such a valuable resource.

🖤🐦‍⬛⚫𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆⚫🐦‍⬛🖤 @fsohns.bsky.social · 1d

TTRPG creators, there are innumerable reasons, and a nigh indescribable bliss to be found, if you dare learn to draw. And at least, if you do not, it's cool for you to learn some of the basics, since you will sooner and later need to work with artists:

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A Comprehensive Guide to TTRPG Art Commissioning & Licensing | Araukana

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TTRPG creators, there are innumerable reasons, and a nigh indescribable bliss to be found, if you dare learn to draw. And at least, if you do not, it's cool for you to learn some of the basics, since you will sooner and later need to work with artists:

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A Comprehensive Guide to TTRPG Art Commissioning & Licensing | Araukana

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Goblincow 🍉 @goblincow.bsky.social · 2d

🍐 FINAL 24 HOURS to preorder the new Troika! book from @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io written & illustrated by me!

🐞 A richly interconnected pointcrawl ecosystem of faction politics exploring definitions of dungeons & personhood both, by way of creepy-crawly hijinks for fans of bugs with swords!

Goblincow 🍉 @goblincow.bsky.social · 4d

🍐 3 DAYS REMAIN
Preorder by Oct 7 (18:00 GMT)

🦋 Shrink to size & explore a labyrinthine world of bug factions inside a sapient pear tree, racing against the clock to shape the future of a dungeon that was never yours to delve & escape before you grow to full size!

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Silksong but make it D&D. Official Troika! adventure DIY crowdfunding right now.

Hand drawn illustration of a beetle with a staff in one hand, a lantern in another, pulling the husk of a ladybird from insect ruins. Digitally coloured with purple stipple shading.

The Perilous Pear & Plum Pies of Pudwick.

Shrink to insectoid sizeand venture into the uncanny world that exists inside a sapient pear tree in this weird fantasy pointcrawl for the Other World's Favourite Roleplaying Game!

Illustration of a ladybird with a spear and cloak abseiling in a cavern, as two others descend in the distance.

52-page full-colour, fully illustrated pointcrawl micro-setting for TROIKA! written and illustrated by Josh Blincow (Goblincow) with layout by Shuyi Zhang (Fungi of the Far Realms).

East to adapt for use with any good rules-light dungeon crawling tabletop RPG.

Illustration of a humanoid fungal sprite with a mass of petals where its head should be.

An all ages tabletop roleplaying adventure for beginner & veteran tables with easily adjustable complexity & themes to suit all players.

Inspired by works like: Hollow Knight; Bug Fables; The Legend of Zelda – The Minish Cap; A Bugs Life; Honey I Shrunk The Kids.

A beetle dangles in a void from the tight webbing that grips its shell, surrounded by webbed cocoons and husks hanging from their own sticky threads.

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Steen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 1d

Here, I did the hard part and googled it for you; here's the first reasonable result for "free rss readers". I've tried about half of these and they were all reasonable. Look at what features you need to pay for, they're all slightly different, and choose one. bloggingwizard.com/free-rss-fee...

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Steen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 1d

RSS is, and I say this without hyperbole, an incredibly useful tool for psychological independence in the current environment. Newsblur, as Vajra suggests, is good, I use Feedbin, there are others. Most remarkably easy to set up.

Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 2d

Speaking of the well-deserved death of social media, I've started using Newsblur as my new RSS reader (had to clean up a depressingly large number of dead links, including to sites that still publish but no longer have RSS feeds) and that does still in fact provide a source of good internet

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ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 1d

Warning: if you grabbed a Love Minis, Hate Fascism shirt from me/Fenris a couple of weeks ago, please make sure it was me you ordered from. Just had somebody here asking about the poor print quality of their shirt...when I've not received them from the printers yet.

Fucking scammers.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 1d

My friend’s dad Malcolm Ducker, former RAF pilot, dad & grandad, is among those still being held in a maximum security Israeli prison for the crime of trying to bring food & medicine to Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla. Read: www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-and-...

US and UK 'immensely let down' families of detained Gaza flotilla activists

Israel still holding hundreds of activists in Ketziot prison, with British and American citizens receiving little help

www.middleeasteye.net

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Goblins and Gardens @goblinsandgardens.bsky.social · 2d

Got my latest copy of @wyrdscience.bsky.social and it’s already my favorite volume so far (and I’m not even in this one!)

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SoulMuppet Publishing @soulmuppet.co.uk · 1d

To call the Forsaken heroes is preemptive; perhaps their deeds will be few and worthless, or worse — they may be great, yet bring naught but ruin.

As for their past, speculate as you wish. At this point, neither you nor they can ever truly know.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sou...

mockup of the Doomspiral core book showing two of the character backgrounds, the choir crusader and the tomb robber scum.

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Frogboi 🫒 @frogboi.bsky.social · 1d

I made these for two works for the Straight Arrows RPG campaign based off @mothership.bsky.social.

I'm looking to make more. Front covers. Alternate covers. My secret wish is to buddy up with a writer to collage an entire campaign. Characters, story art etc

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Chloe, Bittercold Survivor @plumtreechloe.bsky.social · 1d

Go grab a physical copy of Goblin Country! Pending a new print run these are the last ones available in the world!

Peregrine Coast Press 🔜 Tabletop Scotland @shop.peregrinecoast.press · 1d

Goblin Country is a game about adventure, magic, and family in a wide, wild world. Goblin Country features five distinct playbooks, six setting elements and a Countdown Clock system designed to bring every session to a climactic finish.

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Casper | Friendly Ghost Games @friendly-ghost.bsky.social · 1d

I absolutely refuse to social-media-cize my utopian cottagecore life, despite the fact it would easily make me the most popular ttrpg designer by a wide margin. You're welcome.

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Lilly ⭐️ @mothcub.bsky.social · 1d

Woof woof, girl.

An angry dog stands among flowers. Text reads: "you are not living authentically."

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Goblincow 🍉 @goblincow.bsky.social · 2d

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The Perilous Pear & Plum Pies of Pudwick, DIY Crowdfunding now at MELSONIA.COM (link in bio).

Close up photo of a detailed blue pencil illustration depicting an ogre-like pear with stick arms sat in a wooden throne & draped in overflowing fine threads, with a snail shell orb on one hand and a natural sceptre in the other. Behind the pear is a large tapestry.

Goblincow 🍉 @goblincow.bsky.social · 2d

🍐 FINAL 24 HOURS to preorder the new Troika! book from @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io written & illustrated by me!

🐞 A richly interconnected pointcrawl ecosystem of faction politics exploring definitions of dungeons & personhood both, by way of creepy-crawly hijinks for fans of bugs with swords!

Goblincow 🍉 @goblincow.bsky.social · 4d

🍐 3 DAYS REMAIN
Preorder by Oct 7 (18:00 GMT)

🦋 Shrink to size & explore a labyrinthine world of bug factions inside a sapient pear tree, racing against the clock to shape the future of a dungeon that was never yours to delve & escape before you grow to full size!

www.melsonia.com/products/pre...

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Riley L Hopkins @badfuckinpodcasts.com · 2d

a pokemon is an employee. if you call a pokemon your friend it's like when your boss says this place of work is a family. you got a direct power imbalance.

now a digimon. thats a friend. me and kokabuterimon are getting beers.

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Adrian Bush @plunteere.bsky.social · Oct 23

"Root Grafting"

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scary tall bart @tallbart.com · 3d

Since Jordan Peterson's back in the hospital I'd like to take a moment to remember his highlights

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snow @snow117.bsky.social · 3d

Hi bluesky, idk how to get people to see this, but I'm a game designer, writer, poet, and graphic designer who makes books! You should follow me and help me achieve the impossible: getting ihop to stack my pancakes 8 high instead of the default 4.

Anyways, here's some recent work <3

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Goblincow 🍉 @goblincow.bsky.social · 3d

🐛 42 HOURS LEFT 🐌

www.melsonia.com/products/pre...

Crowdfunding: The Perilous Pear & Plum Pies of Pudwick

PLEASE NOTE: This is a crowdfunding campaign for an upcoming book which we plan to deliver no earlier than January 2026. The crowdfunding will run for 30 days. Please see the bottom of this descriptio...

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Goblincow 🍉 @goblincow.bsky.social · 4d

🍐 3 DAYS REMAIN
Preorder by Oct 7 (18:00 GMT)

🦋 Shrink to size & explore a labyrinthine world of bug factions inside a sapient pear tree, racing against the clock to shape the future of a dungeon that was never yours to delve & escape before you grow to full size!

www.melsonia.com/products/pre...

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Goblincow 🍉 @goblincow.bsky.social · Sep 4

🐛 The Perilous Pear & Plum Pies of Pudwick is DIY Crowdfunding on Melsonia's website now!

I was directly inspired by the world building of #HollowKnight & pitched this book in 2019, so it's been in development as long as #Silksong!

Go buy my first book! It's good!

www.melsonia.com/products/pre...

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Goblincow 🍉 @goblincow.bsky.social · Sep 4

🐜 Shrink to insectoid size in a 52 page full-colour, fully illustrated weird fantasy pointcrawl inside a sapient pear tree, written & illustrated by me with layout by Shuyi Zhang.

🪲 Inspired by #HOLLOWKNIGHT | #BUGFABLES | THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: THE MINISH CAP | HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS | A BUGS LIFE.

An insect explorer carrying a lantern drags the husk of a ladybird from ruins with signs of battle. A dead ant is curled amid the wreckage as a woodworm beast of burden looks on.

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Goblincow 🍉 @goblincow.bsky.social · 4d

🍐 3 DAYS REMAIN
Preorder by Oct 7 (18:00 GMT)

🦋 Shrink to size & explore a labyrinthine world of bug factions inside a sapient pear tree, racing against the clock to shape the future of a dungeon that was never yours to delve & escape before you grow to full size!

www.melsonia.com/products/pre...

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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 8d

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