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They/She. Award-winning TTRPG designer of Blinking Birch Games. Author of Anamnesis and Outliers. Freelance writer and editor. Website: blinkingbirchgames.com Itch: blinkingbirchgames.itch.io Logo: @alderdoodle.bsky.social PFP: @nebuleeart.bsky.social

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Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · Oct 17

I'm Sam, a TTRPG designer from Virginia!

I publish under Blinking Birch Games and make short-form videos about indie TTRPGs.

You can check out my games and learn more about what I do here:

Itch: blinkingbirchgames.itch.io

Carrd: samleigh.carrd.co

The cover art for Anamnesis, which depicts a nude figure sitting down, their face obscured by fog.

The cover art for Death of the Author, which depicts a character pulling themselves out of a typewriter and reaching towards the sky.

The cover art for The World We Left Behind, which depicts an astronaut staring out over an alien landscape dotted with playing cards.

The cover art for Outliers, which depicts a black graph against a white background with a couple orange lines.

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Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 2d

If Absurdia hits its stretch goal, I'll be one of the guest writers!

If you like surreal horror and absurdist fiction, this isn't one to miss. I've been following this project for a couple years now!

Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia crowdfunding now! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 2d

Absurdia Update: meet the guest writers!

I’m beyond excited to announce Elliot Davis, Irving Benitez, Kendrick Smith, and Samantha Leigh as our stretch goal guest writers!

At $25k, this wickedly talented cabal will put together a kaleidoscope of ready to play one shot scenarios for Absurdia 👁️

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Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 3d

Happy to say I just made very good use of one of these candles

Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 3d

The power went out at the apartment so I'm finishing my playthrough of Spine by @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social by candlelight

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Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 3d

I got a message from him on Friday - keep an eye out for scams!

Richard @ R. Rook @rrookstudio.bsky.social · 3d

#scamalert For indie publishers running shops or that have customer forms on their websites (even if you don't sell your own product directly), keep an eye out for emails from William Cooper in Malta.

It'll seem innocuous enough, but then try to place a large volume order solely via email.

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Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 3d

I just got this email myself - he was asking about payment methods & shipping options to Malta. Hadnt replied yet, thanks for the heads up.

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Alex MJ 🎲🎃 - Fight or Fright out now! @mixuppixels.bsky.social · 3d

The HELLO//GOODBYE Charity RPG Bundle for Legal Aid is LIVE!

200 games for 12 dollars to support legal aid in Virginia!

Big titles like Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast, Songbirds, and loads on interesting indie tabletop roleplaying games!!

itch.io/b/3276/hello...

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Aaron King @aaronmfking.bsky.social · 4d

RTFM, the RPG book club podcast, is back! @snaxwell.bsky.social and I talk about Praise the Hawkmoth King, a PbtA game of teenagers, demons, and messed up sex. open.spotify.com/episode/15yn...

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Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 5d

Just listened to the most recent Malevolent but at what cost

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Diwata! ÒㅅÓ) @diwatamnl.bsky.social · 5d

A 7.0 magnitude quake hit North Cebu, PH just the other day. As of today the death toll has hit almost 70, with 147 injured and over 2 billion pesos in damages. For any of you who can spare some change, the details to help are below.

fae ⚔ 🏴[Gubi Bana Woerk] @lntpblk.bsky.social · 6d

For friends outside the 🇵🇭 who want to help out victims of the earthquake here in Cebu, please send aid to:

PayNow (for SINGAPORE ONLY) via the QR [DM if you need the number]
Wise via @tracyt162

The aftershocks have not stopped over here but the outpour of aid has not stopped either. ❣

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Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 5d

I would not quite use the word "beginning" 🥲

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia crowdfunding now! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 6d

We are officially halfway through the Absurdia crowdfunding campaign!!

Genuinely I've been blown away by the support so far. We funded in under 24 hours and just hit our first stretch goal to bring even more strange and surreal art to the book!

Are you ready to step through the looking glass? 👁️

Absurdia: The (Meta)Physical Edition

An absurdist tabletop roleplaying game about the inane hilarity and mundane horror of everyday life, inspired by Welcome to Night Vale, Alice in Wonderland, and Gravity Falls.

www.backerkit.com

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Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 6d

Oh the result definitely would have been different on my phone 😅

Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 6d

I already had that one written for my pull quote notes 😅

Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 6d

It's very good. Bewitchingly good I might say.

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Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 6d

Currently playing Spine as the author, @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social, has intended

A scattering of paper lays across a rug and the floor, as though thrown. The papers are pages from the game Spine, which we're previously folded as a printed booklet. The pages have been written and drawn on.

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Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 6d

I saw this email and my heart sank out of my body and into the floorboards

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Nova, but spooky @diceynova.bsky.social · 7d

Our dear friend Emma is in urgent need of help!

pierogi paul @androidpeach.bsky.social · 7d

URGENT

Hi folks, I had rent squared away but my utilities drafted and now I'm short about 250 for rent that I need to pay no later than the third. Please consider helping if you can and please consider getting a commission in return if you do, the info is below this post. I love you

pierogi paul @androidpeach.bsky.social · 20d

I'm a trans woman suffering severe PTSD and have been looking for work all year to no avail with absolutely zero help from anyone in my family. Any help towards my monthly bills or even just reposts are massively appreciated.
#MutualAid
#HelpSky

PayPal.me/androidpeach

cash.app/$andr0idpeach

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Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 7d

Oh hello?? 👀

Rascal News @rascal.news · 7d

Unionized workers with @kickstarterunited.org are poised to strike if the crowdfunding platform's management doesn't approve their new contract.

The union has demanded a four-day workweek, minimum living wage salaries, and protections against generative AI encroachment.

Kickstarter United workers will strike beginning October 2

Demands include enshrining the four-day, 32-hour work week in their contract.

www.rascal.news

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Aaron King @aaronmfking.bsky.social · 7d

Volunteering Boneshaker was a vital part of my life when I first moved to Minneapolis: meeting people in the city, learning new things, and working with touring authors. Help them move!

Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 7d

The lovely folks at Boneshaker Books have a campaign to help them move to their new space, and it includes fun perks. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Help Boneshaker Move to Our New Home!

After fourteen years in our current space, we have made the decision that it’s time for Boneshaker Books to move. While we treasure the time we've spent in Seward, and will miss existing as a communit...

www.zeffy.com

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Jean Verne @jeanverne.bsky.social · 8d

News from the Grid #34 is out and it's a big one! I detail the process for my latest FIST adventure and talk about what makes an "evil corporation logo" with many examples.

Go read it now!

34. Raging Storm

+ corporate typography and a completed challenge

open.substack.com

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Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 8d

oh??!?!

Haunted Table @hauntedtable.bsky.social · 8d

New project announcement! TRIANGLE U, with lead designer Noel Warford!

Check out a short teaser of the setting and some information in our public post below, then join in playtesting our first mission by signing up for the Patreon!

Class starts Monday.

www.patreon.com/posts/triang...

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Evangeline “I’m Scared” Gallagher @egallagher.bsky.social · 8d

reposting because I fixed some stuff. I like this one

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Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 8d

REALLY love the colors in this one!

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 8d

jesus fuck thank you all! if you were goimg to give money and didnt get the chance to please comsider instead supporting dahnoun mutual aid, a palestinian mutual aid organization led by gawazis providing on the ground support
chuffed.org/project/1152...

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 8d

NEW (FREE) GAME FORTHCOMING:

SPINE is a dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book.

In SPINE, you are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative…

You are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative… Image: Print copy of SPINE

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