H. Dithmer
@hdithmer.bsky.social
TTRPG designer, known for Heirs of the Leviathan, and a couple of Danish Larps. I like making games that fundamentally change how people interact, be it laughing, cheering, or crying. I also draw.
You can find my games at https://rakatung.itch.io
You can find my games at https://rakatung.itch.io
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Masks of the Leviathan by Dithmer
A game of fantasy theater
rakatung.itch.io
Assemble, lads and ladies, and any Heir which might be in the audience, and gaze upon mine newest creation: Masks of the Leviathan, a game of playacting in many a mood.
Alright, you might have seen the playtest version, but this is the real deal!
rakatung.itch.io/masks-of-the...
Alright, you might have seen the playtest version, but this is the real deal!
rakatung.itch.io/masks-of-the...
Really disappointed that the public service station here in Denmark apparently boasts 100 AI projects ongoing.
It's paid through taxes, so we can't opt out!
It's paid through taxes, so we can't opt out!
January 25, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Really disappointed that the public service station here in Denmark apparently boasts 100 AI projects ongoing.
It's paid through taxes, so we can't opt out!
It's paid through taxes, so we can't opt out!
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The Lands Remaining: Struggles
Struggles are on my mind because the newest episode of The Lands Remaining Podcast is all about them, and we're currently holding a writing contest focused on them. So, a quick thread about what is almost certainly going to be the most controversial part of this game!
Struggles are on my mind because the newest episode of The Lands Remaining Podcast is all about them, and we're currently holding a writing contest focused on them. So, a quick thread about what is almost certainly going to be the most controversial part of this game!
January 24, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The Lands Remaining: Struggles
Struggles are on my mind because the newest episode of The Lands Remaining Podcast is all about them, and we're currently holding a writing contest focused on them. So, a quick thread about what is almost certainly going to be the most controversial part of this game!
Struggles are on my mind because the newest episode of The Lands Remaining Podcast is all about them, and we're currently holding a writing contest focused on them. So, a quick thread about what is almost certainly going to be the most controversial part of this game!
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Yeah I say we pick March 2003
Maybe instead of identifying specific ICE agents who do particularly heinous things, we could just penalize everyone who was on payroll at the agency starting by a certain date.
January 24, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Yeah I say we pick March 2003
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Whip
Consider the gnome
Consider the gnome
January 22, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Whip
Consider the gnome
Consider the gnome
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Cover for Cairn Barebones Edition by @amandalee.bsky.social.
There is no one else as good as her, nope
There is no one else as good as her, nope
January 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Cover for Cairn Barebones Edition by @amandalee.bsky.social.
There is no one else as good as her, nope
There is no one else as good as her, nope
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My scenario Zâr, nominated for Best Scenario (yes I'm bragging), with a stack of joyeous feedback sheets, also had one (1) guy who called it his worst Fastaval experience in 20 years.
You will NOT be able to please everyone.
You will NOT be able to please everyone.
I work daily knowing this person is out there and is going to be a source of annoyance to me personally, and that my game will never make them happy unless I add d20s or initiative or some shit to it, and so I need to ignore them and keep making my game so that it’s the best expression of my vision.
January 17, 2026 at 2:32 PM
My scenario Zâr, nominated for Best Scenario (yes I'm bragging), with a stack of joyeous feedback sheets, also had one (1) guy who called it his worst Fastaval experience in 20 years.
You will NOT be able to please everyone.
You will NOT be able to please everyone.
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It does a real diservice to rules light games as well. As an adult I've come to appreciate rules light games in their own right. Not as some kind of "training wheels" before I let new players lose on the 'real' games.
January 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
It does a real diservice to rules light games as well. As an adult I've come to appreciate rules light games in their own right. Not as some kind of "training wheels" before I let new players lose on the 'real' games.
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Ayup, I'm Paul. Still consider myself pretty new to all this (I'm old, and I started late) but I love what I've learned to do. Feels a bit like sorcery :)
#portfolioday
#portfolioday
January 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Ayup, I'm Paul. Still consider myself pretty new to all this (I'm old, and I started late) but I love what I've learned to do. Feels a bit like sorcery :)
#portfolioday
#portfolioday
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Bodé amazed at cartooning, sci-fantasy, erotica, and whimsy. He died at 33 yet left behind an expansive body of delicious, challenging, raw work. He had the rare quality of being an unfiltered, naked live wire of ideas and exploratory creation coupled with a working cartoonist's grounding.
Just finished up “The Complete Deadbone Erotica Omnibus” by Vaughn Bodē earlier on, and wanted to share my favorite illustrations from the collection to showcase some of the man’s colorful work ^w^🖼️🎨
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January 10, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Bodé amazed at cartooning, sci-fantasy, erotica, and whimsy. He died at 33 yet left behind an expansive body of delicious, challenging, raw work. He had the rare quality of being an unfiltered, naked live wire of ideas and exploratory creation coupled with a working cartoonist's grounding.
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This Is How You Get JARHEAD Sequels
YouTube video by Folding Ideas
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January 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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Finally, Magic Dungeons is finished.
A radical yet familiar approach to dungeondelving. Made to be approachable as possible, a way to reuse game pieces, and with as much support for online play as we could get done.
A radical yet familiar approach to dungeondelving. Made to be approachable as possible, a way to reuse game pieces, and with as much support for online play as we could get done.
Love dungeoncrawling? Have a lot of Magic the gathering or tarot cards that you cannot find a good use for them?Love Pallas Cats? Wish there were deckbuilding roguelike mechanics in more roleplaying games?
Look no further, Magic Dungeons is here for you!
cyberneticcoven.itch.io/magic-dungeons
Look no further, Magic Dungeons is here for you!
cyberneticcoven.itch.io/magic-dungeons
January 9, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Finally, Magic Dungeons is finished.
A radical yet familiar approach to dungeondelving. Made to be approachable as possible, a way to reuse game pieces, and with as much support for online play as we could get done.
A radical yet familiar approach to dungeondelving. Made to be approachable as possible, a way to reuse game pieces, and with as much support for online play as we could get done.
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This looks like a lot of fun.
As a forever GM, I'm always on the lookout for GMless pickup games. I much prefer the role of facilitator to GM. It makes me feel like I'm organizing little parties for my friends rather than "running a game."
As a forever GM, I'm always on the lookout for GMless pickup games. I much prefer the role of facilitator to GM. It makes me feel like I'm organizing little parties for my friends rather than "running a game."
Assemble, lads and ladies, and any Heir which might be in the audience, and gaze upon mine newest creation: Masks of the Leviathan, a game of playacting in many a mood.
Alright, you might have seen the playtest version, but this is the real deal!
rakatung.itch.io/masks-of-the...
Alright, you might have seen the playtest version, but this is the real deal!
rakatung.itch.io/masks-of-the...
Masks of the Leviathan by Dithmer
A game of fantasy theater
rakatung.itch.io
January 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This looks like a lot of fun.
As a forever GM, I'm always on the lookout for GMless pickup games. I much prefer the role of facilitator to GM. It makes me feel like I'm organizing little parties for my friends rather than "running a game."
As a forever GM, I'm always on the lookout for GMless pickup games. I much prefer the role of facilitator to GM. It makes me feel like I'm organizing little parties for my friends rather than "running a game."
Turns out the POD version on DriveThru was just a day away from being a real thing! You can get it here. It's a simple product, but it's a damn book in your filthy hands!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
January 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Turns out the POD version on DriveThru was just a day away from being a real thing! You can get it here. It's a simple product, but it's a damn book in your filthy hands!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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If you're interested there's a new alternate version of Microscope in the works that's more focused and character-centered. It's a free download for anyone to try.
A lot of the improvements in scenes etc can be used to upgrade original Microscope too.
www.lamemage.com/microscope-c...
A lot of the improvements in scenes etc can be used to upgrade original Microscope too.
www.lamemage.com/microscope-c...
Microscope Chronicle
A new version of Microscope, the fractal role-playing game of epic histories
www.lamemage.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
If you're interested there's a new alternate version of Microscope in the works that's more focused and character-centered. It's a free download for anyone to try.
A lot of the improvements in scenes etc can be used to upgrade original Microscope too.
www.lamemage.com/microscope-c...
A lot of the improvements in scenes etc can be used to upgrade original Microscope too.
www.lamemage.com/microscope-c...
Assemble, lads and ladies, and any Heir which might be in the audience, and gaze upon mine newest creation: Masks of the Leviathan, a game of playacting in many a mood.
Alright, you might have seen the playtest version, but this is the real deal!
rakatung.itch.io/masks-of-the...
Alright, you might have seen the playtest version, but this is the real deal!
rakatung.itch.io/masks-of-the...
Masks of the Leviathan by Dithmer
A game of fantasy theater
rakatung.itch.io
January 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Assemble, lads and ladies, and any Heir which might be in the audience, and gaze upon mine newest creation: Masks of the Leviathan, a game of playacting in many a mood.
Alright, you might have seen the playtest version, but this is the real deal!
rakatung.itch.io/masks-of-the...
Alright, you might have seen the playtest version, but this is the real deal!
rakatung.itch.io/masks-of-the...
I wonder why these games never (rarely?) go with combat being an actual fail-state.
Like, *fight begins* then everyone rolls a 1d4. On 1-2 you died, on a 3-4 you are so disabled that when you leave the Dungeon you live the rest of your life as a beggar. GAME OVER
Like, *fight begins* then everyone rolls a 1d4. On 1-2 you died, on a 3-4 you are so disabled that when you leave the Dungeon you live the rest of your life as a beggar. GAME OVER
A dissonance I keep getting baffled with in the OSR-leaning adventuconquistadores games (since the others glorify and exalt in it) is how much combat, for something not rewarding, disincentivesed part of the gamescape, takes all the oxygen away the moment it is engaged with.
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I wonder why these games never (rarely?) go with combat being an actual fail-state.
Like, *fight begins* then everyone rolls a 1d4. On 1-2 you died, on a 3-4 you are so disabled that when you leave the Dungeon you live the rest of your life as a beggar. GAME OVER
Like, *fight begins* then everyone rolls a 1d4. On 1-2 you died, on a 3-4 you are so disabled that when you leave the Dungeon you live the rest of your life as a beggar. GAME OVER
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And not paying attention to that metric, but instead hyperfocusing on telling the "right" kinds of "decolonised" stories, is *such* a bougie tell.
12/12
12/12
January 5, 2026 at 3:59 AM
And not paying attention to that metric, but instead hyperfocusing on telling the "right" kinds of "decolonised" stories, is *such* a bougie tell.
12/12
12/12
Finished The Word for Worlds is Forest, and now I want to once again read every single Le Guin book.
January 5, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Finished The Word for Worlds is Forest, and now I want to once again read every single Le Guin book.
Just doing some thumbnails without purpose
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Just doing some thumbnails without purpose
Watching The Paris Commune 1871.
I want to like it but it's soooo loooong
I want to like it but it's soooo loooong
January 4, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Watching The Paris Commune 1871.
I want to like it but it's soooo loooong
I want to like it but it's soooo loooong
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New painting. Looking for title ideas.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 AM
New painting. Looking for title ideas.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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i admit to being slightly annoyed that "chatbot psychosis" is becoming accepted terminology for something that isn't really psychosis in the sense that we've used it to describe an organic medical condition prior to this. i feel like we need different terms for cult/groupthink/chatgpt/etc delusions
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 AM
i admit to being slightly annoyed that "chatbot psychosis" is becoming accepted terminology for something that isn't really psychosis in the sense that we've used it to describe an organic medical condition prior to this. i feel like we need different terms for cult/groupthink/chatgpt/etc delusions