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KOKOTÖNA Pre-launch LIVE 📌|E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 13h

We close the day with more followers than those we lost, fantastic!

We're almost three quarters to our 200 followers goal before the #Kickstarter for #KOKOTÖNA goes live on Oct. 12th

Thanks #TTRPG folks for all your help, more surprises coming soon!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/elc...

#RPGLatAm

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Evlyn Moreau @evlynmoreau.bsky.social · 13h

Check out KOKOTÖNA. Those vibes mixed with Mork Borg, it is going to be intense! Such a good mix. The art looks really neat from what I have seen.🤘

Give it a follow.

KOKOTÖNA Pre-launch LIVE 📌|E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 13h

We close the day with more followers than those we lost, fantastic!

We're almost three quarters to our 200 followers goal before the #Kickstarter for #KOKOTÖNA goes live on Oct. 12th

Thanks #TTRPG folks for all your help, more surprises coming soon!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/elc...

#RPGLatAm

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 2d

Alright, the first in-depth article of my awards debrief is live. "How do the Ennies work?" A top-down look at my judging experience from A to Z.

Please share, leave comments, and ask questions. And don't forget to read part 1 if you haven't already.

www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-2/

How do the Ennies work?

An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part two. What is the award process like behind closed doors, and how do the judges select nominees?

www.explorersdesign.com

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HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.social · 1d

Look Out! He's using THUNDERPUNCH!

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 1d

Broke: Werewolves
Bespoke: Weregild
#ttrpg #osr (new blogpost)

Moonlight Glitters upon Weregild — Prismatic Wasteland

Lycanthropy is played out. Instead of using another werewolf in your game, try some weregilt.

www.prismaticwasteland.com

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Idle Cartulary @idlecartulary.itch.io · 15h

Today, I read Harvest, the game of creeping folk horror. Is this island a place you want to visit, or should you stay well away? Find out! idlecartulary.com/2025/10/09/i...

I Read Harvest

I Read Games reviews are me reading games when I have nothing better to do, like read a module or write or play a game. I don’t seriously believe that I can judge a game without playing it, usually…

idlecartulary.com

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Zedeck Siew @zedecksiew.bsky.social · 22h

🚨ENNIE POSTMORTEM ALERT🚨

Some critical analysis about TTRPGs' biggest awards. @explorersdesign.bsky.social 's locus standi for this commentary is impeccable; he served as judge in the most recent Ennies!

Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 22h

Part 3 is here. The deep dive into the Ennies. If you're someone who doesn't know much about the Ennie Awards, you should read parts 1 and 2. But if you like a bit of inside baseball and are interested in award shows in general—this is the article for you.

www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-3/

How are the Ennies designed?

An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part three. How does the structure of the Ennies determine its outcomes? And what does it mean for others?

www.explorersdesign.com

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 22h

hinokodo.itch.io/miru-ii-an-a...

updating an itch page is quite the effort. So many things. You can even adjust the image that shows up when folks post to social media.

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Chris Bissette 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · 19h

#MÖRKTOBER DAY 8: WIZARD

"His distended body bulges with swallowed starlight. He has not spoken in over a year. When he opens his mouth it is blinding. He could leave if he wanted to. He doesn’t want to."

Words by me. Art by @nohr.se

WIZARD
Album: Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other (2023)

MELVUNG THE STARVED has been bound to the monolith for three years. The runes carved into the stone mirror the scars he carved into his own flesh in younger, more lucid days.

Every night the stars fall. He catches them in his mouth, swallows them, lets them burn channels through his organs. Each contains a fragment of something vast that would force its way into the world. Each one he consumes is one less breach in the fragile flesh of reality.

His distended body bulges with swallowed starlight. He has not spoken in over a year. When he opens his mouth it is blinding.

He could leave if he wanted to. He doesn’t want to.

If freed against his will he screams silently, and the stars begin to fall faster.

MELVUNG THE STARVED
HP 14 No Armour
Defence DR 16 (reality bends around him)
Cannot attack while his hands are bound.
Once per day: Vomit starlight in a 20’ cone (ignores armour, d10 damage, Test Presence DR14 or become obsessed with the voices behind the falling stars)

Art shows an illustration of a wizard bound to a monolith as stars fall around him.

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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 15h

Progress

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Plus One Exp | Staying Home For PAXU (cause we live in Philly) @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 23h

It's TIME!!! For part 3 and the finale of our adventures in Duginthroat w/ @iknowadamseats.bsky.social Ivy, Tony & @danielharila.bsky.social!

We are live and so is the game.

Fine us at twitch.tv/tonyplusone and the game at ttrpg.link/duginthroat !

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therewolfgames.bsky.social @therewolfgames.bsky.social · 1d

One week 'til we're live! Come celebrate Mothership Month - we have such delights to show you...

therewolfgames.bsky.social @therewolfgames.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hey all, I am ecstatic to announce No Gods, No Masters, a heightcrawl through a corporate tower on Prospero’s Dream!

Break in.

Climb for your life.

Face the monsters at the apex.

Burn it all down.

Going live as part of Mothership Month ’25.
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Get Ready for No Gods, No Masters

From Therewolf! Games - Get Ready for No Gods, No Masters

www.backerkit.com

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Eryk ☭ (but make it Red Scare for Halloween) @peregrinecoast.press · 1d

Hey look at this mfer - all this soft yellow? That's just the natural colour of the paper we'll be printing on!! Going live next week 🫡

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Leo @infrabeige.bsky.social · 23h

Another 'classic' spread reimagined

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H. Jay Watson @hjaywatson.bsky.social · 1d

great close to a great series

bravo!

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Evlyn Moreau @evlynmoreau.bsky.social · 2d

Here is my final library entity: www.patreon.com/posts/librar...

Library Entity Archon | Evlyn Moreau

Get more from Evlyn Moreau on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Goblin Archives @goblinarchives.itch.io · 2d

The Liminal Grimoire boxset by @mallenhall.com is beyond amazing. There is so much here. You won’t want to miss out.

liminal-grimoire.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

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DNGN CLUB | Jack Panic @dngnclub.itch.io · 1d

Excited that we can finally talk about this! I love all the work that @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com and @mythworks.bsky.social does and can't wait to help bring this project to (un)life!

Mythworks ➡️ PAXU @mythworks.bsky.social · 1d

From Mythworks and Fari RPGs:
BREATHLESS: FRIGHTMARE EDITION on Kickstarter!
A portable survival horror RPG...
Memory fades, monsters hunt, and every roll brings you closer to your last breath...
Loot. Shoot. Survive!
👉 https://kickstarter.com/projects/mythworks/breathless-frightmare-edition

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Zosimos @zo51m05.bsky.social · 1d

Immensely grateful to the folks at @rascal.news for giving indie TTRPG makers a chance to share their work!

Here's a quick peek at the gothic vampire adventure in store for y'all with Ephemeris, launching 2 weeks from tomorrow!

www.rascal.news/divining-ome...

Divining Omens of the Blood Comet

A risograph-printed retrofuturist gothic horror RPG coming to Kickstarter October 22.

www.rascal.news

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Caleb Zane Huett @calebzane.bsky.social · 1d

such cool art and design on this!!! i love the cover

Space Penguin Ink @spacepenguinink.bsky.social · 1d

@danielharila.bsky.social 's newest OSE book DUGINTHROAT DIVIDED is now live on Kickstarter! This "dungeon on your doorstep" will take your characters from level 1 to 4 and is a love letter to Weird Fiction, 1980s fantasy, and the classic age of dungeoncrawling.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dan...

Duginthroat Divided

Weird fiction meets fairytale whimsy in this dungeon on your doorstep! For Old School Essentials and other roleplaying games.

www.kickstarter.com

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H. Jay Watson @hjaywatson.bsky.social · 1d

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO

been eagerly awaiting @danielharila.bsky.social's DUGINTHROAT DIVIDED since it was announced

give it a look

this definitely a book you don't want to miss

(Also, if you back the KS early, the original hand-drawn art is available as add-ons. And it is *jawdroppingly* cool)

👇

Space Penguin Ink @spacepenguinink.bsky.social · 1d

@danielharila.bsky.social 's newest OSE book DUGINTHROAT DIVIDED is now live on Kickstarter! This "dungeon on your doorstep" will take your characters from level 1 to 4 and is a love letter to Weird Fiction, 1980s fantasy, and the classic age of dungeoncrawling.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dan...

Duginthroat Divided

Weird fiction meets fairytale whimsy in this dungeon on your doorstep! For Old School Essentials and other roleplaying games.

www.kickstarter.com

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Night of the Living Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 1d

Ty at Mindstorm Press (@mindstorm.bsky.social) is a great developmental editor for RPGs: collaborative, attentive, intelligent.

If you need someone to help you with your next project, you should hit him up.

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Izzy.PumpkiNG | comms open @izzypetersart.bsky.social · 1d

The next person to contact me about a half or full body commission will get it half price! Pass it on!

Izzy.PumpkiNG | comms open @izzypetersart.bsky.social · Sep 9

Ttrpg party, for a group of clients. Comms are open.
#ttrpg #dnd #art

Watercolor of two black clad warlock girls flanking a prettyboy knight and a huge loxodon casting a spell

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Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 1d

I just backed Duginthroat Divided on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dan...

Duginthroat Divided

Weird fiction meets fairytale whimsy in this dungeon on your doorstep! For Old School Essentials and other roleplaying games.

www.kickstarter.com

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Night Noon Games | Michael Putlack @nightnoon.games · 1d

Let's GOOOO!!! I'm pumped for RagnaBorg. Erica Lowe, the game's author, worked The Arcane Library booth at GenCon and is a really great person. I'm pumped to be able to support her not just because she's cool, but because I think she has made something cool, too!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/rag...

RAGNABORG RPG

Sail around Broken Midgard during the days of Ragnarok. A Viking-hack compatible with Mork Borg and Pirate Borg.

www.kickstarter.com

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