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Sarah Cole
@irny.bsky.social
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Pale. Curious. Game-maker. Writer. (de-)Archivist. Goon. Goblinesque. Demi. ADHD. She/Her. Current things: - Darkened Hill & Dale 🎲💀🏞️ - TERMINUS 🎲💀🚇 - Trick or Retreat 🎃🎲☕☺️ links.patchworkfez.co.uk
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · Apr 8
Interested in a TTRPG of mine?

Pick up Darkened Hill & Dale at
shop.patchworkfez.games

TERMINUS late pledges are open on Kickstarter at
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

Sign up to my rare newsletter at
buttondown.email/PatchworkFez

General info at
patchworkfez.games
Patchwork Fez Games
Horrible games for lovely people.
shop.patchworkfez.games
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 11h
Someone sent me this, and I went, 'Aw, it's Trick or Retreat ☺️💜'

(Art by @clarhart.bsky.social aka www.instagram.com/explodinglob...)
A four-panel comic by Exploding Lobster Comics, titled: the best parts about fall. First panel, titled 'cozy flannels': a person putting on a flannel. Second panel, titled 'hot beverages': the same person from panel one now holding a hot beverage. Third panel, titled 'return of the Old Ones': the person looking surprised with the return of the old ones. Final panel, titled 'bonfires with friends': the person sitting with the old ones at a bonfire, gathered like friends, all enjoying hot beverages.
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 22h
This makes me so angry. These people view all life as training for lifelong servitude/work. There's no room for interest, enjoyment, and culture in their bleak vision of education. At least she'll never be in power to see it through. Though Reform are probably worse.
Badenoch: Curb students taking "rip-off" degrees such as English. The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut
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Exeunt Press 💀 @exeunt.press · 1d
Chris knows how to make a serialized adventure. Here's how he does it.
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Chris Bissette 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · 1d
Given that #mörktober marks the 5th serialised adventure I've written, I thought it might be time to write something about how I approach working on these things.

So here that is.

www.patreon.com/posts/writin...
Writing Mörktober | Chris Bissette
Get more from Chris Bissette on Patreon
www.patreon.com
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 1d
This is an interesting read – I'll look forward to the next parts!
Thanks for sharing (and for all the work that was the judging).
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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 1d
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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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
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Stephen Cox @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 1d
Proof whatever the author's intentions, a reader can miss them.
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Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 1d
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
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Nathanaël Roux 📩 Available for Work @freeners.bsky.social · 2d
Hi, I'm Nathanaël a freelance layout artist and graphic designer looking for TTRPG work.

I'm available in 2025 for smaller projects right away, bigger projects in Q3, Q4, and all through 2026.

🌐: https://www.barkalotdesigns.com
📧: contact@barkalotdesigns.com

#Layout #GraphicDesign #TTRPG
Composite showcasing 4 book interior spreads in different styles.
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 2d
Trying to remember how to set up BackerKit and feeling like I've just led folks down here from Caradhras.
a man with long hair and a beard is wearing a hat and making a funny face .
Alt: Gandalf, from the Lord of the Rings, looks confused as he realises that he has no memory of this place.
media.tenor.com
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Dark and Wondrous - it's in the trees! it's coming! @darkandwondrous.bsky.social · 7d
As October begins, we contemplate how the sea wind had its way with this now-fungal saint.
scary sea-weathered saint on the church near Hartlepool headland (body of saint is heavily eroded down to a veined or boxwork-like underlying structure of the stone, which looks like weird branching fungus).
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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 9d
The bees have discovered Brutalism
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Cube Enthusiast @killhamster.bsky.social · 11d
Nature is healing
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Ben Nicholas ⚪️ Looking for work! @belgianboolean.bsky.social · 6d
Some old photography from my time in Montreal
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Mike Laidlaw @mikelaidlaw.bsky.social · 4d
Spectacular performance.
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Chris Washington 🧛‍♂️ @cwashington.bsky.social · 20d
Japan has a wrestling camp for kids where at the end they have a show match in front of their parents to show off what they learned.

Thought you'd enjoy this.
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 4d
Something for TERMINUS!
I'm creating my own version of an artwork at Tottenham Court Road station.
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 4d
Obscure arts and crafts, episode 17.
Atop a crowded desk, a collection of pens sets next to an artwork in progress. A sheet of greyboard is covered in a thin layer of cement; a few golden lines have been drawn on it. On the far side of this, a sheet of paper with a more complex and complete version of the same pattern can be made out.
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 4d
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 4d
'I'll just get a few more reds and yellows for these final sections...'

Past me, once again creating work for present and future me, with no regard for storage space or financial economy.
A large, dark red towel, laid on a carpet and covered in a scatter of hundreds of multicoloured mosaic tiles.
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 4d
Must everything be so difficult?
A cardboard box is sealed with tape. The icons on the box indicate that it contains glass, and that you shouldn't use a knife to open the box. A fork is jammed into the seam covered by the tape.
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 4d
Anyway, don't tone down your games just to cater to bigots and losers.

And don't jam prejudice into fantastical TTRPG worlds just to appease some weird concept of 'historical accuracy' – people get enough of that shit in the real world, they don't need it in their hobbies as well.

</rant>
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 4d
And these experiences have an impact!
The person who told me about this game expressed the thought they should perhaps be moderating the representation of their identity and culture in the games they make, because they worry that GMs won't want to engage with it.
I want to shout at that bad GM!
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 4d
Setting aside the bigotry angle, it's also just unfair on the players – undermining the social contract of the game.
'Oh you didn't pick the right character class? You can't play in the next two scenes. No, I didn't warn you about this in any way. No, there's no alternate path for you here.'
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 4d
Players? Enjoying the game they wanted to play? Madness!
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 4d
Yeah, I didn't even play in that game and don't know any more about it, but that's still the vibe I was getting. It's a weird and unpleasant thing to introduce to a game, with little consideration for player experience, and that kind of behaviour doesn't come from anywhere positive.
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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 4d
A screenshot from The Wicker Man (1973). Christopher Lee, with long black hair and a purple-yellow dress, dances along at the head of a strange procession.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d
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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
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