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Ksandra

@ksandrarpg.bsky.social

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Creator and player of ttrpgs. Author of Wise Women. Ennie-nominated. Folklore. Writing. Photography. Middle-earth. Star Trek. ST for The Ruins of Warsaw (VtM AP chronicle) Bi. Ace. She/her. https://linktr.ee/ksandra_rpg

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Ksandra @ksandrarpg.bsky.social · Nov 23

New intro/pinned post!

Hi, I'm Ksandra, a Polish ttrpg creator currently living in Scotland.

I'm the author of Wise Women - a game about witches inspired by Eastern European plant folklore.

I also sometimes make long VtM videos and have a small VtM actual play.

ksandra.itch.io/wise-women

Wise Women by Aleksandra Brokman

A ttrpg about witches using plant magic to protect their community, while having to navigate its prejudices and taboos.

ksandra.itch.io

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 6d

October is upon us & it’s time to get #haunted!

Enjoy some spectral delights from my twisted brain 🧵

First: A free #zine of eerie photo-collages exploring the intersection between #ghosts & memory

PICTURES FROM A HAUNTED MIND

xoshdarkheart.itch.io/pictures-fro...

Pictures from a Haunted Mind by Darkheart Games

a found-footage horror zine

xoshdarkheart.itch.io

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Ksandra @ksandrarpg.bsky.social · 19h

People who disparage humanities and social sciences will come next for the science that they don't see as translating directly into making money.

They want a vapid and uncurious world. Don't give them an inch.

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 21h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Ksandra @ksandrarpg.bsky.social · 20h

Oh, that's cool! (But sorry brain has been like that)

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Necro’D Howletta 👻 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 1d

If you, like me, are finally ready to contact someone at itch.io about getting your payout that's taking weeks, this post was news to me: itch.io/t/5345077/im...

Now, if you go to your Payouts screen and click "Payout details", there's a bespoke "Contact support" link for each payout.

IMPORTANT: Payout Or Tax-Related Issues? Read Here! (NO THREADS) - Questions & Support

If you need help with a payout, we have refined our payout process and added an updated “Contact support about this payout” link on the Payout page within your dashboard. Please use this link to conta

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 1d

I was very lucky to playtest Cold City 2e and, oh boy, you are all on for a treat!

Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 1d

We're delighted to say that Cold City second edition, the roleplaying game of hidden Agendas, trust and monster hunting is 🅞🅤🅣 🅝🅞🅦 in PDF and pre-order. All pre-orders come with a free PDF.

The PDF is available exclusively @drivethrurpg.com

Pre-order: handiwork.games/product/pre-...

Cold City Second Edition - Handiwork Games | Cold City Hot War | DriveThruRPG

In the divided city of post-World War II Berlin, terrors hide in the darkness. The legacies of war, suffering, and fringe science lurk beneath the surface, feared and desired by former allies and defe...

www.drivethrurpg.com

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Ksandra @ksandrarpg.bsky.social · 1d

I can't wait to dive into this!

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Eel-AIEEEE (Eli, he/they) @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 2d

This is just the plastic straw hysteria all over again, and it's ableism at its finest: Blame disabled people instead of the corporations that are actually wrecking our environment, that way to poor widdle CEOs won't have to deal with people telling them to fucking STOP KILLING THE PLANET.

Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 2d

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds

Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.

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Ksandra @ksandrarpg.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday!

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Jes the human 🔜 Twitch Con @jesthehuman.itch.io · 2d

The Games against Genocide via tiltify charity bundle submission period is now open: bit.ly/gamesagainst...

All TTRPGs and TTRPG adjacent supplements are welcome* Submissions are open until November 3 and the charity bundle supporting Doctors Without Borders will be live November 10 - December 12 🍉

Submission form for Games against Genocide

Hello all! Thank you so much for your interest in joining the Games against Genocide charity bundle via Tiltify! Please read all of the following before deciding to join the bundle. By submitting ...

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 2d

SPINE was inspired by Nabokov’s Pale Fire, which pushes the reader to play with words and from which I’ve borrowed endnotes as a mechanic.

When you play, I hope that SPINE insists upon your playing with words and hunting for secrets, although the game’s unspoken rules may signal you not to.

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

SPINE is a ttrpg about losing yourself in a book. It insists upon playing with words and hunting down secret messages, although unspoken rules recommend against it.

In its endnotes and playful insistence on language, it is also loosely inspired by one of my favorite books: Nabokov’s Pale Fire.

Play with words. Hunt for secrets. Image: A copy of Pale Fire over a spread from SPINE. The spread includes a cipher from the text.

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Three Sails Studios @threesailsstudios.bsky.social · 2d

Gallows Corner is the next game from Three Sails Studios after the success of Mappa Mundi, our debut release.

But what IS Gallows Corner? What is a Peasants' Revolt RPG? This week, you'll find out. Today, we're talking setting!

The front cover of Gallows Corner - A Peasants' Revolt RPG.

A gallows and noose are silhouetted against a full moon. An ornate border of thorns and brambles extends around the edge of the cover.

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 3d

"The law is an adroit mixture of customs that are beneficial to society, and could be followed even if no law existed, and others that are of advantage to a ruling minority, but harmful to the masses of humanity, and can be enforced on them only by terror." - Pyotr Kropotkin

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 3d

Home Secretary tells Sky News that “there is a gap in the law” when it comes to frequent, repeated protests on the same issue. Hence she will be giving police greater powers to move them to another location or time.

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Ksandra @ksandrarpg.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you for the drawings you did for me!

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Ksandra @ksandrarpg.bsky.social · 5d

I got several characters drawn by Matt and he always captured them so well!

Matt Who Draws 🍉 Commissions OPEN! @mattwhodraws.bsky.social · 6d

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Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 7d

She is one of our true elders and there are so few left. She deserves the best healthcare available, but this is America.

Full story: www.advocate.com/news/stonewa...

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

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Noordin Ali Kadir @werewolffeels.bsky.social · 7d

It’s officially the month of exponential shifts for this guy, I’m literally working every day the last week of October.

Then, I shall be laid off! So reach out if you have a writing or consulting job that’ll need doing in November?

Email is great, DM me, etc.

A cold barren winter approaches!

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W.H. Arthur RPG—Mud Ghost Estate Redux🔜Kickstarter @wharthur.bsky.social · 7d

Folklore Jam 2025 has started! ✨

W.H. Arthur RPG—Mud Ghost Estate Redux🔜Kickstarter @wharthur.bsky.social · 10d

Can't believe October is coming in a few days, which means it's time for #FolkloreJam 2025! 🎃
Join us in making TTRPGs, LARPs or boardgames inspired by folklore (including myths, urban legends, etc.) from your own culture or a place you belong! 🎲
itch.io/jam/folklore...

Cover image for Folklore Jam 2025 depicting a house next to a leafless tree with a foggy background.

Analogue game jam on folklore from your own culture or a place you belong.
Runs from 1st-31st of October
Join us on itch.io/jam/folklorejam25

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Ksandra @ksandrarpg.bsky.social · 7d

still give players option to integrate their PCs more into the setting is to pregen everything except ties and let them choose these at the start, and flesh out PCs more through this.

I've done it at conventions and it didn't take too much time.

If you have other questions, I'm happy to help!

Ksandra @ksandrarpg.bsky.social · 7d

Hey, first of all, that's very exciting, thank you for letting me know! I hope you'll have a great time with the game and adventure.

If you're unable to have players make characters before you meet for your one shot, I'd go with pre-gens. I do this for conventions and it still goes well. One way to

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 9d

Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

The Case Against Generative AI

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...

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Steph "StickyHunter" Farrow💛🤍💜🖤 @stickyhunter.bsky.social · 9d

What We Found Beyond the Stars: A GMless Roleplaying Game about cooperation and discovery on alien worlds. Out now! 👩‍🚀👽

stickyhunter.itch.io/what-we-foun...

#Itchio #TTRPG #GMless

to the left is the cover of the book, several figures in light spacewear and clear gas masks look around nervously, one of the figures holds up some manner of device. Large, looming cliffs are behind them, with an unknown figure standing above. In the distance is a ringed planet and its moon, alongside the spaceship of the crew.

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 9d

hi i'm getting a kickass set of new genitals installed in 2 weeks from now !! isn't that fucking cool ?

i could use a little bit of help with medical bills + housing expenses during recovery and so i've set up a little gofundme!
gofund.me/394dc2e93

Donate to Support Jay Dragon's sicknasty bottom surgery, organized by Jay Dragon

Hi I'm Jay Dragon, a queer disabled game designer best known for her work on … Jay Dragon needs your support for Support Jay Dragon's sicknasty bottom surgery

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 10d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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Kyle Tam is Hitting the Road, Jack! @percypropa.bsky.social · 10d

I haven't mentioned my games in a while but if you don't have it, you can grab a copy of MORIAH here at: urania-games.itch.io/moriah

I say this because for the Folklore jam I'm planning to write a couple of new roads based on the tales of Maria Makiling and Ibong Adarna solely for use with MORIAH.

MORIAH by Urania Games

A game of sacrifice and redemption.

urania-games.itch.io

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