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Lex Gordon
@lexicalsmith.bsky.social
Lex Gordon, indie ttrpg writer and sci fi nerd. 🏳️‍🌈

ARC 2025 Games Dev Mentee

https://bit.ly/lexgordon
https://bit.ly/rpgarcsign - sign up


The Weaver’s Bargain - a fiction-first ttrpg for lovers of role play, SF tropes and consensual emotional torture.
First session complete. Indie RPGs are great, come check out the programming if you like cyberpunk vibes, blades in the dark, apocalypse keys, thirsty sword lesbians, the mean streets and Māori world building. bit.ly/rpgarcsign

#indiettrpg #ttrpg #ausrpg #bladesinthedark #cyberpunkvibes
October 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Weaver's Bargain demo is officially launching as part of Aus at the table Online - the first of (I hope) many online programming events put on with ARC for those who cannot make it PAX in person.

Follow the link in my bio to signup for the demo.

#ttrpg #arcttrpg #ausrpg
September 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Due to popular demand, we are setting up a heavily discounted fulfillment service for artists outside the US that are scrambling after the recent tariff / customs policy put in place for shipments to the USA.
September 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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🎉BIPOC Artists in TTRPGs Starter Pack!🎉

This time we're highlighting POC artists who showcase TTRPG related artworks covering a many areas: characters, creatures/monsters, items, maps & more!

Share around + tag artists not already listed💜 Feel free to share your work below!

go.bsky.app/46s3i4J
August 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Hello again, tabletop RPG designers! The second Bannerless Games Tabletop RPG Grant is now taking applications!

I'm looking to award up to 10 grants at $200 apiece.

Applications open until the end of the month. Apply here: bannerless.games/grants
August 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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LIFE
August 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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witch queen
August 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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I've got a big ask. I need a TTRPG that

1. Is fairly easy to play out of the box, or with just a little prep/learning

2. Is good for three players

3. is GM-less
July 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven
July 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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📌 Hello Bluesky! I'm Kaiya, a Chinese-diaspora TTRPG designer, roleplay theorist, and occasional AP performer. Current project: The Worldbuilder's Almanac (still accepting late pledges!) I also post daily peeks into my indie RPG downloads folder.
Full portfolio and mailing list at mirror-lock.com!
February 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Ran a game of The Quiet Year by @lackingceremony.bsky.social with some brilliant people and had an incredible 4 hour experience of hope, heartbreak and laughs along the way.

Gotta love the feeling when people tell you “this was my favorite RPG experience ever!”
August 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Game design is just "I'm A Genius -> Oh No" in a loop that, like samsara, forms the entire framework of existence around you.
July 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Today I’m working on the “stage 1” in my iterative game design. I’ve developed some thematics, the 3 interlocked loops of the game play. Now, it’s time to circle back to world building each stage of the loop. Why do this? More below #aussiegames #indiettrpg #trrpg #trrpgdesign #rpgdesign #ttrpgaus
May 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Hi everyone, new to blue sky, but i'm here to introduce myself as the creator of The Weaver’s Bargain - a fiction-first ttrpg for lovers of role play, sci fi tropes and consensual emotional torture. #ttrpg #indiettrpg #scifi #gamedev
May 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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How to design a TTRPG, if you're me.
April 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
All I’m saying is wheel of time season 3, episode 4 is what I aspire to as a story teller. World building as the story, the story of the world #wheeloftime
April 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM