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Adam Beltaine

@maddambeltaine.bsky.social

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He / him. Perpetually exhausted but still somehow smiling. Showrunner for the @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social and Dungeon Majeure podcasts. Lifelong ttrpg nerd and games hoarder Banner art by @kanizo.bsky.social and PFP art by @jaunty.art

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Felix "Wildsea" Isaacs (is finishing Tigers on the Wire) @felixisaacs.bsky.social · 9h

IT'S TIME FOR MORE #WILDSEA!

The new adventure, Tigers on the Wire, launches on #gamefound on October 14th. Thank you to them for a push on #TRPG visibility, and if you've ever wanted a whisper-fuelled radio broadcaster post, well, your dreams are about to come true!

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The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire by Mythworks - Gamefound

The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire is the latest scenario from the award-winning TTRPG the Wildsea by Felix Isaacs. Nobody sails the waves for long without realizing what a vast and terrible power even t...

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Adam Beltaine @maddambeltaine.bsky.social · 6h

They had pork on the menu, but pork will never beat chicken for me 😁

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Arcane Bullshit @arcanebullshit.bsky.social · 7h

My sweet, beautiful wife and I welcomed a powerful new foe/daughter one week ago today! Here are some more pages from the pamphlet they gave us at the hospital.

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Adam Beltaine @maddambeltaine.bsky.social · 7h

It just gets better and better too! I'm two chapters into the sequel and I'm here for the long haul 😄

Adam Beltaine @maddambeltaine.bsky.social · 7h

Once again, inclusivity and wokeness have caused the end of all things.

Adam Beltaine @maddambeltaine.bsky.social · 7h

"Somehow Tony J has manifested 49 additional eyes on their model for their biblically accurate John-Paul Gaultier-inspired smock dress "

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Adam Beltaine @maddambeltaine.bsky.social · 7h

I did have chicken schnitzel and pureed potatos for dinner, that counts as Czech food I think?

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Lou Lyz @magpiehound.bsky.social · 8h

House Beltaine celebrates its union by visiting our favourite spots in Prague:
Arctic Bakery for breakfast
Pekny Bistro for lunch
Sad Man's Tongue for dinner
Beer Spot for post dinner drinks
Original Beer Spa for silly indulgence
Various museums for entertainment (including the Sex Machines Museum)

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Skree Ghoulsen 🔜 LBX 105✨ @breebird33.bsky.social · 15h

then perish 😀

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Adam Beltaine @maddambeltaine.bsky.social · 7h

Book 47 of #adamreads2025 - Gods of the Wyrdwood by @rjbarker.bsky.social !

An outstanding book, full of the imagination and show-don't-tell world building I associate with RJ, dropping you straight into a living breathing world and immersing you in it. Forgot just how much I enjoyed this!

The cover to Gods of the Wyrdwood by RJ Barker

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 13h

enriched corn meal
@guntoucher.bsky.social
[XENOMORPH ALIEN SKITTERS AT FULL SPEED DOWN CORRIDOR CEILING]

ME: (sighing) is this about sex or death

[XENOMORPH STOPS, UNSURE HOW TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION]
August 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 11h

kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...

Banned Books

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Corey Mac @cmac3500.bsky.social · 14h

I grew up playing "make believe" with my friends. Someone, somewhere said adults should grow out of that. I think they're wrong. Adult life is filled with enough "reality" that playing "make believe" again is very refreshing.

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The outlander @shinjira.bsky.social · 13h

Process? What process? I just scribble till I am happy or too tired of it to continue XD

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Mythworks ➡️ PAXU @mythworks.bsky.social · 12h

Backer pledges have gone out for Slugblaster: Slime, Warp, Solder. That means PREORDERS are officially OPEN. Suit up, blast slime, warp time, and solder reality...!
👉

Pre-order Slugblaster: Slime, Warp, and Solder on BackerKit

Slime, Warp, & Solder is a three-pack of fluorescent zines that make your Slugblaster sessions grosser, trippier, and radder than ever. More monsters, more gear, and a dozen+ new character options. An expansion for the award-winning TTRPG by Mikey Hamm.

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G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 13h

827 - Talking Out of Both Sides of Your Mouth

p1
Robot: Ahahahaha!! One of those guys actually got you?? You're slipping!
Exoth (cut into ~2" cubes that are floating around in no particular order): Shut up! It was a bunch of those guys!
X (cube that has the other half of his mouth): I thought they were weak cuz they looked dumb
p2 - a hand holding something like Bulma's Dragon Ball detector indicates a cube floating 2 m down a sterile hallway. The indicator reads 'R. NIP' and the cube seems to have a nipple on it
X: You need to go track down all my bits. Take this detector.
Narration: (Art is Depiction)
p3 - An unconscious assailant is slumped against the wall with open but blank eyes. The rest of its face is concealed by a stereotypical ninja mask, while the simplistic body is clear, and the circulatory system can be seen through it, though a strange lump is below the heart. A digit-less hand holds a 4-pointed shuriken
R: Damn, he sure does look dumb. Don't you need more organs than that? & What's that weird one?
X: huh??
p4: A closer look reveals the 'strange lump' is a human fetus. A closerer look reveals a second fetus behind the first.
X: Oh, I'm growing the new me in that one. Don't worry about it, just get my cubes.
R (looking closely): Why's there two?
X: Yeah, one stays here, but another needs to go down to Hell. Now, get cubes!
p5
R (noticing the 2nd fetus has hair similar to him and getting agitated): Hold up, why does this one have my haircut??
X: I SAID DON'T WORRY! Bring my brain back if you want explanations!

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G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 13h

828 - Ironically, Physical Trauma From The Bomb Killed Them Outright

p1 - split panel, above, Chappy walks carelessly through a maintenance corridor while looking at his orb. Below, 2 torch-wielding Adventurers converse
Adventurer 1: This is the farthest we've ever gone, but it's time to head back.
Adventurer 2: Yeah, I can barely carry all this loot!
p2 - split panel, above, closeup of Chappy's foot getting tangled with the power cord to a "Torch Inducer" machine and unplugging it, below, the Adventurers are plunged into darkness, only their eyes are seen, loony tunes, style
Torches: ffss...
p3 - the eyes in the darkness are distended by fear
A1&2: UOAAAHH!!
A1:We're miles... MILES from the exit... If the torches don't come back on... there's NO WAY we'll make it back... bro,
p4 - A2's eyes look suddenly calm
A2: Wait, bro, our phones have a flashlight.
A1: oh yeah.
A1: WHEW! I thought we were gonna die! Thank god for modern technology!
p5 - A1&2 have turned on the flashlights of their phones, revealing a shitty-looking humanoid monster walking toward them and carrying a large bomb with an LCD screen reading "EMP"

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carl barxist @vrunt.social · Aug 13

TREBEK: Feel free to ask these diminutive spirits for sexual favors, but don't say "guten Tag" -- they're not actually German!
me: who are the slut gnomes of false berlin
TREBEK: Bizarre little men. You're still in control of the board

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 13h

brave!

Edited Fritzi Ritz comic by Ernie Bushmiller.

From off panel, someone asks Nancy, "Oh, Nancy!--- will you bring me the tools from the cellar--- or are you afraid down there?

Nancy, clutching her doll, hollers back, "of course not!" then continues, to herself, "Me, afraid! Of all the insults!-- tsk, tsk!"

In the final panel, Nancy is seen leaning in to a cellar window from outside and cautiously attempting to fish for cow tools using a magnet on a long string.

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Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles) @jordanshiveley.bsky.social · 13h

LEAVE THEM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAVE THEY DUG FOR YOU

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Adam Beltaine @maddambeltaine.bsky.social · 13h

Rewatching season 1 of bake off and it really makes me chuckle how far it's come.

Season 1 showstopper: make a drizzle cake.

Season 16 showstopper: using a vegan bread mix as your primary component, attack and dethrone god.

Sewing Bee is very similar too 😁

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Adam Beltaine @maddambeltaine.bsky.social · 13h

I played so much of this! Such a great game!

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Adam Beltaine @maddambeltaine.bsky.social · 15h

How could you be? You've been well and truly seen 😄

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Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · 15h

I had to put together this chart to explain to one of my D&D groups how I categorize new players but I feel it actually has broader utility

a chart with 2 axis - one for golden retriever across to yeen, and another for himbo down to demon twink

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Adam Beltaine @maddambeltaine.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah, very much so 😁

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