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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 17h

Preorder: DYING IN THE DYING LANDS! Paperback copies available in one week! Kick back, relax, and enjoy as John Baltisberger shares a bouquet of vivid short stories depicting the variety of death in the pitch-black world of MÖRK BORG! #TTRPG #Books madnessheart.press/product/dyin...

Art card featuring a skull-faced figure with hanging hair and an insect body with shimmering wings. Text reads "Dying in the Dying Lands, A Collection by John Baltisberger Compatible With MÖRK BORG"

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Madness Heart Press @madnessheartpress.bsky.social · 17h

Preorder your hard copy, out in one week! HOWLING OF THE UNFORTUNATE DEAD is the second book in John Baltisberger's MÖRK BORG novel series! Journey to the pitch black darkness of the Dying Lands... #MörkBorg #Books #HorrorCommunity #WritingCommunity madnessheart.press/product/howl...

Art card featuring a skeletal knight, pierced by many blades, resting his hands on a bloodstained broadsword. Text reads "Howling of the Unfortunate Dead: A Novel Compatible With Mörk Borg by John Baltisberger"

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 1d

NEW from Kirby Denner! ALTAR SHOCK is an X-Treme skirmish game straight out of 1999. Grab yourself a Jolt Cola and prepare for mayhem heavily inspired by Quake Arena; in other words, a #tabletop boomer shooter! #Games #Wargaming #Miniatures #IndieGames tinyurl.com/AltarShock

Art card in the style of the cover of the original QUAKE game, but featuring a downloadable miniature armored figure at its center. Text reads "ALTAR SHOCK"

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Low Density Dotted @lowdensitydotted.bsky.social · 1d

First week of #mörktober done. A green shard for #mgclgrrrl where you can store ghosts. Or drugs. I don't know.

A pink hand holds a green shard, drawing made with copics

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 1d

every so often I feel the need to re-share this so as to reestablish the position of me and my novels' queer magical girls as regards the wealthy vs. the people

Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · Aug 9

MAGICA RIOT SAYS

Artwork of the queer magical girls of “Magica Riot” - Riot Red, Riot Purple, Riot Blue, Riot Yellow, and Riot Green - surrounded by a multicolored brush stroke border. At the top, text reads “Magica Riot Says…” and at the bottom, text reads “Billionaires are making your life harder…not trans people!"

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 2d

I’m the Asshole by Nate Southard is a solo journaling game. In it, you will attempt to make amends with those you’ve wronged (and there are a lot of them!) before the world is destroyed. It's apologies and the apocalypse!#Geek #Games madnessheart.press/product/im-t...

Art card featuring a brick-colored sky shattered by leafless, reaching tree limbs. In the foreground stands a human figure with lungs for a head. Text reads "I'm the Asshole: A Solo Game About Apologies and the Apocalypse by Nate Southard"

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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 2d

Fireball is both a classic 3rd-level arcane spell and a flavor of Canadian whiskey.
So, what alcoholic beverages would these spells be?
Animate Dead
Blink
Haste
Lightning Bolt
Stinking Cloud
Vampiric Touch
(Obviously "Bestow Curse" would be Malört, we all know that one...)
#SpellDrinks

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 3d

KILL THE NAZI is FREE: our BADASS system (Overgrowth, Splatter League) distilled down to a business card! Download it, share it, upload your playthroughs, message us, and tell us what you did! After all, we fight fascists through community! #TTRPGs madness-heart-games.itch.io/kill-the-nazi

Art card featuring a stylized, socialist realist portrait of a worker throwing a Molotov cocktail at a figure in a suit with a long red tie. Text reads "KILL THE NAZI! A Micro-BADASS Game for 1 GM & 2-3 Players"

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for the space! We love Vast Grimm and think you should too! Gorgeous zines, top-notch gameplay - back the new Vast Grimm #Kickstarter with our own @kaijupoet.bsky.social l on the team! #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #TTRPGCommunity bsky.app/profile/bria...

Brian Colin @briancolin.com · 8d

The latest Vast Grimm project is now live! Check out the Starter Set for the uninfected.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cre...

#vastgrimm

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Into the Weird Blue Yonder @weirdblueyonder.bsky.social · 5d

Happy #selfpromosaturday and #selflesspromosaturday!

Anybody working on anything interesting in the #ttrpg space? I want to hear about it!

Rules:

🎲 Share this thread.

🎲 Hawk your wares!

🎲 Shout out someone who’s doing great things!

🎲 Like, share, engage with people!

a man and a woman are standing in a doorway with the words give me the love it above them

ALT: a man and a woman are standing in a doorway with the words give me the love it above them

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for the space! We love Vast Grimm and think you should too! Gorgeous zines, top-notch gameplay - back the new Vast Grimm #Kickstarter with our own @kaijupoet.bsky.social on the team! #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #TTRPGCommunity bsky.app/profile/bria...

Brian Colin @briancolin.com · 8d

The latest Vast Grimm project is now live! Check out the Starter Set for the uninfected.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cre...

#vastgrimm

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Greggo Movie Rants @greggomovierant.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 Can you believe it, creatives? It's #SelfPromoSaturday again!
🗳 Share your latest creations and art with us, whether it's games, cosplay, music, videos, or anything creative!
💖 Remember to follow, like, & share projects from your fellow creators below! Spread the love!
🚫 NO AI! 🚫

A grainy black-and-white photo with a slight greenish tint of an extreme close-up of Greggo staring at the viewer. Text is overlaid, which states: "WITNESS SELF-PROMO SATURDAY. APPEASE US! PROMOTE YOUR PROJECTS! #SelfPromoSaturday". To the left of the photo is additional gag text that reads "center-left text".

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Moon Gate Exploration Co. 💙NamaStacy➡️ Genghis Con @moongate.bsky.social · 4d

Dodge! A Role-Playing Game of Cinematic Escapes will debut with an 80s slasher flick scenario - Camp Blood Moon!
Click to be notified on launch day!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...

Coming soon: DODGE! A Role-Playing Game of Cinematic Escapes

"Dodge, duck, dip, dive… and Dodge!"

www.kickstarter.com

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 4d

Rough times rn. Need $150 for medical, $100-150 for transpo because I can't bike until my shoulder gets help. Truly, anything helps! 🙏💖

Grab #TTRPG games:
www.drivethrurpg.com...

Drop tips:
ko-fi.com/revcasey
https://paypal.me/tpipc
(credit/debit option): https://bit.ly/payrev

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for the space! We love Vast Grimm and think you should too! Gorgeous zines, top-notch gameplay - back the new Vast Grimm #Kickstarter with our own @kaijupoet.bsky.social on the team! #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #TTRPGCommunity bsky.app/profile/bria...

Brian Colin @briancolin.com · 8d

The latest Vast Grimm project is now live! Check out the Starter Set for the uninfected.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cre...

#vastgrimm

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 4d

🔮 Hark! The prophesized #SelfPromoSaturday is here!
🤺 Your quest is to appease the all-powerful Queen Daddy.
🙏 Only offerings of hype, promos, & links can appease her!
🎲 Let's see your #TTRPG, #Queer, #Punk, & weird stuff!
💞 Remember to repost each other and be supportive!

Lamb Beanie Baby sitting on a red hardcover book in from of a television with an aquarium on the screen. She is wearing a bright yellow wig, multiple charm necklaces, a fake fur stole or hood, and a fancy doll dress with a blue purple and white top and a big multi-layer frilly pink bottom.

Top text: OBEY Your Queen Daddy Lambie Pie
Bottom text: Show her all your wonderful geek & gaming goodness #TTRPG #SelfPromoSaturday

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 5d

You’re not a superhero. Superheroes are clean-cut bozos that wear capes and fuss over rules, law, morality, and order. You? You are a badass that takes shit from no one, dead set on bringing ruin to enemies like fascists, business, and government. #TTRPG madness-heart-games.itch.io/sl

Art card featuring an enraged superhero tearing the very-surprised-looking head off of a foe. Text reads "Welcome to the Splatter League"

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 6d

Preorder: DYING IN THE DYING LANDS! Paperback copies available on 10/15! Kick back, relax, and enjoy as John Baltisberger shares a bouquet of vivid short stories depicting the variety of death in the pitch-black world of MÖRK BORG! #TTRPG #Books madnessheart.press/product/dyin...

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Madness Heart Press @madnessheartpress.bsky.social · 6d

Preorder your hard copy, out on 10/15! HOWLING OF THE UNFORTUNATE DEAD is the second book in John Baltisberger's MÖRK BORG novel series! Bask in the bleak, pitch-black fantasy! #MörkBorg #Books #HorrorCommunity #WritingCommunity madnessheart.press/product/howl...

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Kevin Petker - Combat Philosopher - ☝️✌️🖐️ @kevinpetker.bsky.social · Jun 21

Since I just sold a copy (YAY!), I'm going to #SelfPromoSaturday what I think is my best named game:

Claws & Affect - Cats versus the Supernatural.

And "affect" is used correctly!

#ttrpgs #cats #IndieGames

kpetker.itch.io/claws-affect

Claws & Affect by K. Petker

Cats versus the Supernatural

kpetker.itch.io

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 7d

Overgrowth is now available on @drivethrurpg.com! Using our BADASS system, guide your twisted nature druid into battle as you destroy powerful, corrupted corporate polluters! "Save the Planet. Unleash Mayhem." - Nate Southard, Author and Game Developer #TTRPGs legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/492064

Art card featuring a hunched, mossy nature druid with curling antlers facing off against a glistening pig monster emitting toxic green sludge from nozzles on its chest. Text reads "Overgrowth: A BADASS Game By John Baltisberger and Simone Tammetta"

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 8d

We love Vast Grimm and you should too! Gorgeous zines, top-notch gameplay - back the new Vast Grimm #Kickstarter with our own @kaijupoet.bsky.social on the team! #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #TTRPGCommunity

Brian Colin @briancolin.com · 8d

The latest Vast Grimm project is now live! Check out the Starter Set for the uninfected.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cre...

#vastgrimm

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 9d

NEW from Kirby Denner! ALTAR SHOCK is an X-Treme skirmish game straight out of 1999. Grab yourself a Jolt Cola and prepare for mayhem heavily inspired by Quake Arena; in other words, a #tabletop boomer shooter! #Games #Wargaming #Miniatures #IndieGames tinyurl.com/AltarShock

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 10d

New: DYING IN THE DYING LANDS! The ebook is out now, hard copy on 10/15! Kick back, relax, and enjoy as John Baltisberger shares a bouquet of vivid short fiction pieces depicting the varieties of death in the pitch-black world of MÖRK BORG! #TTRPG #Books madnessheart.press/product/dyin...

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 11d

Need to cover copay for MRI for my injured shoulder and transportation costs. Truly appreciate any help whether #TTRPG sales or tips!

Grab games:
www.drivethrurpg.com...

Drop tips:
ko-fi.com/revcasey
https://paypal.me/tpipc
(credit/debit option): https://bit.ly/payrev

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