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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · 5d

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · 5d

i been working BUT isn't this pretty

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Aug 12

thank you, I even gave up on it because they took longer than they said to respond and then it still happened. Hard to believe it's even real

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Aug 12

can't talk about it too much on here but I got offered the job that will improve my life immeasurably and that I'm overqualified for (but I don't even care about that lol)

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Aug 8

what sailor would you play?

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Aug 8

huge problems throughout the culture that come from appropriation/racism/etc. Definitely needs to be talked about

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Aug 4

Real

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Aug 4

We are Pax Athena Press, designing the Gilded Sails #TTRPG.

Here is told stories of revolution and liberation, of great change and small moments, of sailing and strategy.

Look at our replies below for more ⬇️

James G. Coffin, 1842-4. A Whale Chase Depicted in the Log of the Ship Washington. Public Domain Worldwide.

Artwork portrays a ship with aged, golden sails above a sea of whales and small ships of whalers armed with harpoons.

Peter Fabris, 1776-9. Lake Avernus (Lago d'Averno) and environs. Public Domain Worldwide.

Artwork depicts a grand landscape showing an early modern dressed man on a horse overlooking a great lake.

Agnes Giberne, 1898. The Great Shower of Shooting-Stars. Public Domain Worldwide.

Captioned "November 27, 1872" it depicts stars shooting across a night sky over a darkened land.

1797, Musée Carnavalet / Paris Musées. The Tragic End of Louis XVI.
Public Domain Worldwide.

The scene depicts the French people en-masse encircling a guillotine, in which Louis XVI is beheaded. One man holds his head up to the masses while another holds the rope of the guillotine, standing by a kneeling lord of the aristocracy.

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The ENNIE Awards @ennie-awards.bsky.social · Jul 19

Voting is still open, but not for long! Voting booth closes tomorrow, July 20th at 11:59PM ET. Don't forget to select the 2026 judges! vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2025/

Before voting, please take the time to familiarize yourself with the products and judges. Clicking on a product's title will take you to its publisher's websites, allowing you to learn more about that product.

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Yanni 🧿 Ambition is Live! @theurbanavian.bsky.social · Jun 27

Ambition's Crowdfunding preview is live!

Ambition is a 2-5 player Psychological - Daoist - Tarot - Fantasy - Tactics TTRPG about carving the continents to the shape of your Ambition.

Please come check it out!

#AmbitionTTRPG #ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #indiedev #tarot

Ambition by The Press Betwixt

Ambition is a tales & tactics TTRPG for 2-4 Ambitious and a River by Yanni Panagiotopoulos. Reach for Heaven from underneath, Strive for whats beyond it, and Shape the continents into the image of you...

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Jul 12

Our sister press just launched over at @thepressbetwixt.itch.io. Go check them out and give them a follow!

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Yanni 🧿 Ambition is Live! @theurbanavian.bsky.social · Jul 10

Top 4 TTRPGs you are most excited to try playing?

My backlog once things quiet down is enormous but I think about these daily.

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Jul 10

Top 4 ttrpgs you are most excited to try playing? Adventures count too.

I'll go first.

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Jul 9

How do you like TTRPG games to be kicked off? What rules and games do you like that bring the players and their characters to a shared aim?

The Sailor's Ambition is the central tie of characters in Gilded Sails, a statement the entire table makes together that binds them all.

The Sailors’ Ambition
The story begins and ends with the story of the Sailors. There are many sailors, but only the Sailors are player-controlled and the focus of the story. At the beginning, the premise of the Sailors must be created and detailed together with the input of everyone at the table - the game players and the game master. To codify this, everyone will create and agree on The Sailors’ Ambition. This is the same statement on all player’s character sheets. For example:

We soldiers of the Alleon house are waging battles for victory in the War of Coast and King
We Mariteane pirates have set out to assemble a grand fleet and take all the riches of the seas
We slaves on the Isle of Requiem set out to make revolution and free ourselves
We many heirs of the Windwode king resolve to turn against our aristocracy and usher in a new age

The statement has a shared relationship among all characters with a method to achieve a collective desire. The collective desire should be achievable and able to be finished to a satisfactory extent. Specific is better and all players will be able to use resources to help the group reach their goal. This is the characters’ greater calling.

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Jul 8

This is really cool, I love it!

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[LVL 35]Alsvid Wotansdottir🔵 @alsvid.bsky.social · Jul 8

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Jul 8

What are some of the ways TTRPGs you have seen give players concrete options to create backstory / bonds / ties / story archetypes?

Gilded Sails is built on the Hearts & Spirits system, with players choosing two Hearts that pull each other apart and Spirits in contradiction.

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Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Jul 8

I like that too! Ties that bind the player characters together are really important for long-form cohesive storytelling.

Pax Athena Press @paxathenapress.bsky.social · Jul 8

What are some of the ways TTRPGs you have seen give players concrete options to create backstory / bonds / ties / story archetypes?

Gilded Sails is built on the Hearts & Spirits system, with players choosing two Hearts that pull each other apart and Spirits in contradiction.

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