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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 6h

Enough with “spooky season.” Call it what it is: Halloween. Christmas season runs for more than one day, so can Halloween.

October 1: “It’s Halloween season, bitches!”

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 6h

Exactly this.

Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 8h

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 7h

Check it out!

DNGN CLUB | Jack Panic @dngnclub.itch.io · 1d

Absolutely gobsmacked to be at number 1 on itch currently (especially amongst such awesome games) and have decided to keep HOW'S YOUR DRIVING pay-what-you-want for the rest of OCT!

Th perfect one-shot for your spooky season - go get your free copy now!

the top physical games list on ITCH, with HOWS MY DRIVING at number one!

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 7h

a man says let them die in front of a white wall

ALT: a man says let them die in front of a white wall

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 9h

Well… which social media platform are we all moving to next?

Dune, Link, and now Gwen? no thank youUuuUuUuuu @trashphalt.beauty · 17h

Alt text: a series of screenshots indicating that Rose Wang, the COO of BlueSky, follows the Heritage Foundation

Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 15d

Um.

Just um. Yeah.

This is a problem.

Is bluesky safe?

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 15h

Four years ago, driving through New Mexico at night. So surreal…

Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 15h

Oct. 8. “Cordyceps”: Giant Cordyceps with human intelligence. They still need to infest other, now larger, creatures to utilize their mobility and speech. Riding assorted hosts, they’ve developed a full society, with cities and diplomats. They demand recognition.

Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 7d

Last year, ttrpg-Twitter had “Monstober,” with daily prompts for game writers to riff game ideas from. I participated, but Twitter’s algorithm prevented everyone from seeing my stuff. I saved them all, and I’ll post them here every day in October. Feel free to rip them off for your home games!

Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 1d

Sure like to see Marvel/Disney sue for every unlicensed use of The Punisher logo right now.

Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 1d

…working doors, sometimes having to double back to find another route, as a sense of panic grows. Then you hear the sound of thousands of chitterings, almost like laughter.

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 1d

Oct. 7. “Rats”: You wake on the top floor of a condemned, heavily boarded building. As you try to find your way out, you find that some doors are blocked by fallen beams and debris and that some walls have (gnawed?) holes in them. You make your way through holes and…

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 7d

Last year, ttrpg-Twitter had “Monstober,” with daily prompts for game writers to riff game ideas from. I participated, but Twitter’s algorithm prevented everyone from seeing my stuff. I saved them all, and I’ll post them here every day in October. Feel free to rip them off for your home games!

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 2d

Picked up this delightful looking game over the weekend. Terrific layout, interesting rules, a very fun little read! I hope to take it for a spin someday. Still going for “name your own price,” but definitely leave them some coins for it. Totally worth it!

DNGN CLUB | Jack Panic @dngnclub.itch.io · 3d

going behind the paywall tomorrow!

HOW'S MY DRIVING? by DNGNCLUB

A Road Trip Gone Wrong for 2-6 players

dngnclub.itch.io

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been very excited to get these, and they’re here, and they’re beautiful! Excellent quality books, they remind me of the rule books of old. They smell awesome. I hope to be able to play sometime soon! Thanks, everyone at #MCDM!

The Heroes book and Monsters book, for the Draw Steel game by MCDM, sitting side by side.

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 2d

I was dearly hoping that Chicago would stand up to this insanity, and it looks like they’re trying. This is an excellent stand, though it leaves some very large questions.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order establishing ‘ICE-free zones’ • The TRiiBE

Johnson is calling for a full investigation into “all of the brutality” that federal agents have conducted this past week.

thetriibe.com

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 2d

Love/hate relationship with the monk class. So many options to make them cool in games, but I refuse to believe they can hurt someone wearing almost any armor by punching them with their bare hands. They also need to feel super-different than fighters. I’d rewrite the class from the ground up.

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 2d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes I get the urge to strip the bloated Hero System (Champions) for parts and create something new.

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Fighting Chance Studio @claywarforge.bsky.social · 3d

I made some new stuff for the November 1st refresh 🥰 #dice #ttrpg #dnd

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 2d

Oct. 6. “Deep Sea”: Before the fall of the Magic Empire, a great city was built at the bottom of the ocean, accessed by portals in the kingdom above. However, the empire has fallen, the deep city destroyed. But portals remain. Things from the deep have found them.

Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 7d

Last year, ttrpg-Twitter had “Monstober,” with daily prompts for game writers to riff game ideas from. I participated, but Twitter’s algorithm prevented everyone from seeing my stuff. I saved them all, and I’ll post them here every day in October. Feel free to rip them off for your home games!

Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 4d

Done!

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 4d

Get some!

DNGN CLUB | Jack Panic @dngnclub.itch.io · 4d

PWYW until the end of the weekend!

HOW'S MY DRIVING? by DNGNCLUB

A Road Trip Gone Wrong for 2-6 players

dngnclub.itch.io

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 4d

Seeing that creature from the black lagoon costume in action still looks absolutely realistic to me.

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 4d

Oct. 5. “Prairie”: An open prairie stretches for miles between two trade villages. The locals insist travelers use the road that goes dozens of miles around the area, though, because the prairie is infested with feeding bulettes.

Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 7d

Last year, ttrpg-Twitter had “Monstober,” with daily prompts for game writers to riff game ideas from. I participated, but Twitter’s algorithm prevented everyone from seeing my stuff. I saved them all, and I’ll post them here every day in October. Feel free to rip them off for your home games!

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 5d

There’s a No Kings protest on October 18. I made this sign for the occasion.

A black & white photo of comic book artist Jack Kirby with an orange-yellow graphic of a crown superimposed on his head. He sits at his drawing board with a pencil in his mouth, holding a trademark cigar. Beneath his head is a word balloon with the words “punch nazis!" At the top right of the image are the words “No Kings but Kirby,” the letters in bright orange and yellow halftone pattern.

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Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 5d

Oct. 3. “Caverns”: There is a series of caverns that turn living creatures to stone, but not the things they carry. Clever people have made long tools to harvest those turned to stone near the openings, but rumor tells of an enormous gold pile somewhere within, beneath a dragon of stone.

Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 7d

Last year, ttrpg-Twitter had “Monstober,” with daily prompts for game writers to riff game ideas from. I participated, but Twitter’s algorithm prevented everyone from seeing my stuff. I saved them all, and I’ll post them here every day in October. Feel free to rip them off for your home games!

Doug? Doug. @popular-demand.bsky.social · 5d

For the love of fuck…

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d

comic book authors: we invented the punisher as a cautionary tale about vigilante crime fighting
the director of the fbi: at long last, we are implementing the ethos from the classic comic book the punisher

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 5d

reddit occupied government

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