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Aaron Voigt @aavoigt.bsky.social · 19d

Regular reminder that if you want to talk about RPGs on Youtube, I’m running an indie RPG Youtuber mentorship over on the @chimerahearts.com’s Discord!

sam “logistics” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 19d

one thing I'd really like to see more of in TTRPG scenes is critics with specific and well-known tastes who review projects outside their own circles anyways. both because critics should strive to understand their own preferences, and because I want sharp critiques from non-target audiences

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 8d

hi i'm getting a kickass set of new genitals installed in 2 weeks from now !! isn't that fucking cool ?

i could use a little bit of help with medical bills + housing expenses during recovery and so i've set up a little gofundme!
gofund.me/394dc2e93

Donate to Support Jay Dragon's sicknasty bottom surgery, organized by Jay Dragon

Hi I'm Jay Dragon, a queer disabled game designer best known for her work on … Jay Dragon needs your support for Support Jay Dragon's sicknasty bottom surgery

gofund.me

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Party of One Podcast @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social · 9d

NEW EPISODE - FOR THE QUEEN WITH ANJALI BHIMANI
@sweeetanj.bsky.social @helloalexroberts.bsky.social

You'll dig this episode if you like: Dark fantasy, court intrigue, finding storytelling magic in the heart of the cards

www.partyofonepodcast.com/2025/09/29/4...

This Week on Party of One
FOR THE QUEEN

Feat. Anjali Bhimani
(Borderlands 4, The Twenty Sided Tavern)

The Queen has a difficult journey ahead. She has chosen her most loyal subjects. But can they be trusted?

And at the end of the day... can the Queen?

Now available
PartyOfOnePodcast.com

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Matthew Arcilla, editorial mercenary @experimentego.bsky.social · 10d

At the Luneta Park, Mendiola, the EDSA Shrine, and the People Power Monument, photojournos Raffy Lerma and Ezra Acayan capture several rallies of protest, where rage poured out against a multibillion peso public works scandal.

The Rage from the Mendiola Protests, According to Photojournalists

On September 21, two Filipino photojournalists, Raffy Lerma and Ezra Acayan, captured the violent clashes in Mendiola as anti-corruption protests took place

rollingstonephilippines.com

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mcc @dryad.technology · 11d

Adler makes a point: Any game excludes people. Every decision excludes people. The impulse is "exclude no one" but this is wrong, impossible. The question you *should* ask is: Is this game excluding *the same people who every game tends to exclude*? *That* would be wrong.

This point generalizes

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Rae (he/they) @temporalhiccup.bsky.social · 10d

Best son 😤😤😤

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 15d

Today we are proud to announce our next crowdfunding campaign. Award-winning historian @shannonappelcline.bsky.social examines the roots, artwork, and lore behind each and every product released by TSR for OD&D, AD&D 1e, and Basic D&D with his latest effort, Designers & Dragons: Origins.
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Launching Soon - Designers & Dragons: Origins

From Evil Hat - Launching Soon - Designers & Dragons: Origins

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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 16d

Also don't worry, I kept the "you might explode" special rules.

Screenshot of text that reads, "SPECIAL: Whenever engaged in psionic battle with another PSYCHER, roll + PSY. On a miss, both combatants are catastrophically overwhelmed with a deluge of psionic overload, cascading in directly from the psychonet itself. You both explode."

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Rae (he/they) @temporalhiccup.bsky.social · 16d

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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 16d

New post! Patrons get to check out a completely reworked Psycher class for my #ttrpg Stampede Wasteland!

Stampede Wasteland: Psycher 2.0 | Ostrichmonkey Games

www.patreon.com

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jess @jessfrom.online · 19d

i reference Dream Askew / Dream Apart SO frequently when editing, giving design feedback, etc. & it's such a shame how few have played it relative to other indie games. it's such a groundbreaking set of systems & is upstream of basically every narrative TTRPG since it released. you GOTTA know it.

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Rae (he/they) @temporalhiccup.bsky.social · 17d

Sooooooo excited for this!!!

Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 18d

Oracles After Hours will debut next Friday, Sept 26th starting at 12:30pm EST on QGCon's Discord Stage! Come ask your questions to @22to22.bsky.social @mariabumby.bsky.social and @temporalhiccup.bsky.social and help one of them win tarot poker by rewarding your favorite answer! discord.gg/m7ZCath623

Oracles After Hours Featuring: Rae Nedjadi, Sasha Reneau, Maria Mison, Produced by: Paddington @QGCON2025

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Micah @rincewind.run · 18d

“Once you use ChatGPT, you don’t want to think for yourself anymore”

that, in a nutshell, is why I avoid these things because no matter how convinced you are that it isn’t happening to you, it is happening to you

these machines will suck your creativity dry and you’ll thank them for it

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 19d

imagine relying on AI to write your bio and then having the nerve to say you're witty and full of personality

Anderson felt her bio was authentically her even if it was written by a chatbot. “My bio is 100 percent in alignment with my true personality,” she told me. “I don’t have a filter. I’m very witty. I’m full of personality.” Nor did she think using ChatGPT reflected the “bare minimum energy” she loathed. “It took me an hour and change to drill down my bio to be that good,” she explained. “I had to edit it, edit it, edit it down. I have to keep talking to it.” On the other hand, she admits that ChatGPT has sapped her motivation to write a first draft of anything herself, even though she minored in writing in college and described herself as a “wordsmith.” “I’m gonna be honest with you: Once you use ChatGPT, you don’t want to think for yourself anymore,” she said.

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 22d

i think a lot of conversations about whether or not a game "is safe" would be more productively shaped by:

- how risky is this game
- are players aware of and consenting to this risk
- what are tools players can use to mitigate risk

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Eclipse @eclipse.gay · 24d

fundamentally, i come from the assumption that any game can be played safely, that any kind of bleed can be managed at the right table, and that we shouldn't be making games for the least safe, least discursive tables.

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Rae (he/they) @temporalhiccup.bsky.social · 24d

Aaaaaaa I can't wait to listen to this episode!!!!!!

Party of One Podcast @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social · 24d

NEW EPISODE: APOCALYPSE KEYS WITH KIERON GILLEN

@kierongillen.bsky.social and I sat down to chat comics, weird horror, and to save the world (or die trying) in @temporalhiccup.bsky.social and @evilhat.bsky.social's APOCALYPSE KEYS.

www.partyofonepodcast.com/2025/09/14/4...

This week on PARTY OF ONE:
APOCALYPSE KEYS
Feat. Kieron Gillen
Writer, THE POWER FANTASY, DIE LOADED

DIVISION is calling. Omen level threat detected. To stop a harbinger, they’ll need monsters... and that means you.

partyofonepodcast.com

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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · Aug 31

This hex as a cool dungeon in some caves, a god-tree sapling, strange dreams, and a bunch of new NPCs even. Check it out!

internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · Aug 31

New patreon post! New hex for my lil Riverlands microcrawl that includes a "dungeon" for players to explore, and a strange mystery to unravel.

Stoneside Micro Crawl Update! | Ostrichmonkey Games

www.patreon.com

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Rae (he/they) @temporalhiccup.bsky.social · Aug 31

OMG WHAT

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Party of One Podcast @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social · Aug 31

And with that, WE'RE ON VACATION for a few weeks!

We'll be back SUNDAY, 9/14, with our season premiere, APOCALYPSE KEYS (@temporalhiccup.bsky.social @evilhat.bsky.social) with special guest @kierongillen.bsky.social!

Party of One Podcast @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social · Aug 31

SEASON FINALE: SHADOW / GIANT WITH RAHRAH
@rahrah.bsky.social @psychhound.bsky.social

You'll dig this episode if you like: The Last of Us, Eleven & Hopper from Stranger Things, urban sprawl, beautiful weird dreamscapes, found families, deeply poetic play

www.partyofonepodcast.com/2025/08/24/4...

466 - Shadow / Giant with Rahrah - Party Of One

Rahrah is the creator and GM of The Heart is a Dungeon, an actual play TTRPG podcast focused on sad, emotional storytelling with a primarily BIPOC and fem presenting cast. We tapped into that deep, vu...

www.partyofonepodcast.com

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Rae (he/they) @temporalhiccup.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thank you!!! I hope you have a fun time!!

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Eclipse @eclipse.gay · Aug 18

Earnestly I think that body diversity is something that doesn't even come to mind for many artists. It's literally so fucking important to give your setting any sort of cohesion

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · Aug 17

Before you make your next #TTRPG, check out my free font Polymath, which lets you create a bunch of different dice types in an accessible way:
hedgemazepress.itch.io/polymath-dic...

Polymath by Hedgemaze Press

Polyhedral dice font

hedgemazepress.itch.io

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Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social · Aug 12

✨ The Indie RPG Newsletter celebrates 5 years this month. I started in August 2020 trying to build a habit of regularly writing every week. And now we're here: 250 issues, 7000 subscribers, thousands of games and articles shared.

5 Lessons from 5 Years

I. Dear Reader Thank you to Logan Timmins for making this and sending it to me! It’s officially been 5 years of writing the Indie RPG Newsletter. I started in August 2020 (which maybe makes t…

ttrpg.in

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Aaron Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · Aug 11

I want all of you dunking on this to imagine living somewhere where a USD2.99 itch game is more expensive than your lunch.

“There’s no barrier to entry except pen and paper”.

You forgot the requirement of being fluent in English, which is often a class and income marker.

Juan (he/they). @mrrodriguez89.bsky.social · Aug 10

TTRPGs are expensive. D&D is especially expensive.

I think it's why TTRPGs have never truly gained mass appeal and remain niche. I think it's why the faces of the hobby are often white, middle class and above. Same goes for the people making games.

It's the biggest barrier to entry in this hobby.

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Hayley G @storybrewersroleplaying.com · Aug 7

Fight with Spirit is on bundle of holding for the next 7 days! You can get this SXSW Sydney award-winning game in digital form for 60% off aw yeh 😁

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Fight With Spirit Quick Deal

Champion! This Fight With Spirit Quick Deal presents the digital edition of Fight With Spirit, the sports drama tabletop roleplaying game from Storybrewers Roleplaying (Good Society). Your high school...

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Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · Jul 30

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!

survey.gendercensus.com

It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

Title: Gender Census 2025.

Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part.

Illustration: Two boxes, each with photos of relevant dictionary pages.

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