Charlie "The Common DM"
@thecommondm.bsky.social
Casual ttrpg writer, sad poet, game master, and lover of all things tabletop. 31 year old They/Them ✌️
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Seraphina is cool and you will be cooler after reading her work! And that's a fact or your money back!
Seraphina is cool and you will be cooler after reading her work! And that's a fact or your money back!
I've been thinking a lot about Batfam headcanons, cozy roleplay in D&D, and what it means to assert whether or not a game supports a certain kind of play. So I wrote down my thoughts and turned them into an inaugural post on my new itch blog! seraphim-seraphina.itch.io/my-blog/devl...
What do we mean when we say a game “supports” play?
What do we mean when we say a game “supports” play? This is the first in a series whose placeholder title is “Lunch Break Lectures”. I’m trying to create an avenue for putting my thoughts ou...
seraphim-seraphina.itch.io
December 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🚨New Blog Alert! 🚨
Seraphina is cool and you will be cooler after reading her work! And that's a fact or your money back!
Seraphina is cool and you will be cooler after reading her work! And that's a fact or your money back!
To the ttrpg maximalists sickos out there 🫵 check this out and get inspired like how I currently am 🔥 hell, jam this system 🤘
Sure, you know about Vancian Magic, but what about Jackian Magic? (Someone please finish this design.)
www.explorersdesign.com/jackian-magic/
www.explorersdesign.com/jackian-magic/
The Jackian Magic System
Experimental mechanics that combine Mausritter inventory, Tetris, and engine-building into an alternative Vancian magic system.
www.explorersdesign.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
To the ttrpg maximalists sickos out there 🫵 check this out and get inspired like how I currently am 🔥 hell, jam this system 🤘
Just finished Spine and now choosing a victim to inflict it my copy on 😈
Go. Buy this solo ttrpg. Get it physically. Now.
www.backwardstabletop.com/spine/
"I came away from Spine a little changed, and Spine came away from me a little changed..."- #Idlecartulary
idlecartulary.com/2025/10/30/i...
Go. Buy this solo ttrpg. Get it physically. Now.
www.backwardstabletop.com/spine/
"I came away from Spine a little changed, and Spine came away from me a little changed..."- #Idlecartulary
idlecartulary.com/2025/10/30/i...
I Read Spine
I Read Games reviews are me reading games when I have nothing better to do, like read a module or write or play a game. I don’t seriously believe that I can judge a game without playing it, usually…
idlecartulary.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Just finished Spine and now choosing a victim to inflict it my copy on 😈
Go. Buy this solo ttrpg. Get it physically. Now.
www.backwardstabletop.com/spine/
"I came away from Spine a little changed, and Spine came away from me a little changed..."- #Idlecartulary
idlecartulary.com/2025/10/30/i...
Go. Buy this solo ttrpg. Get it physically. Now.
www.backwardstabletop.com/spine/
"I came away from Spine a little changed, and Spine came away from me a little changed..."- #Idlecartulary
idlecartulary.com/2025/10/30/i...
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I dropped this prelaunch page a few weeks ago without getting into many more details. And now I have some pretty spreads too. So: 🧵
NULL_SPACE is itchfunding for Zine Month (Feb 2026)! Smash that "notify me" button and I'll let you know when: binary-star-games.itch.io/null-space-p...
NULL_SPACE is itchfunding for Zine Month (Feb 2026)! Smash that "notify me" button and I'll let you know when: binary-star-games.itch.io/null-space-p...
NULL_SPACE prelaunch by Binary Star Games
Coming soon, Zine Month 2026
binary-star-games.itch.io
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I dropped this prelaunch page a few weeks ago without getting into many more details. And now I have some pretty spreads too. So: 🧵
NULL_SPACE is itchfunding for Zine Month (Feb 2026)! Smash that "notify me" button and I'll let you know when: binary-star-games.itch.io/null-space-p...
NULL_SPACE is itchfunding for Zine Month (Feb 2026)! Smash that "notify me" button and I'll let you know when: binary-star-games.itch.io/null-space-p...
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Bumpin' my Ko-Fi shop again cuz rent is due in a couple of days. :V
ko-fi.com/xenofauna/shop
ko-fi.com/xenofauna/shop
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Bumpin' my Ko-Fi shop again cuz rent is due in a couple of days. :V
ko-fi.com/xenofauna/shop
ko-fi.com/xenofauna/shop
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The first review of Critique Navidad 2025 is This Mortal Coil, a game based on Liminal Horror where you play sci fi necromancers looking for people willing to trade their souls so that you can turn the powers of hell to your own uses! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/01/c...
Critique Navidad: This Mortal Coil
Each holiday season, I review different modules, games or supplements as a thank you to the wider tabletop roleplaying game community. All of the work I review during Critique Navidad is either giv…
idlecartulary.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The first review of Critique Navidad 2025 is This Mortal Coil, a game based on Liminal Horror where you play sci fi necromancers looking for people willing to trade their souls so that you can turn the powers of hell to your own uses! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/01/c...
HEY! YOU! TTRPG Nerd, check this out. As we come to the end of the year, folks are starting to reflect on the games they have played this year. Compile that data, write a reflection piece, and check out LadyTabletop's blog!
#Endies2025
ladytabletop.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/t...
#Endies2025
ladytabletop.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/t...
The Endie Awards
#Endies2025
ladytabletop.wordpress.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
HEY! YOU! TTRPG Nerd, check this out. As we come to the end of the year, folks are starting to reflect on the games they have played this year. Compile that data, write a reflection piece, and check out LadyTabletop's blog!
#Endies2025
ladytabletop.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/t...
#Endies2025
ladytabletop.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/t...
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"Gaming Like It's 1930" is coming this January: itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Gaming Like It's 1930
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-01 hosted by Randy Lubin & Copia Gaming. A new year means new material entering the public domain! Starting January 1st 2026, works from 1930 are free to use and ...
itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"Gaming Like It's 1930" is coming this January: itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
We need to talk about Swedish TTRPGs
YouTube video by Weird Place
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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VOID_SHIFT PHYSICAL IS OUT and BLACK FRIDAY(ish) SALE IS ON
shop.binarystar.games
Read on for more detail!
shop.binarystar.games
Read on for more detail!
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
VOID_SHIFT PHYSICAL IS OUT and BLACK FRIDAY(ish) SALE IS ON
shop.binarystar.games
Read on for more detail!
shop.binarystar.games
Read on for more detail!
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I love the genre mashup. Give me all the Golden Girls/Cthulhus and WWII/Draculas you've got.
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
Dare to Play it Straight
The rarest tabletop genre is the simplest one. A call for more anti-mashups.
www.explorersdesign.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I love the genre mashup. Give me all the Golden Girls/Cthulhus and WWII/Draculas you've got.
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
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Hey, #ttrpg folks! While Bas is figuring out his business situation, all my games are on sale. 16 games and a short story for $15 or half off each. Now’s the perfect time to treat yourself to any games you’ve been eyeing!
itch.io/s/167069/flo...
itch.io/s/167069/flo...
Float On by Monroeroe
A bundle by Monroeroe, $15.00 for 17 games
itch.io
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hey, #ttrpg folks! While Bas is figuring out his business situation, all my games are on sale. 16 games and a short story for $15 or half off each. Now’s the perfect time to treat yourself to any games you’ve been eyeing!
itch.io/s/167069/flo...
itch.io/s/167069/flo...
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Pleased to tell y'all that We Wander Beneath Radiant Lights is OUT IN FULL!
urania-games.itch.io/we-wander-be...
This game was originally written in a fever dream state for @shoutingcrow.bsky.social's Below A Bad Moon Jam. Today, she's fully released with all the bells and whistles!
urania-games.itch.io/we-wander-be...
This game was originally written in a fever dream state for @shoutingcrow.bsky.social's Below A Bad Moon Jam. Today, she's fully released with all the bells and whistles!
We Wander Beneath Radiant Lights by Urania Games
A solo game about facing the past.
urania-games.itch.io
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Pleased to tell y'all that We Wander Beneath Radiant Lights is OUT IN FULL!
urania-games.itch.io/we-wander-be...
This game was originally written in a fever dream state for @shoutingcrow.bsky.social's Below A Bad Moon Jam. Today, she's fully released with all the bells and whistles!
urania-games.itch.io/we-wander-be...
This game was originally written in a fever dream state for @shoutingcrow.bsky.social's Below A Bad Moon Jam. Today, she's fully released with all the bells and whistles!
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My friend Nuno and I have been working on a #ttrpg for a while now and it's finally ready to playtest!
It's called Partners and Crime - it's a two player game about a pair of thieves and their relationship as they embark on their biggest heist yet.
It's called Partners and Crime - it's a two player game about a pair of thieves and their relationship as they embark on their biggest heist yet.
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My friend Nuno and I have been working on a #ttrpg for a while now and it's finally ready to playtest!
It's called Partners and Crime - it's a two player game about a pair of thieves and their relationship as they embark on their biggest heist yet.
It's called Partners and Crime - it's a two player game about a pair of thieves and their relationship as they embark on their biggest heist yet.
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Lilancholy is a guidebook to the fae disguising a horrible, childhood trauma. It has short fiction, poetic spells to cast, and a mess of games to play when you run into a fairy and don't want your name stolen~
Help me print it through backerkit this Saturday! Link below <3
Help me print it through backerkit this Saturday! Link below <3
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Lilancholy is a guidebook to the fae disguising a horrible, childhood trauma. It has short fiction, poetic spells to cast, and a mess of games to play when you run into a fairy and don't want your name stolen~
Help me print it through backerkit this Saturday! Link below <3
Help me print it through backerkit this Saturday! Link below <3
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I've been enjoying sculpting. I'm using playdoh, which is cheap and low stakes, but It's really nice to work with my hands. I want to learn more cause im just winging it rn, and the depth of sculpting seems infinite. rn im making a cockpit for my mech game and its taking me forever.
I made a fucked up little poster for Lilancholy. Help me get it printed <3
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I've been enjoying sculpting. I'm using playdoh, which is cheap and low stakes, but It's really nice to work with my hands. I want to learn more cause im just winging it rn, and the depth of sculpting seems infinite. rn im making a cockpit for my mech game and its taking me forever.
Just doing some simple painting exercises to break off my rust 😌
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Just doing some simple painting exercises to break off my rust 😌
This is hitting me just perfectly as I enter my Godzilla phase
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is hitting me just perfectly as I enter my Godzilla phase
Check out all this cool art! I have so much reading material now to prepare me for next year!
Ssssssss -- The 2025 Golden Cobra Challenge winners announced at Metatopia:
(Thread)
(Thread)
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Check out all this cool art! I have so much reading material now to prepare me for next year!
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You can read ALL the ssssubmissionss now. Awardss announced THISS Friday at Metatopia!
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
Golden Cobra Challenge
www.goldencobra.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
You can read ALL the ssssubmissionss now. Awardss announced THISS Friday at Metatopia!
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
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asked a discord i'm in what people are describing when they say "some people play d&d like a board game" and got at least 3 discretely contradictory answers
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
asked a discord i'm in what people are describing when they say "some people play d&d like a board game" and got at least 3 discretely contradictory answers
I think I want a tattoo of Godzilla
Note: I currently have no tattoos
Note: I currently have no tattoos
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I think I want a tattoo of Godzilla
Note: I currently have no tattoos
Note: I currently have no tattoos
Damn. Did you know that Blade Runner (1982) is a fascinating movie? Maybe not "good", but that's a subjective and meaningless term in this instance. I understand why it inspired so many artists now
October 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Damn. Did you know that Blade Runner (1982) is a fascinating movie? Maybe not "good", but that's a subjective and meaningless term in this instance. I understand why it inspired so many artists now
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daisy chainsaw turns 5 on january 16th, 2026. aiming to release a 1-2 supplements that day to celebrate
October 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
daisy chainsaw turns 5 on january 16th, 2026. aiming to release a 1-2 supplements that day to celebrate