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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 10h

I hear you asking. BUT WHAT IS THE OTHER GAME.
why it's Emo Girl Boots, of course
A LiveJournaling Game 🥀

Tell the Rise and Fall of Band Fan Forum

And @annethegnome.bsky.social ACTUALLY MADE A FORUM

WATCH THE SUPER SECRET EPISODE w/@trueryankhan.bsky.social ->
www.patreon.com/AllMyFriends...

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Gnome Anne @annethegnome.bsky.social · 5h

what's that in the distance?
it's the rumble of VERY FAST GAME DESIGN! 🏎️💨🫧

Oct 14, Ray Chou of @mythworks.bsky.social is joining me & @thismaybegraham.bsky.social for another SOAPBOX GAME MECHANICS: the show where we design & playtest a #ttrpg in 90 mins!

Tech production by @jienbirb.bsky.social

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Matt Caulder @mattcaulder.com · Sep 4

Seconding Under the Autumn Strangely in a big way

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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · Aug 31

BACK IN THE SHOP: Under The Autumn Strangely by @thismaybegraham.bsky.social 🍂 A multiplayer, collaborative storytelling RPG. Three roles - Traveler, Arcadian, Terror - define the weird Americana of the Never Was. Curious Travelers, Arcadian denizens, and The Terror, corrupting, stalking ever-closer

The cover of Under The Autumn Strangely by Graham Gentz. Dark background with gold and red text. Looks like hand-lettered script and decorative fall vine, leaf, pumpkin, and frog motifs on a chalkboard

An interior example of Under The Autumn Strangely. On the lefthand page, an image flourish of a spherical ribcage and some branches. Beneath it, an overview of the three roles - The Traveler, The Arcadian, and The Terror. It says they are equally important and balance one another. "Each role can Change the narrative, able to Contradict one Role, but only able to Confirm the other Role. The duties of all Roles is to provide weirdness and the unexpected." At the bottom of the page, an image of a strange carving of skulls and mushrooms. On the righthand page, the information for The Traveler (with accompanying wood carving-style image of a man pondering). "They struggle with the Unfamiliar, full of wonders and horrors alike. The duties of the Traveler are to provide whimsy in their descriptions and interactions."

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Felix "Wildsea" Isaacs (is finishing Tigers on the Wire) @felixisaacs.bsky.social · 9h

IT'S TIME FOR MORE #WILDSEA!

The new adventure, Tigers on the Wire, launches on #gamefound on October 14th. Thank you to them for a push on #TRPG visibility, and if you've ever wanted a whisper-fuelled radio broadcaster post, well, your dreams are about to come true!

gamefound.com/en/projects/...

The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire by Mythworks - Gamefound

The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire is the latest scenario from the award-winning TTRPG the Wildsea by Felix Isaacs. Nobody sails the waves for long without realizing what a vast and terrible power even t...

gamefound.com

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should've been a cat @nepenthe.bsky.social · 14d

#oneshotpodcast Under the Autumn Strangely -

Oh my god I love the little saplings so much 😭😭😭

And Apollo Pierce has given me a new visceral body horror. I have never before thought of trees as hundreds of trees forever buried and trapped around each other, never to see the light of day again.

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 10h

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 10h

this

Gnome Anne @annethegnome.bsky.social · 10h

for a very specific demographic (ppl who spent their teen years in niche forum communities), this game will reawaken a corner of your brain

Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 10h

I hear you asking. BUT WHAT IS THE OTHER GAME.
why it's Emo Girl Boots, of course
A LiveJournaling Game 🥀

Tell the Rise and Fall of Band Fan Forum

And @annethegnome.bsky.social ACTUALLY MADE A FORUM

WATCH THE SUPER SECRET EPISODE w/@trueryankhan.bsky.social ->
www.patreon.com/AllMyFriends...

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Gnome Anne @annethegnome.bsky.social · 10h

for a very specific demographic (ppl who spent their teen years in niche forum communities), this game will reawaken a corner of your brain

Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 10h

I hear you asking. BUT WHAT IS THE OTHER GAME.
why it's Emo Girl Boots, of course
A LiveJournaling Game 🥀

Tell the Rise and Fall of Band Fan Forum

And @annethegnome.bsky.social ACTUALLY MADE A FORUM

WATCH THE SUPER SECRET EPISODE w/@trueryankhan.bsky.social ->
www.patreon.com/AllMyFriends...

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 10h

I hear you asking. BUT WHAT IS THE OTHER GAME.
why it's Emo Girl Boots, of course
A LiveJournaling Game 🥀

Tell the Rise and Fall of Band Fan Forum

And @annethegnome.bsky.social ACTUALLY MADE A FORUM

WATCH THE SUPER SECRET EPISODE w/@trueryankhan.bsky.social ->
www.patreon.com/AllMyFriends...

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Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 12h

New ep Wednesday! We talk all about @epidiah.bsky.social's Swords Without Master, our upcoming fixup campaign, and bringing on @portablecity.bsky.social as Art Director!

Listen: unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/24
Subscribe: unwrittenearths.fireside.fm/subscribe
Support: patreon.com/UnwrittenEar...

The Episode Without Master

The Season of Swords is upon us! Nathan and Eppy talk about Eppy's sword & sorcery classic Swords Without Master, how it came to be, how it works, and what's next for the game: a full standalone relea...

unwrittenearths.fireside.fm

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 11h

Part 3 is here. The deep dive into the Ennies. If you're someone who doesn't know much about the Ennie Awards, you should read parts 1 and 2. But if you like a bit of inside baseball and are interested in award shows in general—this is the article for you.

www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-3/

How are the Ennies designed?

An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part three. How does the structure of the Ennies determine its outcomes? And what does it mean for others?

www.explorersdesign.com

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 5d

*Under the Sign of a Dying Star*
A cosmic romance game where the space vampires who came for our dying sun and the mortals below find love, ruin, and meaning beneath a fading sky!
Support the show and see who might be the next guest designer for the Oct. program! 😱😱😱 www.patreon.com/AllMyFriends...

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 13h

frickin love Apostle

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 14h

I would like something good to happen

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 13h

A Dark Song very cool

Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 13h

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🌀Videodrome
🪞Under the Skin
🫧REC
🧬The Love Witch
🧌Tremors
🧪The Night of the Hunter
🧯Green Room
🪷Pearl
🪤Invasion of the Body Snatchers '56
🧮Beyond the Black Rainbow

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🦇Bram Stoker's Dracula
✝️The Devils
🍼Rosemary's Baby
👻The Medium
👫Possession
📹Lost Highway
💉Audition
🐸The Wicker Man ('73)
⚫Under the Skin
♦️The Neon Demon

Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 1d

10 horror movies to get to know me by
🪡 May
🩸 Nosferatu '22
🩸 Nosferatu the Vampyre
🩸 Nosferatu ‘24
🌸 Midsommar
💀 Blood Quantum
🩰 Suspiria '77
🐝 Candyman
🐅 Manhunter
🌲 Antichrist

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Mythworks ➡️ PAXU @mythworks.bsky.social · 1d

From Mythworks and Fari RPGs:
BREATHLESS: FRIGHTMARE EDITION on Kickstarter!
A portable survival horror RPG...
Memory fades, monsters hunt, and every roll brings you closer to your last breath...
Loot. Shoot. Survive!
👉 https://kickstarter.com/projects/mythworks/breathless-frightmare-edition

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 5d

Wanna see the whole process from scratch from the very beginning?
WELL YOU CAN!!

(And look out for the next episode when we record it LIVE)
youtu.be/LKC3jiPhxLM?...

Soapbox Game Mechanics - Space Vampires! ft Beau Jágr Sheldon

YouTube video by Gnome Anne

youtu.be

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MadMageoftheMidwest @mageelessar.bsky.social · 1d

That looks so amazing! Congrats, Gnome!

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Gnome Anne @annethegnome.bsky.social · 1d

WE MADE ANOTHER GAME!!!

SPACE VAMPIRES!

Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 5d

*Under the Sign of a Dying Star*
A cosmic romance game where the space vampires who came for our dying sun and the mortals below find love, ruin, and meaning beneath a fading sky!
Support the show and see who might be the next guest designer for the Oct. program! 😱😱😱 www.patreon.com/AllMyFriends...

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RP @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com · 1d

The cat is out of the bag!!!

Breathless is getting a brand-new edition, published by the incredible folks at Mythworks!

I was thrilled when Mythworks reached out about partnering on this. I’ve been building some fresh new “tech” for the system, and I can’t wait to show you what it is all about

Mythworks ➡️ PAXU @mythworks.bsky.social · 1d

From Mythworks and Fari RPGs:
BREATHLESS: FRIGHTMARE EDITION on Kickstarter!
A portable survival horror RPG...
Memory fades, monsters hunt, and every roll brings you closer to your last breath...
Loot. Shoot. Survive!
👉 https://kickstarter.com/projects/mythworks/breathless-frightmare-edition

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 2d

there's spoopy. but there's also stoopy.

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 2d

perfect addition to your bug world

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Richard @ R. Rook @rrookstudio.bsky.social · 14d

Submitting “Games Based on Books That Are Actually Good” as a Metatopia workshop.

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