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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 1d

"A thing that I'm really thinking about is the holistic quality of the game. This is a game that, even if you don't ever actually get a group together to play it, it enriches your life and it provides you with meaning and you can sit down with it and engage with it."

Interview: Jay Dragon on Bookplay

An interview with Jay Dragon about how ttrpgs play with books

www.backwardstabletop.com

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Amanda P. ➡️ PAXU @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 4h

I would say Forest also qualifies. My pal @cairnrpg.com greatly enjoys whenever i say it.

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MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · 7h

Y'all. Check this out.
youtu.be/icfgiu_KhjI?...

And if you like that, check this out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

Apocalypse World: Burned Over Trailer Animatic

YouTube video by AnniethePilot

youtu.be

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Amanda P. ➡️ PAXU @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 1d

I still love this piece @tonytranrpg.bsky.social did for Resonant, our mothership module with @spacepenguinink.bsky.social

spacepenguin.ink/products/res...

Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 1d

Been noodling with compression again. 3mb > 175kb
Running through image magik again: 900px scaled down width > dither > colour picks from an img sitting in another folder. (Current scheme is Gameboy-ish greens)

Art done for a page from #mothership modules - Resonant by Amanda P

Black, Green and White sci-fi illustration featuring an armored soldier surrounded by mechanical elements, abstract glass motif;eye, screaming, and numbered panels in a gritty comic book style.

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 1d

Alright, the first in-depth article of my awards debrief is live. "How do the Ennies work?" A top-down look at my judging experience from A to Z.

Please share, leave comments, and ask questions. And don't forget to read part 1 if you haven't already.

www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-2/

How do the Ennies work?

An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part two. What is the award process like behind closed doors, and how do the judges select nominees?

www.explorersdesign.com

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Lorde Stan Account @knightattheopera.bsky.social · 2d

My friend Directsun is on a mission to get more people creating Zelda-style puzzle dungeons. Give his blog a read and let him talk you into it:

puzzledungeon.com/puzzle-dunge...

Puzzle Dungeon Design: Themes & Gimmicks

Here are a couple of formalized steps for crafting puzzle dungeons that feel at home at the table—and are actually fun.

puzzledungeon.com

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Amanda P. ➡️ PAXU @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 2d

this is awesome

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Doc Webb @docwebb.bsky.social · 4d

@weirdwonder.bsky.social Picked this up today from Third Eye on our way back from the Festival! It looks amazing!!! Really excited to dig into it. :)

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Amanda P. ➡️ PAXU @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 3d

what’s the holiday bazaar?

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Amanda P. ➡️ PAXU @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 3d

i hope you like it! are you coming to paxu or garycon this year?

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Amanda P. ➡️ PAXU @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 4d

amanda this is beautiful!

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 5d

Book Cover Artists, quote repost with your book covers.

Two commissions and two from a passion project, because those count too 📚

(One of my current commissions is also a full dust jacket that I can't wait to show you 🤩)

Blue and white cover illustration for The Stygian Library cover. It shows an entrance with bookshelves on either side and scrollwork at the top leading to a long hallway with more bookshelves on either side and a closed double door at the end.

A book cover illustration with gold scrollwork border and a black background. In the centre is an illustration of a raven skull with 3 feathers and a gladioli stem with red flowers.

A Vampire The Masquerade book cover illustration in red and black. It has a black scrollwork border with some of the scrollwork shaped like fangs. Title is placed in centre in red with a single red blood drop underneath.

Illustration of Call of Cthulhu book cover. It shows flowers and tentacles in a symmetrical pattern on a starry background. Title in a cursive style sits in the top part of the cover.

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 6d

Go order the award-winning adventure for yourself! www.prismaticwasteland.com/shop/p/barke...

Buy Barkeep on the Borderlands — Prismatic Wasteland

Barkeep on the Borderlands is the ENnie-winning barhopping adventure amidst Mardi Gras-like festivities in fantasy taverns.

www.prismaticwasteland.com

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 6d

Barkeep on the Borderlands is in its 2nd printing! It is now perfect bound with a spine and has much more consistent colors in the interior.

To celebrate, the next ~50 orders of Barkeep or the Barkeep Bundle will also come with a random autographed “print proof” page
#osr #rpg

Copies of the new print run on the left, the proof pages of the book (a cutaway map of a pub pictured) below and a few holographic stickers on top

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Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 6d

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️

As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

Kickstarter United is on strike!
We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform
swipe for ways to show your solidarity

Why We're Striking
A codified 4-day work week.
We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work.
Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers.
We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet.

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Amanda P. ➡️ PAXU @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 7d

the treasures are just Old Gaffer’s prized taters and you know it

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MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · 7d

We’re lining up all the things for the launch, and it’s going to be cool. Also hard and sharp and agro and weird.

MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · Aug 30

Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over

The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.

www.kickstarter.com

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 7d

The slow process of making my old work available again continues! You can now read the original Orin & the Dead Man's Sword for pwyw on my itch! sorcererscatalogue.itch.io/orin-and-the...

Orin and the Dead Man's Sword by Shel Kahn and the Sorcerer's Catalogue

A wordless fantasy adventure in an ancient forest.

sorcererscatalogue.itch.io

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 7d

I’m doing a new thing in Carouse where I write tiny 3 to 4 sentence rpg reviews like the movie ones you might find in the newspaper.

This month was Ave Nox and Isle of Hex.

John Bilodeau Illustrations @servsci.bsky.social · 7d

October 1st already and another installment of our collective newsletter just dropped! just in case you need something to read over your morning coffee:

www.carouse.blog/october-2025...

October 2025 - The Most Spookiful Time of the Year

The last vestiges of summer are leaving the northern hemisphere, and pumpkin season is starting to get going, so the Carousing Collective is once again here to bring you the best in RPG blogging for y...

www.carouse.blog

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 8d

This was posted on the MÖRK BORG subreddit and it made me very happy. About how MB, some metal tapes and monopoly dice helped a guy get clean. Another commenter mentioned running JAIL BORG from memory. Things like this make me all warm inside.

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 9d

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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Redcap Press @redcap.press · 9d

Congrats @undelved.bsky.social for winning the Appx. N Game Jam!

Check out their awesome module, "The Eldritch Staff"

undelved.itch.io/the-eldritch-staff

Our entry didn't win, but we'll definitely be back if @jorphdan.bsky.social and co. host another jam in the future!

#dnd #ttrpg

The Eldritch Staff by Undelved

A system-neutral delve into a mad crystalline prison inside a wicked staff.

undelved.itch.io

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SpicyTunaRPG @spicytunarpg.bsky.social · 9d

Stoked to announce that we are publishing an adventure written by DG Chapman for Mothership Month 2025!!

Breathe Easy is a sandbox adventure setting centered around a slickworld racing game and oxygen smuggling onto Prospero's Dream!

See more here:
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Lur Noise @lurnoise.bsky.social · 8d

wip (now in color) ~*

Sunrise-colored comic panel of an island with a brutalist building on its top, and its reflection on the sea.

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Amanda P. ➡️ PAXU @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 9d

Clayton that’s so sweet dude. Your pirates were awesome

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