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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I ran another TTRPG one shot session of Cairn using Rise of the Blood Olms. Wonderful adventure! Full review here: abekin.bearblog.dev/blood-olms/

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Thanks for writing and illustrating it. Really fun dungeon and fantastic art. I picked up Bloodhoney and I'm excited to give that one a run too!

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I finally ran a session of Cairn, using Praise Be, God of Filth. It rocked. Fun system and module. abekin.bearblog.dev/praise-be/

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sorry if this has been answered but will there be an audiobook version?

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's also on sale on Kobo and Bookshop.org

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Yes! That cover was amazing and this is even better! Loved reading this one

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Porky Pig is a great touchstone, I love it. I had New Jersey mobster troglodytes in my last adventure and it was fantastic.

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Thank you so much! Ugh.

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

So many! Shannon Chakraborty - Adventures of Amina Al Sirafi Rebecca Roanhorse - Black Sun Arkady Martine - A Memory Called Empire Moniquill Blackgoose - To Shape a Dragon's Breath Naomi Novik - Spinning Silver Mary Robinette Kowal - The Calculating Stars Helene Wecker - The Golem and the Jinni

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Yes! I love these because they're cheap and just have the cool art

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

That's awesome! Are you aiming to breed them? I've been out of the hobby for quite a while. Is captive breeding going well for this species?

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Are those N. kaiseri? They're so beautiful!

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

It's a really great experience! I can't wait to give it to someone else to play

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I took up blogging last year and joined a blog webring this year. Retro and fun!

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I used the difficulty selection tools to take minimum damage and do maximum to see the end. That final fight was to much for me. End credits song is great

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Super Mario World and Link to the Past immediately come to mind but Infernax is the most recent. You beat it and you get a code for a new twist on play. It's great!

The cover of the video game Infernax featuring a holy warrior squaring off against a horde of demons and undead

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

First game: D&D 3 Latest game: Shadowdark Longest game: D&D 3.5 or 5e Favorite game: Dragonbane Favorite mechanics: pushing (Dragonbane, YZE) Favorite setting: Ultraviolet Grasslands Favorite art: Johan Egerkrans

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I love the video game maps! I have a cloth map of Ruins of Kunark (and several Tabletop RPG maps) that really need to go up on the wall. I have a cloth map of Moonring's Caldera right next to my PC that is so nice to look at.

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I ran Pathfinder 2e's Abomination Vaults for my friends on Foundry VTT. What did I think of this door-stopper dungeon delve? #TTRPG abekin.bearblog.dev/abomination-...

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Abomination Vaults - Play Review

A review of the Abomination Vaults for Pathfinder Second Edition after playing through the entire adventure.

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Reading, I prefer my color ereader tablet. Running games and referencing is on the desktop

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Do you plan on distributing the ebook as well?

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Imagine having a feat!

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Thank you! Looks like the local university library has it so I should be able to loan it

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Is there a place to buy this handbook? Or a full title? I'm not able to find anything with my searching.

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I put together a collage of all the books I read in 2025. Lots of good stuff, but I'll call out The Spear Cuts Through Water!

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Hell yeah! I loved Moistly Harmless. I trust you and I've seen your hard work here so consistently! You got this!

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

10 RPGs I want to play in 2026 in no particular order - Draw Steel - Mythic Bastionland - Coriolis: the Great Dark - Vagabond - Cloud Empress - Mothership - Dragonbane - Dolmenwood - Cairn 2e - Goblinville

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Today I wrote about GM burnout and something that worked for me: running prewritten TTRPG adventure modules. Checking my preconceptions helped me GM more and better! abekin.bearblog.dev/gming-advent...

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I review SPINE, the first solo #TTRPG experience that worked for me. What worked and what made it stand out? abekin.bearblog.dev/spine-play-r...

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Blue-spotted salamander Blackburnian Warbler Western chorus frog Eastern hercules beetle Snowy Owl

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We've cased the neighborhood to source the best pecan pie. Totally worth it. Had the second slice of the season last night.

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I feel this so hard. The stories I love do not seem to make to games. The Craft books are top tier to me and I was thrilled/pained to learn Dead Hand Rule wasn't an ending.

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I just finished playing Siderius Plug's Spine Immortality in Ninety-nine Endnotes (or SPINE) and really enjoyed it. I had a few very minor quibbles but overall delighted in a playspace of narrative and book braided so intentionally. A great solo #TTRPG experience!

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Did you end up finishing? This was the low point for me by far! I just admitted defeat to that end note.

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

The creator's podcast, The Darkened Threshold, deep dives into many of the mechanics. www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-darkened...

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The Darkened Threshold

The Darkened Threshold is a podcast by Jason Cordova, Alex Rybitski, and Wesley Bryan.

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

You unlock the ability to use classes in only 25 hours!

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

In my latest blog I muse on what I want from a TTRPG adventure and call out an example that doesn't work for me abekin.bearblog.dev/information-...

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Oh, I didn't know that was a thing... It sounds cool! I'm not a solo RPG person, but maybe this will be the one that gets me

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I'm really excited to check this out. Nova is a fantastic reviewer and I have to check this out ASAP.

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I bought two copies (one for a friend) based on Nova's review preamble. $9.99 is a steal!

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Another TTRPG night down a player, another one shot of Shadowdark! A lost ruin in the jungle; a cult and croakfolk clashing. What did I think of The Concealed Abbey of the Dragonfly Horde after I ran it? abekin.bearblog.dev/concealed-ab...

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Concealed Abbey of the Dragonfly Horde - Play Review

When one of my regular players was without internet I quickly offered to run a session to my remaining players. I had just finished running and I spent som...

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Ah, darn. Too bad there wasn't a stop in Minnesota! Shattering Peace was great.

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Cool! Is your magazine in distribution? Could I grab it at Barnes and Noble? If I subbed today would I get this issue? Do you release a Table of Contents online? Sorry for the barrage of questions

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

XP to level 3 (a YouTuber) did this and seemed to have a great time. m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgmX...

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I made Castle Ravenloft in DAGGERHEART | Dungeon Delve

YouTube video by XP to Level 3

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Does that mean those of us that backed on Gamefound will be getting copies soon? I haven't seen an update since end of June

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I'd sub. I like the one you did a while back!

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

The DNR says that true katydids have been moving into the metro www.dnr.state.mn.us/insects/katy... and Wikipedia has their song to en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteroph...

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Katydids

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I had to look this sound up too! They're katydids www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob2r...

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Abe @abekin.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

So cool! DRYH was the first indie game I ever bought. Excited to see a Roll20 tool for it!

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