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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 28/04/2026

🌞 Good morning all my lovely #TTRPG friends! 🌞 The hashtags of the day are #TabletopTuesday to share promos and/or celebrate the hobby and #TTRPGThoughts to share your ideas about games from play advice to #RPGDesign. Let's have some fun and mix it up today!

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

100% agreed - we are cute as heck here!

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Shouting Crow @shoutingcrow.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Genuinely a great person to comm. Look how cute this is! @acbenning.bsky.social and I have never looked better.

A short, feminine witch with pink heart-shaped glasses poses for a photograph with a scruffy cowboy. They are making a heart with their hands together.

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Shouting Crow @shoutingcrow.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I consider myself very fortunate to have been awarded a grant for my work on Print It Yourself. Hope y’all are ready for the next few issues, we have some big things to cover and I have a little budget to spend on materials now! Thank you again, Ken. This was a kindness.

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The Jenna Cha Show @jennacha.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

oh my fucking god canada please go vote

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 16/04/2025

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 16/04/2025

I am now a publisher. I know there are so many really great third-party MÖRK BORG titles out there that haven't had a printed version done or are obscure for whatever reason. I'd like to print them and make them more available, sell in my web shop, bring to cons etc. More will hopefully come.

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Robin J | Cozy RPG Reviews @cozyrpgreviews.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

New #ttrpg day! Review copies of two really fun looking solo games from @shoutingcrow.bsky.social and @no-name-games.com Wands & Laserguns - a fantasy cyberpunk... um... hexemup? And This Frog is Ruining my Dungeon Crawl - which is self explanatory really.

Front covers of two zines. Left: Wands & Laserguns, featuring a futuristic neon city. Right: This Frog is Ruining my Dungeon Crawl, featuring a large frog with a small crown

Interior of Wands & Laserguns explaining that you play as a high fantasy wizard who has been teleported to a cyberpunk dystopia

Interior of This Frog is Ruining my Dungeon Crawl explaining that you have fallen into an arcane temple. A frog is taunting the player character.

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Can we all acknowledge that "eat less, move more" is pretty lackluster advice if you don't first ask about food and exercise habits? The medical profession needs to do better. #DietCulture #Medicine

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 02/04/2025

Loving these. Justin has put in the work and his fingerprints are def leaving their mark! Who knew you could fold a piece of paper so many different ways. and the Eraser stamp! 😍

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

EVERY time. Especially if the lesbian in a dress really likes to twirl... But more seriously - liquid leading is a thing; just kinda give and take between both partners as you go. It's nice.

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

if only you had listened to my 'put dressing on it!' at any point in the last decade, hahah

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

From 1973 to 2022, Canada and Denmark were at war. Over the course of the war, several soldiers on both sides were wounded....by hangovers. And it was all fought over a tiny island the size of a city block. Let's learn about The Whisky War! 🧵1/16

The photo shows two side-by-side images. The left image depicts a group of people in military-style camouflage uniforms raising a Canadian flag on a pole surrounded by rocks, with a helicopter in the background. The right image shows a group of individuals, some in red uniforms and one in a dark coat, standing in front of a Danish flag on a pole, with a frozen landscape and mountains in the background.

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Shouting Crow @shoutingcrow.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The scope-creeper would like to know if that project you're working on could maybe needs to be scaled back a bit? Perhaps you could add those extra features as an update or supplemental material? Just sayin'.

a telescope with legs and a single large eye where the lens would normally be. Wires dangle from its tripod, sparking.

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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 11/03/2025

If you like thinking about tabletop game design and are looking for inspiration, check out Tumulus. It's a print-only, quarterly from Skeleton Code Machine. Each issue has a different theme. Subscriptions are 1-year with no pesky auto-renew! Learn more: tumulus.exeunt.press

Tumulus Issue 2 repeating, quarterly about TTRPGs, board games, game design, and inspiration. From Skeleton Code Machine and Exeunt Press.

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Shouting Crow @shoutingcrow.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Develop your drawing skills. You don't have to do it well to make it worth your time, even. Roast a friend? Draw them looking silly. Psychic obsession got your ass? Relieve the pressure with visual manifestations. Explain a concept? Make a diagram. Here's how stapled zines are made, for example.

A diagram showing how stapled zines are made. First, printed sheets are stacked neatly with the long side of the paper on a horizonal axis. The cover is on top, and the centerfold is on the bottom to ensure that the flat end of the staples is on the outside of the booklet. Then the halfway point is measured: make a vertical line and indicate where the top and bottom of the line hit the edges of the page. Then measure two inches from the edge of the top and bottom and mark the spaces on that line.
Some special gear makes this process easier: a long-arm, swivel-arm, or booklet stapler are designed to reach the center of letter or A5 paper simple.
Staple the page on those two inner markings. Flip the booklet over, then fold the book in half on the center line. Put a crisp crease on the spine. A bone folder makes that a little easier. If you have scruffy looking pages that aren't line up nicely, you can trim the edges carefully with a ruler and a craft knife. A paper guillotine or rotary cutter also work well for this final step.

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Finally managed to pay off my student loans (class of 2008). Somebody clap - I got it done before I turned 40! #StudentLoans #GoalAchieved

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Shouting Crow @shoutingcrow.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Speaking of "my favourite adventures released this year", have y'all seen this MOTHERSHIP adventure by @gomezwrites.bsky.social? I'm deeply jealous of the layout, and I love the horrible choice presented to the players mid-game. Awful. Wonderful. Love it. gomezwritesgames.itch.io/cryptobiosis

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Cryptobiosis: A Mothership Module by GomezWritesGames

A terrifying module for Mothership® 1E

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Whoops, guess I annoyed someone on Twitter because my boring little shouting account has been hacked and I can't recover it (they set up two factor authentication with a code app, so I'm hosed I guess...) heck. #hacked #TwitterSucks

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Btw Authors Against Book Bans ( @authorsabb.bsky.social ) might seem kid lit driven bc so many challenges are happening in schools, but I think every author should consider joining. Book bans are bad for everyone. www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

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Authors Against Book Bans

Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...

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Shouting Crow @shoutingcrow.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I decided to publish a free game design resource guide yesterday. You know, the least advisable day of the year to release anything. It’s got SRDs, art, design tips, a very short tutorial, and more tables than anyone should put in a 24 page document. Enjoy? shoutingcrow.itch.io/bad-moon-guide

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Make Your Own Bad Moon Submission by Shouting Crow

A design guide and collection of resources for physical game designers

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Shouting Crow @shoutingcrow.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Are you planning to do a daily dungeon type project this year? I made a free, printable journal for that in 2022. No spark tables, no fluff, just room to write and draw. I like to print them out and staple them into four-week zines and fill one out a month. shoutingcrow.itch.io/monthly-mega...

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Monthly Mega Dungeon Maker by Shouting Crow

A journal for daily megadungeon projects

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Shouting Crow @shoutingcrow.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Just wanted to tip my hat to @thoughtpunks.com for hosting the Forever Open Source jam. (2023 AND 2024, fingers crossed for 2025!) The submissions and jam overview page are both treasure troves of useful resources and has been a guiding light for my own resource guide. itch.io/jam/forever-...

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Forever Open Source 2024

A game jam from 2024-01-01 to 2025-01-01 hosted by Rev Casey. Celebrate Open Gaming! Welcome to the second yearly Forever Open Source Jam! Take a moment to review all the fantastic entries from the 20...

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT. @distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting. Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Not sure the poinsettia likes the office....but there are new leaf buds starting in all the nodes, so maybe salvageable. #plants #poinsettia

A mostly dead red poinsettia in a gold foil wrapper. Not looking festive for the holidays.

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Office plant update: we're festive! Roots coming along nicely, and new growth on the Silver Satins #plants #pothos #SilverSatin #MarbleQueen #GlobalGreen

Three pothos cuttings suspended in glass globes and decorated for the holidays

Five Silver Satin pothos cuttings in glass test tubes, decorated for the holidays.

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Shawn Tomkin @shawntomkin.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Mentions by someone with a big following are awesome, but don't underestimate the impact anyone can have by sharing a thing they love. Whatever modicum of success Ironsworn has had, I can trace back to a very kind Reddit post in 2018. My web visits went from ~10/day to hundreds and thousands.

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Shouting Crow @shoutingcrow.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Tyrian Vale is an incredible little adventure that will delight the Arthurian enthusiast in you. Also, Katt is very precious to me.

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Eryk @peregrinecoast.press · 13/12/2024

GSPR update: Peregrine Coast Press is compliant with all regulations 🎉 If you want to fulfil your crowdfunder into Europe, I can handle taxes and regulations for you. If you want ad-hoc shipping for store sales, I can store your books and fulfil them. If you want distro in the UK, get in touch.

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Novecento - SANGUIS SANCTUS out NOW! @novecentogames.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Join us in the Cursed Horrible Forest gang 😎

Two friends shaking hands meme, saying "me and René-Pier Deshaies, making games set in cursed forests"

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Bonus plant! No idea what this little sprout is (other than 'not pothos') or how it got in there with my silver satin cutting, but I'm interested to see what happens! #pothos #OfficePlant #propagation #SurpriseSprout

A tiny two leafed sprout in the bottom of a glass propagation tube, growing fully submerged beneath a Silver Satin pothos cutting

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Well, I think it's very charming, and should go in the window by the witch bell when it's done! It's such a lovely shade of blue - it wasn't your fault you couldn't resist its siren call.

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Had a day off, and Justin @shoutingcrow.bsky.social suggested we pop into the local glass shop, who talked us into a drop-in glass ornament class. Can't wait til this baby is baked so I can see how it turned out! Super fun impromptu date ❤️ #BestDate #Glass #ornament

A 3.5 inch glass disk is decorated with tiny glass shards in the shape of a pine tree, with white glass bits around the bottom to look like snow, and a larger red oblong on the left, meant to look like a large red bird

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Fabian Blake(he/him)Rose tint my world @glitzydemon.itch.io · 07/12/2024

Thanks to @shoutingcrow.bsky.social 's game jam, it's not a 'have to stay in bed cz of flare day' it's a 'have to stay in bed and write a game about a giant star snake and a journey through a labyrinth of coils while trying not to eat the delicious moon' day... 🤭

Cover of solo game Basnu. The cover is dark blue and the text reads: Basnu a solo game of hunger and transformation. At the top are snake coils and at the bottom the phases of the moon have been recreated in white using potato printing techniques.

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Note for the upcoming holiday season,,, some of us are on a sobriety journey and mocktails or non-alcoholic beer options make a big difference 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Dutifully making alt text for every picture genuinely made me a better descriptive writer. Not only is it inclusive, I can't recommend it enough for dumbass cartoon people like me who otherwise couldn't be bothered to practice their writing.

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Shouting Crow @shoutingcrow.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I had no idea my little game had made its way to Dragonmeet, but the very idea gives me great joy!

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

More plants! Cutting from a monstera- my office is starting to look very tropical. This cutting is about 6 or 8 weeks old, now, and has robust roots. Almost time to pot and rehome it! #Monstera #plants #propagation

Large monstera cutting with three shiny green leaves. The cutting is in a large glass vase of water, with roots partially filling it.

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I've been writing in a notebook...writing in layout would have saved a TON of time. (And also frustration, because half the time I can't read my own writing.)

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Andrea @acbenning.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

My little snippings are growing into rooty-bois! Global Green and Lemon Meringue pothos cuttings, about 2 weeks old. Couple more weeks, and we'll get 'em in dirt. #Plants #Pothos

Three Global Green pothos cuttings in test tube's of water, held in a wooden frame. They have new roots!

Three Lemon Meringue pothos cuttings in glass test tubes of water, held in a wooden frame. They have bitty baby roots!

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.

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Shouting Crow @shoutingcrow.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I have the brain space and schedule for 1-2 quick art comms this month, well suited for spot art. Sketch, clean line-art for raster, lineless vector for my svg crew. Price is largely dependent on complexity of style and subject matter but if you tickle my funny bone I work cheaper and faster.

A skeleton wearing a Nordic helm grins, a cowboy’s arm slung over his shoulder. The skeleton, inexplicably, has eyes. The cowboy smirks under a wide-brimmed hat. Behind them, the words “rivals for life” is written in slang.

A chubby little sparrow squats and looks at the camera suspiciously. Lineless vector art.

A greyscale, lineless vector drawing of a slimy banana slug selling bananas off of a vegetable cart.

A hairless sphinx skulks up a ramp, leaking ectoplasm and staring at the viewer with sightless eyes. Lineart illustration.

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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 13/11/2024

The big news today is the TUMULUS launch, but don't forget there is also a Skeleton Code Machine #MECHWEEK coloring contest! Download Plato's Mech (art by @shoutingcrow.bsky.social) to color, customize, and send it in for a chance to win: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/mech-week-...

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