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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

playing Last Train to Bremen today with the polycule. surely nothing bad will happen to us

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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One of my favorite and most effective design patterns is "tell the player exactly what you're gonna do to them, then do it." You can be SIGNIFICANTLY meaner to the player if you simply tell them ahead of time that that's exactly what you'll be doing, and also the suspense of the warning is a delight

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

first time at an mtg prerelease in a couple years tonight! my girlfriend is taking me to reality fracture. which is also the first time someone i'm dating is taking me to one instead of the opposite way around

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Ben // foresight studio @foresightstudio.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Humans have long hungered to reach the Chambers of Heaven. They seized control of the moon with the aid of their grotesque machinery. Now they pour into the firmament, the labyrinth we built to keep them out. Stop them. The Firmament: A tarot ttrpg of divinity and desperation, coming Fall 2026.

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Coming soon: The Firmament - Tarot TTRPG of Divinity and Desperation

Read tarot and wield heavenly power to prevent ravenous humans from breaking into heaven.

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

it's literally so fun to talk to pretty girls about roleplaying games. has anyone else tried this

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

i'm so desperate to edit games again. i want to chew on word choice and mechanic design and leave helpful but mildly sarcastic comments in word docs

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

waited years for coyote vs acme and cried at the cartoon animal 'one must imagine sisyphus happy' yuri

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Sno @snorezu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

76/100 tried something different

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kill ghost @willjobst.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

what if you raised your rates

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

about to see crash (1996) tonight with a live soundtrack and a group of my favorite perverts. j. g. ballard is a british erotic technology psychopathy FREAK and i wish i could shake his hand

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

started the first alan wake game and immediately predicted my useful and loving wife would die to the immense amusement of my girlfriend. who said 'she might not be dead, she might just be maimed or something'

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Haunted Table @hauntedtable.games · 31/08/2026

We're sending out press and creator emails about THE HOUSE EDGE today! If you or someone you know might be interested in playing the game, interviewing one of our design team, or otherwise covering the game in late October/early November, reach out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hau...

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Coming soon: The House Edge, Paranormal Jailbreak TTRPG

Beat the odds and break containment as superpowered mercenaries fighting through the depths of an 80s casino full of myths & managers.

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alicia 🍳 @acorviart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

a murder [ #art ]

Illustration of a crow on a branch, surrounded by the old windows XP ghosting error screens, all duplicating the crow's face so it looks like there's a murder of crows.

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

there's a b plot in my life that involves me somehow frequently entangling with these hot lady knights who perform in a fighting league in new york. i mean, yes, last night i did literally entangle one in rope. but the other times! were metaphorical!

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Tipper Guro @adamsandler.click · 27/08/2026

sorry. you had a rough couple years and now the only way to be happy again is to develop some new fetishes. i don't make the rules that's just how it works. if you get a good dice roll maybe it'll be one of the less emba- aw man. you rolled "sock slut." that's like feet but worse. i'm sorry dude

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

ran my first half marathon last weekend, something i've been working on for a year and a half! unfortunately it was amazing and i will be signing up for another one. i'm sorry to people who followed me because they thought i was a nerd :)

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jay Dragon is unstoppable @jdragsky.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

i'm gonna put forward a concept i've been explaining to people off and on while consulting for a while, which i hope can usefully and practically show how TTRPG crowdfunders work. i've been calling it (in my head) The Balatro Theory of Crowdfunding 1/16

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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The only correct answer to “is it videogames or video games” is “it depends if I’m being paid per word”

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

taking my cool girlfriend to a ttrpg convention to prove to everyone there who thinks i'm a huge nerd that it's. uh. well. it's true. and very attractive to women

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Let me introduce the crew. *points to enormous muscular guy.* This is Big Dog, we call him that because he's huge, ha ha! *points to slim average looking guy* and this is Medium Dog. I'm sure you can guess why! That's right — he communes with the spirits of the departed

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

i watched a girl voraciously pretend to eat handfuls of legos while making chomping noises in front of her exhausted mother for five minutes yesterday and was deeply envious of her abundant joy

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

For REAL. A good game designer isn't just a robot that intakes complaints and outputs solutions. Can you figure out a design change that enhances the game's goals and themes instead of harms them? Does the game NEED a design change? Or is this an aesthetic problem? Is this an AUDIENCE problem?

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

when i'm feeling down i look at really expensive clothing and picture my jacked girlfriend wearing it

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

i'm working at a lego convention this week and the program booklet is hilarious

a meme underneath text that says 'derby racing' and 'minifig speed build' with the caption 'my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined'

instructions for lost children which say 'if you see a forlorn toddler sobbing near your MOC table: Keep him. talk him up about your MOC. mom or dad will likely return. after 5 minutes... bring the child to the check in desk or notify venue security.'

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jay Dragon is unstoppable @jdragsky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

"...this game is just too big. It's impractical. It's silly." — Quinns "I have no idea what people will make of this." — Kieron Gillen "Completely unpublishable." — [publisher name redacted] SEVEN PART PACT HAS 24 HOURS REMAINING www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...

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Seven-Part Pact

A fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Possum Creek about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

hanging out in the baltimore inner harbor looking at boats really makes me miss my autistic boat guy. everyone needs one of these freaks

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 12/08/2026

Workers at Rowan, Rook and Decard have secured the first union recognition agreement in the UK table top games industry! 🙌 iwgb.org.uk/en/post/tabl... Work in the UK games industry? Join our union today!

Graphic showing Voidheart Symphony, a table top game produced by Rowan, Rook and Decard and a caption "Union Recognition! Workers at Rowan, Rook and Decard secure the first tabletop games union recognition agreement in the UK."

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The thing about the comics industry under the boys club, those 60+ victims are probably more “blacklisted” than any of these guys ever will be. Then w/ this announcement, it tells all their future victims, don’t bother either. Never forget, a lot of these victims just wanted to make comics too.

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Zoë Hannah is bisexual @zoehhannah.com · 12/08/2026

been seeing lost of folks on here talk about no opps in games journalism right now. at @mothership.blog we pay decent rates, edit your stories carefully, and provide support and community for our freelancers. we accept stories about games and identity (no news). our pitch guide here:

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Write for us

Here at Mothership, we have a specific focus: the intersection of games and identity, specifically as it pertains to gender, sexuality, and the bodies we inhabit in reality and in games. By “games,” w...

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

every day i am sickened by the strength of my lust for curly hair. someday my locks will finally shrivel into curls from the force of my agony

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

god i love when a dog is really into watching a specific movie

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

adult power fantasy: i bought new linen sheets for over half off and now i'm rubbing my legs against them like a satisfied evil cricket

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pantaloon | ROLLA OUT SEP 30 🚨 @pantaloon.io · 06/08/2026

AUGUST! This month's newsletter chums are SFB Games (@sfbdim.bsky.social @sfbtom.bsky.social) with a FOUR GAME partnership (& puzzle 👀) incl. Haunt the House, Detective Grimoire, Tangle Tower & Crow Country 5 keys for BSky too! Follow & share to bag one of 5 keys (closes Aug 28) x www.pantaloon.io

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

trans mtg cube night with my girlfriend knocked my socks off, will be back every month from now on. lotus bloom is sick + i love nyc

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

in my board gamer era (90% of the board games on my shelf are unopened and i just go play at other people's houses a lot)

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

truly delightful to see two games i helped bring to life at gen con this year at the ennies table and mythworks table. walking around a convention or game store these days is like playing a fond little scavenger hunt; my heart always swells so tenderly to see a familiar face in person.

the standard and deluxe edition of sin eater sat on a black table. the book and box are a dramatic blood red and orange and a skull sits atop a stack of the boxes

the core rulebook of daggerheart sits on the ennies table. it's labeled with stickers for 'product of the year' and 'best game' and 'best rules'

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The ENNIE Awards @ennie-awards.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Gold for Best Rules goes to Daggerheart, Darrington Press

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I find the "rules are toys" framing of TTRPG design useful for several reasons: 1. The idea that system matters is reducible to recognising that toys have affordances; while there's no "wrong" way to play with a toy, no amount of open-mindedness will readily fit a bicycle through a basketball hoop.

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

need podcast suggestions for the 11 hour overnight drive to gen con on wednesday STAT

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 27/07/2026

Welcome to Hater Week, a week of stories examining what it means to be a hater (and a lover), where we'll vent about some of our biggest pet peeves in games and life, and give others space to do the same. aftermath.site/aftermath-site...

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alex 🗡️ lfw! @aldermancy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

this does make me an ennie-nominated producer from my time working on daggerheart which is super cool :)

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jay Dragon is unstoppable @jdragsky.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

everyone play weird indie ttrpgs with your friends right now

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conner fawcett @badbucket.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

‘The Orrery of The Seven-Part Pact’ commissioned game board for @possumcreekgames.com and @jdragsky.bsky.social’s upcoming game ‘Seven-Part Pact’ kickstarter.com/projects/sjgames/seven-part-pact

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