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🪼Ghost Jellyfishlines 🔜 PaxU🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 11/10/2026

Disassociation! At The Disco

Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Anyway, caring and having expectations is fundamentally privileged. Dissociation is a rad survival mechanism, but it punches you in the gut when you come to. Like...there are people who just function and exist constantly, reliably awake and alive in the world. Hard to believe. Then you taste it.

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Brain is festering tonight. I've been using it more than typical lately, trying to like be a better human. And I can't tell if it's the ruturn to caring about the future that's causing the absurdist and nihilistic takes or just the increased involvement in my own life causing the caring. Oroborus.

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Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

As you can see (ought to have posted this myself really) we programmed a horror movie narrative into our injury/trauma results as determined by which archetype you’re playing

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thank you for your thoughtful answers! You're right that animal cruelty is often a "no thanks" in most games for me. And I hadn't thought about bringing in conflicting points of view via celebrities or public figures. I like the natural tension that creates!

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

3. What genres, themes, tones, questions, etc, should I explore in the setting? What could I lend my voice to? Alternatively, answer these questions for yourself rather than for me.

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Could you help me with answers to these questions! 1. If you were to create a setting for me to play in, what would it NOT have in it? 2. If you wanted to challenge me with something in the setting, what might you choose that would press the bounds of my creativity or stretch me in good ways?

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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ PAX Aus @ehronlime.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

you can play boardgames like role playing games and you can play role playing games like boardgames so ‘boardgames’ and ‘roleplaying games’ are really more like stances of play rather than different products

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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Games can be poems or they can be novels. It doesn't matter the length in the end, just so long as the purpose and craft is respected.

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For me, one of the privileges of being disabled is not having to rush to get up in the morning. I appreciate waking up as gently and slowly as possible. Especially as the seasons change and the light and cold makes getting out of bed especially unappealing.

Only Asha's mouth and nose is exposed between blankets as they snuggle in bed.

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SoloRPGList @solorpglist.com · 05/10/2026

We recently celebrated our first birthday! 🎉 Thanks heaps to everyone who has submitted games to the site and those who have used it over the past year. We couldn't do this without you 🧡 Here's the announcement over at @rascal.news ~ www.rascal.news/solorpglist-...

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Solo RPG List Celebrates First Birthday!

The Solo RPG List was born early October in 2025 to proud parents Sero and Trogs of Aotearoa New Zealand and you are invited to celebrate baby's first birthday!

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Hayley G @storybrewersroleplaying.com · 09/09/2026

🎩🍰Call for tea and biscuits as Good Society 2nd edition is live upon the Kickstarter! 🍰🎩 We're back with more romance, scandal, and drama than ever. Come visit upon us and take a look at this Jane Austen rpg 💌 www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...

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Good Society: A Jane Austen RPG – 2nd Edition

Navigate the pitfalls of romance, reputation, manners, and marriage in the sumptuous new edition of this award-winning regency rpg.

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Apropos of nothing, if you have a good recipe for something that uses green tomatoes, now would be an excellent time to share.

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It is going to freeze tonight, so I brought 20+ gallons of unripe tomatoes inside along with a handful of cucumbers and carrots. Hopefully they'll redden up on the counter. The tomatoes, I mean.

A giant tote filled with green tomatoes.

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cavegirl @cavegirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm close to finishing a new project! Taking a wild punt into unexplored territory, I've made a hybrid of solo journaling game and narrative wargame. This being me, it involves intoxicants, zombies, and nuns. So allow me to introduce In The Scarlet Cloister.

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Mossforatu @dinolich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

thinking about this post again

tumblr post by fabcreature that says "when gerard way sings “the broken, the beaten, and the damned” and when kermit the frog sings “the lovers, the dreamers, and me” they’re talking about the same people btw"

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's also pretty rude that the Kickstarter rewards are at a discounted price to our MSRP. And that it's already funded so your pretty much guaranteed your rewards. 😅

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One week from today we launch Rangers of a Broken World! We've lined up a cool selection of exclusive rewards: 📙 Special Edition alt cover with ribbon bookmarks 🎴 78-card deck to inspire and challenge your table 🗺️ Cloth map of the lands of Amylte 👇Follow it now: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

Mockups of three different rewards:
The Special Edition of Rangers of a Broken World with green and peach colored foil accents. The inside covers of the book showing a map of the continent of Amylte where the game takes place.
The Oracle and Crisis Deck, showing several cards in a Tarot-sized format (2.75 x 4.75 inches) that have stats for various monsters as well as inspirational elements to include in your game.
A cloth map of the continent of Amylte. The map is a 22 x 22 inch square cloth with 4-color screen printing of Amylte.

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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · 06/10/2026

ARRIVING FRIDAY: Chimera Hunter from Portland art collective Chimera House A wire-bound game with three-panel, Exquisite Corpse-style creature sections - create a chimera, check their stats, and fight!

An interior example from Chimera Hunter. Pages are divided horizontally into thirds. The lefthand pages show stats for each of their righthand page, corresponding creature parts (top is stats for a Chupacabra, middle is Unicorn, bottom is Harpy). The righthand page is full-color mixable creature illustrations (head of a Chupacabra, body of a Unicorn, feet of a Harpy)

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itch.io @itch.io · 06/10/2026

🫢 Oh and one more thing today! Spoiler text and collapsible details are now available for editing within the text editor

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emma 🌙✨ gothHoblin @gothhoblin.me · 07/10/2026

rewatching a favourite movie instead of going to sleep

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You're doing a lot of doomscrolling for someone who has a bunch of unread RPG books on their shelf 👀

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Ben Robbins is launching M2 @lamemage.com · 06/10/2026

The kickstarter for the new Microscope is live! I can't wait to see what you make with the new edition www.kickstarter.com/projects/lam...

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Microscope (2nd Edition)

The award-winning game of epic fractal histories

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Here's the Autumn Bingo! Join us in discord! Link below!

Autumn Bingo board with gaming, creative and cozy activities.

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Here's the Autumn Bingo! Join us in discord! Link below!

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Ben Robbins is launching M2 @lamemage.com · 30/09/2026

In one week I click the button and let slip the dogs of fractal history… Tuesday October 6 www.kickstarter.com/projects/lam...

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Coming soon: Microscope (2nd Edition)

The fractal game of epic histories

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Round two, taking into consideration the feedback I've received from multiple sources. Two or three stars?

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Could you take a look at these logos? I'm updating my personal branding and could use some help. Which variation is your favorite (4 star, 5 star, 3 star)? What natural associations come to mind and what vibes is it giving? Or if you have any better concepts, I'd like to hear them!

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I have been reducing pain meds (with doctor supervision and direction) and let me just announce that I hate it. I'm not good at suffering in pursuit of something that is hopefully better. I'm better at suffering in the manner I've practiced.

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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Today on backerkit, we've finally released our early access version of WESTWARD BOUND, our "oops, all dogs" standalone Last Caravan game about a group of dogs finding their humans after an alien invasion transformed North America. I want to tell you about it! (1/?)

A colorful TTRPG cover that shows a red-rocks landscape below where a car is driving towards a ruined alien ship. Above the landscape loom three cute figures of dogs!

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 18/09/2026

Humaning.

A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch perch above a busy crowd in a city, looking down. The cardinal says "It's a nice day to go humaning." The goldfinch says "Just look at them. Majestic." In panel 2, a close-up of the two birds. The cardinal says "Nobody tells you that you'll reach a certain age and suddenly get into humaning. I hit 3 years old, and then bam."The birds are looking out over the crowd scene. In panel 3, the cardinal says "Their calls sound funny to us, but each one has a unique meaning." Below, people are saying various things: "I'm tired." "Where's my phone?" "I'd murder a burrito." In panel 4, the birds look down excitedly at a man walking by. The cardinal says "Wait, is that a guy who got dressed in the dark and put his shirt on inside out and backwards?" And the goldfinch exclaims, "Holy... that's a lifer!"

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Paul Czege @paulczege.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"What's he doing?" "Sure doesn't look like game design." "How would you know what game design looks like. You're a sheep." "It doesn't even look like breathing." "Good point. So game design looks like death?" "Seems so."

The faces of three of the sheep from The Sheep Detectives, looking down at someone who's dead

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Humble @humblebundle.com · 17/09/2026

Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies, none of them released. Then she disappeared. Immortality and the Narrative Masterpieces bundle support Worldreader | bit.ly/3UvbPTX

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Montford Tales 🔜 Dragonmeet @montfordtales.com · 16/09/2026

What do you do when a strange old book, and an invitation to write to other werewolves, turns up on your doorstep one day? A journaling and letter writing game for 1-2 players. Find out more at www.montfordtales.com/the-almanac-... Don't bite the messenger. #soloSept #soloSeptember

A softcover game book in tones of green and gold is displayed next to tarot cards, narcissis, and a wolf skull.

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Paul Czege @paulczege.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I've done hand deliveries. When someone has lived close I've emailed and asked if they'd like to meet up at a park or library for a hand-off, and then it's super fun to chat for a bit. A couple of people have declined, but more have agreed than not.

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We are in our final handful of hours and we've hit all our stretch goals! If you haven't gotten your box set, now's the time!

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AquaVertigo @aquavertigo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you LOVE world building in RPGs, AND you enjoy solo gaming, please consider supporting @adepticarus.com KS for Arium, which is on the verge of hitting its last stretch goal of Solo Mode Stuff! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ade...

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Arium Complete Box Set

3x Ennie-Nominated Collaborative Tools for Any RPG Group.

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The Golden Cobra Challenge @goldencobra.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ssssssssss The Golden Cobra Challenge 2026 is OPEN for sssubmissions. Ssubmit by October 15th! www.goldencobra.org

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Golden Cobra Challenge

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Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

How much replay value do you expect in a solo TTRPG? How often do you play more than once?

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

GDT:

The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

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Banana Chan 🔜 Tabletop Oahu @bananachangames.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I made a trilogy of horror solo journaling games. The final game is Sample. It’s about a DJ who meets a tragic end and it’s set during Y2K right before the ball drops. Players create their own music and choose melodies to determine the outcome. Follow here before we launch: tinyurl.com/2af9nnte

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Will Munn @ Adept Icarus @adepticarus.com · 25/08/2026

All RIGHT! The Arium: Evolve & Arium Complete Box Set Kickstarter is LIVE. You know what to do. Thanks for helping spread the word. It means so much to a small press games publisher. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ade...

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Arium Complete Box Set

3x Ennie-Nominated Collaborative Tools for Any RPG Group.

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Michelle Kelly @michellicopter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Wake up babe it's the afternoon and also a new solo game just dropped for #soloseptember As with all my games, this can be played in a single session of under an hour. You will write your letter. You will make edits to your letter. You will not send it. michellicopter.itch.io/the-letter-y...

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The Letter You'll Never Send by Michellicopter

A short epistolary game to play alone

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