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Tolarian Community College @tolariancommunitycollege.com · 27/09/2026

I have been informed this is currently the top post in the "hololive" subreddit. Now all I need to do is figure out what that is and I will be able to connect better with the youth culture!

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Nate @bigratgames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

okay wow forever is going to ruin my life

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Nate @bigratgames.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Okay but like how do you actually learn how to market a game and pre-build an audience when you're really not wired for social media. I gotta start streaming design time or something so I can just talk about how fucking cool this game is to a void for a few hours a week and let the sickos find me.

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Nate @bigratgames.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Finally cracked a subsystem for this god damn monster hunting game and we are LIVING. Playtest dropping in a month or two I think

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Nate @bigratgames.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I may be the classic "d&d is a bad ttrpg and you should play anything else" guy but if you're currently hype about the warcraft book, you gotta brace yourself and watch @spice8rack.bsky.social 's youtu.be/m9AvT6mS0xE?... wotc is going to make your game into slop.

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Magic: The Gathering & the Death of the Future

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Nate @bigratgames.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Finally getting to run delta green. Time to put people through the worst haunted house imaginable.

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Nate @bigratgames.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Of fucking course fox is involved with deathbringer

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Araukana Media LTD @araukana.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In Zephyr, players traverse the back of a living, sentient continent to find the source of their passions and convictions, as well as to fulfill sacred obligations to their community. Get it at the ENNIEs Emporium, at 25% off, for the next 24hs only! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

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Nate @bigratgames.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Trying to carefully navigate the burnout going away by not just locking myself in a room and writing. I've gotta figure out how not to be an all or nothing type designer.

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Nate @bigratgames.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Why are like 5000% of warhammer 40k character models just this

A terrible ms paint doodle of a stick man, standing with one foot raised onto a crudely scribbled rock, one arm held high with a sword, the other at their side holding a blocky representation of a pistol.

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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It's always great to see a new vid from Aaron, and this one happens to be about Doskvol! 😊

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Casper Pham @marcheriest.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

opening up 5 slots for character & illustration commissions again (samples shown below)

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Flintlock. Why do all these nerds follow me? I'm not a nerd. @flintlock.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The Sunday Telegraph isn't always wrong, to be fair.

Fake Telegraph headline from Allister Heath.

"The creeping normalisation of D&D in a castle is a tragedy for the British way of life"

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Graham Walmsley 🎲 @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

If you hate that thing where creators say "Follow this Kickstarter and let's get to [a round number] of followers"... ...this is a really good time to follow the Play Unsafe Kickstarter, because it's nowhere near a round number of followers. #kickstarter #ttrpg www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

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Coming soon: Play Unsafe

An all-new edition of Graham Walmsley's classic book about playing tabletop roleplaying games.

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Nate @bigratgames.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Anyone save a pdf of the nightmare neopets game that I could have a look at?

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 20/02/2026

In the years since publishing my Wolfenstein essay, I’ve wondered what a truly “Jewish game” might look like. Does it need to explore the themes and narratives of the culture? Or could it simply star the most famous Jew of all time — Jesus Christ himself? youtu.be/8dkB-KTMB3o

Jacob talking into a microphone in front of a variety of characters. Mara from "Perfect Tides," Tommy from Rugrats, a big daddy from Bioshock, and Jesus Christ holding a cross-themed game controller.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Yet again a Labour minister lets the cat out of the bag. They are expecting to come third in Gorton and Denton. Only the Green Party can stop Reform. Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.

A minister added "if we do come third the PM is in trouble.,

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I tried to do a BHM TTRPG jam last year with middling results (I get that ppl are busy, so I am not stressing it). We did get a couple of amazing games from it though! If I did it this year, would ppl be down?

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mankrik's wife guy @byelacey.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

getting your epic mount so you can fly to raid on your own (EXPENSIVE :() (more rep grinds???) ❌😭💸 vs sitting in town and typing "123" (FREE) (EASY) (NO WORRIES) ✨☀️😄

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cavegirl @cavegirl.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

an infuriatingly large portion of the ttrpg playing public are to rpgs what the illiterate are to novels. no, D&D does not offer equal support to "Thrilling Dungeon Adventures" and "Harvest-Moon-Esque Cozy Socialising", and if you think it does I will treat you like you are terminally stupid.

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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 17/12/2025

Sharing some of my thoughts from the other site but man I'm really pissed off about this shit.

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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Psst. #TheBlackCompanyRPG ... the playtest opens December 1. Sign up to be alerted: forms.gle/MbrHP53tSCeQ... Share and like!

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Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

New Quinns Quest review is a boxed RPG special! 📦✨ I dunno folks, I think running RPGs out of 400 page hardback books might be dumb and bad

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Quinns Quest Reviews: The Boxed RPG Special!

YouTube video by Quinns Quest

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Chris Longhurst @potatocubed.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I think a lot of my personal game design theory boils down to "systems are inescapable, and if you think you're not using one you're just using one you can't or won't acknowledge".

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Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

D66 Things Guards Say When You Pass A Stealth Check (Fantasy)

This is a D66 table which is too long to fit into the alt text. It's 36 different things a Guard might say when you pass a stealth check. Here's a selection, anyway:
“Huh. Guess it must have been the wind.”
“Blimey, the size of the size of the rats ‘round here!”
“I must be tired.”
“Don’t bother. This place makes all sorts of weird noises.”
“You’re hearing things! You ought to lay off the whiskey.”
“Guess it was nothing.”
“I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that.”
“Go on, get out of here!”
“I’m not checking it. You check it.”
“Come on, who’d try to sneak in here?”
“Ugh. I hate this job.”
“Any more noises like that and I’ll be forced to stand up and take a look.”
“I don’t feel like getting shanked in the ribs tonight. Just let it slide.”
“What you mean, ‘strange noise?’ Sounds like a perfectly normal noise to me.”
“My doctor said I’m not supposed to investigate mysterious sounds after 6pm.”
*aimlessly whistles a sea shanty, and dreams of their true purpose: sailing the mighty ocean*
“Ohhh, my aching back! I can barely stand up straight, let alone search for intruders!”
“Geoffrey? Is that you? I’ve told you not to do the hiding thing any more. It’s dangerous.”
“I think someone must have left a window open somewhere.”
to themselves: “Don’t be scared. Shh. There’s no such thing as ghosts.”
“Probably just a harmless drunk. They kip in here sometimes.”
“Hey, your shift’s over! It’s my time to guard. Let me have this, Sylvia.”
reading aloud, weeping: “Dear Erik. I am very sorry, but I must leave you. I’ve found a new lover. He wants to start a family. I can’t wait for your promotion any longer.”
“No, no: my grandfather told me about a time he investigated a nearby disruption. I’m not going to make the same mistake.”

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested: www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme... I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

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Katherine Stark @kastark.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Alberto Dianin and Andrea Ruggeri are cheap, tasteless, talentless grifters and I would not piss on them if they were on fire

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𓇢𓆸𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆ꫂ❀ @fsohns.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

This blew up. Check out my anarchist game of sentimental constructs surviving atop a sentient landmass maybe? bsky.app/profile/fsoh...

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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I'm not sure how you could NOT come to the conclusion that D&D is basically a great big smothering pillow shoved over the face of "the non-D&D RPG hobby/industry" unless you're being deliberately obtuse or are so fundamentally ignorant nobody should listen to anything you have to say ever

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jay Dragon is unstoppable @jdragsky.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

the cinemasins of imagination

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Gwen @gwen-deer.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

DnD 4e was the only edition that actually knew what it was and that’s why it’s the best one

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Sandy Pug Games Gaiden @sandypuggames.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I just wanna say for the purposes of humblebragging and future employment prospects: Despite being 2 years overdue and despite the various trials that led to that situation, with the majority of fulfillment costs pay, HELLPIERCERS still lands in the green.

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

SURPRISE! I had an idea on Tuesday for how to do the Perfect Space Marine RPG, so I wrote the Perfect Space Marine RPG. It's both a shitpost and a dead serious game. And it's, uh... 34,000 words long? Anyway enjoy!!! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Oath of Moment

【OATH OF MOMENT】 An Astartes Roleplaying Game They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give of themselves to me. Like clay I shall mould them, and in the furnace of war forge them. They will be...

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Nate @bigratgames.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I'm sorry but stealing the crown jewels from the louvre is a crime so cool that I don't think you should be allowed to go to prison for it.

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🌱Elaine Lithgow🌱 @elainelithgow.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

In today's TTRPG Dev Vlog I chat about a clever way to design covers and other large expensive illustrations to get the most bang for your buck.

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TTRPG Covers Can Be So Much More

YouTube video by Is This Something? A TTRPG Dev Vlog

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Luna P. @satelitesnaturales.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Hey gamers, Luna here. I'm a graphic designer for ttrpgs, you can hire me to make your zines cooler, or to kill your enemies with my mind. Unless they deal poison damage, then I'm out. Anyways, you want this. Yes?

Table of contents for the game OMEN. Grey and red stripes decorate the page with the titles for each section.

A 3D render of a spread from wolves at the lake. There's a zine and 2 red die on dark wooden planks.

A spread from a feast for a sphinx. It depicts a centipede person holding an obsidian spearhead, along with the descriptions of said weapon and the rooms 7 and 8. The colors red and gold adorn the white page.

A spread from the goblin mail extras zine. Showing two characters, a mail goblin and a robot made out of mail. The art is black and white and features halftone pictures of stamps.

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Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

People using Margaret Thatcher' 100th birthday to celebrate her death is so disappointing to me. You can celebrate her death EVERY day of the year, people!

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Josh Fox 🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures @armadajosh.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

By the way, my real hot take is, die choice doesn't really matter. It's a tiny, unimportant part of game design that gets massively overfocused on. Calling a game "2d6 based" or whatever is like saying a car is "red paint job based".

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Binary @binarystar.games · 05/10/2025

Papercult is still up and running and thriving, which is something I *should* periodically remind people when the owner of this site isn't crashing out, but especially when they are: papercult.club

papercult.club

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Erika Chappell 🏳️‍⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I Was Reborn Into Another Randomly Generated World?

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Nate @bigratgames.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

One of the few "I will automatically buy this game if you said it was good" voices on youtube.

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Oliver @dubiousdevil.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you* *fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you* *fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you* *fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*

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