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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 2h

I’ve been thinking a lot more about freelance design and how mystifying it is to most people, especially if you came through the proverbial back door with rpgs. Today, I’m thinking about the three most popular pricing models and my thoughts on them. www.explorersdesign.com/working-desi...

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Design Hireling: Pricing Models

3 pricing models for freelance graphic designers and artists in rpgs.

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Inspired by Final Fantasy X, the Xenoblade Chronicles, and Magic Knight Rayearth, Rangers of a Broken World launches in two weeks! Destroy the twisted Horrors. Deceive the Noble Demons. Outlast the relentless Automata. And save your people. Follow the launch now: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

A spread from Rangers of a Broken World with the two pages that introduce the Wandering Magus class. A woman in loose-fitting clothes wearing a long silk scarf floats in the air and weaves a spell across a desert dune. In the distance, a huge spectral tortoise appears. Caption: Wandering Magus. A desert nomad, preserver of ancient knowledge, and reader of the stars, the Magus is an unparalleled hunter. Everything in the world is connected, and no one understands those connections better.

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Binary @binarystar.games · 29/09/2026

100%, people are always gonna lean towards the thing that gets them instant answers without giving them shit for it and "giving them shit" is considerably easier to fix than "instant"

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Leon "Used to Be Cat" Richardson @catlinggun.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A little over two weeks until The Party begins!!

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Binary @binarystar.games · 26/09/2026

Come visit us! We'll be in hall 4, basically in the middle!

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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Montgomery County MD's library system hosts its own anime & comic con! This year, Designed in the DMV will be there offering indie and zine games to delight everyone. Tomorrow might be the perfect weather to explore the great indoors with us! 📅 Sat, Sep 25 🕚 11-7 📍 MoCo Fairgrounds, Gaithersburg

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Isabelle Ruebsaat -> paxu @anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've been doing actual game design so here's some theoryslop to try and explain the basics of ttrpg play cultures to my girlfriend to balance it out

A venn diagram with Play to Find Out, Strict Player/GM divide, and OOC player control over the story

OSR is play to find out and strict player/GM divide

Neotrad is strict player/GM divide and OOC player control over the story

Pbta design legacy is OOC player control over the story and play to find out

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here are 5 covers I liked this month. One of them doesn't even look like an rpg cover. It looks like junk mail. www.explorersdesign.com/covers-sept-...

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Great Covers: September '26

Great covers from across the tabletop rpg industry.

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will jobst @willjobst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

make games or else

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Galen Pejeau @nightjargames.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Speaking of space games, SOLARCRAWL, my system-neutral campaign of "what if NASA did an OSR" is printed and on its way to backers! That means we can sell it to the rest of you all as well! Copies will soon be available from pandiongames.com/products/sol...

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Solarcrawl

Solarcrawl is currently in production. Once the Kickstarter campaign is fulfilled, the game will be for sale here. Click the "Notify Me" button to get an email when it is available! --- Our homeworld ...

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Amaranth M @jazzelves.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just had to replace a partner's graphics card due to chip failure. Kind of important to have a working computer. Able to handle it, but uh, significantly outside budget so... if y'all feel so inclined I'm rattling my coin jar. Not a crisis, just a shortfall. ko-fi.com/jazzelves

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Buy JazzElves a Coffee

Become a supporter of JazzElves today!

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Binary @binarystar.games · 24/09/2026

DMV folks! @junkfoodgames.bsky.social and I will be at RisuCon (in Gaithersburg) on this Saturday, the 26th. We'll have a fine selection of both our games and games from other designers in the area. Stop on by and say hi! www.risucon.com/risucon

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RisuCon | comic | Montgomery County, MD, USA

RisuCon is Montgomery County's Comic Con. RisuCon is the annual meeting of the Montgomery County Comic & Cosplay Club. RisuCon features vendors, seminars, games, trivia, anime screenings, and a cospla...

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Binary @binarystar.games · 24/09/2026

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RisuCon | comic | Montgomery County, MD, USA

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MeatCastle GameWare @meatcastlegameware.com · 23/09/2026

A former The Meat Grinder project! I love the shape this game's taken in its final (beautiful) form.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ten followers on this campaign page would make me so powerful. So, so powerful. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rod...

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Coming soon: Cinderella Smile

Stop the wedding, save the kingdom. TTRPG.

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Binary @binarystar.games · 22/09/2026

itch.io/jam/minimali... 34 entries so far! About a month and a week left!

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Submissions to Minimalist TTRPG Jam 5

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aryxymaraki @aryxymaraki.itch.io · 22/09/2026

If you join the minimalist jam this year, you can join the world's first mmottrpg, World of EverDragon! aryxymaraki.itch.io/world-of-eve...

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World of EverDragon by Aryxymaraki

a flex-system flex-player MMOTTRPG

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Binary @binarystar.games · 22/09/2026

itch.io/jam/minimali... 34 entries so far! About a month and a week left!

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Submissions to Minimalist TTRPG Jam 5

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Sandro AD 🔜 PAX Unplugged @sandroad.moe · 22/09/2026

[ ~ Where grief stirs, spirits linger ~ ] Dive into the kaleidoscopic fantasy of Beneath the Floating World, a Carved from Brindlewood game of psychedelic zenpunk exorcism ~ Uncover twisted truths, face supernatural horrors and navigate your mortal woes . . . sandroad.itch.io/restrain-ref...

The cover for beneath the floating world ~ Featuring an onryo-esc figure above two silhouetted exorcists

The beginning of character creation rules

The center fold describing the parallel Day and Night phases of play

The 12 Exorcist Moves that can each define a character

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mk, 🍉, anti gen-AI @citadelofswords.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

tiltify campaign is now live! because MAP is a uk based charity we are in pounds, not dollars, but the conceit remains the same: tiltify.com/@citadelofsw...

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Tiltify - Made for Fundraisers

We give you the tools to engage with your donors and raise more for your charity

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Binary @binarystar.games · 21/09/2026

I guess? But they had to spend money to buy the projects, I assume, if nothing else. This makes some sense for the 5E stuff (especially given a lot of that crowd doesn't give a fuck if it's AI-laden) if you expect to never have return customers I suppose.

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Binary @binarystar.games · 21/09/2026

I truly do not know what they think they're accomplishing, here. Establishing themselves as "the company that takes over a project you might have liked and drops a shit sandwich on your doorstep" doesn't strike me as a winning move

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Binary @binarystar.games · 18/09/2026

If you go to "reports" you can filter between products, my bundles, and all bundles.

RPG Trader user interface should start, end, product, product category, range, and checkboxes for prdocuts, my bundles, collab bundles, and $0 orders

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Binary @binarystar.games · 18/09/2026

$36 (of which $20 was bundles). Which is 36 bucks I wouldn't have gotten, I suppose.

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole Con @tabletopbookshelf.com · 18/09/2026

Solo Party: Delve Deeper is here! The Delve Deeper selection gives you the opportunity to go deep with a more immersive solo games experience. And with our first Delve Deeper selection we are literally going deep: to the center of the earth with Substratum Protocol from @pandiongames.com

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HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

IT'S FINALLY HERE! Go OVERLAND! AND ABROAD! in your BENEATH! THE DUNGEONFLOOR! games... Solo Role-playing never felt so good! Explore the world of your imagination! hodagrpg.itch.io/overland

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Overland! And Abroad! by Hodag RPG

A new expansion for Beneath! The Dungeonfloor! Plus other rarities and curiosities!

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Sylvan Lawrence Is Carfunding @lonelamplighter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Not sure who here heard already, but Nic from IPR was in a really bad car crash two weeks ago, and his car is completely totaled. Anything you can give would be immensely appreciated, and even if you can't, please please please spread the word on this! www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...

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Donate to Support Nicholas's Recovery and Car Replacement, organized by David Gales

I'm raising funds for my dear friend Nicholas, who was recently in a ter… David Gales needs your support for Support Nicholas's Recovery and Car Replacement

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aryxymaraki @aryxymaraki.itch.io · 16/09/2026

for minimalist jam this year I have released a proof of concept MMOTTRPG play solo in Zones, small group in Dungeons, full group in Raids; engage in any or all of the layers and still be helpful and productive! Use any system you want for your character! aryxymaraki.itch.io/world-of-eve...

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World of EverDragon by Aryxymaraki

a flex-system flex-player MMOTTRPG

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Binary @binarystar.games · 15/09/2026

I'm so glad to hear it!

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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · 15/09/2026

NEW FOR SOLO SEPT: Trespasser by @binarystar.games 🫀 A solo+ action-adventure incursion into the heart of the Zone. What IS the Zone? Magic? Alien? Is it sentient? Malevolent? Indifferent? Regardless, artifacts are in high demand - especially whatever lies in the center, where no one has gone... yet

The cover of Trespasser, A game of entering, unveiling, and being challenged by The Zone by Binary Star Games. The cover is full color, in greens and pinks. The image is a person in a vintage gas mask

An interior example from Trespasser. The lefthand page is titled Trespasser Traits and details how to decide your Skills and Equipment. The righthand page continues this process, detailing your Stress and your Motivations. There's also boxed text detailing Risks for Skill Rolls

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LycanthrEppy @epidiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You can't hear it, but I'm playing "The Final Countdown" on the recorder right now.

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Shurebis [he/him] @shurebis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

IRON on IRON on IRON Rules for medieval skirmishes. For Minimalist Jam. shurebis.itch.io/iron-on-iron...

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IRON on IRON on IRON by Shurebis

Rules for medieval skirmishes

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Chris | Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'll be tabling at a local anime con later this month! I'll be representing the design collective I'm part of, Designed in the DMV, and will be selling cool indie ttrpg's! I'll also be tabling next to my wife Emily, who makes really great crochet creations. Come swing by if you're local!

Flyer for RisuCon. Text says September 26, 2026, 11AM to 7PM. The Montgomery county fairgrounds. Gaithersburg MD.

Designed in the DMV Hall #4, booth 422. Ellie's Yarn World, Hall #4, Booth #423.

Come and find Emily and I at RisuCon. This is our first event together and we will be side by side

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Binary @binarystar.games · 10/09/2026

It's weird because in my experience it used to but it's kind of looped around back to sincere acknowledgement

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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My father died in Taiwan on August 30, just days after we last said goodbye in Shanghai. When I dedicated The Bonsai Diary to "all the 爺爺," I had him in mind ("grandfather" to my children). I wrote a short essay on legacy, The Bonsai Diary's core theme: stickydoodler.beehiiv.com/p/the-bonsai...

Me and my dad pointing at his grandfather's name on a large timeline at 迎宾楼 Restaurant in Wuxi, China, my dad's homeland.

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Gila RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today is the day we hit 600 followers on NOVA 2. 10 more to go. Help me blow up the sun, again. www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

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Coming soon: NOVA 2

Pilot mechs in a sunless world in this exciting second edition of the NOVA TTRPG!

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Mega Flare @megaflare0.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This jam was the push I needed to start publishing my games! I highly recommend you join and just make something, anything you are thinking of. It will be worth it.

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