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Travis D. Hill, Ph.D. ☕️ @travisdhill.bsky.social · 8h

Did you know that you can cover solo games (card, board, RPGs) without (1) making an excuse why it’s okay to play a game solo and (2) playing it off as if it’s just a silly thing because you “have no friends.” Solo gaming has been, and will continue to be, legitimate. It’s 2026, y’all.

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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 12h

Exactly. I am tired of seeing the “I always knew”/“their work was actually bad” takes whenever allegations emerge. Sometimes—often, actually!—bad people find their way into good spaces and make good things. And you’re not better than the folks who were taken advantage of for “always knowing”

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Sarah Z @sarahz.bsky.social · 9h

On Jacob Geller

I'm aware of the rape allegations against Jacob Geller, as well as the fact that his name is on a court-ordered list of UNC students disciplined for sexual violence. I've hesitated on whether to post anything about it, because the victim hasn’t been identified and I don’t want to participate in a retraumatizing conversation against their wishes. At the same time, as someone who has collaborated with Jacob Geller, I do not want my silence to be taken as endorsement.

For my part, I did not know about this and I wish I had. What justice and repair look like in cases like these are for the victim to decide, and I do not know their wishes or what accountability processes, if any, took place. However, strictly on a personal level, I’m uncomfortable having collaborated with someone who has presented himself as a nonthreatening feminist without ever disclosing his history of sexual violence to me or any other colleagues I’ve spoken to. I have no intention of ever working with Geller again. Beyond that, the person this happened to ought to be the ultimate authority on what happens next, and how they wish to tell their story if at all.

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seosamh dáire @saint-vagrant.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

my story THE THAW is now out there for anyone. 5USD / 114pg / 🔞 superpose.itch.io/the-thaw

the cover i illustrated for my story, THE THAW. the story chronicles key moments— as defined by death, abuse, and sex— in the life of field medic Enver Kaychak.

this is a line drawing of a crow, mouth open in a silent shriek, frantically and fearsomely copulating with the dead body of another crow, a phenomenon which occurs in nature and here serves as a description of the potent intrusive thoughts and fantasies of the main character.

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 11h

Jacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax. He won't be on content moving forward and we won't be publicly airing this week's episode of The MinnMax Show. We're in shock and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time.

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B. Mure 𓃦 @bmure.bsky.social · 11h

Raising money to evacuate my friend’s auntie, they have a route secured but just need to raise the money in the next 5 weeks 🙏 if you donate and sent me proof I will make you a sketch (you tell me what you want!) chuffed.org/project/1964...

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Help us Medically Evacuate Majd's Mother from Gaza

In 2025, we raised enough money to evacuate Majd’s sister and mother.

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Rook @boxen.bsky.social · 12h

Am I wrong or is the word many people use for this "season" straight up a slur / directly derived from a slur? It's used so frequently that I am starting to doubt myself. But I'm 98% sure we (white people) should not be saying that.

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karanormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 28/07/2023

what is wrong with me and how do I monetize it

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Austin Dewar @austindewar.bsky.social · 14h

Strange Horizons will be opening for fiction submissions in just one hour! 🎉🎉🎉 strangehorizons.com/wordpress/su...

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Fiction Submission Guidelines

How to submit a story to Strange Horizons.

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Rook @boxen.bsky.social · 13h

I got mine last week! Highly recommend. I did end up regretting not taking the next day off, as I tend to have a bit of a reaction the night of and day after. It's temporary and worth it! Just try to take care of yourself.

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Rook @boxen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I gave $5. Anyone able to do the same or more?

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lumpenpoledancer @daturabombs333.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

71 reposts and like TWO donated that I know of. People see shares and assume I’m getting donations: I’m not Two people can’t carry me. both were small donations. I can’t live off that. I am going to be on the streets in pain soon. Hungry. Without meds. Pls help me.

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RPG Trader @rpgtrader.com · 30/09/2026

Solo September is coming to a close! 🌼 It’s been amazing to see how many people are discovering solo RPGs and the flexibility and creativity they offer. If solo RPGs have caught your interest, check out @solorpglist.com - a platform helping people discover solo games & the creators behind them. 🌼

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✦. @beastbait.art · 30/09/2026

I don’t have enough words. Please. I don’t have the magic words to say to make anyone help aside from please. Please, just stop for a moment. Take the time. Literally anything- a comment, acknowledging them as fellow people- please.

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Banana Chan 🔜 Portland Retro Gaming Expo @bananachangames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My next horror solo game, Sample, will be one of the last TTRPGs I work on for at least a couple of years as I pivot creatively. It launches in 2 weeks and it’s set during Y2K, following a one hit wonder who creates a demonic song to become something monstrous www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Follow Sample before we launch

From Read/Write Memory - Follow Sample before we launch

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We've had the ability to watch, say, Counterstrike marathons, Street Fighter tournaments, or chess matches between computers since the 90s. Spectacles which, by their very definition, would be at a "higher standard" than human play. And nobody wants it. It's entirely meaningless. It has no appeal.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 30/09/2026

We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.

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Art SilverGlass ~ Sophie Grunnet @silverglass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

👉 Free Art for Three Days 👈 I’m not pointing any fingers...but if you are, then I have made the perfect stock art bundle ^^ Free download for 3 days. Free for personal and commercial use. www.patreon.com/SilverGlass/... or ko-fi.com/s/f9cdee8279 Tell your friends! #ttrpg #stockart #lineart

Shows 8 different pointing hands icons, mostly in fantasy/medieval theme. All made by me.

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The QueerXP @thequeerxp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hello friends! We have a casting call closing tomorrow night that's looking for some more BIPOC players at the moment. There are three VERY different games in the line up, which includes: - Fairy Corgi Steeplechase - Hex & The City - If It Weren't For... More info in the casting call below!

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The QueerXP - Casting Call

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

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🪼Jellyfishlines 🔜 PaxU🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 28/09/2026

STARTING AT 5PM EST TODAY! I'm having a sale on some of my biggest hits to pay for PaxU mystery expenses that may pop up, any outstanding debt I owe to folks that have helped me out, and taxes to start the year (if I'm lucky)! Yes, Augury is in here. :3 itch.io/s/202366/pax...

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PAX U SALE by Jellyfishlines

A bundle by Jellyfishlines, $23.68 for 5 games

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tanze bravopueblo / w.s. healed @tattletale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

a rulebook should never give players 'permission' to change or break the rules -- the 'permission' is inherent in the fact that it's an inanimate object that can't do anything to stop you. it's at once condescending to the players and denigrating to your own design work

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✦. @beastbait.art · 27/09/2026

wishing star ✧

abstract piece showing my sona and its skull being fragmented by color and shape and surrounded by flowers and choked by roots. A morning star/mace is woven between the nooks and crannies of the sull

A piece on feeling stuck & angry.

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ah lads @popeurbanfox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

god grant me a big stick to change the things that can be changed with a big stick

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Jen Vaughn, Storyteller at Large @thejenya.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Another Strange Scaffold game Just For Me

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🌦🍄🍂Vicka 🍂🍄🌦 @vickaruscica.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Reminder that there are 4 days remaining on @rpgtrader.bsky.social Solo Bundle! 134 games for only $20! Stock yourself for the upcoming season! No more boring afternoons, guaranteed!* #TTRPG #SoloSeptember #SoloGames #Journaling *not guaranteed

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Solo September Games Bundle on RPG Trader

A collection of 134 games to play on your own. In partnership with Solo RPG List.

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Rook @boxen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Omg Macbeth you can't just say "what, you egg?" to their face you have to like cherish them or whatever and when the time is right

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where the oleander grows @nonblnary.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

STEP 1 SWITCH UP ON EVERYONE I KNOW STEP 2 SWITCH BACK, KEEP EM GUESSING, STEP 3 OUBLIETTE

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you care about keeping the Academy of Natural Sciences open to the public in Philadelphia, I need you to read and share this thread. Trish Wellenbach was sent from the mayor's office to oversee the Academy of Natural sciences situation. She needs to hear from us. Here comes the action item:

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where the oleander grows @nonblnary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“the game barely gives you any choices the endings aren’t that different” okay

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Wren @satanicwren.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Drexel University in Philadelphia is trying to shut down the oldest Natural History Museum in the western hemisphere, privatizing its vast collection. If you care about natural history PLEASE watch this video that tells you how you can help. youtu.be/nxyfBfCrbDw?...

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The Plan To Destroy Americas Oldest Natural History Museum

YouTube video by Miniminuteman

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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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Haunted Table @hauntedtable.games · 22/09/2026

THE HOUSE EDGE is coming to Kickstarter on October 20th. Beat the odds and break containment in this endless dungeon crawl through a paranormal vault hidden beneath an '80s casino! FIST ruleset with a Triangle Agency story, made by the creators of both games. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hau...

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Viktor Oktobar 👁️ @fangandtentacle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

👁️ CARNAGE ON CAPE COD IS OUT 👁️ Get your copy now at rpg-trader.com/creator/562/... #ttrpg #solottrpg

Carnage on Cape Cod Interactive Novel book cover.
Fang&Tentacle production.
Black scratchy background. A crying eye is in the middle. Its shape resembles a cave. The iris is a black orb.

A portrait of a person with a red string covering their face. Their bust is against a black background.

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Topher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My wonderful father, who instilled in me the love of computer and comics and weird cartoons, has passed away. Any support you could give to help our family would be appreciated. gofund.me/a724331e4

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Donate to Help William Florence's Family With Farewell Costs, organized by T. Florence

We are heartbroken at the passing of William Florence at the age of 7… T. Florence needs your support for Help William Florence's Family With Farewell Costs

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🔞🏳️‍⚧️ Eleanoir Nevermore!! 🧪🩸 @cutestanomaly.ca · 22/09/2026

Hey I think it should be said with the next round of "Discord age verification" scares and panic coming around Do NOT drop everything and run to a website you heard about 30 min ago and had not looked into at all The amount of vibe coded slop preying upon people's worry is alarming

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Erika Ishii's inclusion is not a "controversial announcement". This is elevating weird gamergaters' boring whining as deserving of attention. There's no "sides" to this, there's no "issue": It's a talented performer who's done nothing wrong being hated for who they are.

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Rook @boxen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I am enjoying this podcast and you almost certainly will too

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Cliff PervoSCARY @pervocracy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is a canary resuscitator, which miners would use to revive canaries that had passed out from toxic gas, because ideally not only do you care, you don't even leave the bird behind. just a little mining history and not at all a furious scream

A canary in a sealed box attached to an oxygen tank

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 21/09/2026

damn if only there were 300-500 devs who could help with that

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Playtest Material Magazine @playtestmaterial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A serious one today. "This is a call to our readers and future readers: please, consider before scrolling away, if you think our magazine is worth £18+postage. It is not just an investment in a bundle of paper, but in meaningful critique in the ttrpg space." playtestmaterial.org/playtest-mat...

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Playtest Material launches its first ever subscription drive

Playtest Material needs 75 subscribers to break even — one of those could be you.

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Rook @boxen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was playing "We're Not Really Strangers" with my husband and a (new-ish) friend, and said friend had to give an assumption about me based largely on appearance. She said "Were you a big fan of Steven Universe? Well, let me rephrase. What was your favorite episode of Steven Universe?" Got my ass

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🪼Jellyfishlines 🔜 PaxU🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 20/09/2026

You KNOW the jam is good when people are waking up, bolt upright at 2:30AM, and writing down their inspiration for a noir game. So, uh, join us! There’s a server linked on the page :D itch.io/jam/noirvemb...

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NOIR-VEMBER TTRPG JAM

A game jam from 2026-11-01 to 2026-12-01 hosted by Jellyfishlines & Tyrastafr. The rain hits the pavement as the shadows grow long. The streetlights, ever silent watchers, flicker to life. She walks u...

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