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Ennie Award Winning TTRPG publisher making games about little guys doing their best and everyday magic. Run by Jon Boyle & Bri de Danann. Upcoming: tinyurl.com/LGBTRPG Games: brightbardgames.com PDFs: brightbardgames.itch.io

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RPG Trader @rpgtrader.com · 05/10/2026
🎃 2 days left to join the Spooky Season Bundle! 👻 Got a spooky, creepy or delightfully weird TTRPG product? There’s still time to contribute to our RPG Trader bundle running October 10-31! Come join the fun! 🦇 👉 rpgtrader.com/dashboard/bu...
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Spooky Season Bundle on RPG Trader
Join the bundle to add your products.
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Super psyched to see Axolotl with a Gun being played for charity in a couple weeks!
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Find Out Productions @findoutproductions.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Soon! Axolotls are critically endangered in the wild, so on October 15, we'll raise money for Adopt Axolotl, an initiative by the National Autonomous University of Mexico. And to help the axolotls defend themselves, we will give them GUNS, as we play Axolotl With A Gun by @brightbard.bsky.social
Announcement of a charity stream of TTRPG Axolotl with a Gun, raising funds for Adopt Axolotl by the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
The stream is announced for Thursday, October 15th, 8pm EDT, 5pm PDT, on twitch.tv/findoutproductions

The background shows a wild axolotl with mottled skin in the water, the back of the image mostly green due to plant growth. The axolotl is looking directly at the camera, giving the impression of smiling at the viewer.

Beneath it in circular frames are the headshots of the cast:
Andre Rivera, a Boricua masc person glancing at the camera, head tilted. Andre has medium length curly black hair underneath a green beanie, a mustache, and wears dark-rimmed glasses.
Faun aka Jess, a queer nonbinary person with the head tilted slightly backwards, looking at the camera in ¾ profile. Jess has a side shave and hair partially dyed pink and white.
Janis, a white man with blonde hair cropped very short, looking at the camera.
Mirm, a Samoan nonbinary femme with long curly hair, wearing glasses. Mirm’s eyes are closed and they are smiling and partially sticking out their tongue.

Also pictured are the logos of Adopt Axolotl (top right, showing the stylized outline of an axolotl’s head above a waterline), Find Out Productions (bottom left, outline of the face of a cat wearing a Carmen Sandiego style hat), and Bright Bard Games (bottom center left, a stylized B, shining radiantly).
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So proud to be able to make a game that gets to help real life wildlife through play ❤️
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bri made another asset-pack this month! This marks 3 whole asset packs in the month of September!
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Boo de Danann @bridanann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This year my goal is to post a Stock Art Pack every month! Because I was unable to post a pack for July or August, I'm posting 3 for September! The third pack is another Space-Scape Background Pack! Available now for all your Sci-fi needs! bridanann.itch.io/space-scape-...
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Space Scape Background Pack 3 by Bri de Danann
3 space background images
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Their so angy
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Thread Theories @thread-theories.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The axolotl I made for @brightbard.bsky.social inspired me. We need more angy plush 🤣😡
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Boo de Danann @bridanann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Corner booths are some of my fave to design. The possibilities for traffic flow can't be beat
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Rocking the corner booth set up at Hello Boba today!
Me in front of my boothTTRPG side Art side
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
and just like that there is only a week left in #SoloSeptember!
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Sticky Doodler 🔜 PeopleCon 3 @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trash to Treasure by @brightbard.bsky.social and Thunder Road Vandetta TTRPG by @davethegame.bsky.social et.al. (Designed in the DMV!), a ton of stuff from @moreblueberries.bsky.social,
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 28/07/2026
It's here, it's here! 🌟 V2 of Hire Human Artists is now live. We make it easier than ever to find artists who have pledged not to use generative AI in their workflow. HireHumanArtists.com Use the directory to find artists for your project type, that do a certain style, and more! Now with images!
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Find an Artist Who Doesn't Use Generative AI | Hire Human Artists
Looking for an artist for your next project? Our human artist directory is full of over 400 artists who have pledged not to use gen AI.
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Minnesota Comic Book Association @mncbaorg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Bright Bard @brightbard.bsky.social Bright Bard Games is a Twin Cities-based TTRPG publisher run by queer, disabled creators Bri de Danann and Jon Boyle. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #TwinCities #ComicCon #ComicConvention
MNCBA FallCon 2026 promotional collage of Bright Bard with photo, work samples, and event information.
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Bri made another amazing Background Asset pack! Anyone looking for spooky background for their Fall games?
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Boo de Danann @bridanann.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This year my goal is to post a Stock Art Pack every month! Because I was unable to post a pack for July or August, I'm posting 3 for September! The second pack is another Background Pack for Spooky Season! Available now for all your Halloween needs! bridanann.itch.io/spooky-backg...
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Spooky Background Pack by Bri de Danann
3 rgb png illustrations (now with Tiffs and Jpgs)
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Star★Salts @starsalts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🌟Shop Update! 🌟 We finally have DS Pins back in stock! Come check out our collection and let me know what your favorite is! Who knows, maybe we'll be expanding this collection in the future... 👀 starsalts.com/collections/...
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Honestly one of the best presents we've ever received
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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 14/09/2026
For those asking if you could buy just the PDFs for Into the Oddish, the answer is now "yes, here is the itch page". Go grab it #osr #ttrpg #pokemon prismatic-wasteland.itch.io/into-the-odd...
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Into the Oddish by Prismatic Wasteland
TTRPG where you play as pocket-sized monsters in a Pokapocalyptic world
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
See you at GenCon hopefully!
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Thread Theories @thread-theories.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Honored to present @brightbard.bsky.social their very own Axolotl with a Gun last night! The eyebrows are magnetic, and removeable to make the angriest or sweetest axolotl. We're coming for you AI overlords 😈
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Boo de Danann @bridanann.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
See my fellow Twin Cities Designers tomorrow!
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Boo de Danann @bridanann.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My DTIYS is not just about the girls! There are dragons too!
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have you checked out the community copies we published on our itch page yet? If you don't have the funds and are participating in Solo September, don't miss out!
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have you checked out the community copies we published on our itch page yet? If you don't have the funds and are participating in Solo September, don't miss out!
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Boo de Danann @bridanann.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This year my goal is to post a Stock Art Pack every month! Because I was unable to post a pack for July or August, I'm posting 3 for September! The first pack is another Spot Art pack of Mythical Creatures! Available now for all your Mythological Fantasy needs! bridanann.itch.io/mythical-cre...
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Mythical Creature Spot Art by Bri de Danann
12 rgb png Illustrations
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Jon Boo-yle 🎃 @residentbard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We're celebrating Solo September with some community copies of our single-player games! (I may also be working on a solo RPG bundle for our website)
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I threw up a few community copies on Itch in the spirit of today's article: 🔗 brightbardgames.itch.io/beloved
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Beloved by Bright Bard Games
A duet game of ritual romance for you and your beloved.
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Lyric games are endlessly cool, and my first couple games were part this movement! Terminus, Beloved and even Loop were intended to take players away from "traditional" RPG experiences and gamify daily rituals. After the axolotls, Beloved actually remains one of our most popular games!
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Last up is Tipsy Whispers, a roll and write TTRPG about a magical speakeasy hidden in the walls of your aging home. Can you keep the boozy secrets of its immortal patrons and keep them from partying your house to the ground? 🔗 brightbardgames.itch.io/tipsy-whispers
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Tipsy Whispers by Bright Bard Games
Discover the secrets of an otherwordly speakeasy beneath your floorboards.
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Crash Café is one of two roll and write TTRPGs in our catalog! A trifold RPG as humble as the restaurant you'll inherit in-game, you and your goblin pals are hell-bent on getting a 5-star rating from the local food faeries. 🔗 brightbardgames.itch.io/crash-cafe
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Crash Cafe by Bright Bard Games
A roll and write, 1-page rpg about the chaos of running a goblin cafe together.
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Following Terminus was I Crave the Loop, a snack-powered roguelike about a midnight snacker haunted by a hungry ghost kitty. Use a real-life snack to give your character in-game zoomies to evade the creature before it can devour your food! 🔗 brightbardgames.itch.io/i-crave-the-...
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I Crave the Loop by Bright Bard Games
Eat your snack before the eldritch cat in your house eats it for you.
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Our first solo game, Terminus, is a tarot-powered journaling RPG about the dying ghost of a liminal space, inspired by @goblinmixtape.bsky.social's Anamnesis! Use observations from a walk and prompts from a tarot deck to relive the ghost's memories. 🔗 brightbardgames.itch.io/terminus
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Terminus by Bright Bard Games
A tarot-powered, ritual storytelling game for one or two players
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Happy Solo September!!! 🎉 As appreciators (and designers) of solo RPGs, Bri and I wanted to take a minute to shout out our single-player games at the top of the month. We're also celebrating by refreshing our pool of community copies on Itch! Check out the links to each page below 🥳
A mockup of the cover for Terminus, featuring a spectral human outline set against a forested, mountainous landscape. Text reads "A tarot-powered ritual game about the dying ghost of a liminal space."a cover mockup of I Crave the Loop, showing spilt milk and cereal, with milky pawprints leading away into the dark. Text reads "A snack-powered roguelike about a hungry ghost cat."A mockup of Crash Café, featuring a green trifold pamphlet RPG with a goblin sipping from a cup of coffee. text reads "A one page game about running a restaurant with your goblin pals."A cover mockup of Tipsy Whispers, featuring gold foil art nouveau lineart of a woman swirling a drink. text reads "A roll and write game about a secret, magical speakeasy in your home."
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Emily | Odds & Ents @oddsandents.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is a Sandhill Crane illustration I did for an issue of @pocketbirds.bsky.social which just funded on Backerkit! (Inspired a bit by Charley Harper because my mom loves his art)
A colorful mainly light purple illustration of a Sandhill Crane, a tall bird bent so that its head is facing down towards its feet and its neck is curved into a semi circle.
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Boo de Danann @bridanann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
~bites fingernails~ We are getting down to the WIRE! Submit your version of the Trash to Treasure girls for me to shout out when I return to streaming soon! You have until MONDAY!
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Bri worked on this project!! If you love space this is a PERFECT book to grab
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Pangur Ban Collective @pangyban.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
GALACTIC DAWN IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! Check us out if you like worldbuilding, GM-less, or faction games! Time to vibrate unproductively in my chair for the rest of the day. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pan...
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Galactic Dawn: A Collaborative Worldbuilding TTRPG
Build the pillars of galactic civilization. Vie for a place amongst the stars.
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Emily | Odds & Ents @oddsandents.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Look at this yummy art by @bridanann.bsky.social in this delicious layout by meee - this book is coming along so nice and it looks sick! go back the kickstarter if you love worldbuilding games!
a layout mockup of Galactic Dawn showing a full page art of a planet with debris in orbit in purples and oranges.
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Terminus is in this bundle! Don't miss out on this great deal!
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RPG Trader @rpgtrader.com · 31/08/2026
👀 To celebrate Solo September, our newest bundle launches tomorrow! Packed with 131 brilliant solo TTRPGs for only $20 - wishlist it now to be notified as soon as it goes live. Proudly partnering with @solorpglist.com for this epic bundle 🌟 rpg-trader.com/products/835...
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Solo September Games Bundle on RPG Trader
A collection of 131 games to play on your own. In partnership with Solo RPG List.
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Jess✨ @angryartist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It was a pleasure and a joy to illustrate the cover AND do the layout for my dear friend's game: Let These Mermaids Touch Your Dick Maybe riverhousegames.itch.io/let-these-me...
Let These Mermaids Touch Your Dick  Maybe. An illustration of a wet mermaid sticking her tongue out suggestively.
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Miss Hellfire @missshellfire.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Created for the TTRPG Romantasy Jam, “Queen of the Song” is a poetry/lyric game for solo or duet play. She’s rooted in Haitian folklore and full of juicy love plots, sexy pirates, and morally grey knights. missshellfire.itch.io/queen-of-the...
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Queen of the Song by missshellfire
A poetry-lyric TTRPG of Haitian love and lore.
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Boo de Danann @bridanann.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So incredibly flattered that my Mermaid stock art has been out to use in such a fun concept!
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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
And this is just in 25% of the booth. @ipr.bsky.social + our friends at @brightbard.bsky.social @goosepoopgames.com @graftbound.bsky.social @moreblueberries.bsky.social & @manysidedmedia.bsky.social were all sharing the love! It was packed very time we looked over/peaked through the curtain. 5/x
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Spongebob Crowded Commute Chaos
Alt: Spongebob Crowded Commute Chaos
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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
GenCon is in the rear view mirror, but we have a couple big numbers we are excited to share, along with some of the best selling titles from the booth! Before we start though, I want to thank our host and partners @ipr.bsky.social for having us out each year! Let's dive in! 1/x
BEST SELLING TITLES OF (Plus One Logo) GenCon2026

On a halftone swirling background of green with Stonetop, Dreadnauts, Mythic Bastionland, Where the Crimson Lilies Bloom, Into the Oddish, Weird Little Freaks, The Sleeping Deaths, Cryptid Show, Jukebox, Kala Mandala Covers at the bottom
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CRIT Awards @critawards.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
There is still time to vote for the 2026 CritAwards if you haven’t yet! Voting closes at midnight this Sunday, August 23rd. #critawards #critawards2026
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Last chance to vote for Bonds Between for Best Gmless TTRPG at the @critawards.bsky.social! Voting ends August 23rd so make sure to cast your vote before you forget! Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A Banner that says vote for Bonds Between with the Crit Awards logo and 3 dragons from the game on it
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Today is the last day to vote for the Crit Awards! Make sure not to miss it!
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Bright Bard Games 🔜 Gamehole Con @brightbard.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
You can find us in two places this weekend! We'll be vending at 2D Con in the Twin Cities as well as consigning our games at the Illgot and Gaines booth at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival 🤺 If you at either of these events, come and say hi!
Picture of the 2D Con Hall saying we will be vending at booth v14A map of the MN Ren Fest saying we will be vending at booth 505
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