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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My children have been freed from BGGatory and can now be played by YOU! I have four new games I’d love for folk to try. All four are fixed trump, two-player, trick-taking games designed for us with @seandavidross.bsky.social’s Trifle deck. Trifle has four suits and ranks 0-5 and Q.
Cover art for Seventeen Banana, To Shave a Kiwi, the Blueberry Score, and Strawberry’s Truth. Bysshe’s dog icon sits atop them with “Hi, I’m Jacob, and I have four new games to show you!”Cover art for Sean Ross’s Trifle; artwork by Sai Beppu
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AwkwardTurtle @awkwardturtle.games · 12/08/2026
Then the bags, which my lovely wife @weeshtable.bsky.social is sewing. The one shown here is the first prototype, final dimensions and fabrics are being worked out still. The delightful artwork is by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social and block printed with a 3d printed stamp.
Test of block printing art onto a fabric bag. Left is the bag, middle is the stamp with ink applied, right is a paper test print. The art itself is a cartoon bear fumbling fish back into the river, surrounded by the text "Chubby Bear Salmon Gobble". A bunch of fish dice are on the table nearby.
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AwkwardTurtle @awkwardturtle.games · 12/08/2026
I briefly awaken from my social media hiatus to share progress pictures of Chubby Bear Salmon Gobble! It's a push your luck dice rolling game where you play as bears at the Katmai National Park trying to catch and eat salmon to gain weight for the winter. First up, the fish dice.
Three fish shaped dice stacked atop each other, they are the trans pride colors. First a blue four sided fish die, then a white six sided, then a pink eight sided on top.
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Amanda P. will be at PAX Unplugged @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
let’s gooooo @awkwardturtle.games!!!!
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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The vendors for the 2026 Indie Games Night Market have been decided on! www.newmillindustries.com/ignm
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Indie Games Night Market — New Mill Industries
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Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · 18/06/2026
I was wondering why Pass the Peas didn't make it to IGNM last year, and now I know why! Congrats! 🥳
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Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · 14/06/2026
😊
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Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · 14/05/2026
😍 that's so fun!
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Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · 14/05/2026
That's awesome! Love the paper miniatures and the whole set piece in the roots. Sounds like they really left their mark on Ruby Grove! Glad you enjoyed the adventure! 🐭
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Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU @connor.alwaysawake.games · 14/04/2026
Excited to announce that Out of Sorts second edition is launching this August! All new books to sort, challenges to face and a mini expansion all in a shiny new box. Follow now on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
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Coming soon: Out of Sorts - 2nd Edition
Work together to sort the strange books in an alien's library before time runs out!
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Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · 07/01/2026
Matrix itself was pretty easy (though I haven't spent the time to setup voice chat yet) Most of the setup time was spent figuring out how to bridge between discord and matrix, ended up using github.com/mautrix/disc... which works well except emoji reacts aren't bridged from matrix -> discord 🤷
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GitHub - mautrix/discord: A Matrix-Discord puppeting bridge
A Matrix-Discord puppeting bridge. Contribute to mautrix/discord development by creating an account on GitHub.
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GamingTrend @gamingtrend.com · 01/12/2025
PAX Unplugged’s 2025 Indie Games Night Market gamingtrend.com/editorials/p...
PAX Unplugged’s 2025 Indie Games Night Market
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Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · 25/11/2025
Congrats! Well deserved! 🐚
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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Today I investigate three more indie games, all of which are ambitious and explorative of what games can accomplish. These are good'uns. spacebiff.com/2025/11/18/h...
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Nebulae, Medusae… Crownae?
Yesterday on BlueSky, Marceline Leiman asked a great question. Using only one or two extremely vague words, how would I describe the titles on offer at this year’s Indie Games Night Market? N…
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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
We’re thrilled to share our Special Presentation; Indie Games Night Market Preview! It was a privilege to be part of this & share these games with you all~ youtu.be/HA_u8oxU0kc?... See the games that will be at the IGNM in exactly 1 week at #PAXunplugged! #boardgames #ignm #cardgames #indiegames
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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
My latest self-published game Heavenly Bodies 🪐✨🌙 is now up on the Pax Unplugged preview list!! Help fulfill my dream of thumbing-up 👍 all the games at Indie Games Night Market 2025 to the top of the list!! (We have some big competition for visibility!) 🎲✂️ boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...
Heavenly Bodies on the BGG Pax Unplugged 2025 preview list!
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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I’m thrilled to share we have a special video going through *every* game at the 2025 Indie Games Night Market (at PaxU)! We’re working with @dnlnwmn.bsky.social, some awesome designers, playing some games, all to give you a thorough set of previews & reviews to see the games you won’t want to miss~
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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
After last year's Out of Sorts, I've been looking forward to seeing what @connor.alwaysawake.games would come up with next. Turns out, the next thing is two very different board games about the afterlife: Club Spooky and That's the Spirit! My review: spacebiff.com/2025/10/15/c...
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Afterlives
Sometimes I think about the afterlife. Not the actual afterlife. I’m suspicious about the probability of any such thing. But the afterlife as it appears across faiths and cultures, as reflect…
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Amanda P. will be at PAX Unplugged @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Today I'm releasing The Eternal Empress, a short location-based adventure for the Appendix N. jam. #osr Special thanks to @explorersdesign.bsky.social and Gus L. for the great cover and map! weirdwonder.itch.io/empress
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The Eternal Empress by Amanda P.
An adventure for Cairn and old school roleplaying games
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Kalum 🔜 GrogLaw 2027 @rolistespod.itch.io · 04/07/2025
The NO ICE IN CALIFORNIA game bundle is now live. itch.io/b/3110/no-ic... This bundle raises funds for the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, a LA law firm against injustices in the immigration system and RAÍCES, a Texas organization fighting for families seeking safety and freedom in the U.S. #ttrpg
Logo for NO ICE IN CALIFORNIA Itch Charity Bundle.
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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
As announced yesterday on our mailing list, the following games will be available for pre-order starting July 1: Tezuma Trick, Worst In Show, Crisps, and Big Wave. More details will be coming soon!
Tezuma Trick, designed by Hinata Origuchi with cover illustration by Sai Beppu. a Tezuma magician holds a giant fan, with paper butterflies, parasols, and a kitsune mask float around him.Worst In Show by Mashikamaru, illustrated by Beth Sobel. dogs at a dog show are misbehaving in the foreground while the winners of the competition look on from the podium wishing they were having more fun.Crisps by Shreesh Bhat with art by Sai Beppu. an owl in the bottom right corner holds a potato chip and says "Tastes Good! for 2 players" and larger potato chips fill the frame.Big Wave designed by Daniel Kenel with art by Justin Santora. Two surfboards are crossed in the foreground with trees framing an ocean view in the background.
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Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · 29/05/2025
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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
High Tide 🌊🐚 is now available for pre-order!!! 🚨This is not a drill!! Go buy it!!🚨 www.underdoggames.com/pages/highti...
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High Tide Pre-Order
High Tide is a quick, strategic 2-player stacking game where you shift tiles, cover opponents, and race to rise above.
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Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · 12/05/2025
Absolutely! Sending you a DM
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Emanoel Melo from The Cabinet of Curiosities @cabinetofcuriosities.games · 12/05/2025
[PAYLOAD UPLOAD COMPLETE] ███████████████████ 100% /// INITIATING PRE-LAUNCH CBR+PNK gets its first official expansion: the OVERLOAD collection. Make your last /Run through megacities devastated in violence, exfil weird cargo from high-security labs, compete for glory in deadly virtual worlds. ⤵️
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Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU @connor.alwaysawake.games · 06/01/2025
The store’s finally up and running, so Out of Sorts and Hedged In are ready for preorder! So if you missed them at the night market, now’s your chance! They should be shipping out by the end of January. always-awake-games.square.site
A picture of the front page of the Always Awake Games store with Out of Sorts and Hedged In available for preorder
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AwkwardTurtle @awkwardturtle.games · 22/12/2024
PAXU Microreviews! awkwardturtle.games/boardgames/2... I wrote small reviews for all 20 something #boardgames I played over the weekend of PAX unplugged.
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Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · 15/12/2024
I had the good pleasure of reading proof copies of some of these adventures and they're great! Full of great ideas for mousey adventures and fantastic art and graphic design to tie them all together. So happy these are finally released! 🐭
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Peter Elroy @fanterland.itch.io · 15/12/2024
Feathertail Falls is out now on Itch! fanterland.itch.io/feathertail-... Compatible with #Mausritter by @losing.games .
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Feathertail Falls by Fanterland
The Mausritter adventure setting of mice that fly
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Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · 09/12/2024
Haha, I was very prepared! I had an "optimized route" for booths I knew I wanted to make purchases at and Saashi & Saashi was high on the list, I was lucky enough to grab the actual last one!
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Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · 08/12/2024
The #paxu haul! Games from the fantastic Indie games night market, Tokyo games market, some great exhibitors (Saashi finally in the US!), and some flea market acquisitions. A successful pax!
Pictured is a lot of board game boxes including: Bus & Stop, Remember our Trip, 1 A.M. Jailbreak, High Tide (bring your own pieces version), Yokai Septet, Deep Sea Adventure and Souvenirs from Venice felt case from Oink, Modern Art Oink edition, Leviathan Wilds, Spectral, Out of Sorts, Gachapon Trick, Agency, Draught Trick, Fairy, Prey, Deep Sea Mines, Ito, Typeset, The Werewolves bEat Robbers' Horror
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AwkwardTurtle @awkwardturtle.games · 08/12/2024
We played a mysterious game that doesn't exist at #PAXU! It was extremely fun! I would totally purchase it IF IT ACTUALLY EXISTED IN OUR UNIVERSE.
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AwkwardTurtle @awkwardturtle.games · 08/12/2024
A friend of mine printed fish dice for my little PnP board game: Chubby Bear Salmon Gobble! They're so good! Look at these little guys!
Pocket mod of Chubby Bear Salmon Gobble, illustrated with a bear trying to catch fish. 

On the table next to it is a bear shaped box filled with fish shaped dice. A bunch of fish shaped dice sitting in a bear shaped box lid. A blue 3d printed six sided fish die. A yellow 3d printed four sided fish die.
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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
INDIE GAMES NIGHT MARKET IS TONIGHT Pax Unplugged Hall C Queue Hall 7 PM Unique small batch games from US designers, many hand-made and/or assembled www.newmillindustries.com/ignm
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Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · 07/12/2024
@cmyk.games What is this Eldritch object we found in the PAX unplugged library? A simple, super fun Reiner Knizia push-your-luck game. But I can find no evidence that it actually exists online. Did we stumble upon a board game cryptid?
A neon pink box and instruction manual labeled with stark white text FRUIT FIGHT. Another box and adjacent deck of cards has colorful blurry art of various fruits as though in motion. The front side of some cards are visible, each contains one of the blurry, in-motion fruit with a corresponding number , grape - 3, peach - 6, blueberry - 9
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Michael Van Vleet (he/him) @signalstation.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
This shopping season, maybe it's time to take a little pause and think "You know what? I deserve a life where a talented artist sometimes emails me dragon wizards I can either admire or use in my own projects." Treat yourself to supporting Evlyn: www.patreon.com/c/evlynmorea...
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Free for All Media @freeforallmedia.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Our second project is now live: The Lost Chronicles of Oz. A wholesome rpg for the whole family, based on Brighter Worlds and Cairn RPG. We're new to this platform so any signal boost is greatly appreciated. tinyurl.com/lostoz #WickedMovie #Oz
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The Lost Chronicles of Oz
A fun and open-licensed tabletop roleplaying game, set in the land of Oz, based on Cairn RPG and Brighter Worlds.
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Evlyn Moreau @evlynmoreau.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
We did it! I the kickstarter for A Feast For A Sphinx is live!! Thanks @hojesofia.bsky.social and @satelitesnaturales.bsky.social for helping get through the finish line. 😊 www.kickstarter.com/projects/aba... #TTRPG #MorkBorg
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A Feast For A Sphinx
A MÖRK BORG dungeon crawl of gold and tragedy
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AwkwardTurtle @awkwardturtle.games · 05/11/2024
A game based on my own Brighter Worlds #TTRPG along with #Cairn is preparing to kickstart, about adventuring in Oz. Impressively the whole game will be public domain and free for reuse and hacking! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fre...
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Coming soon: The Lost Chronicles of Oz
A fun and open-licensed tabletop roleplaying game, set in the land of Oz, based on the Brighter Worlds SRD and Cairn RPG.
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Narthor @narthor.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
Ran Road Work from Hull Breach tonight. By @brstf.games. Great time for the entire table. Players understood & enjoyed all the same moments I enjoyed while reading it. Brilliance of the scenario is 10 pages gives me just enough to be ready for anything while blending in my own methods and ideas.
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Amanda P. will be at PAX Unplugged @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 10/04/2024
Answer the distress calls! Today is the release day for Resonant, a #Mothership third party adventure I made in collaboration with @spacepenguinink.bsky.social and @tonytranrpg.bsky.social. #OSR Link: spacepenguin.ink/collections/...
Snapshot of the Resonant zine cover, art by Tony Tran. Black, green, and red depicting the word "Resonant" in wavy letters and a space ship flying in over a soundwave like texture.
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AwkwardTurtle @awkwardturtle.games · 20/03/2024
Wizard Trash, Goblin Treasure the first adventure for Brighter Worlds (plus Cairn and CRACK) is now available for purchase at @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social! www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/wiz...
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Wizard Trash Goblin Treasure + PDF
Wizard Trash, Goblin Treasure is a madcap fantasy adventure of summoned autonomous drones, resourceful goblins, and a down-on-his-luck wizard with a penchant for transdimensional retail therapy. Corne...
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Evlyn Moreau @evlynmoreau.bsky.social · 16/03/2024
Broom Frog!
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AwkwardTurtle @awkwardturtle.games · 15/03/2024
Had a great day one of #BreakoutCon and a great time running Wizard Trash, Goblin Treasure! I'll be running it again tomorrow morning at 11am and still have open slots. If you're interested in a madcap, goofy, goblin filled fantasy TTRPG one shot join us in the RPG room!
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AwkwardTurtle @awkwardturtle.games · 13/03/2024
Prepping to run some Brighter Worlds one shots at #BreakoutCon this weekend! Pregen character art by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social. Pocket mod character sheets designed by @brstf.games.
A pile of folded pocket mod character sheets next to a playtest copy of Brighter Worlds and the Wizard Trash, Goblin Treasure zine.
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Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · 13/02/2024
I had a ton of fun doing layout for this! If you're looking for a small, offbeat, slightly anachronistic fantasy adventure bursting with humor and charm, this is a good one!
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AwkwardTurtle @awkwardturtle.games · 19/01/2024
Just picked up "Wizards Trash, Goblin Treasure" from the printer! The first Brighter Worlds adventure (plus Cairn and CRACK stats) is coming soon!
A box of brightly colored red and blue zines titled Wizard Trash, Goblin Treasure. 

The cover shows a group of goblins fleeing, and harassing, some flying quad copter drones. An open spread shows a series of globins in various outfits.
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AwkwardTurtle @awkwardturtle.games · 17/01/2024
Posted a Brighter Worlds devlog on itch for the first time in... well way too long! If you're curious about my whimsical fantasy TTRPG, take a look! We're also nearing the release of the first adventure for the system: Wizard Trash, Goblin Treasure awkwardturtle.itch.io/brighter-wor...
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Beta Update, Wizard Trash, Pocket Mod Character Sheets, and More!
It’s Been A while Hey all, sorry for the silence and lack of progress on this front. Turns out I am terrible at time management! But here’s how things have been going… Beta Update There’s now....
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Chase Taylor-Carter @chasecarter.bsky.social · 28/12/2023
My last bit of writing for the year is a selection of larger tabletop RPGs that I found either excellent, interesting or downright groundbreaking. Some familiar (and expected) names, but plenty more that don't normally enjoy the tradpub spotlight.
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From D&D’s Planescape return to Zelda roleplaying in all but name, these are 2023’s tabletop RPG...
Knightly valour, planar chaos and Final Fantasy XIV with pen ‘n’ paper.
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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
It is the final 24 hours of my Kickstarter for Beyond the Pale! We have added a final stretch goal: at £38K/$48K we will be releasing the text to Beyond the Pale as CC-BY-SA. www.kickstarter.com/projects/los...
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Beyond the Pale: a folktale adventure
A horror OSR adventure inspired by Jewish folklore and mysticism.
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