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Starfarer, in 8pg zine format and chock full of art by @chaoclypse.bsky.social I started playing a solo game using these rules on Monday, and will update these rules if necessary as I play through the World-Ocean. Grab it on itch, or as a Monthly Games member on the Ansible Uplink Patreon.

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Starfarer by ChrisAir

Ultralite sci-fi ruleset for Traveller-like gaming

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Ripley 🏳️‍⚧️ @queerwizard.co.uk · 5h

I think now is the time for me to talk about how everyone should read The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 29/09/2026

Happy Birthday! To celebrate, here's a sci-fi hack of Brandon's game Wayfarer: 5millionworlds.blogspot.com/2026/09/star... Of course, art by the talented Chaoclypse, 😁 Got an 8pg zine with pieces from his Patreon coming up soon, too!

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Starfarer

Hi-tech sci-fi hack of Wayfarer by Chaoclypse . Character Creation Roll 2d6 down the line for the four Stats: Strength (STR), Speed (SPD),...

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Eryk @peregrinecoast.press · 28/09/2026

It's happening!!

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 27/09/2026

Chez Chaoclypse, this is true.

Majora's Mask screenshot, white text on black background reads: "Dawn of The Final Day, 24 hours remain"

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A-F INDUSTRIES offer a wide variety of grimy spaceships for your every need Space Haulers! Rock breaking asteroid barging industrial spacetrucks! Sporty cruisers but now Weird infested horror ships (you probably should not have put that pulsating mass in the cargo bay tbh) #art #ttrpg #scifi

rock breaking asteroid clearance spaceship

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 26/09/2026

Critters in the house tonight: Two billys (small boy spiders lookin for love--sorry fellas, we kicked out Edith and her little sister Judith), the underdoor treefrog creeper, and an itty bitty baby anole. And all that with our cane toad Bouncer on the steps.

A blurry photo of a cane toad on some wooden steps, with a red flower above his head

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norgad.psd(*) 🗕 🗗 🗙 @norgad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Peep my newest module, Heartless Eternal! A pitcher-plant dungeon where you can leave whenever you want — all it costs is a lifetime. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

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Golden Achiever @golden-achiever.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I had this idea and started on it months ago. Through some luck I recently managed to get in touch with an actual real life paleontologist who I interviewed (and asked ridiculous questions). And suddenly, here we are... A companion magazine to Year 100 Million B.C. Download it for free. Link below!

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will jobst @willjobst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

don't be shy gen con go ahead. don't be shy pax unplugged go ahead. don't be shy origins go ahead. don't be shy gamehole go ahead. don't be shy gary con go ahead. don't be shy page go ahead. don't be shy breakout go ahead. don't be shy dragon con go ahead.

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 25/09/2026

The new Resident Evil movie was a lot of fun. I always love a horror flick that makes the move to go with a loser main character

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 24/09/2026

This was the first zine I worked on as editor, and I got a "very well edited" comment out of the review, nice! Shame that my dick and balls map got vetoed in development as "too on the nose," 😂

Map of a facility that looks like a childish dick and balls illustration

A side-view rendering of the dick-and-balls configuration with domes and such to sort of hide the penis shape

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JL Cable @jlcable.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pretty cool to be reviewed by a podcast, of which I'm long time listener of. And I/we get through it mostly unscathed! If you would like to buy a PDF or physical copy, follow the link our store! Johnson Squared: a farcical whodunit mystery – Peregrine Coast Press share.google/OvKgj8LixYi1...

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Johnson Squared: a farcical whodunit mystery

Deputised with the full legal powers of Janus Corp, the Crewmembers must identify a rogue scientist leaking data off-colony. The only problem: everyone on the station is an exact clone of the same man...

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MeatCastle GameWare @meatcastlegameware.com · 24/09/2026

I hated how DnD grid-n-minis combat slowed play to an absolute crawl - so I made a game that does it better. Unique attacks, no misses, set damage, a bond system, and more makes Tacticians of Ahm's combat all tactical killer, no boring filler. Get it here: meatcastlegameware.itch.io/tacticians-o...

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Tacticians of Ahm: Tactical Roleplaying by MeatCastle GameWare

Tactical Roleplaying in a Digital Fantasy World

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 22/09/2026

I used to think playtesting my own modules put me into team From Scratch, but swapping to weekly Classic Traveller and now Monolith, I think there is something different about running an open sandbox and a for-the-table dungeon. Maybe I should figure out what that "something" is and blog about it.

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MeatCastle GameWare @meatcastlegameware.com · 21/09/2026

Tacticians of Ahm is back with a way-too-late update. Rulebook is near final and going to editing next week with more art and final layout coming thereafter. Starter adventure is going to editing shortly thereafter (manuscript is very near complete). meatcastlegameware.itch.io/tacticians-o...

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Update #4 - Road to 1.0

Greetings Tacticians, It has been far, far too long since the last update, and I truly apologize for that . Today, I bring you a small cleanup-style update to the rulebook as I work to get it into its...

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MeatCastle GameWare @meatcastlegameware.com · 21/09/2026

Incredible deal. Must back.

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 18/09/2026

Resident Evil (2026) playing in VO (i.e. English) near me ONLY on the same day as Control: Resonant's release is a pretty wild coincidence

French website showing of Resident Evil playing on Thursday, 24 September.

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 18/09/2026

I see a lil Panic Engine logo underneath there... 👀

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 18/09/2026

This cane toad hangs out at the bottom of our stairs every night (the lights attract bugs to chow on, I'm guessing). To steal a friend's joke, he's our Bouncer.

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 17/09/2026

I may not be able to play Metroid: Ravenous, but at least this is coming next week

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MeatCastle GameWare @meatcastlegameware.com · 17/09/2026

The first Missive from the MeatCastle in months is here - and it's now on Patreon! I've had a Stonetop-filled summer so I dug into some house rules and play advice, created a FREE Major Arcana for freedom fighters, and tons more cool stuff (a FREE photo zine)! #TTRPG www.patreon.com/MeatCastleGa...

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Missive: Stonetop Advice & House Rules | MeatCastle GameWare

The Missives from the MeatCastle are back in a big way with a massive issue to kick off the jump to Patreon and launching of my first paid m

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Lone Archivist @lonearchivist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hit that follow button! Coming soon™️ to Backerkit!

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 15/09/2026

Y'all, be sure you're following Christian over here!

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 12/09/2026

Life has thrown me some curveballs this week. Found a home for two roosters, off to a farm where they can be more chill. And so many limes and mandarinquats (yes, that's a thing) that I dunno what to do with. Not HORRIBLE curveballs, but not what I'm used to either, 😅

A little white rooster with some grey and brown on his wings. (this fella didn't crow as much, but he was stressing out the hens).

An asshole (no, he was actually pretty chill, just noisy af way too early in the morning). A young grey rooster with mottled brown feathers.

A big plate full of mandarin/kumquat crossover fruits, big ol' limes, and some weird maroon, mini-pickle shaped other citrus fruit I dunno even what is called in English.

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

tonight i’m playing the premier dune roleplaying game. that’s right, it’s SPICE WORLD by @aaronmfking.bsky.social erinking.itch.io/spice-world

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Spice World by Aaron King

a sci-fi RPG of drug-fueld aristocrats

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Neonfieldmouse @neonfieldmouse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A blog covering a few things that might help when planning your submission for the Jump-9 Grant; the less creative, more dull side—like how to pitch your own work without dying inside or how to organise Trello. Yes, really those are the subjects I chose www.andtomorrowgames.co.uk/some-other-t...

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Some other things to think about when applying for the Mothership Month '26 Jump-9 Writers Grant

(Catchiest blog title of year so far) So, the Mothership Month 2026 Jump-9 Writers Grant started accepting submissions last week. If you don't know what that is: Tuesday Knight Games are offering thr...

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SpicyTunaRPG @spicytunarpg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Liquidation is live!! Wade through the flooded stim and capture the target. This one's going to a new lab. Plus if you missed any of our most recent Mothership books, you can get them here. The Hands That Feed, Broadcasting Violence!, Carved Like a Covenant and more.

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A. Jordan DeWitt | Glue Trap Games @discodan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Wrote some spells for your old-school wizard games. Take ‘em for a spin!

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Ripley 🏳️‍⚧️ @queerwizard.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Hello #TTRPG #OSR friends - my September is spoken for but I'm looking for cartography projects for October! Happy to work on personal projects or published works! My rates and contact info can be found on my website: queerwizard.co.uk

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 04/09/2026

Writing a sci-fi hexcrawl and thought: Why just do JUST one city when I could do the whole continental region? Or first zine is the city (and adventure), and 2nd zine for later is the planet (and more adventures)? That sounds a bit more sane, right? Or just don't be lazy and do the whole thing?

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Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 04/09/2026

Whoa this looks gorgeous.

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 04/09/2026

I chatted this up in my last newsletter, it's a great single-session mission for Mothership campaign play, check it out!

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 01/09/2026

I think Thursday knows more about Mothership than I do, and that's saying something! Will be super cool to see her editing on this big ol' project! Also, the itch mega-collection of Mothership modules surpassed 666 this week. It must be a sign, haha

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 01/09/2026

My favorite point: Don't let a well thought out reply on Discord just live on Discord. So here's my reply to @proton31.bsky.social's post Second Wave Solarpunk

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Re: Second Wave Solarpunk

This post was originally a Discord reply to the Planets & Monsters post, Second Wave Solarpunk . and then I realized thanks to Seraphina's ...

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 01/09/2026

Had a great first meeting with the local socio-cultural center, they're very keen to see what ttrpgs (are, lol) that I can offer for the kids. Super reassuring, I'm very excited!

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Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 31/08/2026

Applications for the Jump-9 Grant go live tomorrow. We have 250+ new writers signed up already to be notified. If you're having issues with the form let me know, for some reason Klaviyo built a landing page that does not work for most people!

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 30/08/2026

Excellent, a new sci-fi ttrpg podcast out in the wild! Looking forward to checking this one out, 😁

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 29/08/2026

Love me some Android fuckery, hell yeah

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 27/08/2026

Full moon's out for the start of my Monolith 2e playtest campaign, Crashlanding on Gala. Using the same campaign setting from Classic Traveller, a subsector out on the edge of the Diadem Empire. The Monolith 2e PCs come from way out beyond its edges.

The moon looks like a weak lil sun behind a big ol' palm tree.

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole Con @tabletopbookshelf.com · 26/08/2026

NEW: The Hands that Feed is an anthology of powder keg missions for the Mothership space horror RPG, designed as a modular campaign split into three sections: missions, multi-station sandbox, and corporations. From @spicytunarpg.bsky.social

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Waco Matrixo @wacomatrixo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You hear me talk a lot about how I run #MothershipRPG games, but now you can actually see me do it. Next Tuesday on YouTube, I'll be running a scenario I wrote for a new module coming out, 9 Circles. And @watcherdm.com will be there too, so come say 'hi' in the chat!!

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9 Circles - Mothership RPG Actual Play

YouTube video by WacoMatrixo

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 26/08/2026

What a solid move. Very much looking forward to seeing the zines that come out of this project!

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 26/08/2026

I'll be editing this one! It's from the writer of The Dose Makes the Poison, check it out!

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 24/08/2026

No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll. (I thought this lone tree on this hilltop was funny.)

Foreground, a bush with loads of white flowers and a bundle of magenta flowers in the middle. Background, above the magenta flowers, a hilltop with trees cut out around a single large tree. The sky is grey and cloudy, above.

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 24/08/2026

I found a mis-rolled die over the weekend.

Me, a white dude in a baseball cap, shorts and white t-shirt that says, "TACOS, TACOS, TACOS, TACOS, TACOS," standing in front of a six-sided die that must be at least 2 meters tall. The bakground is tropical, with many palm trees.

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 23/08/2026

For the past month, I deleted Discord and bsky from my phone, and only turned on my internet-computer once a day. Only twice if gaming. I feel immensely better than I did the month before.

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