iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

i cant stop laughing at everything about this sorry

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Faith @faithschaffer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy #swordtember⚔️

Ink drawing- a woman sits in a tree with a sword on her hip. She is eating an apple from the tree. There's a face in the tree!! Woah!

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I almost 4got abt the candy and went with Bob Wifeweed

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole Con @tabletopbookshelf.com · 08/06/2026

NEW: City of Blood and Plaster is a system agnostic setting zine with NPCs, factions, and mysteries for your next exploration of Gilded Age Chicago. The scenarios and play materials all take inspiration from Gothic horror and Chicago history. From @storygameschicago.bsky.social

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole Con @tabletopbookshelf.com · 07/06/2026

NEW: Vesta Mandate is a sci-fi political thriller roleplaying game for 2-4 players. On Vesta Station, you play the conniving mastermind with a secret agenda that will bring the Station to its knees or uplift it to a new era. from @storygameschicago.bsky.social

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

be really careful sometimes they hide inspirations for rpg hot takes under the sand n stuff

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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

if jar jar binks had breasts and was in knights of the old republic it might look a little something like this

Jar Jar Binks with boobs is sitting in lounge seating in a cantina and addressing the player, she says "Yousa Like Jizz?" 1. What’s a nice girl like you soliciting strangers’ opinions jizz for in a place like this? 2. Like it? Sister, I'm the foremost expert in the galaxy. Not interested (Leave) 4. Ohh right duh cantina music used to be called "jizz" in star wars (intelligence) 5. Die, Monster! (Attack) 6. Attempt a Gungan accent

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Timothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 01/05/2026

Bring back the ancient knowledge

Things you read on a blog might make you angry. They might upset you. Stop visiting that blog. Don't waste your time posting comments. Move on and find a new blog. There are so many fun blogs on the Internet. You'll easily find a better one.
There is always another fun new blog to read online.

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

ooooo you could do a lot of writing on that balcony

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

(amendment, I think it's not even the playbook necessarily. I just wanted to play a violent bitch)

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Not overthinking things! I want to get better at saying the first interesting thing that comes to mind and working it out later

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Splitlip (The Chopper) brought force because of the playbook (when you have a gun...), but there were almost no situations where force was the only option, or even the most apparent one.

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Chase @chkurk.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Vesta Mandate has been nominated for an Indie Groundbreaker award for Best Setting! It’s so cool to see an aspect that @ryanzenith.bsky.social and I spent so long agonizing over get highlighted. And it’s amazing to be in the company of such incredible games. www.igdnonline.com/groundbreakers

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Indie Groundbreakers Awards — Indie Game Developer Network

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I pin it on the threats Jesse chose /how he maneuvered them. There could've easily been marauders on the flats and raiders attacking The Towers that would've begged physical solutions

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

In the social sciences this is known as the reagan bowtie

Graph showing good thing going up over time until ronald reagan then precipitous decline

Inverse line of bad thing

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

From: Citizen Harold (1971), dir. Hugh Foulds, National Film Board of Canada

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The Kickstarter campaign for Nostos is live!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hon...

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Nostos

a tabletop roleplaying game about sailing home and saying goodbye.

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

From: Yoshitaka Amano's 1001 Nights (1998), dir. Mike Smith, Hyperion Studio

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

its no i wupped batman's ass, but it'll do

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

If anyone with an SDR and antenna wants something to do this weekend: I would really like to compile a database of IQ recordings from the No Kings protests that have a strong police presence. Generally in the 100Mhz - 1Ghz range, and more specifically frequencies used for P25.

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

it was soooo hard to sit still for that hour where EVERYTHING Jesse did made my plans easier to execute

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Chase @chkurk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I wanted to talk about this moment quickly cause I've been thinking about it a lot. It felt like a climax of the session mechanically and it feels worth exploring why @ryanzenith.bsky.social and I built it like this. Watch like 2 minutes from the point shared here for context.

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Vesta Mandate | Harboring War Criminals - One-Shot

YouTube video by StoryGamesChicago

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Jesse B. Miller @jessebmiller.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I made a bunch of custom moves for my Apocalypse World game and they're working really well so I wrote them up to share here. bsky.app/profile/jess... #pbta #gamedesign #ttrpg

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

and a great extension of the philosphy of asking questions. Even if I dislike the trajectory the move charts it still provokes deep thought about where my character is going; saying "I'm never going to use this move" is almost as interesting as using it.

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

the oilfire moves are slick custom moves that are pretty "standard". The moves that offer a potential climax are what reeeeally get my gears turning though, super compelling tech

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Storygames Chicago @storygameschicago.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Check out a One Shot of Vesta Mandate, run by @ryanzenith.bsky.social and with players @collinjryan.bsky.social, @jessebmiller.bsky.social and Kat Hannigan. If you're looking to run Vesta Mandate at your table, the first half hour has a deep dive on the Session 1 Procedure and character creation!

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Vesta Mandate | Harboring War Criminals - One-Shot

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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I have been toying around with this concept for YEARS. Glad someone finally beat me to it: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...

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Diabolic Dialect

Grab your Spellbook, don your robes! Dive into a magical game of weird wizards and insane, linguistic spellcasting!

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Rise Up (From the Grave) Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Anybody less into RPG theory than me is a 5E-only troglodyte and everybody more into RPG theory than me is a fart sniffing navelgazer.

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I'm thinking about how every artform that I do - music and writing - has, like, technical terms that mean specific things and are used to describe complex, technical concepts with precision, so that you, as an artist, can communicate with other professionals efficiently and deeply Except for TTPRG

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Chase @chkurk.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The second season of Gamestorm is starting with a bang! Our first episode is out now with guest @outridercreative.bsky.social. Come checkout the first episode and the game we made! www.podbean.com/eas/pb-3atsr... storygameschicago.itch.io/when-we-were...

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When We Were Teenage Ghost Hunters by Storygames Chicago

a storytelling game

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Big fan of OneNote. Has its issues but I haven't found any other option that dies everything it does

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

god for a second I thought you meant Vitas 7th element and I was about to lose it

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

YEAH come talk about it im a lil exploration gremlin and I need it

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Jason Cordova @jasoncordova.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Also: I’m convinced whenever you see people come out of nowhere and have massive success in this industry, it’s because they had a trust fund, or they’re parachuting in from some other industry, or their dad is a marketing exec or something. Like, that’s almost *always* the case.

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𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚 🐟 @sinland.gay · 28/01/2026

listen man: I have a single guiding principle for being on social media and that is to never vaguepost. Live and die by the sword of your opinions or shut the fuck up. To the extent social media is a community (barely, it sucks), I think this sorta soft indirect IYKYK shit is so insidious.

What's the matter vagueboy, afraid you might say something?

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Collin J Ryan @collinjryan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

o shit i hope theres some masaaki yuasa sequences

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 23/01/2026

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

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