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CJ Tucker

@crackerjackalope.bsky.social
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Writer, game designer, welsh, queer they/them crackerjackalope-games.itch.io

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 20h
It's always refreshing to stumble upon a strong and unfamiliar artistic style in a TTRPG. I interviewed Gwen Clark about her upcoming Panic Engine symbiote black ops horror game, SOPHONT. www.patreon.com/worldsbywatt...
A silhouetted operative explodes into a colorful extension of their symbiotic power. Kiln class.
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Our Jerry's Map documentary was screened at an art museum in Michigan over the weekend, followed by a Q&A with the man himself. Love love love this. Photo credit: Nik Burkhart
The opening shot of PMG's Jerry's Map documentary, with a small audience in the foreground.Jerry Gretzinger being interviewed on stage as part of a Q&A following the screening.A close-up of Jerry Gretzinger and the interviewer from the Grand Rapids Art Museum.Another shot of Jerry being interviewed on stage as part of the Q&A.
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
henstomper

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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fix @fixkuwili.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
cloaked in steel 🐉
a teenager with dark skin and curly black hair in armor
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Inspired by Final Fantasy X, the Xenoblade Chronicles, and Magic Knight Rayearth, Rangers of a Broken World launches in two weeks! Destroy the twisted Horrors. Deceive the Noble Demons. Outlast the relentless Automata. And save your people. Follow the launch now: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
A spread from Rangers of a Broken World with the two pages that introduce the Wandering Magus class. A woman in loose-fitting clothes  wearing a long silk scarf floats in the air and weaves a spell across a desert dune. In the distance, a huge spectral tortoise appears. Caption: Wandering Magus. A desert nomad, preserver of ancient knowledge, and reader of the stars, the Magus is an unparalleled hunter. Everything in the world is connected, and no one understands those connections better.
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Hexed Electron is flinging raccoons into a haunted house @hecticelectron.com · 29/09/2026
Raccoon Sky Pirates launches in under 3 days! Back on Day 1 to get the haunted house map. The basement alone has a vampire crypt, the Pumpkin Patch of Souls, the Angel of Death's studio apt. & a shark tank. Imagine raccoons running all over that stuff. Sign up at www.kickstarter.com/projects/hec...
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Coming soon: Raccoon Sky Pirates Classic
A raucous game of chaos and trash. Play raccoons raiding the suburbs in a janky flying ship forever on the verge of exploding.
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Steph @fistfulofcrits.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Daily reminder that you must back this game because it's crunchy and cool and Tor only makes absolute bangers
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Gravestone Curbstomp @gravestomp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
our first game is coming. from @iraprince.bsky.social and @boguscheesecake.bsky.social ⚔ follow gravestone-curbstomp.itch.io and armor up for launch 🛡
Coup de Rose: A fatal love story for 2 players. coming october 2026. A gravely wounded knight on horseback trudges past a row of fallen standards and weapons.
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🪼Ghost Jellyfishlines 🔜 PaxU🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 01/10/2026
There’s a lot of really cool things in here, go give it a read! Also go follow CJ!
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CJ Tucker @crackerjackalope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New post on the blog! Media recommendations, links and personal updates from the last three months! www.patreon.com/crackerjacka...
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Things I Liked: July-September 2026 | CJ Tucker | Crackerjackalope Games
Welcome to another issue of Things I Liked! Since the last issue, I launched and then cancelled my first crowdfunding campaign. Read all abo
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Dawn" and "Night" by Detroit-based artist Micah Ulrich
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CJ Tucker @crackerjackalope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you so so much for supporting TAC! Trans people in Cymru really need this support right now 🧡
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Lucky Leaf Teas - Teas for TTRPGs! @luckyleafteas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We've made it through a lively September to an even livelier October! So, as ever, it's time for a new Chari-Tea to be spotlit! 💚 Firstly, our donation to Trans Aid Cymru for sales of the Sorcerer's Spice. Thank you so much for the support last month, Teamons! 💕
A donation receipt for £57.00 to Trans Aid Cymru.
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CJ Tucker @crackerjackalope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
good luck!!
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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
15 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves. Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:
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Clastic Artistic @clasticartistic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A selection of stuff that has gone through my flatbed scanner for use as texture assets.
Elastic bands on a flatbed scanner (photocopier)

Find this in Scanned Textures - PlasticsDried moss on a flatbed scanner (photocopier)

Find this in Scanned Textures - OrganicsSteel washers on a flatbed scanner (photocopier)

Find this in Scanned Textures - MetalsShredded paper on a flatbed scanner (photocopier)

Find this in Scanned Textures - Papers
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NYAHALLO 🐈‍⬛ @nyahalloshop.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Pumpkin garden sketches 🎃 Pick your fave!
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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
⚡️IT’S HERE!⚡️ Ruined temples, living myths, riddles and enigmas, Medieval mystics, a gas-lit world of secret societies and energy grids, psychedelic revivals, and sonic experiments at the City of the Dead. 👉🏼 Gaze into the eyes of the sphinx and pre-order The Mystery Issue on helleborezine.com
A woman standing by a sphinx, the wind beating her cape
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Sticky Doodler 🔜 PeopleCon 3 @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every piece of art in Color Jam is lovingly crafted by artist Erin Laue. We also carefully numbered each to give strategic depth. In fact, from a designer POV I think of them more like "levels." For example, numbering spaces in the same object the same is tricksy! youtube.com/shorts/dlkK5...
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Tricky "terrain" in this color-by-number game
YouTube video by StickyDoodler
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tor, mud skeleton @toothandshore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kraldum: a solo fantasy mudlarking RPG is live on Gamefound! create your mudlark, descend to the foreshore, uncover treasures & ancient mysteries, & do your best to survive. here begins a megathread where i go on about this thing until all targets are obliterated 💙 gamefound.com/en/projects/...
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Kraldum: Solo Fantasy Mudlarking RPG by tooth & shore - Gamefound
Go down to the shore below the city. Collect what you can. Survive what lurks there and beat the rising waters to make it home.
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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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Mærgeist @miregeist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Doggy wizard
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Thursday Garreau @keftiu.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
i've had this idiotic joke in my head for way too long and needed to exorcize it
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rock robster @plounce.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#catcrumb
a simple drawing of a black and white cat looking irritated, captioned "i am angry because you paid a lot of money to save my life. it disrupted my routine."
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🪼Ghost 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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Skellian @thisisellian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'M DONE My little game for #FallingBlockJam is finished Well, sort of. It has no audio, half the features I wanted, is incredibly poorly optimized... but it's cute! ellian.itch.io/longestini
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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CJ Tucker @crackerjackalope.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good luck!!
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tor, mud skeleton @toothandshore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
can't believe it's tomorrow 😱 excited and nervousssssss
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Francesca Baerald @francescabaerald.com · 26/09/2026
Maps come in many forms, one of which is my Map token for Magic: The Gathering 😊
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CJ Tucker @crackerjackalope.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ahhh this is so cool!! Good luck with the game!
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🪼Ghost Jellyfishlines 🔜 PaxU🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 26/09/2026
What if I got a bunch of ttrpg designers and writers together for a poetry workshop? What if I made them analyze the process of their craft and they wrote a personal essay on the matter? How about we write a little bit of speculative lit-fic together?
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woke dog 🐺🖤🌙 @wolfgirlcassie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
cassius green from sorry to bother you with a partial speech bubble edited in below him
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Playtest Material Magazine @playtestmaterial.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Playtest Material is at 71/75 subscribers. This is genuinely amazing; thank you to everyone. I think we'll pass 75, and will keep the drive going! The bigger our base is, the more we can support everyone involved with the magazine *and* think about lowering the cost of future issues.
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CJ Tucker @crackerjackalope.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another banger from People Make Games
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGE
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UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls
UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.
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せきはん @sekihang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Duel💥
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Clastic Artistic @clasticartistic.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
With the Scanned Textures tagline being "Real textures from real objects for your projects", it does create some absurd situations. Behold hay on a scanner. #artassets #designassets #gameassets #assetpack #indiedev #graphicdesign #textures #design #art
Hay on a scanner.
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Clastic Artistic @clasticartistic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thanks for the recent sales on this! Can we hit the $500 goal on itchio in the remaining twelve days? #sale #textures #gamedev #art #design #ttrpg #graphicdesign
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James Stafford @jpstafford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Anyone who enjoys pop culture, sports history, NFL and art (or collects sports programmes) needs to check out this blog. Fantastic stuff from @beautyofagame.bsky.social
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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
season's changing
A collection of season-themed knightly helmets.
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World Champ Game Co @worldchamp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now available at worldchamp.io/store: 🔫 I AM A GUILLOTINE: a solo game of enacting political violence against a fascist figurehead. 📝 MANIFESTO: a solo journaling game of political extremism and news biases after the violence. 💀 HORROR GAMES: a compilation of 15 new terrifying tabletop games
three books propped up against a metal garage door. Left to right, the titles are Horror Games (an orange screaming face on white background), I Am A Guillotine (a dynamic drawing of a politician in crosshairs with a masked assassin on black background), and Manifesto (a wolf in black ink atop a photo of a person in a balaclava).
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Lunarpunk Games @lunarpunk.games · 22/09/2026
The Color Jam Kickstarter is now live! 🖍️ We're very excited by the design work Gene Koo and Joe Kell put into this game, along with the beautiful art by Erin Laue, and are honored we get to share it with you. We can't wait to see the incredible art you make through this cozy, puzzle-y game.
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Color Jam: A Print-and-Puzzle Coloring Game
Enjoy cozy and clever coloring at your next game night. Craft the story of each hand-illustrated picture with creative color choices!
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shafer brown @shaferbrown.com · 07/04/2026
The CRYSTAL SORCERER blocks your path (2022)
RPG Battle Portrait (originally commissioned for a beer label)| A Crystal Sorcerer Wields their staff, eyes squinted in a smile or sneer, crystal floating in their other hand.
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CJ Tucker @crackerjackalope.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
These are so cute!!
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Hatchlings Games ~ Shop opening soon! @hatchlingdm.itch.io · 21/09/2026
🧶We’ll be selling these crochet dragon hatchlings from day one at our in-person SPARKS store. Each will come with a unique name and teal d20 and will kick off #BSLBristol, an initiative in Bristol city centre to encourage British Sign Language learning, especially in young people! More on that soon.
Crochet dragon orange and yellow
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Lur Noise @lurnoise.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Low altitude maneuvers. Another illo I did for a book about shmups~*
Color illustration, a sleek white, blue and red hero-ship charges its shot while evading enemy fire, flying just above the surface of the sea. It's being flanked by two enemy ships.
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WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A collection of armour studies from this year. I’ve really enjoyed these
Digital art, my work. A suit of armour realistic rendered with illustrative snakes Digital art, my work. A suit of armour realistic rendered Digital art, my work. A suit of armour realistic rendered with illustrative human skulls and the text ‘cry baby’
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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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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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