iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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The Low Insistent Funeral Dirge of Reality Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I love reading other publishers' #UKGE roundups and financial breakdowns, so this year I wrote one too. Clicky-clicky and see how UKGE works for a very small and somewhat strange little TTRPG studio. exstasisgames.com/2026/06/01/u...

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UKGE 2026: THINGS THAT HAPPENED

Following in the footsteps of Colin Le Sueur and George Bickers, here’s a little look behind the curtain on UKGE 2026, from the point of view of a really itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny TTRPG studio. WHO A…

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 10/04/2026

good morning

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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The take is bad. Don't repost the bad take as a good take. I'll let you decide which take I mean.

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Marie Buhtz @mbuhtz.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This is a great mindset for any early work. Your first cosplay? Not trash - basecamp! Your first d&d game? Not an embarrassing failure - basecamp!

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃🌒 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 04/05/2026

Always love to be reminded of this. A lot of it was hand-stitched too. Really amazing, precise work. Women’s work is so often minimised and forgotten.

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ALSO, it's not just little old ladies sewed the first spacesuits," it's "the women from the Playtex Corp were the only ones who could sew within the tolerances needed." Yes, THAT Playtex Corp, the one who makes bras.
Bra-makers sent us to the moon.
And the cool thing with them was that they did it all WITHOUT PINS, WITHOUT SEAM RIPPING and in ONE TRY. You couldn't use pins or re-sew seams because the spacesuits had to be airtight, so any additional holes in them were NO GOOD. They were also sewing to some STUPID tight tolerances-in our costume shop if you're within an eighth of an inch of being on the line, you're usually good. The Playtex ladies were working on tolerances of 1/32nd of an inch. 1/32nd. AND IN 21 LAYERS OF FABRIC.

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The Low Insistent Funeral Dirge of Reality Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Spent most of the evening line editing the scenario @critlore.bsky.social for Ex Stasis Games' new quickstart. It's real good, folks. Full of TEETH AND CLAWS AND DANGER.

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day

COLUMBUS DIDN'T DISCOVER ANYTHING 1,000'S OF NATIVE NATIONS WERE ALREADY HERE

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onion person @junlper.beer · 13/10/2025

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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ＦＥＥＬＩＮ＇ＦＩＮＥ @sgoa.st · 13/10/2025

you don't have forever. do cool shit with your friends now. @robowieland.bsky.social forever.

rob wieland DMing a ttrpg on a fundraising stream we ran back in 2019. rob is explaining to two other people on screen how greg's roll meant his character did a cool flip in a plane and killed a bunch of nazis.

rob on a fundraising stream from 2020, cackling at greg fucking up a challenge and inadvertently killing two player characters in the process.

rob smiling behind greg and vee at their wedding as they complete their vows and just before he declares them husband and wife.

rob, vee, greg, and their siblings celebrating in the basement after the ceremony and moments after signing the paperwork to make it official.

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The Low Insistent Funeral Dirge of Reality Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Ahem. *taps mic* WE'RE NOW AVAILABLE IN FRENCH! The brilliant minds at Neoludis have translated These Wretched Tales - our three solo horror RPGs - into French as La Trilogie Horreur. The release is at OctoGônes in Lyon, 10-12 October. Get 'em fast, folks. subverti.com/en/maps/fest...

Image shows the front and back covers of a TTRPG book called La Trilogie de Horreur. The front cover is styled as a set of VHS tapes, named Cette Maudite Maison, Le Reflet du Mal, and L'Ombre du Predateur. The back cover includes a short summary of each game in French. Text in English reads: We're Global. 3 solo Wretched & Alone games en Francais, coming October 2025.

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Lore Evans (they/he) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @critlore.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Ngl, getting missed off the credits for something you worked hard on really fucking sucks.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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Sammy-Raye Θ∆& @oopsallkobolds.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

you do not need to sign up for a protest you do not need to aign up for a protest you do not need to sign up for a protest people... don't put your names on a list seriously these lists and sign ups are used by authorities to arrest you easier YOU. DO NOT. NEED. TO SIGN UP. FOR PROTESTS.

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Everyone saw Grand Park's hot pink benches being stacked into a barricade on Sunday. What an exceptional statement from RIOS, the benches' designers instagram.com/rios.imagines "These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect — and now protect"

Hot pink chairs and benches stacked up in a protest with protesters hiding behind them as law enforcement fires upon the barricades with rubber bullets and tear gas

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rios.imagines
RIOS rios.imagines Images of the bright pink Civic
furniture line that we designed for@grandpark_la "The Park for Everyone," being used by LA
protesters stopped us in our tracks. These pieces were designed to move, adapt,
welcome, connect - and now protect. We stand in solidarity with our city during moments of civic expression in support of unjust treatment, and we are reminded of why we design: for our community, diversity, and a sense
of belonging.
Photo by: David Ryder-AFP/Getty Images

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I have no problem saying that Greta Thunberg is braver than I’ll ever be. Admit it instead of deepening your cowardice and insisting that she’s done something selfish when she’s done something truly selfless.

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🧵 I generally really like The Mary Sue, but I really really dislike the way this article frames that we should "respect" Nick Frost for acknowledging JK Rowling's transphobia and simply saying we should "sit with the discomfort" for NUMEROUS reasons 1/? www.themarysue.com/they-just-do...

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'They just don’t align in any way, shape or form': Nick Frost opens up about J.K. Rowling's views and his Harry Potter casting | The Mary Sue

If you are benefiting from J.K. Rowling's world, many of us will believe you agree with her unless you tell us otherwise!

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The Low Insistent Funeral Dirge of Reality Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Play it, Sam. Play 'One More Song.'

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The Low Insistent Funeral Dirge of Reality Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

You can get One More Song now on itch.io or Drivethru RPG. I hope some of you do. And if you play it, I hope you share your playlists and your story with me. exstasisgames.itch.io/one-more-song legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5256...

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One More Song by Ex Stasis Games

A jukebox journalling RPG about Orpheus.

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The Low Insistent Funeral Dirge of Reality Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

One More Song is a journalling game that uses a playlist to plot and describe scenes from Orpheus's journey to save Eurydice. Only this is your take on Orpheus, and Eurydice, and every other character and location from the myth. It's a love story. Sometimes a complicated one.

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Montford Tales @montfordtales.com · 05/06/2025

👀 I go away for one little expo and now Dead Letter Society is second on the What's Hot list at IPR? 👀 Did you also know The Almanac of Sanguine Paths is 100% compatible with Dead Letter Society if you wanted to add a little vampire-werewolf drama to your games 😇

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Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

i am rarely allowed to do my own book marketing because I will use comic sans and confess things. Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil wwnorton.com/books/978132...

The cover for Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire, alongside a bunch of facts such as the fact I bought and cultivated a pot of basil to use in marketing and then it DIED on me. what an omen.

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The Low Insistent Funeral Dirge of Reality Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Made a stupid joke game because of @atelieramelia.bsky.social and now it's everyone's problem. Fight your friends, including your secret crush, for the only bed in your friend group's convention hotel room. One way or another, nobody's getting any sleep. Free 1-page RPG out now.

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There's Only One Bed by Ex Stasis Games

Too many people. Too few beds. You know how this goes.

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f. lee @ Everfree NW @fleebites.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 02/06/2025

No Pride this year, folks. It's Wrath now.

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IMANI! ✍🏿 CREATING STUFF & THINGS ✒️ @kaoscryptid.asalwaysimani.com · 02/06/2025

I'm so glad I finally said fuck Spotify and cancelled my subscription. It's been a hard transition not having it but 100% worth not supporting this kind of bullshit

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Aubrey @aubrey.northsky.social · 02/06/2025

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today. I'm so angry.

Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales
Husband of Jonathan Joss

My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.

Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.

When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.

While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.

Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.

Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.

He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.

I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.

To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.

My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together.

If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.

Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built.

Tristan Kern de Gonzales

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The Low Insistent Funeral Dirge of Reality Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

If you like the idea of playing someone who peaked in high school or never got over their first teenage love, while trying to survive overwhelming cosmic horror, OH BOY are you going to enjoy the Meatbags quickstart. Follow the Backerkit and you'll get it when it's ready! bit.ly/FollowMeatbags

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Get Ready for Disposable Bags of Meat: a TTRPG of luck, grit, and survival

From Ex Stasis Games - Get Ready for Disposable Bags of Meat: a TTRPG of luck, grit, and survival

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The Low Insistent Funeral Dirge of Reality Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Lore's playtesting Meatbags tonight (while I play Locus; I cannot run my own playtests!). Meatbags characters all have subplots - motivation to stay alive through this horror, reason to explore, and an engine to regain Luck. So I made handouts. I NEVER make handouts.

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The Low Insistent Funeral Dirge of Reality Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Heard from across the house: WHO THE FUCK DID I MARRY? (To which I say - I PUT CONTENT WARNINGS ON THE SCENARIO, @critlore.bsky.social)

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Lore Evans (they/he) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @critlore.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

It's been a long time since I had a #ttrpg character death, and Rat Baby's was so satisfyingly poetic.

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The Low Insistent Funeral Dirge of Reality Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I love what @critlore.bsky.social's done with the cover for Meatbags. Look at this lil' guy! He's in so much trouble! But he's not done yet! He's still fighting! He's got a SMALL HANDGUN and EVERYTHING IS FINE! Follow Meatbags here: bit.ly/FollowMeatbags

A massive monster fills the entire background of this illustration. One of its tentacles wraps around a man's leg, dragging him towards the creature's glowing mouth. The little meatbag's reaching for his gun to get one last shot in. This is fine, right?

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The Low Insistent Funeral Dirge of Reality Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The folks following Meatbags on Backerkit just got to see Lore's WIP cover art. It's pretty neat. Go throw us a follow and look at the monster. www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Get Ready for Disposable Bags of Meat: a TTRPG of luck, grit, and survival

From Ex Stasis Games - Get Ready for Disposable Bags of Meat: a TTRPG of luck, grit, and survival

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Bug🌻🪓 @noisyghost.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

body hair drawing tips i put together very quickly for tumblr :) #art | #OC

a black and white cropped drawing of a shirtless man. the text reads: body hair drawing tips from someone that likes bears a normal amount. artists note: i'm gonna use my own OC for the visuals, but i recommend looking up reference first! everyone has different body hair; different thickness, layout, pattern, etc.

two side by side drawings of a shirtless man, one flat colors and one depicting a diagram of how body hair flows on the body. the text reads: i often see people learning to draw body hair draw it all going the same direction, up and down. This usually looks a little strange - that's because body hair doesn't have the weight to fall straight down. instead, body hair tends to flow with the shape of the body. consider the center line of the bod as a convergence point, where the hair around it flows kind of like a rip current.

two drawings of the same shirtless man, side by side. the one on the left is flat colored, while the one on the right is a kind of topographical map of body hair distribution. The text on the image reads: this already looks a lot more natural, but doesn't take density into account. Consider where hair might grow thickets on the body - this isn't universal, and will vary from person to person! This repeated double curved line pattern is my best friend. Remember! Hair grows everywhere! If you want to commit to drawing bears: very hairy people will likely have hair on their shoulders, upper arms, back, etc.

Two drawings side by side, the one on the left is the same shirtless man, flatly colored, while the drawing on the right is a black and white close up of the previous image to zoom in on the lineart. The text on the image reads: typically, the denser the hair, the darker it will be. Adding a variety of shades is important to selling the look! I personally like to add density into the lineart itself, with the thicker black lines representing the densest areas. For someone particularly hairy, the hair will actually obscure the shape of things like the pecs and abs, so i will paint over or erase chunks of the lineart to show the hair is laying on top of the body. Lines should overlap, especially in the thickest areas.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Your monthly reminder: Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs you to tell your truth through your words.

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Lore Evans (they/he) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @critlore.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hey #TTRPGCommunity who are your favourite body horror and monster artists/designers?

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The Welsh DM @thewelshdm.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Expand your horizons with the Runic Collection www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

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DriveThruRPG

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Darryl Mott @gamerstavernshow.com · 05/12/2024

I've been hospitalized three times since October 27 - including once for almost a month. I was also unexpectedly discharged early in each case, meaning I lots of extra expenses to make it to treatments. If you'd like to help, please donate and/or spread the word about my GoFundMe.

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Donate to Support Darryl Mott's Medical Recovery, organized by Darryl Mott

I'm Darryl Mott, columnist covering tabletop roleplaying games and editor for multi… Darryl Mott needs your support for Support Darryl Mott's Medical Recovery

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Lore Evans (they/he) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @critlore.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Some days you're the Muffin, and some days you're the Rizzo.

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Lore Evans (they/he) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @critlore.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Looking for some Christmas #ttrpg nonsense? How about a game about robbing Fantasy Fortnum & Masons as a group of absolute cretins? With 24 cards of PCs, NPCs and items? For only $5? exstasisgames.itch.io/jimmy-mothba...

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Kalum 🔜 GrogLaw 2027 @rolistespod.itch.io · 17/11/2024

I'm trying to put together a feed showcasing TTRPG outside US/Europe. Feel free to ask to be added or suggest accounts from TTRPG enthusiasts born or living outside the North America or Europe. It could especially do with more African and Middle-Eastern ones. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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