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Jared Dahl @mn-ttrpg-dad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

your shape economy is S class!

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Day 549, random old school TTRPG art from random book: “Van Richten’s Monster Hunter’s Compendium Volume One”, TSR 1999, Kevin McCann, page 153. #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #d&d #dnd #osr #ad&d #fantasyart #art #ttrpgcommunity #dndart #osrart #monster #ravenloft

A murder of crows sweeps down upon a village and its inhabitants, summoned by a foul were-crow.

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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Follow up from my previous post. The page count & page size of your game are not your "product." If we want to do product thinking, the design, writing, art, & total curated experience of your game are the "product." Telling me the page count & size tells me nothing. Tell me about your game.

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Jack Panic | DNGN CLUB @dngnclub.itch.io · 31/08/2026

While we are at it, we gotta move past PDFs being the discount version of a game.

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For example: something like $1/page would be a totally reasonably pricing framework (and padding out would be self-defeating). "Zines" (again what does that even mean?) ranging from $10-40 is a great deal for a consumer with an infinite horizon of use.

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like... i wanna pay $40 for yalls zines and not b/c i get some kickerstater chotchkies that killed ur overhead.

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re: last I'll add writer/illustrator friction (inflicted by publishers and/or the market) is a storied subject and my observation is aimed at shrinking the gap rather than growing it... I don't know how we foster this w/o re-education over "fair price" and "what's enough" on the consumer end.

also woops it would be more apt to use "Public Domain" not CC, but too late now ALAS lmao

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typo -- *limited profit limit collaboration*

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Creative Commons! Like I said tho no shade to any using it (many people I admire do/have) -- this isn't a beef post haha. Just being transparent on how I think the profit limits collaboration & to what extend this cant be solved via old masters as an architecture to sales.

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my spiciest take is that CC is spiritually identical to AI & tho I hold no ill will towards those who use CC, it should be understood that it acculturates us to the same artistic suffocation

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tldr: if we're gonna feed collector dopamine above all else we ought to start charging like drug dealers lmao.

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in an ideal scene everyone would pay more & buy less -- and that allows creators to *afford collaboration* that would actual foster the "craft culture" so often espoused.

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i say this in full support of writers getting their work out there ofc -- just highlighting the pressure stems from collectors conflation DIY with "i could do that" and bouncing off (well deserved) price increases that would advance scene's craft.

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The profit req'd for writers to get exposure is too great, so the hobby leans on CC as a bridge to affording illustrators while living in denial that art sells games more than text -- what follows is a lot of empty gesturing re: "supporting craft" or "DIY" that reinforces anti art sentiment.

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Mike @deadlygazebo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A pernicious cycle in ttrpgs is collector brain driving race to the bottom pricing -- they chase dopamine hits from buying 10 things they dont read rather than 1 they really want & for all the craft talk, theres no true zine culture bc readership demands a publisher's quality.

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Hey! A doog I know is co-hosting a TTRPG podcast highlighting scifi genres. First episode is talking about Death In Space by Christian Plogfors and Carl Niblaeus. If you enjoy freezing in the uncaring, merciless vacuum of space as much as I do... check it out: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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All Systems Nominal

Games Podcast · Updated Monthly · All Systems Nominal is a podcast about science fiction tabletop roleplaying games, focused on smaller independent TTRPGs.

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wint @dril.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

a prominent member of Film Twitter told me to "Suck his dick" just because i said that my favorite movie is the tv show Scrubs

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charlie deeds done kirk cheap @gizmouse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

made this edit in a fit of rage

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Chris P. Wolf 🛸 Mostly Offline @chrispwolf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Night Tripper Updated! Ansible v 1.11 "Resources" page added with NT in HTML, Markdown, and PDF formats. PDF is auto-generated from Markdown, so if you complain about layout, you get the airlock. Next update will include some rules text patches, clarifications, etc. www.night-tripper.fun

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Interstellar Adventure Campaigns

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blark @blarkblarkblark.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dungeons & Dragons isn't about tactical combat or storytelling or found-family or whatever, it's about opening different kinds of doors.

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Louie Zong @everydaylouie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

queen of hearts 💔

a stylized 3d render of dolly parton playing the banjo. the queen herself.

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David Kenyon @davidkenyon.art · 26/08/2026

we spent half a decade giving GoTY awards to games whose design bible is "Multiversal Fast Food Mascots in the Apocalypse" and are getting upset a chinese dev is making a dollar menu version? hahah come on gang.

David Kenyon @davidkenyon.art · 26/08/2026

I get that Nodusfall is shameless... ... but the art direction of most beloved AAAs has been a total slopfest for the last 5+ years as theyve divested from creative. BG3, Claire, MH, DA, even ER (and i love fromsoft) are all kitchen sinks at best. Nodusfall is a mirror noone likes lmao.

Rise Up Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

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I like the way the room names of Tomb of Armansquagulat (by the 3d6DTL guys) show the level of illumination in the room at a glance. I've seen a few iterations of this idea but this one is sticky. Notice how Area 1 is lit, Area 2 is partially lit, and Area 3 is dark. Neat!

Two page spread with room title keys in either brown text on yellow or yellow text on brown, representing lit and unlit rooms

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3d6 DTL @3d6downtheline.com · 25/08/2026

3d6 DTL #MythicBastionland Ep 10! Their lives forfeit otherwise, the Knights must tame the Hound on the Wind. After meeting a legendary Knight of old, the Company travels to the orchard town of Lummouth, which is beset by Sarx, the Hound in Flesh. #NSR #TTRPG #ActualPlay Links below!

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3d6 DTL @3d6downtheline.com · 21/08/2026

3d6 DTL #Dolmenwood Ep 24, exclusively on Patreon! The twisted servant of a chaos godling lurks beneath Dreg's smokehouse. It's up to the breggles and the Boghouse Boys to put an end to the creature's deprivations, and apparently a multitude of rocks are involved. #OSR #TTRPG Patreon link below!

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3d6 DTL @3d6downtheline.com · 18/08/2026

3d6 DTL #MythicBastionland Ep 09! Servants from Fieldwind Mews are recruited to help repair Croylehenge, but something that once was interred has now risen and stalks the shadows surrounding the holy site. Can the great spear Psychopompos bring the beast low? #NSR #TTRPG #ActualPlay Links below!

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David Kenyon @davidkenyon.art · 17/08/2026

lmao followup: how many times can we re-use a prop or costume

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Skullboy @betterlegends.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

like, how many different roles can we get Karl Urban to play on Xena before anyone notices

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David Kenyon @davidkenyon.art · 17/08/2026

couldn't put it better myself

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David Kenyon @davidkenyon.art · 17/08/2026

ER should be a case study in all we've lost in the era of purportedly "prestige" tv. It has some lemons like any network show, but the artistry is baffling. "Love's Labor Lost" is more gripping than entire seasons of contemp tv.