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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 18/08/2026

An evangelical mega-church with unearned power. A group of hot messes on a splatter mission to paint its halls. And rescue Jesus because Lucifer asked. Hot messes who can't die, only become stranger. Check the full thread. Then support the game you didn't know you needed: ko-fi.com/revcasey/shop

Black background, black and white + low color image of Jesus on the cross against a stone wall, money in the shape of the cross transparent overlaid on the crucified Jesus, blood red letters in an arc around and above it ("BLOOD.MONEY.GOSPEL"), white stamped letters in black area at bottom ("Written by Rev Casey" + "Published by Thought Punks")

The Gist
Jesus Christ came back. Of course He came back. He said He would. The problem is that He came back gentle and confused and asking questions about sparrows and rent prices.
Before He could get His bearings, Pastor Dominion Crale of the First Church of the Perpetual Tithe had Him zip-tied in an Escalade and driven to the compound in forty-seven minutes flat. That was eighteen months ago.
The main Cathedral now operates HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD™, a multi-level wellness sacrament pipeline moving vials of genuine messianic blood at a year’s Toronto/London/Paris professional’s salary per unit (Blessed Faithful Anointed Healing Moment™), the cost of a large luxurious home in Tokyo or NYC (Chosen Hosts Exclusive Miracles Package™), a tier only reachable by mega-millionaires and billionaires (The Perfected Saints Full Indulgence Membership™), and a newly launched Divine Disciples Triple Elite Plus Eternal Covenant™ option for the most wealthy that comes with a personal blessing, concierge,

They operate on artificial scarcity (above and beyond the limits of their gruesome extraction process). The First Church ensures that even the Eternal Covenant™ tier has a waiting list. Lower tier lottery winners can wait in line even through the night to receive their “blessings” on High Holy Days™. (Universal Love For All™ financing plans available.) The Vatican filed a complaint. It is in a drawer somewhere one guy has the keys to, and nobody’s seen him in a while. The SEC wrote a memo about drafting a proposal to explore a process to review the complaint. It’s in another drawer.
Jesus is in the Sanctum Sub-Basement, connected to the Eternal Harvest Array. He cannot die. He cannot leave. He has been patient about this. He waits, faithful, hoping, suffering. He waits for you.

You have been recruited by Lucifer. Yes, THAT Lucifer. (Please don’t call them “Satan” or “The Devil.” I would say if you value your life, but that is the least of what the Morningstar can take.)
Lucifer (pronouns variable and flexible, presentation business casual, stress beginning to show through the seams) sought you out personally. The pitch ran for almost two hours and included a PowerPoint with extensive citations.
The end of the pitch: “I know how this looks. I know you have questions. That’s too bad. It’s none of your business, really. What I need you to understand is this situation is more personally offensive to me than your little brain can grasp. I pursued every available channel for months. I am standing in this awful parking lot talking to you, exactly because there are no more channels. Please. You will be well-treated for your help. And I am asking nicely. I am… not good at asking nicely.”

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Launch is at 0.4, nearly all of it from watching people play. Tables kept reaching to play out Decisions, so now they each call for a Scene. A new Act I Scene card lets the crew build their ship. www.dyvershands.com/games/Auspic... Ashcan alpha until someone runs it without me. Have you?

Cover for The Launch, an Auspice story game. A rocket climbs through deep blue-green twilight, its lit trail crossing the image, and three cards from the deck fan out at lower right. The text reads: an Auspice story game. The Launch. A story game of exodus, the long dark, and taking root. Three to five storytellers, one evening, no game master.

The Ship, a Scene card hidden in Act I. It reads: Set a Scene on the ship we're readying for launch, go round the table, each of us adding one true thing about the vessel and our place in it, until it feels real and ours.

The Decision, the Scene card that closes Act I. It reads: Do we launch? Set the remaining prompts aside and weigh the stacks. Promise well above Peril, it goes Clean. Peril well above, it goes Hard. Near even, you go on, Wounded. Then play out a Scene of how it goes, go round the table, each of us adding a moment, colored by the Tilt.

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Alex Roberts @helloalexroberts.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Briefly alighting on a branch of bluesky to say 1. USA-based fans, For the Queen is back in stock! shop.critrole.com/collections/... 2. Friends at GenCon know that I am with you in spirit <3 <3 <3

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For the Queen

Hear ye, hear ye: Your Grace is primed for her voyage, and has chosen you to accompany her! For the Queen is a card-driven collaborative storytelling game that invites you to tell a dramatic narrative...

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We host a monthly Story Games evening in Lafayette, CA, on the 2nd Monday at Town Hall Theatre, 3535 School St; we take over the lobby, plenty of tables, and our hosts open the bar for a soda or a beer. Our next is Monday, August 10, 6:30–9:45pm. Free, with a suggested donation to the theatre. 1/🧵

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Alex Roberts @helloalexroberts.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Yes! This is the kind of iteration on my work that gets me really interested - from what Chris aptly calls "the useful kind of wanting," not a frustration at lack but a yearning for more.

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Vox Orbis @voxorbis.itch.io · 20/07/2026

Hey, Gamers! Anybody who loves Forged in the Dark and Supers (Heroes OR Villains!) and is in the Seattle area, is invited to come join me at Go Play NW and try out the game - Disruptors - in which you can take a stand and try to change the world! (Okay, so a bank-robbery might be involved...)

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Auspice: The Launch is a rough ashcan alpha, and what I want most is to watch how it really plays with people I've never sat down with. I'm running it at Go Play NW this Friday at 7pm. Come launch a ship with me: 1/🧵

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Auspice: The Launch

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Avri Klemer's (@nycavri.bsky.social) Descending the Stairs is in the RPG Trader GM-Less bundle, and it is the fourth openly Descended from the Queen game I have found in there. Two things in its design have had me thinking this afternoon. 1/🧵

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Wandering more through the GM-less Bundle, discovering new islands of interesting game design ideas: Apropos tonight's movie premier, Ithaca in the Cards, by @ehronlime.bsky.social, is a GM-less Odyssey story game where you "play blackjack against Fate" to get home. 1/🧵

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Rummaging the GM-less Bundle today: The Solace Solution, by @aratlon.bsky.social is a 2-player game about brewing a potion to repair a relationship one shared memory at a time, then choosing together whether to drink it. The way it is built has stuck with me. That final sip is the whole game! 1/🧵

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CiTyKey-Design (@aratlon.bsky.social)

(he/him) left handed, father of Smal-Key and Little-Key, husband to Key-Key, office worker by day, TTRPG creator by night. https://linktr.ee/citykey_desing

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

For the Queen, and the games descended from it, stop the moment you answer the last card. Ringmaster, a circus game by Pascal Godbout (@pg-yyz.bsky.social), doesn't. When the mob comes for the Big Top, the troupe must answer one question together, and the game is built to carry you there. 1/🧵

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Pelgrane Press @pelgranepress.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A Brief History of Narrative In RPGs #ttrpg #gmtips #dungeonmaster

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Definitely the OG of gmless games — The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, is part of the RPG Trader GM-Less Bundle. Check it out!

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My last diary started from the one thing I wanted more of in Alex Roberts' (@helloalexroberts.bsky.social)For the Queen: it ends the instant you answer its final card, no falling action, nowhere to stand. That missing "and then?" is what set me building The Launch. 1/🧵

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The Fate You Make

On the empty space where For the Queen ends, and the two things I built The Launch to do about it. My last note ended on a small complaint I could not let go of. For the Queen stops the instant you a...

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I had the honour of being a developmental editor/consultant on this game, and it really shook up a lot of my game design maxims and preconceived notions. It's one of those games that challenges the bounding definitions of how roleplaying games can work.

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I had some wonderful discussions on design of social games with @jdragsky.bsky.social last year (at Metagame metagame.games in Berkeley), in particular on asymmetric games, social simulations, and her ambitious Seven Part Pact. 1/🧵

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Metagame 2026

Metagame 2026 — the boutique conference about games returns. Get notified.

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jay Dragon is unstoppable @jdragsky.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

the seven-part pact kickstarter launches TOMORROW! here's the Arcane Edition (mockup, images not final) ! it features a faux leather bound grimoire, hardcover codices, a plastic pull tab on the box, and beautiful art by @teanwitch.bsky.social

a beautiful green and gold version of seven-part pact

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

My local group has fallen hard for prompt games, the GM-less, deal-a-deck kind. Playing them this spring, I kept circling the designer's question: how does so little do so much? The game that first taught me the shape of an answer is Alex Roberts' (@helloalexroberts.bsky.social) For the Queen. 1/🧵…

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For the Queen: a Design Appreciation

On the craft around the prompts, and why Alex Roberts’ little deck seems to run itself. Most summers I give myself a creative project: some corner of game design I want to understand by making someth...

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This prompt presumes the leak, never the guilt: the accused authors whether they're innocent, guilty, or lying. Presume the verdict instead ("why did you sell us out?") and you've authored their character for them. Prompts guardrail not just the world, but who gets to author what. Where's the line?

#Storygame prompt on a card "A secret only you were trusted with is suddenly on every tongue. Tell us how it got loose — and let us wonder whether you're telling the truth."

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

In her article on TTRPG worldbuilding, @beckyannison.bsky.social writes: "there are almost no games GMd or GMless which wouldn't be improved by asking good questions." Yes — and I design GM-less games that run entirely on questions. Here's what I've learned about making one do three jobs. 1/🧵

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Shannon Appelcline @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Yeah, we're now preparing to crowdfund my *next* RPG history books, Designers & Dragons Origins. But I still dearly love this system history that Mongoose and I put out last year on Traveller. Quite possibly the most fun I've ever had writing.

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Shannon Appelcline @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Take a look at the Designers & Dragons Origin Secret Door for more on what that all means, with a preview of the articles on Supplement I: Greyhawk and the Fiend Folio. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

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Designers & Dragons: Origins - Secret Door - Evil Hat Productions | Other Favorites | DriveThruRPG

From the birth of roleplaying to the discovery of the Forgotten Realms, from the rise of Basic D&D to the fall of Mystara, explore the history of OD&D, BD&D, and AD&D 1e in Designers &...

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Today we are proud to announce our next crowdfunding campaign. Award-winning historian @shannonappelcline.bsky.social examines the roots, artwork, and lore behind each and every product released by TSR for OD&D, AD&D 1e, and Basic D&D with his latest effort, Designers & Dragons: Origins. 1/3

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Launching Soon - Designers & Dragons: Origins

From Evil Hat - Launching Soon - Designers & Dragons: Origins

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Christopher Allen @christophera.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I just saw “The Majestic” on the big screen last night. When it came out it was 2001 and just felt like a nostalgic feel-good movie. But in 2025 its portrayal of resistance to government “red scare” tactics had the audience gasping with connection to Kimmel. More relevant today!

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Aaron Voigt @aavoigt.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I've been planning a little "group project" for the @chimerahearts.com server, and I hope you'll join us! October 1 through November 15, we'll be making "tools" to help some of our favorite indie games find a wider audience. Sign up today!

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TTRPG Tools Jam

A game jam from 2025-10-01 to 2025-11-16 hosted by Aaronsxl. In the vein of the TTRPG Resource Jam , this jam aims to create tools to bring indie RPGs to a greater number of people. These would likely...

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Game that features editing the rules? Not precisely an RPG, but Polis Play (PolisPlay.com) is all about rewriting the rules. There are two versions: a competitive one inspired by Nomic, and a cooperative variant that is new (and needs beta testing). I’ve used the competitive as microgame in a LARP.

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I had a lovely conversation with @jdragsky.bsky.social during www.metagame.games this weekend. I definitely want to do a deep dive on her new "Expressionist Game Manifesto", but there is one paragraph there that fascinates me, on the topic of "rules that abstractly simulate the social reality" 🧵…

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METAGAME 2025

A conference for game design, strategy, narrative, and play

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Ben Robbins is launching M2 @lamemage.com · 23/11/2024

"Do you want to see justice served, or are you just trying to win this case?" VirinaB is working on a new Trial quest for Follow: A New Fellowship. I think it's a very juicy topic, and I could definitely see fellowships tearing themselves apart. Great stuff! www.reddit.com/r/gmless/com...

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Reddit - Dive into anything

A place to talk about co-creative tabletop role-playing games, with no Game Master, where everyone at the table gets to participate equally. Share what you played, games you like, or projects you're working on. If you're new to GMless games and you've got questions, ask away!

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Full time for 8 years now. These last 2 have been the roughest years by far. What would help me a ton is just a stable, friendly internet to work with. Musk buying Twitter, Kickstarter flirting w crypto, every change Patreon makes, I feel in the pit of my stomach.

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I’m Publisher Emeritus, Community Steward, and a co-owner of the venerable RPGnet community.

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

I have found that there is a certain set of people that have a hard time switching from immersive stance to director stance, and thus don’t like storygames that have too much player agency involving setting scenes (and don’t like gmless because of this). But they’ll like @lamemage.com’s Microscope.

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Microscope is a special one, really first of this kind of game that I know of. The author Ben Robbins @lamemage.com has just moved to BlueSky, as have I.

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

I like the visuality of these "progress clock" cards I have something related for my Tableau storytelling system called "Beats" which are also on cards, but they are really just checklists of recommended scenes for a single Act. But I'm inspired by this to creating something more visual for them.

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

Making things about a play culture that are implicit➡️explicit can be hard, as you often are blind to your own assumptions. Also challenging is when you are trying to be concise on the page.🧵…

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

As `belonging outside belonging` has origins in the #PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) family, are there any #gmless hacks of #FitD (Forged in the Dark) out there? In particular the position/level mechanic?

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

I’m trying to move away from x.com/DyversHands to @dyvershands.bsky.social Can you give me a shout-out for any #gmless or #storygame accounts to follow here? In particular designers and podcasts.

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

New “Accelerated Core Rules📜” for “Tableau: Collaborative Cinematic Storytelling”! Journey beyond the known world with “Lovecraft Country: Dark Expeditions🏕️” Storyset📚. Print on Avery 10-up cards. Free or ‘Name-a-Fair-Price’ to start your adventure! #gmless downloads.dyvershands.com/l/DarkExpedi...

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Lovecraft Country: Dark Expeditions 🏕️ (an Accelerated Storyset 📚 for Tableau: Collaborative Cinematic Storytelling)

Lovecraft Country: Dark Expeditions 🏕️(An Accelerated Storyset 📚 for Tableau: Collaborative Cinematic Storytelling)Welcome to the Unknown!Lovecraft Country: Dark Expeditions 🏕️ is an accelerated Story...

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Dyvers Hands Productions @dyvershands.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

A #gmless quest using Ben Robbin’s “Follow” rules.

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