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Unicycle Games @unicyclegames.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Read a review of the TLRA Character creation process on Tot’s Character Compendium ( @totcocoa.bsky.social ): totscharactercompendium.wordpress.com/2025/01/14/t... Book review from @eclecticdragons.bsky.social ): eclecticdragonshorde.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

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The Long Road Ahead - It's Always the Journey That Matters

Alan Tyson and Lex Lionfell's The Long Road Ahead: A Game About Great Journeys and Great Sacrifices My copy of Unicycle Games' The Long Ro...

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I was lucky enough to get a preview copy of L.G.B.T. 2E from @brightbard.bsky.social - it will be my next review! I like it so far - I think it makes interesting changes to the underlying HAVOC engine and provides good GM advice. LGBT is currently on backer kit: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

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L.G.B.T. - Longsword, Glock, Bat, Taser

Get yourself, your friends, and your blazing-hot queerness to pride in this comics-inspired, slice of life TTRPG about having the best Pride ever.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I recently got a chance to ask a bunch of questions of Ethan Yen from @glyphtide.games about his game Chain×Link. I learned a bunch about his design process and where he intends to take Glyphtide Games into the future. eclecticdragonshorde.blogspot.com/2026/06/all-...

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All About Chain×Link - An Interview With Ethan Yen

An Interview with Glyphtide Games' Ethan Yen The cover of Yen's fantastic Chain×Link. Introduction I recently conducted an intervi...

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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

We are 10-15 backers away from funding Soothwardens by @navaarsnp.bsky.social! Find a friend, explore the link, and destroy the Breakers who threaten your communities! There is no luck in this game, only the connect you share and the resources you have to command. TTRPG.link/soothwardens

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Soothwardens By Navaar Seik-Jackson

A game about the power of connection & threats from beyond. There is no luck here. Just heart, stamina, and those who fight beside you.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My review of @glyphtide.games' masterpiece ChainXLink is up! It is an excellent and compact zine. It is also a great entry into @plusoneexp.bsky.social's ongoing Zine Club, which I also am enjoying. eclecticdragonshorde.blogspot.com/2026/06/chai... #ttrp #review #rpg #zine

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Chain×Link - the Chain Gang TTRPG - RPG Zine Club Review - #2

Ethan Yen's Chain×Link: A Semi-Cooperative Dungeon-Defying RPG The cover of my copy of Chain×Link . Introduction Chain×Link (pron...

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Another group I try and always make a point of checking out when I am at events! You should too!

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

If you are in Philly today check out Robbis's art! It's great evocative stuff that I always make a point of checking out!

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Making much more progress today on my Chain×Link review than I had the past two days. Gods willing I will get it out along with my interview with Ethan Yen late Sunday or late Monday. Than I can devote my full attention to me next review and interview.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This looks really cool, I will dig into it sometime during the late summer.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Trying to write while your cat wants to love on you and your laptop is.... a challenge.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Something I love to do is buy orginal art from indie creators, frame it, and hang it on my wall. These are the two most recent additions to my collection. They are orginals by one of the artists behind Hinterlight.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Morning listen: "Synthetic Hate: How AI Fuels the Far Right" "Rather than acting as a neutral mirror of reality, these algorithms are structurally nostalgic—relying on past training data to build idealized, hyper-masculine mythologies, clean ethnic landscapes, and weaponized "slopaganda."

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Something I really like doing at cons is getting things signed. Like these I got signed at Gamefacecon!

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Got a good framework done on my review for Chain×Link done today. I will try and wrap it up tomorrow for a post concurrent with an interview with Ethan Yen for some time later this week.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Trying to decide if I incorporate elements of an interview directly into a review I am writing and then publish both or keep them separate.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Something I have learned from doing two interviews with creators so far is this: I need to spend more time doing research on them as I write up questions.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Finally off my day job and getting back to working on reviews tomorrow.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

As much as I would love to build an infinite library of TTRPGs from across the world, my basement is finite in size as is my budget. It makes me sad that I have to start being choosey where I send my money. But, also happy knowing there are so many people out there living their truth.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This is fundamentally scary and invasive.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

It is interesting to start to see how I like to write these reviews evolve. I am trying to make them informative but also politely critical when it is warranted. I am a big fan of being polite and kind to everyone, regardless of medium. A goal of mine is to die with lots of friends and no enemies.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

A short-ish review today for @plusoneexp.bsky.social's Babylon Lottery, while I did not gel with all the encounter mechanics, I found the setting and character creation system to be brilliant! Definitely worth a read! eclecticdragonshorde.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-... #ttrpg #rpg #zine #review

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The Babylon Lottery - RPG Zine Club Review - #1

Makeshift Magpie's The Babylon Lottery The cover of my copy of The Babylon Lottery. Introduction The Babylon Lottery , by Jack Fuh...

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I am really looking forward to Gameface Con today. I was even able to convince a friend of mine to tag along!

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Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk · 24/05/2026

My Indie RPG column for TTGM has evolved and now is half forthcoming and half interview. It was my pleasure to talk with @jdragsky.bsky.social about the forthcoming Seven-part Pact for this issue www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/tableto...

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Tabletop Gaming - Tabletop Gaming Issue 115 is out today: Happy Birthday to us!

Tabletop Gaming magazine celebrates its 11th birthday this issue, as Disney Lorcana Wilds Unknown graces our cover

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I wish I could stay up late enough to watch this; but alas I have to wake up at 4 AM for a 12 hour shift. I will have to catch it... hopefully youtube once it gets posted.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

My kitties are all inside kitties mostly because I am afraid they would pick fights with squirrels and lose. Also all the other dangers of the outside - but mostly the losing to squirrels bit.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

My interview with the team behind @unicyclegames.bsky.social's fantastic heroic quest ttrpg The Long Road Ahead is now posted! Suffice to say I learned a bunch about their design goals and art direction choices. eclecticdragonshorde.blogspot.com/2026/05/all-... #interview #ttrpg #rpg #indiettrpg

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All About The Long Road

An Interview with Unicycle Games' Alan Tyson and Lex Lionfell The cover of The Long Road Ahead. Introduction I asked Alan Tyson and Le...

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It has been a busy 24 hours; I got a review completed edited & posted, another finalized into a 1st draft, and an interview edited and scheduled for posting. I think I will get the review for The Babylon Lottery scheduled for posting sometime after the weekend.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

My review for @unicyclegames.bsky.social's The Long Road Ahead is live! I liked it a bunch and I think its exploration of personal sacrifice for the greater good is an excellent theme and virtue to be reminded of. eclecticdragonshorde.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-... #ttrpg #rpg #ttrpgreview #review

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The Long Road Ahead - It

Alan Tyson and Lex Lionfell

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I have finally finished my write up for my review of The Long Road Ahead! It is the longest thing I have written in... some time, but I had a lot I wanted to talk about. Once it gets edited it should go up sometime tomorrow or late tonight!

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I backed it and found out that the publisher also wrote some intriguing zines as well! ...Which I added to my pledge too! Looking forward to this one.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I am starting to figure out that I like to be detailed in my write ups. To the point of writing about ~2.5k words for shorter zine reviews, and 3K or more words for book sized reviews. I have no idea if that is 'too long' but I feel it is sufficient to say what I want to.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Gameface con is going to be awesome. I did not realize how many neat indie ttrpg folks were in a close area to Baltimore. Glad I got tickets.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Here are my next four reviews/ posts (in order even) I am working on writing and reading at the moment. As you can tell I very much like the publications of @plusoneexp.bsky.social, to the point I am going to try and write up a review of one zine of theirs a month if I can swing it.

The cover of the Long Road Ahead by Unicycle Games

The Cover of the Babylon Lottery from Makeshift Magpie

The cover of Chain X Link by Ethan Yen and published by Plus One Exp

The cover of Dungeon Magazine issue 5 1987 May-June

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I am thinking about actually making use of the large unread collection of Dungeon Magazines I have, and writing a review on one or two of the adventures contained within once a month as an ongoing series starting with the earliest issues I have. I wonder if people would find that interesting.

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Skullboy @betterlegends.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Im gonna be at Gameface con this weekend hawking my new stickers (and the rest of my art) and im really banking on how much Baltimore likes this seasoning.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I am really looking forward to ex tenebris!

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It would be fun to either read about how how the art for the covers of dragon magazine and dungeon magazine evolved over the ~40 years they were around. An evolution from classical fantasy to more dungeon punk art and the influences and culture in ttrpgs that drove those changes.

An image of dragon issue 60 next to dragon issue 315

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I am preaching to the choir on this but art appreciation is an under taught skill in schools of all levels. If we are going to be a real civilization and not simply a consumer society we must actually teach people how to talk about art and thus appreciate it on a level beyond something is pretty.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

My next review is live! @feralcharlie.bsky.social's dark and bleak setting "The Vast in the Dark: Expanded". It an excellent zine with interesting mechanics and themes, but it is very much not for everyone. eclecticdragonshorde.blogspot.com/2026/05/blea... #ttrpg #rpg #review #dnd #OSR

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Bleakness and Despair the Setting

Charlie Ferguson-Avery's The Vast in the Dark: Expanded My copy of The Vast in the Dark: Expanded. Introduction Charlie Ferguson-...

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Lin Codega @lincodega.com · 12/05/2026

Four Pillars Gaming published hundred of AI-generated profiles over the past four months and when people asked to be taken down, they doubled down, defended their process, and refused. The ramifications of hallucinatory LLM "histories" threaten to erode truth and destroy the historical record.

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AI-generated profiles of TTRPG designers ignite fury across social media

4 Pillars Gaming’s new website adds AI-generated slop to an already ephemeral online historical record.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It’s always good for me to remind myself that bread-and-butter RPG Kickstarter revenue comes from an unusual and self-selecting group of consumers for whom backing Kickstarter campaigns is a hobby unto itself. That’s who the money comes from. 1/9

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Graftbound Press 🔜 PeopleCon III @graftbound.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Launching May 19th on Kickstarter, Soot and Charms: Boston comes with 5 Character Kits each with their own unique play style. They're customizable and get you started playing quickly. Follow the Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I wonder what is says about me that I wrote a 2.5k word review for a 40 page zine that is mostly art.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I need to re-read my college art appreciation text book, I am finding my vocabulary limited when trying to talk about art in TTRPGs. I recently read a zine and had a deeply emotional reaction to it in a manner similar to what I had when I first saw Francisco Goya's "Saturn Devouring his Son"

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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We are cooking up something special with @hangedmangames.bsky.social using @gauntletrpg.bsky.social's Carved From Brindlewood system! An amazing in process art piece by @robbiaburns.bsky.social Project management as always by the talented @joandark.com! #7thOrder #TTRPG

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E. R. F. Jordan 🏳️‍⚧️ PROXY, available now! @erfjordan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I've rewritten this section a billion times, and will probably rewrite it six or seven more before the game is done. But as it stands, it's a pretty good answer to the question, "What is Purgatory Limits?" #rpg #ttrpg #backerkit

A block of text from Purgatory Limits. The section is titled, "What Is It?". It reads:

Purgatory Limits is an urban horror-fantasy roleplaying game. More specifically, it’s a citycrawl—abstract dungeon exploration through a city that hates you. It’s about the past and how it lingers in the world like a physical substance—how lingering in the past can poison the present.
It’s about shame and disgust and repressed desires—how one navigates their ugly feelings when they’re forced out into the open. It’s about being forced to change in the face of ever-mounting suffering—making sacrifices and violating your own rules to keep existing. It’s about trauma—the way being triggered can feel like the whole world is falling apart—the way our society is built to trigger you over and over again.
It’s about gambling, and how exciting it is; it’s about gambling, and how damaging it is.

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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

For folks using Shopify, they recently forced all your products into their Agentic (as in AI Agents) sales channels. @rrookstudio.bsky.social is in the process of turning ours off and disabling it. You should go do the same. Reposts appreciated for community visibility.

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Eclectic Dragon's Horde @eclecticdragons.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I sometimes hear/see people complain about being the forever GM. I don't really feel the need to do this. For me, GMing is a form of taking care of my friend group, one that I find very personally fulfilling. Does anyone else get this kinda fulfillment from running games for their friends?

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