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Gila RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NOVA 2 is live on Kickstarter! Pilot powerful mechs on a sunless world in this action packed scifi TTRPG. This new edition of NOVA improves on, and adds a ton to the original. Let's get ready to go NOVA! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

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NOVA 2

Pilot mechs in a sunless world in this exciting second edition of the NOVA TTRPG!

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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Y'all, @scenefour.bsky.social is doing *the work* with short form videos in the #ttrpg trenches -- posting truly insightful commentary while parrying and riposting a barrage of nit-pickers every day. Massive respect and glory to his name! Check him out here: www.youtube.com/@scene_four or on Insta.

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Sean Foer

I'm Sean, a professional Game Master and designer, writer and editor of tabletop RPGs!

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Chase @chkurk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If you haven't checked out Vesta Mandate yet but you ARE into scifi and political media I want you to take a second to read this: "The amount of delightful friction that this game creates is astounding. This is a gold standard game of politics." from the talented @acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social.

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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"If The Odyssey made you want to play a game, it's probably Agon that's gonna scratch that itch." -- Judd Karlman. Couldn't ask for a better endorsement! Jump in to mythic adventures with a game all about epic deeds. Grab the book from the Evil Hat website, or the PDF here: johnharper.itch.io/agon

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AGON by John Harper

Heroic action in the mythic age

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Do you love any of the games that I have created? Whether it's Monsterhearts, Dream Askew, The Quiet Year, Going For Broke, or a deeper cut, now would be a great time to hit quote-tweet and tell your friends about it! It's been a slow month. 💕✨ store.buriedwithoutceremony.com

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Buried Without Ceremony

My name is Avery Alder, and for the past eighteen years I’ve been designing tabletop roleplaying games. These are games about community, relationships, doubt, queerness, and the collapse of civilizati...

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Wintry RPG ❄️ @wintryrpg.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Final Thoughts: "HIT!!" is a near flawless game for a group vacation. Low prep, snappy system, easy onboarding, and most crucially, minimal time commitment. Perfect for those breaks between the bigger plans of your trip. Find it here! :D honeycupgames.itch.io/hit

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HIT! The Blackjack-Powered Space Heist TTRPG by Honey Cup Games

A game about idiot space criminals

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Rad to see people having a blast playing HIT!!

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

GenCon I am at you! Legit no plans, just wandering around and talking to a bunch of really cool people. Super excited for this year after having such a great first GenCon last summer. Say hi! Let’s chat about games!! 😁

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Jon Boyle 😴 Gen Con Recovery Mode @residentbard.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Absolutely rad Digimon homage (that I helped with!) wrapping soon on Kickstarter! Go help tip them over the finish line pretty please?

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Chuubo’s-inspired Digimon-pastiche??? Say no more I’m in Let’s get this thing funded y’all!

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Caleb Zane Huett @calebzane.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

thank u kunihiko ikuhara

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The Stillfleet Studio ☉ more than play 🇵🇸 @stillfleet.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Dear fellow TTRPG nerds/adjacent journos and academics: you may want to go ahead and follow @playtestmaterial.bsky.social This is the account of a new critical journal of TTRPG studies, *Playtest Material*. Read about it here (more information to come soon): playtestmaterial.org

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Nostos has officially funded!! I've been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support this campaign has received in the past 24 hours — it has been truly wonderful to see so many people believe in this game and want to see it come to life. Thank you all so much. It means the world!

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Jon Boyle 😴 Gen Con Recovery Mode @residentbard.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Erica is cooking something really special, and they're so close to funding! Please go give Nostos a look if you haven't ❤️

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jay Dragon is unstoppable @jdragsky.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

please back this game! i think erica is working on a fascinating and beautiful project and i'd love to see it cross the finish line.

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Update #4 for Nostos is up as we enter the final 24 hours of the campaign! We are SO close to reaching our goal, so if you're on the fence about backing, please consider helping us make this game a reality!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hon...

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Update 4: Update #4: Final Hours · Nostos

Hi everyone! Erica here, with the last update before the Kickstarter wraps up!We've got less than 24 hours left and just under $2,000 in pledges to go to reach the campaign's $10,000 goal. We've alrea...

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Just over 36 hours left to back Nostos, and we're $2000 shy of our campaign goal! Help us get this thing to the finish line!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hon...

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Nostos

a tabletop roleplaying game about sailing home and saying goodbye.

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Aaron Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This is so up my alley it's like a genie granted a wish I didn't know I made.

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The Stillfleet Studio ☉ more than play 🇵🇸 @stillfleet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

JRPG-inspired/Odyssey/post-apocalyptic/Calvino/innovative story game Nostos by @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social is in its final 48 hours! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hon... We've been lucky enough to work with Erica as an editor, and she's fantastically smart and creative. Check out this game!

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Nostos

a tabletop roleplaying game about sailing home and saying goodbye.

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

4 days left to back Nostos and get a copy of my game about sailing home and saying goodbye Let's get this project to the finish line y'all!!

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a tabletop roleplaying game about sailing home and saying goodbye.

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🦇(grovetender)🦇 @orenshedherskin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Go back Nostos on Kickstarter!! I wanna go here and I want more art of here :)

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a tabletop roleplaying game about sailing home and saying goodbye.

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Courtney (they/he) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @courtana.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Another art piece for this game was released. It's freaking gorgeous. I'm going to be torn between keeping the book intact and taking out pages to frame. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hon...

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Nostos

a tabletop roleplaying game about sailing home and saying goodbye.

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

In Nostos, you travel across the roiling Sea of Irreality, whose surface is dotted with Islands, tiny microverses with unique laws of reality. Lefka is one such Island: a metropolis torn down and rebuilt every day to match the heavens, where reality itself dictates that work stops at sunset.

An illustration from the TTRPG Nostos by Rosario Mendez. A nighttime scene on the island of Lefka, whose citizens tear down and rebuild the entire city each day and celebrate their hard work each night. In the scene, four young visitors to Lefka dressed in mecha-style flightsuits speak with the locals, learning about their customs and culture. Meanwhile, the fifth member of their party sulks above, perched on a construction beam and angstily staring off into the distance.

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Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Nostos is a super cool TTRPG & ought to be funded by now! If you like the weird fiction moon-hopping of Realis, Nostos is like a classical lit island-hopping cousin. Check out the blurb I wrote based on the game's ARC, and pledge the campaign while you still can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hon...

"Erica Bridges is an excellent writer and designer, and Nostos has both of those talents on full display. Its balance of flavor and flexibility is truly impressive, and its player-facing mechanics will help you become a better storyteller without even realizing it. It's a game I personally can't wait to bring to the table." – Tyler Crumrine, Possible Worlds Games

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🦇(grovetender)🦇 @orenshedherskin.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Hi you all should back this for a variety of reasons including it looks like so much fun but most importantly because I want to hold the beautiful hard copy of it in my grubby little hands one day

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Nostos is almost halfway funded!! Thanks so much to all the backers who have pledged to bring this project to life, and if you haven't already, please check out the kickstarter and see if this game is for you!

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a tabletop roleplaying game about sailing home and saying goodbye.

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The Stillfleet Studio ☉ more than play 🇵🇸 @stillfleet.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Hey hey: historian/game designer/Why We Roll alum Dr. Erica Bridges has launched her very cool post-apocalypse/new world/JRPG/Roman philosophy game, Nostos! @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social Go back it, please! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hon...

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a tabletop roleplaying game about sailing home and saying goodbye.

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We’re at the end of Week 1 of the Nostos Kickstarter! Jumping off of that, I thought I’d talk about one of the game’s central mechanics: Conflicts.

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will jobst @willjobst.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

gogogo! erica is a sharp and inventive voice in rpgs, ride the wave and back nostos today!

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Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I was lucky enough to get an early read of this and it's fantastic! Definitely a campaign to check out.

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Courtney (they/he) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @courtana.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Hey, so you should back this really amazing game. Get in on the ground floor - like all of us smart folks. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hon...

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a tabletop roleplaying game about sailing home and saying goodbye.

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scene_four 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I’m honored to say this designer, Erica Bridges, is part of the Chicago playtest cohort I organize, and she literally can’t stop making some of the smartest games I’ve ever read and played. Don’t miss Nostos.

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Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Realis—the debut TTRPG by @austinwalker.bsky.social—arrives this Wednesday, April 1 (no foolin') in a Kickstarter campaign that will run til the end of the month! Bookmark the pre-launch page today to get notified when it goes live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru... | featured art by @aurahack.ca

Realis Kickstarter: April 1-30, 2026. A squat frog person smokes a cigar in a sci-fi airport while their berserker companion looks at them with bemused disapproval.

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Storygames Chicago @storygameschicago.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Thanks for everyone who came out to the mini-con today! I hope you all had a blast. Look forward to more events like this in the future!

A group of people playing tabletop games in the the meeting room at the Logan Square branch of the Chicago Public Library.

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Chase @chkurk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

We’re in our final three days! Join the Kickstarter and you too can experience the wacky, fun spells of Diabolic Dialect at your table! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...

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Diabolic Dialect Kickstarter Launch Trailer

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The Stillfleet Studio ☉ more than play 🇵🇸 @stillfleet.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying by @timespace.place is now live on @itch.io! stillfleet.itch.io/danse-macabr... If you missed the campaign, you can still add the PDFs to your library.

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Danse Macabre ☉ The Danse Macabre Rulebook by The Stillfleet Studio

Survival & Madness in a World Beyond Death ☉ A Dark Historical Fantasy TTRPG

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Chase @chkurk.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

We’re in the last two weeks now! Watch the trailer and come checkout the Kickstarter! There’s still a few earlybird bundles if you and a few friends wanna get the zine for a steal!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...

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The Stillfleet Studio ☉ more than play 🇵🇸 @stillfleet.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

We're very excited that friend-of-the-studio @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social is launching her first game, Nostos, which we highlighted on Why We Roll with @timespace.place podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... Nostos is a post-apoc odyssey inspired by philosophy, Star Trek, and JRPGs. Check it out!

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WWR 44 ☉ Nostos & Translation in TTRPGs w. Dr. Erica Bridges

Podcast Episode · Why We Roll · February 26, 2025 · 1h 36m

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Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Realis—the moon-hopping TTRPG by @austinwalker.bsky.social—lands on Kickstarter April 2026! Featuring 55 classes, 150+ NPCs, 100+ illustrations, expanded GM & homebrew guidance, and much more, bookmark the campaign today at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru... | teaser art: @decassette.bsky.social

"Realis by Austin Walker on Kickstarter April 2026" is layered over a science-fantasy image of four adventures.

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jay Dragon is unstoppable @jdragsky.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Seven-Part Pact, my fantastical and ornate TTRPG about the seven most powerful wizards in a fantasy world, is coming this summer to kickstarter!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...

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Coming soon: Seven-Part Pact

A fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Jay Dragon about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The pre-launch page for Nostos is live on Kickstarter! Give it a follow if you'd like updates about my TTRPG about sailing home and saying goodbye, coming April 7, 2026. Let's find a way home. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hon...

A teaser poster for Nostos, a TTRPG coming to Kickstarter in early April. Impressionist stormclouds thunder over a roiling sea. Caption text reads "Let's find a way home" above the central word, "Nostos". Illustration by Kaysha Siemens.

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I wrote an article in this issue about my approach to using a dynamic soundtrack on-the-fly in the games I run! Check it out 😁

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Chase @chkurk.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Diabolic Dialect is not live on Kickstarter! Check out the launch video and jump in on some of our earlybirb deals while they're still available! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...

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Diabolic Dialect Kickstarter Launch Trailer

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nicheborne.bsky.social @nicheborne.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

This is just the Triangle Agency HQ

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Erica Bridges @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Just put a short & sad one-page TTRPG up on itch: Hapax, a game about lonely words on a dying world. Shout-out to the @storygameschicago.bsky.social Discord, where this week's design prompt to build a game around language inspired me to throw this together. Check it out, it's free!

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Hapax by Honey Cup Games

a game about lonely words on a dying world

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