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Quinn murphy

@gamefiend.bsky.social
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#TTRPG game designer. Have written for WotC, Paizo, and many more. Founder of Thoughtcrime Games. thoughtcrimegames.net

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 5h
The other side of this post: I fucking LOVE TTRPGs. I've struggled and "quit" multiple times before realizing (finally) that it's impossible for me. Sorry to all other hobbies (I have a lot of them!), but TTRPGs are the best of all hobbies. Even when it sucks, it rocks.
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 22h
(Not an advice-seeking post) it is very hard trying to work the day job (often very demanding), design/write/layout games, freelance, be an attentive partner/dad/friend, and then still find room to market games and send to distributors. Mostly kvetching, but dang, its a lot.
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Keith Ammann 🔜 Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com · 29/09/2026
We're just one week away from the release of REMONSTERED! THE MONSTERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING! There's still time to pre-order your copy and receive it on release day, Oct. 6! www.spyandowl.com/re...
The cover of REMONSTERED! THE MONSTERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING: Five adventurers—a dragonborn paladin, a forest gnome barbarian, an orc druid, a tiefling bard and a goliath sorcerer—are fighting a rakshasa in the richly appointed office of a royal adviser. On the rear wall is a portrait of a handsome, mustachioed human who wears the exact same robes of honor as the rakshasa. The rakshasa is savagely tearing into the paladin's throat with its claws. The look on the paladin's face is of someone unexpectedly confronting his own mortality. The shellshocked barbarian looks like she's about to drop her absurdly oversize axe; the bard and the sorcerer are clearly terrified, holding their weapons limply. The druid, on the other hand, looks resolute, angry and unafraid. The image is accompanied by the words "One more week! Pre-order now!"
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh. Shit. How am I just now learning about Black Speculative Fiction Month happening in October? anyway, I will try to do a little TTRPG thing related to it this month, but I will come back *prepared* next year. blackspeculativefictionmonth.org
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Constellation of Change — A year-round hub for Black speculative fiction and Afrofuturism
A living archive of the writers, scholars and artists building Black speculative futures — open to readers, students, journalists and librarians every day of the year.
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
yoooo, I need this.
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Coffee All Night Games ➡️ Arcane Con @coffeeallnight.itch.io · 29/09/2026
Streaming with @grimwoodgames.bsky.social tonight at 8:00 pm EST. Come kick your feet up and hang out with us. youtube.com/live/EfNARTG...
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Geekout Interview: Matty Nevers from Coffee All Night Games
YouTube video by Grimwood Games
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Y'all. The pixel art style of Last Ditch Effort is DIABOLICALLY cool. I am impatient to get my hands on this.
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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 29/09/2026
Neighborhood Robots is a solo journaling game with a strong mechanical core. I wrote about it a while back at Skeleton Code Machine: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/neighborho...
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For the morning crew, I've got my first print of It Wants Souls in last night and I'm loving it. Will have the PDF up on thoughtcrimegames.itch.io very soon!
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Thoughtcrime Games
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Alx Uttermann @alxindia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They are going to burn down as much as they can before they get kicked out.
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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 28/09/2026
Your periodic reminder. There's even a typo in my post about it.
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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 28/09/2026
The Walden Paradox EXPANDED!!!!! omnes.exeunt.press/p/the-walden...
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The Walden Paradox expanded
The Walden Paradox has been expanded into a 36-page zine with more content, more prompts, and new mechanisms. Available in print now at the Exeunt Press Shop.
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Now I have a few more things to take with me to pax unplugged and the next few places I am vending!
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fucking hell YES. It Wants Souls looks soooo good printed!
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you are interested in playing It Wants Souls or The Decay (from @coffeeallnight.itch.io ) and are in the Boston area around Oct 9, come join us at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social ! www.eventbrite.com/e/horror-ttr...
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Horror TTRPG Game Night @ SQBG
Join three experienced GMs for a night of terrifying games perfect for spooky season!
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Coffee All Night Games ➡️ Arcane Con @coffeeallnight.itch.io · 28/09/2026
Looking for something to do this Tuesday night? How about joining me and @grimwoodgames.bsky.social for a stream where we are going to discuss my upcoming game The Decay: Survival Horror Roleplaying. youtube.com/live/EfNARTG...
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Geekout Interview: Matty Nevers from Coffee All Night Games
YouTube video by Grimwood Games
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Jack Panic | DNGN CLUB @dngnclub.itch.io · 27/09/2026
Coming soon...
the cover for "Strahd Must Die" a horror supplement for Daggerheart
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Choosin' Texas" was my favorite CYOA book back in the d-- Oh, what? A song? Never heard of it.
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Grampa Cheddar @kaporiknight.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
United Dream 🌌🌺💖
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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In this period of time filled with AI stupidity, let's celebrate those we are not celebrating enough: Art supporters, Art commissioners THANK YOU! Thanks to YOU, many artists can do what they do the best and keep being productive but most importantly Artists can LIVE!
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Sweet Shop @sweetshop.app · 25/09/2026
We are so incredibly proud to carry the undeniable @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social on Sweet Shop. To celebrate our launch and them, we're having a sale where all their books are $1. sweetshop.app/publishers/i...
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Iron Circus Comics
Hi there, everybody! We're Iron Circus Comics! We were born in 2007, and we're the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in...
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Chris Perry @perridot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OH!WARE, my first commercial release, IS OUT NOW! Your ancestors whisper guidance. The Gods all watch. They want you to check it out and give it a review 🙏♥️ store.steampowered.com/app/4121430/...
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(GDHitless) PT @pleasantlytwstd.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
You-yes you! 🫵🏿 Are you - a speedrunner / challenge runner - interested in charity fundraising - looking for more activities and camaraderie w/ your Black peers year-round - Black? (Obvy) We want to hang with you in BaF! 🫶🏿 We're fundraising for Race Forward in February and would love to have you!
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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole Con @tabletopbookshelf.com · 26/09/2026
NEW: In QUEERZ! you will take on the role of someone blessed with magical powers from the Rainbow Empathy: a force that empowers and embodies ideals of humanity, compassion, joy, and wisdom. Based on the LGBTQ+ manga by Isago Fukuda By Amit Moshe (City of Mist), Son of Oak games
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I forgot to add, for those who don't know, I founded and co-direct with Neta B, a micro-press called Sojourners For Justice Press. [Yes this is another of my 100 unpaid passion projects, lol]. You can order some of our publications here: www.haymarketbooks.org/series_colle...
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Sojourners for Justice
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Doing a rewatch of the Tekkonkinkreet movie....so faithful to the manga and a total masterpiece. If you have never read the manga/movie, I reccomend it. Taiyo Matsumoto is a genius mangaka and I want more people to see his work.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@MichelleObama said when they go low, we go high. I'm saying when they go low, we get LOUD. Every single time a country has stopped its democracy from falling, it happened one way. People organized and mobilized. The people refused to be quiet. Let's Get LOUD #AngieforFlorida
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skeleton king @confusedlucifer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
i know its very trendy and satisfactory to bitch about game studios etc using ai but are you supporting games that arent? are you supporting artists and filmmakers and musicians who dont use it? can you please love art louder than you hate ai
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Coffee All Night Games ➡️ Arcane Con @coffeeallnight.itch.io · 26/09/2026
⚠️ Announcing Mass Grave, a stretch goal supplement for The Decay of new Horrors from guest writers including: @gamefiend.bsky.social, @willred.bsky.social, @alexrineh.art, @vithesixth.bsky.social, YN Roe, and @dngnclub.itch.io (who is also doing the cover art! 😯) www.kickstarter.com/projects/cof...
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Coming soon: The Decay: Survival Horror Roleplaying
A tabletop roleplaying game of weird horror and the struggle to survive it.
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(Self) Regulators, mount up! @bankuei.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Shreyas Sampat's Mridangam uses a large array of Indian dance gestures www.jwalton.media/push
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Push — jwalton.media
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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 24/09/2026
E2 of the Indie Game Talk Club is live! Available wherever you get your podcasts. If you get our newsletter emailed to you when I post, I discovered you don't get a link to the episode, just the show notes without context. We're learning so much. 😳 indiegamereadingclub.com/making-and-b...
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E2: Making And Breaking Genre
Episode Synopsis Paul and Dusey talk about onboarding new roleplayers, monetizing your hobbies, priming a table for optimal play, and the power and limits of genre. Content warning: D&D is ment…
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
9 Manga that are pretty pivotal for me for different reasons: 9koma.com/en/share/ccf...
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9KOMA! | Shared 9 manga picks
A shared 9-koma manga collage.
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John Latta, TTRPG Illustrator ||COMMISSIONS CLOSED|| @johnlattaart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Woke up *really* early, did some drawing with new glasses; keeping lines simpler and more impactful rather than the minute detailing I usually do (to ease my eyes into them). #werewolf #fantasyart #comicart #WIPart
A mangled werewolf showing signs of fur, skin deterioration showing exposed skeletal structure; puss-filled green toxins bubbling to the surface of its skin and venting as noxious clouds around it. Pose is a frenzied lean towards the viewer, 3/4 turn.
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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Hand-drawn obsidian stone age weapons. Places to get it: 🗡️ www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4... 🗡️ salvaterra.itch.io/obsidian-wea... 🗡️ www.patreon.com/posts/79914538
drawing of several stone age obsidian weapons such as daggers, spears and clubs. "obsidian stone age weapons stock art - art pack with 15 hand-drawn obsidian stone age weapons".
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I keep making ttrpg games based around music (Five Fires, playlist dungeon), and... i am not mad about that! I do wonder what a ttrpg that incorporates musical movement/dancing would look like. Most importantly, i think it needs a karaoke vibe: bring energy, "good" is not the point.
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Speaking of dancing, one of my favorite campaign arcs in our Pathfinder game was a dance battle between vampire clans. Every 100 years, they had this huge dance battle (in place of actual fighting) to determine which house would rule the council. The PCs were proxies for one of the clans...
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ok, time to introduce y'all to some of my favorite dance battles and battlers. Meet Norah and Yarah, who are bad as hell (Norah is white shirt, Sarah green): youtube.com/shorts/_U1zz...
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Winners 2vs2 Hiphop Battle | Norah & Yarah Free Spirit 2025
YouTube video by LET IT HAPPEN
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The bass groove from The Smoke (by The Smile) will not leave my brain. youtu.be/tEPEqZnTwdo?...
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The Smile - The Smoke (16mm Film)
YouTube video by The Smile
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Ken Lowery @kenlowery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hey, the Bannerless YouTube's got 1,200 subscribers. :) www.youtube.com/@bannerlessg...
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Bannerless Games
Home of VOID 1680 AM. Also host to ambient videos perfect for your TTRPG experience.
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Your fave's fave @actually.roiskinda.cool · 24/09/2026
I think this is beautiful. Trying to fit ourselves into molds of what white supremacy tells us what 'family' should look like instead of doing what works and makes us happy has made a lot of people miserable. A big part of this life is finding what works for you and grabbing it with both hands.
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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
And it has 2 versions. I think it would look nice on a book's front page, ex libris, etc.
same border as described above but the frame is slightly different, with an oval inside frame.
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Random morning thoughts about JJBA as a TTRPG. Though inspired by Brindlewood Bay's theorize move, I wouldnt use PbtA. I love it, but it doesnt fit. At the core would be 'The Roundabout' (like the anime ending song, get it?), a scene-choosing rondel...
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Been waiting for this!!!
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thoughtcrimegames @thoughtcrimegames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Playlist Dungeon, a 1-page "songcrawl" #ttrpg where you build characters and dungeons from your favorite songs, is out in the wild, along with the Wu-Tang inspired intro adventure, "Last Chamber". Check it out and start your own playlist below! thoughtcrimegames.it...
The Lost Chamber by Thoughtcrime Games
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Paizo @paizo.com · 23/09/2026
Join us in giving a warm bravo, brava, and brave to our wonderful group of freelance authors who put together the Seventh Season of Pathfinder Society Second Edition, Year of Battle’s Spark! Show gratitude for the minds behind the fun in today's blog: bit.ly/4xDL6Cg
The image is of a group of Hellknights in full armor ready for battle in front of a burning building. In the bottom right corner of the image is the "Paizo Organized Play" logo.
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Jes the human @jesthehuman.itch.io · 23/09/2026
Bluesky knows you love TTRPGs and believe in trans rights (and trans wrongs) so what if you came to my TTRPG charity stream of Hellwhalers supporting Trans Lifeline tonight at 5:30 pm PDT with @helpactionneeded.bsky.social @thecandacemarie.bsky.social @ameliasom.com @thecandacemarie.bsky.social
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Omfg this sounds so bonkers I must read it
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Gila RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In case you missed it, NOVA 2 is now on Kickstarter! Kill the sun. Be a mech. Praise the moon.
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PsiPrimeProductions @akesslerrpg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This Week I’m previewing #starfinder2e ‘s tech core. Particularly the tactical starship combat stuff. Check out this beautiful artwork. Too bad the Kalistocrats are Late Stage Capitolism-The religion. Slept on antagonists in Pathfinder/Starfinder.
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