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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

IPR currently has the very last copies of the first print run of Letters to Sandra! Run don't walk, etc

Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We're gonna be there hanging out with Tim Hutchings! (You can tell because our art from 9 Lives to Valhalla is on the poster.) (If you come by 12-3 Dan will be running 9 Lives. You could play a cat from the poster.)

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

THIS WEEKEND! We were hoping to have a fun new thing to release in connection to 9 Lives to Valhalla in time for this weekend, but Kali took a bad fall & got all busted up so that's delayed. Come by & sign her crutch instead! (Wait, no, it's borrowed, just say hi)

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hey hey here's some fun news: our FLGS Guardian Games is hosting their first ever Indie RPG Fest on September 19, and we're gonna be there! Dan's gonna run 9 Lives to Valhalla, and there will be more games and cool people than fit in this first post

Promo image for Indie RPG Fest, showing icons for Geek Week PDX and Guardian Games above art of warrior cats from 9 Lives to Valhalla and text reading INDIE RPG FEST, September 19, 12PM-8PM.

A list of featured parties at Indie RPG Fest:
Kali Lawrie & Dan Phipps of Gem Room Games, Goblin Archives, Gravy Press, Karla Adder, Matt Gomez of Gomez Writes Games, Tim Hutchings, Twogether Studios, and Tyler Welch.

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Sharang Biswas @sharangbiswas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My friend @marieanello.bsky.social recently ran 9 LIVES TO VALHALLA by @gemroomgames.bsky.social for me! Viking cats in a post-human world. You only roll dice when something (ANYTHING) needs to be killed; failure is always death. But you have 9 lives, so… gemroomgames.itch.io/9-lives-to-v...

gemroomgames.itch.io

9 Lives to Valhalla by Gem Room Games

The Age of Man is over, now dawns the Age of Beasts!

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

well this is a lovely account of what it's like to run 9 Lives to Valhalla as a newish GM. What a nice thing to have started our days with.

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Aaron King @aaronmfking.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Should've done this at the height of the discourse, but if you want an RPG about fantastical ancient world journeys, SpeedRune is free, has perfect art by @adegenart.bsky.social, and there are additional adventures, player options, etc. erinking.itch.io/speedrune

erinking.itch.io

SpeedRune by Aaron King

a rules-lite ancient world fantasy RPG

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Pay it forward this Friday and get a great set of TTRPGs in this special charity bundle. Your support helps offset some brutal medical bills designer Rae Nedjadi incurred after a month in the hospital. Get over $285 in games for just 25 bucks! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

On the left, an illustration of Rae Nedjadi with short curly black hair and horn-rim glasses, wearing a purple and pink striped robe. Next to that, the covers of the games in the Rae Nedjadi Recovery Bundle: Our Haunt, Apocalypse Keys, Doomsday Delights, Brindlewood Bay, Defy the Gods, Once More Into the Void, Blue Rose, Raccoon Sky Pirates, Glow, The Love Balloon, The Wildsea: Ships Gardens, Paragons, Gingerbread Kaiju, The Hunger in the Void, Space Post, Seers & Roebuck, For Coin & Blood, Dynasties & Demagogues, Party Beach Creature Feature, Heroic Maps - Villages (Summer), Quantum Entanglement, and Infestation at Devil's Glade.

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Kali's wrist is all full of complaints which means anyone who ordered DUKK BÖRG this week gets the rare Dan doodle, you lucky ducks you

a stack of brown mailers, showing just the bottom corners of a few, alongside a copy of DUKK BÖRG and a sharpie. Each corner is decorated with a doodled duck.

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

LOOK IT'S DUKK BÖRG IN PIT TRAP WE'RE SO OFFICIAL pittrapshop.com/products/duk...

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Dan Phipps @itsdanphipps.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Online friends who are Portland bound, come and say hi!!!

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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Got some special sticker drops coming for Between Two Cons as part of a bit that I am 100% committed to. Show up at the Norse Hall 1p Saturday to see @itsdanphipps.bsky.social @directsun.bsky.social & Tony go ham! Pick up a zine Art @feralcharlie.bsky.social design @johnnyisorena.bsky.social

A Trizzard (turkey wizard) walking dorm a torch lit path with the words Plus One Exp on a cobble

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SoloRPGList @solorpglist.com · 16/06/2026

New to the #SoloRPG List: Letters to Sandra from @gemroomgames.bsky.social Single player letter-writing game about communication, trust, and betrayal. Are you deserving of her trust? LINKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...

Cover for the solo TTRPG: Letters to Sandra. Title in a handwritten black ink font on high quality paper, an old black and white photo of a smiling young woman and two old pens, including one fountain pen

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Amazing con for 9 Lives to Valhalla, we're thrilled

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Last 48 hours* for the Letters to Sandra 25% off sale happening now! shop.gemroomgames.com/product/lett... *ish, if you see the sale is still going early Monday morning before we've fully woken up we're not gonna yell about it or anything. We'll be too sleepy.

promo image for the Sandra sale, featuring a stack of copies of Letters to Sandra surrounded by various stickers, dice, and letter writing implements, with a bright pink sale banner splashed over the image. The banner reads "on sale!" a price of $15 is scratched out and replaced with a price of $11.25.

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Letters to Sandra is still on sale at 25% off for (checks notes) (gets calendar to the correct month) (what day is it anyway) three more days! shop.gemroomgames.com/product/lett...

promo image for Letters to Sandra featuring a quote sandwiched between two pens: “An emotional gut-punch every step of the way, Letters to Sandra plays with nostalgia, longing, and the listlessness of being stuck in a nowhere town. A solo game that knows how to mess with the medium by teasing and tempting the player. - Nova Holmes, Dinoberry Press (Little Wolves, Gun&Slinger)"

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

New Intro post time! We're @helloitskali.bsky.social and @itsdanphipps.bsky.social aka Gem Room Games! We make high-energy romps like DUKK BÖRG & 9 Lives to Valhalla, and emotional gut-punches like Letters to Sandra & The Weaver's Observatory! Because we contain multitudes, you see.

A small stack of copies of The Weaver's Observatory. The cover features a gray stone tower on a gray stone island in a gray sea before a gray sky, with colorful threads bursting from the top of the tower. The games rest on handwoven cream cloth and are surrounded by weaving tools, multi-colored balls of yarn, holographic gem stickers, and various dice.

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Aaron King @aaronmfking.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

We talked a lot about Letters to Sandra when we interviewed Kali for RTFM: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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RTFM Interview: Kali Lawrie

Podcast Episode · RTFM · May 21, 2025 · 1h 32m

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Ken liked Letters to Sandra. Maybe you will too, especially if you pick up a copy for 25% off this week! link link: shop.gemroomgames.com/product/lett...

Type set between two pens reads: "It’s unnerving how quickly this game got under my skin. The premise is simple, but the emotional heft
is devastating. Though there are many ways to play, every single one will force you to examine the ways we all edit, embellish, or obfuscate the painful truth to maintain comforting stories about ourselves and those we’re close to. It’s rare for a game to dredge up such a tangled nest of human impulse; rarer still to do it so deftly, and with minimal pretension. I will be thinking about Letters To Sandra for awhile. - Ken Lowery, Bannerless Games (VOID 1680 AM)"

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

We wanna show Letters to Sandra some love this month, so for two weeks we're offering physical copies at 25% off. 25% off! Right here, only here: shop.gemroomgames.com/product/lett...

promo pic for a Letters to Sandra sale. Black text on a cream paper background reads "Sandra Sale. 25% off Letters to Sandra. May 18-May 31. Only at shop.gemroomgames.com." The text is bookended above and below by pens.

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Ken Lowery @kenlowery.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

One of my favorite solo games and directly inspired a mechanic in NO-TELL MOTEL. Also you get to put some scissors to the book!

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Dan Phipps @itsdanphipps.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Working on this game with Kali meant volunteering to write the parts that I knew would break my heart. And now it can be yours!

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

We wanna show Letters to Sandra some love this month, so for two weeks we're offering physical copies at 25% off. 25% off! Right here, only here: shop.gemroomgames.com/product/lett...

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

heyyyyyy 9 Lives to Valhalla in Canada! and we were JUST answering questions about GRG availability in Canada, how about that

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Woke up to find out some redditors were saying nice things about our games and damn, what a good way to start the day.

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This riddle is really easy to solve if, like us, you set a news alert for every Gem Room Games title.

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Kali @helloitskali.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Brushing up a creator's kit that's been sitting in our files & I'm making one significant addition to our 3rd party license: no feeding our games to ai, no using ai to make shit with our work

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Good news if you buy a Gem Room Games game at your FLGS: We're now set up with Bits & Mortar! So you have an easy way to snag the pdf & various digital goodies without needing to make a digital purchase or send an email about it. Woo!

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

What happens if Polygon reviews MÖRK BORG by playing DUKK BÖRG? LET'S FIND OUT 😃😃😃

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Rae is a great designer and overall lovely person who has been having A Time. Please consider showing them some support!

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Rise Up Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This shirt makes you look handsome enough for your wife to give you a kiss

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

NEW BLOG NEW BLOG We love maps around here. Gonna plaster the basement in maps that all tell different perspectives.

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Happy April 1! There's no prank, we just hope you have a good day.

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

This is a lovely thread about OG DUKKBÖRG. & what timing, you can pick up the Extended Edition with full updated rules, 2 settings, & starter adventure from @ipr.bsky.social in booth 12109 @ #PAXEast today!

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

It's #PAXEast time! PAX PAX PAX PAX is where you can visit @ipr.bsky.social at booth 12109 for all your warrior animal and existential storytelling needs! Those are our games, by the way. You can find our games there. Go!

Text reads: "Get GRG gems from Indie Press Revolution at PAX East, booth 12109 with"
below the cut off sentence are images of four book covers for Gem Room Games titles DUKK BÖRG, The Weaver's Observatory, Letters to Sandra, and 9 Lives to Valhalla. On the left is a map of the PAX East expo hall, with a purple arrow and circle identifying the IPR booth.
The gist is that you can get these Gem Room Games books at this booth, now, now!

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

We do love puns & perils. Classic combination.

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Dan Phipps @itsdanphipps.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Gem Room Games: the finest in role playing bricks!

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Amanda/iamatrex @iamatrex.com · 12/03/2026

I have this shirt and I love it. You will too.

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tatiana 🌈 @caterwaul.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

this gets my stamp of approval as a representative of the game devs wife union (i have worn @kenlowery.bsky.social's with great glee)

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Bonus, it gives us a happy warm joy feeling. Real Make Your Day vibes.

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🎶 raising funds, raising funds 🎶

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

KANSAS FUNDRAISER HERE What Kansas is doing to trans residents right now is vile. We've supported Trans Continental Pipeline but most people cannot get up & go. For them, we're fundraising for lgbtqks.org who are helping deal with day to day impact. So come buy some games, details below!

lgbtqks.org

LGBTQ Foundation of Kansas

The LGBTQ+ Foundation of Kansas is committed to helping LGBTQ+ people in Kansas find resources, discover community, and thrive in their identities.

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Gem Room Games @gemroomgames.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

@ipr.bsky.social restock incoming! 9 Lives to Valhalla! Letters to Sandra! DUKK BÖRG! Here we gooooooooo 📨

a tall stack of perfect bound and staplebound books on a desk, about to be packed into boxes for distribution

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