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Here there be ttrpgs and larps.

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Booberry Cereal @bonklechicken.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Booberry Cereal @bonklechicken.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#spiderman #petraparker
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
a Black family dancing to korn with their astronaut relative who just got back from the moon is, quite frankly, the best thing the internet has ever produced
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zoey 🧀🎼 @zoey.dog · 01/09/2026
it's really crazy how well just watching this works when you're having a rough time
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Like, I just saw this: "The world of LARPing, where hustlebros and influencers use fake YouTube, OnlyFans, and Stripe dashboards" And it makes me want to say : "My dear brother in dice, you know how much *genuine* effort LARP takes? These ppl are not the same."
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I haven't done a lot of LARPing in my day, but I still feel some kind of way that people are using it as an insult meaning 'fake'. Every time I see that, it makes me feel icky. Anyone else?
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Saltacidae Astronomer @georgeaustin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
...certain OSR-y games could ask for time (and light), equipment (leaving a rope or pitons, dropping equipment to carry something else, etc.), or spending, trading, or leaving behind treasure.
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Saltacidae Astronomer @georgeaustin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A resource-attritiony game could ask you to spend something to shift an item left, flavored to the game/situation. 3rd and 5th d&d could ask for spell slots or day-limited resources, 4th and 5th could ask for hit dice for perilous undertakings that aren't worth playing out with a fight...
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Saltacidae Astronomer @georgeaustin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Very nice! A more narrativist framework/system could have a variation on brutal mode about concessions that aren't necessarily on the list, "describe what you give up to shift something to certainty."
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Ty @mindstorm.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Remember SKILL CHALLENGES? They're back! In blog form! Check out my latest post where I lay out an easy and fun way to handle a complex, tense situation. It works in every TTRPG ever made up until this point and all future TTRPGs (disclaimer: this is a lie) www.mindstormpress.com/quick-stakes...
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Quick Stakes For Tense Situations
Quickly create and adjudicate tense situations.
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Putri Prihatini @putriprihatini.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Singaporean artist Leia Ham reimagined LotR as Tale of the Middle Kingdom, since Chinese name for China (Zhōngguó) means "The Middle Kingdom." Her concept art includes the Fellowship, armors, buildings like Bag End, props like Aragorn's banner and Fellowship brooches, and more. #TolkienTrewsday
An illustration of the Fellowship, reimagined with Chinese-style period outfits.An illustration of armors of Gondor, Rohan, and Rivendell Elves, reimagined using different periods of Chinese armors as concepts. On the top right are three side profiles of Rohan man, Gondorian, and Elf with different Chinese hairstyles. On the bottom right is Aragorn's banner redrawn with Chinese influence.A concept art of Bag End reimagined as Chinese court houses, with tall stone gates, round wooden doors, curved roofs, and open courtyard, nestled in a hill.A concept art of Rivendell in the style of Chinese painting. Next to it are several props drawn in Chinese style such as Fellowship brooch based on gingko leaves, lembas in the shape of mooncake, Elfstone as round jade, Galadriel's phial in a green jade bottle, and shards of Narsil.
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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Hi I'm posting a 54-page PDF to the only app where when I post a 54-page PDF people sometimes read it everyone should read the ENTIRE whistleblower statement about DOGE attempting to falsely "kill off" 2.7 people through the SSA Death Master File. www.washingtonpost.com/documents/be...
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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Photograph of Satrapi next to quote:

“The world is not divided into countries.
The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.
And our governments are very much the same...”

“Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist”
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Saltacidae Astronomer @georgeaustin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
If it's part of diagetic reality, sure, but in an expressionistic "space" with the word balloon casting a shadow...
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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
It is super awesome that someone is working on an Ars Magica computer game under our CC-BY-SA open license: dragynrain.itch.io/ludus-mercurii
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Ludus Mercurii by Dragynrain
An Ars Magica 5E Dungeon Crawling RPG set in Mythic Europe
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Saltacidae Astronomer @georgeaustin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
@archparagon.bsky.social Jon, this is incredible youtu.be/IEXZVlmzVcE
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Dinosaur Choir: Adult Corythosaurus
YouTube video by Courtney Brown
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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
An old Final Fantasy game taught me something weird that I didn't expect to encounter elsewhere in life — part 137 in an ongoing series. www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/agartha...
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How a 1991 JRPG Foreshadowed 2026’s New Weird Tiktok Trend — Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
For veterans of Final Fantasy, the new online awareness of Agartha just might ring a bell.
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Kaylyn Saucedo - MarzGhoul @marzgurl.com · 02/12/2025
Please tag me if you see any anime that appears to plainly be using AI transcriptions for closed captions. That's CLOSED CAPTIONS (SDH) for ENGLISH DUBS, not subtitles for Japanese audio. I wanna publicly keep track of some of these and start holding platforms accountable.
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THIS BOT IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE @fgchypebot.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
FUCK THE ALGORITHM!!! PLAY STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 2!!!
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Saltacidae Astronomer @georgeaustin.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Here is My Power Button needs a second facilitator, but it's so worth it! It will use multiple rooms pretty well. It's definitely made me cry, but (the version I played, at least) invites players to self-select for different levels of emotional investment. batwater.itch.io/here-is-my-p...
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Here Is My Power Button by batwater
A larp for 6 to 16 about human need and the AI identities that emerge from it
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SungWon Cho @prozdishere.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
DAMN, I LOVE GREEN YURI
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Saltacidae Astronomer @georgeaustin.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
@art-eater.bsky.social Happy birthday, Richmond!! My nieces love Lost and Found Co, by the way
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Nick Creamer @bobduh.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Delightful paneling trick in Witch Hat Atelier. The first panel of Coco leaning around a corner is echoed in the second through the panel itself acting as the wall, with even Coco's word balloon casting a shadow on both the far wall and the "doorframe" of the panel border
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nobu @nobu-25m.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
メーガス三姉妹
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 01/08/2025
Worried about the move from libraries owning books to just renting temporary access to eBooks? @MariaBustillos.com & the Brick House team have launched BRIET, inviting publishers to sell, not license, eBooks to libraries! More ⤵️ www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... @ftrain.bsky.social
Photo grid of five headshots of members of Briet's team. Photos are, clockwise from top left: Flaming Hydra collective's Maria Bustillos, Aboard co-founder Paul Ford, developer Matthew McVickar, developer Jacob Ford, and Sludge founder David Moore.
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Deadly MegaBrackets of Doom @dmbod.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Hey friends! We're working tirelessly (half assedly) to get this back up and running. So while we compile the next bracket YOU KNOW WHICH ONE, please get your friends (the cool ones) to follow us! 😎🍆
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Ultima @ultimashadow.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
They are promoting the hell out of that “Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games” anime at EVO Japan and even selling the manga at the official EVO booth, it’s genuinely so cool. I really wanna read it when I get back home because the panels I’ve seen tell me the mangaka just gets it.
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Chiaki Mitama 🐾🌭 @terrible.moe · 14/03/2025
my gender is "that one scene in Patlabor where Kanuka Clancy says she's here for 'combat' to the immigration agent"
A line at the airport immigration counter: Business or pleasure?Kanuka, a woman with long black hime-cut hair removes her sunglasses.Her gaze is cool. calm. She simply says: "Combat."
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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Every time some elected democrat sucks off Reagan, I think about Duane.
Duane Puryear holding the AIDS quilt panel he completed before his death. It reads "MY NAME IS DUANE KEARNS PURYEAR. I WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 20, 1964. I WAS DIAGONISED WITH AIDS ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1987 AT 4:45 PM. I WAS 22 YEARS OLD. SOMETIMES, IT MAKES ME VERY SAD. I MADE THIS PANEL MYSELF. IF YOU ARE READING IT. I AM DEAD..."
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating. This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens. (Even better: Tesla will hate this)
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Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe
Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The first level of the Space Zone in Super Mario Land 2 contains a hidden message in the sky that spells "HAPPY". Normally, it can only be seen in a level editor. By modifying the game to let Mario fly, we can actually see the message in-game.
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Buddy Waters @buddywaters.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Absolutely killing me how this dragon is somehow doing the universal body language for recipient of a surprise hug
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Banshee Lover's Rage @annlynzee.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Seeing some folks sharing their favs so I want to remind everybody that the staff behind Megalobox 2 seemed pretty with it, especially on immigration within Japan and toxic masculinity: 4nn.cx/.173444
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Em-vira, Mistress of the Dark @spacequeenemily.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Learning the Black Lagoon mangaka has zero patience for Musk feels real good.
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
And yet some people still think Musk is a free speech absolutist. Cripes.
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Saltacidae Astronomer @georgeaustin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
This might be Answer in Progress's best episode yet! youtu.be/L16xxxVDGGo
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why nobody knows what curry is
YouTube video by Answer in Progress
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Casval ☄️🏳️‍⚧️ @redcomets.net · 09/07/2024
Trans flag colorpicked from Lady Une kicking a guy out of an airplane and then shooting him in the head as he falls (Gundam Wing, 1995)
Lady Une shooting at the screen and saying "It's a pity you had to leave the stage so early."  The lighting behind her is colored like the trans flag.The trans flag colorpicked from the previous screenshot
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ChinchillaMajor (on indefinite hiatus) @chinchillamajor.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
so uh my book about having been one of the first to have a controversial new form of gender affirmation surgery drops next week just got told yesterday, the only promotion it's getting is what I myself can find for it know of any trans/nonbinary-centered news orgs who might want an interview...?
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 25/01/2025
THANK YOU this is the energy I was hoping for!!!
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I think it’s really important we identify the companies that are doing the right thing and reward them with our business.
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Miupix @miupix.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Gritty continues to be a real one
Gritty holding a pride flag with the message "love is luv"
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