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Hannah Shaffer

@hanbandit.bsky.social
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TTRPG designer & scent enthusiast. Co-creator of Questlandia, Mud: A Golem Memoir, and other little games. Emerging back into the world. 🌈🎲 (she/they) Games at turtlebun.com

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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This has been a labor of love! What started as a small game hack has expanded over two years into a 200-page horror tome with a TON of moving pieces. It's our most ambitious game and it's not done, but this is a milestone. It's creepy and unsettling and I hope folks will read and play it!
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I am going to trick him and construct 4-inch tall fake furniture that can be easily lifted up so Walter doesn’t keep getting stuck.
It’s a stuck cat under furniture.
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Turtlebun @turtlebun.com · 20/02/2026
Join us for an online playtest of Escape from Wonderland! We're running a four-session campaign on the following dates: Sunday 3/1, 12pm Thursday 3/5, 6pm Sunday 3/15, 12pm Saturday 3/21, 6pm (all times in EST) Send us a DM or reply if you're interested and available!
Escape from Wonderland: Playtest with us! 2 open slots for a March campaign.
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XEECEE @xeecee.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This is what gaming is all about
A screenshot of a text box from Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown. Kathryn Janeway: Follow them! We'll get Tuvok's lungs back.
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Kiko @northlightaudio.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The old joke misses the point that money is made up and borrowed, it's a circle of life thing, but stupid and not real, that's why it stops working when billionaires get paid, an economy is not a measure of how much money is had, it's a measure of how much money moves, it's hoarded, no economy
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The gift of staying in games long enough! 😆
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Annika @annihowls.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The more classic films I watch the more references I can see in other films and by the time I am old I will be very knowledgeable and also completely insufferable
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The thing about the artists/indie game designers passing around the same $10 joke is that sometimes you need the $10, the next time someone else will and you’ll have $10 to give. In this way we uplift each other and get to keep making art.
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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
It's a new year, and I am begging y'all to put captions on your streams. Don't know how? I got you. Here's a thread of captioning options for your streams. With the exception of Meld that does not have a caption plug in (yet). These should work on other stream software.
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Thank you!! I really liked this episode! 💜💜
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Alex MJ 🎲🎃 @mixuppixels.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I think the latest episode of Design Doc from @hanbandit.bsky.social and @adrawnnovel.bsky.social at @turtlebun.com is a fantastic little lesson about game design. What is an epiphany in game design, and how do you set yourself up for one? pca.st/podcast/9dd9...
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Design Doc
Come along with Hannah and Evan in a living documentation of the game design process, from the first spark of an idea, to every disastrous surprise. It’s not an instruction manual, but a travel guide,...
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
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Turtlebun @turtlebun.com · 24/12/2025
New episode of Design Doc before 2025 is a wrap! We talk about New Year's resolutions and why they're pretty great, actually—one Skill, one Mastery, and three Experiences to round out every year. Thank you everyone for listening! We will see you in 2026. pod.link/1298080097/e...
Design Doc episode title "Design Doc episode 105: Resolutions New & Old." Image is an old-timey illustration of a woman in a dress opening a small fondue pot at a party.
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Break @breakfield01.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
A horror game i can never play.
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Sticky Doodler 🔜 PeopleCon 3 @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
The most excruciatingly painful lyric game / LARP of 2025
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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I do think the key for things like Home Alone, Muppet Christmas Carol, etc. is that the actors fully commit to the bit I feel like similar films made now lean too heavily into doing it ironically
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Elyon113 @elyon113.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
This game is really fucking good and you should play it!
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Luna is hype! Get on this.
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
A roleplaying game where you have to close every one of your 200 open browser tabs one by one, gradually giving up parts of yourself until you are reborn as an egg.
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I like petting my cat when he is staring out the window twitching his tail at birds. He purrs but also is angry. I say, “you are a hunter and also a baby. This is your cross to bear.”
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Cezar Capacle @capacle.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
PSA: Itch is running its Winter Sale, so go make your favorite creators' (and yours!) holiday season happier! 💞 I have all my games at 30% off (or all in a bundle for an insane 61% off) I even made this high-budget, hand-crafted promo visual for you itch.io/s/174877/win...
A man holding a handwritten sign that reads 30%
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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A DRUG PROBLEM IT'S A HOUSING PROBLEM I'm so sick of y'all in my mentions with this talking point, just stop. PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD RENT. Half of renters are paying over 30% of their income on rent, another quarter are paying over 50%!!! People need homes they can afford!
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◢ RED ◣ @rrh-art.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
'I can't believe they turned Star Trek into a teen drama, it's gotten so far from what made it good, wah wah wah' Meanwhile Star Trek in 1993:
Jake sisco and Nog from Star trek DS9 shaking hands
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Can you believe this cat came from the trash? (I mean from this pic yeah kind of)
A black and white juvenile cat lying on his side on a fuzzy blanket with a hand reaching out to pet him. His eyes have the tiniest bit of “ready to destroy” in them.
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Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
indie ttrpg twitter was wild. You used to be able to post things like "I wish there was a Baywatch Nights ttrpg" and then a week later there would be a Baywatch Nights game jam
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Thank you Dana now I’m committed to finishing it haha.
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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I can think of no version of D&D I want to play as much as this, whatever it turns out to be.
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
If you missed Griot Anthology at Pax Unplugged, dont worry! We are working with @plusoneexp.bsky.social @sidequestbooks.bsky.social and @ipr.bsky.social to make physical copies available soon!
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Here’s what I know: * Guys in a dungeon * Nasty little guys in a dungeon * Which way you wanna go in this dungeon? * Stats It’s gonna be so good. 🥹
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I’ve still never played D&D and I’m working on designing an OSR-style game based on vibes only and I’ve never been so excited to release something.
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W.H. Arthur RPG @wharthur.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
MUD GHOST ESTATE REDUX is 50% funded and we have announced the stretch goals! ✨ More illustrations would be added to the game at £3000 and @ginkgogoes.bsky.social would be joining the project at £4500! 👻 www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
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Update 1: 50% funded and stretch goal announcement · Mud Ghost Estate Redux—A Spooky Tumbling Tower TTRPG
Thanks for your support, we are halfway to our funding goal of £1500!Here are the stretch goals for Mud Ghost Estate Redux if we can go beyond 100%:£3000—Extra illustrations by Weird SlimeWeird Slime ...
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Sonya Henar | Open for Comms and Looking for Work! @sonybaloneyart.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Wanna get some of my art as prints for the holidays? Visit my inprnt store! www.inprnt.com/profile/sony...
sonya's inprnt store
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
😍
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
That and his plans for world domination.
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I bought Walter a fountain and he doesn’t drink from it but does stare into it for hours like a scrying pool.
Black and white cat seated on haunches staring down into a metal drinking fountain.
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MegueyB 🔜Metatopia @megueyb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Oh hey, we put up the dozen Core Playbooks, if you want to check them out. I'll talk about them a tiny bit in the thread below. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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Update 7: Preview: The Core Playbooks · Apocalypse World: Burned Over
Preview: The Core Playbooks This was supposed to be update #1, but you all blew us away. Now we're playing catch up!Click through to download the core playbook PDF set.As always, please ask any quest...
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
There’s always an anonymous hero in the Buy Nothing group who heals the vibes when things get tense and our local one is Butt_faced_miscreant.
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Spooky Poltergeist Ghouls 🎃 @sandypuggames.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
sisko is such a good dad
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
My goodness same! You both were well and truly missed. 💜
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
It was a really good PAX! I’m thinking a lot about what it means to persist in games from year to year, the waves we’ve managed to ride, and the people who are rooting for us to succeed. I’m excited to make new things in 2026 and be proud of them!
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Many Sided Media @manysidedmedia.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
PAX U was a SMASHING success!! Always a pleasure to share a booth with @turtlebun.com and @gamefiend.bsky.social
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Five Fires, my love letter TTRPG to 80s/90s hip-hop, is launching in February. Join us! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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Get Ready for Five Fires
From Thoughtcrime Games LLC - Get Ready for Five Fires
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Leon "Used to Be Cat" Richardson @catlinggun.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
It's that time again! That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year. forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
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Solo But Not Alone 5 Signup
If you have a singleplayer TTRPG you've never submitted to Solo But Not Alone before, this is the place! Solo But Not Alone is a bundle of singleplayer TTRPGs of all kinds, sold for $10 to benefit m...
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Thanks so much for co-boothing! I loved this PAX and the company and camaraderie. Wishing everyone safe travels back. 💜
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thoughtcrimegames @thoughtcrimegames.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Thanks to Philly for an awesome #PAXUnplugged ✨️ shoutout to our fantastic friends/booth-mates at @turtlebun.com and @moreblueberries.bsky.social for the amazing vibes all weekend! @gamefiend.bsky.social @hanbandit.bsky.social
Sunrise over Philadelphia skylinePhoto of 6 people smiling in front of a black curtain at PAX unplugged
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thoughtcrimegames @thoughtcrimegames.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Yessss! Come try your hand at necromancy in Come From Your Grave #GriotAnthology Thanks @hanbandit.bsky.social for the feature!
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Hannah Shaffer @hanbandit.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Continuing the *good weird* of indie games at PAX. Come Out From Your Grave delivers Necromancy! It’s one of 7 games in Griot from @thoughtcrimegames.bsky.social, a genre-spanning anthology by Black TTRPG designers & artists. You can find it at booth 3850 alongside Community Radio & others.
Come Out From Your Grave by Basil Wright title page. Black background with gritty white title test and yellow flourishes Griot ttrpg anthology cover with illustration: A Black person wearing flowing robes looks over their shoulder. They’re in a forest surrounded by magical looking glowing threads of flowers.
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
This one is great! It's a "cozy doomsday" game.
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