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Tam

@hedonic.ink
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I write ttrpg games, watch paint dry, tinker with my tools instead of putting words on paper, and try to put words on paper. I keep most of my stuff at katamoiran.itch.io and at www.hedonic.ink. She/her. Nice to meet you!

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Tam @hedonic.ink · 10/08/2026
I like Silent Legions/Scarlet Heroes; I've run many genres and systems tweaking SH's chargen. I have mine too (Calypso etc). Maybe CRGE/UNE/BOLD (og) and Mythic GME (og as it gets)? Mythic has a robust ecosystem, too. Metamorphica is also a go to for me. So bad at using so few chars, haha.
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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Pisces: Sometimes, the stars send you what you most fear in order to show you how strong you really are. This is not one of those times. Run!
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Harkthorn @harkthorn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Today's Coopuccino! He's an old pidge now so I get worried whenever he doesn't appear for a while, but he came with Ameri this evening, and look at those neck feathers #pigeonSky 🪶
A photo of three feral pigeons outside on a window sill in the sun. The focus pigeon is a pied blue spread male, his cere large, and his neck feathers shimmering purple in the sunlight
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Brian Liberge/Freddie (she/he) 🔜 NotAConCon @brianliberge.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
WERE GONNA GET IN THAT COWORKING STREAM AND WERE GONNA CHOOSE A CUTE CAFE ANIMAL AND WERE GONNA SEIZE THE DAY
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Frustrated Waaaaaaaa: Ultimate Warrior's Scream
ALT: Frustrated Waaaaaaaa: Ultimate Warrior's Scream
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Sadie Hepworth @sadiehepworth.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I’ve been sort of stuck on gay/bi pairings so far (probably because I’m bi). Here are the MCs of He’s Not for Me and Take It From the Top (sneak peak of TIFTT cover art, full reveal next week!) #LGBTQWriteAThon #QueerWriters #WriteSky
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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
These caught me off guard earlier (the colours are nice!) but a closer look shows they are AI, not Hockeys works. Too smooth and all mushy. Let's celebrate his actual art Hockney actual works: www.hockney.com www.thedavidhockneyfoundation.org/chronology/2... Here's some of my faves!
Hockney paintings giant canyonHockney paintings
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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I'm excited to also showcase The Balsam Lake Unmurders at my Origins booth. Here's a preview of this dialogue-driven journaling game by @paulczege.bsky.social: youtube.com/shorts/c7TbM...
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Catch the Necromancer in The Balsam Lake Unmurders, a Journaling Game by Paul Czege
YouTube video by StickyDoodler
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 12/06/2026
I think it’s just badly installed or cheap; I’ve noticed similar but not consistently. Also go eat something!
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Paul Czege @paulczege.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
"Paul Czege writes with a strong voice and an ethereal style" www.youtube.com/watch?v=IShX...
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The Balsam Lake Unmurders | An RPG Review
YouTube video by Cozy RPG Reviews
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Seedling Games @seedlinggames.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Oh yeah I now also have some of my stuff on Rpg Trader e.g. rpg-trader.com/products/104...
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Procedures to Discover the Path Ahead on RPG Trader
Create a world that changes the further you are from what is familiar. Use it for solo gaming, GM prep, GM-less games, drawing maps or worldbuilding just for fun. Use it for stories about fighting dra...
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 18/03/2026
17k, on target, daily habit. I have affection for the month project but not sure I’m going to keep going at my 30 day reevaluation point. Just keeping on. #amwriting
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SoloRPGList @solorpglist.com · 08/03/2026
New to the #SoloRPG List: Calypso by @hedonic.ink Soloing Powered by the Apocalypse. The Revised Edition LINKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...
Cover for the solo TTRPG: Calypso - soloing powered by the apocalypse - revised edition. Black and white art style on a darkish grey background of a person with leaves falling around them and an emblem of a snake
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 03/03/2026
Closing in on 3k (pace will intensify as the month goes on). Imagine what I could accomplish if I could focus earlier! Getting back to it but gosh it’s hard not to ramble all morning before buckling down. #amwriting
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 02/03/2026
This is cozy romantic fantasy; just a nice little tale about people, mostly! I really enjoy the genre though I’ll probably do mystery next.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 02/03/2026
After a few days of prep I started a new project yesterday. Just under 2k with a goal of 70k in thirty days, max 90. #amwriting
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 19/02/2026
Wait what?! Today I discover obsidoom AND modal editing in Obsidian?! (One more for the road?!)
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 17/02/2026
Yes! Doesn’t matter what the map says, you see a giant trex down that country road you make a detour. Applies if real or fiberglass.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 17/02/2026
Day four of the Bubble. I would have been tired with one kid a decade ago. Seems kind of insurmountable now. Made all three dinner with veg and chicken, ate what was left on their plates. Am officially back on “pie and coffee” until the situation improves.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 16/02/2026
One thing my temporarily kaput computer has shown me is how much I miss having affinity open with a game I won’t work on while I do other stuff. Er. I mean how eager I am to get back to the game I was working on :D
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 16/02/2026
That is flat out terrifying! In a great way. Just terrifying. I love Copics! And no idea you could layer acrylics over them.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 15/02/2026
Yea. For me, it’s unnecessarily granular. Six is a sweet spot (worst, bad, meh, good enough, great). D10 has the same advantage of visible odds as a d100. I tend to use my die of fate to answer quick “move it forward” qs like “is it raining?” or morale or whatever is needed in the moment, though.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 15/02/2026
Obsidian would be my vote too. Discord is terrible for this; you can’t retrieve your content easily and in some cases at all. Keep it local, keep it out of a database.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 15/02/2026
“Squeeeee! And a cute kid too!!!” Oh wait, no, that’s what I sound like looking at those.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 15/02/2026
I don’t feel like Freeform has the same connotations of ceding authority and (possibly) assumption-based play. I’m not an FKR gm but I’ve always thought we’re all somewhat adjacent in the nsr/rules lite sphere.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 15/02/2026
Baby has strep so we are all scrambling a bit. Got to spend today with the other kids and it was a good day even if I haven’t gotten to write yet. :) though I do wonder why my bubble has all the household chores in it! And I’m doomed when the sugar cookies run out.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
This was my path too. Haven’t quite hit freeform yet, I need my “no plan” mess to have rules to anchor it. But WoDu has been my rock (settling point?) and I’m happy with it.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
Definitely a balancing act; I’ve started doing really elaborate ones with instructions to cherry pick for the purpose. But still definitely not 266 worth!
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
This was only half a joke, it’s sweetwater and a really good mug.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
Goodness. I’m facing 36 total and stalling. Go you!!!
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Evlyn Moreau @evlynmoreau.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
My friend @sotreknomad.bsky.social Finished a supplement about spirits for Cairn, have a look: sotreknomad.itch.io/spirit-summo...
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Spirit Summoning for Cairn by SOTrekNomad
Shamanic Magic for Cairn 2E
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
I got myself a mug that says “love you” on it for Valentines Day. It’s not always strictly true but I am trying.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
You did it!!! I found challenges like that always taught me a lot, too, about surges and sustainable pace.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
Awww. Well, people better not snooze or they’ll miss out then!!!
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
Yeah! Plenty of ZQ projects do a bit of overlap. One year people were starting like two days before the end of the month.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
Wait, it’s only been a few—oh dear. We say “ages since” but goodness, I guess it has been a while!
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
Congratulations!!! I had the same realization about how motivating watching that word count go up is. Surprisingly so!
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
Oh, which was your favorite? I would say Curse but it’s so “left turn” I feel obligated to warn people, haha.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
Watch Die Hard ten times? I can do this! Joking aside I might. I’m also reading a fun book on dialogue!
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
Oh goodness. You’re right. I was telling a friend yesterday I needed a re-read on Curse of the Giant Hogweed (don’t read this first in the series!). How funny.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
I’m just cranky. I muted a few more accounts and figured out how to filter better. Now I’m going to answer all the questions even the rhetorical ones.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
I’ve always enjoyed dialogue but since noticing I tend to focus on action I’ve begun making a conscious effort to do a lot more of it.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
I wrote the same scene to cap a plot thread twice in the same book. Both logical places for it, both equally weighty and with great banter! Still haven’t picked one.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 14/02/2026
Feels like nobody is actually chatting on here. It’s all selling. Or it’s basic tips phrased in the most generic way possible or life coach nonsense, spamming six posts an hour until I finally hit mute on them. Am I missing a tag? #writingcommunity
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 13/02/2026
My motherboard died due to stealth bios-reboot-update-itis and I’m finding it miserable to be unable to open my beloved and too fraught for half a decade of development projects I am going to finish this year (surely!) so I can ignore them while playing games. Had some good ideas to work on too.
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Amanda P. will be at PAX Unplugged @weirdwonder.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
reminder that this is happening! thank you @amandalee.bsky.social!
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emma 🌙✨ gothHoblin @gothhoblin.me · 13/02/2026
Waiting for your one true love this Valentine's Day? 👨‍❤️‍👨 How about yearning while cursed to wander an ever-changing fae castle in the form of a cat? 😻 The Cat in the Castle is a solo journalling game inspired by a 17th century fairytale - PWYW over on itch 💘 gothhoblin.itch.io/the-cat-in-t...
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The Cat in the Castle by gothHoblin
A solo journalling game
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 13/02/2026
My goal is two rough drafts a year. Forcing it is bad and burnout is real. I did four in three or four months, and then one last year. This year, two. Maybe this year I’ll also polish one up. Maybe self-pub or query. Maybe I won’t. I’ll keep showing up for my writing anyway.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 13/02/2026
This is not accounting for months of letting an idea bake in the back of my mind. Or the “maybe next time” files that don’t gel. Or the decade of practice in a related hobby. Can’t do that last bit for you, wouldn’t if I could (I’d want to though). But you can practice with each draft, right now.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 13/02/2026
I do no more than a week of prep, so I have what I need to minimize dead ends and false starts in the draft. Play with structures and build context. Shelving it if it’s not flowing yet is still low investment here. And regardless, I’m only committed to a month of it once I start drafting.
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Tam @hedonic.ink · 13/02/2026
I write each first draft in thirty days. Kinda (not). 30 days is misery, unsustainable, but doable. I read somewhere King said drafts should take three months. So I commit to 30, aim for 60 and am happy with 90. If you look at it that way, it’s one month’s work spread across three. Easy. #amwriting
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