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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hello my name is Darcy and I'm a really, REALLY good GM.

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Asis @lesbyearning.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hello! Guess what! I'm starting to run games on StartPlaying Games! Currently I have two listings up for a Monster of the Week adventure, Orbital Funk Princess (from Tome of Mysteries). If you have ever wanted to play in my games, here's your chance! startplaying.games/adventure/cm...

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Join Orbital Funk Princess - A Monster of the Week Mystery - Discord / Roll20 - Monster of the Week | StartPlaying Games

This is a light horror Monster of the Week mystery! Set in the modern day (or more like ten years ago), our Hunters are called on by someone who's relative has not been responding. The last they heard...

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Gwen Marshall @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Onion ran this amazing article and thought, I wanna play this! So I made it! 38 pps, PbtA, plus every mechanic mentioned in the article, and a bunch of Rodrigo song references. And it's free! Enjoy! #OliviaRodrigo @theonion.com #theonion #ttrpg #itch.io drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-...

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High Winter Elves of Girlville by Gwen Marshall

A satirical game based on an Onion article about Olivia Rodrigo making a TTRPG!

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Penflower Ink @penflower-ink.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Periodic reminder that I am basically always open for commissions, and could really do with some right now 😅

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Banana Chan 🔜 Portland Retro Gaming Expo @bananachangames.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I made a trilogy of horror solo journaling games. The final game is Sample. It’s about a DJ who meets a tragic end and it’s set during Y2K right before the ball drops. Players create their own music and choose melodies to determine the outcome. Follow here before we launch: tinyurl.com/2af9nnte

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Félix the Rover @therovercomics.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

European artists! The EU commission is opening a feedback on the use of AI in the cultural and creative fields. Their vision is clearly pro-use of AI, but we clearly have an opportunity to push back: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

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European Commission - Have your say

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Hatchlings Games ~ Shop opening soon! @hatchlingdm.itch.io · 04/09/2026

Hatchlings Games has secured a small shop in the heart of Bristol. If you’re a UK-based zine creator/publisher, please sound off below. We may soon have a space to sell your indie RPGs. No AI permitted and please no graphic content.

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The Neon Caster 🎙 Tabletop Vtuber @theneoncaster.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Channeling proper comic book energy for the #CityOfEspersRPG backerkit launch in a little over two hours! Thank you for everyone's support - I hope we really go the distance with this! tinyurl.com/3xpdvebh

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Deck of Many Aces @deckofmanyaces.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We are casting! We're looking for 2 new cast members to join us for Season 2 (and beyond) of Deck of Many Aces! We're casting 2 global majority players. More info can be found at the link below. Deadline is Friday 11th September. Please share this far and wide! forms.gle/sLK4uQthhUmW...

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Deck of Many Aces Casting Call

Hello! We're looking for 2 global majority players to join our all aromantic and asexual podcast as season regulars! Please read on for more information. This is an unpaid position. Need an audio…

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Steph @fistfulofcrits.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The TTRPG Romantasy Jam finishes in 4 days! (Though if you'd like me to add your game past the submission date, just let me know. Life happens. <3) itch.io/jam/romantas...

Two medieval knights in basic linework face each other with a heart between them. The text reads: What if your character and my character kissed in....The Romantasy TTRPG Jam

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EUphoria Actual Play @euphoriaap.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Coming next week, our City of Espers oneshot will be led by the game's creator @theneoncaster.bsky.social with players @totoroki.bsky.social, @in-the-pan.bsky.social, and @masquewren.bsky.social! Follow the prelaunch and get ready to tune in, August 31st at twitch.tv/EUphoriaAP buff.ly/CS8st9h

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Four playing cards, one of each suit, spread out across the image, showing headshots for Toto, Nathan, Aida, and Wren.
A psychic-powered urban action RPG - City of Espers. Oneshot AP streams August 31.
Follow the pre-launch on Backerkit, with a QR code directing to that site.

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V.J. Harris | vjhcreations | Ennie Nominated | Crit Award Nom @vjhcreations.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Save the date! August 21st On Call is OFFICIALLY open to the public in all its completed glory! Meet Samira, she's the daughter of the pack master and is having a secret trist with Jaynie. Their family has a blood fued spannin decades! You've got to help them both! #dispatch #werewolf #ttrpg

TEXT: Samira and Jaynie

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The second picture has an 18 year old woman with a medium sized afro. Her eyes are also yellow. She's got a dangling star earing in her left ear and the right ear has multiple studs. She's wearing dog collars around her neck, is in a blakc tank top and three pieces of jewelry on her wrist. She's also got yellow eyes and the picture has yellow lighting.

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Valiant ‘Now Stateside’ Dorian 🔜 PAXU @valiantdorian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It is such an honor to be nominated for a @critawards.bsky.social for my performance as Randhir Villefort in Shadows of Gotham 🦇 Randhir represents ruthlessness in pursuit of an ideal. A man broken like the broken stones of Gotham, but is so desperate to save it from itself no matter the cost. 🩸

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 12/08/2026

Workers at Rowan, Rook and Decard have secured the first union recognition agreement in the UK table top games industry! 🙌 iwgb.org.uk/en/post/tabl... Work in the UK games industry? Join our union today!

Graphic showing Voidheart Symphony, a table top game produced by Rowan, Rook and Decard and a caption "Union Recognition! Workers at Rowan, Rook and Decard secure the first tabletop games union recognition agreement in the UK."

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I have things I want to say, perhaps in a blog post or similar, about the neurodivergent (femme-coded?) fear of speaking up, speaking authentically, having strong opinions for the well-earned fear of Being Wrong. But you'll never guess what's holding me back.

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Rowan Mysel Zeoli @rowanzeoli.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Being the finance lead for rascal the last year has been a gradually worsening job, only because I have to be the bearer of bad news each month as the global economy gets worse and worse. If you want Rascal to continue to exist for years to come, we need your support

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Maia (my-ee-uh) @maiasgameroom.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The Six-Gun Sisterhood is officially in pre-production! 🤠 @blackwaterdnd.bsky.social #western #actualplay #frontierscum #SelfPromoSaturday

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JellyMuppet @jellymuppet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The SoulMuppet webstore just hit order number SM30000. Obviously a lot of free PDFs and KS fulfilment orders in there, but order number 30,000 is kinda surreal. I'll send something to lucky number 30k. Maybe a Horus Heresy army...

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Shan Wolf @shanwolf.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🧵I've heard this a few times and I wanna address it. *ahem* In your ttrpg game, If there is a race of beings who are *AS AN ENTIRE RACE* evil from without question or notable population exception? You're literally performing racism. Fucking stop it.

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Michael Jordan: Stop It. Get Some Help.

Alt: Michael Jordan: Stop It. Get Some Help.

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Valiant ‘Now Stateside’ Dorian 🔜 PAXU @valiantdorian.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Hiya TTRPG Actual Play performers! I am reaching out on behalf of a friend for more performers of SEA heritage! If that is you, please reach out or drop a reply below! 👀 Reposts are greatly appreciated! ❤️

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Women Of TTRPG @womenofttrpg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The Women of TTRPG team got not one but THREE @critawards.bsky.social nominations! This is such a huge honour and means so much. Go vote for our awesome team: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #TTRPGCommunity

Graphic showing the Women of TTRPG team members nominated in the Crit Awards:

Lyssa (best podcast host)
Jien (best tech/producer)
Zoë (outstanding community member)

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Game Master Monday 🍉 @gamemastermonday.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

WE'RE CRIT AWARD NOMINATED Our Twitch producer @jienbirb.bsky.social is currently up for BEST TECH PRODUCER for ALL of their work on GMM including Cast Away, our charity streams, guest series, and Love After Life! Their fantastic work on Love After Life is also nominated for BEST STREAM OVERLAY!

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The Slovenly Trulls 💕 @slovenlytrulls.com · 20/07/2026

um wat????? being crit award finalists last year was incredibly cool and now we get to do it again!?!? what the hecking heck 😭 if you want to give us a vote, the link is below!! also plz check out all of the incredible nominees, esp marginalized creators. they are incredible + deserve the love 💖

The CRIT Award Finalists for 2026:

Shelly Von Miller for "After the Table"
Nick for "Epic Realms Podcasr"
Shardae and Lyssa for "The Slovenly Trulls"

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Richard Marpole @richardmarpole.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I've returned to blogging with a folklore deep dive inspired by the Live, Laugh, Lycanthrope episode from the wonderfully incisive @slovenlytrulls.com podcast! Reimagining 3 D&D shapeshifters and trying to make them less problematic. richardmarpole.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/r...

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Ruminations on Live, Laugh, Lycanthrope by the Slovenly Trulls podcast

A while back I ran across a podcast called the Slovenly Trulls. It’s a series of feminist deep dives into the often problematic history, (and sometimes present), of D&D. I found it very i…

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Blerdy Disposition (Pax Unplugged 2026 🎮) @blerdydisposition.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

There is something so exciting and palpable about reading an older article, book or piece of work and connecting with it long after its relevancy to the cultural zeitgeist. It must be rewarding to know that an academic or writer or artist gets seen and recognized. It's a warming feeling .

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 16/07/2026

Games Not (Only) By Cis-Dudes 🧵 (list in progress I keep on my phone & pasting here) * Apocalypse World * For the queen * The quiet year * Yazeba’s bed and breakfast * Seven part pact * Kagematsu & A single man * Tales of the Fisherman’s Wife * Steal Away Jordan * A Mending * Field guide to memory

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 16/07/2026

@bethanyqualls.bsky.social literally wrote the dissertation on it & is working on a book — “Flying Reports, Fame, and Fortune: Gossip beyond Celebrity in Eighteenth-Century Print Culture”

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Bethany Qualls

English literature scholar, 18th-century gossip expert, researcher, editor, writer, and reader

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julia 🪻 @romanhyacinths.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Just released a short solo journaling TTRPG where you play as a matchmaker helping dungeon monsters find true love! It's a silly and wholesome project for @onepagerpgjam.bsky.social, up for free on @itch.io now: roman-hyacinths.itch.io/creature-com... #TTRPG #indieTTRPG #soloRPG

A spread of a printed document with the title "Creature Comforts: Can you help dungeon monsters find love? A silly & wholesome solo journaling TTRPG" on a wooden background

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Julia Kartes-Jagolkowska @juliakartes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This year I wanna play more RPGs written or created by women or mostly women teams, indies and self-promo extremely welcome. Please drop your recs below, I need help to find hidden gems 🙏 Also looking for one-shot games 👀

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Anna Everts (aka Riley) | they/it @peculiarplanets.com · 14/07/2026

Happy #InternationalNonbinaryDay! I am now nearly 2 weeks post-op and couldn't be happier 💛 🤍 💜 🖤 Also! Did you know I play in an all-nonbinary D&D game at @pantslesstables.bsky.social? You can find S1 here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... And S2 (ongoing) here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Jack Panic | DNGN CLUB @dngnclub.itch.io · 14/07/2026

Get 16 pdfs for $30 and help out an indie designer!

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The Slovenly Trulls 💕 @slovenlytrulls.com · 09/07/2026

us: if we pick a lighter topic surely our yapping will be at a minimum also us:

Screenshot of a Discord call between Shardae and Lyssa with a timestamp of 10:55:51

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gloria 💖 @glowpinkstah.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Hi! I’m gloria and I’m a Mexican-Filipino British-American voice actor, video game nerd, and an award winning TTRPG enjoyer based in Scotland! This year I did lots of research, found a coach, and booked a few roles coming late 2026! The dream is to work in video games, animation, audio dramas,

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Slovenly Lyssa 💖 CRIT Award Finalist @itslyssabish.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Not @slovenlytrulls.com telling me to go back into the closet [to record, the acoustics are amazing] because pride month is over #ally

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JellyMuppet @jellymuppet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We launched a quickstart for our next game last week. Check out Atrapos, our mythic fantasy roleplaying game of Odyssey, for epic poetry, doomed heroes, and exactly one dad-bod-god of love and thunder. The Stormlord is by @klurarts.bsky.social, who is illustrating this entire wonderful mess.

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𝖏 𝖆 𝖈 𝖐 @jackofficer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Attention Artists: @gauntletrpg.bsky.social is looking to commission pieces for the expanded Kickstarter edition of PUBLIC ACCESS (see the replies for details). If you're interested, please reply in the thread with a link to your portfolio, or repost or tag in someone you think might be a good fit!

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It's DIE: Loaded #7 week!

Cover of DIE: Loaded 7 by stephanie Hans

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Maia (my-ee-uh) @maiasgameroom.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Looking for a Japanese creative partner for a TTRPG AP worldbuilding project. I love the lean mechanics of Mork Borg but want to build a new setting from scratch - respectfully and collaboratively. 2-3 sessions, full credit, volunteer. More info here: maiaw.craft.me/mgr-worldbui...

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Seeking Japanese Creative Partner – Actual Play Worldbuilding

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Vixie Belle 🔜 PAXU 2026 @vixiebelle.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Allright folx. I think you guys understand how important it is to set up intentional spaces for BIPOC gamers to come together. Supporting this bundle helps us do that. $342 dollars worth of games, for just $10. There are some incredible creators participating in this bundle. Let's make it happen!

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Carlos Salazar ➡️ Gen Con @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Okay ya'll. It's crunch time. This is $10 for $342 worth of games. Please help BIPOC folks in TTRPGs meet up and connect. This really does help all of us. We can create amazing things if just given the chance. Get the bundle here: itch.io/b/3744/power...

The graphic for the itch.io bundle for Power Word Unity. It reads funds raised will go toward the venue, catering, swag bags, and other event cost. We want to keep our events free so income is not a factor in participating. Your support makes Power Word Unity’s Events Possible

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The Slovenly Trulls 💕 @slovenlytrulls.com · 30/06/2026

one more sleep until we scream about the lady of painnnn AHHHHHHHHH

The Lady of Pain from D&D, depicted as a feminine figure floating above people in reverence. She wears long orange robes and has a face made of metal with multiple blades surrounding the visage.

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Slovenly Lyssa 💖 CRIT Award Finalist @itslyssabish.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

If a siren and a harpy have a baby it's called a sharpy. I don't make the rules

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ObsoleteGoat | Revision to the Demonomicon @obsoletegoat.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Artists, show us something epic! 🔥

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Kyle Tam is Climbing Mt Moriah @percypropa.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

WE ARE FUNDED! Moriah is FUNDED gang, and with 20 days left!!! Thank you so so so much to everyone who has contributed to bringing it to life!!

MORIAH, the crowdfunding project, has hit $5027 out of $5000 for goal fund.

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Roll Gothica (that emo dice shi) @rollgothica.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

DO YOU NEED A LABEL PRINTER FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS?? I have upgraded mine, and since I got this back in the day when I couldn't afford it thanks to a generous Ko-Fi donation, I want to make sure I pass on their kindness. Just comment if this could help you - and I'll draw a random 'winner'

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Duke Stephens @oliveoilcorp.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Anyway. Happy Juneteenth! Me and my friends illustrate and write and we wanna make cool shit together, but that requires money for us to live. You can support Black artists today by contributing to our group's collective survival fund here: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...

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juneteenth reparations

Support Black artists!

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