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Nikhil Murthy @murthynikhil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When walking around Portugal in snail season, you'll see lots of handmade signs in restaurants advertising that they have snails. Someone made a website of just these signs. hacaracois.pt

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Há Caracóis

Photos of the handwritten “Há Caracóis” signs that appear outside cafés, tascas and restaurants across Portugal every summer, when snail season arrives.

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Seraphina Garcia Ramirez 🔜 PaxU @seraphina.diceexploder.com · 31/08/2026

Sam has created something magical with Dice Exploder- it was the impetus for my passion for games blossoming. I'm so thankful for all the work he's put in. I'm stoked to carry the show forward! Great season coming up, and I'm thrilled to show you all what I have brewing for the future of the show

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Seraphina Garcia Ramirez 🔜 PaxU @seraphina.diceexploder.com · 10/07/2026

Voting for the 2026 ENNIE Awards is live! I’m one of the candidates to be a judge next year, and I’m asking for your vote! In this thread I’ll explain what that means, why you should vote for me, and where you can read more of my thoughts on tabletop games. vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2026/ 1/

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Given how many little "big animals on wheels" we've had from all over the world, I think the prehistoric equivalent of "Truck Kid" might be "Ox Kid." (Ukraine, Crete, Maharashtra, Anatolia)

A small clay ox, with long horns and stripes, on clay wheels.

A small clay ox, with wooden wheels, on a museum display.

Two bronze oxen pulling a cart on wheels.

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Maxim Lowe @maximlowe.com · 06/06/2026

I made a map of the food, drinks, and lodging near betweentwocons.com.  View it on the website—or grab a newspaper-sized version in-person when you pick up @eeldip.bsky.social's mega-zine "The Grotto." See you there, nerds!

A sprawling fantasy map of the blocks around Norse Hall, the venue of Between Two Cons. Restaurants, coffee shops, and hotels are all labeled. Each block is hand illustrated with some fantasy nonsense.

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will jobst @willjobst.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

CHECK IT OUT! a deck-based travelogue ttrpg where you modify your LEGO vehicle depending the changing terrain. i can't believe this hasn't funded! www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

an image from the kickstarter that reads:

A ROAD THAT KNOWS YOUR NAME. the road knows many names for you, and it will share them if you listen. Gather your crew. Build your vessel, Brave the road ahead!

A deck of cards and deckbox, exploding out over a peach background

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takuma @noroadhome.itch.io · 24/04/2026

game where you pick a city street in a video game with doors you can't open and come up with what's behind them and the people who live and shop and work there

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mdoughty.bsky.social @mdoughty.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

sorry bluesky, I almost forgot to tell you about today's foolish & fanciful game night at the Epochal Imp in Toronto! 😁 couldn't find the time this week to prep A Fool's Errand, but The Wolf King's Son and Rusalka are both on theme and very tricksy indeed... the next edition will be on April 15th!

me at the sparkly imp sipping a mocktail with a cute little paper pineapple on the rim🍍

STORY GAMES at the Epochal Imp, by Broadview Station. 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of every month💕 gather at 6, play at 6:30. storygamestoronto@gmail.com

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merritt @merrittk.com · 25/03/2026

got a tip that “social murder” is going to be the new “emotional labor” online (will be used by the extremely off-putting to describe nobody wanting to hang out with them)

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World Champ Game Co @worldchamp.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

2 new skirmish games available now, pay what you want. CHORD: ambient audio meets abstract strategy in this capture the flag played on piano keys. CYBERMETAL STREETS: low tech heavy metal 28mm melee compatible with Cybermetal 2012 RPG. Worldchampgameco.itch.io Zines for trade at Adepticon

a tattooed hand holding up two gaming zines in front of a gallery wall

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Jason Bostwick @jasonbostwick.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Just updated my Toronto food rec zine for anyone coming to @breakoutcon.bsky.social this week! Say hi if you see me at the con and I'll give you a copy! stockpotpress.itch.io/breakout-bit...

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Breakout Bites 2026 by Stockpot Press

A Toronto food guidebook

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Jason Bostwick @jasonbostwick.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Just updated my Toronto food rec zine for anyone coming to @breakoutcon.bsky.social this week! Say hi if you see me at the con and I'll give you a copy! stockpotpress.itch.io/breakout-bit...

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Breakout Bites 2026 by Stockpot Press

A Toronto food guidebook

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takuma @noroadhome.itch.io · 15/03/2026

i want every ttrpg designer to write at least one recipe (including the personal essay at the beginning. it's important. think about why it's important.)

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emblasteon @emblasteon.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

When I was a kid I used to bring Wario over to this spot and pretend he lived here

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Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

re: "Parks are for families" - Chow makes it clear who is and isn't granted personhood in the eyes of the state. Dufferin Grove is a huge park that's continued to be used for all sorts of shit throughout this encampment's life. these policies boil down to the City not wanting homeless people visible

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

at least toby keith is dead this time

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a team of bumblebees @saramchenry.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

About today's public transit discourse: I believe that riding public transit is a spiritual good for increasing your empathy and practicing minding your own business. It also helps you internalize that most people mind their own business, e.g. no one is looking at you.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

As I've been saying over and over on our book tour for The AI Con, the inevitability argument (including in the form of "AI is here to stay") is an attempt to steal our agency. We don't have to accept that and I encourage everyone to refuse it.

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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The way nobody can drive well anymore because of GPS — not just atrophied turn-by-turn navigation, but the way ppl no longer know the layouts of their town or the names of roads or what to do when the map doesn’t match the terrain — that’s what genAI is doing to communication skills and literacy

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TBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 09/05/2025

If all porn is made illegal, you can also make illegal the expression of any person you hate by defining them as obscene and pornographic. "Existing while visibly trans" will be argued to be pornographic. Women dressing insufficiently modestly will be argued to be pornographic.

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themboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

the thing teenage boys need to hear more than anything else is that it is actually okay if they don't grow up to be men at all. they don't have to feel invested in the political interests of men as a class, bc they dont have to BE men. it's okay if they grow up to be women, or something else :)

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The Ken In Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

Niamos! (Morlana Club Mix)

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ben @legallybenjamin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

type of shit i’m on

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Jason Bostwick @jasonbostwick.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

baby solved the sokoban puzzle trapping him in his enclosure and made a beeline for the sprite cans

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Anyone who has ever got delivery via bike should fight for safe lanes & infrastructure as a moral imperative. (Would love to see how many anti bike lane people also enjoy delivery)

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Jason Bostwick @jasonbostwick.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Managed to get three steamy ‘ships going playing @diceexploder.com ‘s supervillain henchman Desperation Hack at indie game night tonight!

a photo of a table with cards for “Hench” arranged after gameplay. Some of the cards have sharpie drawings of the characters, others have locations and events.

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Kendra, normal version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

One bright side to being forced to live in an AI slop tornado is now I see my artistic mistakes as incredibly endearing. The human machine of my body made that weird line. My worst day of drawing is completely untouchably better than anything AI will ever produce until the heat death of the universe

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Nick Bate @ickbat.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Hey, so, @ehronlime.bsky.social's Ithaca in the Cards/What Should We Have Tomorrow double-shot hasn't hit its funding target yet, and dangit, that's practically criminal. There's only 5 days to go -- get on it, folks! (I'm particularly excited about Ithaca...) www.kickstarter.com/projects/ehr...

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Ithaca in the Cards 2E & What Should We Have Tomorrow?

A solo journaling game about cooking for your loved ones, and a storygame of doomed travelers on a perilous journey home.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

This should be the end of every discretionary trip to the States by Canadians & every other national.

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Jason Bostwick @jasonbostwick.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Amazing and restorative time seeing friends at Breakout, made some killer zine trades and played with some great people! Already taking notes for Breakout Bites 2026

A spread of TTRPG zines on a table littered with ceramic tokens and a ceramic dish with an illustration of a hot dog and sprite on it.
The zines are:
Sock Puppets by Kurt Refling
Two Hand Path by Mikey Hamm
Oddfolk by Maxwell Lander
Band or Horses by Aaron Lim
Antler River RPG Trafe
Bad Moon Good Game, Sordid Truths, and Print It Yourself by Justin Vandermeer

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Jason Bostwick @jasonbostwick.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

They call it Breakout Con because it’s when I put away my winter boots and Break Out my Converse

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Jason Bostwick @jasonbostwick.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Just put together a little zine with my Toronto food recommendations and a map of my favourite bookstores. If you're going to @breakoutcon.bsky.social this weekend say hi and I'll give you a copy! stockpotpress.itch.io/breakout-bit...

Photo of Breakout Bites 2025 zine on a cutting board with a knife and lemon. A second copy of the zine is open to a page showing a map of Toronto with bookstores highlighted.

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Jason Bostwick @jasonbostwick.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Dream episode, RTFM weighs in on New York Fries vs the city hall chip trucks …

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Without History @withouthistoryband.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

One of the most important things about EP Thompson's work that is not often noted is that he chronicles the absolute annihilation of English and Welsh working class and peasant culture. Literally nothing survived the industrial revolution - everything left is a partial Victorian revival.

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Aaron King @aaronmfking.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

THIS IS NOT A PLACE OF SAUNA. NO HIGHLY STEAMED DUDE IS COMMEMORATED HERE. Enter my sauna dungeon, created for @idlecartulary.itch.io's Zungeon Jam. It's pay what you want (including free). I'll add some art once I'm not dogsitting. erinking.itch.io/sauna

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Jason Bostwick @jasonbostwick.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Furthest North: Reykjavik, Iceland Furthest South: Buenos Aires, Argentina Furthest East: Moscow, Russia Furthest West: Tofino, Canada

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

You are a game designer. You have so many ideas, and so few of them are published. Perhaps none of them are. Your WIP folder is full of genius, and you know it, but you cannot bring yourself to release it in an imperfect state. This is for you. Presenting THE 1E MANIFESTO.

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Game Design, Distilled

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

i live in new jersey and i haven't seen any drones but I've certainly heard some - from my wife!! thats right my wife's drone music project continues. she loves to create extended musical tapestries of synthesized tones and sampled harmoniums and i love to listen to them. good luck and god bless

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Idle Cartulary @idlecartulary.itch.io · 18/12/2024

I'm into the second week of Critique Navidad, my series of reviews where I review whatever game or module is offered, one per day, for the month of December. Here's the games I've reviewed this week, what I reviewed last week, and a teaser for what's coming! 1/🧵

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Jason Bostwick @jasonbostwick.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

*john darnielle voice* mercy for the blowjob brothers

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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 09/12/2024

I recently did a courtesy call with an indie developer. They wanted to talk to me because their game's target audience is ... uh, me. 25-40-year-old women, many of whom are moms. They wanted to know: what did I need to pick up a game? What would bar me from playing? Here are some answers 🧵(1/?):

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norn noszka @nornnoszka.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

You gotta make art that sucks in order to make art that fucks

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Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games @200proofgames.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I’ve said it before, and I will say it the fuck again: Grasping Nettles is, for my money, THE best worldbuilding game. Solo, with friends, standalone or for a campaign - it hits every beat, on the beat, every time. No wasted movements. No frippery. Grasping Nettles gets it done.

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MegueyB 🔜Metatopia @megueyb.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

This hits so hard. I see this on main street in my own city, where there are so many cool shops that open, hang on for a couple years, close, new shop opens, repeat. There are prime spaces sitting empty because it's better for the landlord to write off the loss than make the rent affordable.

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