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RolledLow ☞ @rolledlow.com · 10/08/2026

My crew asked for a western flavor. My favorite part is perusing sources. Returning to the Crystal Frontier, expanding the world with bounties from Wages of Sin (just arrived) and pulling new locations from Karth… that could work. Right? 🤔 @joelhines.bsky.social and @ratkingrpg.bsky.social #OSR

Three books arranged in a square frame. Wages of Sin, Tomb Raiders of the Crystal Frontier, and Desert Moon of Karth.

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Zuki @zukizilla.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Had a great time running the spooky Seahorse mine from Desert Moon of Karth (by @joelhines.bsky.social ) Awesome players taking part as dumb presenters of Galaxies Most Haunted (sponsored by Jellyroll Squeez-tubes). Mothership is a dream to run. Thanks @galwynpine.bsky.social for taking part.

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David Mattingly @davidmattingly.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I just wrote a long piece on how I did The Animorphs covers. Please check it out, and subscribe to my Substack, “My Adventures as an Illustrator.” myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/how-i-did-...

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How I Did the Animorphs Covers

Photoshop and Elastic Reality

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Joel Hines (Silverarm) @joelhines.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/joe... Hey hey Silverarm's new book Citadel of the Sun Kings is live on Kickstarter! Citadel of the Sun Kings is a sandbox sword and sorcery desert adventure for Old School Essentials by Micheal A. Curtis!!!!

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Citadel of the Sun Kings

A sword and sorcery desert sandbox menaced by intrigue and an ancient fungal doom beneath the sands. For OSE RPG.

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Zedeck Siew @zedecksiew.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

🚨TWO TASTES THAT GO GREAT TOGETHER ALERT🚨

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Joel Hines (Silverarm) @joelhines.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/joe... Oh boy Silverarm is publishing a new adventure for OSE- Citadel of the Sun Kings! It's by Micheal A. Curtis (no, not that one- the other one) There's salt encrusted wyrms, fungal dooms, a spooky night dimension. The Kickstarter starts April 21, take a look!

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MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · 03/03/2026

Dying Hard on Hardlight Station: Anthology Edition is live!!! A 200+ page Mothership campaign sandbox: - 11 interconnected adventures - 18+ station locations - a dangerous sector built for long-term play Free 48-page preview and trailer on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mag...

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Dying Hard on Hardlight Station: Anthology Edition

Return to Hardlight Station in this hardback Mothership RPG anthology, featuring expanded locations and new adventures in Sector 1365.

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sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

hello gamers I have a new blogpost up, a review of a massive $4m Kickstarter third-party 5e adventure based on an AP, called THE CROOKED MOON. it's a big old honkin review, talking about info design and 5e creative direction and folk horror. I hope you enjoy! samsorensen.blot.im/review-the-c...

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Review: The Crooked Moon - Sam Sorensen

In October 2021, the popular tabletop RPG actual play channel Legends of Avantris began releasing episodes of their “Edge of Midnight” Dungeons &

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full slack @fullslack.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

"thin places" are locations where the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is said to be particularly thin.

A store with a sign that says “ADULT NOVELTIES - BJORK ALBUMS - MAGIC POKEMON YUGIOH - AIRSOFT GUNS”

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Joel Hines (Silverarm) @joelhines.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

harpers.org/archive/2026... What a treat reading this interviews/essay covering some of the absolute weirdos in SF that are elevated by the idiot whims of our gonzo VC tech barony era

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Child’s Play, by Sam Kriss

Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking

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Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

if i was a knight of the accursed realm i would simply choose not to succumb to the darkness that my order has held back for millennia

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Reynaldo @naldodrinan.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Fun thing that's just a bit too loose for publishing or a blog entry - I've been putting "Vengeance Monster" entries on my random encounter tables. When I roll that, I pick out an adversary the players have faced before, add a few ranks and a new ability or two, and give it some... (1/2)

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Jes the human @jesthehuman.itch.io · 09/02/2026

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle

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Jes the human @jesthehuman.itch.io · 07/01/2026

The No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle submission period is now open: itch.io/jam/no-ice-i... All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 06/01/2026

BEHOLD: 60 festive hexes for your next Christmastime campaign from a variety of your favorite bloggers. Go give them a read and steal the best bits for your games #osr #ttrpg

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The Rankin Bass Hexmas Crawl — Prismatic Wasteland

A Christmas-themed hexcrawl setting with 60 hexes written from bloggers across the blogosphere.

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Joel Hines (Silverarm) @joelhines.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

silverarmpress.com/a-mask-that-... Fresh post up, some day I'll get back to blogging regularly again!

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A Mask That Eats Into Your Face: Honesty in the Work – Silverarm

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Rise Up (From the Grave) Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

"Just tell them" is such an underrated piece of advice for telegraphing dangers in RPGs. "How can I hint that the hallway is trapped? How can I hint that if they defeat the dungeon lord, they become the next dungeon lord?" Just tell them. Tell them out loud. With your words.

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Joel Hines (Silverarm) @joelhines.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I want to print this blogpost out and tape it to my bathroom mirror to recite like an affirmation each morning. There's a million ways to have fun with games but this pithily sums up what I personally enjoy most in playing or running an RPG. @bastionland.bsky.social

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The ICI Doctrine: Information, Choice, Impact

Doctrine might be a bit strong. Still, I'm trying to keep these three words in my head whenever I'm planning or running a game. They're th...

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Leo @infrabeige.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Proud to announce that my enormous infernal OSE adventure module “The Shrike” has won gold for best long form adventure at the ENNIE awards! Thank you to everyone who voted for us! You will be spared from eternal life marooned upon the monstrous iron edifice!

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Joel Hines (Silverarm) @joelhines.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Would appreciate your Ennies vote for The Shrike for best long form adventure! Nobody does extradimensional hellscape sandbox adventurers like Leo.

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Joel Hines (Silverarm) @joelhines.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

“There is no such thing as a “neutral” design. As good architects know, seemingly arbitrary decisions, such as where to locate the bathrooms, will have subtle influences on how the people who use the building interact." ― Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein One of the best GDC talks ever.

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Choice Architecture, Player Expression, and Narrative Design in Fallout: New Vegas

YouTube video by Game Developers Conference

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Dougal @doogface.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Larstown Blues - the latest instalment of my Mothership Play By Post game set in @joelhines.bsky.social Desert Moon of Karth. #osr #mothership #ttrpg

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Larstown Blues

The Mothership posse mosey off the Beanstalk and land straight in hot water

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🍁 Levi Kornelsen @levikornelsen.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

See, this is great.

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Brad Kerr @bradkerr.net · 24/04/2025

Today on Between Two Cairns, we're joined by @joelhines.bsky.social of Silver Arm Press to review Doom of the Savage Kings by @harley-stroh.bsky.social. We also answer a mailbag question about adjudicating drunk player characters. www.patreon.com/posts/doom-o...

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Doom of the Savage King | Between Two Cairns

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Chase Taylor-Carter @chasecarter.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

If you're a tabletop designer and/or publisher whose business will be adversely affected by Donald Trump's April 2nd suite of tariffs, I want to hear from you. Changes in business, canceled or delayed projects, etc. email: chase@rascal.news Signal: ChaseTC.24

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ரமணன் @save.vs.totalpartykill.ca · 28/03/2025

Collecting some posts from yesterday into a blog post, which attempts to correct the notion that the OSR was just retroclones: arrested development gob yelling "come on!" dot gif.

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Save vs. Total Party Kill - It was a Renaissance

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Joseph R. Lewis @josephrlewis.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

GaryCon Friday night Just finished a hilariously scary game of Mothership run by the lovely @joelhines.bsky.social #osr #dnd #ttrpg

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Dougal @doogface.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I am enjoying bullying my players with tea ceremonies and icy politeness as they meet Karth Governor Stieg Tanaka and her bioluminescent shark Shashihoko. Shashihoko is a merciless apex predator. So is Tanaka. They're terrified. #osr #mothership #ttrpg #desertmoonofkarth

A portrait of Governor Stieg Tanaka, a severe looking woman with black hair in a high collared uniform and sash.

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Chaoclypse (Brandon Yu) @chaoclypse.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I've released the Outdoor Survival Scaffolder - a tool that automatically generates lairs, monsters and treasure based off the terrain of the classic OD&D wilderness map! It's still WIP, but has been an enormous undertaking so far - I hope it's of use! chaoclypse.itch.io/outdoor-surv...

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Dwiz @knightattheopera.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This is very uncomfortable for me to do, but right now I'm having trouble getting by. I know a lot of you are struggling too, but if you can spare it and you've enjoyed my work in the past, I want to ask if you can spare a small tip. ko-fi.com/alexdzuricky

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Support Knight at the Opera on Ko-fi! ❤️. ko-fi.com/alexdzuricky

Support Knight at the Opera On Ko-fi. Ko-fi lets you support the people and causes you love with small donations

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Personable | Markus @personable.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Kickstarter delivery day! This time, The Shrike by Leo Hunt, published by @joelhines.bsky.social

Hardcover copy of The Shrike by Leo Hunt

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Dougal @doogface.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I wrote a thing about setting up a Play By Post game of @seanmccoy.bsky.social's Mothership game running @joelhines.bsky.social Desert Moon of Karth. I plan on checking back a couple of times a month with a post on how it's going. #ttrpg #osr #mothership #scifi

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Playing By Post... In Spaaaace!

Running a PbP Mothership Game

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Reekstar @reekstar.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

My copy of #TheShrike by Leo Hunt arrived this week! Brilliantly grimdark adventure module set in an abandoned corner of Hell. Some amazing NPCs in this too. Another winner from @joelhines.bsky.social publishing

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Taron "Indestructoboy" Pounds @indestructoboy.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Out of the most successful ($100,000+ raised) crowdfunded TTRPG projects in 2023; 43 of 105 of those projects were Fifth Edition. In 2024, this has shrunk nearly 50% to 22 of 106. Wild times we're in, folks. Data is from Tabletop Analytics and compiled by @mtblack.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy.

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Joel Hines (Silverarm) @joelhines.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Hey all! Interloper, my new sandbox sci-fi mystery book for Mothership Month is wrapping up on Backerkit in 48 hours. Check it out if you dig rogue planets, failed utopias, murder investigations, and sweet retro art by Jacob Fleming. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... #MothershipMonth #MoshMo24

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Nickoten @nickoten.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Early this year, we lost Jennell Jacquays. To just say that she was a TTRPG and video game designer would be doing her contributions a disservice, but that was my main intersection with her legacy. I want talk about why, historically, her work was such a blessing to dungeon design🧵 #gamedev #ttrpg

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Zedeck Siew @zedecksiew.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Tapping this sign again. To anybody painting the OSR with a broad brush: you are painting over me, and folks like me. But that is your privilege, I suppose. To radical queer commie OSR: I love you folx. 1/

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 24/11/2024

The part of the “old school” worth reviving has never been THAC0 or fighting orcs in gray corridors but the DIY attitude of design that ceased once D&D grew from being just a Game to being a Brand

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Guy Pradel @pradaldi.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

It's Mothership Month and of the 21 projects I contributed to 3 ! www.backerkit.com/c/collection...

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Joel Hines (Silverarm) @joelhines.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

if you haven't ran a game with an all weird little goblin party you're missing out on some good stinky stabby times

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Joel Hines (Silverarm) @joelhines.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

So Mystery Quest are doing a multipart actual play of my #MothershipRPG adventure Vibechete! from Hull Breach. They're all very funny and talented. It's really wild going from one of millions of youths watching the Yogscast play Minecraft 13 years ago, to watching them play something I wrote!

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Mothership: Vibechete! #1

YouTube video by Mystery Quest

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