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Banana Chan 🔜 Portland Retro Gaming Expo @bananachangames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My next horror solo game, Sample, will be one of the last TTRPGs I work on for at least a couple of years as I pivot creatively. It launches in 2 weeks and it’s set during Y2K, following a one hit wonder who creates a demonic song to become something monstrous www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Follow Sample before we launch

From Read/Write Memory - Follow Sample before we launch

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JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There's gotta be some ancient demon hidden under Acrisure Stadium that makes every Steeler game the most fumbling ass game of all time

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Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Follow the Kickstarter so you can hear a special audio collaboration between Adam and myself 😈

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Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Rooting against Aaron Rodgers at all times and hoping we win via defensive scores only

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Chris Gardiner @chrisgardiner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

What if we kissed in the GREGGS VOID

A photo of the fire alarm map of a UK service station, labelling the different ‘zones’ of the building. At the top right, in a mysterious blank space, is a label reading “Zone 8 = Greggs Void”.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 31/08/2026

If you use Signal to work with sensitive contacts, it’s not a “set it and forget it” app. You do need to maintain the safety of your account. Our digital security team walks through foundational account security settings to help.

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What journalists need to know about Signal account safety

There are a few straightforward steps you can take to make your account and identity much more secure

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.

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Jonaya Kemper @violetriotgames.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This Winter I'll be teaching an Experimental TTRPG course and I'll be focusing on solo journaling games. If you have a game you think I should read, or you have a game you really love, please plug it and tell me about it. ✨ Also please share widely. I want some non US perspectives.

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Jonaya Kemper @violetriotgames.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I have seen Sample, and I can't tell you enough how absurdly good they are at making you understand how far people are willing to go. Genuinely some of the best personal horror I've been able to engage with.

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Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I got to playtest Sample - it’s dreadfully fun 😈

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Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Threatening me with a good time

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Chase Taylor-Carter @chasecarter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Some radical transparency: we may only have a year left at our current pace. If you'd like to help us survive to reach our full potential, consider subscribing, donating, or buying a gift subscription.

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Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Mike is the best - check this Kickstarter out!

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Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If you’re at #gencon, come say hi to me and @possibleworlds.bsky.social at booth 1553 in the expo hall!

Tyler Crumrine of Possible Worlds Games waving from his Gen Con booth

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Chris Hutton - TTRPG Insider @newsnerd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

John Hight, the president of Wizards of the Coast, announced that he is stepping down as of September 1. Hight oversaw both MTG and D&D as executive leadership. He has an extensive history in video games, although the company has had to cancel many projects www.enworld.org/threads/john...

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John Hight steps down as president of Wizards of the Coast

A US Securities and Exchange Commission filing notes that John Hight is stepping down from his role as president of Wizards of the Coast effective September 1st. Per the filing, Hight will continue wi...

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Rascal News @rascal.news · 14/07/2026

Finland recognizes roleplaying as living heritage and culture worth preserving www.rascal.news/finland-reco...

Four softcover RPG books and dice for a Finnish tabletop game called ANKH. Two blond adventurers in leather armor and weapons of a 1980s pulp style against a dark, gothic background.

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kill ghost @willjobst.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

if you’re self employed you’re entitled to three crashouts a month. after that there's only a negligible spiritual fee

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 14/07/2026

Thierry Henry with the shout out to Cabo Verde, the only team that didn’t lose to Spain

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Búistéir Muc don Domhan @stocaibana.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

If 5 anglos run into their own goalie, that’s a Norwegian’s fault

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Sexy Plato's Cave @andrewblair.co.uk · 11/07/2026

Harry Kane has the face of someone who has just blamed his horse for something

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Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Play-storming for an upcoming project 😈 (An asspert is obviously an ass expert)

A photo of notecards on a table for a game brainstorming session. The notecards read things like “Asspert” and “Gregg’s ass is Craig’s ass.” There are notecards for a producer pool, a bread crumbs pool and different character options.

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Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I’m decades late to The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen by @jameswallis.bsky.social but I’m so thoroughly entertained by it. I hope one day I can publish a podcast or a game that gets away with saying “For the benefit of my duller readers”

A section of The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen that starts with “For the benefit of my duller readers”

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

NEW: A special TTRPG charity bundle to help designer Rae Nedjadi offset their medical expenses after serious illness and a month-long hospital stay. Includes Apocalypse Keys plus a terrific selection of other games. Get over $285 in games for just 25 bucks! 👇 www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

On the left, an illustration of Rae Nedjadi with short curly black hair and horn-rim glasses, wearing a purple and pink striped robe. Next to that, the covers of the games in the Rae Nedjadi Recovery Bundle: Our Haunt, Apocalypse Keys, Doomsday Delights, Brindlewood Bay, Defy the Gods, Once More Into the Void, Blue Rose, Raccoon Sky Pirates, Glow, The Love Balloon, The Wildsea: Ships Gardens, Paragons, Gingerbread Kaiju, The Hunger in the Void, Space Post, Seers & Roebuck, For Coin & Blood, Dynasties & Demagogues, Party Beach Creature Feature, Heroic Maps - Villages (Summer), Quantum Entanglement, and Infestation at Devil's Glade.

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Patrick Claybon @patrickclaybon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Every James Corden promo feels like a threat

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JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Exhibit B: the USMNT

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The beauty of sports is you can just decide at any point “I give a shit about this now. Against all reason.” Ten minutes later you hate one of the teams more than life and it’s all downhill from there.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Supreme Court or World Cup: a quiz

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kill ghost @willjobst.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

hey pittsburgh and those in the greater pittsburgh rhizome: tomorrow morning is the indie game designer brunch at mimic's market!

text reads: game designer's brunch, first saturday's 9:30 am - 12:00 pm, mimic's market, 4707 liberty ave.

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Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Tacklebox won an ENNIE! Huge congrats to designer @ludopolitics.bsky.social, co-writer @inauthenticity.bsky.social, illustrator @patrickedell.bsky.social, & all other nominees, and a massive thank you to @fkth.bsky.social for the Judges’ Spotlight selection too! Don't stop making weird games, y'all!

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Jon Boo-yle 🎃 @residentbard.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

LGBT wraps up tomorrow at midnight and we're like, one pledge away from our enamel pin stretch goal. 👀

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Shannon Appelcline @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Wizards of the Coast went full-out trying to bust the Magic: The Gathering Arena union, including sending scary letters to peoples' home addresses. They couldn't turn 83% of the workers who wanted to balance megacorp motives with their own needs. 🤛

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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.plus · 20/06/2026

"death of the audience" is genuinely unironically good advice for anyone who wants to make anything

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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 20/06/2026

Congrat to @lumpley.bsky.social and @megueyb.bsky.social for Apocalypse World’s Hall of Fame induction! Vincent graced us with a message from the Psychic Maelstrom to celebrate.

Picture of bearded man (Vincent Baker) at a podium accepting an award inducting Apocalypse World into the hall of fame. He looks like he has a really intense message for us all!

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Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I watched maybe two NBA games in my life before this finals run and now when Jalen Brunson cries, I cry

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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I just—like, sure, being a trillionaire is cool I guess but what’s it all for if you haven’t even seen the wreckage of the titanic firsthand

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Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The Trader Joe’s cashier noticed my eggs had a California best-by date and an Arizona sell-by date, so we decided eggs that are an Arizona 10 are a California 6

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 04/06/2026

❤️ Love the Wayback Machine? Some publishers and news organizations are blocking it from archiving journalism—cutting off the public record & future accountability. Want them to stop? ✍️ Sign the open letter to support preserving journalism in the Wayback Machine ⤵️ www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders

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Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The most I've ever been able to relate to Magnus Carlsen #norwaychess

Magnus Carlsen in the confessional booth at Norway Chess - a screenshot of the live stream shows Magnus next to a list of what he did that day: he woke up, had breakfast, had a nap, and felt really old.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

One of my strongest takeaways from the Bee this week is that it was a showcase for why critical thinking matters more than ever. So much of what the kids do up there isn’t rote memorization—it’s using their insane prep to solve words like puzzles (using etymology, patterns) in real time.

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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 25/05/2026

Carnagie Melon University has a footrace each year where participants go 2d6 laps around the track. Nobody knows the distance before the race. They roll one gigantic die as the race begins and then the second right before the number on the first die is eclipsed. cmu-rdr.github.io @cmu.edu

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Random Distance Run

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Adam Bell @adambell.games · 24/05/2026

if you're in Pittsburgh, you should swing by Games Unlimited and get a demo of Uneasy Lies the Head today!

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Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Uneasy Lies the @adambell.games - uneasy because his game is TOO good

Game designer Adam Bell looking uneasy in front of a sign for his game “Uneasy Lies the Head”

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Souf Oaklin fo’ Life!!! @soufoaklin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Pirates celebrate decades of trauma with new Dr. Robby bobblehead. #letsgobucs #ThePitt

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Was an absolute, capital-J JOY to chop it up with @samreich.bsky.social about how to build something online that people want to pay for and love (Dropout)...and why it's actually smart to not follow templates and just do and make the things that feel right and good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xsc...

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How Dropout Beat Big Media by Being Weird (w/Sam Reich)

YouTube video by The Atlantic

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Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

OR - hear me out - try @kagi.com. I couldn’t work on my documentary without them because turns out to research you need “search”

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