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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

"Grimfun" This is a word I want to spread around. Grimfun is what happens when you take that grimdark, "everything is a hopeless grind" aspect of a setting and turn it comedic by making characters who are resilient to it (more on comedy-resilience in a sec)...

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I think my players destroyed the planet.

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Home from my first session at @acen.org 2026 and it was majestic! I was unbelievably lucky in getting seven whole players at my table at the same time and we had a BLAST. The systems feel like night and day compared with what I was running at my last con. #ttrpg #postapocalypse #fitd

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

(Possibly quite literally. The last time I ran something like this, the settlement became a smoking ruin populated by a single animatronic in a jail cell)

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Hey there folks! It's been a minute, but Lost in the Glow will be running some sessions at @acen.org this Friday at 3:00 and Saturday at 11:00 and 4:00! Each session will influence the next, shaping the wasteland in response to the player's choice and the dice! It's going to be a blast!

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Sam Nelson @samanthanelson.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I'm trying to give indie TTRPGs some love on Polygon but it's tough because they don't do the sort of traffic as D&D stories. But one of the best part of my job is talking to game developers about their passion for the hobby. Here's a piece on Nimble: www.polygon.com/nimble-dunge...

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D&D alternative Nimble returns to Kickstarter with a big expansion

Designer Evan Diaz talks about respecting everyone's time and making memories

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

That's a great article! Thanks for giving the undies a chance to shine, I'm definitely hopping on the Kickstarter now! I love finding an RPG that's taking a big swing

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I mean I don't have a podcast but I'd love to get to chat about those two things! So, what was your approach to worldbuilding? Did you have to stop and plan or did you get hit with a lightning bolt of ideas all at once?

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Get this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by @mollynoise.bsky.social and human-made art by @stregawolf.art. Jump in now for early bird deals!

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Coming soon: The Thunder Perfect Mind

An Occult Action Thriller Tabletop RPG

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Rappenem @rappenem.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

it's true

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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/01/2026

“The brave men and women of ICE and the U.S. Border Patrol are doing their best to carry out these executions in a safe and professional manner,” said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

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Kristi Noem Calls On Minneapolis Residents To Stop Obstructing Murders

WASHINGTON—Urging locals to “fully cooperate” with federal agents, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called on Minneapolis residents Monday to stop obstructing murders. “The brave ...

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

You may be brave, but are you $1 trucker pills brave?

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I've never seen a population more united. If people can hold onto that unity, if people can accept that different people will have different ways of confronting fascism, if we can remind NGOs and orgs that they can join but not control the resistance, then, well, people here will write history.

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Maybe you scale back, but maybe you don't. Not every game needs to have snappy pacing at a table. Maybe this works better in posts like you said. If so, then perhaps this leans to a solo RPG played like a journal, or maybe it could be letters sent between participants.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 18/01/2026

oh it's going to be a Recession recession

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Yeesh, good luck to you both. Hopefully it's just benign growths or worts or something.

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Please hop on this and keep Discord from making their product worse.

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Jay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal: “No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle. “What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.” Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Oof, that's a rough time. I have no idea what your baseline is, but it sounds like you have been pushing really hard lately.

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

It's 3k more than you had before! Plus, 7k shows more of the thought you put into the task.

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Ooh! And then you could expand this to have the carts influence personality, so then you could foster scenes of junkyard bots/bioweapons getting punched and changing personalities as different skills take control of the body

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I thought of something like this for my game's settlement mechanics -- what if the bio-weapon's HP were all those cartridges? So taking damage might ruin your ability to knit or smooth-talk someone? Then progression could include expanding your cart slots 'n stuff, or increasing available power?

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Ooh, that's a cool question! Gamefeel-wise, I have no issue with the idea. But because progression is an expression of personal growth, I'd want to justify why only their items get better. Maybe they're junkyard robots so this actually is their equipment improving? But what do you think of it?

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Congratulations! That must feel amazing! You worked super hard on this, I'm glad other people are appreciating your work

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Oh thank you so much! It'll be a bit before I run my next one, but give me a shout if you're interested in the playtest discord!

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Oh hey! I happened on a copy of Tribe 8 recently and found out about y'all's work! Congrats on your Kickstarter, I'm so glad people are carrying the torch for that world.

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Oh hey what's up party people. I'm working on Lost in the Glow, a post-climate-apocalypse game about communities building back from disaster. Still in the throes of refinement and testing, but the amazing folks of the Savepoint community in Chicago are helping speed along that testing so quickly!

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Stephanie 🍉 @ageofoddish.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread

My hand holding a shortbread cookie in the shape of an airplane. There are red sprinkles in the pattern of the survivorship bias plane.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 23/11/2025

My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I'll be demoing/playtesting Lost in the Glow at @leveleater.bsky.social's Demo Expo this coming Saturday (the 13th) at the Co-Prosperity Sphere at 3221 S Morgan here in Chicago! We'll be testing out the newest (and hopefully final) mechanic to be added to the game! #ttrpg #postapocalypse #fitd

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

A hugely successful playtest exploring a new mechanic but now my brain is mush. I am so lucky to have so many friends who are willing to spend precious hours of their weekend playing half-finished mechanics with me.

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I'm reaching maximum screen saturation in my playtest setup. Finally getting to try out the map mechanics thanks to my lovely playtesters!

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

@conjette.art made this graphic, whatcha think about how it relates to game design?

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I feel like scope creep is a necessary part of creative design. The straight path from "make it" to "make it good" can work for forms or very cut-and-dry tasks, but it usually doesn't work for creative projects or systems design and that's fine!

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Sam | Conjette @conjette.art · 29/08/2025

“Just make it exist!” Isn’t that simple, and neither is “making it good.” I know the left hand graphic has been making the rounds and is meant as motivation, but as a frequent victim of Scope Creep, please learn from my mistakes 😂🥲

A cartoon about scope creep and creative process, using shapes as metaphor for projects

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Oh hey, this is exactly what I've been struggling with lately!

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Huddle around this ol' nuclear reactor and join the rest of the group!

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

That's a shame. If nothing else (if I remember right), those stories still feel like good horror or at least dark fables. The book has definitely aged, but it's interesting to observe where and when it came from. (Just in case there's something really wild towards the end, I didn't finish it.)

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Haha! The artist curse runs deep. I have to purposefully keep other projects buried, so Godspeed to you for balancing them

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

A question for all my party people in the ttrpg space: What systems do you know of where travel and traversal are a mechanic? What ones do you think do this well? Normally this is a part of a game gets glossed over as though the conquering heroes are taking the 409 bus to and from a mission

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Lost in the Glow @lostintheglow.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Give me a shout if you want to chat about it with someone! That sounds like a really fun project

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