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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con

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Former climate scientist, current D&D 5e / TTRPG writer, publisher, game designer. Click the link for Heroic Ecohorror for D&D 5e! www.kickstarter.com/projects/margom…

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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I spent a non-trivial amount of time today thinking about birds for D&D / Daggerheart that look like demon chickens from outer space (aka featherless owls) Does that make today a good day? Probably!
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A villain frame is a neat idea. Nice!
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I was thinking a dragon made of waffle cone that has an ice cream breath weapon, but yeah same idea 😂
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Truly. I think the main changes would be altering death rules (something that other supplements have done to great success). Imagine a dungeon full of not monsters you could make food from, but monsters that are *already* food whose life cycles require being eaten by adventurers 🤣
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I got stuck on how fun it would be to bundle D&D combat into a roguelike remix of the Stardew Valley mines with fast leveling where "dying" brings you back to town and resets your level + roguelike benefits for getting deeper next time. That's the least cozy part of a cozy game, but it seems *fun*.
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I got into a friendly debate about using D&D to run a cozy game today, and if I was actually into cozy games, I'd probably make one in a heartbeat 😅
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm happy to see that the Hope Dies Last Daggerheart crowdfunding campaign is off to a good start! I'm friends with some people working on that project, and I hope it exceeds their expectations.
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ooo, hell yeah—the Draw Steel Encounters PDF just dropped! It's really fun to see the artists' interpretation of the handful of negotiations I contributed to the project. Kind of obsessed with how gaudy this immortal Hakaan librarian turned out.
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
An Exoecology for Monster Hunters backer sent me a photo of her D&D table playing through the time loop spider adventure and it made my day 😭 She printed out pages from the PDF for the adventure and the map. They apparently had a blast! Map by @sagamack.bsky.social
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Bumblebees? ..more like bumperbees I'm sorry
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I wonder if giving themselves over to the intuitive flow of the flock streaming is at all similar to people who give themselves over to the movement of dancing crowds* *something that's always been hell for me**, and bliss for others **I'd be that one bird wishing I could escape 😆
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
As I was in bumper-to-bumper (butt-to-butt?) people traffic in the halls of GenCon, I found myself wondering how many other organisms experience the discomfort of being stuck in traffic. Do birds like flying in tight formations? Do sheep feel crowded or comforted in moving herds?
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hell yeah, I have been waiting to see this one 👀
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Just landed in Indianapolis for Gen Con! If you see me, say hi :)
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Sheesh, I had no idea orange could go this hard.
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DriveThruRPG @drivethrurpg.com · 23/07/2026
Exoecology for Monster Hunters is now available in a PDF + @roll20.net VTT bundle deal! Get it here: tinyurl.com/3cmy2zxa Wreak havoc at your table with the extraplanar mayhem in this 304-page 5e setting and extraplanar bestiary! #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons
Exoecology for Monster Hunters is now available in a PDF + VTT bundle deal at DriveThruRPG.com
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Free-for-all competitive games are a hilarious microcosm where collective action works. Everybody knows you can cut a deal in an MTG commander game, but you rarely see players in a TeamFight Tactics lobby agree to buy a meta comp's champs to make it unplayable. Hate a game's meta? Try politicking 😈
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Hardcover copies, dice, and accompanying magic item cards are also available for preorder! exoecology-for-monster-hunters.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
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Pre-order Exoecology for Monster Hunters: a 5e Ecohorror Boss Bestiary on BackerKit
Heroic ecohorror meets D&D 5e with extraplanar bosses, adventures, craftable items, and more. Available in PDF, VTT module, and print.
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The @roll20.net module for Exoecology for Monster Hunters is now available! Get your fill of extraplanar invasive species like chromatic crabs, spores that connect you to a cosmos-spanning hivemind, and botanical hydras. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I'm trying not to get distracted by researching bog ecology as I prep for my Daggerheart session in the Witherwild tonight 🙃
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My favorite part about it is that her 5 year old is the one who got her into monsters to begin with, so flipping through the book and its weird species is going to be a family activity 😆
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The more I think about the design choices in this spread, the more I dig them.
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Oops, I sold my D&D 5E book to my therapist just by showing her the cover and infodumping about it. That wasn't on my bingo card, but I'll take the win 🤣
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The preorder store is still open! exoecology-for-monster-hunters.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The print proof for Exoecology for Monster Hunters arrived this week!! The colors turned out even more vibrant than I dared to hope. I can't wait to get this book into people's hands. Seeing it all in print makes me really appreciate how much work I put into this book.
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I haven't been posting much on socials, but I wish I could slam more than 1 like on this actual play. The players & GM are excellent and the sound design slaps.
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Mateusz "Ananam" Malarski | Triglav Games @triglavananam.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Until the Last Villain Dies (and more!) is LIVE ON BACKERKIT! Have you seen our sweet sweet trailer? www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UUO... Link to campaign: triglavgames.com/l/utlvd
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LIVE ON BACKERKIT: Until the Last Villain Dies and more for Draw Steel
YouTube video by Triglav Games
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Queuing this up to watch next. Excited to hear what y'all talked about!
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
If you found out halfway through watching a season of a mystery/thriller TV show that you accidentally started on season 2, would you go back and watch the first season or finish out season 2? Asking for a friend 🙃
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Spencer Hibnick | Pesto Publications @pestoenthusiast.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Draw Steel is a gonzo game. Heroes are hardier, more mobile, and can yeet foes easier than in 5e. That informs what players look for in maps. Bare minimum, if you put an object on the map, it has to hurt when folks slam into it. But you should really go further. Lean into dynamic terrain objects.
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Knowing that bad news is coming doesn't make the news any less shitty when it lands. I can't wait for the tide to turn against these evil assholes.
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
A fantastic summary & discussion of modern takes on skill challenges that ends with a take I can't disagree with: we should all put a little chocolate in our peanut butter.
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Given how absolutely badass dwarves are in Draw Steel, I am itching for an excuse to use them lol
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Congrats to the whole MCDM team for funding! Over 1.25 million in less than a day is such an enormous feat.
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The radenwight ancestry in Draw Steel's Crack the Sun is reviving my desire to write an epic radenwight adventure about gathering allies to stand with a noble ratfolk army against something monstrous underground. It's probably nostalgia for my Redwall-obsessed childhood, but I'm okay with that 😆
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I hope their campaign is a mindboggling success! These adventures are so ambitious, and if they do well enough I can cling to this feeling of, "Hmmm, maybe I should write way more batshit TTRPG adventures than I have been.."
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The individual Acts of the epic Crack the Sun adventure sound like such bangers. I'm curious to see how they guide players between adventures because 1) weak links between adventures are such a long-standing problem in big campaigns and 2) I trust the MCDM team to come up with a great solution.
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Leon Barillaro is UNIONIZING @barilleon.com · 09/12/2025
Let’s CRACK! THE! SUN!
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Draw Steel: Crack the Sun
"We watched Cthrion Uroniziir try to reduce the timescape into one singular universe, wiping out reality as we know it. She was defeated, and we see her cage every day."
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Hard to express how excited I am to see what they've been cooking 👀
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Have I been obsessively thinking about how to make boss adversaries in Daggerheart since returning from PAXU? Why yes, yes I have. Seems @mikerunderwood.bsky.social has this particular brainworm too :) youtu.be/DDQuPHRW-UU?...
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Designing Boss Encounters for Daggerheart
YouTube video by Mike Underwood
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I should probably admit to myself redeye flights are getting harder as I get older and stop booking them 🫠 Just landed in Philly, though! Let the PAXU shenanigans commence :)
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
A thoughtful review on The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire for Draw Steel! It's fun to see people playing the adventure, and I'm always jazzed when someone takes the time to share their thoughts :)
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I know @riseheroesrise.bsky.social ran it on their channel! :)
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Awesome, I'm glad you had a good time! The note on wanting/expecting an earlier combat encounter is a good one, and something I'll keep in mind in the future for Draw Steel GM/player expectations :)
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Boss Jellybean @bossjellybean.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
TONIGHT!!! Vaesen: The Withering Wick premieres on the BossJellybean Twitch channel. Set 1 month before the events of our main adventure…the inhabitants of a small town suffer a paranormal catastrophe, this is their story. #ttrpg #10candles #vaesen #actualplay
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I am so excited for people to watch this 10 Candles + Vaesen mini series. This ended up being the most emotional game I have ever been a part of. I had no idea what I was getting into 👀 Airing at 7 EST on twitch.tv/bossjellybean. VOD will be on YouTube!
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Muscles not big enough to burst through his sleeves? A recession indicator for sure.
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
If you like TTRPG characters with secrets, traumas, or fears, I have an easy hack for making it really fun at the table. Attach the key to your character's growth or their motivation for confronting their fears to helping/interacting with another player character and watch how much RP it inspires.
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
This project is in collaboration with @greengobletgames.bsky.social and @lonecolossusgames.bsky.social! I love working with this dream team.
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Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con @margomods.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Gravedigger's Harvest launched today! This new dark mystery adventure for 5E features a fantasy version of a coal miner's black lung intertwined with lung-heisting monsters and an elaborate ecosystem of horror. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
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Gravedigger's Harvest
A dark fantasy mystery adventure for D&D 5e
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