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The Golden Cobra Challenge @goldencobra.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ssssssssss The Golden Cobra Challenge 2026 is OPEN for sssubmissions. Ssubmit by October 15th! www.goldencobra.org

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Golden Cobra Challenge

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Catlilli Games @catlilli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Excited to share that Jonathan and I will be speaking at the Serious Play Conference 2026 at Duke University on August 5-7! It features talks, workshops, panels, & an expo/arcade zone, all centered on games, learning, health, and social impact. #seriousplay26 seriousplayconf.com/registration/

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Something randomly reminded me to share this! lumpley.games/2019/10/21/g...

A simple graph showing two parallel skill acquisition lines. As you practice a skill, you don't improve steadily, you improve in steps: a sudden improvement, a long plateau, a sudden improvement, a long plateau...
This chart shows "creative skills" and "critical skills" improving out of step with one another, leapfrogging: your creative skills suddenly improve while your critical skills plateau, then your critical skills improve while your creative skills plateau. Creative skills: design, development, production; critical skills: analysis, interpretation, vision.

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urvy ✨ 🔜 PAXU @urvyfitz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

this is just a reminder of how i need a copy of the warren rpg, i wanna play it so bad.

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The Diana Jones Award @dianajonesaward.org · 18/06/2026

The Diana Jones Award committee is pleased to announce the finalists for its 2026 award. In alphabetical order, they are:

The Diana Jones Award trophy in a blue light.

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The Diana Jones Award @dianajonesaward.org · 01/06/2026

We’re excited to announce the three winners of this year’s Diana Jones Award Emerging Designer Program: @classicalglaiza.com, @yesnogoodbye.ca, and @jaztice.bsky.social!

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Edda Mendes @leakyeaves.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Just restocked 50 free copies of Collectible Trading Moon Game. Get 'em while they last.

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Collectible Trading Moon Game by leakyeaves

a card game where every card is the moon

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Whether you like roleplaying as an actual rabbit on the run from your Thousand enemies, a talking tea drinking Edwardian hedgehog or a public sector worker in a south London borough council who just wants to smoke fags & skive off then I'm happy to say that we have the magazine for you wyrd.science

a photo of Wyrd Science 8 open to a feature on Bunnies & Burrows

a photo of Wyrd Science 8 open to a review of RiverBank

a photo of Wyrd Science 8 open to a review of. Croydon Spaceport Mission Control

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Spiel des Jahres @spiel-des-jahres.de · 19/05/2026

Nominiert für das Kennerspiel des Jahres: „Boss Fighters QR“ von Michael Palm und Lukas Zach, erschienen bei Pegasus Spiele, „Moon Colony Bloodbath“ von von Donald X. Vaccarino, erschienen bei Alea und „Rebirth“ von Reiner Knizia, erschienen bei Frosted Games und Mighty Boards. Glückwunsch!

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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

For the late crowd: YOU are invited to attend our free, 100% online conference Generation Analog 2026 "GREEN" on July 15-16. Keynotes from Alenda Chang (Playing Nature) and Matteo Menapace (Daybreak), as well as dozens of high-quality talks. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/generation...

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Generation Analog 2026 "GREEN"

Generation Analog is an annual online tabletop games and education conference.

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Jason Morningstar @jmstar.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I just turned in Werewolf Health Van, a game that has been seriously delayed by (waves arms around). I wanted a deluxe printed version but that isn't really practical, so instead of beating my head against production obstacles indefinitely I made a PNP version.

All 87 pages of Werewolf Health Van as tiny thumbnails.

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Reimena Yee 🦇 @reimenayee.com · 20/04/2026

The Study of Comics in Academia May 30, 6 PM EDT I'll be moderating a panel for @cartoonist.coop Nib & Ink Digital Comics Festival, with @neilcohn.bsky.social @scottmccloud.bsky.social @nsousanis.bsky.social - geeking over the developments in comics studies. nif.cartoonist.coop/event/the-st...

Our personalised avatars speaking in speech bubbles. The content of the bubbles is pretty much what's on the text of this post!

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Connections Online @cnx-onl.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Connections Online • 20-25 April • tinyurl.com/cnxonl26

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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 15/04/2026

Another free library game design class! This time in Maryland. Registration link with the QR code or URL at the bottom of the image.

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Jolie Braun @joliebraun.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The first issue of Whole Fanzine Catalog (1978) ends with an article to help aspiring zine makers understand the labor & cost involved. He breaks it down step by step & concludes, "You can count on a 24 page fanzine of 200 copies to take about 50 hours to produce." fanac.org/fanzines/Who...

Screenshot of "Zen and the Art of Mimeo Maintenance" article in issue one of the Whole Fanzine Catalog by Brian Earl Jones.

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Rascal News @rascal.news · 14/04/2026

We've updated to a metered paywall. Readers without an account can read any two stories per month, and free members can read another two. Details here: (Nothing is changing for paying members!)

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Readers, we're experimenting with the paywall

More access for all.

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Hendrik is writing an ashcan about nuns @napel.itch.io · 07/02/2026

I recently watched 'Rabbit à la Berlin' or 'Mauerhase', about the rabbit colonies that survived for generations in the dead zone between the two sides of the Berlin Wall—and today excellent Copenhagish coffees helped me write a playset for The Warren about exactly those rabbits. 🧵

A brown rabbit next to a part of the defences within the dead zone.

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Jaroslav Švelch @electroslav.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Sharing this posting which could be a dream PhD for many: www.uni.lu/en/jobs/doct...

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Doctoral Researcher in Historical Game Studies

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Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Always a treat to read a veteran like @jaybushman.bsky.social on the history of ARG-like work, especially when they pull in comparisons to film and immersive theatre history! Firsts are rarely truly firsts…

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Being First Is Overrated

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Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Death Stranding's ambulation + Eclipse larp's Explorer gameplay + PUBG's shrinking play area = ??? Strandfall, the highly physical outdoor larp I'm designing with @x13n.com, has many influences. Here are three of them!

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Influences, Part One

How we’re influenced by Death Stranding’s ambulation, Eclipse’s sensors, and PUBG’s shrinking play area.

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Brian Liberge/Freddie (she/he) 🔜 NotAConCon @brianliberge.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

So #PAXEast start for me tomorrow so I wont remember to like self promote each day. Here's all the games that Games on Demand is running www.canva.com/design/DAHBs...

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Jeremiah Tolbert @jeremiahtolbert.com · 23/03/2026

The Veiled City has launched a third beta test. We need your help! Come play as chaos wizards, alien collaborators, worshippers of sleeping gods, cryptid preservationists, or vampire blood dealers. Recruit your friends, recruit your enemies. A good ol-fashioned browser MMO! www.veiledcity.com

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The Veiled City

A multiplayer conspiracy game of secrets, influence, and hidden agendas.

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Jeremiah Tolbert @jeremiahtolbert.com · 23/03/2026

The next beta play of The Veiled City launches tomorrow. You can learn a little more about it here! veiledcity.com

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The Veiled City

A multiplayer conspiracy game of secrets, influence, and hidden agendas.

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Cloud Ko @kloudysky.io · 15/03/2026

QA is where you build the specific paranoia good design requires. You learn to ask 'what happens if someone does the thing we didn't think of' a thousand times, and then you can't stop asking it even when you're designing. That's not a bug. That's the skill.

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Elisa Mekler @elisamekler.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🎮 Do you know any *good* theories for making games? 🎮 Share your thoughts in our survey res58.itu.dk/limesurvey/I... Whether you are a game dev, scholar, educator, or blog about games. @dooleymurphy.bsky.social and I would love to hear from you! 🌟 Thanks for participating and reposting! 🌟

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Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

If you're at #GDC this year, come join me for a game of Molly House or Arcs and see some of the new things we have in the works! schedule.gdconf.com/session/play...

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Manuel Correia @gamesbymanuel.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

- Dissect the games you play/see. Why does it work? How would you improve it? (Warning: It’s very hard to turn it off) - Keep an eye on what games are currently popular. - Learn about older games and boardgames. - Make prototypes. - Participate in game jams. - 𝗗𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀!

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nige 'dear ratboy' @niall.codes · 03/03/2026

Introducing the <Low Poly Rat Jam>! Team up or go it alone - submissions open 6 - 22 March. No ranks, no prizes, only a promise: I will play and review EVERY RAT GAME. itch.io/jam/low-poly... #ratjam #gamedev #lowpoly #lowpolyratday

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Low Poly Rat Jam

A game jam from 2026-03-06 to 2026-03-22 hosted by Niall Slater. This is a low-poly rat: Low-poly rats have helped game developers since the late 90s, fleshing out our 3D spaces, providing immersive f...

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Connections Online @cnx-onl.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Do you have your 📆 blocked off for Connections Online yet? CNX ONL is the premier online conference for wargaming practitioners, running for half a decade (so far!) Conference will be held 20-25 April Registration expected to open early March www.tinyurl.com/cnxo...

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Brian Liberge/Freddie (she/he) 🔜 NotAConCon @brianliberge.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Game Designers, Games on Demand and groups like us are your friends. We help people play your games, and then they have a great time. They go and buy your game and play it for others. Do you have art in your game? Put one of those pieces on your website. Please. I need it. It helps me.

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Jeremiah Tolbert @jeremiahtolbert.com · 23/02/2026

The next Veiled City playtest has begun. Please come give this browser game a try and let me know what you think! Use your team of assets to lead the Saucer People, Neo Discordians, Invisible Hand, Mothman Saves! or Servitors of the Sleeping Ones to victory and rule the world. veiledcity.com.

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Aaron Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The most important rules text of a TTRPG is often “this is a role playing game”.

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 18/02/2026

@megueyb.bsky.social joined us in Auburn last week and she and Rae had yet another splendid design conversation.

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Why Play Matters More Than Ever // Type Speaks 02.19

YouTube video by WEGL 91.1

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Jason Morningstar @jmstar.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Make A Scene is looking for fresh new parlor larps. They will give you $300 and help you tune up your game and then run it multiple times. They premiere first-time designers every year! It's a great festival and the sort of thing I'd love to see more of. makeascenemn.org/en/call-for-...

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Submit a Scenario | MAKE A SCENE!

Calling all scenario authors, past, present, and future! We are seeking brand new live-action roleplaying scenarios exploring the festival theme of Tempo to premiere at Make a Scene in August 2026! We...

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Jennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

hear me out: Autumn Olympics (centered on sedate indoor sports: darts, bowling, chess, pool/snooker/billiards) Spring Olympics (centered on children's playground sports: hopscotch, tag, dodgeball, four square, jumprope)

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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com · 11/02/2026

The NYU Game Center's hiring! A senior, tenure-track professor post for an experienced game designer, artist or industry pro with a notable body of creative work. Experience finishing games and mentoring/teaching more important than any kind of academic credential! gamecenter.nyu.edu/were-hiring-...

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We're Hiring! Join the NYU Game Center Faculty as an Associate Professor! - NYU | Game Center

Description Associate or Full tenure professor position for the NYU Game Center New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Position Overview The NYU Game Center is seeking applicants to join its fa...

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Bully Pulpit Games @bullypulpithq.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

If you are an academic interested in using our games for teaching and learning, know that we love to see it! Case in point, Willian Amboni Scheffer. a Professor at UNIGUAÇU in São Miguel do Iguaçu, has written a paper on his use of #FiascoRPG as part of the contract law curriculum.

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The Quiet Year is now back in stock no matter where you live! The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US! store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the...

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The Quiet Year (box set)

The Quiet Year is a map game. You define the struggles of a community living after the collapse of civilization, and attempt to build something good within their quiet year. Every decision and every a...

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 07/01/2026

#TTRPG Designers, players, & related nerds: @ttrpgcataloging.bsky.social is a group of Library & Information Science MA students are working on a research project focused on improving cataloging for TTRPGs — unbelievably important work! They’re seeking participants for interviews.

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Shannon Appelcline @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Jim Wampler announced this morning that we lost Tim Kask, who passed in his sleep on the 30th. Tim was the creator of The Dragon, which set the foundation for what an industry-focused magazine should be. He was an icon and one of the few early founders of TSR still with us.

Cover of the Dragon #1. A green dragon sits in front of a rosy red background. It is the "Premiere Issue", from June (1976).

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Aaron Voigt @aavoigt.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.

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The Golden Age of Indie RPGs: 2010-2025

YouTube video by A.A. Voigt

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Library Futures @libraryfutures.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Feeling discontent with civilization? Fear not, it's just about time to celebrate more work ascending into the public domain! We'll see you on the sunny side of the street in January! web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...

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Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law

January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US l...

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Jeremiah Tolbert @jeremiahtolbert.com · 16/12/2025

If you are interested in playtesting my browser game, The Veiled City, you can join the Discord here. I plan to launch a week long beta for the current state tomorrow at noon central: discord.gg/CKUZ7KHA

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Join the The Veiled City Discord Server!

Check out the The Veiled City community on Discord - hang out with 4 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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