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Flora 🍓🏳️‍⚧️ @floramerigold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yesterday's news about Jacob Geller broke my heart, so much that I couldn't stop dwelling on it all day. In an effort to make sense of this horrific news and my admittedly complicated feelings about it, here is my article on the Jacob Geller situation: epiloguegaming.com/what-do-we-d...

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What Do We Do With Jacob Geller? - Epilogue Gaming

Earlier this week, a friend noticed Jacob Geller’s book, How A Game Lives, sitting amongst my living room shelves. Under almost any other circumstances, this would have been an exciting invitation for...

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 01/10/2026

just came across this incredible picture of Terry Pratchett

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tanze bravopueblo / w.s. healed @tattletale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

a rulebook should never give players 'permission' to change or break the rules -- the 'permission' is inherent in the fact that it's an inanimate object that can't do anything to stop you. it's at once condescending to the players and denigrating to your own design work

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Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Cam girls provide a service more valuable than any CEO and are our braver than our troops (genuine)

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🌦️Wifeguy Auteur🌦️ @delugeduvall.effigyfilms.com · 25/09/2026

if “we’re all cam girls in a surveillance state” ya’ll better be acting in solidarity with actual fucking cam girls 😒

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 26/09/2026

Have I played “Control Resonant”? Sorry…I’m too busy reading the story of a man who “Controls Rocinante”…that’s right, Miguel Cervantes’ immortal tale “Don Quixote de La Mancha”. So you enjoy your strange “Federal Bureau”…I’ll be delighting in the adventures of Sancho Panza and his “Friendly Burro”

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🪼Ghost Jellyfishlines 🔜 PaxU🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 18/09/2026

The #Noir-vemberJam with @tyrastafr-ttrpgs.bsky.social and I is taking sign ups! Join us in making Noir TTRPGs this November. Join us in creating games that the Noir directors could only dream of having the artistic freedom to make. itch.io/jam/noirvemb...

A greyscale itch banner that reads "in THE NOIR-VEMBER TTRPG JAM presented by Irving Benitez & Tyrastafr." The year 2026 is written in Roman Numerals (MMXXVI).

The section "in THE NOIR-VEMBER TTRPG JAM" with a drop shadow behind the letters. The words "presented by" look as if written in marker or chalk. The names are the same font as "NOIR-VEMBER" but without the dropshadow.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Todd Achilles, a veteran running for U.S. Senate in Idaho as an independent, has a new ad about starting wars.

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

friend told me a story about her dad’s college music class where they wrote different examples of classical compositions John Williams ripped off and John Williams showed up for a masterclass one day, saw it, went over to the blackboard and started adding more examples

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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As a long, long, long, long, long time Converse buyer, I will never buy a Converse product ever again. I am sick of the virtue signalling to racists. I see this and I see a man hanged, a white robe that could be a klansman's robe and light shaped like a KKK hat. What the actual hell!?!

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🎃🐇 Spooky Sashi 🏴🚩 @moonrabbit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

this one has full decades of DMing XP, including one decade-long SINGLE campaign. it has worked two contracts and one FTE is hasbro. advice: find another system. there are far better ones without the ethical baggage of both gygax AND the current corporate caretaker of the IP. find another system.

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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Underrated part of the Sydney Sweeney gambling ad is she reassures us the app can't be used to bet on wars, the concept no one had heard of like three years ago

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Magnolia Keep @magnoliakeep.itch.io · 16/09/2026

Why the fuck does the Questing Beast RPG Survey ask you your political affiliation.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026

Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop. You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it.

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Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So like, under a games-as-activities model, I think you can somewhat reliably label subjects as players and objects as toys. Trammel makes it clear that people can be objects in a game, which I'm saying makes them into a toy (though I might need more potential object-categories under this model).

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Freyja Valentine, Girl IRL Cat URL @freyjavalentine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Playing dungeons and dragons

An arcade cabinet with a large "EVE mining simulator" label. On the screen is the character select screen for dungeons and dragons: shadows over mystara

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Freyja Valentine, Girl IRL Cat URL @freyjavalentine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What kills me about this game is how much it emulated the actual rules of Basic D&D with all the little details, like randomly rolled hp on level up, getting XP, flaming oil as a consumable item etc

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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Centrism is brainworms.

A tweet that reads "I don't think anybody on the right today would line me up against a wall and shoot me for being gay.
I think most DSA supporters would absolutely be okay lining me up against a wall and shoot me for being a political dissident.
There is a horrifying bloodthirst on the left."

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sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

[rings bell] theoryslop! theoryslop! come get yer theoryslop while it's still hot!

one page. header reads "RPG DESIGNER THEORYSLOP ALIGNMENT CHARTS & SHEET." gray text under the header reads "You have 20 points to assign to each stat array, Pendragon-style. For tri- or otherwise multi-polar arrays, express the stats as ranges, e.g. “Gamist 1–7 / Dramatist 8–9 / Simulationist 10–20.”
subheaders followed by lines for writing read: "Designer: / Project: / Link:"
subheader reads "Binary Traits," followed by a list of silly game studies paired descriptors and space to write stats: "Ludologist / Narratologist // Game-as-Activity / Game-as-Object // Proceduralist / Anti-Proceduralist // Diegetic / Endogenous // Suitsian / Non-Suitsian // Closed Lusory Goal / Open Lusory Goal // Toy-Game / Meta-Game // Character-Locked / Authorial // Problem-Solving / Story-Telling // Rulebooks / Adventures."
subheader reads "Special Twinned Binary Traits (the Bartle Zone)," followed by gray text reading "Assign 20 points to each axis, but make a single roll when testing the combined traits." following is a two-axis chart, north-south reading "Social / Non-Social" and west-east reading "Aggressive / Passive."
in the second column, a subheader reads "Multi-Polar Traits" followed by shapes with stats at their corners: triangle, "Dramatist / Gamist / Simulationist"; square, "Agon / Alea / Mimicry / Ilinx"; hexagon, "Classic / OSR / Trad / Nordic larp / Neotrad / Storygames"; square, "Gamer / Actor / Socialite / Immersive."
a subheader reads "Skills," followed by a big list of 32 skills, with space for stats next to each: Academia, Acting, Art Direction, Blog, Cartography, Copyediting, Credit Rating, Day Jon, Game Studies, Graphic Design, Illustration, Layout, Line Editing, Livestream, Marketing, Networking, Operations, Organizing, Podcast, Printing, Production, Proofreading, Shitpost, Shortform Video, Social Media, Thirst Trap, Video Essay, Web Dev, Writ. (Adventure), Writing (Lore), Writing (Rules), Other: "
gray text reads "Sam Sorensen, September 2026"

same theoryslop designer sheet as before, this time filled out in handwritten green, for me, Sam. I skew towards problem-solving, goal-driven play, as well as towards adventures, imaginary worlds, and simulationism. the notable inclusions in my skills lists are a +6 in game studies, a +4 in academic, blog, layout, line editing, and adventure-writing, and a +2 in "museum," my "other" skill

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A man rapped with his dog at the Apollo, the stage famous for booing acts off before their first verse, and the crowd went wild for both of them.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is a true thing I do. In my head, to amuse myself when I am bored, I write a version of Lord of the Rings where Gandalf sends Red Sonja to watch over Frodo instead of Strider. Not kidding, I have been writing this in my head for over a decade. She also falls hard for Arwen.

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IAHFY ✦ @iahfy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Samus & Kirby

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(Self) Regulators, mount up! @bankuei.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Over years in the RPG scene I've argued for more complete rules sets, it's never been about "a rule for everything" or an experience where you don't invest any work or labor. It's just been "Can a new person figure out how to play this game w/o importing game knowledge from elsewhere?"

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Radiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I have just been told by my boss that I am likely about to lose the job that is my main source of income due to this. If that happens, I will lose everything. Please help. If I can raise this money in the next few days, everything will be okay.

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Bolt thunder @boltthunder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Y'all in nyc please be careful. Fishtank is trying to bait y'all.

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Alexander the Fine @alexrineh.art · 13/09/2026

Sunlight breaks through the clouds, birds chirp as if for the first time. The smell of hope fills the air.

Comment on itch.io
I am new to TTRPGs, what is 5e?

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Once again I am asking why this happens to indie games and not big blockbusters where you can fuck the bear or go to strip clubs. And once again I know the answer

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William Hughes @plumberduck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is incredibly wild to me: The SCP Foundation Wiki Licensing Team gave me a statement this afternoon confirming that nobody making the V/H/S/: SCP movie that A24 has just signed on to has talked to anybody from the Wiki.

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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Don’t worry. Abigail wants you. She’s always wanted you.

The image features neon pink text on a textured background with the heading "Warrior Affirmations." The text includes statements about masculinity and virility, and references the game "Stardew Valley."

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CLAYFACE: CELEBRITY DIRT #3 out now @judedoyle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

People of All Genders Empowered to Maintain Delusion That They Have A Chance With Gillian Anderson

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robdog 👾 @robdogdraws.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My dogs, are, hongrayyy

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It's kind of crazy that the right wanted to turn Charlie Kirk into their Reichstag Fire, but instead they accidentally turned him into their Harambe

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A lot of people asking me how this isn't the New InfoWars and guess what maybe it is?

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 09/09/2026

lol for metroid going ok ok samus is gonna talk again but this time instead of going on about adam she's going to say she wants to eat you. are you happy now. is that what you freaks want

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Incredible sentence.

Indeed, while Jordan became a reclusive prisoner to his iconic status, Barkley lived to be out among the masses, and his nightclub hopping led to more than one mano a mano face-off with loudmouth fans. “Let there be no conflict in America,” Barkley said in 1997, after he tossed an obnoxious heckler through a plate-glass window in an Orlando, Fla., bar.

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Andy “voice of Brak” Merrill. 🎅🏻🤡🐒💩 @amerrill2.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I was told last year at a con that I should do more Space Ghost Coast to Coast episodes. I said that it would be impossible seeing that I was the only voice actor left alive. He suggested that I just use ai. I answered him a little loudly, “Oh, so I should just shit on my friends’ memories?”

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