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Michael DeBondt

@michaelsmindonline.bsky.social
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I share my mind on a regular basis. The wisdom in this has yet to be determined. Pro-Game Mastering, My Website, and more at linktr.ee/michaelsmindonline

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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Just fired up a new Roll20 table for a new campaign. Based on the auto generated title I feel like it's going to be a good one 😁
Roll20 table setup page with the auto generated title "Michael's New Game 69"
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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 10/06/2026
New Blogpost: Five methods for dealing with repeated results on random tables #osr #ttrpg #blogwagon
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Five Solutions to the Birthday Paradox in Tables — Prismatic Wasteland
When you are using a random table more than once, you are likely going to run into repeated results. Here are five ways to deal with that problem, particularly for random encounter tables.
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Satanic Panic | DNGN CLUB @dngnclub.itch.io · 09/06/2026
Made a micro ruleset for abstract base building in #daggerheart (also includes rules for armies and warfare). Fairly comprehensive but easy to run (and easy to expand)!
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Balatro @balatro.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
#TrenchCrusade inspired battlemaps! Steel Necropolis, no man's land, the northern Hellmouth and more. So many awesome scenes for TC to explore, I do wonder if there is an audience for virtual play trench crusade- #TTRPG #wargaming #dieselpunk patreon.com/balatroart
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
What's today's creative mood? I'm glad you asked.
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Satan's Arrival
Revolt Production Music · In Bloom · Song · 2017
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
#DnD & #TTRPG GMs, I'm curious what you find most useful when running a settlement/small region (valley/lake/landmark etc). Like having a random enouters table or a list of prominent locales. I'm working on a project and it'd be helpful to hear.
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I never thought of this before but I wonder how many small fish swim into an octopuses' ear hole gill things thinking it's a little cave to hide in. Like it's had to of happened in the heat of a chase at some point right?
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Having some friends come over today. I've made a few fun brain ticklers to throw in our new Pick a Topic jar. Wonder how it will go 😂
Three different cards with three different conversation starter questions. One says "morally wrong to sleep with cousin of gay?", another says "does slang become not slang wants in dictionary?", in the last one says "how much does culture influence media versus vice versa?"
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I'm trying to adopt a healthier social media balance. In that effort I've been closing out of the infinite scrollers (TikTok, Insta, YouTube Shorts) the moment I get fed something that I do not enjoy or is an ad. So far I'd say it's working quite well 😁
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Quico Vicens-Picatto @quicoarts.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Instagram: www.instagram.com/quicovicens_...
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Saves and Sorcery->EPOCHS Unbound RPG! @savesandsorcery.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
It's #SelfPromoSaturday so let's see your #ttrpg #wip #gaming and #artistonbluesky projects below! 😎 #ttrpgcommunity
Pocket Quest MEGA Bundle
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Soundpukeygirl @soundpukeygirl.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Part four of the eleventh map of 2026. Fill color. #dndmaps #dungeon26 #fantasymaps
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
this is a masterpiece
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Map Map is a fantastic game and scratching the mapmaking/orienteering Miasmata originally ignited in me. I'm so happy more games in this weird niche genre are being funded 🥳
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Sam Leigh ➡️ PAX U @goblinmixtape.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Did you know I sell lightly damaged copies of my games on my website? Each one is sold at the same price as the PDF ($8-10), which is included. Shipping is $5, whether for one book or all three!
Three zine-sized games (Anamnesis, The World We Left Behind, and Death of the Author) lined up next to each other. Each one has a small dent in the top right corner.
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Why is staging consistently productive so hard? Like I'm not even talking about highly or very productive. Just a steady "chipping away at it" is a challenge sometimes.
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DriveThruRPG @drivethrurpg.com · 04/05/2026
The indie #TTRPG zines created as part of this year's #PocketQuest game design jam have launched! Shop here: tinyurl.com/5ytwj8v4 Check out Time Travel themed games by new and returning game jam designers today (or tomorrow?)!
PocketQuest indie RPG game jam content is available now at DriveThruRPG.com
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Grab your tech Agents, Time Gnomes has launched for #PocketQuest2026! Track down thieving interdimensional goblins, identify anomalies they've caused, and fix them before they cascade out of control and an entire timeline. #PocketQuest #TTRPG www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Unveiling my #PocketQuest game, Time Gnomes! A sequel to Loot Goblins. Chase goblin thieves across the multiverse and fix anomalies before the timeline collapses! Launches May 7 on DriveThruRPG. In the meantime, check out Loot Goblins. drivethrurpg.com/en/... #PocketQuest2026 #SelfPromoSaturday
Cover to the game Time Gnomes. Depicting a Gnome looking at a computer monitor with strange symbols while side monitors show the activities of Time Gnome agents on assignment.
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lofty jungle @loftyjungle.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My PocketQuest title this year is the longest #TTRPG I've written yet. What can I say, I love time travel fiction! Check out the awesome cover art by @koobearq.bsky.social ! #PocketQuest2026 titles launch on Monday, May 4th so check back then for a link to this #timeTravel setting for #Mausritter
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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
inside the Genie's Palace, second floor. How to Defend Your Lair, 2022. #ttrpg #dnd
Photo of the interior of Genie's palace isometric illustration on paper. It has many rooms with banquet halls, libraries, meeting rooms, cushions, fountains, thrones and bedrooms.
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I haven't done a lot of #worldbuilding lately... I should worldbuild... The only question is what world 🤔
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
If you think about it it's actually quite remarkable how you can effortlessly transition from walking forwards to walking backwards and then back again. Like that is surprisingly complicated coordination that we just take for granted. #ShowerThoughts
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
@lukehumphris.bsky.social's new #TTRPG is now live on kickstarter. It looks neat and I think I'm jumping on board. Also, I literally just got the dam pun 🤦‍♂️ When Society Collapsed: Dam Nation www.kickstarter.com/projects/whe...
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When Society Collapsed: Dam Nation - A Tabletop RPG
A rules-light TTRPG about what you would do after the world ends, from animator Luke Humphris.
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Me driving through a normally congested School Zone this week.
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting on a couch with a woman in a white shirt behind him .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting on a couch with a woman in a white shirt behind him .
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Sooooo I just discovered Affinity v3 now exists and it includes the ability to export ePub files. So why am I not happy. It's free and has Canva's stamp on it. Don't get me wrong the downloadable app seems good. Like really good. My gut is just turning thinking about when that's gonna change
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I just read a bumper sticker that said "There is Power in the Blood of Jesus" and realized how much that sounded like some rumor you'd stumble on in a #TTRPG game. "You are not strong enough to fight the Dark Lord, but within the blood of the Jesus, you'll find the power."
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
You know what one of my favorite things about #PocketQuest is? Getting a reason to scribble in my dev journal. It feels so much more fluid to brainstorm to paper rather than a screen. And I get to make nifty little doodles while I think on ideas! #WIPWednesday
A journal with TTRPG dev notes. Referencing preventing time cascades, what increases disruption, special equipment, and disruption and anomalies as timers/counters.

There are also notable sections censored that are preventing the reader from knowing who would be using said equipment.
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Okay does anyone know the craziness that is the lore of the gummi bears? Was re-watching Crown of Candy and they made a joke about them. Ended up explaining the show to my fiancee. From memory though it went insanely deep. 1/4
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Okay... Not expecting this but pleasently excited 😁.
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Working on my next #TTRPG #PocketQuest title and it might just have a tie in to my hiest game Loot Goblins (🤫) from 2024. It's still one of my favorite projects to have worked on. If shenanigans filled hiests are your jam you should check it out. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
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Loot Goblins (PocketQuest 2024) - Michael's Mind Online | Michael's Mind Online | DriveThruRPG
Do your ears perk up at the sound of gold jingling?Do your eyes sparkle at the sight of precious gems?Do your fingers tingle and itch when you're told not to touch?Well jump on in fellow Loot Goblin, ...
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
That feeling of time pressure on a weekend when you have stuff you want to get done really sucks. On the plus side I'm getting better at ignoring it.
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Aquarian Design @aquarian-design.itch.io · 06/03/2026
After a few years off, I'm participating in #PocketQuest again this year! My untitled game will be a spiritual successor to Planetary Tales, a d12 roll under game I made a few years ago that I am very proud of! It will be rewritten from the ground up with a more curated experience in mind.
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It's #PocketQuest of year again and I've never been busier. But I'm determined to participate this year. Really vibing with my idea this year. Working title, Project Cascade.
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DriveThruRPG @drivethrurpg.com · 02/03/2026
It's that time of the year! #PocketQuest 2026, our annual game jam, is ON! 🥳 This year's theme? Time Travel! ⏰ This game jam is perfect if you're creating your first game or if you have been creating games for years! ✨ Read the rules & come join us! ➡️ medium.com/drivethru/po...
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Was curious for this game but after playing the demo I'm blown away! It's the mapmaking game I've always yearned for! Step counting, landmarks, penciling on notes, complex geography. No joke I think I might cry this is so cool 😭. Stopped on island 5 to wait for launch #mapmaking #TTRPG #cartography
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/02/2026
BREAKING: Israel has launched a “preventative” attack against Iran, as witnesses say they have heard explosions in Iran’s capital, Tehran, according to the Reuters news agency.
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Yanni 🧿➡️ SAVage Zinefest @theurbanavian.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
With animus find freedom. #AmbitionTTRPG
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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!
A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The biggest realization I've had game prep is that all the tips I read need to be adjusted to work for me and my table. I love SlyFlourish.com style of "lazy" GM prep, but figuring out it's most useful to me if I add some additional details it doesn't call for took me WAY too long to get. #TTRPG
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
That #TTRPG #DnD group of mine that was discovering world secrets has had a few sessions... We're spelljamming now 😅. Wasn't the goal but they found the option and took it. So glad I created a local Astral Sea map in the 30 mins before last session. Now gotta come up with some other worlds... 1/2
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Think I hit a #GM #TTRPG milestone tonight. Prepping for a session, didn't know where to take it, decided to drop a random "dungeon" for them to explore. No lead up, no long backstory, just a simple "dungeon" with an idea that interests me. Wonder if they bite or if I get to save it for later. 1/2
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I sometimes like to get into the mindset of one of my campaign villains when I need to knuckle down at work (kind of indicated how I view business huh xD) Only issue is it's very easy for my mind to start wandering back to campaign planning :/
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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
cartoon of the brown hoodie kid from Chicago who confronted Danny Spud in his high school
Caption: You're gonna get in trouble!
Brown: Ok.
FUCK ICE
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Does anyone else get a specific scene they want to run or happen in your #TTRPG game stuck your head and you replay it over and over and over again, specifically listening to a certain song that highlights all the epic parts of that scene? Just me?
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The Verge @theverge.com · 09/02/2026
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
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Rebane @rebane2001.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
working on a xikipedia app (PWA) with new features, more info soon ^^
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Robert A. Taylor, author @robbietaylor.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
#TTRPG
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Michael DeBondt @michaelsmindonline.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The world of Spirituus is rapidly changing session per session. I feel like my once a month monster hunting game might be spinning off into a separate side campaign soon 😁 Glimpses of that are being seen in the Realm Reporter more and more.
Front page of a newspaper from a the fantasy world of Spirituus. It shows three stories. The lockdown of the Guild of Thorns tower headquarters because of a security breach, blankets being donated enmass by and adventurer, and fiendish monsters are on the rise in the Bestia Forest.
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