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monkeyEcho (he/him)

@monkeyecho.bsky.social
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Author of A Fistful of Darkness and Rules & Stories. Here for the ttrpg content. #afod #fitd

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
15 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves. Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:
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RP @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com · 17/09/2026
Looking for actual play podcast/channels who would be interested in checking out Boundless. Any takers ? It's a peril fantasy RPG about characters trying to be the sparks of hope the land desperately need.
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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Y'all, @scenefour.bsky.social is doing *the work* with short form videos in the #ttrpg trenches -- posting truly insightful commentary while parrying and riposting a barrage of nit-pickers every day. Massive respect and glory to his name! Check him out here: www.youtube.com/@scene_four or on Insta.
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Sean Foer
I'm Sean, a professional Game Master and designer, writer and editor of tabletop RPGs!
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and try not to get caught up in @seannittner.bsky.social 's relentless enthusiasm for gaming. It's the State of the Hat! ...fully time-stamped for your convenient. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbB3...
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State of the Hat - September 2026
YouTube video by Evil Hat Productions
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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sean highlights some new Blades tech in this video (around 18:38): the campaign sheets for Dagger Isles. These help the GM set up and run the revolutionary resistance missions that most Dagger Isles crews will be pursuing in the game. Fun stuff! More to come. :)
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
working on something helpful for your game: I call it Janus Faces. Would be nice to hear from you what you think and if I should post more examples for different genres. #ttrg #games #gamedesign #rpg productivemonkey.wordpress.com/2026/08/29/j...
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Janus Faces – Playing tropes and breaking them
Playing tropes is fun. Breaking out of tropes is fun, too! JANUS FACES are ultra‑concise, dual‑nature descriptors for characters — two sharp statements, facing in opposite directions, revealing the…
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
#usefultools #tools #procreate #windows If you're using Procreate on the iPad and you're backing up your stuff on a windows machine, you may find the Procreate Viewer for Windows useful. Check it out: github.com/NothingData/... It's by guy/girl/someone called NothingData. If that's you: THANKS!
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GitHub - NothingData/ProcreateViewer: If you transfer your Procreate backups to a Windows PC, you've likely noticed that .procreate files show up as blank, unrecognized icons. ProcreateViewer solves t...
If you transfer your Procreate backups to a Windows PC, you've likely noticed that .procreate files show up as blank, unrecognized icons. ProcreateViewer solves this problem by integrating dire...
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
@alienintuition.bsky.social Didn't know that they are selling vst plugins on itch. 'til now thanks to you. Nice!
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DC Bradshaw @dcbradshaw.com · 24/07/2026
And it's live! "School's Out for Summer" is a bundle of 44 family-friendly TTRPGs, made by 32 amazing creators (and me!), to help keep the kids entertained over the summer. Until the end of August, you can grab $200+ of games for just $20 on @rpgtrader.bsky.social rpg-trader.com/products/742...
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School's Out for Summer on RPG Trader
A bundle of family-friendly TTRPGs for the holidays
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🌱Elaine Lithgow🌱 @elainelithgow.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Did you know, for the Children of Time RPG we designed a GM screen that transforms between reference materials for the ark ship and the alien planet side of play? Why? Because I am incapable of making a normal-ass GM screen and @mazistyping.bsky.social keeps enabling my sicko shit.
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Mythworks is making the Myth Work @mythworks.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Glow #8 starts pulling back the curtain on some of the biggest mysteries we've been building toward for years. Live on Kickstarter NOW 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/myt...
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 20/06/2026
Oh, hey!! A Tim & Tim production. Tim Hutchings did such a nice job with the print production on this, it's a beautiful object. Hardback, gold foil, the works.
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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole Con @tabletopbookshelf.com · 20/06/2026
NEW: An Account of the Lengthy Existence and Numerous Experiences of Ambrose Blackhouse, Vampire, With Special Attention to Those Years in Which He Walked Upon This Earth Tho Dead by Tim Denee @olddog.games
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NatFun podcast @natfunpodcast.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Who counts all the way to three? Find out what was stolen and who wants it back! In our weird wild west adventure "Hellstruck's Demise". The complete adventure is available on YouTube, all major podcast listening networks and our website. #ttrpg #podcast #weirdwildwest @monkeyecho.bsky.social
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SOVKA ✶ @monstersovka.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Today is my birthday 🌱 I will be grateful for the repost ~
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"original media", that's cool! My hard drive crashed (not cool) and I have to re-instal my trusted tools by @spectrasonics.bsky.social ... which means finding the original CDs and firing up those old windows installers again. Lucky me, my Trilian Box has a place of honor and I still have a CD drive
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Rob @arrellemm.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I’d love to be an NPC in an open world RPG where some random fucker comes along and solves all my problems just for XP.
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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
If Breathless: Frightmare Edition funds, I'll make this. (KS link in the thread 👇). @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com @mythworks.bsky.social
The cover for "Requiem for the Wretched Dead: Breathless Survival in the Deathlands" depicting a scene in the deathlands on the Shattered Isles. An electroplasmic lightning storm rages across a desolate landscape of rocks and ash, silhouetting a strange tower in the distance, glowing with arcane energies.
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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This game is amazing and it's in its final hours of crowdfunding now. Check it out if you haven't yet!
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Erin Tierney | Veil’s Edge Games @veilsedgegames.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This week's Unbundled is A Fistful of Darkness by @monkeyecho.bsky.social in the TTRPGs for Trans Rights in Texas bundle.
ID: Cover of A Fistful of Darkness cover, featuring a silhouette of a cowboy holding a rifle.
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Creative work
A pie Chart with two Segments. 10% decide on a design. 90% keep the Design. Titel is Distribution of Willpower
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Writing the A Fistful of Darkness Companion was a good excuse to create some art and new stuff, back in the weird west world of aFoD. Here are some examples to show you what's in the book. #afod #fitd #ttrpg First a new (hellboyish) Playbook which may give campaigns a very different spin.
First page of the Emberborn Playbook with description, stats, contacts, etc. It's about an entitiy crafted or conceived in the Burning Burning beyond.
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 02/04/2026
More art of Blades '68! It's almost out of my hands 🥲
A spread from Blades '68 featuring a Ministry of Stability propaganda poster: "Don't Let Them Burst Our Bubble", it reads, with a sinister handing holding a needle near a blue bubble. A spread from Blades '68 showing "Life in '68", including 6 little cars/autopods in a variety of colours and styles. A spread from Blades '68 showing Hit Squad opportunities, accompanied by an illustration of a figure silhouetted in front of a round window. The city sky is red. She holds a silenced shooter. A spread from Blades '68 showing the Time Traveler From the Past write-up. The illustration shows a cloaked and hooded figure holding a blade, standing in a 1960s-styled apartment, looking out at the city beyond.
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Since it’s my birthday today, I’m challenging my perfectionism and my imposter syndrome and release the "A Fistful of Darkness Companion". I’ve heard people have been waiting for it… here it is! I hope you like it! Have fun with it! #ttrpg #fitd #afod #weirdwest monkeyecho.itch.io/a-fistful-of...
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A Fistful of Darkness - The Companion by monkeyEcho
Additional Content for A Fistful of Darkness
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islieb @islieb.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Comic, zwei Figuren laufen durch die Gegend. Die hintere Figur schimpft: "Ich möchte von der Gesellschaft nicht akzeptiert werden, ich will nur meine Ruhe!"
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Tea Vampire @stras.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I feel called out ... but also <_<
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Ryan Barr @artbyrbarr.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This Frank Quitely cover for Worlds Finest is amazing!!!
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 05/03/2026
We touched on this idea in the Dice Exploder episode, and I was inspired to write a whole post about metaphorical gears in game design. High gear, low gear, setting gears, system gears. ⚙️ blog.olddog.games/posts/gears-...
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Gears of System, Gears of Lore - The Old Dog Blog
Since Blades ‘68 is almost out the door, I’ve been thinking more about my next game. I’ve been thinking about system, and setting, and how I want them to dovetail....
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 22/02/2026
In case you missed it, I made a bunch of wallpapers for phone and desktop for Blades '68. They're part of your instant rewards, so if you've backed at any level you can get them now..! www.backerkit.com/projects/evi...
A collection of 8 phone wallpapers for Blades '68, showing the various playbooks, overlaid with the text "Blades 68: Wallpaper Collection"A soviet "Project Sphinx" retro home entertainment system, showing Blades '68 wallpapers on the various screens and devices.
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Colin Le Sueur | By Odin’s Beard RPG @byodinsbeardrpg.com · 22/02/2026
Stride into perilous worlds and give 'em hell with lead and grit. We Deal in Lead is a weird west gunslinger #TTRPG, available in hardcover. shop.byodinsbeardrpg.com/products/we-...
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 13/02/2026
I don't know who keeps doing this but you have to stop I'm begging you
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
It's 968 AC. An artificial sun shines down upon Doskvol. Autopods cruise down rows of peaceful, prosperous houses. Beneath it all, strange actors and twisted conspiracies work their shadowy agendas. Blades '68. The future is now. Don't miss it: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
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Blades '68 Crowdfunding Trailer
YouTube video by Evil Hat Productions
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 03/02/2026
In celebration of the imminent Blades ‘68 campaign, I thought I’d talk a bit about its graphic design. BUT FIRST let’s compare and contrast with the graphic design of Blades in the Dark, a landmark in the history of RPG layout. Type nerdery ahoy 🧐
The cover of Blades in the Dark next to the cover of Blades '68
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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The Blades in the Dark Cutter's Deck is available as Print on Demand at DTRPG! It's a full 52-card poker deck with unique Blades-themed suits. legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5428...
An image of the Cutter's Deck, showing the Jack of Blades: a scoundrel holding a pair of blades.An image showing the Cutter's Deck, featuring the card back, the Jack of Devils (a Rail Jack), the Ace of Crowns, and the symbols for all four suits of the deck: Blades, Flames, Crowns, and Devils.
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RP @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com · 29/01/2026
Ahaha holy shit I found a way to make tables in affinity without using the table tool and I’m soooooooo happy I never have to use this damned tool ever again Should I make a tutorial ?
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NatFun podcast @natfunpodcast.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Our full show is officially on YouTube! Featuring episodes from over 15 different game systems! From our first episodes escaping the dinosaurs of J. Park Campus in "Life Finds a Way" to our weird, wild west adventure of "Hellstruck's Demise". #natfunpodcast #ttrpg #dnd #liveplay #podcast
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Will steal Ghost of Tsushima‘s story of the Heavenly Strike for the upcoming Fistful of Darkness companion. Quickest Draw on earth versus beasts of Lightning? You bet!
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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
More Ride or Die deets! - Paragon System (simplified from AGON). - Systems for Races / Chases, Fights, and Heists. - Newbie GM / Player friendly - Series of adventures ("movies") to play through, with guidance to make your own.
A work-in-progress image of the Ride Or Die character sheet, showing the core abilities (Fast, Furious, Cunning, Cool) as well as spaces for your Driver's Ride, Talents, Achievements, and Bonds (starting with your Bond with La Familia -- your friends, family, and crew).
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 09/01/2026
That’s right, Blades ‘68 is coming very soon. And while we’re here — this is the cover!
A mock-up of the cover of Blades ‘68. Features concentric circles of black, blue, orange and yellow, with various 60s figures doing various action montage things like shooting guns or driving cars.
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3W6 Podcast @3w6.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Wir sind wieder da mit einer neuen Staffel: Es geht um Duettspiele und die Frage, wie Erzählspiele zu zweit funktionieren. #pnpde www.3w6-podcast.com/podcast/2026...
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Duettspiele - 3W6 Podcast
Wir sind zurück mit neuen Folgen und einer neuen Reihe: Es geht um Duettspiele, also Erzählspiele, die für zwei Spielende geschrieben wurden. In dieser Folge diskutieren wir die Frage, warum es überha...
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RP @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com · 07/01/2026
When I launched Stoneburner I had around 400-500 signups on Kickstarter and the project raised almost 45K during its campaign. Very happy to see Chronicles is at 860+ signsups on Backerkit, this project is very special to me.
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Chronicles of the Boundless - The Soulslike Horror RPG Carved in Bark and Bones
From Fari RPGs - Chronicles of the Boundless - The Soulslike Horror RPG Carved in Bark and Bones
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NatFun podcast @natfunpodcast.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The exciting conclusion to Hellstruck's Demise! Or is it...  tune in to episode 9 to find out! On your favorite podcast listening network, Patreon or our website natfunpodcast.com #ttrpg #actualplay #natfunpodcast #podcast #natfun #BladesInTheDark #monkeyEcho @monkeyecho.bsky.social
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NatFun podcast @natfunpodcast.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
A Devil's Bargain one might call it... but why? Tune in to episode 9 of "Hellstruck's Demise" to find out! On your favorite podcast listening network, Patreon or our website natfunpodcast.com #ttrpg #actualplay #natfunpodcast #podcast #natfun #BladesInTheDark #monkeyEcho @monkeyecho.bsky.social
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NatFun podcast @natfunpodcast.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Hellstruck's Demise - Episode 9 Allies are called upon as the GM is left in the dark. It’s all or nothing in this final explosive episode! Listen on your favorite podcast listening network and natfunpodcast.com #ttrpg #actualplay #natfunpodcast #natfun #monkeyEcho @monkeyecho.bsky.social
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The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com · 27/12/2025
I was thinking about what gifts people used to give to readers (besides gift editions of famous poets' work and illustrated histories of wars and such), and while I was thinking about it, somebody brought a book to the counter.... (1/10)
A book bound in red cloth with gilt titles and decoration, turned so you can see the ragged cutting on the right edges of the pages
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NatFun podcast @natfunpodcast.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Bad decisions or logical decisions? Tune in to episode 8 of "Hellstruck's Demise" to find out! On your favorite podcast listening network, Patreon or our website natfunpodcast.com #ttrpg #actualplay #funshot #actualplaypodcast #natfunpodcast #podcast #natfun #monkeyEcho @monkeyecho.bsky.social
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NatFun podcast @natfunpodcast.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
What trouble did Wayne get himself into now? Tune in to episode 8 of "Hellstruck's Demise" to find out! On your favorite podcast listening network or our website natfunpodcast.com #ttrpg #actualplay #funshot #actualplaypodcast #natfunpodcast #podcast #natfun #monkeyEcho @monkeyecho.bsky.social
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NatFun podcast @natfunpodcast.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Hellstruck's Demise - Episode 8 A devastating discovery, a private deal and a town meeting... the world of Hellstruck is about to get a lot darker... Listen now on your favorite podcast listening network or natfunpodcast.com #ttrpg #actualplay #natfunpodcast #monkeyEcho @monkeyecho.bsky.social
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 18/12/2025
The Old Dog Games year in review, including some Blades '68 artwork I haven't shared before. olddoggames.substack.com/p/the-old-do... (sorry for still using substack etc etc etc)
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The Old Dog Games year in review
Looking back at 2025, and ahead to 2026
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