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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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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's Saturday. Post a cartoon TV series you love.
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Batman: I Don't Have To Answer To You
ALT: Batman: I Don't Have To Answer To You
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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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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Part II of Janus Faces can be found here, with Janus Faces for genres Heroic Fantasy and Dark Fantasy #ttrpg #rpg #gamedesign productivemonkey.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/j...
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Janus Faces – Playing tropes and breaking them (Part 2)
More Janus Faces for you and your game in this second Part! What are Janus Faces, why are they helpful for your game (as a Gamemaster or regular player)? Please check Part 1 of this mini-mini-mini-…
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Okay, bots, do it the human way and screw it up! 🤪
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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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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Oha! All the best wishes for your recovery.
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
So awesome. Now i want to use GM screens again. Damn. :)
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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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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Official Mainstream Knowledge. Nice!
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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
Feeding the cd drive with 5 CDs and have to watch the progressbar for ca. 40 minutes brings up sweet nostalgia. Thanks for that!
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
So, I don't need the one-and-only-one download of the orignal media from the website. "IMPORTANT NOTE: This additional download allows for ONE (1) complete download. Please be sure to backup your download on external media for additional installations." made me a bit nervous :) #makingmusic #create
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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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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Oh, i missed that one. I Hope you had fun.
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Nice! I hope you have fun with it.
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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 · 12/04/2026
Some new Community Copies added on Itch!
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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
And another full page picture. A deal stroke with an supernatural entity at the heart of the mountain. What could go wrong, eh?
full page picture with no text. A person standing on the a cliff in the heart of the mountain. Striking a deal with a supernatural phenomenon. Lightning and energy. A good idea? Depends on your point of view.
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I came up with a new format for prepping Runs. Personally, I try to avoid using the same complications and harm all over again, but in the heat of the game it's hard (for me) to be original. This format tries to be creative up front, as material to riff from during the session.
Format for prepping runs with a quote, description, starting the action, paint the scene/add detail, questions. On the second page we see suggestions for Threats, Opportunities, Interesting Failures.
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Next a double sided spread about an alternate campaign ending: The 5th Rider. The vanilla game is about change and destroying this world to make room for the next one. But what if change itself is killed? Is played as a Flashpoint Run (see above): The 5th Rider has killed change... what do you do?
The 4 Riders of the apocalpyse in the foreground, the 5th Rider in the back. Text is "With the Fifth Rider the great scheme stopped. No doom, no pain, no hope, no change. Only the cold stare, only the great freeze. Time is dead. Death is dead. What do you do?"
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Next a new Run mode I called Flashpoint Runs. You start with a showdown going bad, do flashback scenes and then come back to the showdown to show the audience that there's still a chance that you can make it out ... alive. Some examples are included in the companion.
2 page spread about Flashpoint Runs, an alternate mode to play runs and the Engagement. It's about playing backwards using flashbacks and hopefully winning the showdown against all odds.
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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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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Having the time traveler in classic blades Design is a nice touch. Simply awesome.
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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 · 01/04/2026
If drivethrurpg is your vice purveyor of choice: www.drivethrurpg.com/de/product/5...
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A Fistful of Darkness - The Companion - Tse Tse Worldwide Productions | DriveThruRPG
Additional content for your game of A Fistful of Darkness.  ATTENTION! Needs A Fistful of Darkness to play. You were warned.But may contain inspiration for other weird west games. Inside this fully-il...
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
First community copies were added, thanks to everbody buying the companion. For every sold regular copy, I add a community copy as well.
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Hey! Thank you so very much and so kind of you. I'm still stuck in episode 3 but I will finish it, promised! You are an awesome show, totally recommended!
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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
thanks to all my friends and heroes who helped me on my way! Thank you all so very much.
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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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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This looks awesome!
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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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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Same here! Batman and Superman when i was Young. And later vertigo.
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