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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The NY Times “The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century” list feels like rage bait.

Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

An honest question: If NDA’s were made illegal would it have any negative societal effect at all? There are plenty of other mechanisms available to people interested in privacy and IP protection. All NDAs seem to do is encourage criminal activity.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hearing some very conflicting reviews for both Fire Emblem Fortunes Weave and Control Resonant and I’m not really sure who to trust.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Last four rulesets played: -Blades in the Dark (ongoing) -Stonetop (ongoing) -Realis (a short three-shot) -Mothership (one shot) Last adventure played -many of the games I play are improvisational, not scenario based -If they do benefit from scenarios (like Mothership) I tend to write my own

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

IP (Inventory Points) are the future. Get on board or get left behind. Truly IP (Inventory Points) are the only brand of capitalism RPGs require.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So every interview show has a goofy gimmick, now, huh?

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Yesterday I tried out Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists and found it to be an intriguing text-based rpg. What’s more, it is built around a trait system and is clearly inspired by modern tabletop RPGs like Blades in the Dark. store.steampowered.com/app/3794210/...

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Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists on Steam

Recruit your team, choose your path, and descend into hell. Four heroes must overcome the trials of the underworlds in tactical narrative encounters. A new systemic storybook experience blending mytho...

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Heart of the Deernicorn @heartofthedeernicorn.com · 14/09/2026

Blades '68 is a technicolor retro-futuristic take on the original Blades in the Dark experience, and it's available now on our website!

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’m enjoying season 2 of Dark Matter so far but I can’t help but draw comparisons to one of my favorite comic series of all time, Black Science. It’s much pulpier, to be sure. Basically an inter-dimensional Lost in Space meets Sliders meets … well … Dark Matter.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Dagger Isles supplement seemingly borrowing ideas for '68, Band of Blades, and more to create a revolution story? Really cool.

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Rascal News @rascal.news · 10/09/2026

In Australia, a teacher runs Band of Blades every day for more than 30 students. @newmadras.bsky.social tells that story, alongside his personal recollections of the game and what makes it unique. It's not just a single narrative, it's...

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One Hundred Tales of Solidarity

The story of the greatest game of Band of Blades ever played and a love letter to the people I played two campaigns with.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Me every time I download a new font

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Erin Returns!! @woodaba.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

OBJECTIVELY the funniest screenshot in any nintendo direct im dying

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Seeing more and more ttrpg inspired mechanics in games, I wonder if we’ll ever get a AAA “fail forward” story-centric video game. We’ve gotten close with the normalization of “iron mode” in games but it’s definitely not the same.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

*Toymaker winds up and releases the toy designed to destroy competing company's wind-up-toys* *Wind-up-toy attacks and destroys competing wind-up-toy company* "IT'S SENTIENT! IT'S GOT A MIND OR IT'S OWN!"

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A decade ago, several friends of mine had the opportunity to get involved in Blue Origin and Space X. They were each excited to play some small part in the rejuvenation of the space race. I sometimes wonder how they feel now that both companies have proven to be vanity projects for billionaires.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 26/08/2026

Keighley's disinterest in excluding AI trailers really devalues the whole thing. These events are rarely to my taste, but the experience of watching "ONL" was one of watching slop. Even non-AI games are tainted by the association — we have to second-guess, every time.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I spent part of the weekend checking in on the Duskbloods network test this weekend (Fromsofts upcoming switch exclusive multiplayer game) I found myself really activated by the fact that the scoring system is directly inspired by board games like 7 Wonders and Waterdeep.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

QTP with a game released the year you were born.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Very hyped for Duskbloods. I cannot wait to play as … 🦖 Senator Dinosaur 💿 Chakrum Snake Girl 🪄 Machine Gun Magician 🤿 Metal Mosquito 🔫 Sniper Zombie 🪓 Pajama Executioner And whoever the other four are.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Look, she’s not as charismatic as Mamdami but I am very happy we finally have a leader who isn’t a centrist shill who thinks kids shohld go hungry.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Blades ‘68 but the Tycherosi are all Muppets.

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

New update to my cool cyberpunk card game CARD DRIVES where you deface a deck of playing cards has you hack corpo networks by playing poker hands: www.patreon.com/notwriting/p...

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Card Drives Prototype v 0.3 | Not Writing

Card Drives Prototype v 0.3 by Not Writing on Patreon. Join Not Writing's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I released Runaways, a custom crew for Blades '68 by @olddog.games and @evilhat.bsky.social Now free on itch. moth-lands.itch.io/runnaways

RUNAWAYS
Fugitives and scapegoats caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse

An abstract illustration featuring a target in the crosshairs and three individuals falling/running away

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Kill the puritan in your heart that pipes up with its shrill little voice every time you see something that you find off putting. Ppl publicly sneering at sex in art – including porn & kink – may as well just carry water for Mastercard, PayPal, and the conservative animus rn. I don't respect it

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Why does this Star Wars cartoon have gold digging fantasy dwarves mining spackle rocks?

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It’s finally in my hands! Tim and Evil hat have really done something special with this book and it’s truly impressive how a simple change in setting or tone can make John’s original ideas sparkle.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I just published my first unnoficial playbook for Blades 68: The Contender, A Stylish and Inspiring Athlete and Performer. moth-lands.itch.io/the-contender

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The Contender by Dissonance

A Blades 68 Custom Playbook

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

After almost two months of renovations, travel, illness, and more, I’m going to try to re-commit to the gym today. Wish me luck.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Excited for Blades 68? Enjoy a teaser of some of the custom content I’m working on.

Iconic image of the Contender: a stylish and inspiring athlete and performer, for Blades 68

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole Con @tabletopbookshelf.com · 25/07/2026

NEW: Blades '68 advances the timeline and the technology of Doskvol one hundred years into the future. Subversive spy games, daring heists, and paranormal mindbenders all await you in this official expansion for Blades in the Dark. From @olddog.games @evilhat.bsky.social

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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 07/07/2026

The collection of stretch goal material for Blades '68 grew so large that it has exploded from the Palace Dossier into THE BLUE FILES. It's almost 60 pieces, from an amazing array of contributors.

Cover for "The BLUE Files", a collection of additional material for Blades '68. Shows a yellow car sailing through the air above a bridge, with a multi-coloured explosion behind it. In the background is a city skyline, and a blue sky with radiating circles.

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MegueyB 🔜Metatopia @megueyb.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

14 hours and under $1k to reach the More Money for Artists stretch goal. Will it happen? Let’s find out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/117...

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PsiRun Second Edition

Whoever was holding you captive, you're free, for now. You have superpowers & amnesia. You know they're after you. What could go wrong?

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Back when I started Explorers, I probably had a readership of about 50 people a month. This post is from then. It's a list of common mistakes disguised as theory. If your readers are getting confused, these laws might explain why. www.explorersdesign.com/gestalt-laws/

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Gestalt Laws for RPG Design

If the design principles were a glossary, the Gestalt Laws are a survival guide.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The Doskvol of Blades 68 has to have comedy clubs, right?

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Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This rule? In the RPG Zephyr? Owns

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Designing playbooks for Blades and its spinoffs is always so fun. The official sheets from each book have conventions that you can mimic or subvert. A mix of broad permissions and conservative rules-based bonuses. And a few options thoroughly bend the core rules.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hypothesis: Austin Powers has Mojo but he does not possess much in the way of Soul. It thereby follows that possessing Mojo is detrimental to one’s capacity for Soul and vice-versa. What say you?

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Reading through the Blades 68 pdf and these playbooks are great! More tightly directed than the original playbooks but that feels right given the setting. Coming up with new playbooks for this edition will be a fun challenge!

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Thursday Garreau @keftiu.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Backers got their PDFs for Blades '68 yesterday, which means I can finally post the next installment of my Blades in the Dark blog post series: a deep dive into B68's lore! Let's learn about how this groovy new age connects to the older canon... injectorseat.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/p...

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Piecing Together the Shattered Isles, Part 5: Blades ’68

Blades in the Dark goes groovy! Let’s move over 100 years ahead…

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

So many amazing runs this year at Summer Games Done Quick and they end it with one of the most amazing Kaizo showcases I’ve ever seen and an astoundingly deep Clair Obscur speedrun! Congrats to them and to Doctors Without Borders for reaching 2.4 million.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A reminder that I hate LLMs that don’t ask for consent from, provide credit to, or compensate the people whose data they train on. Which is all of them. Also the people who knowingly exploit and promote them. So please get bent.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I ran my first session of #Realis last night and I thought I'd share some of my thoughts about it! Realis is the debut tabletop rpg of Austin Walker and produced by Possible World Games. The game's setting and theme are extremely broad w/o being generic, something I'll briefly expand upon.

The cosmology of Realis, as illustrated on the books cover.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A lot of expensive dice have extremely low, or even NO contrast numbering and it makes me so livid. A vanity die should still perform the function of a die without me having to whip out the ol’ wax pencil.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Very excited to run an exploratory session of Realis. Lightly worried it won't vibe with my table (we haven't gotten on well with the Belonging Outside Belonging system games we've tried and Realis has some of that same dna) but it shows a lot of promise!

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