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Nathan D. Paoletta | he/him | Game designer, independent publisher and graphic artist. I make World Wide Wrestling 💪 Imp of the Perverse 😈 Annalise 🥀 and more good games for interesting people. he/him | ndpdesign.com | unwrittenearths.com

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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 1h
Whoa
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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 3h
Been feeling frustrated (mostly with myself) about game design lately, so let me take a moment and take a small amount of pride in what ive released in the last couple of years. Here are my beautiful books/trifolds:
Four A5 sized books and four trifolds on a table
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LycanthrEppy @epidiah.bsky.social · 10h
Earlier this evening, I was chatting with Nat Barmore, my co-designer on Dread, and he dug up a 27 year old file containing the original dice mechanics for the game. These were to be used alongside the Jenga tower and we never played with them. We just never needed them.
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Sarah Doom @scorchadoom.bsky.social · 23h
It's LIVE! Get In the Pines either on my Patreon or Itch. I really appreciate it. www.patreon.com/sarahdoom/po... sarahdoom.itch.io/in-the-pines
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In the Pines | sarahdoom
In the Pines by sarahdoom on Patreon. Join sarahdoom's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Art SilverGlass ~ Sophie Grunnet @silverglass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
👉 Free Art for Three Days 👈 I’m not pointing any fingers...but if you are, then I have made the perfect stock art bundle ^^ Free download for 3 days. Free for personal and commercial use. www.patreon.com/SilverGlass/... or ko-fi.com/s/f9cdee8279 Tell your friends! #ttrpg #stockart #lineart
Shows 8 different pointing hands icons, mostly in fantasy/medieval theme. All made by me.
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 01/10/2026
a day one reminder this year to all of us with wives!
A picture of a rapier on a brown textured background with white meme text “October is buy your wife a sword month”
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LycanthrEppy @epidiah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This, but with John Carpenter's "Halloween Theme" playing in the background.
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 01/10/2026
yeah. Yeah.
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Sarah Doom @scorchadoom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow tomorrow is October 1st. I’ll be releasing the pdf of In the Pines, my survival horror PBtA game where a group of women go camping to bond, and find…something is there with them. It’s the ashcan, so play it and tell me what you think! I’d like to make it a better game.
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 01/10/2026
Now, I get to cheat in WWWRPG by framing misses as botches. A useful nuance is that a botch is when you intend one thing, but it gets fucked up, so something else that you didn't intend but is still related to the intention happens instead. Bad for the character, good for storytelling!
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 30/09/2026
I also love a “on a hit, you choose; on a miss, they choose”
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 30/09/2026
My favorite technique for avoiding “misses are bad” in classic pbta Moves is giving specific, interesting things or choices that happen on a miss. It may be bad for the character or situation, but it should be interesting for the players to engage with!
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 30/09/2026
add... more? cinnamon?
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 30/09/2026
We didn't set out to do a small series of interviews on the show (more conversations, really) but they've been really fun!
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 30/09/2026
I remember being floored by this when I first read it, just a beautiful statement!
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Chris Huth @umlauthuth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
warm up sketch got away from me anyway sign up at www.patreon.com/umlauthuth
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Jason Pitre @genesisoflegend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Once More Into the Void is 50% off until the end of the year, at which point we need to dispose any remaining full-colour hardcopies. This is the last, best chance to pick up your copy, with all proceeds going to to support @temporalhiccup.bsky.social www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Once-M...
A banner for Once More into the Void with the tagline, "Save the Galaxy, One Last Time".
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 29/09/2026
Single panel from a black and white Peanuts cartoon with a kid asking Charlie Brown "Hi, is Sally Home? My name is Harold Angel."
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Lone Archivist @lonearchivist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bookings now open for logo / brand design, editorial layout, crowdfunding graphics, and more! Hit the CONTACT button on lonearchivist.com.
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George W. O'Connor @georgewoconnor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Friends and future friends—We got 14 hours left and less than $400 to go! @nandopintoart.bsky.social, @jpjordan.bsky.social, and Justin Birch made the book we'd want to read—fast, funny, energetic as hell, and full of heart...and aliens! Jump in the ring: www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...
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Universal Champion #1—A sci-fi comedy about our dumb brains
When an insecure wrestler gets drafted into a galactic fighting competition, he must overcome his self-doubt to become a real champion.
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 29/09/2026
Hell yeah brother, mustard on the cheese side, then mayo on the outside to crisp up in the pan. It does mean you need a strong cheese, or go real light on the mustard.
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 29/09/2026
Making grilled cheese with the fanciest mustard is for when I wanna feel like landed gentry
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 29/09/2026
Asa’s really in a no skips era for thoughtful, challenging, and dare I say “innovative” truly-trues. Damn.
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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
COMING SOON: In prelaunch w/ Violent Delights, another game inspired by Shakespeare: Mousetrap is a cursed game-within-a-game that won’t go back into its box. It’s game night. You and your friends have gathered to play a Hamlet-inspired game manuscript from 1983. But there’s a catch…
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Coming soon: Mousetrap & Violent Delights
A cursed game-within-a-game that won't go back into its box, and a chess-based RPG about Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
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Phil, Ziapelta Games @gruefodder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lavender Hack kickstarter is live here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lav... It's a short campaign, running for 10 days. Check it out for an interesting take on handling resources in fantasy exploration games!
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Lavender Hack RPG: Grindcore Edition — Book #1 (Core Rules)
You are not limited by your imagination. You are limited by crushing levels of debt.
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 29/09/2026
(Me, to myself) it’s just games! chill out!
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 27/09/2026
Need an excuse? When you are landing every gig (assuming it’s a good creative match etc)? Good sign it’s time to raise your rates.
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 27/09/2026
An age of high sail game where the only mechanic is whatever the Captain says, goes.
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Cezar Capacle @capacle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This has been a long time coming! I've been considering making this video for the longest time, and I finally got around to doing it. So, here is the first video in a potential series about how I make a living as a tabletop RPG designer 😊
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How I make a living as a full-time indie TTPRG designer | Part 01
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 24/09/2026
Well deserved!
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Colin/CoMoo 🔜 Metatopia - Sociable Turtle Games @sociable-turtle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's been amazing to see Gene's design journey, from the seed of what would become Bonsai Dairy to now Color Jam! Go support him!
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LycanthrEppy @epidiah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Even this day.
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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole Con @tabletopbookshelf.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: Dread is a game of horror and suspense. You will take on the role of someone trapped in a compelling and hostile story, making the sorts of decisions you hope never to face in real life. By @epidiah.bsky.social
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 23/09/2026
The Spawn movie is not very good, but Spawn The Album was fundamental to the late 90s/early 00s ndp brain!
Image of Spawn The Album "Music from the Darkland" track listing over image of green-eyed Spawn character in edgy late 90s style: 
FILTER & THE CRYSTAL METHOD
KORN & THE DUST BROTHERS 
MARILYN MANSON & SNEAKER PIMPS
METALLICA & DJ SPOOKY
STABBING WESTWARD & WINK
BUTTHOLE SURFERS & MOBY
SILVERCHAIR & VITRO
HENRY ROLLINS & GOLDIE
ORBITAL & KIRK HAMMETT
MANSUN & 808 STATE
INCUBUS & D.J. GREYBOY
AND MORE
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Sarah Doom @scorchadoom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Check out @madjay.bsky.social & I's podcast - Muses of Play! It's all about creativity and work in a creative field. Our first guests were @lumpley.bsky.social & family. See all the episodes so far here: www.patreon.com/collection/1...
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Muses of Play | Collection from Mad Jay, GM-at-Large | 6 posts | Patreon
Sarah Doom and I talk about creativity within the TTRPG community. We also invited a few industry friends to share their thoughts. Explore Muses of Play, a…
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 23/09/2026
you can ride an Emu, at least
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Tracy, Making Games @theothertracy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'd love to fill in some gaps with more work! I'm especially interested in games editing right now. If you need: - Games editing - Podcast editing/production - Writing Please let me know! DMs are open and email is in the bio! Thanks!
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Ateez Yunho's Cute Air Kiss
Alt: Ateez Yunho's Cute Air Kiss
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Daniel Kwan @danielhkwan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Putting a call out for TTRPG artists! Doing an initial discovery for an artist to work on a new cyberpunk, body horror action game I'm designing. Please link your portfolio! NO AI.
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Ripley 🏳️‍⚧️ @queerwizard.co.uk · 22/09/2026
I really love working with a limited colour palette - it becomes a real challenge to get the most out of a drawing!
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Jennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In case you missed it, I actually have FOUR playtestable games out right now - fully playable and fun, just a little rough around the edges, needing a little polish, you know. (And there might be a fifth before the year is over) YOU can indulge my project-juggling mania itch.io/c/6610878/pl...
An itchio collection with four projects in it: Collegiate Gothic, Blood of the Covenant, Pax Deorum, and Before the Season Ends.
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World Champ Game Co @worldchamp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now available at worldchamp.io/store: 🔫 I AM A GUILLOTINE: a solo game of enacting political violence against a fascist figurehead. 📝 MANIFESTO: a solo journaling game of political extremism and news biases after the violence. 💀 HORROR GAMES: a compilation of 15 new terrifying tabletop games
three books propped up against a metal garage door. Left to right, the titles are Horror Games (an orange screaming face on white background), I Am A Guillotine (a dynamic drawing of a politician in crosshairs with a masked assassin on black background), and Manifesto (a wolf in black ink atop a photo of a person in a balaclava).
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LycanthrEppy @epidiah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Spooky season is upon us! Here's your annual reminder that I love hearing about your Dread games. If you're streaming them, hit me up and I'll reshare. If you're just scaring the shit out of your friends I'm private, I dig hearing about those just as much.
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 22/09/2026
yeah, I’m serious, I love finally hitting the transition point in my own brain!
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 22/09/2026
i agree
Swords Without Master cover, featuring artwork by Elemei. Three rogues face a doorway into a cloud-filled world of mystery; they have traversed a dangerous pathway through ruins, their wake marked by the arrows and swords of defeated foes. The gateway contains architectural elements of eyes and reaching claws. Title logo in purple, arched letters hovers in the clouds above the rogues, awaiting them beyond the threshold. Byline at the bottom "Epidiah Ravachol"
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Ripley 🏳️‍⚧️ @queerwizard.co.uk · 21/09/2026
Hello I’m still looking for work for October-November 👀
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 21/09/2026
love hitting that transition point from "must make this good" to "must be done with this" !
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Jeff Stormer @jeffstormer.gobirds.online · 20/09/2026
NEW EPISODE! NEW 500TH EPISODE
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Jennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Indulge in your morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs 🖋️ commit crimes, be a terrible friend, and look good doing it Collegiate Gothic is available now in a playtest edition jen-adcock15.itch.io/collegiate-g...
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Collegiate Gothic - Playtest Edition by Owl Knight Games, by Jennifer Adcock
Crime and toxicity at the elite institution in this dark academia PbtA
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nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 20/09/2026
hail mary full of grace, in World Wide Wrestling you turn both heel and face
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