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Freelance TTRPG Writer/Logistics/Customer Service/Strategy guy. #Shadowdark creator and stan. Small-time YouTuber. www.youtube.com/@NightNoonGames linktr.ee/nightnoongames

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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 11h
Welp, this is a new one for me. I can't say that I've ever seen someone just delete their kickstarter account before, especially before I fulfill their reward.
Email from Kickstarter saying that a backer has deleted their account and that I no longer need to fulfill their reward.
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Joseph R. Lewis @josephrlewis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New video: How to write a Funnel or Gauntlet adventure! Let's talk about monsters, hazards, and rewards for characters that have 1 HP and zero skills, weapons, or spells #dnd #dcc #shadowdark www.patreon.com/JosephRLewis...
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Video: How to write a Funnel or Gauntlet | Joseph R. Lewis
Level Zero adventures are mostly like other adventures, but the scale needs to be radically recalibrated for characters with 1 HP and no too
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 29/09/2026
The art for the Spelljammer Astrosphinx is fucking rad.
A black and white drawing of the monster. It's lion-like body is rearing up and exposing its humanoid arms with beefy muscles and dangerous claws. Instead of face poking out from behind its mane is a long, horrid, exposed skull with two horns.A monster entry for the Astrosphinx:

CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Any
FREQUENCY: Rare
ORGANIZATION: Solitary  
ACTIVITY CYCLE: Any
DIET: Carnivore
INTELLIGENCE: Highly (13–14)  
TREASURE: A
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic evil  
NO. APPEARING: 1
ARMOR CLASS: 4
MOVEMENT: 18, Fl 24
HIT DICE: 9
THAC0: 12
NO. OF ATTACKS: 5
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 2d6/2d6/4d6/1d6/1d6
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Chain lightning
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 25%
SIZE: L (12' at shoulder)
MORALE: Fanatic (18)
XP VALUE: 6,000  
Astrosphinxes are a malevolent breed of sphinx whose origins are shrouded in mystery. Standing twice as tall as a man, the astrosphinx is covered with brass-colored scales like those of a dragon. A pair of huge black bat wings sprouts from its back. The head resembles a goat skull, with tiny pinpricks of violet light in its eye sockets. The head does in fact have flesh; it is just so pale, and stretched so tightly across the skull, that it seems invisible. Instead of forepaws, the astrosphinx has a pair of large, cleaved human hands. The beast exudes a smell of ozone and offal.
These frightful creations, parodies of true sphinxes, speak the language of all sphinxes and the Common tongue.
Combat: An astrosphinx uses its two goat horns to attack with a head-butt, each horn doing 1d6 damage. It can bite viciously (4d6 damage). Its human hands have large claws that do 1d6 damage each. In rare instances (5% of the time), the creature wields a two-handed sword, sometimes magical.
Though the creature has a draconian body, it cannot use its tail or hind legs in combat. It does, however, breathe a cone of sleep gas 80' long, 4' wide at the beast's mouth and 20' wide at the base. Targets caught in the cone must save vs. breath weapon or fall asleep for 1d6 turns. Victims in wildspace in their own air bubbles remain asleep until the gas is somehow flushed out of the air supply. The astrosphinx can employ this breath weapon once every five rounds.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 28/09/2026
Avenge the White Mare is now available on both on @drivethrurpg.com and @itch.io! This 11 room dungeon features hand-carved art from @kickholland.bsky.social and is a real fun time. Physical zines are available on itch! nightnoongames.itch.io/avenge-the-w... www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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Avenge the White Mare (Attack the Light 1) by Night Noon Games | Michael Putlack
Stop a dragon in this Shadowdark adventure!
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WIND-UP VAMPIRE PRESS 🔜 Arcane Con @meldar16.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Looking for a new adventure to run during spoopy season? Why not run Knights in White Satin for Shadowdark. Available in both physical form and PDF. windupvampire.com/products/kni... rpgtrader.com/products/859... windupvampire.itch.io/knights-in-w... #ttrpg #kiws #osr #shadowdarkrpg
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*New Release* Knights In White Satin: A Shadowdark Adventure
Did you ever mishear a lyric, but it stuck with you? Well, the Moody Blues song* is Nights, not Knights in White Satin. Weird, huh? Written & illustrated by Melanie C Green. Nokto Keep has long be...
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 25/09/2026
"I can't tell if it's a 'good' idea or just a 'milk' idea." - @bobworldbuilder.bsky.social when discussing one of my many milk-related musings
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 23/09/2026
So this look cool.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 23/09/2026
D&D Unicorn art ranked lowest to highest: 5. 5e - Just kind of plain 4. 4e - too horse-like. At least it's doing something 3. 3e - The mane is just too busy 2. 1e - It's a twofer! I especially like the curved neck and mane 1. 2e - More action than any other, though the horn placement seems low
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 23/09/2026
Doing Unicorn research for ~reasons~ and discovered that in the 1930s, Dr W. Franklin Dove of Maine University created a bovine unicorn by placing the horn nubs of a freshly born calf and implanting them at the center of the forehead. It turns out, the same can be applied to goats...
A bull with a single horn growing from its forehead.The same bull with a single horn but a closeup shot.
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WIND-UP VAMPIRE PRESS 🔜 Arcane Con @meldar16.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Love trading games with other designers. Nyarlathotep's Liegemen & the Sea Weed from @nightnoon.games came in the mail over the weekend. Can't wait to pull this out for a game night! #ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #baywatch #lovecraft #r'lyehwatch
Cover for Nyarlathotep's Liegemen & the Sea Weed ttrpg zine by Night Noon Games. Two Cthulhu type creatures in bathing suits are in front of a sexy wizard with a wave splashing behind them.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 21/09/2026
It's always exciting to watch the journey of a boat with my Shadowdark project on it!
Map with a ocean route showing a boat off the west coast of Mexico headed to the panama canal before heading to New York!
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WIND-UP VAMPIRE PRESS 🔜 Arcane Con @meldar16.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Mel needs to replace a broken drawing tablet so please buy some games! #ttrpg #supportsmallbusiness #osr #kiws #pleasebuymyshit windupvampire.com/products/kni...
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*New Release* Knights In White Satin: A Shadowdark Adventure
Did you ever mishear a lyric, but it stuck with you? Well, the Moody Blues song* is Nights, not Knights in White Satin. Weird, huh? Written & illustrated by Melanie C Green. Nokto Keep has long be...
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 14/09/2026
Another look at old school D&D art vs 5e art. Check out this 2e Sahuagin that is both goofy and pretty sick. I love how much personality the art gives this guy. The 5e art isn't bad, but it just kind of suffers from the glossy sameness that is seemingly the 5e house style.
A goofy fish man with a spear and large, webbed feet. It's mouth and face is that of a freaky frog.A generic fishman holding a wooden spear.
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crawlclub.bsky.social @crawlclub.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
As a thank you to the #Shadowdark community for 2 years of support of Crawl Club Publishing. We are having an Anniversary Sale! Pick up back catalog hardcovers for a limited time this week only! Also get FREE SHIPPING in the US48! shop.crawlclub.com #OSR #DnD #TTRPG
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 14/09/2026
I went to my FLGS two weeks ago and when I asked if they had DCC dice they thought I was talking about Dungeon Crawler Carl 😑
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 12/09/2026
Yesterday we wrapped our 32nd and final session of our Ave Nox Shadowdark campaign. It was great fun. No PC deaths in the final session, which I think surprised us all. Thanks to @slimemindstudio.bsky.social for running and to @feralcharlie.bsky.social for writing!
Shadowdark character sheet and a Shadowdark beer!The crew around the d&d table.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 10/09/2026
The 3e Hell Hound art fucking RIPS. Compare to the 5e version, which I feel is pretty bland.
A mangy, demonic-looking dog leaping across a rocky landscape. Its claws are extended in front of it, its eyes are bright red, and flames curl from its maw.A snarling, burly dog with a long, rat-like tail. It's just kind of standing there.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 10/09/2026
Bill is a great dude making rad stuff for Shadowdark. Now's your chance to see him run some!
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 10/09/2026
Just made some updates to my pay-what-you-want Unofficial Shadowdark Monster List tool. I use this bad boy whenever I'm making my own Shadowdark monsters, and you can too with just a few clicks! nightnoongames.itch.io/shadowdark-m...
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Unofficial Shadowdark Monster List by Night Noon Games | Michael Putlack
An unofficial tool with every official Shadowdark RPG Monster from the Core Rules!!
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 09/09/2026
@slimemindstudio.bsky.social's new Shadowdark adventure is out, and it's a fun one! I know because we played through it with our weekly group! Check it out on his itch: slimemind.itch.io/damp-dark-doom
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Damp, Dark Doom by SlimeMind
A sodden delve for Shadowdark RPG
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 09/09/2026
The former library book I'm reading was due back on my 12th birthday. Thanks for letting this one go, James A Tuttle Library of Antrim, New Hampshire. I'm really enjoying it!
the check-out card from inside a copy of "The Beasts of Never" by Georgess McHargue with many due dates stamped on it, one of which is June 24th, 1999.
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Ham @drrehaminator.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"I'm too talented to need shortcuts" goes so fucking hard.
youtube community post from Huggbees that discusses why he does not and will not ever use AI in his art
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 08/09/2026
Ever since using Microsoft Publisher for Windows 3.1, it's blown my mind that desktop publishing is a thing. Its even crazier now that I consider myself proficient+ with Affinity that I can make a thing that looks as professional as any "real" book out there. 🤯🤯🤯
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 06/09/2026
I was hanging out with a friend who works at the university's veterinary department who casually mentioned that she performed a necropsy on a giraffe this week. She had to decapitate it by sawing its head off at the base of the neck. Apparently, the vet students really packed the viewing area.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 05/09/2026
I thought this was a pretty solid overview covering a lot of what makes the game great.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 05/09/2026
The Japanese word for a "rock, paper, scissors" game is "of the three who are afraid of one another." No notes.
Wikipedia screen grab:

"From China the game was brought to Japan. [19] Throughout Japanese history there are frequent references to sansukumi-ken, meaning ken (fist) games "of the three who are afraid of one another" (i.e. A beats B, B beats C, and C beats A). [19]

The earliest sansukumi-ken in Japan was apparently mushi-ken (), a version imported directly from China. [19)[20l In mushi-ken the "frog" (represented by the thumb) triumphs over the "slug" (represented by the little finger), which, in turn prevails over the "snake" (represented by the index finger), which triumphs over the "frog." "
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 04/09/2026
Here's one of the final pieces for Avenge the White Mare from the fabulous @kickholland.bsky.social! After incorporating a bevy of edits thanks to @slimemindstudio.bsky.social, I expect to be releasing the PDF of the adventure NEXT WEEK! Late Pledge Now!: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mic...
Stonecrumbler wearing stone gauntlets and lashed to the walls of the Copper Castle.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 04/09/2026
A library published a book compiling RPG adventures written by their RPG club GMs. Pretty cool stuff.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 03/09/2026
I so desperately want this Ravenloft TV series to be good! My hope is that it is a limited serie that follows Curse of Strahd. Maybe planned as two, ten-episode seasons with a twelve-episode final season. WotC might not make games that I love, but they still have some really fantastic IP.
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Dungeons & Dragons Series 'Ravenloft' In Works At Netflix (Exclusive)
Netflix is developing 'Ravenloft,' a live-action series based on the gothic horror setting of Dungeons & Dragons. 'The Forgotten Realms' is dead.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 03/09/2026
It's always a great day when there is a new @n8hps.bsky.social drop! www.patreon.com/HPS/posts/wu...
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Wulfpit | Highland Paranormal Society
Wulfpit by Highland Paranormal Society on Patreon. Join Highland Paranormal Society's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 02/09/2026
Went to see Coyote vs ACME with the d&d group and their +1s this evening. We all loved it.
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Wile E. Coyote's Classic Cliff Fall
Alt: Wile E. Coyote's Classic Cliff Fall
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 01/09/2026
Last call to get in on my pal Michael's Shadowdark bestiary that adds 250+ classic foes into the system! I think he's done a really great job with it, and I'm excited to see the finished product. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...
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Forgotten Foes for Shadowdark RPG: 250+ Classic Foes Reborn
Hundreds of classic monsters brought to life with evocative art for Shadowdark RPG.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 01/09/2026
#ZineQuest/#ZineMonth starts in just FIVE months. If you're an RPG creator and haven't started thinking about what you want to do for it, now is the time to start thinking!
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 25/08/2026
The crisper drawer in my refrigerator is broken and I've ordered a new one. Thank god for this helpful installation video or I would have never been able to figure it out on my own! youtu.be/Eh_RNmQsgRk?...
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Refrigerator Repair- Replacing the Crisper Pan (Frigidaire Part # 240337103)
YouTube video by PartSelect
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 24/08/2026
It's very exciting to have WF Smith/@prismaticwasteland.com as the first retailer to carry Nyarlathotep's Liegemen & the Sea Weed at his shop! If you haven't heard of it yet, it's Baywatch meets Lovecraft in all of the best ways. Check it out!
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Nyarlathotep's Liegemen and the Sea Weed — Prismatic Wasteland
Beywatch Meets Lovecraft. It's 1994 and the lifeguards are keeping watch over the beaches of Southern California. Not only do you need to keep beach-goers safe from dangerous riptides, heavy surf, and...
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 23/08/2026
The reminder is absolutely appreciated.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 23/08/2026
By the very talented (and twice as kind) @josephrlewis.bsky.social!
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 20/08/2026
I didn't think I've ever seen nimbys (not in my backyard) use their powers for good. I worry about what happens in communities that aren't as affluent as Ann Arbor though.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 19/08/2026
Since everyone has a Dark Sun opinion, here is mine: I don't care. I'm not going to buy it. I'm not going to run it. If other people enjoy it, I am genuinely happy for them. It's just not for me. Not every product is for every person, and having a variety of options is a good thing for the hobby.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 19/08/2026
I found the perfect video if your interests include the OSR and cologne.
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Richard Williams animated commercial
YouTube video by InklingStudio
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 15/08/2026
One night at GenCon I threatened to run this on the fly if someone else didn't run something. I may not know French, but I'll be DAMNED if it keeps me from running a SHADOWDARK adventure by @themerrymushmen.bsky.social!
the first two pages of "LE PALAIS OUBLIÉ DU ROI-GRENDUILLE

SCÉNARIO DE THE MERRY MUSHMEN"
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 15/08/2026
I felt like I really finished the week strong work-wise these last two days, including spinning up my previously hibernating upcoming collaboration with @bobworldbuilder.bsky.social. We're going to kill it, Bob!
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 14/08/2026
@kickholland.bsky.social, the artist from my latest project "Avenge the White Mare" had an art opening last weekend at the local non-profit coffee shop/bookstore/printing press. It included some pieces from the zine! The kickstarter is still accepting late pledges, too! Get it: buff.ly/POPzcQw
Stormin' from Avenge the White Mare
Linocut of adventures making their way to the copper castle.Sárkány for Avenge the White Mare
Linocut of the three headed sárkány dragonSnickleshade for Avenge the White Mare
Linocut of a cloud gnome riding his cloudGrid for Avenge the White Mare
A linocut grid used to overlay on maps
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 13/08/2026
UPDATE: I lowered the price by a penny and am now 8th in most popular Shadowdark title under $5. (It's on my itch as pay-what-you-want though. You can get physical copies there for $20 too, inclusive of shipping!) nightnoongames.itch.io/shadowdark-m...
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Creating and Adapting Monsters for use in Shadowdark RPG by Night Noon Games | Michael Putlack
Learn Shadowdark RPG monster creation!
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 12/08/2026
If you want the 33rd most popular product for Shadowdark RPG under $10 on @drivethrurpg.com, look no further than my Creating & Adapting Monsters for use in Shadowdark RPG! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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Your one-stop online shop for new and vintage RPG products from the top publishers, delivered fresh to your desktop in electronic format.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 11/08/2026
It blows my mind that anyone would ever buy anything from me. It's not that I think the stuff I make is uncool or unworthy of spending money on or whatever, it's just a really crazy feeling.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 08/08/2026
If I had discovered Twin Peaks in high school, it would have been my personality. I'd only heard whispers of it from a friend's orange-haired, leather jacketed, Seattle-dwelling, on-again, off-again girlfriend who would sometimes visit, and who we'd sometimes visit ourselves. I wasn't cool enough.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 08/08/2026
John Candy in Home Alone might be my favorite bit part in any movie. Do you have a gif for yours?
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John Candy's Polka Polka in Home Alone
Alt: John Candy's Polka Polka in Home Alone
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Boatsim Boosterism @beasmeeply.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
you can play shadowdark by yourself for free and you should
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SoloDark: Solo Rules for Shadowdark RPG (PDF)
The official solo gameplay rules for Shadowdark RPG! This free, 12-page PDF gives you all you need to play Shadowdark by yourself, without a Game Master.
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Night Noon Games 🔜 ArcaneCon!!! @nightnoon.games · 07/08/2026
Cool info in this thread about the pre-Internet history of what we would now call "actual plays."
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