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Imogen Gingell @ilgingell.bsky.social · 17h

JourneyMon is now available on @rpgtrader.com! I'm quite excited to see how this new TTRPG-dedicated marketplace works out! Check it out here: rpgtrader.com/products/975...

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JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying on RPG Trader

Friendship, monster battles, and collaborative world-building for Saturday morning adventures.

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Aviv Or 🔜 MCM London @avivor.com · 20h

Follow up question: Is it realistic to plan to hop on any train from Thought Bubble to London on Sunday evening without booking ahead? Or are they all usually fully booked until the wee hours?

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Aviv Or 🔜 MCM London @avivor.com · 29/09/2026

Thought Bubble veterans: Break down time on Sunday is 17:10-18:30. Assuming we don't have a wild amount of stock to pack or an overly complex table setup, is it safe to book a train for 18:35 or am I being crazy optimistic?

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Eran Aviram @nnesk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

GUYS Did you even know Son of Oak has a Patreon now, we're publishing little bits of stuff for all 3 game lines - based on what our patrons want - and Amit posts design diaries, and @alejandrapinal.bsky.social draws stuff, and Amit shares his personal solo play patreon.com/sonofoakgame...

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MacDaire's Journal — solo game journal + fresh game content for Mist Engine TTRPGs

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've been reading Hot War from @handiworkgames.bsky.social , which uses a system that Tyrant Philosophers will have a variant of, and I did want to post about how fun it looks as a narrative tool.

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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGE

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UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls

UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.

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Eran Aviram @nnesk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Dear diary, for the third morning in a row I managed to sneak an egg to the mom fox without her bully of a daughter snatching it away from her. While I'm aware there aren't yet awards given for such achievements, I would like to suggest the establishment of an appropriate institution, so that future

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Aviv Or 🔜 MCM London @avivor.com · 24/09/2026

Eran and I (@upto4players.bsky.social) are in Redshirt Hall, table B5. Easy to find and close to fresh air! Win!

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Holy Mother of God

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women

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Aviv Or 🔜 MCM London @avivor.com · 18/09/2026

The next stretch goal in the Good Society 2e kickstarter adds 5 connection cards, and I would LOOOOVE to get to draw them. Back it back it back it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...

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Good Society: A Jane Austen RPG – 2nd Edition

Navigate the pitfalls of romance, reputation, manners, and marriage in the sumptuous new edition of this award-winning regency rpg.

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On the Shoulders of Dwarves / על כתפי גמדים @dwarves.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

פרק חדש: הקלטת שיחה עם פרופ׳ יאיר ליפשיץ, הילה מיינרט וליאן ידידיה בעקבות משחק התפקידים החי "התגלמות", כחלק מאירוע הנעילה של התערוכה ״קוביות הגורל״ (2025) בגלריית שכטר. www.dwarves.org.il/episodes/hit...

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התגלמות: משל של שנים-עשר גלמים (פרק 271) - על כתפי גמדים

הקלטת שיחה עם פרופ׳ יאיר ליפשיץ, הילה מיינרט וליאן ידידיה בעקבות משחק התפקידים החי "התגלמות", כחלק מאירוע הנעילה של התערוכה ״קוביות הגורל״ (2025) בגלריית שכטר.

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Marx S— @phophos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@farhorizonscoop.bsky.social has a book in this, the (excellent) Guide to Cults. it's an absolute steal of a bundle at fifteen dollar bucks for 75 things.

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Eran Aviram @nnesk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sneak Attack Press with yet another lovely project (I wrote for them before, and supported a lot of their stuff; Runewild is incredible). This book has a ton of their best monsters over the year, so some of mine are probably in there as well! Because they're good! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

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Sneaky Book of Monsters - D&D, Pathfinder, and Savage Worlds

Over 100 monsters for Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, and Savage Worlds. Including drakes, hags, golems, goblins, haunted carriages, sapient polyhedrons from another dimension, and so much more.

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Aviv Or 🔜 MCM London @avivor.com · 15/09/2026

Time for a little #STARDATE preview! The book (written by @nnesk.bsky.social, illustrated by me) will be at our Up to Four Players table at Thought Bubble in 2(😲) months!

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The basic premise of the Muppet Show is already something that every actor, every musician, every host and content creator and public figure, would be beating down their door to take part in. It'd immediately become another SNL, or Late Night. Even in a country w/o many universally watched shows.

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Jeremiah Tolbert @jeremiahtolbert.com · 10/09/2026

This may be the best thing I've ever read on Rascal. This speaks so much to the power of RPGs and what they can do. This is a MUST read if you're interested in TTRPGs.

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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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Eran Aviram @nnesk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Also, @knowrogan.bsky.social is the kind of journalism that deserves your Patreon money. Check it out if you like to keep tabs on right wing media (a la Knowledge Fight)

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Eran Aviram @nnesk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

- This man is a joke, he is a joke of a person, joke joke joke - Which of them? - Yes

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Aviv Or 🔜 MCM London @avivor.com · 09/09/2026

After spending 5 minutes on AI-riddled Facebook it's refreshing and heartening to read people's comments to this initiative. Please add your two cents (or pennies or whatever currency you think in, the survey is open to non-EU citizens as well)

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2026

As someone who really wants AI companies to be limited in the damage they're doing to the world, it's incredibly frustrating when the most vocal contingent of AI skeptics keep repeating the idea that AI doesn't work at all. Maybe that was the case 3 years ago but not any longer.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2026

The alarms are all flashing red.

Screenshot of a thread on X by user Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) detailing his resignation from Anthropic.
The first post reads: "I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below."
The second post reads: "Do not underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing."
The third post reads: "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible - but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger."

Screenshot continuing the thread on X by Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess).
The first post reads: "A common response is 'if they truly believe this, why are they still building it?' At OpenAI, many have not deeply internalized the civilizational stakes. At Anthropic, the stakes are well-understood, but they are locked in a race to get there first - they believe no one else will act responsibly, so they must do it themselves, despite the risk."
The second post reads: "Accepting this race and entering the 'endgame' is a hubristic gamble that should not be launched from a private company's Slack. Attempting to speedrun alignment should require extraordinary confidence that there are no better trajectories available."
The third post reads: "I am optimistic about the potential for coordination. Warning shots like the Hugging Face attack have made pacing agreements between U.S. labs more viable. I don’t feel like we’re on track to prevent a global race, which may require costly actions such as a temporary ban on improving model capabilities."
The fourth post reads: "If you are a lab researcher, I urge you to consider what the next few years will actually feel like. Do you want to kick off a superintelligent RL run without a rigorous understanding of its mind? Should you put your head down because 'it’s happening anyway' - or take this moment to call for different conditions?"

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Eran Aviram @nnesk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You're all great, keep doing what you do.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

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Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads

Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.

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Eran Aviram @nnesk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@the-soloist.itch.io , surprised this wasn't in the latest newsletter!

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RPG Trader @rpgtrader.com · 02/09/2026

There are some seriously creative things happening in the world of solo TTRPGs right now. Games that turn journaling into adventure. Games that make a deck of cards your GM. Games that turn dice rolls into stories you didn't expect. We love this corner of the hobby! rpg-trader.com/products/835...

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Solo September Games Bundle on RPG Trader

A collection of 134 games to play on your own. In partnership with Solo RPG List.

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Aviv Or 🔜 MCM London @avivor.com · 02/09/2026

It's officially autumn so time to announce: @nnesk.bsky.social and I are debuting #STARDATE at Thought Bubble festival! It's a 20-page comic book that's best described as Dating Reality TV On A Spaceship. Cheeky lil' preview coming soon!

A copy of STARDATE resting on my trusty fake plant display. It shows a young white red-haired woman in a blue dress, holding a rose in one hand, a martini glass with a little planet-topped stirrer in the other, and wearing a big, blue-eyed, confused expression. The backdrop is a sci-fi-ish window into outer space, divided into sections that each show a different creature in monochrome blue. The title is STARDATE in white and pink (with a little heart in the A), and our names at the top: Eran Aviram and Aviv Or

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Eran Aviram @nnesk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My game Menagerie of the Void is now on @rpgtrader.bsky.social , in time to be included in this big big bundle:

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Aviv Or 🔜 MCM London @avivor.com · 01/09/2026

This week we flirted with TPK in our #Pathfinder game

A two-panel comic in sketchy lines and colour.
The first panel is a mid-shot of Clay, a grey and white cat-folk with long fluffy ears, wearing a murderous grin. Her pose and two blood-splattered sword points hint that she's just attacked someone off-panel. A caption underneath reads: "When you absolutely ANNIHILATE a guy in one round..."
The second panel is the same pose, but now her face and ears are drooped and eyes wide-open in an "uh-oh" expression. The caption underneath reads: "...then remember that when THIS type of guy drops to 0 hit points, it explodes."

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Eran Aviram @nnesk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My game Menagerie of the Void is now on @rpgtrader.bsky.social , in time to be included in this big big bundle:

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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Aviv Or 🔜 MCM London @avivor.com · 31/08/2026

I'm getting back to doing conventions! Find me at: #MCMLondon: 23-25 October, London #ThoughtBubble: 14-15 November, Harrogate Some interesting announcements soon 👀

A square graphic with a title and two boxes containing pretty much the same information as the post.
Title: "Aviv Or", with an illustration of a magpie with a purple d20 in its beak and a blue d20 in its claw.
Box 1: MCM London - 23-25 October
Box 2: Thought Bubble - 14-15 November (as Up To Four Players)
The bottom says "see you there".

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RPG Trader @rpgtrader.com · 31/08/2026

👀 To celebrate Solo September, our newest bundle launches tomorrow! Packed with 131 brilliant solo TTRPGs for only $20 - wishlist it now to be notified as soon as it goes live. Proudly partnering with @solorpglist.com for this epic bundle 🌟 rpg-trader.com/products/835...

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Solo September Games Bundle on RPG Trader

A collection of 131 games to play on your own. In partnership with Solo RPG List.

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Eran Aviram @nnesk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

3 foxes * 1 egg per fox per day / 12 eggs per carton = two cartons per week

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Aviv Or 🔜 MCM London @avivor.com · 27/08/2026

New #CriticalRole stickers for MCM are nearly done... but say I squeezed in one more, who would you want to see?

A grid with 8 colourful sticker designs of Jester, Artagan, Beau, Caduceus, Nott, Fearne, Laudna, and Chetney, 1 sketched design of Buddy, and one empty slot with a question mark

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Eran Aviram @nnesk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So RPGs and education operate in a sphere that only partly overlaps with media such as TV and books and that, because they are an interactive experience with other people. All media are some sort of a personal experience - a movie tries to take you through a journey through sounds and images, create

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Eran Aviram @nnesk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If you were to tell me a year ago I'll be helping to teach an AI agent how to scheme against a player in order for it to be a pedagogical tool in a larger scenario about trust and self reflection, I would have said "yes that sounds about right" because I was already part of TSR then

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