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idraluna-archives.bsky.social @idraluna-archives.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Some maps for one of my backburner projects, The Perilous Pocket Planetoid, a tiny planet sandbox for The Littlest Brown Book
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J.D. 🤯 @ratbastardgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
rat-bastard-games.itch.io/wolves-of-th... HEY DO YOU LIKE THE BRONZE AGE AND HEXCRAWLS? DO YOU LIKE THE MINOANS? CHECK OUT CRETE FOR WOLVES OF THE AEGEAN THE RULES ARE FREE
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Wolves of the Aegean by Rat Bastard Games
Mythic Bronze Age Hexcrawl
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teuthida // Octopus Ink Games @octopusink.games · 20/09/2026
Quantum thieves: octopusink.blot.im/quantum-thie...
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Quantum Thieves - Octopus Ink
An idea for Thief progress cobbled together from Hags’ Folks of the Guild and Nathe’s Superthief. Quantum as in discrete values, not as in the
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leo 🦈 @darlingthresher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ███ ɴᴇᴇᴅʟᴇ ꜱɪx ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠɪɴɢ███ ᴏɴ ꜱᴇᴇᴛʜᴇ ᴢᴏɴᴇ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴏᴀᴄʜ, ᴇᴛᴀ ████ ᴛᴇᴘʜ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢꜱ ████, ɢᴇᴏ ꜱᴇᴍɪꜱᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ██████████ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ█████ █████████ . . . ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ɴᴇᴇᴅʟᴇ ꜱɪx ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴇᴇɪɴɢ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟ ᴡᴇɪʀᴅ ꜱʜɪᴛ ʜᴇʀᴇ sophont.brittlestar.press
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teuthida // Octopus Ink Games @octopusink.games · 18/09/2026
Last four rulesets: - Houseruled b/x - Houseruled Mothership - Lancer 4 Gay Babies - Classic Traveller Last four adventures: - Cold Case (one I’m writing for mosh) - Wages of Sin bounty 19 - Operation: Raid of Meteor Fortress (l4gb) - Early Computing (DG in Violence)
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Scribble M. Horror @scribblemhorror.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
for those who enjoy frustrating survey questions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Scribble M. Horror's RPG Playstyle Survey
Please try to answer the questions as accurately as possible to your actual experience. This is a shitpost joke survey
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sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
[rings bell] theoryslop! theoryslop! come get yer theoryslop while it's still hot!
one page. header reads "RPG DESIGNER THEORYSLOP ALIGNMENT CHARTS & SHEET." gray text under the header reads "You have 20 points to assign to each stat array, Pendragon-style. For tri- or otherwise multi-polar arrays, express the stats as ranges, e.g. “Gamist 1–7 / Dramatist 8–9 / Simulationist 10–20.”
subheaders followed by lines for writing read: "Designer: / Project: / Link:"
subheader reads "Binary Traits," followed by a list of silly game studies paired descriptors and space to write stats: "Ludologist / Narratologist // Game-as-Activity / Game-as-Object // Proceduralist / Anti-Proceduralist // Diegetic / Endogenous // Suitsian / Non-Suitsian // Closed Lusory Goal / Open Lusory Goal // Toy-Game / Meta-Game // Character-Locked / Authorial // Problem-Solving / Story-Telling // Rulebooks / Adventures."
subheader reads "Special Twinned Binary Traits (the Bartle Zone)," followed by gray text reading "Assign 20 points to each axis, but make a single roll when testing the combined traits." following is a two-axis chart, north-south reading "Social / Non-Social" and west-east reading "Aggressive / Passive." 
in the second column, a subheader reads "Multi-Polar Traits" followed by shapes with stats at their corners: triangle, "Dramatist / Gamist / Simulationist"; square, "Agon / Alea / Mimicry / Ilinx"; hexagon, "Classic / OSR / Trad / Nordic larp / Neotrad / Storygames"; square, "Gamer / Actor / Socialite / Immersive." 
a subheader reads "Skills," followed by a big list of 32 skills, with space for stats next to each: Academia, Acting, Art Direction, Blog, Cartography, Copyediting, Credit Rating, Day Jon, Game Studies, Graphic Design, Illustration, Layout, Line Editing, Livestream, Marketing, Networking, Operations, Organizing, Podcast, Printing, Production, Proofreading, Shitpost, Shortform Video, Social Media, Thirst Trap, Video Essay, Web Dev, Writ. (Adventure), Writing (Lore), Writing (Rules), Other: "
gray text reads "Sam Sorensen, September 2026"same theoryslop designer sheet as before, this time filled out in handwritten green, for me, Sam. I skew towards problem-solving, goal-driven play, as well as towards adventures, imaginary worlds, and simulationism. the notable inclusions in my skills lists are a +6 in game studies, a +4 in academic, blog, layout, line editing, and adventure-writing, and a +2 in "museum," my "other" skill
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elmcat @elmc.at · 14/09/2026
yea wolves upon the coast is cool elmc.at/rub-my-body-...
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Rub My Body in Goose Fat, Daddy, I Want to Fly
Magic has become boring.
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Ripley 🏳️‍⚧️ @queerwizard.co.uk · 07/09/2026
Hello #TTRPG #OSR friends - my September is spoken for but I'm looking for cartography projects for October! Happy to work on personal projects or published works! My rates and contact info can be found on my website: queerwizard.co.uk
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lolt64 @lolt64.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
after almost a year, another blog post 😀↕️ this one is about: 95% a BUNCH of ideas i had for FIST, the paranormal mercenary RPG that i made War-Torn Ice Moon for (just waiting on the WTIM proof copy btw!) 5% thoughts on a future Over/Under write-up tablescrapsrpg.blogspot.com/2026/09/scra...
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Scrap Heap 3: Oh Hell No!
I've had no time to blog this year! But I do now.  Here's some stuff that's been on my mind. Let's talk about... War-Torn Ice Moon Other FIS...
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sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
good morning! are you a DEAD LETTERS listener? interested in thoughtful tabletop RPG discussion? fond of the Aughts aesthetic? then join THE MAILROOM, our forum! it's open to all and equipped with all the features a robust internet message board needs! see you there! deadletters.nyc/forum/index....
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Dead Letters
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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Chaoclypse (Brandon Yu) @chaoclypse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
chaoclypse.blot.im/wayfarer Wrote a small system: Mash-up of Traveller/OD&D/Searchers of the Unknown
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Wayfarer - Chaoclypse
Low fantasy by way of Traveller. 2d6 down the line for STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, CHA. HP is average of STR and CON, rounded up. Allocate 5 rolls
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Lone Archivist @lonearchivist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New Transmission from the Archive just went out. Mostly for people that probably don't see what I've been up to on here but talks about what's new and what's coming up for Lone Archivist. news.lonearchivist.com
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Home | Transmissions from the Archive
A Newsletter by Lone Archivist
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teuthida // Octopus Ink Games @octopusink.games · 04/09/2026
The Dead Lands of Pel: octopusink.blot.im/the-dead-lands
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The Dead Lands - Octopus Ink
When the people of the Pellish Isles die, their souls go to the dead lands in the underworld. It is impossible for a person to travel to these lands
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bea @frogappreciator.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
in my opinion FIST is a modern classic
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teuthida // Octopus Ink Games @octopusink.games · 02/09/2026
Some hacks for the micro-wargame Best Case Scenario: octopusink.blot.im/hacks-for-be...
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Hacks for Best Case Scenario - Octopus Ink
I recently discovered Best Case Scenario, a punchy micro wargame for modern supernatural horror scenarios. In fact, when I run modern horror games
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Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 01/09/2026
Applications for the Mothership #Jump-9 Writers Grant are now open. Deadline is September 30. www.tuesdayknightgames.com/pages/mother...
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Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 31/08/2026
Applications for the Jump-9 Grant go live tomorrow. We have 250+ new writers signed up already to be notified. If you're having issues with the form let me know, for some reason Klaviyo built a landing page that does not work for most people!
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blark @blarkblarkblark.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dungeons & Dragons isn't about tactical combat or storytelling or found-family or whatever, it's about opening different kinds of doors.
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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 26/08/2026
Free art. Make something with this. exeuntpress.itch.io/rabbits-and-...
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Rabbits & Demons (Art Assets) by Exeunt Press
Traced public domain woodcut prints for use in your games
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idraluna-archives.bsky.social @idraluna-archives.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Reflecting on my first brief Classic Traveller campaign idraluna-archives.bearblog.dev/odradeks-dri...
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Odradek's Drift Reflections
I wrapped up my first brief Classic Traveller campaign this week. I had a huge amount of fun running it and am extremely grateful to everyone who showed up t...
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teuthida // Octopus Ink Games @octopusink.games · 26/08/2026
Panic Effects in Violence: octopusink.blot.im/panic-in-vio...
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Panic in Violence - Octopus Ink
Panic effects for Violence Riffing off Hawkeye’s Panic in Classic Traveller. When something warrants panicking roll 1d20. Add +2 for every injury
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Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 26/08/2026
Mothership Month is back this year, with one big caveat: no crowdfunding, no new releases. Instead we're investing back in the community: For starters: the Jump-9 Writers Grant will invest $9k in 3 new writers to help them each create a Mothership zine. www.failuretolerated.com/mothership-m...
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Mothership Month 2026
<p><strong>Mothership Month is coming November 1 - November 30,</strong> back to our regularly scheduled timeslot. With one big caveat: <strong>No crowdfunding this year.</strong></p> <p>I don’t know ...
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Thrift @thriftomancer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Get ready! Hexcrawloween 2 will be here before you know it itch.io/jam/hexcrawl...
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Hexcrawloween 2
A game jam from 2026-10-01 to 2026-11-03 hosted by Thriftomancer. It's fall once again, so let's make more Halloween hexcrawls! In the next month create a 1-ring system-agnostic hexflower that can be ...
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teuthida // Octopus Ink Games @octopusink.games · 24/08/2026
Pellish names: octopusink.blot.im/pellish-names
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Pellish Names - Octopus Ink
In the isles of Pel the people have three names: Their child name, given by a guardian and discarded when they come of age, their use name chosen
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teuthida // Octopus Ink Games @octopusink.games · 23/08/2026
Inspired to write up an Earthsea-style hexcrawl. Rules and first isle are up: octopusink.blot.im/the-isles-of... octopusink.blot.im/the-eastern-...
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The Eastern Reach - The Isle of Nont and Surrounding Isles - Octopus Ink Games
(Note: Hex key numbers are temporary while I figure out how to fit this into a larger map. Icons denote points of interest, but there are many
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Jon Davis @sivads-sanctum.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
D&D is a folk game that grew out of a tradition of war games in the midwest Hasbro can not own your table's game
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barenuckelavee.bsky.social @barenuckelavee.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Wow the response to my first post was so nice, thank you all! I doubt I'll top that manifesto, but for my sophomore slump, here are some rules for playing elves and dwarves and shit, adapted from my best recollections of that campaign barenuckelavee.bearblog.dev/elves-and-ot...
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PRETENDING TO BE AN ELF AND OTHER INHUMANS
Played a game inside. The rules were scraped together from a fading memory of B/X and scratched onto the back of commissary receipts. The dice were made of f...
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barenuckelavee.bsky.social @barenuckelavee.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I have a blog now and wrote about playing a bastardized version of OD&D in prison and how the DIY spirit of the OSR is most alive when you don't buy anything at all barenuckelavee.bearblog.dev/no-one-can-t...
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NO ONE CAN TAKE YOUR GAME FROM YOU
There is a sickness in the modern tabletop hobby, a kind of creeping, insidious consumerism that tries to convince you that you need things to play. We get c...
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Dreamboat Branny 🦢 @bransonreese.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Only read about dragons in books. The information online is accurate but the goverment will monitor how much of it you access and if they decide you're getting too close to the truth they'll send a real dragon to kill you
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teuthida // Octopus Ink Games @octopusink.games · 20/08/2026
I ran Lair of the Lamb for players brand new to ttrpgs, and it is probably the best introductory dungeon I've ever run. Write up here: octopusink.blot.im/lair-of-the-...
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Lair of the Lamb Report - Octopus Ink Games
I just finished up running Lair of the Lamb for a group brand new to D&D (or any RPGs). We ran it over the course of two 6-ish hour sessions. This
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regularbird @regularbird.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Want to get out on the water with your friends this summer? Want to rip off a big score? Need a fishing mini game too? RAIN CITY: RUMRUNNERS has all that and more! regularbird.itch.io/rain-city-ru... A smuggling boondoggle for #FlimflamJam!
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RAIN CITY: RUMRUNNERS by regularbird
A CRIME WAVE scenario
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Joshua Justice Games // Ghost Tropic Radio @ghosttropic.org · 13/08/2026
Sunlit Path is now available digitally via itch.io and RPG Trader! Made for use with *A Pound of Flesh*, but able to be dropped into most any Mothership campaign. joshua-justice.itch.io/sunlit-path rpg-trader.com/products/840...
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Sunlit Path by Joshua Justice
A toolkit and mission for the Mothership RPG
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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
You have been misled. It's a setting, and it rules. valerialoves.com/wages-of-sin...
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Wages of Sin Gave Me a Midlife Crisis
Should I just run Mothership for the rest of my life?
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Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 12/08/2026
If you haven't heard, yesterday we released Wages of Sin for Mothership. This one is a big swing for us. Our first hardcover book, it's 300+ pages long. It's more of a toolkit than a straight adventure. I think you should check it out, lemme go over why. www.tuesdayknightgames.com/products/wag...
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Wages of Sin
Wages of Sin is the ultimate bounty hunting resource for your sci-fi horror roleplaying campaign. A catalog of 100 bounties, each is a self-contained scenario running the gamut from simple criminals t...
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Robin M. Rondel @sadslut.club · 08/08/2026
new violence trip up the child of some very awful people thank you to my partner for suffering on the Eurostar home rmrondel.itch.io/eurobolt
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EUROBOLT by Robin M. Rondel
A Violence scenario for one to three unfortunate train passengers.
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cannibal princess @yyakamo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Doll Weaver's Affluence: A free dungeon crawl presented by The Baying Hog Pit Explore a 35 room mansion haunted by The Doll Weaver and her possessed dolls. Uncover the mansion's treasures before the Doll Weaver turns you into one of her creations? baying-hog-pit.itch.io/doll-weavers...
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Doll Weaver's Affluence by Baying Hog Pit
An OSR dungeon crawl through a twisted mansion.
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Thursday Garreau @keftiu.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I recently hit 1000 followers on Itch, so my entire catalog is on sale for 50% off until August ends! Come grab HARDCASE (and its TRUTHSEEKER expansion), my stuff for Mothership and Songbirds, or some of my microgames 💛 Everything available separately or in a $30 bundle. itch.io/s/197553/100...
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1000 Followers Sale by Thursday Garreau
A bundle by Thursday Garreau, $30.00 for 14 games
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DMiurge @inplacesdeep.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Over at our patreon we have a gross monster based on a hex I had in my game as redone by Huth. Ewwwwwwww www.patreon.com/InPlacesDeep...
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aggie (gourd dwarf) ✨🪓 @gourddwarf.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Working on an update for STAR MARAUDERS: Peril & Plunder on the Stellar Sea. Plus, an adventure. btw: There's a Space Dungeon available on my blog! gourd-dwarf.bearblog.dev/cosmic-castle/
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COSMIC CASTLE - Star Marauders Dungeon
Mysteriously, The Cosmic Castle Appeared A dungeon for use with Star Marauders: Peril and Plunder on the Stellar Sea One month ago, to the day, Princes...
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Chris P. Wolf 🛸 Mostly Offline @chrispwolf.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
About a month ago, before Between Two Cons, I updated Night Tripper for the first time since 2022, to version Ansible 1.0, but didn't really push it out publicly. I made some tweaks and pushed Ansible 1.1 just now!
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Golden Achiever @golden-achiever.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
New issue of The International Player's Review is out. This time it's all about monsters. Featuring an interview with @chaoclypse.bsky.social @nickoten.bsky.social and @gromb.bsky.social! golden-achiever.itch.io/the-internat...
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The International Player's Review #5 by Golden Achiever
All new issue!!!
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Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
violence jam entry is up. get it on the blog. get it on itch. lukegearing.itch.io/plastic-venus lukegearing.blot.im/plastic-venus
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Plastic Venus by lukegearing
a nightmare
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teuthida // Octopus Ink Games @octopusink.games · 25/07/2026
Ran @bradkerr.net ‘s Weird Little Freaks in tournament mode for some friends, they got a score of 19. Had a fun, weird, wet time!
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elmcat @elmc.at · 24/07/2026
glog posting for glaugust elmc.at/medusa-class/
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Medusa Class
Medusa as a playable GLOG class.
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Jay Hawking @jayhawking.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Just released Pills., a break-in for @lukegearing.bsky.social's Violence. If you're looking for a little wholesome adventure, this is the scenario for you jayhawking.itch.io/pills
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Pills. by Jay Hawking - Fiction Writer, Historian
A break-in for Violence, stealing someone else's estrogen
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teuthida // Octopus Ink Games @octopusink.games · 20/07/2026
Violence jam submission 1/? For @lukegearing.bsky.social 's Violence octopusink.itch.io/waffle-house
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Waffle House by Octopus Ink Games
a scenario for violence
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Gromb @gromb.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Another one for the Violence jam: gromb54-46.itch.io/cargo-cruise
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Cargo Cruise by gromb54-46
a vacation
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Golden Achiever @golden-achiever.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
You want to save a dollar? I’m hosting a sale on itch to raise some funds after pretty much everything I own got stolen. Get International Players Review and zine with two short scenarios for the trending Violence system. itch.io/s/194864/pot... #rpg #osr
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Pots and pans. by Golden Achiever
A bundle by Golden Achiever, $20.00 for 5 games
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