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The Crazy Man™ @sssiiiggg.bsky.social · 11h

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[A picture of Stephen king hunched over his desk next to a picture of Elizabeth Holmes in You Can See Everything]

"I coulds get yooshed ta this" rat son or "cheesed to squeak you" mouse daughter

J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Appendix N Jam Results for my Cairn Module *Giants in the Sky*. 15th in Gameability? 81st overall? I'll take that. Big jump from last year's placement, and a product I'm happier with overall.

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Starshine Scribbles @starshinescribbles.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Time to get ready for Halloween!

A fake Spirit Halloween costume bag. It sows a man in a Mork Borg t-shirt whose feet are covered with dice. The name is "TTRPG Player" and the bag says "Includes: Shelf of unread games, Dice, Scheduling issues, Oh my god so many dice, seriously where are they storing these?"

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Radmad is Unplugging his PAX @radmad.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

This is kinda about buying big ass game bundles too

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 13/10/2026

Blogwagon Announcement: How to Be a Good Player. There is plenty of GM advice out there. How about advice for the rest of the people at the table? #ttrpg #osr

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Blogwagon Summons: How to Be a Good Player — Prismatic Wasteland

I invite you to blog about your best Player Advice for the latest Blog Bandwagon.

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Amanda/iamatrex @iamatrex.com · 10/10/2026

Sprigs & Kindling Volume 8 is out! 13 new Short-form Carved from Brindlewood TTRPGs by amazing writers and all totally free! sprigsandkindling.com

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Sprigs and Kindling

An ongoing digital zine of community collected creative works for Carved from Brindlewood TTRPG games

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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Europeans are asleep, post long Mediterranean

Map of Mediterranean, oriented with the east occupying the top

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Open Tables are good. Dolmenwood is good. Local game stores are good. Games are good. Go play some games, y'all. Shit's magical.

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directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've been working on this for some time and with the release of the first three Cairn CAS adventures in Markdown, I thought this was as good a time as any to make a few announcements.

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Just The Games

Reference at the speed of play.

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Nothing makes you feel dumber then putting a "finished" PDF module back into Markdown for further development. 1) I thought I *had* a Markdown file, so past me made more work for myself 2) Damn, I thought this was *good* at one point? Holy shit I needed an editor badly

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Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today! Come hang out and eat snacks!

Text Reads: Are you a tabletop game designer? Have you ever written or hacked an RPG? Have you ever thought about writing one?
TTRPG Designer Hack n' Yak
Meet Local Designers - Snacks on Us!
Drop In, Sunday October 4, 1-4 PM
Pe Metawe Games 11805 94 Street NW
Presented by Worldbuilders YEG

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 08/09/2026

this is what counts as worldbuilding for me

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

New Blog Post: Judging a Book by its Cover--On GM Screens and Dismantling Table Power-Dynamics Wherein I address a common complaint in online RPG spaces, unpack the unconscious dynamics of the GM screen, and argue for a de-centring of the GM in OSR play orthopraxy.bearblog.dev/judging-a-bo...

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Judging a Book by its Cover--On GM Screens and Dismantling Table Power-Dynamics

I'm the type of guy who cares a lot about the kinds of tools I use. This should hardly be a surprise to anyone who knows me. What?? The fountain pen guy with...

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wrote about being chronically single, and about visiting a psychic to find out what's broken about me. she had some interesting things to say! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/the-most-u...

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The Most Unlovable Man in New York City

On being chronically single and my visit to the love psychic

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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The first 3 Cairn adventure series adventures are now available as markdown with image support! You can run them from the browser! cairnrpg.com/adventures/f...

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First Party

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Ripley 🏳️‍⚧️ @queerwizard.co.uk · 30/09/2026

I think now is the time for me to talk about how everyone should read The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

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Sadly Rutschman @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh shit the White Sox are literally on a mission from God

Letter to Jerry Reinsdorf from the pope

I was pleased to receive the kind letter that you
sent
following the game that took place at Rate Field on August 11, 2026. I am most grateful for this thoughtful gesture.
As I have noted,
"sport can truly become a school of life,
where all can learn that abundance does not come from victory at any cost, but from sharing, from respecting others and from the joy of walking together" (Letter Life in Abundance, 6 February In this spirit, it is my hope that the White Sox will
continue to foster bonds of friendship and solidarity people, and thus bear hopeful witness to the possibility of living and working together in peace.
With
these sentiments, I willingly invoke the Almighty's
abundant blessings upon you and your loved ones.
From the Vatican, 9 September 2026
Leo PXIV

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

"After he retired to the cave prayer grew in him like a forest, sowed its seeds inside his psyche, rewilded his heart. He didn’t see that centuries had passed without him."

A Saint looks up from his prayers to
discover he’s been dead for some time
For St Robert of Knaresborough
By Jay Hulme - from 'The Vanishing Song'

After he retired to the cave
prayer grew in him like a forest,
sowed its seeds inside his psyche,
rewilded his heart. He didn’t
see that centuries had passed
without him.
One day he
looked up, hearing requests for
intercession, and the woods were
older than expected, the riverbanks
shifted by the years —
and as he
knelt before the altar in his hermit's
church, his knees disappeared below
the edges of his emptied grave.

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Game Wolf Advance (2001) @ator.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I LOVE YOU SENSHI. YOU JUST GET IT

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The Merry Mushmen @themerrymushmen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Spoiler! One of the Dungeons in Brad kerr's adventure. Map by the amazing Ripley Matthews (olé!). Enjoy! There are plenty of opportunities to die (or worse) a horrible death waiting for you here.

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WiddershinsWanderings @naeolin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've been talking about play style preferences lately, but there's another aspect of table culture that I think is a key determining factor on whether a gaming table stays together. Whether you're playing Cairn, Mothership, or Vampire. widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/ttrpg-table-...

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TTRPG Table Alignments

A blog post where I compare a Tabletop Roleplaying Game session to having a communal meal, and why its important for everyone's expectations to be aligned.

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🦇 Hexavier 🎃 @xavierck.com · 16/08/2026

do I have to tap the sign again

Screenshot of one of my posts:

"It's weird how nobody can read anymore!"

It's the fascism.

"Gosh, you notice how nobody seems to engage with"

It's fascism.

"The focus on aesthetics instead of content is"

Fascism.

"Why do people think the past was better than"

FASCISM.

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g0m @g0m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 17/09/2026

Obligatory screenshot where I (very temporarily) dethrone Lancer on itch.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Discomfort is an essential part of growth and wouldn’t it be so embarrassing to be the exact same person thirty years from now, in a totally different world, because you were so averse to discomfort?

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Once you start noticing how the incapacity to handle discomfort affects how people live their lives it's actually pretty shocking how it ruins pretty much every conceivable aspect of existence. Interpersonal relationships, romantic and platonic. Career and education opportunities. Your politics Your willingness to go anywhere. The kind of food you eat. The kind of art you expose yourself to and your ability to read it. It's never just one thing, it touches everything, and once you notice it it's like suddenly being able to see germs or something. Just this horrific catastrophe people look at you askance for screaming about. As I grow older and see what became of my friends and peers who could not learn to handle discomfort, the more I'm like. This is a genuine societal issue
werewolf-beans
Increasing my discomfort tolerance has also been one of the greatest assets to improving my mental health.

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Rise Up (From the Grave) Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

HIS MAJESTY THE WORM certified non-Unc (From ToothyBj)

A four panel comic of dungeoneers asking if a dungeon has a map. An old wizard explains you have to map it yourself, and the younger dungeoneers call it an "unc-mechanic."

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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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3d6 Down The Line @3d6downtheline.com · 14/09/2026

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing #TTRPG nerds to switch their association of #DCC from Dungeon Crawl Classics to Dungeon Crawler Carl. Insidious.

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Any Austin @anyaustin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

it's just such an unbelievably good piece of clothing

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Nicolas Dream, PhD @afraidofwasps.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

(guy who doesn't know anything and hasn't learned from or internalized a single experience) Imagine going back in time with all the knowledge that you have now...

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HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Copyright has destroyed the artistic process. Every single artist throughout time has lifted and modified previous works, sometimes WHOLESALE from previous creators. It's always okay to use previous works as a springboard if you are human. If you are computer...halt and catch fire.

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I surveyed 200 players and learned that most OSR games fall into two tiers of lethality - Meatgrinder and Picaresque. Table culture determines lethality more than system or campaign length. valerialoves.com/how-deadly-i...

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How Deadly is the OSR, Actually?

A survey on campaign length and lethality

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Elephant Mastodon @emath.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Literary fiction is coming. It is going to revolutionize the economy. We know that China has already got a start on literary fiction. We can’t afford to be left out of the literary fiction economy. Think of your kids. They might already be engaging with literary fiction.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 05/09/2026

one of the more embarrassing strangely common video game fandom behaviours is holding onto resentment over specific IGN reviews decades later. you are 29 years old bro you gotta led the sonic unleashed review go

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 05/09/2026

The Canadian Chronicles are coming soon… three tales of horror for Call of Cthulhu, made and set in Canada 🇨🇦 and releasing at KamCon! The scenarios are written by Francis Acquarone, Patrick Chandler, and myself.

Canadian Chronicles
Vol 1: Nouvelle France

Three tales of French colonial horror for Call of Cthulhu, coming September 25th, 2026

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