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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦

@ossihiekkala.bsky.social
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Illustrator, Staff Artist at Chaosium Inc. Only art, RPG's, Boardgames, and other positive stuff. No AI.

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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Almost as much I despise AI "artists", I despise people who accuse some using AI to create "their" art, without actually having any proof. If you happen to one of those, go fuck yourself. It just happens that AI is stealing from the real artists, so no wonder why it sometimes looks similar.
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sumrow @sumrow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, next to a stick figure labeled “AI”. The stick figure says, “my outputs look just like yours now.”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. Above her we see text reading “I think”.
The third panel zooms in closer on Sarah’s face. Text above her reads “you missed”.
The fourth panel shows Sarah drawing happily in a sunlit room. The text above her reads “the point”.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Still thinking about the Conan game I was playing today. It was so easy to jump in. I kind of understand the people who say eg. Glorantha is bit scary setting as it is so full of lore and details. They feel they'll have to learn everything to run the game or play properly, .. (1/7)
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just started playing in a new Conan RPG campaign, which uses home brewed Pendragon rules. Works really well so far. Managed to decapitate some flea ridden woodsman with a single sword cut. That'll teach them to obey the steel.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I finally installed Cyberpunk 2077 on my Mac when I heard it might actually be able to run it, even though it is an older model. Oh boy it has been a treat! I have not played that kind of game for a decade, at least. It might look better with newer computer, but it already is blowing my mind. (1/7)
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Shannon Appelcline @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Got an order of books from @chaosium.bsky.social earlier this week. I haven't read them thoroughly yet, but I skimmed through them and was really impressed by how gorgeous they were. I though it was worth a 🧵 on how much the RPG industry has changed and improved over what I guess is a generation.
Call of Cthulhu: Arkham, Call of Cthulhu: Innsmouth, and Noble's Handbook for Pendragon facing out on a shelf.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My friend wants to run for our group a Conan game by using a homebrew Pendragon rules. I'm all for it. So much that I had to draw a portrait of my future character. I hardly ever do that anymore, but as finding a particular Conan magazine launched my desire to be an illustrator, I had to do it.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Pendragon is just an awful system, it would be perfect with D&D instead.
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ianthemouthofmadness.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 14/08/2026
this'd better not awaken anything in me
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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This looks like a bunch of Player Characters on Hour 3 of sitting around talking about their assault plan, insisting they still need more time, as the Game Master begins weeping
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 13/08/2026
Being a history addict can sometimes hurt. For instance, I want few things more in life than putting my hand on a prehistoric one in a cave. But even if I could I probably wouldn't because I shouldn't. Also I'd cry like an eejit.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Without first reading the text I immediately thought that art could be by @munkao.bsky.social and I was not wrong. In these days of slop seeing this kind of stuff makes me breathe more freely.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Shannon Appelcline @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Great, as Paizo & Green Ronin are getting their stolen stock back. Also, great that Sparkle Pop (new-Diamond) is being forced to give back money from selling stolen goods. And that the distribution deals are ended. That's all big for individual rights over corrupt corporate interests.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/08/2026
I mean, I get through my entire day without it already, and everyone else who does/is made to use it would have to return to, like, 2022, so, yeah, it's fine, chuck it out
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Decided to try something new. Jumped roped like it was a 12 round boxing match. 3 min jumping, no rest, continuing immediately after tripping. Then one min rest. I have jumped 45 min before, but jumping without interval breaks, keeping a short breather every now and then after tripping.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Nice crap!
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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
RuneQuest, Chaosium's renowned fantasy #TTRPG set in the mythic world of Glorantha, has been inducted into the ENNIE Awards Hall of Fame. The announcement and presentation was made as part of the 2026 ENNIE Awards Ceremony at Gen Con yesterday.
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Chaosium's RuneQuest roleplaying game has been inducted into the ENNIE Awards Hall of Fame
RuneQuest, Chaosium's renowned fantasy roleplaying game set in the mythic world of Glorantha, has been inducted into the ENNIE Awards Hall of Fame. The announcement and presentation was made as part o...
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Esteban 🚲🐶 @echolimamike.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I try to combine both whenever possible.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 31/07/2026
1. Newer writers, just don't fucking use "AI" for anything, ever 2. How odd that being an established writer with a firm "no 'AI'" stance and ample pre-"AI" IP will become a definite competitive advantage over "new, hot, and possibly copyright compromised" deadline.com/2026/07/ai-q...
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AI Questions Spoil Book & Movie Heat On 'Call Me, I'll Hide The Body' Novel
That screeching sound you heard from international publishers and film rights buyers was an abrupt application of the brakes after a fevered pursuit of the unpublished debut novel.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I’ve been thinking this for a while now. It seems that the romantacy literary genre is hugely popular at the moment. How come the rpg industry hasn’t tried to catch those fans? Or have they?
Old book illustration by Frank Godwin, depicting Tristan and Isolde.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I enjoyed this project a lot. And it is a good mini campaign to build your game around.
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Friendly Gamer @friendlygamer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
It's a real out of body experience when you are doing this and find a post from yourself from five years ago with the same problem that never got answered.
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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
And this is Bryan's version of Count Binface!
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Anyone has any experiences or opinions about Foundry VTT they would like to share? Thinking about bringing it for helping to run Pendragon. I am not interested in battlemaps or such, we're Theatre of Mind kind of group.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
If in the beginning of the series the sky above the port isn't the color of television, tuned to a dead channel, I will be deeply disappointed. Hey, Case is jacking in with cords in his head! I do approve that. I might actually want to watch the series. And Molly looks good too.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Yhden tekijänä Ville Tietäväinen, ja pakko sanoa, että oli kevyesti paras noista.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Not much interest in animal racing, but this one I would follow with pleasure.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/07/2026
“If students are using it to compose, which is the biggest tragedy of all, they’ll never learn to write. And their voice is stolen from them.”
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Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’
He called AI writing “pastiche nonsense.”
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I've been rereading Pendragon rules lately, in high hopes that I will get to continue our campaign after over half year hiatus (we've been playing another game, though).
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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Our Pendragon Gamemaster Screen Pack is up for Best Cartography in this year's ENNIE Awards, and voting is now live. Please show your support - voting is free, quick, and easy! Vote here: vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2026/ba...
Pendragon Gamemaster Screen pack and ENNIES nominationCartography by Francesca Baerald and Matthew WallheadCartography by Francesca Baerald and Matthew Wallhead
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Here's another small gem I have done something for, in this case the cover. Go and download it, all you need to play this scenario is included (well not the dice). It's free, so you don't have to sell your boat or your grandfather's famous sword he said he used to kill the giants.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
High recommendations!
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Today I deleted my IG account. It had been hidden for a while, but after these notices of another AI harvesting, I finally did what I had wanted to do and should have done way earlier. Fuck Zuckerberg and all his kind.
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🌸🧚‍♀️Hesper Lightwing @cellycharms.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Please stop using Twitter I promise you that your engagement there is not authentic viewership. Statistically, it has been proven to be as much as 70% bot interactions. I am sorry for sharing something kind of upsetting but it genuinely frustrates me to see people glaze over when I say this stuff
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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Every game I put out gets "1" ratings on BGG before it is for sale. For funsies I'm gonna track the 1s on WS Pocket in real time. What are these people up to, who feel so strongly about a game they haven't even played? Game details were announced yesterday, and the first "1" is up. LET'S GO! 🧵
The number 1 in a red hexagon, as it appears on a game's ratings page for Board Game Geek
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Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Pictures from a friend of mine who works on a crab-fishing boat off the coast of Newfoundland. I love the nightmare crab door.
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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Huzzah! A week later and the Pendragon Noble's Handbook is still the #1 bestseller at @drivethrurpg.com.
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Jan Pospíšil @janpospisil.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Yea, same. I's funny when authors think that using genAI for their covers means they're "ahead" of the competition, or that they stand out as "quality". All this shit looks exactly the same, piss filter and all, bud.
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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We are proud to announce Time Without Tide, a whole new setting and system. Time Without Tide is a TTRPG of exploration and adventure within a fog shrouded, faux-Victorian, post-apocalyptic world. Follow the project now and get the quickstart adventure for free: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios
You have some wonderful stories of basically getting away with stuff at the studios.

I’d learned one very simple trick: say yes. Simply say yes. Like Joseph E. Levine, on “The Producers,” said, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.” He wanted me to fire Gene Wilder. And I said, “Yes, he’s gone. I’m firing him.” I never did. But he forgot. After the screening of “Blazing Saddles,” the head of Warner Bros. threw me into the manager’s office, gave me a legal pad and a pencil, and gave me maybe twenty notes. He would have changed “Blazing Saddles” from a daring, funny, crazy picture to a stultified, dull, dusty old Western. He said, “No farting.” I said, “It’s out.”That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.

I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.

That’s great advice for life.

It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Well, here's another cover I made! And it's free (if you find it)!
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Any experiences of World Anvil? Is it good for managing RPG campaigns? I am planning to run a Pendragon campaign and would be happy to have something where to save all the material and character sheets.
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Ossi Hiekkala 🇺🇦 @ossihiekkala.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
There are two books coming from Chaosium very soon that I am especially waiting to get on my hands. Lands of RuneQuest: Sartar is a book that I have been heavily involved in for years, and finally it will be available.
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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Our executive producer for RPGS Brian Holland is in Las Vegas this weekend, a special guest at @glasscannonnetwork.bsky.social's Retreat. Brian's had heaps of fun running Chaosium games including BRP and the revised RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha through its paces!
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Jeff McAleer from The Gaming Gang @thegaminggang.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
RuneQuest: Weapons & Equipment from @chaosium.bsky.social is the @drivethrurpg.com Deal of the Day and it's an excellent book! And for $3.60 in PDF? It's a steal! #RuneQuest #TTRPGs www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
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RuneQuest: Weapons & Equipment - Chaosium | RuneQuest | DriveThruRPG
Wondrous items and essential goods for adventurers in the world of RuneQuest What’s Inside? RuneQuest: Weapons & Equipment is an essential guide to a wide range of items, goods, services, trainin...
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