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edward rathke

@radicaledward.bsky.social
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Author of a bunch of books, stories, and essays. erathke.com

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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 2h
DAY 10 - ARROW Words by @radicaledward.bsky.social So since we hit the two digits - we inverting the next batch. this... might be a little hard to see as spot art PNGs, but an easy invert would fix that right up. Updating the drive with current assets now. #morkborg #morktober #ttrpg
Two spindly creatures stuck with arrows, mirrored top and bottom, in pale lavender on navy. Thorny border, “ARROW” lettered down both sides.Four short verses about arrows and war, with the two creatures at the bottom. Same navy and lavender colour way, thorny border, “ARROW” down both sides.
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 8h
DAY 9 - FLAG With word by @radicaledward.bsky.social A little bit of delay as I do this daily and ran on some time hic ups. This is a little bit of a style shift too, and there is more of this in the next one; since we'll be hitting 2 digits!. #morktober #morkborg #ttrpg
Tall purple/pink card in blue ink showing two mirrored creatures holding spears with ragged flags, framed by a scratchy border and the word “FLAGS” at top and upside down at bottomPurple/pink card with a ragged flag on a spear above, prose by Edward Eathke  -- war chant / poem, with the same scratchy border and “FLAGS” title.
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Nina Fairweather @ninafairweather.com · 23h
I'm just starting to dig into #Fatherfog and grabbing these. They're going in my pile of one shots to use when I don't have a full group
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Arno @arnovandevelde.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Folks over at @wehrlegig.games are running a kickstarter for their new game, Infamous Traffic. Seeing I have had the chance to play it a good bit already and I think it is worth checking out. It made sense to drop some thoughts to help people find out what it is about. shorturl.at/tXLP6
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Ignominious Kowtow | An Infamous Traffic: Second Edition
With the launch of the infamous traffic on kickstarter, Cole, Drew and company can start worrying about running out of second editions and we can start chatting about it. First a few important caveats...
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
DAY 8 - WAIL With word by @radicaledward.bsky.social #morktober #morkborg #ttrpg Drawn while listening to the SILKSONG OST - Christopher Larkin - Phantom track. Kinda wanna replay that.
Indigo on lilac tarot card titled WAIL. A ghostly, screaming spirits floats in a border of thorny vines and tiny eyes.Back of the WAIL card - prose by Edward Rathke
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JellyMuppet @jellymuppet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sou... We funded! Hooray!
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Atrapos: A Roleplaying Game of Odyssey
A doomed mythic fantasy roleplaying game of defying fate in an epic world of Gods and heroes.
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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s the most wonderful time of the month! New Zine Club drops! We had a lot of new sign ups for rpgzine.club this month, with one great game signing up to get 20 copies of each title each month! For spooky season with have Goth Borg & Sometging is Eating this Town. Let’s Explore! 1/3
A picture of Tony holding 3 copies of Goth Borg fanned out in front of the faded out warehouses

The cover is red and black halftones featuring a large title and an image of a small torch bearing figure walking into a large cavernous space.

Tony holds 3 copies of the games famed out in front of a faded out warehouses.

A black cover with distress marks and the words intersecting houses like a scattered neighborhood across the cover. 
SOME
THING 
IS
EAT
ING 
THIS 
TOWN
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm on layout and art for an upcoming adventure by @radicaledward.bsky.social - This is for GLOAM by @lonelegend.bsky.social (Using some of the stock art creations from the last couple days -- marrow goblins // effigy corner borders) Tool stack: Affinity, with TGTS Rusty Nib for brushwork #ttrpg
Sample layout of the upcoming adventure Gloaming Wood by Erathke, with layout and art by tony tran
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Ethan @glyphtide.games · 08/10/2026
Just uploaded an updated version of Spellbound: a Chain×Link Supplement, featuring original art by @tonytranrpg.bsky.social. The supplement is free! So feel free to check it out, and if it piques your interest, consider getting the base game! glyphtide.itch.io/cxl-spellbound
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
DAY 7 - EFFIGY With word by @radicaledward.bsky.social #morktober #morkborg #ttrpg
A side - Effigy card - abomination centers, with silhouette of a building town,B side - with prose by Edward Rathke.
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Maggie 🇵🇸 @magathachristie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's the TTRPG Collective's 3rd Anniversary! This phenomenal discord server is where I've found hype, feedback, friendship...the list goes on and on! You can support us by buying our games - all the projects in this $20 bundle were made possible by this beautiful community. itch.io/b/3934/ttrpg...
Find my work in the TTRPG Collective 3rd Anniversary Bundle. A community-powered bundle by the Creatives of the TTRPG Collective.The TTRPG Collective 3rd Anniversary Bundle

- Contains over 40 projects made by members of the TTRPG Collective Discord server.
- TTRPGs, artwork, supplements, and more! 
- Equal profit share between allc reators in the bundle means if you support one of us, you support all of us. 
- 100% human-made projects!

$20 USD - Ends October 31st
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Whimsy Machine @whimsymachine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We're celebrating the TTRPG Collective's 3rd anniversary with a showcase bundle of 40+ projects that could only be made with the support of a community. The creativity and skill of these folks is mind-blowing! itch.io/b/3934/ttrpg... #ttrpgs #rpg #indiedev #dnd #ttrpgcommunity #selfpromosaturday
Title image that says "Find my work in the TTRPG Collective 3rd Anniversary Bundle. A community-powered bundle by the creatives of the TTRPG Collective." The background has illustrations of notebook papers. The foreground has illustrations of pencils, dice, book, swords, webcams, and microphones.Similar to the title image, this image lists details of the bundle: contains over 40 projects made by members of the TTRPG Collective Discord Server. TTRPGs, artwork, supplements, and more! Equal profit share between all creators in the bundle means if you support one of us, you support all of us. 100% human-made projects! $20 USD. Ends October 31st.
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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 07/10/2026
A Knizia soccer (football) mechanism in TTRPGs? It's possible! www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/knizia-goal
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Can we use soccer in a TTRPG?
Using Reiner Knizia’s book of dice and card games for inspiration when designing other kinds of games. Exploring how a card game can be adapted and expanded.
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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For months, I've been writing about a Trinket Keeper, a small junk shop, and a broken heart in a big city for my ecological fantasy TTRPG, Burial Cloud. The last two pages are up on Patreon (free trial for those who want to grab them without a paid sub). www.patreon.com/worldsbywatt...
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Trinket Keeper Interior (BC Expansion) | worlds by watt
Trinket Keeper Interior (BC Expansion) by worlds by watt on Patreon. Join worlds by watt's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
DAY 6 - FOG With word by @radicaledward.bsky.social #morktober #morkborg #ttrpg
Fog card design for morktober
BSide - Fog prose by Erathke
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
⚔️ 📙 THE HUNT OF A THOUSAND LEAGUES...is out today!🗓️ 🐎 Orhan Timur the Snow Leopard's latest novella-length adventure is now available in mass-market paperback and digital formats. 👉️ newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-tag/...
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Stock art maintenance - if you've worked with me; I'm a big fan of @kinopio.club; I'm currently working out a way to catalogue my stock art - starting with #Morktober 2026. So this will be a white board experience with what each card/day would release with as I cut em up.
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Anybody curious what 🔎MYSTERY PROJECT🔍 is may wish to sign up for our newsletter, as subscribers shall find out tomorrow at 8am EST... 👉 stats.sender.net/forms/dB2Xkd...
Paper background, the Brackenbury Books logo, and text which simply reads "MYSTERY PROJECT".
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
⚔️Dariel "Master of the Snow Leopard" Quiogue aka @draq.bsky.social is doing a 48 hour author AMA on Reddit!⚔️ 👉 www.reddit.com/r/SwordandSo...
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From the SwordandSorcery community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the SwordandSorcery community
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edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A game I wrote the story for in this year's GBJam got a shoutout for Gameboy Soul! It's about an alchemist aided by sky pirates looking for a cure. llamakazi.itch.io/aurum-and-ae...
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Aurum & Aether (GBJAM 14) by Llamakazi, Broken River Games
An Old School Turn-Based Game Boy RPG with Alchemy, Magic, and More!
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
DAY 5 - CAPE With Bside prose by @radicaledward.bsky.social #morktober #morkborg #ttrpg
Card style of cape prompt symmetrical design of an abstract flowing cape.Cape bside prose by Edward Rathke
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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WYRM has been getting about 200 downloads a day for the last 5 days. We're wyrming over here! See what all the commotion is about: gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
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WYRM by Gila RPGs
OSR style fantasy adventure game
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edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thomas Was Alone is one of the best
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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Searchable scans of public domain art! insideoutlibrary.com
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Inside Out Library
Orbital diagrams, suits of armour, pulp sci-fi covers and wood type, from the pages of public-domain books. Free to use for anything.
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm also thinking of use Patreon as a newsletter ... so consider the"free" tier to stay updated. I also have a free library which is quite dusty BUT I will be updating it.... (soon) Just rotating sample of the spotart through the year(s) - damn time flies 🫠 Cheers! www.patreon.com/tonytranRPG/...
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THE PALE HORSE - MORKTOBER 2026 | tonytranRPG
Hope all is well for everyone. I've done it again - and participating in Morktober again. Hosted by exeunt.press . For this year, I'm als
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Golden Achiever @golden-achiever.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Keep an eye on TT. You'll thank me later.
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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Day 3 of MORKTOBER via WYRM: Glyph Glyph Fiends are nasty creatures found in dark places. They feed on magic, and like to strip the runes from scrolls and spells from scalestones.
Black background. On the left in blue pencil is a sketch of a humanoid shape with a face on its torso. It is holding a glowing yellow glyph in one raised hand.

The text to the right says: 
Glyph Fiend
Tier: 3     Armor: 0
Stubborn (T): If Glyph Fiend wounds a Wyrm, it permanently steals a spell. 
Null: Glyph Fiend is not affected by magic of any kind.
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spooky mike of spooky noseatbelts spooky games @noseatbelts.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Day 4: Marrow Envisioning a catacomb to explore. Had a rough day so title treatment is all you get #MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #OSR
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Horror DNA @horrordna.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#Kindle deals! @stephengrahamjones.com MONGRELS, @keithrosson.bsky.social's FEVER HOUSE, Justin Cronin's THE PASSAGE, and @chuckwendig.bsky.social's WANDERERS are just $1.99 each! #booksky #ad #amreading #ebookdeal #bookdeal Now with a link: amzn.to/4c0Dr96
Cover for Stephen Graham Jones' MONGRELS. There's a giant wolf in black with red highlights on its face and body. There's a silhouette of a boy/young teen with his hands in his pockets under the belly of the wolf. The background is yellow, and MONGRELS is in black above the wolf. If you've never read Jones, this is a perfect place to start.Cover for Keith Rosson's FEVER HOUSE. It features a black and off-white/cream colored hand rising from the dirt throwing down the devil horns. Its black fingernails are dangerous looking.Cover for Justin Cronin's THE PASSAGE. Nothing much going on here. It's a picture of some trees with a golden light cutting across the middle. Tons of stars in the sky.Cover for Chuck Wendig's WANDERERS. Chuck's name is on top in white, with the book title below in black. Below all that, a lone figure walks a dirt road. On the left of the road is an empty field save for a water tower. The cover ends at the edge of the right hand side of the road.
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edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is my favorite so far
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
DAY 3 - GLYPH Prose by @radicaledward.bsky.social #morktober #mörkborg #trrpg
Glyph by a stone wall - cardProse by Edward R, a calling - a howl - an answer to no one
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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A few spreads from my upcoming horror adventure, The Forgetting of Lockwood Manor. Art by @robbiaburns.bsky.social and layout by @adamhensley.bsky.social. Out in time for Halloween!
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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 04/10/2026
There's a bsky feed for all things MÖRKTOBER. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I've had more fun working on WYRM and these small pamphlets and zines this year, than any of the "big" games I'm working on. The universe is trying to tell me something.
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spooky mike of spooky noseatbelts spooky games @noseatbelts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Day 3: Glyph New class: Glyph Carver (still workshopping the name). A magic user who carves glyphs into the ground (or whatever is available) to cast spells. On mobile today and have stuff going on so can’t do a full write up. #MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #OSR
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
DAY 3 - GLYPH Word by @radicaledward.bsky.social Art/Design by me #mörktober #morkborg #ttrpg #glyph
a stone wall card with a glyph in the middleProse about Glyph
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hey everyone; hardly do promo for this but if you keen on the work I'm sharing - I'll be uploading it daily as make them for this #morktober - CC 4.0 for the art; Words are by old mate @radicaledward.bsky.social (Those are not CC 4.0). Link in thread.
Patreon spot art available - MORKTOBER 2026 EDITION
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Guillaume Jentey @jenteyg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You want or need monsters for the spooky season ? I made a little art pack featuring 13 original monsters of my own creation (hand-drawn) for your #ttrpg , creations, website, etc. Available on itch: guillaumejentey.itch.io/13-pale-mons... and @rpgtrader.com rpgtrader.com/products/100...
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13 pale monsters by GuillaumeJentey
art pack with 13 original monsters
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
DAY 2 - CURSE Word by @radicaledward.bsky.social —- morktober —- my curse in temptation; check lists. #mörktober #morkborg #ttrpg
A SIDE curse
B side Curse
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spooky mike of spooky noseatbelts spooky games @noseatbelts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Day 2: Curse Hands of Glory were/are a real thing. Wild. Here's my take on one. #MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #OSR
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spooky mike of spooky noseatbelts spooky games @noseatbelts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Day 1: Goat The troll from the famous story died, but his soul lives on in the hopes of cursing any goats who dare cross his bridge. He's blind so everyone else gets an omen too. Using @exeunt.press 's Tenebrous, I created a Generator. #MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #OSR
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spooky mike of spooky noseatbelts spooky games @noseatbelts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#MÖRKTOBER is finally upon us! Here is my thread. Follow along all month. #osr
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Parks and Rec: Treat Yo' Self!
ALT: Parks and Rec: Treat Yo' Self!
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edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A fine autumn day
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Colin Le Sueur | By Odin’s Beard RPG @byodinsbeardrpg.com · 02/10/2026
Dive alone into deadly shadows with solo play and, if you die, hand your Investigation off to other players with Solo Legacy rules. Midnight of the Century is a ‘90s occult serial killer investigation TTRPG. Available in hardcover. link.byodinsbeardrpg.com/midnight-har...
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looks like the annual sacrifice of time coins is back on for me. #morktober DAY 1: Goat
Day one goat - Tarot style symmetrical goats 
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edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
damn!
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Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The prose is summoned. Going to do a pass on this side into card form. But check it out!
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edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
it's pretty cool! sort of like a fairytale version of Mothership
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Matthew John @matthewjohnauthor.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
❤️ ⚔️🔥
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