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Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

An expansion inspired by 'Goblin Market' for an RPG about kickass princesses? Sign me the hell up! 🤤🤤🤤🤤 #ttrpgs #therapy #rpgtherapy #perilsandprincesses #perils&princesses www.kickstarter.com/projects/out...

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The Secret of the Night Market

A fairy tale role-playing adventure for Perils & Princesses featuring a fae market to explore and mysteries to solve.

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

1--The One Ring (1e) 2--5e Essentials Kit 3--D&D 4--RPG Therapy 5--The One Ring (1 & 2e) 6--Dungeon Crawl Classics 7--Lancer

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I'm very, very ill at the moment, and so I thought I'd cheer myself up by finally grabbing a copy of 'Lancer'. I'm ALWAYS up for some giant robot fights, and I've heard good things about this undeniably epic tome. Plus it's illustrated by Abbadon, one of my favourite comic authors. #rpgtherapy

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Spoke to my family yesterday, so obviously woke up today feeling like shit. So which card chose to fall out if the deck as I was shuffling? Sometimes it's painful to accept the Unknown's love; but cards like this show us that it's always out there, holding us in it's heart. #tarottherapy #tarotsky

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Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Thought I'd redo my Strider Mode sheets (the old ones were getting a bit tatty). #theOneRingRPG #SoloRPGs #mapboner

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I've never painted a map using watercolour before; I don't know what possessed me to put one on the front endpapers of my new bullet journal, but here's the result. Based it off of some water marks on my bath mat. Don't know how happy I am, but hey, no going back now! #fantasymaps #bulletjournals

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Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The first TTRPG I ever played was #theoneringrpg, in which a friend played a hobbit named Bandobras Took, 'the Mighty', 'Slayer of Spiders', etc.. (His name got longer every week!) And guess what the first card I ever pulled from my new tarot deck was 🤣. #tarotsky #lordoftherings

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

It's been a while since I a) played 'The One Ring', and b) played a solo RPG, so thought I'd finally pick up an old character sheet and give 'Strider Mode' a go. It's great. *Of course* it's great. I get to play an old friend of a character, running through Middle Earth, rolling dice. #solorpgs

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Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Wind your neck in, keep your head down, grit your teeth; you're nearly there. How often do our clients tell us they can't go on, right before they have a major breakthrough? They just need to have faith in themselves that they're nearly there. #tarottherapy #tarotsky #therapy

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

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Just a reminder to all the new folks that Neil Gaiman has been credibly accused of sexual assault by five different women, and is almost certainly working behind the scenes with his PR firm to bury the story. Don’t let him. And don’t follow him. More here:

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The New Zealand allegations at the centre of a Neil Gaiman podcast investigation

A report on the facts presented in the podcast that is investigating the allegations against author Neil Gaiman.

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Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

After years of um-ing and ah-ing, I finally got around to buying 'Torchbearer'. And it's great, like I always knew it would be: gritty, dark, humorously lethal. Now I'm wondering how much fun it might be to put my clients through the Grind... 😆 #ttrpgs #rpgs #torchbearer #therapy #rpgtherapy

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I've always thought of the seven of wands as 'my' card. It has a very, "Come on, you bastard!" sensibility to it; if I'm going down, you're coming with me. Clients often need a boost to their determination--and this witch is nothing if not determined! #tarottherapy #tarotsky #therapy

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

My copy of Unnatural Selection, the #Shadowdark supplement, has just arrived, and it's GORGEOUS. Congratulations @dungeondamsel.bsky.social, I'm really looking forward to cracking it open and torturing my players with it 🤣 #ttrpgs #therapy #rpgtherapy

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Kitty Kendall has been a friend and colleague of mine for several years, and frankly it's about damn time the world is starting to wake up to the vile behaviour she and others have had to endure. archive.ph/lgX09 #writingcommunity #fantasyauthors

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Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

The Moon truly is the psychoanalyst's card. It calls us to explore the fears and illusions (often formed in response to trauma) that plague us, and to release those defense mechanisms which no longer serve us. So take a leaf out of Red Sonja's book and fight! #tarottherapy #tarotsky #tarot #therapy

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

An important #ttrpg axiom to remember is that your GM is not your therapist... unless, one supposes, they were your therapist *first*. I take a look at Role-Playing Games in Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide by @rpgtherapist.bsky.social! cannibalhalflinggaming.com/2024/12/30/r...

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Role-Playing Games in Psychotherapy: A Non-Therapist’s Review

While roleplaying games can certainly allow players to explore certain things and work through some stuff, an important axiom to remember is that your GM is not your therapist. Therapy is a serious…

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Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Many thanks to Seamus Conneely over at Cannibal Halfling Gaming for his frankly humbling review of my book. I've never heard my writing described as "a friggin' Stargate" before, but I think it might be my single favourite piece of feedback ever! cannibalhalflinggaming.com/2024/12/30/r...

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Role-Playing Games in Psychotherapy: A Non-Therapist’s Review

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Reversed, the Queen of Pentacles advocates self-care, and the need to balance your life our a bit more. Christmas is a great time to refocus ourselves on the parts of our lives that fulfill us, and to take a step back from energy-draining activities. #tarottherapy #tarotsky #cardoftheday

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Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

So now that I'm back in Blighty, I finally have a surface area big enough to take a picture of my entire #PAXUnplugged haul. It's so purty 🤤. Just don't ask how the hell I managed to carry it all back home 🤣

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Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Perfect card for this time of year. And what is our job as therapists if not to encourage love and self-care in our clients? Merry Christmas, all. #tarottherapy #tarotsky #oraclesky #cardoftheday

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

A couple of weeks ago, some friends and I got together in Philly for #PAXUnplugged, where we even sat down for a panel on femme-presenting ADHD in gaming. Enjoy :) youtu.be/eOBsDuuugEM

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PAX Unplugged panel--Neurodiverse Narratives: Femme Presentations of ADHD in Gaming

YouTube video by The RPG Therapist

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Sometimes it's important to take risks and try something new. We'll never break old patterns of behaviour without experimenting with some new ones, first. As true for the therapist as the client. #tarottherapy #cardoftheday

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

So, PAX Unplugged final score: –Tidal Blades RPG core rulebook; –Cyberpunk Red core rulebook, signed by Mike Pondsmith; –Robotech: the Macross Saga RPG core book, GM screen, dice set; –Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast; (TBC)

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Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Day three haul from #PAXUnplugged. I have had the best of times, this weekend, meeting colleagues, making friends, and living the dream. But Christ it's been expensive!

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Amazing day two at #PAXUnlimited. Got Cyberpunk Red signed by THE Mike Pondsmith, nabbed some noice dice, and, oh yeah, had an amazing panel on fem-presenting ADHD, with Charlene, Mo, Emily, Eric and Meghan. And sold several copies of my book. Yay! 🥳

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Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Day one haul from #PAXUnplugged. Didn't even make it down three aisles! Also, thank you to @bobworldbuilder.bsky.social for not treating me like a complete lunatic when I accosted you in our hotel elevator 🤣. Pleasure meeting you, sir! Looking forward to day two 🤤

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Finally made it to #Philadelphia. Looking forward to paneling at #PAXUnplugged, and trying not to buy every damn game available. And the hotel gave may map too, yay 🤣 #mapboner.

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Community, shared experiences/interests, and self-care are all incredibly important for our mental health. Helping clients expand their world is often a key milestone in their therapeutic journey. #tarot #therapy #tarottherapy

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Ever since Sir Terry's death, I've been trying to make the Discworld novels last. Just picked up a copy of 'Night Watch', and loved seeing a map at the front. Ankh-Morpork is probably my favourite fantasy city, and the Shades my favourite part of Ankh-Morpork. #TerryPratchett #mapboner

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Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

A Wednesday afternoon, surely not the busiest/most emergency-filled time of week. I'm on hold for forty-four minutes, trying to speak to a GP surgery so I can inform them that one of their patients is suicidal. Fuck sake.

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Get to know your mutuals!! List 10 random things you like (in no particular order) : 1. RPGs 2. Boardgames 3. Books 4. Comics 5. Writing 6. History 7. Fantasy maps 8. Dice 9. Playing the guitar 10. Naps

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Jesus, PLEASE tell me this is real. Whoever did this, I love you so much 🤣🤣🤣

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Who are your four favourite Marvel characters?

Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Join me and some amazing friends at PAX Unplugged on 7 Dec for a chat about 'Neurodiverse Narratives: Femme Presentations of ADHD in Games'. We'll be there all weekend, so come along, say hi, and get a copy of my book 'Role-Playing Games in Psychotherapy'. 😀 unplugged.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...

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Daniel Hand @rpgtherapist.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

New playbook for 'Avatar Legends': the Broken, and individual whose driving force is to overcome their traumatic past. Absolutely PERFECT for RPG therapy!