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Sam McGurran @sammcgurran.bsky.social · 13h

After releeasing his awesome book, From Glasgow Without Love, my friend Albrin has only gone and directed a movie based on it! youtu.be/S0Dw1kp8J2k?... www.amazon.co.uk/Glasgow-With...

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From Glasgow Without Love Trailer

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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 22h

The other day I expressed that I thought most community content programs were... perhaps not ideal. Monte Cook Games? A clear example of a company that gets it. Let the most engaged segment of your audience go out there and show how cool your game is! Honestly, this should be the norm.

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Sam McGurran @sammcgurran.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“How did you get into ttrpgs” I inherited them from my uncle who vanished during our shared birthday party.

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Alphastream @alphastream.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“How did you get into ttrpgs?” As the seventh son of a seventh son, the games found me.

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Jake Ēkiss @jakeekiss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As succinctly as possible, here's a dozen posts summing up what I think are #drawsteel 's main mechanical pillars as a #ttrpg system. This is not an exhaustive explanation, but a speed-run through the points of the game that sold me on playing it. See @hellomcdm.bsky.social for more (a LOT more).

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Draw Steel Mcdm

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dojikaan.bsky.social @dojikaan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Super happy to have contributed to @hellomcdm.bsky.social 's recent Red Road release on the Codex. Tough but fun, trying to design gnolls which felt unique, MCDM, action-first and matching the various artstyles that 'came before me' Whatcha waiting for? That road aint getting any redder! #Drawsteel

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Tabletop Nonsenseverse @abol-tabol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Blacksmith's Guild Issue #9 is hot off the forge. It's an honour and privilege to have been doing this for a year and a half now. Thank you #drawsteel community. tabletopnonsenseverse.myshopify.com/products/the...

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The Blacksmith's Guild Issue #9

DRAW STEEL! Get the softcover here. We have a Patreon now. If you want, you can subscribe to the magazine, where you just get the PDF when it comes out. You also get a highly discounted, basically at-...

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Kit @a11yartificer.com · 01/10/2026

Inspired by @ghostofcinders.bsky.social , a #promosky thread: I've been a TTRPG writer, freelancer, & accessibility consultant (not just for TTRPGs, re accessibility). I've worked in different industries, too; got my start in UX from localization (English-Japanese). Website: www.a11yartificer.com

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Garfield: Insert Coffee to Begin

Alt: A pixelated Garfield the cat with a blue coffee cup, with the label 'Insert Coffee to Begin' above the cup.

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Brian Schaab @brianschaab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I didn't post this on here yet, but I'm currently working on a complete overhaul for a Guild Wars 2 version of Draw Steel. I ran a proof of concept playtest, and it went really now. Currently, I'm working on the ancestries. Here's the Humans v2. Let me know what you think! GW2 humans are actually

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Matt Colville? @mattcolville.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I knew I'd see you again," King Gumprecht growled. The Necromancer didn't move. His servants bowed for him. "You were safe," the gnome said. "Why return? Why come back to me?" "You know why," Lord Uldrich intoned. "I have come to kill a god." The gnome king smiled. "I've got just the thing."

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Milo Lofranco @ritehunter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Huge shoutout to @nalshiradraws.bsky.social for the absolutely wonderful artwork of the various respite activities in Treat Yourself. It got me excited to finish writing that Draw Steel downtime supplement so I can lay them out onto the page.

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DMHub @dmhubvtt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🩸Blood in the snow. A dark heart in the wood. ♥️ The Red Road and The Dark Heart of the Wood Quests are available NOW in the Draw Steel Codex. Learn how we're bringing these quests to life in this video👇 youtu.be/eBEm20Y-6Ho

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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Cover for my upcoming horror adventure, the Forgetting of Lockwood Manor. Art by @robbiaburns.bsky.social This will be the fourth release in the Cairn adventures series.

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Found a guy that did my name before me @davidbutlin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by a fucking idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

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Joe Auerbach @joeauerbach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Okay, the Draw Steel adventure I've been working on for ages has finally dropped! it's pay what you want (including nothing. This isn't my job, you can just have it) on itch. It's about saving springtime from angry orcs. There's giant worms, killer deer, custom retainers and a new magic weapon.

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The Stolen Year by joeauerbach

A Draw Steel adventure for heroes of the second echelon

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Matt Colville? @mattcolville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is a recent response to a point I made in an interview, talking about how there's this sense online that RPGs should not be fun for the GM. They should be rewarding. And that if an RPG becomes sufficiently fun? Then it's really a board game or a video game in disguise.

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Mobius @enneadgames.com · 26/09/2026

#SelfPromoSaturday time once again! Show off your artwork, #TTRPG projects, sale, #rpg kickstarter or anything you're proud of! - No GenAI/Tech bro stuff (blocked if you do) - Like + share - NSFW = OK but hide/spoiler/etc it! - Alt-text as much as possible please! - 1 per person (to keep it fair)!

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Morpheus from The Matrix

Alt: Morpheus from The Matrix saying "show me"

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Sam McGurran @sammcgurran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Come on folks, you know you want them!

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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/09/2026

Discworld QOTD, from Mort

The only thing known to go faster than ordinary light is monarchy, according to the philosopher Ly Tin Wheedle. He reasoned like this: you can't have more than one king, and tradition demands that there is no gap between kings, so when a king dies the succession must therefore pass to the heir instantaneously. Presumably, he said, there must be some elementary particles -- kingons, or possibly queons -- that do this job, but of course succession sometimes fails if, in mid-flight, they strike an anti-particle, or republicon. His ambitious plans to use his discovery to send messages, involving the careful torturing of a small king in order to modulate the signal, were never fully expanded because, at that point, the bar closed.

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Jeff Stevens Games @jeffstevensgames.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New artwork for Threats of the Timescape - Scourges of Space. A Powered by Draw Steel supplement. #mcdm #drawsteel

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The Dice Society @thedicesociety.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hooked on Crafting is officially out 🎉 #DrawSteel Almost 200 quest hooks and suggested challenges for your table's crafters ⚒️ I dare you to use all of them! For one week only, get it alongside You Meet in an Ambush for a discounted price 👀 thedicesociety.itch.io/hooked-on-cr...

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Hooked on Crafting by The Dice Society

Quest Hooks for Every Craftable in Draw Steel

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The Id DM @theiddm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Not the flashiest item, though I drafted this and sent it to players before this weekend’s #DrawSteel Session 0.

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Sam McGurran @sammcgurran.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

At long last, we bring you the first instalment of Nomas - Riam’s Tears! This semi-aquatic district is filled with all manner of interesting phenomena, but let's first talk about what this product is: a faction-based toolkit for Directors. tabletopnonsenseverse.myshopify.com/products/ria...

A book cover with a female merfolk setting half and half of the water with a city in the background.

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dojikaan.bsky.social @dojikaan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I put it on Discord, then reddit, and now Bluesky! Rhoslind, a Wode Elf Elder, with a token available for free via my patreon. Hopefully the first step in a more organized production schedule for personal work moving forward. Don't forget, Wode Elves are cool! #drawsteel #mcdmfanart

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Stefan Pietraszak @up-pity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One of Draw Steel's biggest (in a field of) strengths is how it makes running the game fun for the game master / director. Now they've made prepping easier while simultaneously demonstrating how encounters of all types can be designed. Can't wait to test my players with these!

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Draw Steel Encounters - PDF

This product contains the rules forDraw Steel Encounters in a digital PDF format ONLY. The third core rulebook! ~350 pages, in hardcover with dozens of new, pre-made encounters ready to use in your ga...

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Spencer Hibnick | Pesto Publications @pestoenthusiast.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I had the absolute pleasure of designing the kobold dastards, as well as some of the montages, in Draw Steel: Encounters. “The Amazing Two Kobolds High Maneuver” is one of my favorite things I've ever designed. If you don't occasionally break out giggling as you design, what's the point?

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Matt Colville? @mattcolville.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sudden Death Overtime Crows! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

I'm giving away a copy of Draw Steel: Encounters in a couple of days. Head over to my Patreon to enter the draw: www.patreon.com/jondenor/pos...

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Draw Steel: Encounters Giveaway! | Jon de Nor

In honor of the third core book of the Draw Steel rules releasing, I'm giving away a copy of the PDF. Leave a comment below to enter the dra

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Sam McGurran @sammcgurran.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Also, the work on Draw Steel Encounters came at such a time it meant I was able to get a dog, thus and he was so nearly an Ajax, but I think we can agree that Ajax does not have Labrador energy.

Picture of a black Labrador dog lying on his back with his bottom teeth bared and eyes wide. <silly>

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Sam McGurran @sammcgurran.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Finished Blood of Dawnwalker, and pretty damn pleased with my ending. Not so pleased with having to wait for the sequel 😩I feel like it delivered on two things I’ve been wanting for a long long time which is a way to actually finish an open world game and bringing that For Honor combat to an RPG.

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James Introcaso @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Crows is now in overtime mode on BackerKit. As long as the Backer train keeps going, the BackerKit will remain open. mcdm.gg/crows-rpg

Two adventurers stand up to a giant worm as a third flees for their life

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Sam McGurran @sammcgurran.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is easily the most exciting part of contributing to the book! We already knew what he looked like but seeing more awesome @eriopsis.bsky.social art of Saint Pentalion is just the best.

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The Dice Society @thedicesociety.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Draw Steel: Encounters is out! This is my first credit as a designer in an official RPG book 🎲 Still socked at the before/after of my maps

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

The Draw Steel Codex keeps going from win to win. This is such a fantastic addition: maps ready to go, in the Codex! And people can share their elevation/walls/zones with others. Super useful when you need a map in a hurry youtu.be/5vfsJtQX7II?...

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Maps!!!

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

Looks like the Draw Steel: Encounters book is being released. If you backed it through the Crack the Sun crowdfunder, you can download it on BackerKit: crack-the-sun.backerkit.com/backer/digit...

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Draw Steel: Crack the Sun on BackerKit

"We watched Cthrion Uroniziir try to reduce the timescape into one singular universe, wiping out reality as we know it. She was defeated, and we see her cage every day."

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 14/09/2026

Still time to get in on this for you Draw Steel, Crows RPG or other power roll system game.

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Hello MCDM @hellomcdm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

CROWDEX UNLOCKED!!!

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Shadowhand Gaming @shadowhand-gaming.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Watch out or they’ll get your bones! The Bone Faeries for #drawsteel are available along with a unique encounter where you fight a swarm solo! #ttrpg

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Joe Auerbach @joeauerbach.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Draw Steel campaign diary 10 for A Study in Effluence: Divine Retribution.

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Divine Retribution: A Study in Effluence Campaign Diary 10

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Sam McGurran @sammcgurran.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Braved installing PC hardware for the first time, and it has been just as stressful as anticipated, however, we have a dope new graphics card!!! The RAM… we don’t talk about.

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Spencer Hibnick | Pesto Publications @pestoenthusiast.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Miro got bought by a notorious private equity mill. Before Owlbear Rodeo—when we were testing the original Illrigger—we ran in Miro. Some testers still do. The Bending Spoons playbook means Miro is probably going to axe most of their staff and their free tier soon. techcrunch.com/2026/09/10/b...

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Bending Spoons to buy collaboration tools maker Miro for $1.36B, 90% less than its 2022 valuation | TechCrunch

Bending Spoons is buying Miro for $1.36 billion, a huge dip in valuation for the workplace collaboration startup, which was valued at $17.5 billion in late 2021.

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James Introcaso @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New Dungeon Advice video: Worlds Not Stories www.youtube.com/watch?v=11x-...

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Dungeon Advice - Worlds NOT Stories

YouTube video by MCDM

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Lindz @lindz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’d love to see more of this in the industry. It’s long overdue.

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Graeme @gbloodworth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Make the thing you want to make, because either 1. You don't make it and then it never exists 2. You don't make it and then someone else makes something similar, but not as good as you might have Its hard to get to the point where you feel ready, but readiness is a trap anyway so who cares.

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Sean Nittner @seannittner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

When we make choices in rpgs, what are they in service of? The story? Character arcs? Advancement? Plot? Optimizing success? Engaging the mechanics? All of these things and more I'm sure. This is a thread about when there is tension between those objectives. Game: Draw Steel

Cover image of Delian Tomb, featuring the tomb entrance and the statue of a Caelian Knight outside of it.

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