Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 27/09/2026But only if they talk like a tv meteorologist while doing it 100
Reposted by Scipio202Dave Clark @bedirthan.fullmoonstorytelling.com · 07/09/2026The guide to marketing games in a zero-click world Using zero-click marketing to build on the rented land of modern social media and the owned land of blogs-newsletters-podcasts can help the modern indie RPG creator sell their products more than dropping a link everywhere they are […]dice.campOriginal post on dice.camp 223
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Periodically on Discord people will share resources for various aspects of TTRPG creation (writing, editing, art, layout, etc.). My latest blog post is a compilation of everything I have seen shared, in case it is useful for anyone: scipio202.bearblog.dev/resources-fo...scipio202.bearblog.devResources for TTRPG CreatorsI am not a TTRPG creator, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night I hang out with a bunch of them on various discords. Occasionally people have ask... 051
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I wrote about focusing on our GMing "growing edges" (rather than trying to get better at everything all at once); plus some focused GMing exercises I found that we can do to develop our craft in between sessions scipio202.bearblog.dev/growing-edge...scipio202.bearblog.devGrowing Edges and GMing ExercisesGrowing Edges There are a lot of different aspects of being a GM - a lot of different valuable skills: setting up a good adventure structure, fun and challe... 062
Reposted by Scipio202Clark - Weeping Stag @weepingstag.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Folks should read Patchwork Paladin's Newsletter! Always interesting things on here! patchworkpaladin.com/2026/08/08/p...patchworkpaladin.comPatchwork Newsletter (Vol 2, Issue 32)This week’s ttrpg newsletter including discord discussions, blog posts to read, projects to download and of course a poem. 011
Reposted by Scipio202SlyFlourish.com @slyflourish.com · 06/08/2026Last day for the Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Kickstarter! Don’t miss out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sly...kickstarter.comRise of the Lazy GamemasterRun great tabletop RPGs by preparing less. 095
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I'm getting ready to start a Curse of Strahd game and I want to run the Written in Blood adventure as a teaching one shot. My latest blog post goes over some ideas two Hook and Chance podcast episodes about horror and how I'm applying them to the adventure. scipio202.bearblog.dev/using-hook-a...scipio202.bearblog.devUsing Hook and Chance's "Bones of Horror" to prep Written in BloodI’m going to be starting a Curse of Strahd campaign with my brother and sister-in-law (who have been playing with me for a while) and my sister and brother-i... 051
Reposted by Scipio202Mastering Dungeons @masteringdnd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026News: World of Warcraft and D&D? Hasbro Q2 Growth! D&D Movie Sequel Script? And more! Listen or watch: masteringdungeons.podbean.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1ps... #DnD #TTRPG #WoW 0177
Reposted by Scipio202Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social · 23/07/2026My friend @slyflourish.com is crowdfunding Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster, which packages his expertise and practice over many years running and making various RPG games. Mike Shea has run a many successful projects that produced books I'm glad to have in my library. Check this one out.kickstarter.comRise of the Lazy GamemasterRun great tabletop RPGs by preparing less. 1176
Reposted by Scipio202Alphastream @alphastream.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Support a healthy member of our hobby today! 0172
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I got things started with a few posts to build some momentum and to show people the kinds of things I'm likely to share - I expect in the future it will be a much lower cadence. But hopefully people will find some of the things interesting. 020
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 19/07/2026After persistent encouragement by several friends - I finally got off my duff and started a blog. It's probably going to be mostly the kind of "here's a neat thing I found" posts that I share on Discord, with a goal of simple and low friction. scipio202.bearblog.dev 2131
Reposted by Scipio202Zak H. | Bommyknocker Press @bommyknocker.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Patchwork Paladin is not here on bsky to promote it, but are people wise to her newsletter? Great picks for the cream of the blogosphere each week, a swift rundown of what’s in the discourse and my personal favourite, a weekly poem. #osr #ttrpg #blog #newsletterpatchworkpaladin.comPatchwork Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 28This week’s Discord discussions, blog posts to read, projects to download, arrivals, a ton of play reports, and of course a poem. 0177
Reposted by Scipio202elmcat @elmc.at · 11/07/2026official update of rootring state elmc.at/rootring-mon...elmc.atrootring months laterrootring has grown over the months. Here is what's new, what's changed and where it's going. 45429
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I just backed Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster on @kickstarter.com. This is an amazing book of extremely useful GMing advice. It builds on and deepens Mike's Lazy GMing philosophy, with a combination of practical advice and table-ready ideas. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sly...kickstarter.comRise of the Lazy GamemasterRun great tabletop RPGs by preparing less. 062
Reposted by Scipio202Matthew Bogart @matthewbogart.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Signed up for Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster on Kickstarter. Sly Flourish's Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master is the book I reach for most when prepping games, Shadowdark, Slugblaster, D&D, everything. Can't wait to see what he's put together in this new one. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sl...kickstarter.comComing soon: Rise of the Lazy GamemasterRun great tabletop RPGs by preparing less. 1194
Reposted by Scipio202TTRPG Blogs (dndblogs.com) @dndblogs.com · 11/06/2026Kickstarter Whales 2: The Whales' Tail – Guest Post: Patchwork Paladin patchworkpaladin.com/2026/06/11/kic… #dnd #ttrpg 032
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I wrote a guest post analyzing the four biggest RPG crowdfuding campaigns. I look at all the tiers and how much money they raised. Most surprising stat: the $999 tier of Neon Odyssey raised the same amount ($5.5M) as the *total* for the #5 all-time RPG campaign. patchworkpaladin.com/2026/06/11/k...patchworkpaladin.comKickstarter Whales 2: The Whales’ Tail – Guest PostGuest author Scipio202 gives a second set of analyses of mega-Kickstarters, this time focusing on the ultra-whale tier, like the $999 tier that raised $5.5 million for Neon Odyssey. 041
Reposted by Scipio202Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I'm collecting data on how weird we are. forms.gle/ric62Zm5gwKL...forms.gleWhat TTRPGs is the Blogosphere playing?I want to see how different the TTRPG blogosphere is from DungeonTube. Three questions: - What games are you running? - What games are you playing in? - What game do you most want to play next? If y... 88253
Reposted by Scipio202elmcat @elmc.at · 27/05/2026google search is broken? fear not! rootring now has a search engine that lets you look for posts and contents from blogs on rootring search.rootr.ingsearch.rootr.ingSearch · rootringSearch indexed posts from across rootring. 510447
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Good question. Someone asked that same question in a comment on the blog, in my response I did the analysis you suggested. It doesn't change a ton: average price goes down a bit, percent of funding goes up a little, no change to the time trend result. 010
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 18/05/2026It won't matter for the % of Total Funds analyses (the adjustments will cancel); but I'd be happy to run any of the other analyses on the unadjusted prices. 060
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Thanks! I focused on the inflation adjusted prices because my initial curiosity was about time trends, and I didn't want to bake in a trend just from inflation. It does make a difference for some of the older campaigns: e.g. for 7th Sea (2016) $2500 unadjusted vs $3500 adjusted. 190
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Glad it was helpful! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. 120
Reposted by Scipio202Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 18/05/2026My God someone actually did the math — and in a thoughtful way (which is to say, you can quibble with some choices in the methodology around stuff like inflation but the choices are laid out so you can replicate this if you wanted to)patchworkpaladin.comKickstarter Whales – Guest PostA guest post by Scipio202 that analyses million dollar ttrpg Kickstarters, focusing on the high-cost whale tiers, which generated an average of 23.25% of funding. 47214
Reposted by Scipio202TTRPG Blogs (dndblogs.com) @dndblogs.com · 18/05/2026Kickstarter Whales – Guest Post: Patchwork Paladin patchworkpaladin.com/2026/05/18/kic… #dnd #ttrpg 024
Reposted by Scipio202The Buckeye Flame @thebuckeyeflame.com · 28/10/2025Ohio LGBTQ+ youth gain XP and craft queer tales through tabletop RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons. “To be able to see representation of [your identity] and then see yourself [or] your experiences reflected in the game can be really heartwarming." ✏️ @bjodway.com via @reportforamerica.bsky.socialthebuckeyeflame.comOhio LGBTQ+ youth gain XP and craft queer tales through tabletop RPGs like Dungeons & DragonsDungeons & Dragons had a resurgence in the past decade. D&D and games like it have found popularity among LGBTQ+ community - including Ohio, where Kaleidoscope Youth Center hosts a D&D program for LGB... 0208
Reposted by Scipio202Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 01/10/2025Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community. Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support! 6843831746
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 22/09/2025I love her videos. She had a great one a little while ago about a tech ceo trying to “vibe physics” 110
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Currently there are epub versions for: Return of the Lazy DM Forge of Foes City of Arches 020
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Mike Shea is a big fan of epub - for a lot of his books when you buy the digital version you get pdf + epub. I’m pretty sure he has been doing that for all his new books, and has periodically been updating old books to add epub 140
Reposted by Scipio202Nick LS Whelan @linkskywalker.bsky.social · 07/07/2025A post on engaging with fucked up real world nightmare shit in Our Games, by @humza.bsky.social blogsontape.paperspencils.com/2025/07/07/e... 0165
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Crack open that new City of Arches you just got, and use something in it as inspiration for a hex #hexcrawl25 010
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Something to be a source of Boons, Benefits and/or Tempting Diversions 210
Scipio202 @scipio202.bsky.social · 31/01/2025So quickly we’re back to “the cruelty is the point” *sigh* 010
Reposted by Scipio202Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is. 4935674510292
Reposted by Scipio202Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 17/01/202535 blogs are nominated for "Best Debut Blog", and voting starts tomorrow! I know you want to be an informed voter, but who has time to read every single post from 35 blogs? If only someone collected a single illustrative post from each of the finalists in this category! I have good news #osr #ttrpgprismaticweekly.substack.comBlogs from the Year of the DragonThere are a whopping 35 Finalists for Best Debut Blog 2024. I highlight one (1) post from each of them so you can get some familiarity before entering the voting booth. 65616
Reposted by Scipio202SachaGoat @sachagoat.bsky.social · 18/01/2025🏆BLOGGIES 2024 - BONUS - DEBUT BLOG🏆 I'm excited to introduce this new bonus category (the only change I made to the bloggies over previous hosts) to spotlight new bloggers in their debut year. You can vote here: forms.gle/FhR5bWcb8yFo... Voting will be open until 9pm GMT on Monday.forms.gleDebut Blog Voting Form (Bonus Category)This is the official voting form for the BLOGGIES 2024. Voting is live for roughly 24 hours (finishing around 6-7pm GMT). More information on the awards, schedule and previous results. As a bonus cat... 03213
Reposted by Scipio202SachaGoat @sachagoat.bsky.social · 03/01/2025🏆BLOGGIES 2024 COMMENCE🏆 Throughout December, the community has nominated over 320 unique blog posts for this year’s BLOGGIES (over double the previous year!). With the nominations now narrowed down, we now turn to public voting! More info here: sachagoat.blot.im/bloggies-202...sachagoat.blot.imBLOGGIES 2024 Commence! - sachagoatWant to skip to the finalists, click here. The BLOGGIES are a yearly awards event that debuted on the Prismatic Wasteland blog in 2022 to 1710349
Reposted by Scipio202Jared Rascher (He/Him) @whatdoiknowjr.bsky.social · 26/12/2024@dmsamuel.bsky.social is back! It's time for the Twelve Days of Edition Wars. @brandesstoddard.bsky.social and Sam are talking about the 2024 DMG chapter by chapter, and I'm really happy to hear them get started on this, like I am with every "Twelve Days" they've done over the last few years.thetomeshow.comEdition Wars Christmas 2024 Day 1: 2024 DMG Chapter 1 (Edition Wars 126) | The Tome ShowWelcome to the twelve days of Edition Wars - in this year's series we are taking a deep dive into the 2024 update to the 5e DMG. What has changed? What has stayed the same? Is this a better buy than t... 184
Reposted by Scipio202Maatlock 🏳️🌈💖💜💙 @maatlock.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Starting up #Hexcrawl25 TTRPG worldbuilding project in 2025! #Dungeon23 vibes but hexier 😎 Build a campaign setting from the ground up with ur own art and words (and maybe some markers and dice)! Read about it here: maatlockstavern.com/hexcrawl25 or just check out this handy schematic. 1311436
