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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Congrats, @brigittewinter.bsky.social and @natmesnard.bsky.social! Brigitte’s The Goodest Girls won the 2026 CRIT Award for Best GM-less TTRPG and Nat’s Assemblage was a finalist for Best Multiplayer TTRPG! Celebrate with 20% all of our games through 10/4. scryptidgames.com/discount/FABLE

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Very excited that our official announcement for BLOOMFALL — a school days portal fantasy TTRPG — is live today on @rascal.news. Such an exciting project designed by @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @yeonsoonerorlater.bsky.social in collaboration with @labx.org! 🍃 www.rascal.news/scryptid-gam...

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Scryptid Games to Publish Bloomfall: A Storybook Roleplaying Game

A school days portal fantasy TTRPG designed in partnership with LabX, a program of the National Academy of Sciences

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Shelly Jones (they/them) @shellyjones.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Highly recommend both! <3

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Brigitte Winter @brigittewinter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Honored to be nominated for a CRIT Award for The Goodest Girls. 🐕 💕

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Nat Mesnard @natmesnard.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's such an honor to have my game Assemblage nominated for the @critawards.bsky.social this year! Check out all the great games and creators and vote!

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The Goodest Girls by @brigittewinter.bsky.social and Assemblage by @natmesnard.bsky.social are Crit Awards finalists! Vote The Goodest Girls as Best GMless TTRPG and Assemblage as Best Multiplayer TTRPG before August 23 & help bring the spotlight to these awesome games: www.critawards.org

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CRIT Awards

The official website for the CRIT Awards, a TTRPG award show to celebrate and recognize those in the TTRPG community

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CRIT Awards @critawards.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Links for Voting and Finalist List with reference attachments can be found on linktr.ee/CRITAwards which is listed on all socials. Additional information can be found on our website: critawards.org Voting is open July19th - August 23rd

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

👏🏻 We are pumped for this anthology!!!

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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Our Interactive Fiction Workshop with @natmesnard.bsky.social of @scryptidgames.bsky.social will run July 8-Aug. 12th! Limited to 10 students. Join us for 6 weeks of play & turn your IF idea into a finished project. For complete details visit: bit.ly/4fz3N4Z #interactivefiction

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The Goodest Girls and @brigittewinter.bsky.social are nominated for an Indie Groundbreaker Award! Celebrate with 20% off this sitcom-inspired TTRPG about senior shelter animals living their best lives. (Discount Code: Sophia) scryptidgames.com/discount/Sop...

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Brigitte Winter @brigittewinter.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Wow! You all really showed up. We are now well beyond our max for fiction subs, so we will close to stories 4/30. (Games, poetry, and ephemera are still open until 5/15.)

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Whoa! We've already hit our cap of 100 fiction subs for Tales from the Cryptids, but @brigittewinter.bsky.social is so delighted by what she’s read that we're keeping the portal open until we hit 200 or reach our May 15th deadline. Keep 'em coming, and get us your #ttrpg and #poetry submissions too!

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Love being in such excellent company. 🐀 ❤️

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Nat Mesnard @natmesnard.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

This is tomorrow! Space is still open. If you're in NYC and want to design something new, come join us. We'll playstorm #ttrpg concepts using Legos and you'll leave with new game ideas + maybe the beginnings of a first draft.

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hey, NYC cryptids, come out! This is going to be a great class, and Session 1 will be exploring @vidityavoleti.bsky.social's Lego-based #ttrpg Space Goblins! 🎉

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Tales from the Cryptids is open to submissions! Send us your weirdest fiction, poetry, and TTRPGs. 10 cents/word. Open until May 15. Let us peek into what might be—at the edge of what is known. Don't solve the mystery. Be the mystery. #callforsubmissions scryptidgames.moksha.io/publication/...

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

An absolutely amazing recap of our #AWP26 panel "Poetry, Prose, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice" from @amandatien.bsky.social!

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Nat Mesnard @natmesnard.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I'm teaching a 2.5 hour Zoom workshop on March 29 called MAKE SHORT GAMES. We'll discuss tiny #ttrpgs and one-pagers, and playstorm games of our own. A great opportunity to design your first game, or (for experienced folks) make something new: www.eventbrite.com/e/make-short...

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Make Short Games with Nat Mesnard

A Zoom workshop taking inspiration from short TTRPGs to playstorm new games.

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Nat Mesnard @natmesnard.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

A total delight to play bass in this band of game-writing rock stars. 🎸

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Brigitte Winter @brigittewinter.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

This panel was so joyful. Love the energy at @awpwriter.org around game design as a literary practice!

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Sharang Biswas @sharangbiswas.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

We had a really lively panel, with lots of back-and-forth! Woot!

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Our panel Prose, Poetry, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice at #AWP26 was amazing yesterday, with brilliant insights from @natmesnard.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social @brigittewinter.bsky.social @nirele.bsky.social @davering.bsky.social! If you attended, let us know your takeaways ✨

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Great reading happening during #AWP26 w/ our "Prose, Poetry, and Play" panelists @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @davering.bsky.social!

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Nat Mesnard @natmesnard.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

So excited for @awpwriter.org #AWP26 this week, where I'll be moderating my panel "Prose, Poetry, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice" with some incredible designers/writers: @sharangbiswas.bsky.social, @davering.bsky.social, @nirele.bsky.social, and @brigittewinter.bsky.social! Join us 🎲

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We're bound for @awpwriter.org #AWP26 in Baltimore, MD this week! If you'll be around, come by the panels @brigittewinter.bsky.social and @natmesnard.bsky.social are running on games/writing, and visit us at Booth #T425 on the showroom floor.

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Nat Mesnard @natmesnard.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

This is going to be delightful. My two spookiest friends, Will and @brigittewinter.bsky.social, in one livestream! Come watch us ~~~scare~~~ each other w/ how much we all love to read and write creepy queer fiction 💕

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Last liveSCREAM of our Tales from the Cryptids campaign is tonight at 7PM ET / 4PM PT / 12AM GMT. 👻 Join @natmesnard.bsky.social, @brigittewinter.bsky.social and Will Roth of Creature Publishing to chat about scary fiction, spooky games, queer books, and more! youtube.com/live/cuFN88E...

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Creatures & Cryptids w/ Will Roth, Brigitte Winter & Nat Mesnard

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Tales from the Cryptids limited rewards are running low! Only 2 spots left for the Scryptid Scholar and Batboy's Bargain tiers, which both come with written feedback on a complete TTRPG, short story, or poem to help you prepare your submission for our open call: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

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Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera

A book of games and writing that flips the lens on conventional cryptid lore. In this zine, cryptids are beings with vivid lives, goals, and stories of their own to share. Don’t solve the mystery. Be ...

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Middle West Press @middlewestpress.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Of potential interest to fans of 2025's "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn" anthology from Middle West Press: Baltimore-based @scryptidgames.bsky.social is crowd-funding an anthology comprising story-telling TTRPG, fiction, and poetry! Campaign ends Feb. 27, 2026! Info: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

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Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera

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Nat Mesnard @natmesnard.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

This was suuuuuch a dynamic conversation with @superdillin.bsky.social and @sharangbiswas.bsky.social last night! People in the chat were...taking notes?! Tons of good stuff on subversive game design, erotic TTRPGs, and "emancipatory bleed." www.youtube.com/live/qtx5mX6...

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Zinetopia Designers Chat with Sharang Biswas, Dillin Apelyan and Nat Mesnard

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Dillin Apelyan - Bob the Builder's #1 Guy @superdillin.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

VERY excited for this chat I think you should come by and hear it!!!

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

New livestream! Join Scryptid Games Co-Founder @natmesnard.bsky.social tonight, 2/17, at 7pm ET for a chat with @backerkit.com #ZineTopia designers @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @superdillin.bsky.social on their new games & the thriving New York City tabletop scene! youtube.com/live/qtx5mX6...

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Zinetopia Designers Chat with Sharang Biswas, Dillin Apelyan and Nat Mesnard

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PixiesAndPins @pixiesandpins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

My friends at @scryptidgames.bsky.social are running a crowdfunding campaign for #TalesFromTheCryptids Back it! BUT ALSO: you can submit & be a part of it! Poems, games, art, short stories!! This project is rad. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... SUBMIT WITH ME! #JoyfulPromo #ScryptidGames

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Great work @tabletopbookshelf.com! @luluinwa.bsky.social, let us know how it plays...and if you like, share your playlist so we can listen in to your game 🎵🤘

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

In case you missed last night's livestream with @brigittewinter.bsky.social and @natmesnard.bsky.social, you can still watch our two Tales from the Cryptids campaign producers + editors chatting about this awesome anthology project over on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/lY0bhXl...

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Nat & Brigitte Talk Tales from the Cryptids

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Hey, Tales from the Cryptids is a featured project on the @backerkit.com main page today! What an absolute honor to be featured. Thank you to everyone at BackerKit who believes in the weird and wonderful stuff that we're making. 💕 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

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Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera

An anthology of narrative games and other writing that flips the lens on conventional cryptid lore. In this zine, cryptids are beings with vivid lives, goals, and stories of their own to share. Don’t ...

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🎉FUNDED! 🎉 We're so excited that this rad anthology is officially happening, and that y'all want to play (and read) these uncanny cryptid tales. Now, let's get those stretch goals in view... www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

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Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera

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Scryptid Games @scryptidgames.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Don’t miss our livestream tonight, 2/6, at 7pm ET. @natmesnard.bsky.social and @brigittewinter.bsky.social will share the story of how this project came to be, what Brigitte wants from submissions, and what to expect from the new "Make Short Games" class Nat is offering as a campaign reward.

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Chris Hutton - TTRPG Insider @newsnerd.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera is an anthology of games and writings that tell stories about the cryptids and the lives they lead. @scryptidgames.bsky.social are the minds behind this one! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

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Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

So excited for this anthology!! Congrats @brigittewinter.bsky.social and the @scryptidgames.bsky.social crew!!

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