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@severalseals.bsky.social
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Cat haver. Game designer. Co-host of System Shop Podcast. No access to DMs until certain policies become less ridiculous.

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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There was a jazz festival near me this weekend. There was a jazz festival in the town I visited last weekend, too. With the wide variety of performances on offer, I still only really paid attention to a couple. Jazz festivals are about the plays you *don't* note.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New System Shop: Relationships in play! Featuring very special guest Avery Alder @lackingceremony.bsky.social ! We approach the taxonomic expanse from various different angles - power dynamics, stat(e)s of being, emergent ephemera - with Interesting results! open.spotify.com/episode/2bOk...
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Episode 14: Relationships in Play
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Whenever I see a sculpted, shaped, and carefully mowed lawn, I can't help but imagine it as a golf course. My doctor says it's just par-eidolia.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Today is the last day of my Summer Sabbatical and I can at last upload the first fully completed fruits of my unsupervised game design escapades! severalseals.itch.io/drake-barcod... & severalseals.itch.io/foleynauts
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Drake Barcode: Morse Inspector by SeveralSeals
The moderately educational interactive escapades of a dashing detective in a dotty city
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Violet and I realised that this year's Ennie nominees either fell into "I own and have GM'd this" or "I've somehow never heard of this", with little in between, so we made a bonusode to survey the field and each pick something new to try! open.spotify.com/episode/0uBA...
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Bonus Episode: Ennies Exploration 2026
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Imogen Gingell @ilgingell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
As I send hundreds of books soaring across the Atlantic, I thought I'd see what folks are interested in next for JourneyMon expansions. Check out the poll in the Kickstarter update to have your say! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
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Update 18: International Fulfilment Underway - and a poll for what's next! · JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
Exciting times in JourneyMon HQ - a huge stack of handbooks is now officially On Its Way to our fulfillment partners Indie Press Revolution over in the United States. Everyone's shipping address shoul...
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
New System Shop! This one was recorded earlier in the summer but since then we've had another two heatwaves and until recently it was too hot to sit in my office for long enough to edit the dang thing 🥲 open.spotify.com/episode/1Xrh...
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Episode 13: Vehicles
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Ran a surprise game of @unpanny-valley.bsky.social's Shadow of Mogg at Tuescon. One character bartered a curtain for a family sized bottle of strawberry calpol at the blanket fort at Paddington in order to restore his stiff upper lip, then immediately failed the next roll and spiraled into Anxiety.
A character sheet for Shadow of Mogg. It features doodles of tinned beans, a rat, the TARDIS, a mutated praying mantis in a hi viz jacket, a broken pair of glasses, a blanket fort, and an XL bottle of calpol.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Imi has worked so hard on this and I've worked so soft and we're both incredibly proud of the result. And now people can have it! And play it!
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I don't have air con, but I do have two fans, a slightly too small tub of water with an ice pack in it, and Nicholas Cage.
A slightly too small tub of water with an ice pack in it (no feet, sorry internet)Nicholas Cage's Con Air
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
UKGE and high doses of @ava.foxfort.net have done strange things to my brain, but I slept soundly nonetheless.
Ramblings about a brunch powered game that came to me in a dream
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Yes that's two copies of the same box of tzeench horrors acquired via the corrupting influence of six attempted visits to the b&b. The dunmeshi mousemat will go nicely with the stickers already on my laptop. Imi's just finished Obra Dinn, and Micromacro is the closest to a paper version of that.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I will be running Tool Team at 7pm on Friday (tomorrow!!)
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
*handshake meme* Me --> [Excited about seeing Adrian] <-- Rocky Hailmary
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
...also, this month's System Shop bonusode went unsung, by which I mean, I forgot to herald it. It's a good un, though! open.spotify.com/episode/35xn...
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Bonus Episode: Violet's Conpulsion Con-trived Title
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
@ilgingell.bsky.social and I will be wandering the halls of UK Games Expo next week! Spot us, as usual, in our white JourneyMon t-shirts! I'm also hopefully going to run at least one demo of severalseals.itch.io/tool-team - more details to follow...
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Tool Team by SeveralSeals
A wormhole-hopping inventory management TTRPG
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I'm having a pretty awful time right now, but my Amaryllis flowered yesterday and it's reminding me that there's still good in this world, Mr Frodo.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Afflicted by an amnestic framing device, our only hope of salvation is that one paragraph on page 4 of your favourite RPG.... whatever one of those is. open.spotify.com/episode/7jaK...
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Episode 12: What is a Roleplaying Game?
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Plus, I discuss seven games I played, two games I ran, and one I designed (!) at this year's Contingency! open.spotify.com/episode/5JzX...
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Bonus Episode: Freya's Contingency Con-Return
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Iiiit's time for two slightly belated episode announcements! First up, Violet and returning guest Roz talk about making hunger mechanics feel meaty, in Worlds (plural) of Darkness and more: open.spotify.com/episode/2YNY...
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Episode 11: Hunger feat. Roz Leahy
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I am back from Contigency 2026, and full of love for Friends and Games. Mostly, I'm full of shitposts about the impossibly complicated Elf Game we made for @uncannydice.bsky.social's inhuman game jam. Which included a design phase where we just. Went outside and sketched trees to study their vibes.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Well well well! 💖
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
If you know me, you'll probably have heard me rant about Tchaikovsky's flagship bugworld series. They're all here! All ten of them! And also some mammalworld if that's your thing I guess.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
It's the final sprint! Let's gooo 🏃‍♀️
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
@ilgingell.bsky.social joins me and Violet to talk about bringing monster training to the tabletop, discussing existing games in the space and how JourneyMon tackles the design puzzles of the genre! We even dig up a monster catching TTRPG that predates Pokémon... open.spotify.com/episode/2VLl...
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Episode 10: Monster Taming feat. Imogen Gingell
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Oh hey that's me! You may be wondering about the photo. You see, I was mimicking a mimic.
Freya and a chimerical sculpture stand in an alpine field, both alike in dignity.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
JourneyMon is live on kickstarter now! Imi has been working hard on it for many actual years, and even your humble Freya has been working... soft(??) on it, too!
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Got some delicious feedback from the first playtest of my current project: "this is 170% of a game and now you need to focus it in" and "this dice system wouldn't work in any other context but it's perfectly on-theme here".
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Imogen Gingell @ilgingell.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I'm excited to announce the Kickstarter campaign for JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying will go live on October 28th, in just 3 weeks from today. The big day is nearly upon us! Are you ready for your next #ttrpg journey? Follow the campaign here: kickstarter.journeymonrpg.com
Banner for the JourneyMon: Monster Trainer roleplaying game, showing a girl playing a guide with her flaming axolotl monster, and a copy of the JourneyMon hardcover book. The image reveals the launch date for the Kickstarter campaign: 28th October.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
@redstrawbaby.bsky.social Falin may be a healer, but she gotta get that bread
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I will be running JourneyMon at #tabletopscotland this weekend! If you spot me in my JourneyMon shirt, say hi and I will give you a bag of (locally-sourced) monster munch. If you bring friends and ask nicely, I may even run a session for you, time permitting!
A multipack of monster munch gently gripped in the foreground of the irn bru aisle.
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Imogen Gingell @ilgingell.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
We've raced on past 275 now so its about time to crack open the first booster pack and release a new playbook... You can vote on which one on a poll on our Discord server. Follow the link to join in! community.journeymonrpg.com
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Join the JourneyMon TTRPG Discord Server!
Check out the JourneyMon TTRPG community on Discord - hang out with 40 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The conclusive counterpart to last month's SySho is now up! redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...
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Episode 9: Mapmaking feat. Roz Leahy (Part 2)
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Imogen Gingell @ilgingell.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
The JourneyMon #TTRPG pre-launch is full steam ahead, hitting 250 followers! To celebrate and drive for the next milestone, I'm excited to announce we'll be releasing Quick Start 'booster packs' for the Youngster and Oldtimer playbooks. One will unlock at 275 followers, and the other at 300! 🎁
Two trading card booster packs titled "JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying." One has a picture of a middle-aged man riding a giant gem-encrusted tortoise, and the other has a young girl with a trio of duckling wearing boots. Follow our jouney: journeymonrpg.com
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Episode 8, Mapmaking (part 1), is our first two-parter, and features Roz Leahy, our first guest! Among many other benefits, this means there's 50% more wordplay in the shownotes! redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...
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Episode 8 - Mapmapking feat. Roz Leahy (Part 1)
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Fonda Lee @fondalee.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I'm thrilled to share that the Green Bone Saga is being adapted into a TTRPG by @evilhat.bsky.social. Yes, now you too can be a jade warrior prowling the streets of Janloon. More info & sign up to playtest at the link below 👇
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Imogen Gingell @ilgingell.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Did you know it's *exactly* 5 years today since I first started working on JourneyMon? (At least according to the edit history of my first ideation document.) Find out the game's original code name, its development history, and current progress in my first Devlog: ilgingell.itch.io/journeymon-q...
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Starting our Journey(Mon)
Welcome, TTRPG and monster-taming enthusiasts, to JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying ! A few weeks ago, we officially launched the Quick Start Guide of the JourneyMon roleplaying game. Alongside....
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Very excited to announce that I guest starred on the latest episode of Original Podcast Do Not Steal, designing an original bug-person for @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Shadows of the Apt! open.spotify.com/episode/2Lbr...
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S3E30 - Shadows of the Apt (feat. Freya) - Slurp the Promethean
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I've been left to my own devices, so I sorted my Pokemon sitting cuties by whether or not they're actually capable of sitting upright.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
New episode in all of your places! I'm excessively proud of some of the puns in the blurb of this one. redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...
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Episode 7: Pre-Generated Characters
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Check out our thing! Featuring a quickstart that you can play literally right now! Enjoy the puns and the power of friendship and the excellent art by @crowva.bsky.social !
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Spheal Posting @sphealposting.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
A picture of an open fridge with different sprites of the pokemon spheal inside. Text says "if you're warm, they're warm. Put them in the fridge"
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The weird vine in the bush by my front door has exactly one flower and I'm proud of her.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
UKGE con haul photo sabotaged by local cat in what experts are already calling "entirely predicable" and "arguably staged"
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
1. The double-barrelled System Shop: Multiattacks & Dual Wielding is now on your favourite podcast place! 2. I will be at UK Games Expo on Saturday & Sunday! Spot me in my JourneyMon t-shirt(s)... redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...
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Episode 6: Multi-Attacks & Dual Wielding
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Another new episode of System Shop is up! I wrote the shownotes for this one on actual honest to god paper, while listening back to the recording on the worst built-in media player imaginable on my phone, while halfway up a mountain. Enjoy! redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...
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Bonus Episode: Violet's Conpulsion Con-venture
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
New episode is up! We actually recorded this about a month ago, but editing got hit by the "Violet has just moved to a new city and doesn't have internet" truck. redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...
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Episode 5: Challenge Rating
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Just finished reading & listening to all 10 of @aptshadow.bsky.social's Shadows of the Apt (aka Bugworld) books. I think that's the longest series of direct sequels that I've ever finished - it's compelling to see how the setting changes through all its wars and technological advancement.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Decided to take a look at the monster hunter benchmark demo so that I could maybe play with my fiancée, who is a superfan. Discovered that my graphics card has somehow become *nine years old* while I wasn't looking. I did not bother installing the demo.
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Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Contingency convention roundup bonus episode is ready! I appear to have forgotten to submit an episode title to Violet, so she's employed some dubious wordplay that implies I've run away to become a nun...? redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...
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Bonus Episode: Freya's Con-tingency Conventure
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