iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Reverie Rebels 🇱🇧🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @reverierebels.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Can the police force be eliminated by this scientific prototype? Find out with this One-Shot for Echoes of the Veil. reverierebels.com/product/hope... youtube.com/shorts/yvoS-...

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Can the police force be eliminated?

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Scott Eco @story-sohei.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This was one of my best played games. I say that because it was pretty much all based on my decision making. Once the automaton came up I started replicating it at every decision point.

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Mark Smylie @marksmylie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Time for the annual Spring Sale on Aegis & Gorgon pdfs at DriveThru, including ARTESIA comics & graphic novels, the prequel novel BLACK HEART, the first edition of the ARTESIA RPG, and assorted other offerings! All digital titles are 50% off thru May 6. Thanks! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

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Scott Eco @story-sohei.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Kicking off our Military RPGs tonight with Carry by @ndpdesign.com

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JC @jamescurcio.com · 03/04/2026

Modern Mythology Episode 25 explores the Cypher System through a fantasy lens with guest SJ McKean @evindale.com covering universal RPG design, narrative mechanics, and flexible storytelling. www.modernmythology.net/podcast/epis... #rpgpodcast #Cyphersystems

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Ep. 25 Cypher Systems with Special Guest SJ McKean — Modern Mythology

Modern Mythology Episode 25 explores the Cypher System through a fantasy lens with guest SJ McKean, covering universal RPG design, narrative mechanics, and flexible storytelling.

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Christopher Helton @dorkland.itch.io · 08/03/2026

I've started work on my revision for my Adventures in the Unknown #TTRPG. The first thing I did was to reorganize some of the sections of the game. For some reason I put the section on the game's mechanics in the middle of setting material and GM stuff, and I don't why but it has bugged me since.

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Adventures In The Unknown by Christopher Helton

A game where players play characters who are larger than life, and fight Nazis and fascists to make a better world.

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Scott Eco @story-sohei.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Heya friends, I've been a little more silent than I should but exciting news from the neurodivergent void, I am running a new game for this year's convention season. First up, MEPACON April 17-19, Bethlehem, PA tabletop.events/conventions/...

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APOC Post-Apocalyptic Megadungeon

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Scott Eco @story-sohei.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Sunday 12/7 Noon EST Burning Wheel on TWITCH My first live stream ever Not my first BW game. www.twitch.tv/modernmythol...

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Rykka @rykka-arts.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

My current commission numbers? I guess?? I hate money, but am literally dying on the vine right now, haha. These are subject to change as I get back into the swing of things but for now if you are interested, these are probably the starting point, with wiggle room available for details. ♥

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LycanthrEppy @epidiah.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I absolutely ate up doing the homework for this one. And as it turns out, I'm really digging the homework for this week's recording, too.

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Rascal News @rascal.news · 05/11/2025

License to Kill is a new column from @newmadras.bsky.social diving into the whys and wherefores of licensed tabletop RPGs. In the first entry, he sets some ground rules and discusses Godzilla.

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License to Kill, a new irregular column about RPG adaptations

It’s a whole new world™ out there.

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Mike Underwood @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

You can download the beta campaign frame for Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart FOR FREE, without needing to become a backer (though I hope you will consider backing the project!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/dun...

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Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart

The ENNIE Award winning adventure redesigned for Daggerheart. Levels 1-10 eldritch horror Campaign where Hope dies and Fear reigns.

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Mike Underwood @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Patchwork Paladin has some excellent, concise advice for ways of spending excess Fear in Daggerheart.

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Mike Underwood @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

ICYMI, last week's stream discussed developing an idea for an adventure from a campaign frame or just your worldbuilding. Most of the advice I give works for a variety of games and not just Daggerheart. youtu.be/59LyaS-xafI

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Designing an Adventure for Daggerheart (pt. 2: Developing Ideas & Structure)

YouTube video by Mike Underwood

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Darrington Press @darringtonpress.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Designed to keep all your notes organized & cards safe, we bring you the #Daggerheart Folio! Perfect for both GM & Player, get yours now! 🇺🇸 shop.critrole.com 🇬🇧 shop.critrole.co.uk 🇨🇦 canada.critrole.com 🇦🇺 shop.critrole.com.au 🇪🇺 shop.critrole.eu

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Scott Eco @story-sohei.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

If you’re interested in game design at all I’d urge you to check out this series… www.modernmythology.net/articles/tag...

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Rules in Practice — Articles — Modern Mythology

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Scott Eco @story-sohei.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We are starting an online Trinity Aeon campaign. Here is a bit of a primer and the hi-lights of the system as part of our Science Fiction Actual Play series. www.modernmythology.net/podcast/epis...

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Ep.17 Trinity RPG Storypath Dice Pools in Action — Modern Mythology

Full-table Æon session: see how Storypath dice pools and resource pressure shape story—teasing our sci-fi stream this October.

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Griot Anthology is a collection of seven small TTRPGs from black designers with illustrations from black artists. The games cover a wide range of topics and styles. It's a labor of love that we'd love y'all to check out: thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...

2-page spread for the micro-game "Black Future: Emancipation of Stars". On the left is a futuristic black man with grey and green dreadlocks in front of a starry background. On the right is the title and the intro text:
"When Earth began to burn, black people and everyone else with the Mission in their hearts travelled in soulships, searching for the freedom that eluded them on Earth. The harrowing turn of years provided no comforts, but persistence did its work; eventually, they got free. Free to live and to love as desired, free to choose paths well or less travelled, free to exist without the weight of strife wrapped around the neck. They became the Free People, traveling and settling on new worlds, pushing further and further into the unknown and unexplored.

That was long ago."

two page spread from intergalactic Teaz. art on the right is of two people standing next to each other in provocative poses in front of a futuristic space background.

two page spread of "Come Out From Your Grave". The art on the left is a spirit standing over a woman praying in front of a cross tombstone with candles on its base. The ghost is pointing as if giving directions.

Two page spread of Neighborhood Robots . A large two page piece of art in the background where a robot is being operated on and played with by young children in an urban environment.

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Hendrik is writing an ashcan about nuns @napel.itch.io · 27/06/2025

Publishing a game involves playtesting, and if you're lucky, you wont be running those tests yourself. To usher in the campaign preview for my game The Girls of the Genziana Hotel, I wrote a little bit about how player feedback helped shape the game I hope to crowdfund later this year:

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The best playtests probably aren't run by the designer of the game

News out of the dark! I don’t dare to check when I last send out a newsletter, but it’s been a while. What happened? Well, most importantly I started...

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Scott Eco @story-sohei.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Go check out VoxAndQuill on Twitch. twitch.tv/voxandquill

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Twitch is the world

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Reverie Rebels 🇱🇧🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @reverierebels.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Really excited to sit down with the folks from @stillfleet.bsky.social and chat TTRPG, politics, disability and Echoes of the Veil. I was drawn to them because, like us, they design TTRPGs from a Leftist perspective. Check out their latest KS! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wyt...

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Coming soon: Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying

Explore the mysteries of a world beyond death. History, mutant madness, and old-school combat meet at the end of humanity.

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Rob Donoghue @rdonoghue.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Before I actually crack open Daggerheart, I want to talk about a very important related topic: THE BOX. Because I had not been paying attention, it was only when I walked into Games & Stuff that I realized that the hardcover book came bundled with a box. I was very curious about this.

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Nerdahedron @nerdahedron.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Holy crap. I hadn't clocked this yet, but apparently the blank Daggerheart maps can all be connected if you are so inclined. The little things in this game continue to astound and impress. h/t to r/daggerheart on reddit.

All four blank Daggerheart maps aligned to show how they connect.

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I’ve read Russian novels shorter than this goddamn email

Boundless Publishing Group Update:

Dear All,

I appreciate your patience with this seemingly impersonal email, but it is important that we get this information out to you in the most efficient manner.

As you know, Unbound went into administration. Boundless Publishing Group is a new company, with new investors and management, which acquired the business of Unbound.

Boundless has no legal obligation to pay any of the debts of Unbound; indeed, that is the effect of Unbound going into administration.

However, Boundless Publishing Group’s management and new investors intend to preserve as much as possible the legacy of Unbound while building a stable and sustainable publishing house.

As part of that intention, the new company set out a voluntary plan to honour historic obligations by making goodwill payments to authors and suppliers whose royalties and invoices remained unpaid under Unbound. The first such payment has been made. Payments due in the April 2025 statements are also counted as historic payments, as they relate to sales made prior to the inception of Boundless Publishing Group.

In the meantime, the new investors have not received (nor are they seeking) any cash return, and I have been working for free.

However, under the current conditions, the capital raised from new investors to launch Boundless Publishing Group is only sufficient to cover royalties generated from the date of Boundless’s formation. Therefore, until the company is on firmer financial footing, it will be unable to make further goodwill payments on historic royalties owed by Unbound. This decision, while incredibly difficult, reflects the reality of the company’s cash position. We simply do not have the cash at the moment to make further historic goodwill payments. What cash we have is focused on paying the salaries of our employees, ensuring our current committed publishing program is a success, and ensuring all royalties arising from the inception of this new company are paid on time.

Our supportive investors are both fully committed to the long-term survival of the business and are behind the work we publish. They have focused Boundless Publishing Group on preserving its current operations and improving cash flow so it can continue publishing, rebuild trust, and return to addressing historic royalty payments from Unbound.

We are acutely aware of the disappointment this causes for authors and partners, and for the delayed timing of this message as we were trying until the last minute to avoid this outcome. We do not take these delays lightly. This is not a matter of choice, but of survival. If Boundless is unable to operate and goes into liquidation, then no further payments at all—historic or current—will be possible; all existing cash will go to the liquidator, and all future sources of cash will be turned off, and all of your patience, the investors’ new capital, and all of senior management’s uncompensated time will have been for naught.

John Mitchinson, Boundless Publishing Group’s Publisher, has resigned from the Board and will step down. He will not be drawing any funds from the company.

As some of you may know, the company I founded, Neem Tree Press, was acquired by Unbound at the end of September 2024. I did not receive any cash for the sale. In fact, I put in a significant amount of new cash into Unbound at the time of the acquisition. I was appointed CEO of the new Boundless Publishing Group in March this year with the aim of stabilising the company. This is not an easy task when dealing with still existing historical issues. We have moved away from the old Unbound operational model, that did not work, to a more traditional publishing model; we are putting together a more efficient team; we are forming new boards of directors and advisors; and I am engaged in an additional round of fundraising.

In fact, the only way that we could make even the first set of payments under the payment plan was because our current investors were willing to fund the newly formed company. I cannot emphasise enough that we can pay you the goodwill payments covering Unbound’s historic liabilities only if Boundless Publishing Group survives and thrives.

The first step on this path was to bring in new investors, including Ronjon Nag, who has joined the Board. Ronjon is an inventor, teacher, entrepreneur and turnaround expert. He is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University teaching AI, Genetics, Ethics, Longevity Science and Venture Capital. Boundless is also forming an Advisory Board consisting of publishing industry veterans and other turnaround experts to advise us through this time. I will continue to not take a salary from the company until it is on a solid footing, nor will Ronjon or any new director be taking remuneration—all so as to preserve the company’s cash position and ensure the best possible future for the company and to make voluntary goodwill payments over time.

In the meantime, I ask for your patience with our staff who are not responsible for this situation. Unfortunately, I can’t answer immediately when you are likely to be paid, but if you should have other questions or concerns, please do respond to this email and I or my colleagues will do our best to get back to you.

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Seriously, FUCK Boundless. Writers, do not publish with them. Agents, do not submit to them. Bookstores, do not carry their books. Any company that thinks torching this many authors will result in being able to “continue publishing and rebuild trust” is delusional and deserves to die.

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Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles) @jordanshiveley.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Unbound/Boundless owes me $15k+ on a book that in its first royalty reporting cycle had sold around 3k copies of its 5k copy print run of which I have not seen a single penny. They also haven’t even reimbursed me for postage costs I incurred mailing out the arcs in the US at their request

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Mike Underwood @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

If you are curious about GMing Daggerheart but haven't taken the plunge, make sure to watch the excellent Get Your Sheet Together video on GMing (linked below) www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjdZ...

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Game Mastering in Daggerheart! | Get Your Sheet Together

YouTube video by Critical Role

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Mike Underwood @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Tomorrow at 3pm EDT I'm going to talk in more depth about GMing Daggerheart, based on my experience as one of the game's designers as well as being a pro GM and an actual play producer/GM. twitch.tv/turbotango

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Sygdom @sygdom.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I don't think I've ever shared this one before- It was a bit of a study, featuring Yxala's hand holding her (assumed dead) partner's necklace. That DnD drama hits so nice~ #dnd #dndart #dungeonsanddragons #art

A digital illustration of a reddish hand holding a necklace consisting of a golden chain and three small bluish crystals. The hand is bloodied.

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Scott Eco @story-sohei.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I think this is a really good episode. Let us know what you think? It says “wrap-up” but we touch on some really fundamental ideas in driving games forward. Which was your favorite game in our horror series and why? www.modernmythology.net/podcast/epis...

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Episode 11: Horror RPG Wrap-Up and DRYH ActualPlay — Modern Mythology

We wrap up our horror TTRPG spotlight, for now. Jamie, Mark, and Scott explore game mechanics that help pace scenes and quietly ramp up tension, among other things, touching on ritual framing, partial...

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Scott Eco @story-sohei.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Welp! Seems I may be adding Daggerheart to the games I run. A 8 episode campaign is in the horizon. youtu.be/-352fSllwHA?...

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May 25, 2025

YouTube video by Modern Mythology

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Wes Franks @carrion-comfort.com · 21/05/2025

Who has print ready, zine-sized (20-70 pages) games they want to see printed? Plus One Exp and Zine Club are looking for games that are ready for print for us to keep in the pocket for Zine Club releases and to sell at Conventions like #GenCon, #PAXUnplugged, and more! If interested send a DM!

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a bottle of water sits next to a receipt and a printer

Alt: a bottle of water sits next to a receipt and a printer. the printer is pumping out sheet after sheet of documents

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