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Ethan

@superrobotbear.bsky.social
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Game Designer and Illustrator You can find most of my work here: superrobotbear.itch.io

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
First stage of my new Stormcast Eternals!
A collection of miniature magic lightning knights painted in golden armor with green accents.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Big art update for To Hear the Call! Check it out please and tell me what you think of its delightful monstrosities. superrobotbear.itch.io/to-hear-the-...
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To Hear the Call by superrobotbear
A game of dreams, excess, and change.
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Jim Ryan @otherdoc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tonight is the FINALE of our campaign of WARHAMMER Age of Sigmar: Soulbound! We'll be going up against ancient forces of Chaos to determine the future of the Realm of Death!
Soulbound - The Creeping Dread | a tale of the realm of the dead in Warhammer's Age of Sigmar | Saturdays 8PM Eastern / 5PM Pacific / 1AM UK (Sun) | twitch.tv/otherdoc
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
After reading and playing a little of Legends in the Mist, I think my final review of it is - its fine? Some of the messaging felt conflicted within itself, and I'm not sure there's enough in the book that focused on the the "rustic" part of its fantasy.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New cover drop for To Hear the Call!
"TO HEAR THE CALL - OF PLEASURE AND PLENTY" a tabletopl roleplaying game by me.
Features a number of circus acts including a clown, knife thrower, strongman, ropedancer, lion, and juggler. Only the clown is smiling. The texture of the bill looks like artistic meat. Hidden in the corner of the image is "Coming for you soon."
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sometimes I think I need a design partner, but only so that I can show them all the cool stuff I'm doing and for them to stop me when I've gone too far (I don't think I'm there *yet* with To Hear the Call, but I think I'm getting close).
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Game Design is weird.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Slay the Spire Ascension 9 should be ashamed of itself (Positive). Its not only testing your skills in the game, but your patience. Like, you need a 98% perfect build, and even then a bad hand can ruin your whole dang run. Wild that all it takes to tip the game's balance is +1 damage.
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Jim Ryan @otherdoc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Time to deal with a worse Chaos beast than before! We're live with Soulbound - The Creeping Dread! www.twitch.tv/otherdoc #TTRPG #WarhammerAgeofSigmar
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otherdoc - Live on Twitch
WARHAMMER Age of Sigmar: Soulbound - The Creeping Dread | Saturday September 12th 2026 | Streaming tabletop rpgs.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Uh oh. (Working on more art for To Hear the Call)
The Pillar of Flesh, having grown fro but a mortal seed, reaches for the empty moon, the symbol of divinity.A creature so hungry its stomach has become a literal blackhole. The Uncaged Predator fulfills the human desire to want.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I think the reason I've been enjoying doing Tarot so much lately is its the one hobby I have that I haven't turned but into a job.
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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 08/09/2026
Rat racer on a boulangerie run. A collaboration with @fpiatti.bsky.social who built & painted the car (and took these photos!) 💛 Tried a bunch of new things in terms of materials for this one! Really happy with how it turned out 😊
Rat racer figure riding a model car. Rat racer figure riding a model car. Rat racer figure riding a model car. Rat racer figure riding a model car. Close up of baguettes.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
More clowns for To Hear The Call! The art style I've landed on for this is so much fun!
"Hiding is good until you are found." A Clown cuts through a circus tent to find you.A stilts clown has to bend over to stay in frame, while the enthusiastic clown waves from down below.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Help! I might be thinking about adapting a Skrimish minis game. I already have several projects on my plate I cannot afford to have this to take over everything else! BUT THE IDEAS ARE GOOD.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I think any RPG setting guide is better if you assume it is an unreliable narrator. Let there be an assumption of history, but be willing to break it if you have a better idea. (Just be consistent within your own narrative)
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Jim Ryan @otherdoc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Time to face a Chaos creature! We're live with Soulbound: The Creeping Dread! www.twitch.tv/otherdoc #TTRPG #warhammer #ageofsigmar
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otherdoc - Live on Twitch
WARHAMMER Age of Sigmar: Soulbound - The Creeping Dread | Saturday August 29th 2026 | Streaming tabletop rpgs.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Finally getting around to doing some art for TO HEAR THE CALL, my body survival horror game I wrote last year. WITNESS: the STANDING CLOWN.
An emotionless clown standing and holding three balloons. The crowd dares not get too close.
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Jim Ryan @otherdoc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
SOON
Soulbound - The Creeping Dread | a tale of the realm of the dead in Warhammer's Age of Sigmar | Saturdays 8PM Eastern / 5PM Pacific / 1AM UK (Sun) | twitch.tv/otherdoc
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Just a ghost-elf in a tree-mech on a steamboat adventure in the realm of death. Normal Warhammer AoS stuff.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Finished some combat patrols as I continue through my plastic hoard!
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Kienna is making Erstwild @kiennas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Now that it's been officially announced at GenCon, I can now finally share that the @plotweaver.bsky.social setting @anarisis.dylangrinder.com and I have been hard at work on is named ✨Erstwild✨ If you want to get a sneak peek, open alpha starts August 5th for everyone!
A mossy tree grows around an ancient stone structure that glows with latent magic. Tex treads:
Erstwild
Magic, spirits, and adventures course through this world. These are lands of wonder and danger, spirits and magic, connection and change. You might come from an idyllic village or a bustling city—or you may be one of the brave few who roam the borders of the threadbarrens or spiritlands. Whoever you are, you are resolute against the epic scale of the world’s environments and adversaries. What adversaries are those? Ancient technologies brought to restless life, malevolent spirits with enigmatic aims, and more
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I think the reason I love Invisible Sun is that I am very proficient in the juxtaposition between wholesome slice-of-life and terrifying wizard warcrimes.
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jay Dragon is unstoppable @jdragsky.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
hi we're comparatively pretty close to the next stretch goal for seven-part pact, which will see all the fantastic artists and editors who helped make seven-part pact a reality get a bonus! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...
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Seven-Part Pact
A fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Possum Creek about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.
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Dylan Grinder is making Erstwild @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 27/07/2026
I guess if you're a computer nerd and you want to play a weird campaign-compatible RPG that combines TRON and The Maltese Falcon then you'll probably really like Become: www.heartheldgames.com/become/
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Become: Artificial Investigation
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Does anyone else just like... sit down to write stuff, blackout and two to four hours later have a bunch of rad words strung together out in front of them?
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
An incredibly complicated game about wizards that comes in a cool box? HMMMMM. Honestly though, this looks like an incredible project that I'm excited to learn more about!
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I think a lot of the genius of the Dungeon Crawler Carl books is its hard to find a chapter break where its good to put the book down. They're very exciting, page-burner stories! The Butcher's Masquerade (which I'm like halfway through) just GOES. (positive). Fun books!
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Jess/Fawn (they/them) 🍉 @faunandgames.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🔎 I NEED to know what's happening at Galley House! 🔎 See you in half an hour! Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames
Twitch stream promo poster. The background is the key art for new mystery game The Incident at Galley House. It shows a dark atmospheric nighttime landscape of an old house with a big yard. 

Layered of top it says "The Incident At Galley House |  Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames | Live"  

On the bottom right is a cartoon version of nonbinary Twitch streamer FaunAndGames dressed up to look like a detective
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Come watch! I'm going to be a tree!
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Working on Gobsports again and as I restructure everything I've come across this thing where during the Sports Match there's all this cool magic happening, but the second you step out of it, its life as normal. Can magic be cast outside of the Sport? Do I want there to be? I don't know yet.
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Viktor Engholm [COMMISSIONS OPEN] - AEGIS vol 1 OUT NOW @viktormon.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
IMMORTAL GUARDIAN: AEGIS IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH ON ITCH.IO FOR $10 viktormon.itch.io/ig-aegis-1 178 PAGES OF ACTION, DRAMA, HUMOR, GIANT ROBOTS AND MONSTERS! Please support it so I can make more! #indiecomics #indiemanga #ocsky #aegis #viktormonart
manga cover for a comic called Immortal Guardian AEGIS with art of a dark skinned girl falling or flying in front of a giant robot reaching out to her with swirling clouds around them
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Hit Point Press @hitpointpress.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Lots of folks came out to try One Last Fight, our roguelike storytelling card game. We had a blast teaching it to new players! (The game is currently sold out, but we've got a restock on the way! You can choose to be notified when it's back in stock) hitpointpress.com/collections/...
A person teaching others to play the game One Last Fight.Playing the game One Last Fight at a table at Game Con Canada.Game Con Canada attendees play a game of One Last Fight.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I think one of the most important parts of game design is to make sure a player can still have fun while they are losing. It might not (and should not!) be the same as winning, but they should still have a good time. In a competitive game thats going to be 50%+ of your audience!
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Some works in progress from the 40k mines.
A necron lasercannon walker, a aeldari space pirate transport ship, and an aeldari (unpainted) for scale.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Been playing Titanium Court and gosh, what a fun little weird game. Chill, philosophical, and surprisingly difficult! (with some options over time to make the game easier) It also does a lot of clever little things with its static images and layering to create motion and expression.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
An instance of both good game design and hateful game design.
Playing Slay the Spire 2 and I have a card (TEAR ASUNDER) that deals 34 damage for each instance of HP loss I've had this combat.
That counter is up to 20 times. The boss has 300 max health.
BUT IT IS INTANGIBLE which means it only takes 1 damage from all attacks.
Sadness occurs.
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Kienna is making Erstwild @kiennas.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
So very excited and honoured to share that I'm one of the writers for Vampire the Masquerade: Eternal Whispers!! Wishlist now 🩸❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/4102480/...
Screenshot of PC Gaming Show trailer of Vampire the Masquerade: Eternal Whispers. The game is available to wishlist now
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 07/06/2026
Welcome to SIGNET CITY... 👁️A first person fungalpunk RPG from (me) the creator of Citizen Sleeper ◼️YOU ARE A PARASITE ◼️Manipulate your hosts, feed on their emotions ◼️Discover a strange city of biotech and brutalist architecture Support the game and WISHLIST now on Steam 🙏 bit.ly/SC-Steam
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I don't really understand it, but playing more ttrpgs has made all the ttrpgs part of my brain turn back online lately? Wild, I know. Anyway I have too many projects happening again please help.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
But what if I actually wrote some real games philosophy words for once.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Been trying to figure out something for awhile now. Why, in ttrpgs, is combat the thing so many mechanics are tied to? We boil every other check into a "roll above this number" and then we move on with the consequences, but combat's only consequence is that it keeps happening.
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Meric Moir @mericmoir.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Got to spend a fun hour answering Patron questions with @kiennas.bsky.social and @anarisis.dylangrinder.com! www.patreon.com/posts/158716...
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Office Hours Q&A 1: Kienna, Dylan, and Meric | Plotweaver Academy
Office Hours Q&A 1: Kienna, Dylan, and Meric by Plotweaver Academy on Patreon. Join Plotweaver Academy's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Been playing a couple different ttrpgs lately and its only reinforcing my belief that combat in most games isn't terribly interesting. Like, combat becomes less interesting to me the more removed it is from other mechanics. If resource management is important, then sure. But make it quick!
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Trying to slowly get through some backlog of minis. Painted some Trench Crusade, but ultimately didn't vibe with it. Which is a shame because I liked the idea of an open sourced minis game.
Some green heretic legion pirates ready for the high seas!
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Hit Point Press @hitpointpress.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
📣 Paid opportunity for animators! 📣 Help us build 8 frame looping animations to expand on our line of animated products! We're seeking samples with an emphasis on abstract design and texture, like you see here. For more info and to apply: forms.gle/9XwgtR5eCkAvCZxQ9
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Finished Demonschool this evening and what a fun puzzly-tactics RPG! It definitely felt at times that it was trying to speedrun being a SMT game, but in the moments that were its own the game really shined. Fun characters, incredible monster designs. Didn't need the 11 endings though. One's good.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Running some Vagabonds next week and made a bunch of pregens! So of course I had to draw some portraits of a very strange band of adventurers.
A motly crew of Vagabonds including a cowboy, a sports star, a punk, a knight, and a very haunted witch.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The existential crisis that come with falling out of love with a hobby.
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Dylan Grinder is making Erstwild @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 08/05/2026
The Grindergard community Minecraft server is BACK with an all-new Create (& Create Aeronautics) focused modpack! Things are a little less structured this time around, so let's hop in and see what sort of shenanigans we can get up to, shall we? twitch.tv/anarisis
Grindergard Aeronautics
twitch.tv/anarisis

An illustration of Dylan (made by @Dragonsparkz.bsky.social) cheering excitedly is superimposed over a screenshot of a lush, mountainous coastline in Minecraft.
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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Nothing as good as having to make a whole party's worth of character pregens for learning a new ttrpg system.
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