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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I am both very proud of, and disgusted by, the art I've done for TO HEAR THE CALL, a survival body horror game about trying to escape a divine circus with your humanity intact. Even if you don't want to play the game I'd like you to check out the art! 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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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I feel the same way about my migraines and all my jobs/hobbies involve looking at things very closely.

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I might give it a shot if I have enough people to talk about it with!

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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

The absolute madness from our campaign's roll20 whiteboard.

A cat-bat named Meourgle singing "Bat out of hell", a steamboat covered in bones, with dead fish and crocs all around, a fancy as heck skeleton pondering an orb, and tree full of vaguely sentient snot. A sea-elf is unconcerned with a horse dying in a bog, and a hole full of green light with an inverted, floating pyramid above it labeled "Not our Problem."

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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

Might be tooting my own horn, but some of the ancillary text on these images I haven't posted are absolute vibes (the vibes are bad and also coming for you).

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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

Make a sport but inside with a storyline. Score goals to tell some story until the next player does it. But also the referee gets a turn.

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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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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. 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

I write everything I've ever made assuming people are immediately going to toss bits out for their own inventions. You can't tell people whose hobby is improvised storytelling to stay in a box. And its hubris to think otherwise.

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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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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I feel like this is the backlash for having such a mild Summer last year.

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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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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Check with your local library. Not sure how wide the practice is, but mine will give you a little treat and a free book from the bookstore!

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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 · 13/08/2026

The danger of that is if you never have any news for people, the one day you decide to share *anything* it becomes the biggest news. Signed - the person who is afraid of sharing any news forever.

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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 🔜 Metatopia @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

I would be more concerned but I feel like I'm writing some of my best stuff lately.

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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 · 23/07/2026

Sometimes you just gotta sumatrip, down a cup of coffee, and then immediately take a 30 minute nap.

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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

Part of me wants to make it very rare, and fairly mundane. More divination and healing than fireballs. Witches and druids at the edge of society, interacting in ritual and reverence. I dunno, its a weird setting for fantasy. You can play sports to change fundamental laws.

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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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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

It really depends on the game you're playing, I think! The more I have to prep, the more nervous I get (probably because I'm excited to see if it works out). But if I'm running a game with little to no prep, that anxiety disappears, likely because I don't have a notion of what's about to happen.

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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 · 24/06/2026

"I had stuff to do," you said to The Burnout. The Burnout laughs, adding your words to the emberring pyre.

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Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Format it in a way that people read things. Have conversations written as texts. Have a monologue as a reddit thread. The pretense of normality for the modern world is tech. Gotta write it that way.

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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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