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Mike Underwood @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today at 2pm EDT, I'll be streaming as I talk through our current ideas and approach for building the Mechanical Nexus, our toolbox zine with modular adversaries, environments, and custom mechanics that can be adjusted to fit any Hope Dies Last frame! Join in the fun at twitch.tv/turbotango

Promotional graphic for a twitch.tv/turbotango stream

Against a purple background, figures from various Hope Dies Last art (created by Shaun Ellis, Will Grossman, and Bee O'Connor), including an armored cyberpunk warrior, a servant of the Church of Unity, and a four-armed skeletal necromancer.

Logographic text at the cetner reads "Building the Mechanical Nexus"

At the top left is the all-white Darrington Press Daggerheart CGL potion bottle.

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Pebblecule heads to the realm of the Queen of Night and Shadow to complete their deal and bargain for the safety of Wynvyre. What chains will be broken (or forged) in the Feywild? Come watch and find out! www.twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

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The Queen of Night & Shadow | Tales Does Tales | Ep 103 | D&D meets Cosmic Horror | Streaming dungeons & dragons.

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Infinite Citadel @infinite-citadel.com · 29/09/2026

We're eager to answer all your questions about Hope Dies Last, or honestly anything! Already had some great questions about playtesting, imposter syndrome, and worldbuilding. #ama #ttrpg

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Mike Underwood @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Live now and the heist is underway!

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Infinite Citadel @infinite-citadel.com · 22/09/2026

We're less than $1k away from unlocking a Daggerheart compatible adventure zine set in one of the three Hope Dies Last campaign frames! Pledge now and vote for what adventure awaits! ttrpg.fund/hdl

The three cover arts from Hope Dies Last, sliced to emphasize both the villains above and the defiant heroes beneath. "Adventure Zine #1"

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Matt | Krasiph 🔜 HOPE DIES LAST @krasiph.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tony from @plusoneexp.bsky.social and Ella from @gamefound.bsky.social are chatting about the RPG Party campaigns on stream! They just got to Hope Dies Last if you wanna check out what they have to say. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC6Y...

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RPG PARTY LIVE! w/Ella & Tony

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Mike Underwood @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ICYMI, Hope Dies Last is live! In this project, we're pushing the boundaries of DH-compatible design, giving you frames with rich worldbuilding and innovative custom mechanics. We're bringing you: 3 campaign frames 1 toolkit zine 1 deck of defiance 1 gorgeous map pack ttrpg.fund/hdl

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Episode 101 is the finale of White Plume Mountain, which will be the final *full* dungeon of the campaign. We're getting into the end game. #ttrpg #cosmichorror #dnd www.twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

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The Final Soul | Tales Does Tales | Ep 101 | D&D meets Cosmic Horror | Streaming dungeons & dragons.

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Infinite Citadel @infinite-citadel.com · 01/09/2026

We're continuing our frame deep-dive series on the Hope Dies Last Gamefound page. This week it's *Bastion of Hope*, the OG! The frame that started it all! Learn more about the defiant fantasy campaign frame... and our first stretch goal 👀 #ttrpg #daggerheart gamefound.com/en/projects/...

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Hope Dies Last by Infinite Citadel - Bastion of Hope Frame Preview - Gamefound

We dive deeper to explore what has made Bastion of Hope a best-selling campaign frame on DriveThruRPG and Heart of Daggers. We also reveal our First Stretch Goal!

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We're live with EPISODE 99! A hallway on fire. A stranger with a crossbow. What awaits in the dungeon's final bonus room???? www.twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

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The Final Bonus Room | Tales Does Tales | Ep 99 | D&D meets Cosmic Horror | Streaming dungeons & dragons.

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Infinite Citadel @infinite-citadel.com · 20/08/2026

Can't wait for next Tuesday? Want to know what the card is RIGHT NOW!? Or maybe you want to hear more about the Daggerheart design thoughts that led to this card's creation? All that and more on our Patreon! www.patreon.com/InfiniteCita...

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Pushing Daggerheart Design | Infinite Citadel

Back in May we broke down our 2026 Goals, including several sneak-peeks of projects we had not publicly announced. One of those projects wa

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Infinite Citadel @infinite-citadel.com · 19/08/2026

The hits keep coming: our Rascal Announcement is up! See our thoughts on anti-fascist gaming and how the Hope Dies Last campaign frames explore specific touchstones of real-life praxis through play. www.rascal.news/hope-dies-la...

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HOPE DIES LAST: ENNIE-winning Daggerheart Designer Wants you to Stick it to the Man

Forge tales of defiant heroes fighting overwhelming odds across genre-spanning campaign frames.

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Tales Does Tales - ep 98! We're finally back on Twitch from the post GenCon shenanigans. Tune in to see the next step in our exploration of White Plume Mountain. www.twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

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The Last of Three | Tales Does Tales | Ep 98 | D&D meets Cosmic Horror | Streaming dungeons & dragons.

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Here's a screenshot of the exact setting. It will be toggled on by default. Nuke it.

Screenshot of Twitch settings showing the "Training for Generative AI" setting toggled off. It is between "Hide Founder Badge" and "Cookies & Ads Choices".

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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 12/08/2026

Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default. You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...

Training for Generative AI

Allow your channel content to train generative AI content models at Amazon. Turning this off does not opt you out of Twitch and Amazon using your channel content for other purposes described in the Twitch Privacy Notice, including using AI-supported Twitch features that benefit the community by facilitating streamer growth and monetization (such as real-time sponsorship campaign assistance), viewer discovery (such as recommendations), and community safety (such as AutoMod). Learn more

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Infinite Citadel @infinite-citadel.com · 11/08/2026

We're back from GenCon and have a whole bunch to talk about! Watch the full post-mortem on our Patreon where we talk about our Mega Games, playing Daggerheart with @mikerunderwood.bsky.social, and all the excitement from the past week and a half! #gencon #ttrpg www.patreon.com/InfiniteCita...

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GenCon Celebration & Discussion | Infinite Citadel

We're back from GenCon! It was an absolute blast. We ran 18 total events for over 130 gamers in Indy, including a seminar on Building Cooper

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Infinite Citadel @infinite-citadel.com · 11/08/2026

We're talking The Beckoning Dream with the amazing folks at Lore Link! Tune in and learn more about our surrealist tarot deck building TTRPG! #tarot #ttrpg

A mockup of The Beckoning Dream book on an abstract background. The title is too the right, wreathed in flame.

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Matt | Krasiph 🔜 HOPE DIES LAST @krasiph.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We're streaming TODAY! Tune in this afternoon and chat with us about The Beckoning Dream, a surreal tarot deck builder TTRPG that answers the question, "What if David Lynch directed Yu-Gi-Oh!?" #ttrpg #livestream #tarot

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Lore Link @lorelink.com · 10/08/2026

We have a great change for tomorrow's Twitch stream! Mike is going to be joined by Matt of @infinite-citadel.com to talk The Beckoning Dream, their upcoming "surrealist tarot deck building TTRPG" going live soon on Kickstarter. Pre-game the stream here: infinitecitadel.itch.io/the-beckonin...

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The Beckoning Dream by Infinite Citadel

A surrealist tarot deck building TTRPG of interpretation, cartomancy, and dreams.

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Several cast members are out of sorts, so we won't be having our usual Tales of Caerwyn game today. Instead, go check out Mike and Matt ( @krasiph.bsky.social ) diving into HOPE DIES LAST, a new #Daggerheart project from @infinite-citadel.com!

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We're going live with episode 97 - Sir Bluto Copi'Paste. What's up with this weird doppelganger? Clone monster? Creep in a helmet!? #ttrpg #livestream #horror #dnd www.twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

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Sir Bluto Copi'Paste | Tales Does Tales | Ep 97 | D&D meets Cosmic Horror

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Infinite Citadel @infinite-citadel.com · 01/07/2026

We've started posting quips of little bite-sized behind-the-scenes things on our Patreon. Are you ready for our Mega Games!? www.patreon.com/InfiniteCita...

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Infinite Citadel: GenCon Mega game is gonna be 🔥

GenCon Mega game is gonna be 🔥

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Sadly no Fabula Ultima today. 😔 We don't want any of our midwest cast to be having to do storm *and* tech prep all at once. Stay safe out there as bad weather moves in.

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We're live with episode 96 of Tales Does Tales! What awaits the Pebblecule in the "bonus rooms"? Their friend Moss? Steve!? More PC death???? Tune in and find out! #dnd #ttrpg #livestream www.twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

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Tales Does Tales | Ep 96 | D&D 5e + Cosmic Horror

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Luna (they/she) @lunalapine.com · 11/06/2026

Yesterday we pushed an update to @lorelink.com that added a dice roller and also renamed/reworded a bunch of stuff to make more sense -- the latter was my project, with support for the very backend-y stuff from my team 🥹 and the error logs are silent and I cannot believe I DID THE THING

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Matt | Krasiph 🔜 HOPE DIES LAST @krasiph.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A bunch of cool class/mechanic reveals are gonna happen this ep. Join us in chat for some Fabula Ultima goodness!!! #ttrpg #fabulaultima

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

NEW USER LOGIN:: Siegfried EXOSUIT:: Booting... ALCHEMICAL SOLUTION:: Mixed. You ready to see what @andrewbeauman.com brings to the Fabula Ultima table!? twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

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So where is Roy? | Tales of Caerwyn | S 2 Ep 13 | Fabula Ultima

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Infinite Citadel @infinite-citadel.com · 02/06/2026

The Beckoning Dream quickstart PDF is on @rpg-trader.bsky.social, along with the rest of our catalog of digital releases. #ttrpg #tarot rpg-trader.com/products/150...

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The Beckoning Dream on RPG Trader

A surrealist tarot deck building TTRPG of interpretation, cartomancy, and dreams.

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Tales of Initiative is live with Ever Deeper Mystery | Tales of Caerwyn | S2 E11 | Fabula Ultima! Come check it out! twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

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Ever Deeper Mystery | Tales of Caerwyn | S2 E11 | Fabula Ultima

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Fabula Ultima Wednesday, my dudes! The Soul Eater has been defeated. What awaits the team on the other side of this? (Hopefully a pay day 🤑) twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

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Another day, another demon | Tales of Caerwyn | S2 E10 | Fabula Ultima

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Gnome Anne @annethegnome.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Friendly reminder to all AP producers 💚 YouTube doesn‘t care about the longterm storage. Post your show to the Internet Archive! Heres how! allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/iachecklist And a quicker version if you only have 30 mins! allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/iagettingsta...

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Internet Archives Checklist

The AP Archive Project is an effort to preserve born-digital actual play for the future.

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Conlin (wuz) @wuz.quest · 11/05/2026

We have like 714 videos from @talesofinitiative.bsky.social that I can look at getting together for something like this!

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Conlin (wuz) @wuz.quest · 11/05/2026

This is an awesome project. Gonna see what it'd take to get @talesofinitiative.bsky.social's backlog uploaded!

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

FABULA ULTIMA BOSS FIGHT TIME! The Vessel of another demon has revealed herself and fled, leaving the group to deal with... a demon snake!? #ttrpg #fabulaultima twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

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Windows to the Soul(eater) | Tales of Caerwyn | S2 E10 | Fabula Ultima

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Infinite Citadel @infinite-citadel.com · 29/04/2026

The final shipment of skip weaponry has arrived. Load up brand new torpedos, missiles, mines, and other Targeted Weapons, all while supporting indie creators making anti-ordinary games of infinite expression! www.patreon.com/posts/skip-w...

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Skip Weapons Update // Targeted | Infinite Citadel

Skip Weapons Update // Targeted by Infinite Citadel on Patreon. Join Infinite Citadel's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Infinite Citadel @infinite-citadel.com · 23/04/2026

So. Many. GUNS! But bullets are so gauche. Wouldn't you rather blast CoreSec out of the sky with some high voltage? Or how about a repurposed mining laser: perfect for melting (asteroid) ice. 😉 #ttrpg #mörksol www.patreon.com/posts/skip-w...

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Skip Weapons Update // Energy | Infinite Citadel

Skip Weapons Update // Energy by Infinite Citadel on Patreon. Join Infinite Citadel's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Matt | Krasiph 🔜 HOPE DIES LAST @krasiph.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

What a fantastic session. I love how much a single roll can do in Fabula Ultima. So much storytelling in each moment, and great opportunities to use teamwork. I love this game.

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

"Meet the Vessel"... THAT'S the name of the episode!?!??!?! Buckle up buttercup. It's about to get wild in Fabula Ultima. #ttrpg #actualplay twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

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Meet the Vessel | Tales of Caerwyn - S2E7 | Fabula Ultima

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Infinite Citadel @infinite-citadel.com · 08/04/2026

It's all very fucked up, but so are we. Keep fighting. Keep building. Keep playing.

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Unfortunately we won't have our usual Tales of Caerwyn game today. Lots of IRL emergencies and complications happening. The world is tougher than is fair right now. Be kind to yourselves and others.

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A frictionless room blocks the path. Can the Pebblecule figure out how to cross and catch up with their new friend Moss? Or will the price of resurrection catch up with them first? Episode 92 of Tales Does Tales is live! #dnd #ttrpg #actualplay www.twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

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Tales_of_Initiative - Twitch

A group of quirky TTRPG players experiencing chaotic worlds across multiple universes. We run games two nights a week! Currently, on Tuesdays we run Tales does Tales, a eldritch horror take on Tales f...

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The finale of our Witches: Fated Souls actual play podcast "Liberty To All" is live on our Patreon! #ttrpg #witches #actualplay www.patreon.com/posts/libert...

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Liberty to All - Episode 8 - FINALE! | Tales of Initiative

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

HUGE friend of Tales, BBEG Brina, is in need of some #mutualaid. Come in and say hi, have some fun, and, if you can, pitch in to help.

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