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Follow the Leader (2026 CRIT Awards Finalist!) @ftlcast.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Eyyyy, why don't y'all join us Saturday, October 17th in celebrating our 50K download milestone while we play This Town Is Full Of Monsters 2E by @thealeks.bsky.social in grand FTL tradition! It'll be a rip-roarin' good time!

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Saturday, Oct 17
1PM EDT
Playing This Town Is Full Of Monsters 2E
A spooktacular livestream celebrating Follow the Leader's 50K downloads
Starring:
August
Cory
Danielle
Koda
Sam
https://twitch.tv/standingstonesprod

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Anton ☾ ❦ ⟡ @antonarcana.gay · 21/08/2026

Y’ever notice how nobody talks about a “trans loneliness epidemic”, an “autistic loneliness epidemic”, an “I can’t afford essentials so I can’t go into paid spaces to meet people loneliness epidemic”? Funny how bad feelings only matter when they happen to cis men lol

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I wonder if I still sometimes talk in my sleep? The other day I dreamt that I was singing Karaoke for some reason and had chosen to perform a very, very spirited rendition of "Chocolate Jesus" by Tom Waits. I hope that, in the waking world, I was barking out slurred bits of it between CPAP pumps.

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

You know what's really hard and largely thankless? Well ... a lot of things, actually ... I was going to say, like, "art" and / or "tabletop roleplay game design, especially solo" ... but I guess kind of everything is hard and thankless? Life, for one ... I'm feeling okay, though, just tired.

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Nefarious "Pogna" Hexnificus, noted hoydon @gaudymouse.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

If you have anything to spare, please consider.

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I want to be loved. I think that is a pretty normal affliction, however. All things pass in time.

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I'm suddenly feeling real tired and hopeless. I think I might have overdrawn at the spoon bank. That's why I'm posting on social media, I guess. It's rarely a good sign when I do...

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Adventure Time characters are allowed to cuss now. We truly live in a golden age.

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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 18/06/2026

Not to be a filthy capitalist, but if you want to help transgender people you have to hire or buy goods from transgender people directly. This will be the case so long as the average transgender person makes 60 cents on the dollar to a cis white guy (lower for trans women of color).

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The one positive thing to come from the fucking murderous "work requirements" the regime has attached to medicaid is that, after having set up an internal record keeping system, I now can't beat myself up for not working enough - turns out I work full time ... I just don't get paid full-time wages.

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I'm getting increasingly suspicious of spellcheck, or, more specifically, the shallowness of the internal "dictionary" databases that run it ... You're telling me these corpos have data centers and "large language models" but their products don't know how to spell "Monad" or "dimensionality"?

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Oh, and if you were a backer at one of the higher tiers, your copy is probably in the mail, assuming you've already provided your shipping info and all that. Thank you for making this thing possible. It has made me very happy to be able to work on this.

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Howdy. It is me, the Aleks. I'm popping in to let y'all know that physical copies of This Town Is Full Of Monsters - Second Edition are now available via print on demand. I am sorry they're a bit pricey. The economy sucks. But they're cool and good! #ttrpg www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

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This Town Is Full of Monsters - Second Edition - Cloud Monster Press | DriveThruRPG

Overview This Town Is Full of Monsters is a tabletop storytelling/roleplaying game about a smallish community beset by mysterious, eldritch forces. There’s always a Town. There are always townsfolk. A...

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Infinite Citadel @infinite-citadel.com · 09/06/2026

RPG Trader is live, and with it comes our full digital catalogue! Before the Bog God Temperamental Upgrades Gentlemages Spellbook Thou Art Spill Your Fluids & The Beckoning Dream! rpg-trader.com/creator/229/...

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Infinite Citadel on RPG Trader

Infinite Citadel is an indie TTRPG co-op making anti-ordinary games of infinite expression. Check out our latest Kickstarter campaign - The Beckoning Dream - launching in 2026!

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

So, the first proof of This Town Is Full of Monsters (my GMless #ttrpg of supernatural melodrama set in mysterious small towns / uncommon communities) just came in yesterday! It turned out ok for the most part, but I have opted to make some adjustments. Gotta wait a BIT longer. Still, though!

Aleks' hand holding a proof copy of This Town Is Full Of Monsters, cover up. The cover depicts a surreal interpretation of a small town main street.

Aleks' hand holding open a copy of This Town Is Full of Monsters. The pages in question feature a simple two page layout in four columns, with the rightmost column in blue.

A proof copy of This Town Is Full of Monsters opened onto a two page spread that features a single column discussion of the optional mapping mechanic and a color illustration of stylized "red string conspiracy board," featuring maps, a goblin, and an alien, among other bits and bobs.

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

The digital version of This Town Is Full Of Monsters (Second Edition - now with #art), the GMless tabletop roleplaying game of small towns and supernatural melodrama (think #twinpeaks) is now live on itch. Check it the heck out. thealeks.itch.io/ttifom2e #ttrpg #selfpromosaturday

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

You ever just wanna spend all your time writing really pretentious and kind of smutty "lit-fic" that nobody but you is every going to read, but you have to, like, do other stuff, stuff which might actually make you a tiny bit of money, instead? No shade on the other stuff. This might be "burn out."

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I just want everyone to know that , as of this hour, and for the duration of this one hour only, there are 69 hours left to go in my Kickstarter campaign, which I am told is very saucy and quite sensual. #ttrpg www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

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Shores Of Night - Redux

The essential core of Shores Of Night, the Surreal / Weird / Cosmic Horror TTRPG without ableist sanity systems.

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Alex Bertram-Powell @alexbpart.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

"Artists peak at 30", "30 under 30", "by 30 you should" ridiculous. Arts industries capital craves young people to exploit and burn out. It doesn't want older artists thriving and guiding the young. It also doesn't want artists to exist. Stop letting cannibals tell you you only matter on a plate.

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I am SO tired of having to justify my zero tolerance anti-AI stance over and over again on an interpersonal basis (like it isn't already draining enough just to live in a world where that shit exists) that I'm thinking of just putting together a pamphlet Zine and handing it out to anyone that asks.

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Just had a call with ionos because they tried to invoice me again for services cancelled a year ago, and the guy was like "what is the main reason, is it just the cost," and I was like "that, and the AI stuff" And the dude ACTUALLY TRIED TO DEBATE AI WITH ME: "Sir, you can't hold back technology."

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Days to go in the Shores Of Night Redux Kickstarter campaign. We're onto the 2nd stretch goal (1500): "Dwellers On The Shores Of Night" - This is basically the "monster manual" module. Just a lot of freakazoids, hand-drawn and written up by yours truly. #ttrpg www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

3 black and white illustrations. From left to right: a suave ghoul, a tentacle thing in a trench-coat, a meaty blob.

3 black and white illustrations. From left to right: large, three eyed, monstrosity, three alien figures with pearls for heads, a bird like creature with a human face and long tongue, wearing leather.

3 black and white illustrations. From left to right: baba yaga, living corpse in billowing bandages, a ghostly, many limbed, many eyed entity.

3 black and white illustrations. From left to right: many legged, faceless marionette, cityscape from above, an eyeless dragon-like creature perched on rooftop.

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

10 days to go in the Shores Of Night Redux kickstarter campaign. We're onto the 2nd stretch goal: "Dwellers On The Shores Of Night" - This is basically the "monster manual" module. Just a lot of hand-drawn freakazoids, written up by yours truly. www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

Three black and white monster illustrations. From left to right: suave ghoul guy leaning on pillar ; a tentacle mass in a trench-coat ; a fleshy, squelchy, blobous thing.

Three black and white monster illustrations: massive, three eyed, furry monkey-rat thing holding human corpse in its right hand like a broken barbie doll ; three alien hominids with jumpsuits and pearl-like orbs instead of heads ; a large, longed necked, barely feathered chicken-man with a human face and longue tongue, saddled as if for riding, wearing leather.

Three black and white monster illustrations. From left to right: Baba Yaga scratching her neck ; an animated corpse in billowing bandages rushing the viewer ; a many limbed, many eyed, veiled, ghostly figure.

Three black and white illustrations. From left to right: a wooden puppet with an orb for a head, a hole for a face, and at least six legs ; an abstracted cityscape seen from above ; a pallid creature that looks like a mix between a xenomorph and a dragon, perched on a rooftop.

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Roxxie Moth, Yiff Lord 🐾 @roxxiemoth.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Still a few hundred short and rent's due tomorrow at midnight ;-;

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 27/02/2026

What if Honey Heist but a sleazy John Waters flick? That's You Can Be Trash Too! Be your best trash self: www.drivethrurpg.com... #TTRPG #IndieGame

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Valerie Halla @valeriehalla.dicot.moe · 25/02/2026

it's all just art. "porn" is just art that makes you horny, in precisely the way that "horror" is art that makes you scared and "metroidvania" is art that makes you write video essays

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org

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Trans Continental Pipeline

Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado

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Biscuit Wolf Games @biscuitwolfgames.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

We've got our entire catalog up in this bundle, along with hundreds of others doing the same! Help a good cause, and get some great games (video and tabletop) along the way!

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 26/02/2026

Really not doing well. Truly appreciate every last boost

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The reason you can’t give a single inch on anything be it trans rights or dignity for unhoused people is that they, democrats and republicans alike, will take it and say thanks what else is in your pockets? They won’t say thanks actually.

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Nathan Lurz @lurzblurbz.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Dream Investigator has passed 500+ downloads on itch which is pretty neat You too can own this weird, scary, funny game of introspection and judgement-free creation and interpretation (AND OTHERS) by supporting the No ICE in Minnesota bundle! itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

IMAGE: A starry old timey city bisected by a river TEXT: Dream Investigator Fill blank space trust your intution find your meaning a lynchian journaling game by nathan Lurz available now lurzblurbz.itch.io

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

The "Shores Of Night" core rulebook has exceeded its (admittedly modest) funding goal, but there are still 2 weeks to go, so I'm doing stretch goals now! The first activates at $1k and is a modular Survival Horror expansion. #selfpromosaturday #ttrpg #fuckai www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

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Shores Of Night - Redux

The essential core of Shores Of Night, the Surreal / Weird / Cosmic Horror TTRPG without ableist sanity systems.

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Anivethia @anivethia.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Here it is! My artist starter pack to celebrate 1k followers! Everyone added to this pack are real artists who create their own works by hand ^^ Rules to be added are: 💗 Re-share this post for visibility 💗 Comment with your art (human-made ONLY) go.bsky.app/Kc197bH

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Shores Of Night - Redux

The essential core of Shores Of Night, the Surreal / Weird / Cosmic Horror TTRPG without ableist sanity systems.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

something abled people don't get is you can have just one day a week where you are too sick to work, and that's enough to disqualify you from nearly all full-time jobs. it doesn't take a lot

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Sigh. Just had my final session with my therapist of a decade, and I spent the entirety of it talking about the Chinese Room experiment and why Von Newman computers are, in fact, incapable of sapience OR will, despite "AI" occasionally furnishing a convincing illusion thereof ... I hate it here.

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Hi, Please help this little #ttrpg dream of mine see the light of day. I've already put hundreds of hours into it out of sheer love, but I can't live on love, sadly ... Every pledge and boost helps. #ttrpg #zinemonth #art #fuckai #cosmichorror www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

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Shores Of Night - Redux

The essential core of Shores Of Night, the Surreal / Weird / Cosmic Horror TTRPG without ableist sanity systems.

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(GDHitless) PT @pleasantlytwstd.blacksky.app · 10/02/2026

Hey y'all. A South African dev released a blackity black game during BHM and it's currently getting the usual suspects in the reviews. Imma grab this up myself anyway, but can we all be some chums and help push the racists out of the reviews? 🙂

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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Because fascists can't create art. They can only co-opt it. Why do you think they love generative AI so much?

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

It's probably not much of a selling point, but all of my non-free games from before 2025 are in this. Like, all of them. The other bajillion games you'll get in the bargain are probably an even bigger selling point. The biggest selling points is fucking fuck ice.

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Jes the human @jesthehuman.itch.io · 09/02/2026

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle

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Shores Of Night - Redux

The essential core of Shores Of Night, the Surreal / Weird / Cosmic Horror TTRPG without ableist sanity systems.

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

#ttrpg #selfpromosaturday Shores Of Night, the tabletop roleplaying game of surreal, weird, and cosmic horror, is back on Kickstarter for #zinemonth, now in a humbler, zine-ier, more modular format. If you want horror without "sanity roll" malarkey, this is it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

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Shores Of Night - Redux

The essential core of Shores Of Night, the Surreal / Weird / Cosmic Horror TTRPG without ableist sanity systems.

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