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socalbookish.bsky.social @socalbookish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This👇👇👇👇👇👇

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Jesus Christ I just saw some pbta discourse and I want to die immediately

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Montford Tales @montfordtales.com · 30/09/2026

How about a whole new setting to use with Asher's Ridge, complete with a "limited series" string of episode longlines to play through? Stay tuned.

A book mockup featuring a lighthouse set against a green-gold sky. The title is "No one lives in Port Robert (Anymore).

To the left of the mockup text reads "Next time(crossed out) year on Asher's Ridge..."

To the right of the mockup text reads "In December 1951 the population of Port Robert and the island of Calraithe disappeared overnight. No-one knows what happened to this day.

In 2026 you got the greenlight for a limited series television show:
No one lives in Port Robert (Anymore).

You decide to film on location. There’s one problem: It’s October 1951, and you’ve no way home."

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Evri, telling me when my parcel is due, like:

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ugh, the horrible realisation that I am going to have to learn layout is just dawning on me and I am in denial.

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Lindsay Ellis No Thanks

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Robin J | Cozy RPG Reviews @cozyrpgreviews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This was such a great little (but actually not at all little) series! Go watch if you haven't yet :)

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Awesome quality series with great cameos!

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fucking Paul Hollywood. This mfer acting like Miso is from fucking Jupiter or some shit. Drives me insane this man is considered an authority.

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Fuck him. I hate that guy.

Alt: Fuck him. I hate that guy.

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Luck Roll (Brian) @luckroll.itch.io · 29/09/2026

Check out the videos if you haven't seen them yet - great for introductions to solo games but also for discovering new things

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Banana Chan 🔜 Portland Retro Gaming Expo @bananachangames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My next horror solo game, Sample, will be one of the last TTRPGs I work on for at least a couple of years as I pivot creatively. It launches in 2 weeks and it’s set during Y2K, following a one hit wonder who creates a demonic song to become something monstrous www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Follow Sample before we launch

From Read/Write Memory - Follow Sample before we launch

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Maia (my-ee-uh) @maiasgameroom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anytime my friend!

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Errant Adventures @errantadventurespod.com · 29/09/2026

Go donate and help the Bad Spot bring a few more safe passages into the world!

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Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 29/09/2026

me for the next 30 or so days

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Megan Ramirez @mumblemegs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Aw, I'm a magnificent bastard! 🤩 Anywho, this was a fab series which you should definitely watch if you haven't already. And if you can spare a little towards CALM (link in shared thread), please consider donating! 🙏🏻🫶🏻

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OK now solo September is over can we get some props for the voice cast? What a bunch of magnificent bastards:

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Banana Chan 🔜 Portland Retro Gaming Expo @bananachangames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank you so much @thebadspot.bsky.social for the review! I loved seeing the timelapse of you playing and seeing your game space!

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OK, it is time for the final Solo September video, in which I get thoroughly absorbed by The Darkness At The Brink Of Ohio by @bananachangames.bsky.social Immersive Solo Journaling LARP never felt so good: youtu.be/hv2mUGKDHPs

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The Darkness At The Brink Of Ohio: An Immersive Solo Journaling LARP? | Solo September

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Still traumatised by the last time I got trapped in something Asa made. Hard pass.

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

COMING SOON: In prelaunch w/ Violent Delights, another game inspired by Shakespeare: Mousetrap is a cursed game-within-a-game that won’t go back into its box. It’s game night. You and your friends have gathered to play a Hamlet-inspired game manuscript from 1983. But there’s a catch…

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Coming soon: Mousetrap & Violent Delights

A cursed game-within-a-game that won't go back into its box, and a chess-based RPG about Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Patrons now have their exclusive deep dive on all the Solo September games I played (including the ones that didn't make the cut, despite being amazing) and the thumbnail is a mood.

man in black t short with the words hello darkness my old friend above his head

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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Bonsai Diary is part of this incredible package. It's a steal: for just $15 more than you'd pay for the digital copy, you get 133 other solo games. Check it out!

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This week’s solo September video features a complete actual play nested in the review and it lasts less than a minute

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Steve Terreberry: That's Pretty Fast Reaction

Alt: Steve Terreberry: That's Pretty Fast Reaction

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I couldn't tell you anything that happened in Supergirl (2026) and I only finished watching it 5 minutes ago.

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am looking forward to sharing my final Solo September video next week. Also glad the series is coming to an end who the fuck thought that was a good idea jesus christ it nearly killed me.

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Please God Just Let This End

Alt: Please God Just Let This End

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS We have just come into possession of our rescue dog when he was a puppy and oh my GOD

A little brindle puppy sitting very nicely with a red neckerchief

A little brindle puppy sitting very nicely

A little brindle puppy lying down stretching his little legs

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don't think I have played 9 video games

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Aaaaand after 6 sessions we are done with this round of playtesting. The good news: we had a freaking BLAST and the game seems to work pretty well and has a lot of potential. The bad news: now I have to write more, wtf?

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Sharkmeister77 @sharkmeister77.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

www.reddit.com/media?url=ht...

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fair play to the folks who actually took a stand on this. Who lost revenue by boycotting, who printed these No AI standees at their own expense, who wrote angry emails. It worked. (To be clear, I didn't actually do *anything* except piss and moan in a video, so in essence, I am the real hero.)

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

They worked! Only took 7 sessions of playtesting to figure out, I am very smart.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026

really hope this can be replicated across every single meta office around the world

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Aaron Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ahh only got around to checking out this video today, but this is such a generous review - not just in terms of saying nice things, but to take the time and effort to engage with design intents, backgrounds, and possibilities. This is really lovely!

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am back in the Playtesting mines tonight and I couldn't be more excited. I made some pretty substantial changes to some of the procedures between now and the last session so we'll see if they smooth off the rough edges or send it spinning off into a ditch.

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Rob Chapman: Let's Find Out!

Alt: Rob Chapman: Let's Find Out!

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You've been hit by You've been hit by A smooth broccoli

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Godzilla hangs dong in this confirmed

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For this week's Solo September video, I look at two *very* different solo games about cooking. The wonderful What Should We Have Tomorrow by @ehronlime.bsky.social and the sublime 86 by @carrion-comfort.com This one had me getting personal and a little nostalgic... SERVICE! youtu.be/30PNQUt1tGw

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Two WILDLY Different TTRPGs About Cooking: What Should We Have Tomorrow & 86 | Solo September

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Heck yes! Great series so far:

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've signed up to be a mentor through Arts Emergency, which pairs people in creative industries with young people from underrepresented backgrounds hoping to work in the arts. If that's something you are interested in, you can also sign up! They're always looking for mentors: www.arts-emergency.org

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Arts Emergency

We help young people get a fair start in the arts and humanities

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Andy Raff is Definitely Not the Werewolf in this Scenario @wulfboyraff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Another excellent solo game video for #SoloSeptember that reminded me I ought to run Spirited Café if only to let @swishbob.bsky.social mock my lack of culinary knowledge. I find cooking unnaturally stressful irl, but the delivery and bonus lore both made the vid enjoyable to watch. Click, why not?

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Wes Franks @carrion-comfort.com · 22/09/2026

I need more hands at the pass. You all have a new Solo September, from Matt Risby of The Bad Spot, to peruse! Big thanks to Matt for spotlighting 86 and pairing it with What Should We Have Tomorrow, a truly beautiful game.

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Two WILDLY Different TTRPGs About Cooking: What Should We Have Tomorrow & 86 | Solo September

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