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Canadian TTRPG author and publisher. He/Him 🍁

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Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN) @igdn-official.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
More pics of the IGDN booth at GenCon 2026. We'd love to see more! So reply with your own pics and videos at booth #132. #TTRPGCommunity #GenCon2026 #GenCon #IndieGames #RPGs #TTRPGs
The side of the IGDN booth #132 at GenCon 59 2026The front of the IGDN booth #132 at GenCon 59 2026
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Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN) @igdn-official.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Are you going to run the opening of the GenCon Exhibitor hall? We'll be there! See you at 10am EDT on Thursday with all the best Indie RPGs. #ttrpgCommunity #TTRPGs #GenCon2026 #IndieGames
IGDN Booth#132
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Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN) @igdn-official.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Event registration is open and we're getting everything ready for #Gencon2026. Mark some time to come by the Exhibitor Hall to see all our members' amazing indie tabletop games. We're in booth # 132 again — the same booth as the last few years. #TTRPG #indiegames
GenCon 2026 Map IGDN in booth #132
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Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN) @igdn-official.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
2 Days left on the countdown to GenCon 2026! There are still seats left in some of our games. Search IGDN to find playtests, TTRPG sessions, board games, and a seminar that will tell you all about the Indie Game Developer Network. www.gencon.com/event_finder... #GenCon2026 #TTRPGCommunity #TTRPG
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Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN) @igdn-official.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Next the IGDN 2026 Summer Series looks at the money! In 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 (𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴) our panelists John Hague, Matt Best, & Jason Ward talk about making budgets for TTRPGs & board games: printing, production, contractors, fulfillment, and marketing. youtu.be/pue5atm6DIo?...
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Crafting Budgets For Your Game (And Crowdfunding) — IGDN Summer Series 2026
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Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN) @igdn-official.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The IGDN 2026 Summer Series kicks off with 𝐈 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 (𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰). Panelists Maddie May, Will Munn, & Matt Best discuss how to make your TTRPGs visually fun and interesting if you don't quite know how to draw yet. youtu.be/sNdkkQhVkPM?... #TTRPGs #indiegames #gamedesign #writing
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I Write (Because I can't Draw) — IGDN Summer Series 2026
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Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN) @igdn-official.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Did you miss the 2025 Indie Groundbreakers last week? Just want to see the Game of the Year? Here it is! youtu.be/qPbR4AZX50g #TTRPG #indiegames
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2025 Indie Groundbreakers Award for Game of the Year
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Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN) @igdn-official.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
2025 Indie Groundbreaker Awards winners will be premiering at 8:00PM EST tonight! Hope some of you will be watching and can make it! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bBS...
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2025 Indie Groundbreakers Awards Ceremony
YouTube video by Indie Game Developer Network
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Tania Herrero @thebreadwyrm.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
One of the three character classes developed by my good friend @thedungeonskey.bsky.social and illustrated by me as part of Crown of Salt's Kickstarter stretch goals. You can grab them here! thebreadwyrm.com/products/cro...
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Crown of Salt
PDF (english and spanish) and digital extras included.There’s a church in the depths of the salt plains. A forgotten temple, consecrated to a benevolent and righteous god. It was desecrated by an arro...
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Tania Herrero @thebreadwyrm.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The Forlorn Earthbound is a devotee of the secrets of the buried earth, a reader of rot, death and omen through smoke, oil, wax and stone. One of the 6 Traditions (optional classes) that will be available in Fomoria's corebook, co-written by the absurdly talented @thedungeonskey.bsky.social
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The Dungeon's Key @thedungeonskey.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Hey fellow canuck 🇨🇦 #ttrpgcommunity designers and enthusiasts! My sci-fi shooter RPG Dirtbags! is nominated for ✨ Best Rules ✨ in the inaugural Canada Roles Awards! If you're a fan of my work and you'd supporting my work, I'd be grateful for your vote! sage.composedreamgames.com/index.php/19...
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Compose Dream Games @joshuakitz.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Online voting for the inaugural Canada Roles Awards is now open! Head to canadaroles.ca/doku.php?id=... to see all the nominees and to vote. Winners will be announced in May at CanGames! Got questions? I'll do my best to answer below.
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Canada Roles Awards seeks to celebrate the games and art created by the Canadian tabletop Roleplaying Game Industry.
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The Dungeon's Key @thedungeonskey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Fomoria, the Epic Folk Horror Roleplaying, is live on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/jno... I had the privilege of working with @thebreadwyrm.bsky.social to co-author the game’s traditions, and I couldn’t be prouder of how everything came out. This is one book for the ages! #ttrpg
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Fomoria – Epic Folk Horror Roleplaying
Brave the Darkness, eat the heart of gods, and purge the filth of the Red Plague in a shifting subterranean world.
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The Dungeon's Key @thedungeonskey.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I just backed KRAVAT - Unsanctioned Expansion Re_Skin Hack on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/866...
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KRAVAT - Unsanctioned Expansion Re_Skin Hack
Narrative-heavy standalone TTRPG. Two weeks of mandatory Civil Service against the faction-riddled analog metropolis of TownCity.
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The Dungeon's Key @thedungeonskey.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
@seraphimseraphina.bsky.social I've been trying to reach you regarding the 2025 IGA via Discord and email. Following up with you here as you seem to be more active. Please feel free to DM me :)
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BackerKit @backerkit.com · 08/01/2026
BackerKit experienced a phishing attack that targeted accounts with weak or externally compromised passwords. We have reset passwords on select accounts. If you’ve received emails that appear to be from BackerKit, please first verify they come from backerkit.com, s.backerkit.com or o.backerkit.com.
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Andrew Beauman | Hope Dies Last @andrewbeauman.com · 06/01/2026
Trans TTRPG designers, especially if ur bi-poc, I wanna collaborate on a project I'm crowdfunding this Fall. Caged in a Flesh Mech is my coming out magnum opus as a baby queer & genderfluid person. I want the whole team to be diversely queer.
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Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN) @igdn-official.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We are saddened by the news that friend and fellow member Steve Dee has passed away. In accordance with their partner's wishes, we'd like to invite each of you to read one of Steve's recent posts and call to action in their memory: www.patreon.com/posts/146987...
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Just Do Something | Tin Star Games
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Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN) @igdn-official.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
The 2025 Indie Groundbreaker Awards are here! Have you published a LARP, table top RPG, card, board, or other analog game in 2025? We want to see it! Submit yours today: forms.gle/Jgnu7Ev5BnkU... Visit www.igdnonline.com/groundbreakers for more details. Submissions close on January 31st.
IGA 2025 Game Submissions Open, includes the IGA logo of a fist holding up a dice.
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Matt@OFP + Dungeon Delve @oddfairpress.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Happy New Year! … Lets take a look back on 2025, including some of my #Endies2025 (best games played) this past year. Special thanks to all of the great creators I got the pleasure to round-up and highlight over the past year! chaoticanwriter.substack.com/p/ttrpg-new-...
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TTRPG New Years Round-up 2025! (#47)
Celebrate with me! A look back on the first year of Dungeon Delve, plus the ENDIES, the Ultimate Toolbox, timelines of indie RPGs and PbtA, character voices in RPGs, game deals, and more!!
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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 20/12/2025
There are also eight pregenerated characters to throw at this adventure. As always, it could come in handy to have a backup or two...
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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 20/12/2025
Very happy with the look and feel of this thing. We're leaning hard into that folky, esoteric weirdness. Ragged edges, decorative details, simple and worn. Hand-carved, splintered, dark. Full of spells, secrets, and age-old danger. Also, making shit pretty isn't exactly difficult with Tania's art.
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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 20/12/2025
FOMORIA IS HERE The Fomoria quickstart PDF is up for grabs at fomoria.com. 26 pages fully illustrated rules booklet, plus Spawn of the Hungering One—the introductory adventure—clocking in at 24. Get it!
The book cover of the Fomoria Quickstart against a black background. It features a blood-toothed animal skull overgrown with mushrooms, with orange flame bursting out of its eye-socket, mouth and forehead. 
"DOWNLOAD THE QUICKSTART"
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Will Munn @ Adept Icarus @adepticarus.com · 07/12/2025
Also, did I mention you can follow allow with our tarot + dice roleplaying game Obelisk: Realms In Peril on Kickstarter now? Well you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ade...
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Coming soon: Obelisk: Realms In Peril
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Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN) @igdn-official.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The 2025 Indie Groundbreaker Awards are nearly here and we need Judges! Do you know tabletop games? TTRPGs? Card games? Resource collection? We need your expertise. Join us on a panel of Judges to declare 2025’s best indie tabletop games. forms.gle/2NpVyf4riA8v...
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Indie Groundbreaker Awards Judge Application
Use this form to apply to be a judge for the Indie Groundbreaker Awards.
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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
This holiday season, give your favorite creators the perfect gift: attention. A 5-star rating, a product review on Exalted, or even a share on Reddit. www.explorersdesign.com/critmas-2025/
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Critmas Gift Guide 2025
The 3 gifts every game designer wants (and a holiday party idea).
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The Hearth Magazine 🌈💜🖤🤍 @thehearthmag.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
This looks fun, but let's switch it up: which games would you like The Hearth to review in 2026? Feel free to suggest your own if you have one you want seen.
An empty template for the "12 for 12 challenge", consisting of 12 months to play 12 games recommended by 12 friends.
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Nick @deepdark.games · 28/11/2025
We've got the first copy of A Perfect Rock off the press! Really happy with how this turned out (and shout-out to @peregrinecoast.press for the swiss-bound, french flap suggestion).
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Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN) @igdn-official.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Hey #ttrpgcommunity, We're at #PAXUnplugged! Come find us at booth # GH-63C and support our incredible international indie designers! We're over 150 members strong and carry a mix of all things table top, including TTRPGs, LARPs, card and board games!
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Milkboy Games➡️ PAX Unplugged @certifydmilkboy.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Thanks to some very kind and generous friends, and despite everything, I've made it WITH a phon Excited to have my first physical game up for sale Come check it out!!!
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𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖈𝖍 @astrolich.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
A side project ive been working on
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 13/11/2025
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
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The Dungeon's Key @thedungeonskey.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Stayed up late and woke up early 'cause I was having too much fun. The field reference manual and song transcription guide are done and Before They Leave is officially available on Itch.io! thedungeonskey.itch.io/before-they-...
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The Dungeon's Key @thedungeonskey.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Excited to share a sneak-peak of my latest project. Before They Leave, a one page solo game about drawing, music, exploration, and bird watching 🪶 Field sketching manual and song transcription guide to follow. #ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #solorpg #birdwatching #exploration
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Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN) @igdn-official.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The IGDN’s Diversity Sponsorship has long supported emerging developers from marginalized backgrounds. After a pause in 2025 to revitalize the program under new leadership, we're excited to be re-launching in 2026! That effort begins right here, with your help! www.gofundme.com/f/support-di...
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Donate to iTDF Diversity Scholarship, organized by Allison Cole
For over a decade, the IGDN’s Diversity Sponsorship program has provided support and resources… Allison Cole needs your support for iTDF Diversity Scholarship
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Craig Campbell (and NerdBurger Games) 🤓🍔 @nerdburgercraig.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Eleven or so backers hits the final stretch goal. 112 minutes to go.
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Cosmic Corsairs RPG
Fly starships. Wield cosmic powers. Fight a brutal regime.
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Craig Campbell (and NerdBurger Games) 🤓🍔 @nerdburgercraig.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Cosmic Corsairs is looking for new Resistance members. Back this TTRPG and help take down the Triarchy with cosmic power! #rpg #ttrpg
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The Dungeon's Key @thedungeonskey.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
@nerdburgercraig.bsky.social is nearing the first stretch goal for Cosmic Corsairs! What are you waiting for, grab your laser pistol, gather your crew, board your starship, and set sail! www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...
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Cosmic Corsairs RPG
Fly starships. Wield cosmic powers. Fight a brutal regime.
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Ded Plant Studios @ded-plant-studios.itch.io · 16/10/2025
Super stoked to announce that our Space Pirate one-shot adventure won Best Art in the GET RAZED Dirtbags! Game Jam by @thedungeonskey.bsky.social Check it out here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... #ttrpg #oneshot #indiegamedesigner
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The Dungeon's Key @thedungeonskey.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Our friend Robby Howell just launched the 2nd edition + new expansion of their diceless TTRPG on Kickstarter — Enclave: Aspirant! What do you mean diceless?! Yep, this game prioritizes emergent storytelling, player agency, and narrative. Go and check it out 🤘 www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
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ENCLAVE: Aspirant — The Diceless TTRPG with Infinite Depth
Easy to learn, even easier to schedule. A mold-breaking, narrative roleplaying game where imagination meets high-stakes storytelling.
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The Dungeon's Key @thedungeonskey.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Our friends over at @diekugames.bsky.social are launching their Bug Buster campaign next week! Play as the working class exterminators fighting off a secret alien invasion in the 90s! www.kickstarter.com/projects/die...
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Coming soon: Bug Busters
Play scrappy working class exterminators protecting the planet from a secret alien invasion! Learn more at DiekuGames.com/BugBusters
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The Dungeon's Key @thedungeonskey.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
@thebitbet.bsky.social drop me a DM, you won best Writing/Content in the Get Razed third party content jam and I owe you some monies! 🤘
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Goosepoop 🔜 GenCon @goosepoopgames.com · 05/10/2025
Spooky season Ritual Market until 3pm! Live play of Black Flies at 5pm! @helpactionneeded.bsky.social Games by: @outridercreative.bsky.social @graftbound.bsky.social @thedungeonskey.bsky.social @thismaybegraham.bsky.social @wetinkgames.bsky.social @goodluckpress.co @brightbard.bsky.social
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Jason Pitre @genesisoflegend.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Friends, the good folks at the Compose Dreams marketplace are currently running an excellent sale on a variety of artisanal, Canadian roleplaying games. Now is the best time for folks in Canada or the UK to pick up their copy of Once More Into the Void! composedreamgames.com/marketplace/...
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Once More Into the Void
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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 09/09/2025
Starts October 1, 2025. 🎃 #MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #TTRPG
MÖRKTOBER 2025 PROMPTS

1.	Frog
2.	Maw
3.	Daggers
4.	Howl
5.	Stain
6.	Husk
7.	Shard
8.	Wizard
9.	Thorn
10.	Beetle
11.	Scales
12.	Binding
13.	Web
14.	Anchor
15.	Nails
16.	Obelisk
17.	Warden
18.	Wither
19.	Broken
20.	Ash
21.	Beak
22.	Thief
23.	Flower
24.	Stump
25.	Hermit
26.	Torch
27.	Ice
28.	Bloat
29.	Hole
30.	Star
31.	Pumpkins
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Goosepoop 🔜 GenCon @goosepoopgames.com · 14/11/2024
Goosepoop Games is an indie game studio in Portland, ME, where we self publish board games, and tabletop role playing games We try to create games that are accessible, and are constantly creating something new and exciting. Check out our games at goosepoopgames.com #boardgames #ttrpg #gamedev
Jordan standing behind some games with Gabby Goose honking on the left
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Goosepoop 🔜 GenCon @goosepoopgames.com · 20/09/2025
Watch your step at the Farmer's Market today! Lots of Goosepoop around 🪿 Selling games from: @outridercreative.bsky.social @graftbound.bsky.social @thedungeonskey.bsky.social @thismaybegraham.bsky.social @wetinkgames.bsky.social @goodluckpress.co @brightbard.bsky.social
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DM Tales🔜PAXU @dmtales.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
My review of Dreams and Machines, by @modiphius.bsky.social, is live! #ttrpg youtu.be/Kt2nYmYlOPY
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Dreams & Machines [Review]
YouTube video by DM Tales
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JayEmBosch @jayembosch.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I've finally released my latest sci-fi horror adventure! Like ink that smells of campfires and petroleum, or cultic knowledge beyond your ken imparted through the printing presses? Get Fear of a Daily Planet in print or PDF from the link below. #selfpromosaturday #MothershipRPG #rpg #ttrpg #osr
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𓇢𓆸𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆ꫂ❀ @fsohns.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO TTRPG ART COMMISSIONING AND LICENSING It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space. www.patreon.com/posts/compre...
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A Comprehensive Guide to TTRPG Art Commissioning & Licensing | Araukana
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