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Michael S. Miller @thestalwart.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The DREAMATION game convention is February 20-23, 2025 in Morristown, NJ. I can offer badges and other help to folks willing to run indie TTRPGs. DM me for details. Boosts appreciated. Hope to see you there! tabletop.events/conventions/...

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DREAMATION 2025

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Michael S. Miller @thestalwart.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Prepping for Metatopia. Writing a game about an optimistic future seems more pointless AND more important than ever.

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Emily Dare @strangetree.maenad.club · 06/11/2024

I've talked to a few folks this morning who were talking about stopping work on their creative projects. Because it's "not important anymore." I don't know who needs to hear this, but DON'T DO THAT. We win by living our lives as loudly and truly as we can. That includes your "silly" art project.

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Lackadaisy Tracy @lackadaisy.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Keep making art. Keep writing your stories. Even if they must exist in secret for a time, they are important - each of them a little act of rebellion. Most of all, keep on living. If you can muster no other motivation on some days, then do it out of righteous spite for those who want you gone.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

One thing many activists I admire have in common is that they don't see hope as a fleeting thing that just visits when things are good. They see it more like a skill you practice or a muscle you build. As Mariame Kaba succinctly put it, "Hope is a discipline". friendsofattention.net/sites/defaul...

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overwhelmed by what was going on in the world, I would just say to myself: “Hope is a discipline.” It’s less about “how you feel,” and more about the practice of making a decision every day, that you’re still gonna put one foot in front of the other, that you’re still going to get up in the morning.

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Over on Itch, we've just put the Wizard's Grimoire volumes 1-5 on sale until the end of November: The Wizard's Grimoire The Barbarian's Bloody Quest The Last Adventure The Thief & the Necromancer The Wizard's Library Community copies too, if times are tough. You know we've been there.

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The Wizard's Grimoire Volumes 1-5 by Meguey & Vincent Baker, et al

A bundle by Meguey & Vincent Baker, et al, $45.00 for 5 games

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Metatopia is gonna be weird. Give folks grace and patience. I'll see you there, friends

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Paul Czege @paulczege.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

Made some prototypes. When I tabled at the Denver Small Press Fest earlier this year I could tell some people were curious about journaling games, but wanted something to get their feet wet and weren't ready to drop $15+ on a game or over $20 on The Ink That Bleeds. So now... #ttrpg #JournalGaming

A photo of two journaling games designed as physical 5 x 7 cards. One is entitled Vampyres Are People Too, and the other Millennium Self.

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Stan! @stannex.bsky.social · 04/07/2024

I made the drawings this past January 6th (inspired by a cartoon by @lizadonnelly.bsky.social). Sadly, they—and the questions they ask—seem even more timely and important today on Independence Day.

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Michael S. Miller @thestalwart.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

This is the most exciting game I playtested at METATOPIA, now available in Quickstart format.

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Savage Spiel @savagespiel.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

I love the versatility of TTRPGs. You can play a one-shot, a tight 8-week season, or a sprawling multi-year campaign. You can play online, at your mate's house, at a club or at a convention. You can play epic heroes saving the world or ordinary people doomed to madness and death. It's all good.

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Connor, the Healer DM 🔜 Gamehole Con @thehealerdm.bsky.social · 27/12/2023

What a great conversation we had. Check it out!

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Avery Prometheus Rosen @averyprometheus.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

One of the first lessons we teach in our GM101 sessions is the “Describe, Listen, Judge” cycle. DLJ is a comprehensive framework for understanding what a GM does, and a tool that helps diagnose and correct hiccups and miscommunication at the level of play. Let's break them down🧵

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Richard @ R. Rook 🔜 Sleep @rrookstudio.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

So while I was playtesting at Metatopia, Moonlight on Roseville Beach crossed the $8k mark. Now we're less than $1600 from funding a writing grant for Ezakur, an incredible Argentinian writer who contributed to the original game. www.kickstarter.com/projects/r-r...

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Moonlight on Roseville Beach—A Queer Tabletop RPG

The original Game of Disco & Cosmic Horror, back on Kickstarter! Get the TTRPG rulebook and new mysteries for the ENnie-winning game.

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Chris Sellers is wonderful, go buy Raccoon Sky Pirates

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Michael S. Miller @thestalwart.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

I had a great time at METATOPIA 2023! ipressgames.com/2023/11/06/r...

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