iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

the double-ended swimming axe a common multitool carried by the [I’m bad at names] people to navigate their tight cluster of heavily vegetated but treeless islands the rods and blades are fashioned from iron grasses, a plant material that becomes metal-like instead of burning #TTRPG #lore #loot

It’s probable that the pope tweeted this from inside the Sistine Chapel or some other masterpiece that was commissioned by the church

I think I’d blog more if I changed the color palette and font of my blog, but that’s going to mess up some photos of my older posts, which feels like too much work

I have the dumbest idea rn and I’m going to lean into it so hard

Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 01/10/2026

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A lot of people are making their own stuff for Into the Oddish. For those who want to make more types of Pokemon as player characters, I put together some guidelines for how I would design them. It is a lot less formulaic than designing Pokemon as enemies. #ttrpg #osr #pokemon

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Wanting to Be the Very Best Pokémon: Playable Pokémon for Into the Oddish — Prismatic Wasteland

Guidelines for creating playable Pokemon (essentially classes) for Into the Oddish.

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Created Wrongly @creativewronging.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I FINALLY DID IT! 150 #appxnjam #OSR #TTRPG reviews done... just in time for MÖRKtober 🎲

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Sarah Whang @anderkaya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hey there, I'm Sarah, a children's book illustrator and lover of frogs! For this month's #KidLitArtPostcard, I'm sharing a knight I painted for the upcoming Nucleus Postcard show. 🐸 Repped by @socalledyalife.bsky.social at TLA 🪷 Email: sunhawhang@gmail.com ⚔️ Website: sunhawhang.com

Goache and coloured pencil illustration of a frog knight wearing heavy armor, carrying a shield and polearm.

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m like 90% confident that the word “trash” is an onomatopoeia Have you ever walked through a knee deep pile of dry crunchy leaves?

Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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This month’s design newsletter might have the most jams of any Explorateur in the last two years. October is always a busy month. www.explorersdesign.com/the-explorat...

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The Explorateur: October '26

Monthly jams, critique, theory, and resources for rpg designers.

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RPG Trader @rpgtrader.com · 01/10/2026

Want to contribute a game or module to the RPG Trader Spooky Season Bundle? 🎃 You’ll need to be registered as a creator on RPG Trader first - then you can add your eligible game to the bundle: rpgtrader.com/dashboard/bu...

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Spooky Season Bundle on RPG Trader

Join the bundle to add your products.

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Besides the great layout, the game itself slaps too. I’m actually very jealous that I haven’t designed anything close to this yet. Even the title is clever as hell

Mörkticia @morkticia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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The Two Wolves Inside Me

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

inspired by a resolution new mechanic, but have no idea what to do with it yet…

Jez Gordon @jezgordon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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One page Star Wars planet generator.

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m sorry—You can make even TINIER one page booklets, with edge to edge printing, if you simply lay it out with the intention to trim off the margins?? This *changes* everything…

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Change of Plans by TechDweeb

A tiny coin based RPG system

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Designing a game to be a commercial success is like playing D&D to win The silent and solo act of designing a game in your head, is itself, a unique and worthwhile form of play that cannot be replicated with playtesting More people should casually design “bad games” for fun

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matt @chasethematthews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@regularbird.bsky.social and I are hosting a Baseball Jam. We want you to pitch your tabletop baseball heaters. Make fun of baseball. Celebrate baseball. Who cares! It is old and weird, let’s make it new and cool. So join us for the next month and LETS PLAY BALL! itch.io/jam/baseball...

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Baseball Jam '26

A game jam from 2026-09-29 to 2026-11-01 hosted by regularbird & matthewchase. During the 2026 MLB Postseason, regularbird and matthewchase invite you to make something baseball for tabletop! From the...

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

my Avatar hot take is that think Avatar Wan’s story did more damage to the lore than anything else in the franchise

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A popular video centered TTRPG actual play (à la D20) where whenever a character dies a couple production hands in ski masks storm in and abduct the player from the table. Then, 20 mins later when a replacement character is introduced, the player returns with a fake mustache and an accent

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Heads Tails Tooth & Scale” is the diceless, cardless, area control, evolution themed, party game — where the first two eliminated players get a second chance at winning by playing a fishing minigame 4+ Players Coins Only $ FREE / PWYW CC-BY 4.0

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HEADS, TAILS, TOOTH, & SCALE by ToucantSam

a “fish eat fish” party game

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Kay🌟 @kayspixels.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My girlfriend is so cool!! She wrote and illustrated this adventure and it’s phenomenal!!! 🌝

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What family of TTRPGs handles chase sequences the best?

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Ammnontet! @bleakvision.info · 26/09/2026

there should be a horror game about playing an old FPS and you join the only populated server and everybody there knows each other & they're all strangely hostile to you and start conspiring to kill you

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RPG Trader @rpgtrader.com · 25/09/2026

Only a few days left to grab our Solo September Bundle! @solorpglist.com If you’ve been meaning to pick it up, now’s the time! Packed with awesome solo TTRPGs, there’s something here for your next solo gaming session - once September is over, this bundle will be gone! rpgtrader.com/products/8352

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Solo September Games Bundle on RPG Trader

A collection of 134 games to play on your own. In partnership with Solo RPG List.

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Need something to do in your TTRPG village that’s not shopping or solving murders? Give your players a “beach episode” with these small town activities #SettingNeutral #SystemAgnostic #PlugAndPlay #Cozy #MiniGames

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a small town MINIGAME BUNDLE on RPG Trader

a growing collection of cozy minigames

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Adventure Hook: An entire village slowly starts behaving more and more like beavers, all while denying anything weird about it

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Rise Up (From the Grave) Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Factions are such an important part of OSR play because the OSR is full of factions that all hate each other, so we really can really imagine what it's like.

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JL Cable @jlcable.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pretty cool to be reviewed by a podcast, of which I'm long time listener of. And I/we get through it mostly unscathed! If you would like to buy a PDF or physical copy, follow the link our store! Johnson Squared: a farcical whodunit mystery – Peregrine Coast Press share.google/OvKgj8LixYi1...

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Johnson Squared: a farcical whodunit mystery

Deputised with the full legal powers of Janus Corp, the Crewmembers must identify a rogue scientist leaking data off-colony. The only problem: everyone on the station is an exact clone of the same man...

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RPG Trader @rpgtrader.com · 23/09/2026

October is creeping closer… 👀🎃 Creators: start getting your spooky, strange, weird and wonderfully unsettling RPGs ready. 👻 We’ve got something brewing for spooky season at RPG Trader - and you’ll want your games ready to join in. Get your best horrors, hauntings and oddities polished up! 🕯️

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In no particular order, these #9games altered my brain chemistry as a kid

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Shurebis [he/him] @shurebis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

V1.2 of IRON on IRON on IRON. Rules for medieval skirmishes. inspired by @lukegearing.bsky.social's Violence. For the Minimalist Jam. shurebis.itch.io/iron-on-iron...

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IRON on IRON on IRON by Shurebis

Rules for medieval skirmishes

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's Perils & Princesses community copy day! Fresh batch of copies up on itch.io for P&P and each of our official adventures, including the first ever community copies of The Princess & The Dragon outrider-creative.itch.io/perils-and-p...

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Perils & Princesses by Outrider Creative

A Gritty and Pretty Fairy Tale Adventure Game

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Sam Long @toucantsam.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’ve been semi regularly checking the “popularity” tab on the appx N jam submissions, and I’m happy to see this gem rising in the ranks 🔥 🚙 🐈 🔥

offworldbogil.itch.io

Rays of Beleth's Bolide by offworldbogil

A cosmic car-crawl to the depths of Hell!