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Rise Up (From the Grave) Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How do you write a fighter class that's interesting? How do you take standard fantasy and make it fresh? How do you frame campaign setting details without giving reading homework? How do you set up a long-term campaign from session 0? Here's my pitch: riseupcomus.blogspot.com/2026/09/knig...

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Knight [In the House of the High King]

I watched Princess Arete and it got my brain going . What's the right word for this genre? I hesitate to say "Ghibli-esque" because it's s...

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alex v @alexvalente.fyi · 01/10/2026

i think @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social has a full purchase on my game soul, and i want to scream it from the rooftops birdmilk wrote most of this, i edited and tweaked, and got to dip back into more creative writing for the stasima games - as always - are so very good

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Heaven in the Dust

Greek tragedy in the American Great Depression.

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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have yet to write a PBTA game with a generic move / direct Defy Danger analogue and there’s a goddamn reason why

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Why didn't these kinds of moves— Pick 3, pick 2, pick 1 Pick 2, pick 1, pick none Exceptional success, success, compromise — become "how PbtA works"? Like I say, I think it's obvious why, but choosing one move to be "how PbtA works" at all was the first mistake.

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

15 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves. Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:

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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

gearing up to run Under Hollow Hills at my local con this weekend, where for reasons unknown to science I have decided to present a buffet of five different occasions for groups to choose from. some snippets, just to taunt and entice the many of you living too far away to attend...

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alex v @alexvalente.fyi · 28/09/2026

a month ago five of us played Harvest, by @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social; four of us joined forces to write about it enter @glaedth.bsky.social @zhenwa40.bsky.social @joao.omg.lol as we begin our little play...

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Was it all worth it? A narrative review of Harvest

A play in three acts, a review in four voices.

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WordBot @wordbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Word of the Hour: Hieron - A consecrated place; esp. a temple. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay

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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

damn Alex, the absolute genius of using Blair Mountain as a frame for a game of Heaven in the Dust....... (everyone go get your Hadestown fix and tell tales of Greek Tragedy in the Dust Bowl: plusoneexp.com/products/hea...)

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Despite being very tired from overdoing yesterday, I am doing my home-work for my Dark Ages game. (please clap) A lot of things came to a point in our fourth session, and so our fifth was mostly about building out more context for all the new problems we had created.

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brendan mordheim @brendanmcleod.dev · 13/09/2026

with Band of Blades back in the TTRPG collective imaginary, may I recommend OATHSWORN, a complete Band of Blades actual play set in an original world? Eldritch skies, body horror, political infighting, comedic interludes - we've got it all. oathswornpodcast.com

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OATHSWORN

A Band of Blades Actual Play Podcast

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Sandro AD 🔜 PAX Unplugged @sandroad.moe · 22/09/2026

[ ~ Where grief stirs, spirits linger ~ ] Dive into the kaleidoscopic fantasy of Beneath the Floating World, a Carved from Brindlewood game of psychedelic zenpunk exorcism ~ Uncover twisted truths, face supernatural horrors and navigate your mortal woes . . . sandroad.itch.io/restrain-ref...

The cover for beneath the floating world ~ Featuring an onryo-esc figure above two silhouetted exorcists

The beginning of character creation rules

The center fold describing the parallel Day and Night phases of play

The 12 Exorcist Moves that can each define a character

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Tore @torenielsen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I have a joke about Apocalypse World, but maybe that's a bit of a basic move.

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Furtive Shambles @furtiveshambles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

RYNE is now available for digital download 🍂🍂🍂 The knots which hold Ryne together wear thin, and we don’t know how much longer they will hold. The only thing which stops the world’s threads from snapping are the Remnants—strange colossi, the broken husks of old gods. rpg-trader.com/products/915...

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RYNE on RPG Trader

Life in the footsteps of gods

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Yesterday was a write-off, so my dark ages prep thread is a day late. Also the power just went out in my building so no links or images until later. It was the first session of summer, and I used the consequence of Fausta's season move to give us our opener for the session...

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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

1800s London is a city under siege by progress, labour overthrown by industrial modernity as communities fragment. In Grand Guignol, these material mundane concerns live side-by-side with the queered tropes of Gothic horror What do the folk of your London fear? gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/guignol

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Bog Witch Riley @sicksad.games · 08/09/2026

Smart, good, cool. Self perception and societal expectations are neat things to mechanise (especially in a Victorian era setting where these roles were much more strict)

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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Gender was a key concern in Victorian times & tales. Grand Guignol’s roles invite & explore the queer resonances in Gothic archetypes. Each character picks 2 ways society sees them & 2 ways they see themself; free to name, invoke, or avoid gender as they wish. gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/guignol

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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

hey, I heard you nerds are into Stonetop. have you ever thought: where's the 'gloomy witch who sees terrible futures' playbook? where's the 'experienced elder on one last adventure' playbook? great news—i've got you covered gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harbinger gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/elder

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Had a lovely second session of Dark Ages, which you can watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw05... and I'm gonna go over my prep following that session here in this thread...

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Dark Ages: The Playtest || Session 2

YouTube video by TheVODViper

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ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Arrhythmia

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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Good stuff!

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

As promised, here's a thread about my prep for the Dark Ages playtest I am playing on Sundays. The recording of our first session is here: youtu.be/eM3huoccFQY

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Dark Ages: The Playtest || Session 1

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hah! There's no Castellan in the game I'm in now, but we had one, Allovera, in the game we had *checks watch* 12 years ago. She was my half-sister, and she was the one who had the brains in the family. Everyone else went off doing spectacular shit and she just kept things together.

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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Student of war and stewardship, A patient spider in the crown’s shadow, Alive to the pulse of the stones. the Castellan is one of 4 bonus playbooks from the Stronghold playset—the crown's right hand, cunning and canny. which 4 rights would your Castellan have? sevencrowsgames.itch.io/dark-ages

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DistractedElf @distractedelf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hey crew! I made a second channel for unrelated-to-D&D stuff! It's called "TheVODViper", the first episode of our Dark Ages Playtest campaign is up there, and you should check it out! youtu.be/eM3huoccFQY

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Dark Ages: The Playtest || Session 1

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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Least-lovely creature under the sun. Haunted, hunted, hated, Afraid—like you—of what I may become. the Pariah is one of 4 bonus playbooks from the Shrine playset—a weird outcast; maybe feared, maybe pitied, always unsettling. which 4 rights would you give them? sevencrowsgames.itch.io/dark-ages

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mdoughty.bsky.social @mdoughty.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

dont think i could resist making a cowardly wretched rat man who sleeps in your pantry and has fitful dreams of fire and coming doom🐭 and you KNOW im pickin' snake eyes every time >:)

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He Who Against Hierarchy @antihierarchist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Ah, choices. I know for sure I'd at least pick Unwanted Guest. What a way to maintain a steady supply of charged situations and the lingering resentment of NPCs--

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'm going to be playing the playtest of Dark Ages with my friend @distractedelf.bsky.social and company this Sunday, for anyone that wants to see the game in action. In addition to the video, I'll be doing weekly posts about my prep, and general thought process around playing the game.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Let me introduce the crew. *points to enormous muscular guy.* This is Big Dog, we call him that because he's huge, ha ha! *points to slim average looking guy* and this is Medium Dog. I'm sure you can guess why! That's right — he communes with the spirits of the departed

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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tonight at 8p et join us for Show Me Your Moves as we explore life & design through the lens of PbtA design! Our guest is @lackingceremony.bsky.social, creator of... a whole lot of our favorite games! Also, special guest cohost @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social is joining us! Youtube.com/plusoneexp

A set of skewered dice show Avery's picture on one face and on the other is an animal skull.

Show Me Your Moves
twitch.tv/tonyplusone
With Avery Alder!

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Jason Morningstar @jmstar.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Games You Should Play Before Playing Fiasco, in no particular order. * Play whatever you like * Even games that suck teach you stuff * Also play games that scare you sometimes * Distrust taste-makers * As a taste-maker I highly recommend Rusałka by Nick Wedig

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Camilla Zamboni 🔜 Metatopia @czamboni.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

By the way, this is very very exciting, and I can't wait to have some time to try it! Congrats and good luck to @andrewgillis.bsky.social and @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social 👏 Take a look: sevencrowsgames.itch.io/dark-ages

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Dark Ages by Seven Crows Games

A post-apocalyptic, historical fantasy game of personal ambition, community strife, rights claimed and rights denied.

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Furtive Shambles @furtiveshambles.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Ryne is shipping! It's real! It's going to be in people's hands! This is absolutely wild

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Raul (pronunced "Ha-ool") @raulranma.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Just found out this is going on and I'm so stoked!!

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

and I guess it's just very frustrating to spend a bunch of time making something only for some people to read it once (or perhaps not even that) and not play it and then tell me 'hey this is cool but why isn't it x, y, z" to which I can only say "this is the game I made"

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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Having a bit of a post about apples and get asked questions about oranges situation at the moment around Dark Ages, and I'm finding it frustrating. People can do anything they want with games, and that's none of my business. What is my business, however, is that we put out a playtest

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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Dark Ages is a post-apocalyptic, historical fantasy game by Andrew Gillis and myself (adopting the Bakers' draft). It is about personal ambition, community strife, rights claimed & rights denied, in an age of our real Earth but not our real history Now in playtest! sevencrowsgames.itch.io/dark-ages

Something terrible is coming.
The Empire of Eagles left us. The eldest among us still remember the shape of imperial rule. Their children, only the garrisons’ backs as they marched away. We knew not where they were headed, and no news ever came. Empty forts fell into decay. Kin serving in distant legions did not return. Imperial faces faded from silver coins. Bridges crumbled, and no engineers arrived to make them whole. Did the Empire burn? Withdraw? Simply collapse? Whatever the cause, we were abandoned to our fate.
In its absence, a rupture. Long years of chaos and upheaval, but amongst the ruins, possibility.
Now we stand at the precipice of the ungiven future. A resurgence of old ways vies against the advent of new crowns. War hangs in the air like a bloody knife. Dragons stir in the earth, and dream of the world’s breaking. In distant lands, converts kneel to a bloodless corpse-god. This age is a broken thing, ours to make anew—time now for the plunge.
Dark Ages is a post-apocalyptic, historical fantasy game of personal ambition, community strife, rights claimed and rights denied.
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This is a playtest document. It is the third draft of Dark Ages, formerly Apocalypse World: Dark Ages, which Meg and Vincent Baker developed and abandoned back in 2014.
After a fruitful and compelling experiment in archaeological playtesting, we (Andrew Gillis and Luke Jordan) have adopted it with the Bakers’ blessing. It is our intention to bring the game to publication, incorporating recent developments in the PBTA design scene while honouring the unique, original DNA of the game that captivated us in the first place.

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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

THE OLD WORLD IS DYING AND THE NEW WORLD STRUGGLES TO BE BORN. NOW IS THE TIME OF DARK AGES!!! go check it out nerds

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inkcorvid @inkcorvid.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Digesting this over the last few days and it's pure poetry, dripping with deep dark brumous woods faerie tale flavour on top of a nest of clever structures for sociological storytelling in a turbulent world. Both designers' strong suits shining through here. Cool, evocative, deliciously juicy stuff.

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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I ran this in its old form (uh... 15 years ago?) and our group loved it. One of the best series we had. This version is *even better*! Jump in and give it a try.

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