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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 31/07/2026

(Of course, it's not like I'm playing 5E these days, but I'm generally of the mind that the better #DungeonsAndDragons does - and the more visibility it has in pop culture - the better it is for the #ttrpg hobby as a whole.)

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 31/07/2026

Now, it's not the ultraviolence that makes Dark Sun. It's the ecoterrorism and slow death of a climate, ecosystem, functioning society. But I'll keep my fingers' crossed. I get how the #WotC team would lead with dudes getting decapitated as a hook. The magic-caused desertification can come later.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 31/07/2026

Credit where credit's due: I heard #DnD was bringing #DarkSun back & prepped for a milquetoast take on the setting, distanced from the edgelord bits of the 90s-era original. Then you get eight seconds into the trailer. Content warnings a/b "slavery, nudity, and violence." What a surprise. #ttrpg

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 28/07/2026

*Sighs as he closes his almost 100pg Word doc of notes on Antwerp, 1576-1584* #worldbuilding #ttrpgcampaign

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 28/07/2026

Aaaaaare you creeping on my almost hundred pages of notes for my 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒃/𝒄 𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 campaign in Antwerp, 1576-1584??

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 20/07/2026

Oof. But maybe the bike will help jostle it loose, ehhhh...?

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 20/07/2026

Somehow, I'm up to 21, but those last four are names, which should be a cakewalk. D66 for most of the others? Ah, proving to be less so. But should be a helpful mix for folks running spooky dooky Halloween games soon. I'll be releasing it as a standalone download.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 20/07/2026

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 19/07/2026

Seriously enjoyed what I saw in Hard City.

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Derek Laufman @laufman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Process stuff from my comic Rats of Ironwood.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 19/07/2026

It can be so damn hard to truly unplug when you're self-employed or have intensive side hustles or personal projects. No ideas other than to empathize and commiserate here.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 19/07/2026

Got fifteen random / spark table categories sorted out for Hexingtide and its Gothic folklore horror meets pulp adventure vibes. Now to flesh out those fifteen d66 tables. But that's tomorrow's project. #ttrpg #gamedesign #sparktables

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 18/07/2026

Just the latest D&D Youtuber leveraging an audience to crowdfund big bucks. What makes this an eye-rolling cash grab to me is Prof. GM's decision to jettison his own rules in favor of Shadowdark. Given his clickbait videos, it's line w/ his unsentimental revenue-maxing approach. More power? 🤷‍♂️

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 09/07/2026

Because the 14yo boy I once was still lives, rent free, in my mind, of course I would want to reply: "Du u fart for free"

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 08/07/2026

Here we go. The Rattle and Rend sell sheet is done. Time to start querying #wargaming publishers. Keep your fingers crossed. 🤞 #tabletop #gamedesign #indiegame

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 30/06/2026

A quick note of thanks for the interest, feedback, & playtest reports for my 10mm skirmish game Rattle and Rend. Here's a WIP glimpse at the sell sheet I'll be querying publishers with. Getting close! 🤞 (Link to Beta rules in the reply.) #10mmwargaming #skirmishgames #wargaming #rattleandrend

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 30/06/2026

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 30/06/2026

Hot damn that's some gorgeous, bold use of color.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 23/06/2026

I beat Final Fantasy 6 for the first time in a decade or so tonight. One of those late night ADHD gaming binges that happen once a year or so for me. It's been my favorite video game since I was a kid. Great stuff. #supernes #finalfantasy #finalfantasy6

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Putri Prihatini @putriprihatini.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Singaporean artist Leia Ham reimagined LotR as Tale of the Middle Kingdom, since Chinese name for China (Zhōngguó) means "The Middle Kingdom." Her concept art includes the Fellowship, armors, buildings like Bag End, props like Aragorn's banner and Fellowship brooches, and more. #TolkienTrewsday

An illustration of the Fellowship, reimagined with Chinese-style period outfits.

An illustration of armors of Gondor, Rohan, and Rivendell Elves, reimagined using different periods of Chinese armors as concepts. On the top right are three side profiles of Rohan man, Gondorian, and Elf with different Chinese hairstyles. On the bottom right is Aragorn's banner redrawn with Chinese influence.

A concept art of Bag End reimagined as Chinese court houses, with tall stone gates, round wooden doors, curved roofs, and open courtyard, nestled in a hill.

A concept art of Rivendell in the style of Chinese painting. Next to it are several props drawn in Chinese style such as Fellowship brooch based on gingko leaves, lembas in the shape of mooncake, Elfstone as round jade, Galadriel's phial in a green jade bottle, and shards of Narsil.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 24/04/2026

Late night, rambling observation on what seems to help draw attention to your indie tabletop game project in a very saturated space... from a hobbyist design who has no track record of his own: #rpgsky #ttrpg #tabletop

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 17/06/2026

Send not to know for whom the enshittification comes, it comes for thee. In the last year, Mailerlite has shrunk its free plan from: - 1,000 subscribers to 250 - 12,000 monthly emails to 2,500 But hey, I - the free plan user who JUST NEEDS A BASIC EMAIL LIST TOOL - gets dumb AI and "features"

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Herbert @xxgr1llmast3rxx.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

salivating like a beast over Jun Suemi's immaculate 45th anniversary wizardry art

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 05/05/2026

Taking a summer break from Hexingtide w/ my home group. Running a minimalist sword & sorcery #ttrpg of my own design. Here's a character sheet draft (needs to be more grungy). 1-3d10 roll under die pool. Blackjack style damage. Not strict #OSR, not dungeon crawling. Kinda #NSR. More to come.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 28/04/2026

Scheduling really is the BBEG of gaming, oof. I've now got TWO OPEN SPOTS for a one-shot of Hexingtide, my TTRPG love letter to monster stories, Hellboy, World of Darkness, etc. Game is this Saturday, May 2, 1-4 CST. Hit me up! (Would 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 appreciate any reposts!) #rpgsky #ttrpg

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 28/04/2026

I'm right there with you. There's still plenty of challenging, tactical decision making that can happen in the absence of finely delineated grids.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

All you do is take all the sex out, and use little short words, and little dumb ideas, and don't be too scary, and be sure there's a happy ending. Right? Nothing to it. Write down. Right on.

If you do all that, you might even write Jonathan Livingston Seagull and make twenty billion dollars and have every adult in America reading your book.

But you won't have every kid in America reading your book. They will look at it, and they will see straight through it, with their clear, cold, beady little eyes, and they will put it down, and they will go away. Kids will devour vast amounts of garbage (and it is good for them) but they are not like adults: they have not yet learned to eat plastic.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 28/04/2026

If a rules-light, mini-agnostic, 10mm skirmish game played on a 16x16" board scratches an itch, you can check out the Rattle and Rend beta rules here: 1. The Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/rattl... 2. The email list: tabletop.willphillips.org/2026/03/ratt...

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 28/04/2026

I launched the Beta for my 10mm skirmish rules Rattle and Rend three weeks ago. I recently hit a few milestones: 750 members in the Facebook group, triple digits on the email list, and I'm aware of players on three continents! 😮 It's all surreal for a solo indie project. #wargaming

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 24/04/2026

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 10/04/2026

How kind of NASA to give the kid a tour of Kennedy Space Center, but I gotta know when is this shirt getting sold to the public.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 08/04/2026

This is a really cool take on a kitbash and conversion!

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Here's how I like to run a campaign in an established setting: I kill Luke Skywalker. I find a load-bearing character and kill them in the first session. The player characters are the Marty McFly of their universe. The moment they drop in, the timeline changes. Other thoughts on canon by Pris:

prismaticwasteland.com

Play Is Canon — Prismatic Wasteland

What is “true” about the fiction of your world? I present a tier list (no S tier, sorry) of sources of truth and argue that the paramount source is what actually happens in play, rather than what is m...

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 06/04/2026

1. The Facebook Group. Join over 600 other hobbyists to download the rules, share photos of your 10mm warbands, and discuss tactics. www.facebook.com/groups/rattl...

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 06/04/2026

Rattle and Rend is a rules-light, miniatures-agnostic 10mm skirmish game designed for quick, brutal battles on a 16x16" board. No sprawling tables or rulebooks required. The Beta rules just released today! Links in the reply. #wargaming #10mmscale #indietabletop

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 06/04/2026

Just how you like to see your printed resin minis delivered, am I right?? #ttrpgsky

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 05/04/2026

I'll go look for that - thanks, Giancarlo!

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 04/04/2026

And to that point, "business" is such a much broader maelstrom than "I think I can make an okay game." That grind of marketing in the indie TTRPG and tabletop space? Being always on, churning out little BG content around the clock here and elsewhere? Networking all the time? Yeah.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 04/04/2026

On the photos and texture side, free stock art sites such as Unsplash and Pexels are great (edit and apply filters as necessary).

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 03/04/2026

Hey #ttrpgsky I'd love your thoughts. 🤔 1. Outside the D&D/OSR family tree,* what are the best examples of non-d20 starter adventures you've played or read? 2. What are the "must-have" elements in a demo to ensure the mechanics and genre click for new players? #ttrpg #tabletop #foreverdm

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 03/04/2026

* I'm working on a brand new (not a hack, not via an SRD) game in a different genre, so I can't rely on players having the familiar fantasy tropes or game mechanics as a shorthand. Shout out to all the rad d20, OSR, and NSR stuff out there.

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