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@xaosseed.eurosky.social
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"OSR public utility blogger" Pokes at numbers, plays TTRPGs, CET timezone Blog: seedofworlds.blogspot.com

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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
Won't work for everyone but I was able to purge old dead notes enough to fit within the 'beginner' subscription which gets you one more year at the same level. Trick for me was to manually delete the 'bin'. Has jolted me into digital house-cleaning and archiving - doubt I'll pay another year.
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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Searchable scans of public domain art! insideoutlibrary.com
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Inside Out Library
Orbital diagrams, suits of armour, pulp sci-fi covers and wood type, from the pages of public-domain books. Free to use for anything.
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Rise Up (From the Grave) Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Old-school Essentials has some real sickos.jpg rules for constructing a castle. Here is a simplified method: Print out this page. Each block costs 1,000 gp for basic construction, or 1,500 gp for a furnished section. Arrange to taste.
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Microblog: Papercraft - Hvem kan bygge den smukkeste Borg?
Here is a copy of an activity from a 1919 issue of the Danish magazine Familie Journal . Click to download the full-sized image Children wer...
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
New r/osr blogroll is up - come share your great ideas! www.reddit.com/r/osr/commen... #ttrpg #DnD #bx #OSE #DIYrpg #rpg #GLOG #OSR #POSR #NSR
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From the osr community on Reddit: OSR Blogroll | October 2nd to 8th, 2026
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
What if the whole encounter table trips at once? seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/10/stam... #dnd #ttrpg #diyrpg #osr
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Stampede! Encounter table cascade
At a lake today all was quiet, then suddenly two herons took off and everything else panicked and it went from idyllic to chaos in seconds -...
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Jez Gordon @jezgordon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One page Star Wars planet generator.
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
Shiny TTRPG links #296 seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/09/shin... #ttrpg #osr #dnd #diyrpg
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Shiny TTRPG links #296
More shiny links from around the web. For even more, try last weeks set found here or the weekly r/OSR blogroll or check the RPG Blog Carn...
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
The weekly r/osr blogroll is up - come share your great ideas! www.reddit.com/r/osr/commen... #ttrpg #DnD #bx #OSE #DIYrpg #rpg #GLOG #OSR #POSR #NSR
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From the osr community on Reddit: OSR Blogroll | September 25th to October 1st, 2026
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
Always worth a repost for the 'no gravity' and 'no gravity nor pressure' alone.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/09/2026
Ron Cobb’s original signage designs for Alien, made with felt tip pen and graph paper. humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/8286472...
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend
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Kenzie @kenzius.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm still not sure this is a good idea; or at least, that's it's a system I actually want in my game. But I can envision a place for it, so feel free to study my musings if you're interested! snakebiterpg.blogspot.com/2026/09/syst...
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Systems You Might Not Need: the Designated Survivor
A weird thought came over me.  "What if players could keep a character from dying?" It was an odd thought, especially as I'm specifically de...
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WiddershinsWanderings @naeolin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I've been talking about play style preferences lately, but there's another aspect of table culture that I think is a key determining factor on whether a gaming table stays together. Whether you're playing Cairn, Mothership, or Vampire. widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/ttrpg-table-...
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TTRPG Table Alignments
A blog post where I compare a Tabletop Roleplaying Game session to having a communal meal, and why its important for everyone's expectations to be aligned.
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026
Quote this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribe. (Update a Landseaire conversion with modern light-weight interiors and add a diving support rig)
PBY Catalina 'Landseaire' flying yacht conversion. Photo of by Loomis Dean, LIFE Magazine
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Gwen Marshall @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Onion ran this amazing article and thought, I wanna play this! So I made it! 38 pps, PbtA, plus every mechanic mentioned in the article, and a bunch of Rodrigo song references. And it's free! Enjoy! #OliviaRodrigo @theonion.com #theonion #ttrpg #itch.io drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-...
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High Winter Elves of Girlville by Gwen Marshall
A satirical game based on an Onion article about Olivia Rodrigo making a TTRPG!
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Jeff McAleer from The Gaming Gang @thegaminggang.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Dolmenwood Quick-Start: The Weaver & The Redcaps is Available as a Free PDF - @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social #NecroticGnome #Dolmenwood #OSR #TTRPGs thegaminggang.com/game-news/th...
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The Dolmenwood Quick-Start: The Weaver & The Redcaps is Available as a Free PDF - The Gaming Gang
Exalted Funeral is offering a free introduction to the Dolmenwood fantasy roleplaying game with the Dolmenwood Quick-Start: The Weaver & The Redcaps.
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Graeme Davis @graemedavis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I just finished checking the page proofs of my book "Building Fantasy Worlds." Pre-orders open on December 2nd, but you can wishlist it now at the publisher's page: www.routledge.com/Building-Fan...
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Building Fantasy Worlds: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Fantasy Settings for Games (And More!)
Written by multi-award-winning narrative designer and worldbuilder Graeme Davis, this book draws on more than 40 years’ experience working on almost 50 video games and more than 100 tabletop game rule...
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Hexed Press 🔜 PAXU @hexedpress.itch.io · 18/09/2026
My philosophy on rolling dice in a #ttrpg. Given the fictional situation at hand, how likely is it the proposed action could happen?
A graph of a spectrum with impossible at one end and certain at the other.
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Ross Cowman @rosscowman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
soft launching UK-based shipping on heartofthedeernicorn.com right now. Free shipping on orders over $200 to the UK and Republic of Ireland. Duty paid shipments to most EU countries. If you want to do me a solid, try ordering something DM me to let me know how it goes.
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Heart of the Deernicorn
Publisher, distributor, and manufacturer of tabletop games including RPGs, Solo RPGs, and Story Games.
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026
For the gloriously moon-eyed werewolf alone...
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026
Shiny TTRPG links #294 seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/09/shin... #ttrpg #osr #dnd #diyrpg
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026
The weekly r/osr blogroll is up - come share your great ideas! www.reddit.com/r/osr/commen... #ttrpg #DnD #bx #OSE #DIYrpg #rpg #GLOG #OSR #POSR #NSR
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026
How much detail is worthwhile worldbuilding for coins and currency (for the RPG Blog Carnival) seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/09/othe... #dnd #ttrpg #worldbuilding #RPGBlogCarnival #archivedive
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Other coins or other than coins (RPG Blog Carnival)
Campaign Mastery gives us this months prompt The Face of Money for the RPG Blog Carnival . This post covers my slightly meta-takes at two o...
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elmcat @elmc.at · 10/09/2026
lot of swearing when they make me blog late night in bed elmc.at/make-it-your...
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Make It Your Own
Just fucking do it.
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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 08/09/2026
The 2026 MÖRKTOBER prompt preview is here! Prepare for October and 31 Days of MÖRK BORG creations! Make it dark. Make it weird. 🎃 MÖRKTOBER FAQ: www.morktober.com 🎨 Art by @soengery.bsky.social! #MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #morkborg #ttrpg #rpg #october #pumpkins #dark #weird
1	Goat
2	Curse
3	Glyph
4	Marrow
5	Cape
6	Fog
7	Effigy
8	Wail
9	Flag
10	Arrow
11	Ear
12	Pyre
13	Relic
14	Frail
15	Fiber
16	Ship
17	Bird
18	Hollow
19	Demon
20	Crab
21	Walls
22	Poison
23	Map
24	Miasma
25	Moth
26	Dice
27	Tunnel
28	Carcass
29	Goblin
30	Dance
31	Pumpkins
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Dandyman @throneofsalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I have a severe & chronic medical condition where if I don't regularly make elaborate space-future timelines / unwieldy kitchen-sink crossovers I will spontaneously combust. So here's both at once. throneofsalt.blogspot.com/2026/09/cut-...
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Cut-Up Timeline of the Future
via NASA I love mashups , I love timelines , I’m certain I’ve mentioned somewhere that the ideal Alien franchise is Alien , Blade Runner , P...
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026
This weeks r/osr blogroll is up - come share your great ideas! www.reddit.com/r/osr/commen... #ttrpg #DnD #bx #OSE #DIYrpg #rpg #GLOG #OSR #POSR #NSR
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Félix the Rover @therovercomics.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
European artists! The EU commission is opening a feedback on the use of AI in the cultural and creative fields. Their vision is clearly pro-use of AI, but we clearly have an opportunity to push back: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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Ben M | Periapt Games @periaptgames.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Forgotten Engines is ready! 65 pages of robots, rayguns, fungoids, dinosaurs, cryo-sleep, moon lasers, looters, techno spells, malfunctions, prehistory, cyborg apes, exploding batteries, and psychic tree ferns for The Black Hack or other OSR games. periapt-games.itch.io/forgotten-en... #TBH10th
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Forgotten Engines by Periapt Games
Gonzo sci-fi technology for The Black Hack
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026
A rush of links in the r/osr blogroll for this week - come see & contribute yours... www.reddit.com/r/osr/commen... #ttrpg #DnD #bx #OSE #DIYrpg #rpg #GLOG #OSR #POSR #NSR
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 24/08/2026
Shiny TTRPG links #291 seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/08/shin... #ttrpg #osr #dnd #diyrpg
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ரமணன் @save.vs.totalpartykill.ca · 03/12/2025
A nice summary of an idea I've been moaning about for a long time. There is no singular OSR, and if you talk about the OSR like it's a monolith I'm going to assume you're some sort of dope.
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Many Faces of the OSR
tl;dr: "OSR" is a banner flown over many folk, often unalike, occasionally strongly opposed - generalisations do not come easily. Elmcat di...
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Mircalla @inplacesdeep.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Guy who has been blogging about pre-2000 versions of D&D for over a decade: I like D&D Someone who found it from a TTRPG feed: Um, don't you hate having to ask Jeremy Crawford for rules clarifications???
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Steph @fistfulofcrits.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
There are just 29 days left until the #RomantasyTTRPG finishes! We've already had a lot of really cool entries. If you're working on something, how's it going?
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 21/08/2026
A super-fresh r/osr blogroll for this week - come share your inspirations! www.reddit.com/r/osr/commen... #ttrpg #DnD #bx #OSE #DIYrpg #rpg #GLOG #OSR #POSR #NSR
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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A very cool jam from RedMageGM: itch.io/jam/a-mystic...
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A Mystic Wood OSR Adventure Jam
A game jam from 2026-08-21 to 2026-09-04 hosted by RedMageGM. A magical, ever-shifting forest is a staple of fantasy adventure, from the disappearing paths of Mirkwood in the Hobbit to the Lost Woods ...
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 17/08/2026
File under 'notes for Stygian Library game'
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Title:
Who is Haunting The Library of Forbidden Tomes? 

Image: five panels showing characters in a gothic library 

22% - tormented souls, frozen between life and death (a ghost reading a book)
4% - dank, fetid horrors from the icy depths below (a black slug like creature with a single eyestalk reading a book)
15% - cold, lifeless bones possessed by a corrupt sorcery (a skeleton reading a book)
11% - frigid and malevolent ectoplasmic vapours (a shapeless apparition reading a book)
48% - regular readers happy to away from the heatwave
(A mother, small child and toddler in buggy, all reading books)
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 17/08/2026
A slightly delayed boost to the r/osr blogroll for this week! www.reddit.com/r/osr/commen... #ttrpg #DnD #bx #OSE #DIYrpg #rpg #GLOG #OSR #POSR #NSR
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026
The r/osr blogroll for this week - come share the ideas the heatwave enkindled in your brain... www.reddit.com/r/osr/commen... #ttrpg #DnD #bx #OSE #DIYrpg #rpg #GLOG #OSR #POSR #NSR
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026
A round up of entries in this months #rpgblogcarnival on the topic of Small Gods & Minor Divinities. It was fun to host and thanks to all that participated! seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/08/smal... #dnd #osr #ttrpg #diyrpg
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Small Gods, Saints and minor divinity! - RPG Blog Carnival Wrap Up
And so we conclude the July 2026 RPG Blog Carnival - our topic was "Small Gods, Saints and minor divinity!" - on my mind was the fun I have ...
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Tom Bloom @orbitaldropkick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
want to shout out another insanely cool piece of (free) CAIN homebrew that just hit a polished version: sveltesnorlax.itch.io/cain-the-har...
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CAIN: The Harpocrates Dossier by Eat Your Dice Studios
They forget. They die. You survive.
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Fighting Fantasist @coopgames.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
John Blanche #wfrp #oldhammer
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 04/08/2026
Shiny TTRPG links #288 A deep time collection of links posted on various discords as recommendations when the topic came up - giving us a 'stands the test of time' aspect as a quality filter. seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/08/shin... #ttrpg #osr #dnd #diyrpg
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xaosseed @xaosseed.eurosky.social · 03/08/2026
Glåugust '26 - starting from 'water levels' from Phlox to get to "Near Offshore Ruins" seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/08/near... #glog #Glåugust #dnd #osr
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Near Offshore Ruins (GLÅUGUST 2026 #1)
Taking on The Nothic's Eye GLÅUGUST 2026 , challenge #1 is from a list by Phlox - "Water Levels." Inspired by the submerged megalithic str...
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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
As a second entry in the RPG Blog Carnival, this time for xaosseed, I have even more substrata gods for David Somerville's Planegea setting (through Atlas Games): advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/six-more-lit... (David: @smrvl.bsky.social; Atlas: @atlasgames.bsky.social)
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More Little Gods of Planegea
Even more little stonepunk gods as one of my entries in this month's RPG Blog Carnival.
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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
This month @sea-of-stars-rpg.bsky.social is cohosting the RPG Blog Carnival and my submission presents six substrata gods for @smrvl.bsky.social's Planegea: advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/six-little-g.... cw: swarms, disease, mind control (@xaosseed.eurosky.social, I'll have a post for you soon.)
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Little Gods of Planegea
Some little stonepunk gods as one of my entries in this month's RPG Blog Carnival.
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Dungeons & Possums @dungeonsandpossums.com · 29/07/2026
I have a new blog post up, this time about Small Gods! It's my contribution to the July RPG Blog Carnival, hosted by @xaosseed.eurosky.social and also by the Sea of Stars blog! dungeonsandpossums.com/2026/07/july... Hyperlocal gods/incarnations, an interactions table, and art - please go see!
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July RPG Blog Carnival: Small Gods - Dungeons & Possums
It's time to get back in the blogging business and catch up to the RPG Blog Carnival of the month before July is gone for good! Before we get to it, a word from the Caution Possum: This post contains ...
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👻 ⛧ Victor J. Frankenstein ⛧ SCARY SEASON ⛧👻 @victor-el-dm.eurosky.social · 24/07/2026
The European Union has released a survey to choose the design of the new Euro bank notes! There are two themes to choose from: European culture & famous Europeans, and birds & rivers, and several designs of each, including vertical notes, and notes with multiple colours.
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Survey | surveys.ecb.europa.eu
I’ve just had my say on our future banknotes. Have your say too!
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elmcat @elmc.at · 11/07/2026
official update of rootring state elmc.at/rootring-mon...
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rootring months later
rootring has grown over the months. Here is what's new, what's changed and where it's going.
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