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Zoheb AKA Klow

@zohebmashiur.bsky.social
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Academic. TTRPG designer. Actual Plays. 'Midnight in a Perfect World' now out at Plus One Exp! Researcher at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Game design: klowspeaking.itch.io Actual Play: desperateattune.podbean.com

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So that critique is really an unfair jab at 'pulpy' genres, but pulp genres regularly produce surprising great art precisely because they're open to experimentation. That said, I think there is a real divide here between what we might call 'expressive art' and 'functional art.'
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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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Gary J Kings 🎮🎞️ Game Trailer Maker @garyjkings.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Included in this zip file are my two parallel sequel edits of Rankin/Bass' Return of the King (1980), each paired with a different album by legendary Japanese metal band Boris. Dark Gary Edition - Boris - Absolutego Light Gary Edition - Boris - Flood Here's a clip from the Light Gary Edit:
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Had a wonderful play session of COMMONWEALTH, a game that does nutty outcomes like no other modality.itch.io/commonwealth
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COMMONWEALTH by Michael Hansen
A far-future social climbing simulation
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The funniest part of The Odyssey is when Odysseus has to hide his identity to avoid notice. So he claims to be an escaped murderer.
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The best thing about reading The Odyssey is realising what a horrible goblin of a man Odysseus is
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Very excited to say that I have won an ENNIE as part of @plusoneexp.bsky.social 's Year 2 anthology of games! I'm very lucky to have had a chance to publish Midnight in a Perfect World with them.
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Poem titled 'August'

Pink signs of evening
In a month of afternoons
Can’t we stay longer
In moments still to come?
I return the day, unfinished.
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Five Points Games @fivepointsgames.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Hey, this is real damn sweet of you. The Road is the Enemy is a TTRPG about story telling, mythology, and hostility of the natural world. At its center is a "talking stick" mechanic to evoke fireside storytelling vibes where all parties can be the GM. fivepointsgames.itch.io/the-road-is-...
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The Road is the Enemy by Five Points Games
A game of myths, the hostile road, and the Gods who demand pilgrimage along it.
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Jennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
okay I published another RPG thoughts essay on itchio, because I thought it worked fine the last time. this one is only 13.5 pages. this one is blue. jen-adcock15.itch.io/rpgs-as-fandom
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Roleplaying Games as an Expression of Fandom by Owl Knight Games, by Jennifer Adcock
Another essay that outgrew my newsletter...
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Streaming my game Midnight in a Perfect World with @plusoneexp.bsky.social tomorrow at 1PM EST!
Cover art for Midnight in a Perfect World with an Actual Play scheduled for 1PM EST Saturday March 21st at TWITCH.TV/TONYPLUSONE
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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I'm often told my games have strange player archetypes, but compared to many published TTRPGs, my stuff is pretty restrained! (Excerpts from melsonian-arts-council.itch.io/troika-numin..., erinking.itch.io/patchwork-wo..., gormengeist.itch.io/greed, and weirdspecialty.itch.io/warped, respectively.)
A page from the tabletop roleplaying game "Troika!", setting forth the statistics and rules for a playable archetype called "Vengeful Child". The accompanying illustration depicts a messy sketch in yellow and red of a maniacally grinning youth brandishing a blood-drenched sword longer than they are tall.A page from the tabletop roleplaying game "Patchwork World", bearing a heading reading "Strange Abilities", followed by rules for several strange abilities. Notable entries include "Become Cats" (allows you to burst into 1d6 cats) and "Bee Resonance I" (you have bees inside you).A page from the tabletop roleplaying game "Greed", setting forth the statistics and rules for a playable archetype called "John F Kennedy". This archetype allows you to play as the actual John F Kennedy, who is depicted in a grainy black-and-white photo in the right-hand column. The rules mention in passing that "like all Presidents", you have registered psionic abilities; this is not elaborated upon.A page from the tabletop roleplaying game "Warped", setting forth the statistics and rules for a playable archetype called "Featureless Cube..?". Its abilities largely revolve around the creation and psychokinetic manipulation of other, smaller featureless cubes. The accompanying illustration depicts a featureless cube.
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The films really don't do justice to how down bad Gimli is His acting like he got a 2am reply from his crush makes him the most relatable LotR character by far
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Tomorrow at 21h Europe time I'm going to stream my game Midnight in a Perfect World with the wonderful people at @plusoneexp.bsky.social MiaPW is a dinner party for 4 players, counting down the hours until the midnight anniversary of a revolution. www.twitch.tv/tonyplusone
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Here at Plus One Exp we multiclass in tabletop game design, beard & skincare alchemy and the Bardic College of Content Creation. We want to help players find games by designers they can love, and desi...
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New publication! I place Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and Disco Elysium in conversation for their portrayal of the politics of man-made environmental disaster and mass extinction. Available to read online, open-access to all. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I mostly interact with people who are in bottom .5% of the 'everyone else' category, and it remains remarkable how that part of the industry is mostly concerned with mutual support despite being competitors for the few dollars that are available to compete for at that level. I admire this.
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Desperate Attune @desperateattune.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The real deep state was the friends who made us along the way New Desperate Attune! desperateattune.podbean.com/e/no-anthem-...
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No Anthem 09: ...Same as the Old Boss | Desperate Attune
Perfidelity goes on journey of self discovery. Ahiri and Tar-Minotaur make plans for the future. Iskandaric learns about the deep state. Support us at https://ko-fi.com/desperateattune and at https://...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation
Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will:
1) Leave the ECHR
2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights.
3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill:
This Bill will:
Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary
The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act."
The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years:
Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT)
Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order.
These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR.
Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints
This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds.
If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story
All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight.
Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence
Re-entry after deportation will be…The Operational Plan
We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion
A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property.
Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000
Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes.
This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month.
Initial Voluntary Return Window
A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this.
The Deportation Flights
The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
this has 18k views over on TikTok and people are really making their voices heard in the comments
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Desperate Attune has been a joy to build from the ground up with my weird little guys
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Dom Ford @domford.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
New cfp for a special issue of Eludamos! eludamos.org/index.php/el...
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Special issue: New Perspectives on Men and Masculinity in Gaming | Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/01/2026
Is Starmer’s reluctance to criticise Trump smart tactics – or the sign of a man without a plan? | Rafael Behr
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Is Starmer’s reluctance to criticise Trump smart tactics – or the sign of a man without a plan? | Rafael Behr
The PM won’t call out Trump over Venezuela, and won’t commit to Europe. His refusal to choose leaves vital choices for Britain to be made by others, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Desperate Attune @desperateattune.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Very similar to the old boss New Convergence Valley episode! desperateattune.podbean.com/e/no-anthem-...
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No Anthem 05: Meet the New Boss | Desperate Attune
Ahiri makes a deal. Perfidelity makes a friend. Iskandaric makes it to the top. Tar-Minotaur makes someone pay.Support us at https://ko-fi.com/desperateattune and at https://www.patreon.com/DesperateA...
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 29/12/2025
The outrageous sanctioning of EU lawmakers and citizens in order to pressure democratically-elected European governments to change their laws shows just how intent the US government is on controlling Europeans' lives. We must go into 2026 with eyes open.
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The US can destroy a European's life with the swipe of a pen
This week's US sanctions against European lawmakers and privacy activists is a major escalation. And it shows the dangers of Europe relying on American economic infrastructure.
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
This is only time we derailed a session by being too silly to continue
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Desperate Attune @desperateattune.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
In this episode we do high stakes negotiations and Ahiri is mostly occupied with the boiler that she had nonconsensually installed desperateattune.podbean.com/e/no-anthem-...
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No Anthem 04: In Fact, the Demons Own It Now | Desperate Attune
Lady Iskandaric gets a new house. Perfidelity gets a new coat. Ahiri gets a new boiler and a new tenant. Tar-Minotaur decides to kill somebody.Support us at https://ko-fi.com/desperateattune and at ht...
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I used to work there.
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Bangladesh on edge after killing of 2024 uprising activist triggers unrest
Security forces fan out nationwide after violent demonstrations follow the shooting of an election candidate.
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Desperate Attune @desperateattune.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Lady Iskandaric gets run over by a car in this episode desperateattune.podbean.com/e/no-anthem-...
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No Anthem 03: Afterward, the Compromise | Desperate Attune
A mortally injured Tar-Minotaur and a more-or-less perfectly fine Perfidelity make for the Tower, which Lady Iskandaric has now claimed. One conflict seems to follow another. Ahiri is just trying to l...
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Today is the anniversary of the Pakistani army's surrender in Bangladesh, 1971. It marks the end of the genocide. Every year I learn about acts of international solidarity that break my heart. www.thedailystar.net/slow-reads/s...
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The art lover who stole The Love Letter for Bangladesh’s freedom
The condition: money must be used for refugees suffering in the war in East Pakistan
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Desperate Attune @desperateattune.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The second episode, with apologies for the delay. Much blood is shed. desperateattune.podbean.com/e/no-anthem-...
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No Anthem 02: Call an Ambulance! | Desperate Attune
Tar Minotaur and Perfidelity engage in shotgun diplomacy. Lady Iskandaric finds it hard to organise a raid. Ahiri hangs out. Support us at https://ko-fi.com/desperateattune and at https://www.patreon....
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
On gender in our 3rd season of Desperate Attune, 'No Anthem'.
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Harper Jay @dreamcastaway.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment. transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
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I Hope You Get To Live Your Entire Life As A Human
I thought this was going to be a review of my time with Santa Ragione's Horses, the controversial art game recently banned from Steam and the Epic Store. To some extent, this will be that but after...
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Desperate Attune @desperateattune.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
We are finally back. Season 3! This is the story of the fall -- and fall again -- of a nation. We're playing Apocalypse World: Burned Over by @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social. desperateattune.podbean.com/e/no-anthem-...
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No Anthem 01: Convergence Valley | Desperate Attune
We're back with our experimental 3rd season. We've had a rough year, and this season almost didn't exist. We bring it to you, warts and weird fuckery and all. It's fitting -- after all, this is Apocal...
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with 2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
Blue stone surrounding a gold metal core
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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The downside to D&D4E being so hugely influential in the indie RPG sphere in spite of Hasbro's best efforts to kill is that we've now got a whole new species of fantasy heartbreaker where the problem isn't a failure of imagination, but the fact that the author can't do technical writing for shit.
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
A genuine pleasure to have this chat, it's a great format @plusoneexp.bsky.social have going and Michael is a very thoughtful designer, someone to keep your eye on!
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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Gonna spend most of day doing last minute prep for PAXU and shouting about Hinterlight, BUT in the middle of all that I'll be sitting down w/@fortofnovelty.bsky.social & @zohebmashiur.bsky.social as they interrogate each other's #TTRPG work on Now You've Zine It! twitch.tv/tonyplusone
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Desperate Attune @desperateattune.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
We return from the dead to say that Season 3 is Apocalypse World: Burned Over by @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social, and will be dropping very soon. Please enjoy the teaser. We specifically request this.
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Free biriyani on New York buses under Zohran Bhai
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
A lot of hands went into this laser-cut sculpture of the U'duasha map from Sumirror by @desperateattune.bsky.social and I am very happy to have it on my wall now
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I played one of my favourite characters, Augustus 'Gullu' Ashcroft-Chokroborty, a fan of lasers and taking his daily walk.
Character portrait is of West Bengali actor Utpal Datt.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
jane goodall releasing a video of her listing the people she dislikes and ending with a vague message of hope is so iconic. truly someone i aspire to model myself after
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/10/2025
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
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Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Reading the British home minister claim that being named Jihad is weird and unusual for a Muslim really tells you that the diaspora has no business being the interlocutors for 'their' communities in the West
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
My debut game is out now with @plusoneexp.bsky.social! Midnight in a Perfect World is about 4 survivors of a revolution gathering for dinner. You count down to midnight, the anniversary of the revolution. You reflect on your lives, and the ghosts of those you lost. plusoneexp.com/products/mid...
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Midnight in a Perfect World
It is the anniversary of your country’s liberation. The struggle for independence was bloody, and left you bereft. You have a tradition of gathering for a dinner before heading to the public plaza to ...
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
My debut game is out now with @plusoneexp.bsky.social! Midnight in a Perfect World is about 4 survivors of a revolution gathering for dinner. You count down to midnight, the anniversary of the revolution. You reflect on your lives, and the ghosts of those you lost. plusoneexp.com/products/mid...
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Midnight in a Perfect World
It is the anniversary of your country’s liberation. The struggle for independence was bloody, and left you bereft. You have a tradition of gathering for a dinner before heading to the public plaza to ...
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Friends! My debut game is coming out. Midnight in a Perfect World is a roleplaying game about a dinner party on the anniversary of a revolution. Count down to midnight and dine with ghosts. You can get it alongside Twilight Country by @fortofnovelty.bsky.social on plusoneexp.com/pages/rpg-zi...
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Wes Franks @carrion-comfort.com · 12/09/2025
End of week update! We have hit 18% on our #GoFundMe to leave a nightmare apartment situation and get set up away from DC. Hitting 50% gets us so much closer to getting our pets to a place where they can be safe as well as ourselves. #mutualaid #pleaseshare gofund.me/9e6be72cf
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Donate to Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed, organized by Wesley Franks
Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. It feels like more … Wesley Franks needs your support for Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed
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Zoheb AKA Klow @zohebmashiur.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
My game of post-revolutionary dinner and sadness is coming out in Plus One Exp's Zine Club!
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