Contributor Spotlight @thirdvaultyarns.com Lola is the writer of our third country, where a mountain range thrust up from the middle of the country during the Great Cataclysm as a rift split the sky, pouring a perpetual torrent of salt water. 1907 years later, the salt water continues to flow.

New Indie Spotlight! What marvels and horrors lie outside the land of Hale? Find out with Beyond the Lighthouse, a Candela Obscura supplement! Thank you to my guest @lalionnecosplay.bsky.social ! youtu.be/4_LdJIkqfnk open.spotify.com/episode/4Xba... #ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #candelaobscura

Art & System launches in LESS than a week! Follow the prelaunch page to make your pledge for Dog Eat Dog (revised edition), Princess with a Cursed Sword (bound edition), and/or The Mountain Witch (revised edition) on Oct. 1st: https://bit.ly/4mE1Ncn

Incidentally, I’m working on some Greek myth inspired sci-fi quest hooks 🏛️🏺🚀 If you could see any Ancient Greek tales retold in a sci-fi setting, which would you pick? Bonus points if they relate to a God, and more bonus points if you have some fun ideas on how you’d tell them ☺️

I’ve been quiet here recently, deep in the writing outs at the moment and very busy! Apologies if you’ve messaged or emailed and I’ve not got back to you, I’ve a few projects on the go at the moment 💛

Contributor Spotlight @alderdoodle.bsky.social Ramona a.k.a. Alderdoodle (she/her) is a lettering artist and illustrator helping indie TTRPGs look their best with intricate page decor, illustrated character sheets, and scrollwork detailing. Ramona is the artist behind our character sheets!

Contributor Spotlight: Sonja Birgmann Sonja Birgmann (she/her) is a writer and narrative designer from Austria who never goes anywhere without a pen, paper, and some dice, in case adventure awaits! Sonja is one of our project heads and is writing two modules for the project. 🕵️🕯️🧌

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Contributor Spotlight @asthebroflies.bsky.social Matthew Willetto (he/him) is a Navajo illustrator, concept artist, and game designer. He is a huge fan of TTRPGs. He enjoys the process of designing creatures, characters, and environments to create more immersive games.

Contributor Spotlight: @circle-of-blanks.bsky.social Blanka (she/her) is a TTRPG enthusiast with a fascination with monsters, a certified softie™ DM; a plant and cat mom, a believer in group storytelling, and most recently an aspiring TTRPG writer. Blanka is one of our project heads!

i reference Dream Askew / Dream Apart SO frequently when editing, giving design feedback, etc. & it's such a shame how few have played it relative to other indie games. it's such a groundbreaking set of systems & is upstream of basically every narrative TTRPG since it released. you GOTTA know it.

Contributor Spotlight @finleyjinley.bsky.social Finley Palaniki (they/he) is a TTRPG writer, designer & academic with a deep love of solo rpgs, themes of queer horror & GMing weird lil games for friends. Other hobbies include making dice and finding writing inspiration in the middle of the night.

I've been marinating on the idea of starting an Actual Play-focused web fest based around peer review for a while now. Today, I finally wrote down all the ideas in my head and am gonna throw it out there to see if it resonates. Check it out and apply by October 3rd if you're interested!

I think I can finish the Deluxe Edition of the game this weekend. (That's what I'm calling it now. Fight me.) You guys, this game looks Pretty Great if I say so myself.

For #SelfPromoSaturday, let's look at more of the #KOKOTÖNA crowdfunding campaign blurbs. Now let's switch focus unto the seven imperial tribes that compose the Teotekah Empire and to the lands where they hail from. #TTRPG #MÖRKBORG #RPGLatAm

Its hard to take good photos when someone is doing their best crooked wizard voice (And it was a great wizard voice) We'll have some extra photos next week from our wonderful photographer Jack, but please do share yours! (Bonus points if anyone captured @molomoot.bsky.social giving out trinkets)

Contributor Spotlight @omegasama-art.bsky.social Meet the artist of our stunning book cover! Diana "Omegasama_art" Davidsson (she/they) is Keeper of four cats & many, many artbooks.

#BeyondTheLighthouse COVER REVEAL! I am so excited to share the final cover of Beyond the Lighthouse with you all. Featuring scenes from each of the three countries, the figures shown here also represent EONS, Candela, and the Red Hand. Cover by @omegasama-art.bsky.social!

Reintro: What up I'm Naomi, scriptwriter, podcaster, rpg'er and professional queer yearner. You know me from 💖Writing @thekilda.bsky.social 💖playing chicken nugget wizard @realmspod.bsky.social 💖currently producing til death do us heart for @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social 💖guest on everything⬇️

Doomspiral Launch Party!!

Had a truly excellent time at last night’s @soulmuppet.co.uk and @moonshineadventure.bsky.social launch event for DOOMSPIRAL! Saw good friends, and played an excellent game. If you’re a fan of Dark Souls or Elden Ring, then this TTRPG is for you!

On this week's episode, we discuss the death of Charlie Kirk. We hope we did justice to how many PoC have been feeling. We tried to offer words of reality, of truth, of support, and of comfort. Thank you for trusting us ❤️ Listen wherever pods are cast.

A curse for #DAGGERHEART. Enjoy!

BLUESKY Primal Encounter Thursday! Today's primal encounter feature is the GIANT ELK. ✒️ @loremistress93.bsky.social Expect a new encounter every Tuesday and Thursday. . We’re Kickstarting a book of encounters on Nov 4! 📘 . #ttrpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #primalencounter

Contributor Spotlight @jienbirb.bsky.social We're excited to have Jien as a module writer for Beyond the Lighthouse! Jien (they/she) is an Actual Play performer, producer, project manager, and overlay designer who never knows what to say when someone asks where they're from.

Sickle Cell bites so we’re raising money about it! Join us for #BIPOCVampDay all weekend, w Last Night at the Blue Note, my homebrew Eat the Reich, Sunday at 2p EST! Starring @vampirehimbo.bsky.social @mirrrm.bsky.social @charmfoolery.bsky.social @everyman95.bsky.social & me! Twitch.tv/bipocvampday

Backed, this surreal horror game looks SO good, and I cannot wait to get my hands on it 🤩

Contributor Spotlight @enniogoes.bsky.social Ennio (he/him) is a layout editor, writer, and game designer from Puerto Rico. When not trying to get text to line up just right, he can be found playing board games or GMing. Ennio will be tackling the layout design of Beyond the Lighthouse!

Live now on Backerkit! Absurdia is a love letter to classic and contemporary absurdist works like Welcome to Night Vale, Alice in Wonderland, and Gravity Falls in #TTRPG form. Subvert normalcy. Embrace chaos. Get weird. Back today 👁️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/q...

Windsor UK today: anti-Trump protesters are telling Trump that he is not welcome in their country.

Contributor Spotlight @natasjavangestel.bsky.social Natasja (she/her) makes adventures and art, and anything in-between. Whether it is tabletop or danmei, Procreate or watercolor; whatever inspires her tends to not escape her. Follow our BackerKit, live on Oct 1! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Ten hours to go for this project by @laurieoc.bsky.social ! If you follow my bsky I'm sure you're going to like it, just take a sec to read the game premise in Laurie's post. I'm a former mountain climber myself, and this made my heart melt!

IT'S HAPPENING!!! Soapbox Game Mechanics 📣 We're PREMIERING in 2 days on twitch with super special guest Beau! @thoughty.bsky.social Join us as we design & playtest a #ttrpg in only 90 mins LIVE Support us on Patreon and submit a prompt for us to build off of! www.patreon.com/AllMyFriends...

It's day 2 of HHM, which means we are going to highlight another creator. Today, we are going to take a look at the outstanding Rahrah (@rahrah.bsky.social) . To say Rahrah is a triple threat of talent is an understatement as they are an award-winning GM- (1/4)

As the TrueRef library continues to grow so does our need to keep our prices up to date and a reflection of what we've added to our service. Is what I'd say if I just raised the prices of all our packs, but I didn't. Instead I lowered them! trueref.io

We have reacheed the stretch goal to print the back of the scroll too, and as soon as this migraine lifts I'll even write an update. By the way, would you like a weird little spellbook? www.kickstarter.com/projects/los...

I've been planning a little "group project" for the @chimerahearts.com server, and I hope you'll join us! October 1 through November 15, we'll be making "tools" to help some of our favorite indie games find a wider audience. Sign up today!

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! 🌟 We’re celebrating the vibrant cultures, legacies, and triumphs of Latine communities throughout the world, standing in solidarity of fights for liberation in the face of historical and modern colonialism. Support and uplift Latine folks in TTRPGs, now and always!

BACKED! 🤩🤩 Check this one out, fans of Dark Souls!

Full Send is about the beauty of nature, and how we pay dearly to master it. It’s about the way that capitalism degrades the things we love. It’s about the relationship between friendship and competition, and the price of sharing your passion. It has 29 hours left to fund. Help me make it real.

I've been hiding this for a long time, but here it is. The real first roleplaying game, created in 1970: Crypt. I've created an annotated manuscript of this lost treasure trollish-delver-games.itch.io/crypt

I am SO excited for this. Who else is going?! 😍

Four heroes, neither gods nor mortals, gifted with incredible powers. Pallas is @hollylikesgames.bsky.social Lelidi is @fkth.bsky.social Danaos is @pipgladwin.bsky.social Athymos is @shamini.bsky.social Watch 'Mythic' DnD live Sept 16th from 7pm BST on youtube.com/RPGeeksDnD.

It's easy in #dnd for players to end up with too much gold and nothing to spend it on 💰 The Rootless Boutique solves that ✨ With this magic shop, you can give your players the opportunity to spend their hard-earned wealth in a fun, eventful way! Discover it below 👇 buff.ly/IHwVelz

Week 2 of #Swordtember has been completed ⚔️

26 Police Officers were injured in Londons fascist riots, but only 9 people were arrested. At last week's Palestine Action protest 0 Police Officers were injured, but nearly 900 people were arrested. The UK govt is chasing Reform votes & colluding with fascism, home & abroad. #fightfascism

Hey TTRPG folks of Blue Sky: I am looking to seat 2 POC players in an Upcoming miniseries (~10 episodes). Looking for players who have passionate opinion is about gaming and tech issues, as well as (adamantly against) AI Please comment if that's you or tag someone you think would be interested.

It’s funny seeing all the right wing talking heads try and condemn violence, only to be reposted with screenshots of their own calls to violence. Your ethos means nothing if your praxis contradicts it.