That's very much what @sequential-scot.bsky.social is - and this year proved to us that the audience is very much still out there for comics! But the marketing and outreach needs to be done *right* - and that's exactly what Squench did.

Another hotel room liberated 🫡

"[What] I’ve written amounts to “the OSR is about adventures,” which probably won’t be news to anyone [...] For me, however, this layered view offers a way to understand the OSR as a consistent, coherent design movement."

Just released a free playset for #NowhereHome! Set in the Forgotten Realms, play as monsters fleeing a relentless party of adventurers. samrobsondmg.itch.io/forgotten-re... Don’t own Nowhere Home? No problem! Download it for free below for this weekend only: samrobsondmg.itch.io/nowhere-home...

“AI is here to stay” from the visionaries who brought you “NFTs are the future.”

Dark Season is upon us, so time to have a sale.

All you peeps at Dragonmeet really should head to Stand H2 and buy everything as there is a nice discount the more items you pick up!

Today is the perfect day to tag @floaker.bsky.social because I received my physical copy of her beautiful #ttrpg Mum Chums ! Thanks Tanya, it's so great :) Follow Tanya on itch : floaker.itch.io

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗛𝗢𝗪𝗟 – 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 – 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆, 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗦𝗔. Find out more 👇 www.huntsabs.org.uk/join-the-hsa...

Today is Creator Day on @itch.io! For 24 hours, Itch doesn't take a cut from sales, meaning creators keep 100% of the money you spend. As is tradition, I want to spend the day boosting as many indie #ttrpg people as possible, so if you have games on Itch, drop them here!

Power move by Lois

Before Dragonmeet we bring you issue 51! In this issue we have a review of SPINE, we take a look at this horror solo TTRPG, can you escape before the book takes your soul? It is a must for horror and marginalia fans! And lots more inside. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Denaturalization,forced statelessness and mass murder are all inextricably linked under fascism and we are seeing that constellation solidify across the west not just America. America is one part of the massive reordering of the world the fascists and their wealthy friends are attempting to initiate

Let's look at how the union busting of @gameworkers.co.uk has been working out... It would probs slow union growth if @rockstargames.com reinstated the workers now rather than keeping them out! If you work in video or tabletop games in the UK, this is the link for you: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...

Got a call this morning to say our books have arrived! So if you're at #Dragonmeet this weekend - stop by stall O-27 and take a peek at the final printed beauties of Why We Fight

Let's look at how the union busting of @gameworkers.co.uk has been working out... It would probs slow union growth if @rockstargames.com reinstated the workers now rather than keeping them out! If you work in video or tabletop games in the UK, this is the link for you: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...

Hey all, do I have any UK based concept artists following me (or who knows anyone) who would be up for a long term 22 month contract working on Dragonwilds at Jagex? Remote with a very occasional day in office in Cambridge. Development experience and fantasy genre work is a must. Mid level role.

Societal atomisation being expressed in a boom of solo games, as well capitalist realism translating into the inescapability of Gygaxian Fantasy, which now dominated big publishing (WOTC, Darrington, MCDM) as well as Indies via the OSR. It's great to be a designer, but it's awful to do so...

Awwww yeah! Great to see these out in the world. Pick up a pdf here: floaker.itch.io

Spotted this clip from @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social, and while I often agree with Roz's approach, I think this particular take throws the baby out with the bathwater. A major strength of ttrpgs, is the ability to not be trapped in a limited perspective or temporality.

So not only was the government punishing people for going a penny over the earnings floor and not telling them they'd gone over for months, it was doing so while people are saving the government £16,181.20 in unpaid labour. So the real scandal is why the income floor is there in the first place.

if you can afford to take a day or two off to drive your spotless new tractor down to London, you're not a farmer, you're a landlord in a flat cap.

“How did you get into ttrpgs?” Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down…

Back in the mists of time when I worked on a building site, I remember that if a contracter didn't pay when they were supposed to all the lads would go round and ask for the money as a group. Starting to wonder whether that's going to be necessary in TTRPG circles.

The portal opened, and my safety line snapped, so I was pulled in and sent whirling across the multiverse...

A few of us designers have been privileged to follow along while @stoutstoat.co.uk chipped away at this project for the last few years. It's something new. An interactive history book like the kind you'd maybe read as a kid, but with the combined powers of archaeology and game design.

Hey sorry our chatbot encouraged you to die by suicide but in our defense you were violating our terms of service because you died by suicide.

"How did you get into ttrpgs?" It was a jump to the left, and then a slide to the ri-i-i-i-i-ight...

We're only 12 subscribers off of our first 100. Can you help us get there and grow? As a little teaser, in the months ahead just some of our coming games include: - Mum Chums - The Time We Have - Monsterhearts 2 - Dialect - Stewpot And an exclusive sponsored series!! www.youtube.com/@whohurtyouap

Anybody available to talk to me about SRDs? Very practically speaking, how do you use one? What do you do with it when you have it open in front of you? What's your favorite one that I should look at?

With Woke 2 you’re allowed to do racisms again as long as they’re woke racisms.

From r/TransgenderUK: The BBC is putting together a hit piece against GenderGP.

Turning up to a house party with pizza used to be the classic option in Glasgow. If anyone questioned it, just say that Dave said it was OK. Y'know, Dave *gestures vaguely*

Our wildlife deserves better.

THREE YEARS ON STRIKE ENDS IN VICTORY!!!

This is some weighty stuff, and while it’s hard to talk about enjoying an article about this subject matter, I came away feeling like I had been quietly led to a bunch of questions that will eventually make me a smarter person. Serious content warnings apply.

Thinking a lot about how when Schreier's exposé on R* working conditions came out, several mid-level devs I used to respect came out with very defensive "well *I've* never worked 90 hour weeks" as though it negated the fact that many contract and QA devs demonstrably were.

Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/

Five Fires, my love letter TTRPG to 80s/90s hip-hop, is launching in February. Join us! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

I saw this letter a loooong time ago and no one believed me so I’m really glad someone posted it. The pandemic never ended, Biden just wanted PR. He’s helped kill millions and disable millions more, for polling. He wanted to kill you for vibes. Are y’all okay with that?

If you are an Actual Play producer (or otherwise the copyright holder) and you are interested in uploading your show to the Internet Archive, please let me know and I can help you through the whole process! If we get 50 shows to coordinate, we can make a collection :) Message me here or email me!

"All these workers have ever tried to do is discuss their pay and conditions to improve them, so they can make a game loved by millions."

A man from Shropshire possessed by the ghost of a dead samurai to become the world's oldest pro-grappler is pure wrestling!

NEW EPISODE! No Scrubs returns with another match from the twisted mind of Jeffrey Nero Hardy, as he does battle with everyone's favourite podcaster, Mark "Big Evil" "Booger Red" Undertaker. Listen to the episode, kid! Make yourself mildly diverted! open.spotify.com/episode/0wNz...

Kick it up!

Woah!

It is time for three more robot kits to undergo THE PROCESS

Fun fact: this is explicitly why Dick Wolf created Law & Order: he violently hates defense attorneys and felt tere weren't enough shows about how defendants and their lawyers are scum (also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)