Starting tomorrow, the Trump administration is set to send notices to 1,000 student loan borrowers (first round) noticing them of an intent to garnish their wages for student loan debt. This is cruel and unnecessary. If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.

today is a rip and rend and tear kind of day

🦋 PODCAST DROP 🦋 Xainan turns his back on ghosts. Lumièra gets lost in the storm. Seir pushes down his heart. And Nothing is here. The Chaos Protocol podcast continues with Arc 4, Episode 9, now available in tightly edited, gorgeously detailed audio-only form! ❌

We're baaaaaaack! 🌸 That’s right, our winter hiatus is officially over! That said, our programming will be taking on some new and fresh forms this year (did someone say more bonus episodes?!) so make sure to stay tuned to see what we’re up to week by week. But for now, we'll let the dust settle.

New year but still job hunting! If anyone has leads on narrative design, writing (video games or tabletop/board games), DEI consulting, or editing; HMU via LinkedIn or I can DM you my email. Unfortunately, due to past harassment, I don't have a publicly available email address.

my dentist’s office is playing nightreign lore videos in the lobby??????

I’m really sick, if someone could send me a little money for lunch I’d appreciate it

Our beloved Halo with some tanghulu!! 🌌✨ A lovely NPC from @transplanarrpg.bsky.social‘s first campaign, The Second Stranger!

New Year! New Look! New Show! Here we go, 2026! 🧵 Finding the right TTRPG for your story 🗡️ A House is Born 🏰 A return to the Grove ❌ Who are you in the Dust? ⚛️ Viva la Wasteland!

This thread is keeping track of misinformation circulating about the US' attack on Venezuela. A must read!

Happy New Year #TTRPG space! We broke the hype-o-meter for "AU presents: BHM 2026 Harlem Renaissance Forever" a Black History Month fundraiser & celebration because so many have signed up but there's always room for more! Sign up for GMs ends 7/9 9 pm EST Sign up for players ends 7/16 9 pm EST

fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US

Our hearts go out to the Venezuelan people, who will no doubt suffer the most from this deplorable act of imperialist interventionism. We support a free Venezuela: free from western imperialism, free from U.S.-backed political instability and corruption, free to determine its own fate.

This is not the first US imperial atrocity for oil —let’s not exceptionalize it— but wow is is it awful. And the violation of Venezuelans domestically in the name of a sovereign borders they actually dgaf about. As Aimee Cesaire put it— the price of imperialism is the empire’s own civilization.

So I was gonna release the update to one of my games. But, I would be a fool to not release it on the day of the Super Wolf Moon (January 3rd). Announcing, LESBIAN WEREWOLF CRIMEFIGHTERS: TENSION. New rules and updated text! See you 1/3/26 (Cover by @adisasterqueer.bsky.social )

Hitting top 4 is huge. So so so proud of this, thank you to everyone who listened to the Network Defenders ✨💤

What news on the winds? 🐉 We are beyond moved and proud to share that GODKILLER: Last Hope placed SECOND in the Audio Fiction World Cup! It means the (literal) world for our story of grief, divinity, and becoming to have resonated with so many across the globe. What a way to end the year! 🧵

This is our last year participating in the AFWC/Webfest Circuit for the foreseeable future, so a placement like this feels so fulfilling and special — especially when in SUCH good company of our incredible Actual Play colleagues and peers! It's truly more than we could have ever hoped for.

To those who keep on the circuit — best of luck! May your stories sing across this marvelous world unashamed and full of love. We're so excited to step back from this process and spend time growing new roots and seeing what sprouts. It's been an incredible Journey so far! Thank you for seeing us. 🏳️‍⚧️

Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s to another 12 months of telling stories rooted in radical imagination, centering revolutionary ways to look at each other and ourselves, and making art about the razor-sharp teeth of hope. ✨ Let’s kick 2026 in the ass!

Happy Eidolon!! 🌟 Happy Birthday, Abiku Ishtar!! ☁️✨

So sorry to be annoying but I’m going to need to press about going the trial for my brother’s murder, I really want to be there with my family for some sort of closure, so please share or donate if you can

Happy new year! 🎉 I hope 2026 is kind to you, and brings you lots of love and joy 💛 For those new to me, hi!! I'm a creative professional, primarily working in the #TTRPG industry. I wear a lot of hats and dabble in various skills. But today, let's talk about my game design work! 🧵

Happy Eidolon, Transplanerds! 🌟 The Second Stranger opens on Andake’s New Year’s Eve celebrations, so today is always extra sentimental for us. It’s so incredible to look back on the Journey™️ we’ve all been on together. We wish this world liberation, artistry, and abundance in the coming year!

My sincere wish for all of us in 2026 is we all keep makin' art! Good, bad, stinky – it doesn't matter! Let's keep making things. ✏️💨

what are you cleaning your glasses for? slut

My gorgeous girl really deserves more attention. If more people understood what she teaches about know-your-place aggression, more “good” and “decent “ white people would realize it’s way past time for them to work deliberately to make society good and decent.

Griot Anthology out in the wild at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social !

I missed the networking discourse, did anyone talk about the fact that during BLM Black creators and academics were reached out to in record numbers and then when we thought we had solidarity it vanished? Which led to many folks suffering representational burn out and distrust for ttrpgs as a whole?

This has been a monumental year for Xainan Esch from The Chaos Protocol on @transplanarrpg.bsky.social. 🐻 joined a sleuth of bears ⚾ learned how to hit a home run 💔 broke a few things 🚀 crashed 🏚️ went home The end of Arc 3 through the beginning of Arc 4 has been an absolutely wild ride.

Psst… hey Transplanerds! Don’t tell anyone, but we’re having a Session 0 with our guest player for Arc 4 tonight. 🤭

Did you miss our Reflections & Resolutions Community Stream? Never fear! The VOD is now available on Twitch and Youtube. Tune in and enjoy a necessary rant, thoughtful gratitude, excitement for the coming year, and…? 🫣

Introducing the faces behind Whole New World 🐻 Hey it’s me! I’m happy to announce officially that I’m one of the co-producers of our next upcoming project: Whole New World! It’s been such fun bringing this project to life and I can’t wait to share more with you 👀 Art by: @4threset.bsky.social

Hello all you beautiful people out there in cyberspace, just a reminder we are still taking applications for GMs, players, and techs until the middle of January. Sign up to bring the noise, bring the funk, and bring the love this Black History Month!

🎨 another Xmas gift! This one for @seaplaysrpg.bsky.social !! Sea does so much for Transplanar and their community!! So I wanted to draw their character from The Second Stranger, Øka! [Øka is they/them exclusively!] -- [ #transplanar ]

The Chinese high speed rail, which I have taken many times and loved each time, takes 4.5 hours to go from Shanghai to Beijing. This is roughly the distance from NYC to Savannah

Wake up, Troublemakers. Time to move. It's been years since Bryce & Paul last saw each other, even longer since they both entered the Sublime together. Now war has brought them together again. New Episode of Our Lives in the Wood is available now! #ttrpg #actualplay #podcast Info below 1/4🔽

My whole life we’ve been told that The US is simply too big to have high speed rail

Driving home after the holidays? That’s a free four hour dramaturgy meeting. Follow for more AP production tips! 🥰

bouncing on it 😏 (their last nerve)

My new lab in Singapore is seeking a full-time RA to help investigate how exploratory cognitive states shape environmental representations (cognitive maps). The position is funded until late 2027, and comes with a postdoc-level salary package. Please forward! careers.sutd.edu.sg/job/Singapor...

pro-tip: our chibi keychains make very, very cute ornaments. happy holigays, transplanerds! 🥰✨ art by @solelle.bsky.social~

Traveling for the holidays and looking for a new podcast to keep you company on your trip? Check out the first season of our original horror audio drama "Liars & Leeches," available wherever you get your podcasts, or at www.liarsandleeches.com

❄️The GnG Holiday Special is live!❄️ Happy Holigays, join the crew as they play Hometown Holiday. A Princess is stranded in the small town of Rosedale for Christmas by a snow storm, she meets the people of the town and gets to know them. #ttrpgs #actualplay

Hire me for voice acting things. 🖤 Art was drawn by me. Sound editing by me. TW: sounds of gunfire and other artillery, distress, implication of death.

Happy Christmas Eve to all who celebrate. Consider this holiday season supporting your local Black game designer so I can have a slightly less stressful holiday season and start of 2026. Sharing my links is always appreciated ☕: ko-fi.com/asalwaysimani 🎲: margaretcatterdevelopment.itch.io

❌ PODCAST DROP ❌ Lumièra vaults to the past. Lumièra vaults to the past. Lumièra vaults to the past. ⏳ The Chaos Protocol podcast continues with Arc 4, Episode 8 — a special duet between @byconniechang.bsky.social & @lusttforlifeex.bsky.social. Continue the Journey™️ wherever you pod your casts!

Thank you all so much for tuning into our Community Stream and helping us hit our mutual aid donation goal! It was so nice to reflect, set intentions, and do some much needed venting as a cast. 😅 We are now officially on our winter hiatus, but never fear! There are thundering hooves on the horizon…