I think by now we all know I had a wonderful time at #ukge2025. That said, there WAS something that really disappointed me, that I think is important to highlight - the use of AI. It wasn't prevalent, but I saw AI art on a number of stands for board games, TTRPGs, and gaming tools alike... 🧵

Still buzzing from the @womenofttrpg.bsky.social panel at UK Games Expo. So much fire, wisdom and heart. “Smash the system and build something from the ashes.” Yes. Let’s make weirder, queerer, softer, angrier games. Let’s rewrite the rules entirely. 🖤🎲🔥

HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE 🌈🌈🌈 'A Rush of Blood' is on SALE for the month of June! All earnings are going to help me + my fiancee (who did the art for the game) finance our wedding later this year <3 Go get the game and play some vampire lesbians !! 🧛‍♀️🧛‍♀️ juliakartes.itch.io/a-rush-of-bl...

HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE 🌈🌈🌈 'A Rush of Blood' is on SALE for the month of June! All earnings are going to help me + my fiancee (who did the art for the game) finance our wedding later this year <3 Go get the game and play some vampire lesbians !! 🧛‍♀️🧛‍♀️ juliakartes.itch.io/a-rush-of-bl...

🚨Calling all UK TTRPG freelancers: we're running an industry pay survey for the next three months. If you're UK-based and have taken work both from UK companies *and* non-UK companies, we'd love to know how much it paid, how long it took, and how much of your income comes from RPG work.

Our UK Games Expo panelists are here! Join Lyssa of @slovenlytrulls.com as she hosts a panel discussion with these 4 incredible women from across the TTRPG space. See you there! Add it to your schedule: www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/2414-... #WomenOfTTRPG #SlovenlyTrulls #UKGE #UKGamesExpo #TTRPG

Huge thanks to @newsnerd.bsky.social for taking the time to chat with me about Book of Divine Initiations. If you're looking for ways to incorporate your PCs' faiths into your campaign, please check it out. www.ttrpginsider.news/p/from-candl...

Wow I've not been very TTRPG present this year on here, but it's been busy! TTRPG things are brewing, multiple books are being written, AND I'm getting married in a few months! Hope everyone is doing well <3

Book of Divine Initiations is available now! Get it here: tinyurl.com/2s36a3n4 A collection of temples with five initiation tasks each for twenty of Faerûn’s gods. #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons

I contributed to this, and lemme say there's some great stuff in here from some very talented writers! DEFEND THE INNOCENT at a Temple of Tyr! SEEK BLOODY REVENGE on the enemies of Umberlee DO IMPORTANT ADMINISTRATIVE PAPERWORK at a Library of Jergal!

It's out!! 🐋☠️ I got to write a bunch of temple initiation tasks for the temples of Umberlee and Talona! If you love some fun evil goddess content 'Book of Divine Initiations' has you covered! www.dmsguild.com/product/5208...

Book of Divine Initiations is out Now on @dmsguild.com! Challenge your players with trials to impress their gods and their temples. www.dmsguild.com/product/5208...

One more week til the Spring Equinox! Grab 'The Mother of Death Will Drown Tonight' and say goodbye to winter (and your childhood) in an extremely Polish way - by drowning a doll of the Goddess of Winter and Death. juliakartes.itch.io/the-mother-o...

Since it's almost the Spring Equinox, here's my moody solo journaling game about growing up, death, and drowning the Goddess of Winter. juliakartes.itch.io/the-mother-o...

Since it's almost the Spring Equinox, here's my moody solo journaling game about growing up, death, and drowning the Goddess of Winter. juliakartes.itch.io/the-mother-o...

Want to play on stream with an all women+femme table? We're casting players for our TTRPGirls event in March Sign-up tally.so/r/mJeLQ4 Please note, all women and folks who identify with womanhood can apply. But we are PRIORITISING those who are not in the U.S. AND are also POC. #TTRPG #castingcall

I am RETURNING to streaming after an incredibly busy January! This week coming you will mostly find me guesting on other channels, but I will also be starting up my Solo Spotlight streams once more!

If you own and enjoy our #ttrpgs, could you spare a few minutes this weekend to rate or review them on itch.io? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I can’t begin to describe how important this is for us indie publishers! Here’s a handy link: itch.io/library/thin... #itch.io #itchio #Inspirisles #CrypidCreeks #DragonDowser

Have you forgotten? I haven't.

We promised announcements, and we shall absolutely deliver! We've been chomping at the bit to share this news with everyone... 😱👻

🚨 Milk Bar: my sci-fi, alternate-timeline OSR game set in a post-Soviet Poland hit its first draft release today! 🎲 Quick, simplified rules 🌃 Unique retro-futuristic city setting 🛠️ Progression system tied to basebuilding 🥟 Pierogi Grab a demo version now: peregrinecoast.press/products/mil...

Anybody who pays RPG writers less than 10 cents a word has no business hiring RPG writers, period, full stop, end of discussion. Anyone who wants to argue this point is a worthless asshole and they're free to block me, as my stance on this will not be changing anytime soon

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

Also, some faves (huge solo RPG fan here): - @annablackwell.bsky.social's 'Apothecaria' 🍵, and 2024 release 'For Small Creatures Such As We' 🚀 - @cassi.mothwin.com's 'Tangled Blessings' 🪶 (crowdfunded an expansion in 2024) and 'Carved By The Garden' 🌲 - @rozowa.bsky.social's 'A Rush Of Blood' 🩸

video games always fail me re: body hair. where's the armpit hair, where's the leg hair, where's the happy trails... you can turn on nudity but there's no full bush?? COWARDS

I've been holidaying from TTRPGs and working on a novel but now there's only 2 weeks left for the shitpost ttrpg jam so i gotta get back to it 💪

Remember, even if you can't financial support a creator, Sharing, commenting and reviewing are all incredible ways of helping out smaller creators which go so far.

This is a genuine question, not meant snarkily: Do people not know that Brandon Sandersn, who is a Mormon, every year donates 10% of his personal earnings to the Mormon church, an extremely racist, misogynistic, and homophobic institution?

Hello! My Dad and I will be walking together in Jan in the hopes of raising money for Endometriosis UK. If you are able to donate I would really appreciate it! You can find the link here, and if you have any questions about Endo I am more than happy to answer. 💛 www.justgiving.com/page/steph-1...

What We Can Learn From D&D’s Sexist History

GAST is a solo horror zine collection and publishing startup in collaboration with @loremistress93.bsky.social & @artofarklin.bsky.social. We aim to publish RPGs in 'seasons', using a different SRD each time, starting with Carta by @catlinggun.bsky.social. Learn more & follow ⤵️ tinyurl.com/ycx9tkdz

'The Mother of Death Will Drown Tonight' was my #FolkloreJam entry and I adoreddd getting to work on it. I got to dive into my culture and write a game-experience very rooted in it. + All of the prompts were inspired by the scenes of my childhood or the memories of myself or my friends. ❄️🖤

It's my 🎁birthday🎁 and 'A Rush of Blood' is on SALE! You can grab my solo journaling game where you romance (and maybe murder?) the vamp that drinks from you and give me a lil birthday gift! juliakartes.itch.io/a-rush-of-bl...

It's my 🎁birthday🎁 and 'A Rush of Blood' is on SALE! You can grab my solo journaling game where you romance (and maybe murder?) the vamp that drinks from you and give me a lil birthday gift! juliakartes.itch.io/a-rush-of-bl...

It's almost Julia's birthday! Julia makes cool things! You should buy them if you can!

It's my 27th birthday in a few days so my horror romance solo game 'A Rush of Blood' is on a 27% ✨SALE✨! I also added a batch of community copies if you're struggling financially! Grab a copy now and romance the vampire feeding on you 🩸🧛‍♀️🩸 juliakartes.itch.io/a-rush-of-bl...

It's my 27th birthday in a few days so my horror romance solo game 'A Rush of Blood' is on a 27% ✨SALE✨! I also added a batch of community copies if you're struggling financially! Grab a copy now and romance the vampire feeding on you 🩸🧛‍♀️🩸 juliakartes.itch.io/a-rush-of-bl...

PLEASE rate and comment on the games you read/played! And share them with others! It's so hard to get your work seen and have people trust that it's actually good without any ratings or comments on it. + it always makes the author's day to see nice things said about the work they've put hours into 🥰

currently in mid-first draft hell 😶‍ needed this so bad

please please please if you love a creator's work, support them directly. patreon, ko-fi, their merch shop ... put money directly in their pocket 🙏 it's gruesome out there

Do you like to do weird things while you are alone? Hey, me too! Good thing I've just published my *VERY FIRST* solo journaling game, The Horrors Persist but So Do Aye-Aye. More info at link below.

I am still 100% preaching and thinking that we should finally decouple the concept of a "primary" ttrpg market being the west and open up to others as well.

Finally got an opportunity to play For The Queen at a Halloween party and I'm joining the club of adoring this game. It's SO easy to pick up and had newbies at roleplay get super involved with the world we were creating, the Queen, and the characters. Can't wait to go at it againnnn 👑

#Solovember 4) A Rush Of Blood - @rozowa.bsky.social This game captivated me when I streamed it. Playing as a vampire's favourite blood source has the power to be deliciously dark, dangerous, and perhaps also romantic? Incredible design, gorgeous prompts. 🧛‍♀️🩸 juliakartes.itch.io/a-rush-of-bl...

Last 12 hours to get A Rush of Blood on SALE! Grab it now for 30% off and have a go at a spooky vampire romance! juliakartes.itch.io/a-rush-of-bl...

Interested in solo, co-op, and GM-less #TTRPGs? Then follow these awesome creators! go.bsky.app/V6gcLEH

One week until Halloween, so it's the perfect time to romance a vampire in 'A Rush of Blood'! 🧛‍♀️💋🧛‍♀️Get it until the end of October while the 30% sale lasts! juliakartes.itch.io/a-rush-of-bl...

OneShotOberfest continues tonight! At 8pm EST, @wairpodcast.bsky.social is going to find out what happens when Brianna and Emily from @gamewoven.bsky.social and Taylor & Dan from @backwaterbastards.bsky.social Awaken in a Strange Place! twitch.tv/oneshotrpg #ttrpg #oneshot #rpg #actualplay

Eqch time I start writing about my PoC support work it feels too long. TLDR support PoC in TTRPGs all year round. Seek out their work, collaborate with and hire them, give them a safe space to congregate, educate, and celebrate. At this point all White APs and design teams are an intentional choice.

'Tomas gave 'A Rush of Blood' a play and wrote a lovely review of it as a part of our #HypeSwap ! If you'd also like to swap games to hype each other up let me know! 🥰