HOPE DIES LAST preview page is live!!!! We're overjoyed to be working with @mikerunderwood.bsky.social as we enter the world of #Daggerheart in a big way! Thank you to @gamefound.bsky.social's RPG Party for welcoming us, and thank you to our artists @just-a-bee.bsky.social and Will Grossman!

Look, if a book doesn't teach me a new word that I am absolutely going to mispronounce because I've only read it and not heard it anywhere, then what is even the point?

...does anyone know how to get to THAT timeline? asking for a friend.

Your character feels hollow. The campaign is good. The GM is doing everything right. So what's wrong? Identity psychology has an answer. Three frameworks, one diagnosis: you might be playing the wrong character for who you actually are. youtu.be/rsuSfl-clyo

(sighs) (ventures out) (scrapes moss off the patio for a full hour) (rain) (inside) (shower) (coffee) (unexpected euphoric feeling) ...IS THIS THE FABLED "RUNNER'S HIGH" I WAS PROMISED IN PE CLASS???

look, a new journal and more fountain pen ink won't fix all this but it won't NOT fix it, or something

That stomach-dropping moment when you realize the new campaign channel is full of AI stuffs and you cannot backpedal fast enough. @startplaying.bsky.social, PLEASE ADD A LABEL FOR THIS.

Our oldest kiddo has been working with her dad and comes home with him once or twice a week for lunch, so today when I told him we were going to have blueberry pancakes and bacon, I heard a tiny "WOO!" in the background.

the animators in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? did not bump the lamp just so you can tell me "AI is inevitable"

Fragments of the Labyrinth — note 14 One year. The last line of gold. The map is finished. It happened on the longest day. The light climbed as far as it could, then stopped. The map. The year. Me. All holding still at once. Soon, you'll see it too. #fantasyart #darkfantasy #worldbuilding

Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected. From this day forward, we have a union!

Storytime for Chicago library kids with LeVar Burton at the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Library 🤯✨📚 @obamafoundation.bsky.social

The One-Page RPG Jam usually begins sometime in July (I think). Here are some resources (art, etc.) to help! omnes.exeunt.press/p/one-page-r...

The concept sketch stage is so fuckin sick. You can get so much variety from some quick sketches and really pick out where you're going to go with the look and feel of a piece. All that to say, doing real art is metal and it's awesome to be a part of that journey.

Looking for a character artist for a project I'm serious about. Interactive fiction, gothic murder mystery, modern LA. You're a newly turned vampire, your maker's killed the same night, you're the prime suspect. Say hello, or point me to someone you'd vouch for. More details below. 🩸⬇️

However long dusting my office actually takes, I will spend ten times that in active avoidance. (made banana bread from scratch, will trade to anyone who wields a +2 Swiffer)

ICYMI, last week I posted some updates for the Daggerheart-compatible classes I've been working on, including the Adept (Arcana & Bone), Cursed (Midnight & Valor), and Sigilist (Blade & Codex). www.patreon.com/michaelrunde...

Very bad at plants, but finally repotted all my orchids.

Neverending Story (stares in Luckdragon Riders)

It shouldn’t be controversial to say that the creation of a “trillionaire” represents a giant and complete failure of public policy and government.

Time travel? No problem. I just need to dig deep enough to unearth the playlist from your late teens/early 20s and at least one scent memory from that same time period, then... (BAMF) your knees won't even know you're using them as intended...

Me, every day: Hydration! I just need to drink two big glasses of water before noon and another two before 5 PM. Me, also every day right around 11:59 AM: CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG OR Me, every day right around 4:59 PM: (same as above, but madder at myself)

My mother, the inimitable Jane Yolen passed away this morning after a blessingly short fight with Alzheimer’s. She did not suffer, and went peacefully into the ether which, I am certain for her, will be filled with words of the most exquisite beauty and meaning.

Baking my DM the first of several batches of chocolate chip cookies that barely scratch the sugary surface of my appreciation for all that he does.

Today is a CR 18 so make sure you equip the comfy outfit that gives you advantage on Wisdom saving throws.

Himself: Did you do your stretches today? Me: ...I didn't hurt myself, putting my socks on. Does that count?

OH I also fiddled with this piece the other day cause I wanted her skin more warm 🌌🌌🌌 And also ended up changing the overal color vibe #art #ocsky

See also: the art you use for listing your games on StartPlaying

a little joy, courtesy of countless strangers <3

can't recommend enough having a top notch GM narrate how your character sloughs off their mortal coil and what, exactly, the party will have to do to get you back, no guarantees it will work Stakes ✔ Adrenaline dump✔️ "I can see everything" ✔️ "good thing we have a demigod with us" ✔️ #daggerheart

The people cry out for Jarnathan

Someone asked me how I can continue to write fiction where people find a way to be better when the world now shows it's not the case. And fella, nothing the fash want you to do more than give up on hope but you really must not. If it's getting too dark to see you don't turn out the lights.

INTO MITHRAL SKIES! It's time for a new adventure, one in the beautiful skies. An upcoming Campaign Frame from me: Into Mithral Skies brings swashbuckling, adventure, and wonder to your games of Daggerheart. And it's time for the first playtest: Subclasses thewelshdm.wordpress.com/2026/05/30/i...

Lately I’ve been in an indie team making stop-motion animation. It’s just 4 of us (animator, writer, voice actor, sound designer). The show’s called The Tiny Angry Witch. It’s all basically hand made. No AI. It’s tiring, but we love what we do. So, anyway, here’s a Witch making rude noises:

Mabel ninja-ed her way onto the train layout and really doesn't look sorry about it.

I learned this week that when you have a D&D slumber party session, there is a chance that your character will end up in the Feywild in their booty shorts and pigtails. Not a HUGE chance. But a chance nevertheless...

... seductive?

(sliiiiiiides this across the table to anyone who would like to play)

What’s with werewolves in 2026? My latest free #Eberron article collects, consolidates, and updates articles I’ve written about lycanthropes over the last decade, including six variant strains of lycanthropy for Eberron! www.patreon.com/posts/159320... #dnd

Feeling sassy, made a thing

UPCOMING GAME ANNOUNCEMENT Violent Delights is a chess-based rpg about Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. It depicts the masquerade scene in which our lovers first meet. The chess board represents the Capulet’s great chamber, and the players act as a cast of characters who correspond to chess pieces. 👇

This pun gives my writer brain an enormous amount of happy

Stop making them eat foods that they dislike. Not even a one-bite rule. Ask me how I know. Ask me how I got to watch a six-year-old gag on tomato sauce and hurgle it all over the table. She's 21 now and eats salad just fine. Let them have their preferences, ffs, and stop calling them "picky."

Had the chance to use the "Reassurance" ability in #daggerheart last night and might have grabbed someone by the lapels to yell "get your shit together!!!" as my words of support and encouragement

So, a quick story. I have been at @comicpalooza.bsky.social, been swamped with long lines almost the entire weekend so far, and there was this very nice gentleman named Jin (not sure of the spelling). He came the first day and said he was bringing books the next day to get signed. 1/

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Every time I worry about all the unhinged giggling I do during Daggerheart, I rewatch the time that Scanlon fed Trinket the unicorn meat and enjoy the sound of professionals coming absolutely unglued at the table. <3

Me: Huh, I should check the tracking on all that Swedish gummy candy I ordered to get me through proofreading. Tracking Number: Yeah, that package coming FROM SWEDEN someday. Me: I am going to pretend that is a thing I totally knew and not a complete facepalm sort of surprise this morning.