It’s the last day to submit stuff! If you’re in line to submit stay in line!

This is the final weekend to enter your submissions and nominations for the 2026 CRIT Awards. Entries close at 11:59pm PST on May 31st. linktr.ee/critawards For forms #critawards #ttrpgs

I dont want to give too much away about I love Boosters but it's like Sorry to Bother You but with the Joy and Whimsy dial cranked until it breaks off the console.

Confirming. I have all AI everything off, and wouldn't you know it this was not covered under that umbrella. Now. Will windows respect it being turned off. Impossible to know.

1 week remains to submit stuff to The Awards 2026! If you've been procrastinating, now's the time to get it in! Dust off something from June 2024 to May 2025 and get it in front of our judges to give it the attention it deserves

This is an all-time quote from Kojima

the failure of all these big franchises like star wars to make interesting stories out of their worlds is always so funny to me as someone who cares a lot about writing fanfic, like. damn how are these professionals doing so much worse than me.

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

oh man I can’t believe the Enhanced Games are actually happening lol. wow I wonder who would win between an insane person who has dedicated their entire adult life relentlessly training to become the most perfect athlete for their chosen sport and a guy who wanted to skip that part

Proud to announce that What Should We Have Tomorrow? won an Indie Groundbreaker award for Best Graphic Design! Credit goes to @lostwaysclub.itch.io for the graphic design, and also to @thecinnaminion.bsky.social & @4threset.bsky.social for the art highlighted by and supporting the graphic design!

2025 Indie Groundbreaker Awards winners will be premiering at 8:00PM EST tonight! Hope some of you will be watching and can make it! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bBS...

Recently, one of my closest friends, the funny, talented and kind @ettin.itch.io, lost his mother, after acting as his family's primary care support for a decade. She's why he has a career as a writer. He is trying to cover the costs of her cremation, and needs our support: gofund.me/40f37091a

I don't think it's a good idea to legally privilege someone else's discomfort over another person's rights.

I’ve interviewed a bunch of folks about this. Short version: I default to “field,” understand the usefulness of “scene,” recognize a subset as “industry” and have a very context-specific alarm in my head for folks who use “community” (often either “bless your heart” or “what are you selling”)

Oh wow… that’s wild… I’m now looking for a… ✨Black Illustrator that has experience in designing tabletop games✨ Y’all hear that? 👀

An example of how the term LGBTQ gets used in establishment media to flatten and obscure. Frank was notoriously hostile to trans rights, and wasn't particularly keen on queer communities broadly outside a swath of gentry white cis gays. The main trail he blazed was for his own power.

When Minneapolis felt under heavy siege, people from everywhere helped and reached out and it was really heartening and made a difference. Memphis deserves that too, all the more so because there appears to be a concerted effort to keep their occupation out of the news

one of my favorite facts about the US coal industry is that it employs less people than Broadway

Love seeing this kind of analysis of TTRPG crowdfunding campaigns: patchworkpaladin.com/2026/05/18/k... I’ve long considered including data on pledge level values in my analyses, but I’m already collecting enough data lol

If you're posting about objectively evil and stupid podcasts right now maybe post about my not objectively evil and stupid podcast

Every time I open Bluesky,

I find it fascinating, sometimes, that all three of the biggest influences in current RPG (mostly D&D, I'm being honest, but I know how the umbrella looks from the outside) popularity have been because of a pre-existing platform, and in at least one case, someone else's platform on top of that.

I'm not sure how much the rest of America knows or understands about the MOVE bombing in Philly, but it was probably the single worst instance of police brutality in American history. I think of it every 5/13 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MO...

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass...but TTRPG crowdfunding is eternal. It's time for the April 2026 retrospective! Stay tuned for some interesting details about Backerkit, Gamefound, and Kickstarter ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com/2026/05/apri...

The time has come,' the Coordinator said, To talk of The Awards Of judges -- self-noms -- and, at last, Who will read submitted words 40 did their names advance And 12 were finally chose.' Thank god I can drop this self-imposed bit now to introduce our 12 judges for The Awards 2026

Oh my god?

Tapping the sign so hard my finger breaks into a million pieces

For folks using Shopify, they recently forced all your products into their Agentic (as in AI Agents) sales channels. @rrookstudio.bsky.social is in the process of turning ours off and disabling it. You should go do the same. Reposts appreciated for community visibility.

You might be thinking, 'I make normal games so I'm fine' but, uh, you don't get to decide what 'normal' is – they do. Put any description of queerness or sexual trauma in your game and you've given them cause to boot you from their platform. Voidheart wouldn't pass these guidelines, I think.

Funded! Hooray!

If we actually want to appreciate moms, we should be providing free childcare, healthcare, and guaranteed income for stay-at-home parents to put more money in families’ pockets and ensure no SAHP is reliant on a partner for their economic security. Idk I think that’s better than 15% off a vacuum.

Writing for MORIAH was an absolute delight. Kyle has got something truly special here and I'm proud that my words, insufficient as they are, are part of this book. Go back this.

After a week of being open to submissions, we have received 76 entries from 63 submitters! I could not be happier with what we have, but there's still a little over 3 weeks to get your stuff in Just remember that we are looking for material released between *June 1, 2024 and May 31, 2025*

"One of Hollywood’s most powerful film-makers exploited a young Indigenous girl’s biometric identity and cultural heritage to create a record-breaking film franchise – without credit or compensation to her – through a series of deliberate, non-expressive commercial acts”.

We were invited by @backerkit.com to partake in the upcoming ENNIE's Emporium for Zephyr's Best Art Nomination! We will offer Zephyr at a reduced price as well as the release of the physical version of the Backpack Add-On together with printed character sheets! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Band-Aids & Bullet Holes is live on Kickstarter! Tell your own bloody, John Wick-inspired revenge story in about as much time as it takes to watch one. It's a deckbuilder RPG named after a Taylor Swift lyric. Check it out now!

Who could have foreseen that choosing a non-intuitive eligibility window for an awards show with “2026” in the title would have resulted in some confused (but thankfully very nice and understanding) submitters?

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It's May, which can mean only one thing: it's time to submit work for The Awards 2026! Have something weird, artsy, and TTRPG-y (and published from June 2024 to May 2025)? Send it our way! For more information: theawards.games?page_id=1143 Submit directly here: forms.gle/GRvVYvKuQ7B5...

The first draw of the blade. The last sing of blood on the altar. After 5 years, MORIAH is finally funding for its print debut, courtesy of @plusoneexp.bsky.social. Follow the campaign here: ttrpg.link/moriah

Less than 24 hours remain! (technically it closes tonight, but I'm not going to have my finger hovering over the "close form" button at midnight) Don't miss your chance to become part of The Awards 2026!

We're also working to support designer Rae Nedjadi, who has recently been released from the hospital. If you've enjoyed any of their games (like Apocalypse Keys, Once More into the Void, Our Haunt, etc.) you can support or donate at patreon.com/swordqueenga... or ko-fi.com/matthewarcilla

we all have our vices and i'm a hypocrite for judging them like this but "bringing back smoking" is an idea periodically floated by the dumbest people alive whose only real belief is edgelordism. i am totally unwilling to hedge on or reconsider this opinion

I'm finally continuing my The Awards 2022 retrospective with Picket Line Tango, a Mothership zine adventure by Emily Weiss (published by @ianyusem.bsky.social) Also, there are 3 days left to self-nominate to be a judge for The Awards 2026! Don't miss out on your chance: forms.gle/mg1A4JmtxrTn...

We are only a few days out from submissions for the 2026 CRIT Awards opening up. Here is our Criteria, Code of Conduct, and our stance on AI. #critawards #ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpgawards

We're launching a bundled subscription with three other independent outlets, @neverpo.st, @aftermath.site, and @rogue.site, to give you 50% off access to all four websites for 30 days. The Independent Media Collective Bundle is now live: trustfnd.com/collaboratio...

Have learned that my fellows do not know the tiger poem so here it is for you

The people who force us to live in a violent country really thought they wouldn't have to live in a violent country along with us. They thought other people would do the dying for them. When one of them catches one of the strays they put in the air to catch us, what are we supposed to do but shrug.

any time some asshole big game hunting millionaire gets smushed into paste it's like a little practice run for When It Happens. no need to crack open the champagne bottles but maybe open one of those little cans of bubbly to put yourself in the right mindset

As we're now halfway through April, I want to share and celebrate that I have received 31 self-nominations to be judges for The Awards 2026! Thank you to everyone who has already submitted, and to those who haven't: what are you waiting for? forms.gle/cc8BM5M5GYAK...