From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes a second high-octane post about Deathbringer! This time, we look at the game's actual sales pitch and ask: what is this game, and who is this for? https://magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-thoughtlessness-of-deathbringers_02053113930.html

Riverdale is the closest anyone has got to Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure in America. You must have watched at least up to the middle of Season 6 of both shows to engage on this one I’m afraid

I'm very ENie-posting right now but I'm just so proud of our team for our nomination. Our goal for our little TTRPG zine was to get newcomers an opportunity for writing, editing, layout, and all the things that are involved in publishing. A lot of our contributors have gone on to paid things, too.

this is where your money goes when you buy harry potter stuff. rowling isn’t shy about it. amnesty wrote an even-handed report that laid out what anti-rights groups do; rowling uses her billions & clout to suppress it. when you give rowling money; she spends it on stealing people’s human rights.

Hey y'all, @fsohns.bsky.social went out of their way to create this mutual aid call 💕 the games here are amazing. I've been unemployed since October, working odd jobs just to keep up with the bills. Additionally, it's my b-day, so if you want to gift me some kind of stability, I'm deeply grateful🙏

RIP to all the catholics excommunicated by the pope for their heresy but im different. and better. maybe even better than the pope

100% this!

In Glusenkamp-Perez's world, trans girls don't deserve scholarships? Trans girls whose parents drive them to practice for the last 12 years don't deserve a shot? Because I can tell you this much, trans girls aren't getting scholarships from programs for boys.

Do you have any Quiet Year maps that you've either recorded or clung onto? Would you be willing to potentially have your map be included as part of a book called Speculative Game Design by Mary Flanigan and Laurel Carney, to be released by MIT Press? If yes, reply with a picture of that map!

Once again, there is no gender equality without our trans community. There is no feminism without our trans community.

Akihiro Miwa, one of #Japan’s earliest most visible LGBTQ+ icons, singers, and film stars, has died at 91. Their best known role overseas was in 1968's Black Lizard. www.sankei.com/article/2026...

i think if you invent a bad meaningless "-punk" genre label they should ban you from all posting for a month

We are so close!

disabled ttrpg designers: I'm hosting a disability pride month game jam on itch (running from July 1-August 31, 2026). this jam is intended specifically for disabled ttrpg designers to showcase our work. so join me! invite all your crip game designer friends to join in! spread the word!

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This is more than a fundraiser. It’s a call to show up. itch.io/b/3744/power... Power Word Unity is connecting BIPOC creators, designers, and publishers at Gen Con and future conventions, creating space for new voices, new stories, and a stronger, more inclusive tabletop community. 🧵1/3

MUTUAL AID / CALL TO ACTION #RPGLATAM Situation in Argentina is really bad, and so we're organizing a bundle at rpg-trader to raise funds for our friend @duamn.bsky.social, who's out of work and struggling to make ends meet. If you can help out by adding to the bundle and spreading the word... 1/x

folks when we find a guy who's saying a bunch of dumbass shit can we get back to blocking them instead of screenshotting them and talking about their dumbass shit? these losers are not worth our time & when we let them waste it we insult the revolution

The hardest part of being a game designer is not the design. It's not the marketing, logistics, business stuff. It's the inability to consume any media without thinking about how you'd make a game based on it.

Ignoring the fact this is not how the money works re: Iran, Democrats love to post "with all the wasted money we could do all of these things that we also do not support."

i sat a 4.5+ hour public education policy meeting so i could talk about how much i hate ai for 2 minutes during open comment period. because i hate it that much. and it does not belong in our schools and edtech ppl are GRIFTERS

Has it ever taken me this long to post a crowdfunding retrospective before? Don't worry about it! Here's the one for May ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com/2026/06/may-...

Is it carbon monoxide

Praxis, sister 🙏🌈 #pridemonth

I find it morally unacceptable for straight people to pass judgment on my relationship and gender

Ppl will be like "if the sex scene has no narrative value it shouldn't be included." Ok, jokes have no narrative value. Does costuming have narrative value? The set dressing? Maybe some parts of a story can just be there because they are ENJOYABLE. What a concept

My experience is that a lot of "rules light" games basically expect you to import a lot of structure or unspoken genre expectations to coordinate play. And, while I understand from a design side "I don't want to have to write all that", a few sentences of "You should know (other game)" would help.

fuck it I'm joining the fight against pornography on the side of the pornography

I also believe that our current trajectory could lead to a 'post-human world,' but maybe not in the way they mean. Further impoverishment, literal and figurative, of global humanity. A terminal devaluation of human labor, human ingenuity, and human value, survived only by the amoral and inhumane.

this publication shows such a strong understanding of what Triangle Agency does well and makes it even better. I highly recommend this for GMs who want to make their world feel more alive and reactive!!

Thank you to all our judges, every shortlisted author who made our year better by sharing their fantastic stories, and congratulations to our winners! Your trophies will be on your doorsteps soon. Catch all you randos in 2027!

And finally, the 2026 RANDO AWARD for THE PUB'S MOST DELIGHTFUL READ goes to @megiddings.bsky.social for the incredibly powerful MEET ME AT THE CROSSROADS!

THE 2026 RANDO AWARD for SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE STREETS, MONSTER FUCKING IN THE SHEETS goes to @annaguirre.bsky.social, for the sizzling (but wholesome!) STRANGE LOVE

THE 2026 RANDO AWARD for A WARM HUG OF A BOOK goes to @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social, for the gorgeously comforting THE SPELLSHOP!

THE 2026 RANDO AWARD for PHEW, DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING goes to @vajra.me, for his brilliant THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS!

THE 2026 RANDO AWARD for I WOULD READ ALL THE BOOKS THEY HAVEN'T WRITTEN YET goes to @tashasuri.bsky.social, for the superlative THE LOTUS EMPIRE!

THE 2026 RANDO AWARD for QUESTS AGAINST THE KYRIARCHY goes to @antonhur.com, for the stunning TOWARDS ETERNITY!

Friends, it's time. After much deliberation, our team of judges has locked down their winners for the 2026 Rando Awards. No more dilly-dallying. No more sleepless nights. Here, in no particular order, are the best books our crew read all last year.

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