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just now in, breaking news - my roommate just texted me that she spent 30 minutes “rescuing” my cat from behind our washing machine. She would be coaxed some amount of way out and then scoot her fat butt back behind the washing machine and meow pitifully

For my March monthly reads, I simply have no words. This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. I made the most ungodly sound as I cried at the end and disturb not one, not two but all three cats in my house from sleeping Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 …

Commission 🤍

I literally just read this book a few weeks ago and it changed my life and now seeing it mixed with my other favorite hobby??? absolutely amazing!

Our party wraps up their business in Hastriel and look to the next city in their list. It looks like Ceratoss promises old ghosts wearing familiar faces… Catch it all in the lastest episode of ❄️Climb to the Top❄️, a D&D 5e actual play youtu.be/LOUrnlpZ-RM?...

Hey Dad, look! I’m a published article writer!! 🎉 Big thanks to Brent for making this happen through Hell (influenza) and high water (norovirus)!

Very proud to announce our very own @haelleyanne.bsky.social has written an article for the first edition of @thehearthmag.bsky.social! 👏 In their article, “Not Your Cleric”, they discuss the effects of new TTRPG media on women and fem-presenting people in the TTRPG space. Check it out now!

February’s monthly read was Lore by Aaron Mahnke and it’s a solid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5! It was fun to read a “non”-fiction book for the first time in a long time, especially when it comes to monsters and folktales. I really loved how Mahnke would talk about what these various stories of undeath and…

look I had a chat with the big guy upstairs. he says it’s okay to tithe to a trans person’s patreon/kofi/onlyfans/etc instead of your scandal-ridden local church. yknow, helping the least of these instead of horny pastors w no self control

Did you miss it? Our first installment of the 🍴Insatiable Cravings🍴 anthology, Fangs & Hunger, is available now! Insatiable Cravings is a “two-player roleplaying game about meal-making, courting, and bluffing” by J Strautman on Itch.io

Genuinely such a delight and honor to be a part of this project 💚 This article means so much to me and to get to see it in print is a dream come true Please please please go and check out The Hearth, keeping TTRPG journalism alive with your support!

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Coming this Friday! 🍴Insatiable Cravings🍴 Meet your Monster, @haelleyanne.bsky.social, a vampire seeking a new thrill, and your Admirer, @makarirm.bsky.social, a starving artist with an interest for new not-so-divine inspiration

I am so very proud and honored to be a part of this project and look forward to you all seeing my contribution to this 💚

I promised an announcement today, so how about a cover reveal? Still a draft but I couldn't wait to show off the amazing work of Alina Pete (@alinapete.bsky.social), our cover artist for Issue One! (Pls. share!)

my goal this year is to read at least one book a month (I used to demolish like 7 at a time but baby steps!) and this month I read Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Thank you Vizier for your time with Caltrop Chronicles and allowing us the opportunity to get to know Jawan! Happy travels on the road ahead 👋🏼 Jawan will be making a quiet exit from ❄️Climb to the Top❄️ in episode 14 “Gettin’ Down in Pommel Town!”

One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

Have we done the research yet to figure out if the same people vehemently against non-binary pronouns are the same ones who had issues using the correct "their" and "they're" during the pre-autocorrect era of the internet?

okay so that solo journaling RPG I was making using Princess with a Curse SRD? I’m like 90% sure I’m ready to make it into a pretty PDF and set it loose on the world! I forgot how fun game design was 🥹

If the coldness of space doesn’t get you, the cold in the hearts of those who inhabit it will. Tough universe. Tough life. So, we do what we gotta do to get by. An AP using Scum and Villainy

I did it again! Jurassic Park with accurate raptors, a short part 2 #jurassicpark #blender3d

one of my favorite parts of any times square NYE coverage is when the camera people tell the crowd “you’re live, your live” and the people Flip Out

remember, there's no better use of your time than taking care of yourself. that includes rest. intentional rest is the opposite of wasting time

if you made art this year, you did well. a sketch, even if it was scrapped ; a poem, even if it was deleted — mattered. you put thought to paper, you engaged with the creative alchemy of turning feeling to something tangible. doesn't matter if you weren't productive "enough." or good "enough."

for my first Christmas w/o going to see family (positive) I made cinnamon rolls, exchanged little gifts with my roommate, and went to see Nosferatu and we just made dinner. it feels incredibly peaceful. happy holidays indeed

Happy Holidays from us to you! Join us for episode 12 of ❄️Climb to the Top❄️, “Family Found” as our party reunites to face the consequences of their failed attempt to finish of their villian (and roughhouse like frat bros) youtu.be/RQn4UIUKJYg?...

If you're looking for an easy, hilarious, and dastardly, TTRPG to play with friends/family over the next couple of days - LOOK NO FURTHER! The Cunning Folk is low prep and high mischief, designed to make a perfect one-shot you'll never forget! Give it a go! emilygreymoore.itch.io/the-cunning-...

webb and chandra combined images 🤩

our technical director @atlasholds.bsky.social has been updating his status on discord with increasingly more concerning number of cookies he’s been baking for the holiday season

does this make all the Survivor I’ve been watching is just performance research?? (but seriously, this is a great thread!)

❄️Climb to the Top❄️ continues with Mop & Daphne as they cross paths in a …. charming town. CT3 is a #dnd5e actual play following an adventuring party that loses their lvl 20 battle and has to climb their way back to the top! youtu.be/X8ab_4V7Fw0?...

look Ma! it’s me!! but seriously, i’m so excited to show yall this character and be a part of this series. check it out!! ❄️

He had escaped the worst of it all, found his home and made a family, but it’s all being ripped away as his companions fall Meet Veron Al’mekt in our most recent installments in ❄️Climb to the Top❄️, a D&D5e actual play answering “what do you do when the heroes lose?” youtube.com/@CaltropChronicles

okay, my witch’s familiar solo journaling RPG is in a document and a notebook and some sticky notes BUT! I think I’m really cooking with something here. Using tarot cards as a device for guiding story writing is good but now I want to get more involved in the whole ✨you’re a cat✨ vibes

Every time I read about banning books, I think of this: Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius. If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking.

He’s lost more than he can remember, but he knows what he’s looking for now Meet Kufu Mus-Maximus now in our most recent installments in ❄️Climb to the Top❄️, a D&D5e actual play answering “what do you do when the heroes lose?” youtube.com/@CaltropChronicles

@thesingingsam.bsky.social and I are seeing Wicked today and have recently realized this means being absolutely SURROUNDED by theater kids about to belt their little hearts out

okay so I did some digging and the Princess with a Cursed SRD by @cyborgurl.bsky.social looks absolutely perfect for this, catch me in 3-5 business days when I exit my hyper focus ✌🏻

Before he was a grizzled adventurer, he was a proud man marrying the love of his life. Meet Major Jawan Saab in the next installment of ❄️Climb to the Top❄️ a D&D5e actual play asking the question, what happens when the heroes lose? youtube.com/@caltropchro...

I had an idea for a new solo or GM-less ttrpg as my cat naps in my lap. I’ve always wondered what it would be like to get to be a cat but what about being a witch’s familiar??

I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really love playing TTRPGs with my friends

our cowboy warlock (@thesingingsam.bsky.social) has a “sharing is caring” version of Mirror Image and is a gentleman of course catch this and more in ❄️Climb to the Top❄️ a #D&D5e actual play youtu.be/HaBF8e3uG5M?...

can’t tell if this is the high right before the fall, or if I’m just genuinely really excited to pick up a bunch of my old hobbies right now? does anyone else ever feel that?

This is your reminder to get a library card. They have so many services and basically all of them are free.

Brent is such a gift to this space, I cannot wait to get my hands on the first copy!

despite all this, an underlying theme of hope

Hey so if you like to dabble in the realm of the #soloRPG or #duetRPG, I made a community directory called the Tiny Table Index that's collecting as many games as it can. Currently it has 288 #TTRPGs in the index! You can find it at tinytableindex.com or follow here on Bluesky @tinytableindex.com ✌️

While adventuring, no one comes out unchanged. No one knows that quite like Theodore “Mop” Thompson. ❄️Climb to the Top❄️ continues every week • Sunday - they are offered a chance to turn back the clock • Monday - they face their choice All at 6PM PST youtube.com/@caltropchro...