the most difficult part about being a hobby creator....is customer support.... when you have projects that get big, your customer service burden does too

Done a few contracts now, and these are things that Ive found useful to protect myself with licensing IPs

@hankgreen.bsky.social Would it be reasonable to say skeptical hedonism is just another term for American Exceptionalism/indivudualism? Or is there something worthy of differentiation?

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm Orion, a two time award-winning illustrator, motion graphic designer & zinester based in TX USA I've worked on TTRPGs, tarot cards, comics, zines, characters, branding, marketing & Twitch stream assets Seeking job+work opportunities! 💌 [email protected] 🌟 orionfern.art

“This feature has become very popular among people who have no imagination.”

Wait… so who’s left in a leadership position at WoTC?! #dnd www.geeknative.com/172292/dds-g...

Sounds about right!

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Struggles of life, done get an espresso machine, New camera lens for birding Or vintage pokemon cards

An anonymous employee who was laid off from the Sigil team told me the project's death was a combination of corporate disinterest and distinct lack of vision from Hasbro, not Wizards of the Coast.

idk how anyone can look at working for WoTC, knowing full well that you're going to be laid off in ~2 years.

Ok ttrpgs… can we stop using ghibli inspired as a marketing tagline.. #ttrpg

Holy shit Undertale’s a dollar on steam rn. If you haven’t played it you absolutely should

@schumer.senate.gov Please don’t vote for the CR bill, Yes Elon can have the opportunity to do stuff, but a lot of that has been reversed. By voting on the CR, you are supporting their budget cuts, their slush fund, and betraying the American people who want to put a stop to their madness

I finally picked up a copy of The Wildsea and thought it might be interesting to comment as I go through it for the first time, both as a designer and a publisher. Here beginneth the thread!

Got our Elden Ring Board Game KS rewards from @steamforgedgames.bsky.social Can’t wait to dive in!! #boardgames

Oh, and we got all the dice in smol #dice #dnd

“Speak up, speak out, get in the way. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” – John Lewis

Hey, are you planning on submitting to The ENNIES 2025? The deadline ends this month on March 31st. Anything published physically or digitally between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025 is eligible. Submit here: ennie-awards.com/new-submissi... This is a thread with some info on the ENNIES 🧵👇

I believe this is called a 'terrible opinion'

Had some beautiful rainbows today that i could whip out a good camera for

What i find fascinating is that this administration is willing to run everything into the ground: killing the economy and eliminating our international soft power, which are kinda necessary if they wanted to maximize profit and be corrupt gangsters... right? @jamellebouie.net

i was just complaining about this to a friend a few days ago. the punditry is obsessed with this retreat to discourse, where there is an inability to examine the actual phenomenon itself. instead, they engage in language games or treat politics as a question of definitions

gotta say, wili wish John Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social and Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social would run for political office. Now more than ever we need effective communicators that can reach people (and have good morals on their head to lead to a reconstruction

We’re in the last two days of the Kickstarter for Bonds Between and if we can hit our stretch goal of 6k (just over 500$ away) then we’ll get to add other play options like sphinxes and goblins to the game www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...

do I know any freelance Chinese localizers/translators? looking to work with someone who loves indie games on some upcoming fun projects. ideally I'd be directly paying the person doing the translating, not an agency/corporation/manager/etc.

In 2016, game designer and podcaster, Choi Mika, posted about a t-shirt on social media. Thus begins a story of how the Korean tabletop industry stood against a right-wing mob and transformed their scene for the better. www.rascal.news/how-rpgs-bec...

Shoutout to Chinese movie posters that are drawn in traditional ink styles rather than just taking renders from the source material I love you

Snowy Owlbear in the snowy forest (of Lake Tahoe) #dnd #owlbearplush

What a big family we have!! #dnd5e #owlbear

these would be great for roleplay in a taven #dnd

man..these past three weeks ive been soo gosh darn busy, taxes, product catalog, drifter, a baby incoming in a few weeks....its busy (and not enought time for good sleep)

Just some Grunlings to brighten up your day ✨

Frogs are out in full force #frog #smolfrogs

wheeee.....doing transaction categorization hopefully will finish that today (spent last night doing it)...but then after i have to do line-item breakdowns... cause warehousing is storage and fulfillment amazon is order fees, discounts and shipping

If you're a solo journaling TTRPG creator and would be willing to donate a copy for a project in prisons, I'd love to hear from you! I'm working with Manchester-based participatory theatre company TiPP to explore the use of journaling games as reflective tools for incarcerated persons. Form here:

The final 24-hour countdown to back our keychain plushes has begun!! Last chance to get in on the adorable keychain plushes #dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg www.backerkit.com/c/project...

so...musky apparently says theres transparency on their website... all i see is visualizations ..... thats not transparency

I have a page of recommendations here! I haven’t updated in awhile so there are probably some new ones I could add, but there’s a halfway decent set: namelessquality.com/learning-res...

Roll for initiative #dnd #dice

The saddest thing I see from all the comments is that none of these people realize that the cuts are being made are not going to make government more efficient, or better, or save taxpayer dollars… It’s to fund a 2 trillion dollar tax cut for billionaires

As much as I see people on the right saying, “don’t you want your government to be more efficient…?” You know your taxes are not going down right? You know these saved funds aren’t going into public infrastructure right? Where do you think that money is gonna go? #politics

I do wonder how we get our way out of this age of divisive misinformation...

Dungeon design question: I'm kind of allergic to having static monsters in a room. How do y'all keep the dungeons as dynamic lived-spaces? Stuff that I've done: - Specific wandering monster tables - Turns countdown - Failure consequences #ttrpg

We're teaming up with the Pop-up Playtest community who are hosting a Tabletop Game Jam to celebrate the launch of Hyper Light Breaker !! The jam has already started and will run til February 13th. Winners get keys for Hyper Light Breaker! More details and join up here: discord.gg/ZmDZ3tEu

Come work with me! As an editor, I work on all of our products and that means I frequently interact with Starfinder folks. They are some of the nicest, coolest people you’ll meet in the games industry. ALSO We’re unionized!

In 2024, Evil Hat's gross income was a bit over $1M. (We spent it all, so on net, we largely treaded water for that fiscal year.) Income sources were distributed as shown here. Distribution as always remains a big player. Second chart shows how that divides up, and illuminates the Alliance concern.

what i really hate about this is, Where is the official announcement that created this team? What authority are they granted? What access are they granted? What is their explicit scope? What is their timeline? Where do proposals go and how are they processed and evaluated? None of this exists

The Aphotean Artifact "The sharkfolk have advanced greatly in technology over the ages, but it is not known how far the denizens of the deep have advanced, it is believed that they are stagnating, but artifacts of unknown function such as this one may tell us otherwise." #Shark #Sharkfolk

Did you know owlbears are back in stock! #dnd #owlbearplush babybestiary.com/collections/...