We now have +🐦‍⬛ in the profile name; this must be an omen. Anybody wanted a bird book? No? You'll get it anyway.

The best part of finding a new special interest is the speed with which the algorithms switch from feeding me personal finance to feeding me cool albatross facts.

My autism announcement is that I plan to think about nothing but birds for the coming year.

We now have +🐦‍⬛ in the profile name; this must be an omen. Anybody wanted a bird book? No? You'll get it anyway.

Hi, I'm Nathanaël a freelance layout artist and graphic designer looking for TTRPG work. I'm available in 2025 for smaller projects right away, bigger projects in Q3, Q4, and all through 2026. 🌐: https://www.barkalotdesigns.com 📧: contact@barkalotdesigns.com #Layout #GraphicDesign #TTRPG

The word sarcophagus comes from the Greek σάρξ sarx meaning "flesh", and φαγεῖν phagein meaning "to eat"; hence sarcophagus means "flesh-eating." Do with that what you will.

A random piece of today's research: Cuckoo used to be a human, a thief who once decided to steal St. Peter's horses. St. Peter ran after Cuckoo with wolves as trackers and glowworms to light the path. The thief was terrified with such pursuit. 1/

Y'all know we're here to lobby for #stibnite. It's got antimony, known as The Wolf of Alchemy: a hungry, devouring, and transformative force making shape-changing and transformation of metals possible 🐺💎

The proofs are here! Not not long to go now... 📚

Mineral Cup is about to start! We, for one, welcome this lovely distraction this year. If you got your Geologist's Primer on hand, you'll find many of the contestants described within. www.amazon.com/Renegade-Gam...

Mineral Cup is about to start! We, for one, welcome this lovely distraction this year. If you got your Geologist's Primer on hand, you'll find many of the contestants described within. www.amazon.com/Renegade-Gam...

Whenever our cat Teon sits in his kitty house I'm tempted to give him some coins for his wares. Today I cracked and bought a sword.

#gamedesign #scifi

ʻUaʻu / Hawaiian petrel #avianaugust #birdart 🪶

oh no I found Potionomics and I'm about to make "witch potionmaker" my entire personality. That is, if it weren't already.

since we don't have kickstarter to kind of provide some kind of exciting goal/target/sense of urgency I'm thinking maybe we do something really depressing like this instead

So I get up, destroy people in Mechabellum for an hour while waiting for my ADHD meds to kick in so I can start working, and lo and behold, I forgot to take them. I feel that perhaps needing to pay attention and remember to take them is ADHD medication's biggest inherent flaw...

✨ The Indie RPG Newsletter celebrates 5 years this month. I started in August 2020 trying to build a habit of regularly writing every week. And now we're here: 250 issues, 7000 subscribers, thousands of games and articles shared.

Finally found this in the wild!! Can't wait for the third one 🥺 by @doubleproficiency.com 💜💜💜

Just updating our #AlchemistsToolkit system to include fungi, on top of plants and minerals we already have there as reagents. Can't wait to see what potions people make from them!

I've just learned about #AvianAugust2025, and while I don't have the time to fully participate, I can make a sneak announcement re: future Primers 🐣

I've just learned about #AvianAugust2025, and while I don't have the time to fully participate, I can make a sneak announcement re: future Primers 🐣

Every now and again, some AI-generated rip-off of our Primers pops up on the internet. As if the nonsense-spouting machine could ever copy our array of nerdy hyperfixations, carefully assembled over decades of pre-chatbot research.

Ergot is fascinating. It has been plaguing humanity at least since the dawn of agriculture. The oldest sclerotium was discovered on a grass floret encased in amber from the early-mid Cretaceous period, somewhere around 100 million years ago.

Ergot is fascinating. It has been plaguing humanity at least since the dawn of agriculture. The oldest sclerotium was discovered on a grass floret encased in amber from the early-mid Cretaceous period, somewhere around 100 million years ago.

Just updating our #AlchemistsToolkit system to include fungi, on top of plants and minerals we already have there as reagents. Can't wait to see what potions people make from them!

à propos of nothing, I got scolded by a bumblebee. I just wanted to make friends :(.

I can type up ALT+0151 in my dreams, and I'll never stop—

KPop Demon Hunters are tickling both the Sailor Moon and Shadowrun parts of my brain, and I did not have this on my bingo card.

KPop Demon Hunters are tickling both the Sailor Moon and Shadowrun parts of my brain, and I did not have this on my bingo card.

I started working on a new project and I can tell you one thing: Dodo was a pigeon.

I started working on a new project and I can tell you one thing: Dodo was a pigeon.

Also got my pdf of The Mycologist’s Primer, too! Beautiful! @doubleproficiency.com

visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help. this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls. we can beat them phone numbers and a script:

Friendship ended with burnout. We're back to doing fun stuff. www.patreon.com/posts/were-b...

The UNDERISLES #ttrpg is currently funding on @kickstarter.com. If you’ve ever wanted to learn American or British sign language, our trilogy of games provide such a fun way to get started! Head over to learn more: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tat... #rpg #SignLanguage #Kickstarter #boardgame #ASL

A bunch of our quest card decks and guides to different biomes is now on sale! 30% off on @drivethrurpg.com for their Christmas in July legacy.drivethrurpg.com/xmas_in_july...

A bunch of our quest card decks and guides to different biomes is now on sale! 30% off on @drivethrurpg.com for their Christmas in July legacy.drivethrurpg.com/xmas_in_july...

Friendship ended with burnout. We're back to doing fun stuff. www.patreon.com/posts/were-b...

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

In advance of Underisles launching on Tuesday I would like to call out all the main creators who’ve helped us bring it to life: @artofarklin.bsky.social @luseals.bsky.social @willowsquest.co.uk @heliasanto.bsky.social @salvaterra.bsky.social @ttrpgkids.com @doubleproficiency.com Thank you!

We've launched a GoFundMe campaign so we can defend our property in the Diamond bankruptcy case. The full story is at the link but basically, Diamond is trying to take consignment inventory that they don't own and sell it to pay big creditors. TY for help and shares! www.gofundme.com/f/support-gr...

Taking a little break from the layout of a mushroom-filled campaign to finally acknowledge that I haven't really been here for what feels like a year. I think the burnout is passing, though, so expect me to again be excited about things :)

Wiggle from its grasp!!

It's happening, the first Twilight Imperium game with the kids. 1 round in, son (playing Emirates) tells everyone how they want to be an alliance with him, because he has fleets that "crush you," then gets upset when we tell him to stop threatening, or we build up our own fleets and blockage him.

You can watch all of Wayward Autumnal, in all its blood and petrichor, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo6Q...

🩸🎃 Wayward Autumnal 🍂🌻 We've following the winding path of this weird, wonderful show to Outstanding Show (Video), Outstanding Original Music (by @sirutherford.bsky.social ) and Outstanding Makeup and Costume at @rainbowrollnetwork.bsky.social Rainbow Roll Fest.

The news is out, so I can finally share: Mycologist's Primer is no longer a dream on our hard drives! It's all grown up and off to the printers 🍄 www.kickstarter.com/projects/hun...

The news is out, so I can finally share: Mycologist's Primer is no longer a dream on our hard drives! It's all grown up and off to the printers 🍄 www.kickstarter.com/projects/hun...

After months of writing, we're currently in a race to the finish with Mycologist's Primer. The end is in sight and in the calendar! Send good thoughts, I now have to write the introductions and pretend they were there from the beginning :)