my birthday jam starts in four days! perfect for the @eternaljam.bsky.social's November prompt! itch.io/jam/jellyfis...

🦝 🐙 NEW AMERICAN DEMIGODS ⚔️ 🥧 Our heroes arrive in Washington D.C. but must immediately encounters supernatural creatures and the residuals of corruption FINALLY available now everywhere you enjoy podcasts!

American Demigods is GM'd by @zoupmachine.bsky.social Starring @nuffofabby.bsky.social @madnessdiamond.bsky.social @grantorwhatever.bsky.social @kendomakesfilms.bsky.social @werewolffeels.bsky.social All character art by @eotiaxart.bsky.social

American Demigods is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, your favorite podcatcher, and inside the crack of the Liberty Bell open.spotify.com/episode/1tuL...

No, using AI generated stuff as a "placeholder" on your crowdfunding campaign is not OK either. If the visuals are THAT important to getting your project funded, then you need to pay a person up front for those key visuals and deliver a consistent end product to your backers.

German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵 • May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses • OpenAI disagrees & can appeal "The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates" — German Music Rights Society

Quick! Before all the leaves fall! Here's some audio dramas perfect for autumn.

Episode is only around 30 minutes long, but the friendships made in the wasteland will last forever. Also, 'available' is supposed to be misspelt, obviously not my dyslexic ass making a mistake.

Episode 2 of The World is Waiting, our Apocalypse World mini series is available today. Follow @thekellhop.bsky.social @improvandrpg.bsky.social @zotatopotato.bsky.social @feralmoonbeam.bsky.social & @rahrah.bsky.social as they attempt to survive long enough to reach the Unknown Land.

damn

Apocalypse World has had a bigger impact on my life than any other roleplaying game. It's just a phenomenal game, designed by phenomenal people. You should pick up a copy of the new edition!

We just spent the first ten minutes of the stream talking about Bosco Sticks if you're wondering what the energy is today

Enjoy!

Today was TTRPG-in-your-mail day apparently. Got A Fool's Errand from @planetarcanapod.bsky.social & Hellpiercers from @sandypuggames.bsky.social! I can't wait to read both of them!

This will be my thread for thoughts while reading Disabling Intelligences by @fractalecho.bsky.social this week. I'm all wrapped up in a fleece blanket, I have my highlighter and page flags, and on page 2 I'm already love their writing style. 🧵

IF YOU DONT GO YOU HATE FEEDING PEOPLE

One of my monitors (which truthfully is just a very small tv) was accidentally rest and now it's trying to put me through the initial setup but I don't have the remote for it any more. It's one of those terribly designed ones too where they didn't add any button other than the power button 😭

we are ON ONE in this week's episode of Side Story as we talk about the summer of the coin and anthology of the killer sidestory.show/16-paradise-...

For a Distinctive Black Culture, a Rerouted Parade Feels Like Erasure The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina draws hundreds to celebrate the Gullah Geechee people. But a new route has Black residents feeling as if their legacy is vanishing. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/u...

Surely this strange man who followed Damon to Korea is totally chill and has nothing bad planned for my family whatsoever

The Sayer kids are world travelers and nevermind the cryptic things our ghost brother said, we are going to have a great time

Hey, are you going to PAXU? Cool! So while you're in Philly, please consider the following:

Ft. @awillmscream.lol — Storyteller @hexxwhat.bsky.social — Eve Vey, the Searcher @kendomakesfilms.bsky.social — Damon Moon, the Professional @aleshakills.bsky.social — Whiskey Moon, the Crooked @spacevalkyries.bsky.social — Nayeli Doe, the Monstrous @youngles.bsky.social — Jae Moon, the Chosen

10 years ago 6 foster kids were pulled out of the wreckage of a house in Sayer, MA. Now they find themselves in Korea...where the final chapter begins. Join us at 8PM EST for THE SAYER HOUSE SIX, featuring Monster of the Week by @evilhat.bsky.social, as we raise money for @feedingamerica.org!

I’ve been seeing people post their PAX U guidelines of how to interact with them, which is a great and cool idea. I would tell you the guidelines of how to approach me, but I fear that knowledge is twisted and arcane. If I spoke even a single word of them your mind would tear itself in twain.

devs paid a livable wage

A lovely review of RiverBank in ttrpgfans.com! "Kij Johnson and Kobold Press have created something quietly revolutionary: a game about manners as mechanics and chaos as comedy." 19/20! #riverbankrpg

So grateful to know that so many of y'all have souls that crave a little strange. Thank you so much for listening. 🫀

This game is so dang cozy y’all. I made my first character for it and he’s just the most dapper little raven

🍂🍂Live a life of cake and teatime by the slow part of the river, where simple plans spiral into delightful chaos. RiverBank RPG is created by Hugo & Nebula Award Winner Kij Johnson and art by Kathleen Jennings. A cozy world is waiting for you! Get it here: bit.ly/497VOZs

Support this! tinyurl.com/THF-S2

Have I talked about Family Meal yet? @napel.itch.io 's rpg about running the front and back half of a restaurant? Felt real good to go back to that sort of space and not have to deal with real drama but instead pretend drama with my friends. napel.itch.io/family-meal

My traditional offer applies: if you buy me a sandwich I’ll give you access to every game I write ever it is the MegaCorp Sandwich Golden Ticket

day 9 (sort of late): nadas-newsletter-b29128.beehiiv.com/p/reflecting... my thoughts stemming from @mothmother.com 's TEPD, which i highly recommend for a fun read (it's everything that it says it is)

Let your voice be heard! We can not stand by as our politicians continuously fail at every avenue to serve the people they've been sworn to protect. Get connected with your communities, your loved ones, and get active!

While our American Demigods is in a delay, (gunning for Wednesday!) consider saving democracy in your way by contacting your senator and yelling at them about caving to Republicans/firing Schumer and Jeffries! democracy.io#!/

Talk of the Table -- Dramaturgy in Actual Play (w/ @byconniechang.bsky.social & @seaplaysrpg.bsky.social ) We dive deep on the use of dramaturgy in actual play: how it supports players, safe artistic storytelling, and long term actual play in @transplanarrpg.bsky.social pca.st/u2b4x321

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

One of the things I was most delighted by in this conversation was the way @byconniechang.bsky.social and @seaplaysrpg.bsky.social speak about AP in terms of other art forms: dancing, singing, weaving "we are choreographing, not scripting" is a framing that will particularly stick with me

hire will as an editor. they're smart & kind & know how things work & know how to present information in a way that is actually useful at a table & they'll just make ur game better. i've seen it happen in projects i've been involved in in other capacities & you can see it TOO on UR PROJECT xoxox

It's still the weekend. There is still time to slay a dragon.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Now's the time of year where my freelance work slows to a crawl and some of my Startplaying #ttrpg campaign sessions begin getting postponed or wrapping up. If you're looking for someone to run a new system for you and friends or a writer for your project this winter. Hit me up!

Tomorrow!!!!! This game is such a beautiful, weird and hilarious adventure, check out our session zero to meet the characters and hear us giggle while we make them 🎉🎉🎉

Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.

American Demigods Part 2 will be a bit delayed to forces outside of our control* Stay tuned for updates! *who are we, as mere mortals, to even deign that we may control any forces? Fate cares not for us, let alone our planes. We are created at random with no divine plan. And yet we dare to control

The entire Predator franchise is clearly cool, and we would all be fools not to take lessons for our own action games. We recently looked at how to pick apart the Alien franchise (part 1 and part 2) to steal ideas for your game. bit.ly/4opFbNp #PredatorBadlands #TalesOfTheValiant

Experience RiverBank RPG Free! Jump into the RiverBank RPG whether you've just started your RiverBank campaign, or you're curious about what those Animals get up to, you can tour the RiverBank RPG with 6 Pregen Characters and the free RiverBank Preview PDF on the Kobold Store now! bit.ly/497VOZs

I think I just figured out how I’d make a ttrpg set in the Sublime using @navaarsnp.bsky.social’s protagonist system 😵‍💫