Calling all #TTRPG creators! We've got mid-roll ad slots up for grabs 🎧 If you've got a podcast, video, stream or product the world has to see, shoot us a DM or email [email protected]. No charge, but advertising us in kind is appreciated! Let us shout from the rooftops with you 📣

made a miro for these projects today 🥹 gods i love an excuse to make a miro

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community. Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

Out now on @dropout.tv: An all-new Adventuring Academy with guest Luis Carazo! Join @luiscarazo.bsky.social and Brennan as they talk session zero, the Rule of Cool and Luis' TTRPG origins! ✨ #AdventuringAcademy

The most recent Adventuring Academy episode with @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social and @luiscarazo.bsky.social is absolutely stunning. The care they take with how they discuss the intimacy of roleplay, and the intricacies of that process… fuck, so good.

Now that we know happiness is a warm gun and sympathy is a knife, it's pretty clear that we need to reinvest in basic research to identify which other feelings are also weapons

I am reading MICROSCOPE and fucking hell is this a cool way to do collaborative worldbuilding. #ttrpg

I would absolutely pay a subscription fee to prevent this place from becoming motivated by ad-chasing. That’s the great ruiner of the internet. Y’all, just let me pay for a product.

With my aggressive muting strategy, my version of this feed would be: ------------------ [adult content] ------------------ Ahhhh, nice.

If you make experimental or unusual games, the Out of Index festival in Seoul is still accepting submissions through the 17th! www.outofindex.org

It's October 1st, and the Hundred One Page Game Jam has opened! I knew I wasn't supposed to start til today, and that once I read the games, I'd be itching to dive in. So, while I rolled the games I'm planning to use *days* ago, I have banned myself from opening any of them til this morning.

Posted my first subscriber-only post at Into the Portal today. For now, that’s the equivalent of shouting into the abyss… but I’m trying to lay a foundation. We’ll see if it works.

Chaosium and Studio Agate confirmed that their latest update to the 7th Sea TTRPG will be the “third edition” but the game is not a reboot. www.patreon.com/posts/139552... @chaosium.bsky.social

New additions to the professional development bookshelf! Someday I will take a break devoted to reading through some of the *excellent* texts I’ve gathered, but for now, it’s just nice to have them at hand.

This is a huge one for me. Not only is it useful to move past a problematic spot, having to write the goal of the section forces me to boil down what it NEEDS to accomplish, clarifying my goals when I return to write it.

(PAID) - We need a dialogue editor who is fluent in Japanese. Limited series, 8 episodes.

there are five prompts left in the #randompromptsjam hosted by me and @farhorizonscoop.bsky.social! i mean we can start doubling up if we get more entrants than that, but if you want to join, now is a great time! there's still basically four weeks to write your #ttrpg thing and submit it!

I’ve found this to work after waking up reallly early, too, and things are so quiet and the brain hasn’t really booted up yet, it can be really nice

my favourite romantic dynamic is revealing itself to be “i can fix him….. actually, being a monster seems pretty awesome, maybe he can make me worse”

hey hey! i'm doing a sale of my packs of moody, atmospheric, amateur photos of Maine, "A Place Without Bodies", on sale for 2/3rds off! for just $20, you get over *600* photos, great for projects of all kinds, *with* license for commercial use! lasts till 9/30, midnight! ko-fi.com/s/bc50ecb11f

Spending a little time back in Toronto sometime soon, and am excited to see my friends, eat good eats… and maybe bully some buddies into playtesting my games with me 😈

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

From the creator of CRIT Award nominated Abbadon comes something completely different: bright, hopeful JRPG adventure. Skies Above is live! www.kickstarter.com/... #SkiesAbove

Genre filmmakers—this one’s for you. Transgender Film Center and Duplass Brothers Productions are proud to announce the Found Footage Feature Fund. Thank you, @markduplass.bsky.social. ❤️ Applications will open on Oct. 23. Submissions close on Nov. 7 and a grantee will be selected in December.

Got a really lovely comment tonight, out of the blue, on a little-read fanfic I wrote *ten years ago*. 🥲

I just imagined playing a TTRPG or board game where the play map was made up of streets of these lil buildings and almost passed out from how cute it was.

A *very* aggressive list of muted words and hashtags, largely centered around current events and US politics.

Polyarc is looking for a Principal Animator www.polyarcgames.com/jobs/princip...

Maybe I’m a nerd, but this looks really, really fun.

After many months away from the project working on others, I finally sat down and finished a diagram of the play structure for DEVIL'S HOLLOW. Every time I revisit this game, I'm reminded of how *fun* I think it can be, and get excited again to get it into shape to playtest.

Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!

The general submissions portal is now open for all writers. We are looking for speculative fiction stories, 5000 words or under, and our preference is for something that is, more or less, fun.

This looks really fucking fun.

I'm looking for a 3D modeler who has worked with Unreal and has immediate availability, with an emphasis on environments and items. This is a paid, short term remote contract for specific assets/material. Please pass along your hourly rate and a link to an easily viewable portfolio! #gamedev

it’s fucking gorgeous @keezyyoung.bsky.social

Evil Hat is publishing a new series of books digging into the history of D&D and TTRPG design in physical form. Perfect for niche fans or hardcore history nerds.

The other day I messaged a gentleman on a gay hookup app out of the blue to recommend PALLAS. I hope he tries it.

There's one week left to apply for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant ⏰‼️ If you're thinking of applying, make sure you get your applications in before next Sunday in order to be considered. Grant: $15,000 USD Deadline: Sept 28th Link: grants.draknek.org

I wrote this game in response to recent censorship efforts as a way to push back against the idea that sexual art is shameful or inferior. And She Will Love You is a one-page solo RPG about societal shame and the eldritch love of an ancient goddess. Do be sure to read the list of content warnings.

One of my favourite musicians, Greyson Chance, is re-recording tracks from the album he recorded after he went viral at 14, and it is kinda fascinating to listen to the old version alongside the new.

Saw a photo of myself before I could grow out the beard today and folks, let me tell you, if horror movies could bottle that jumpscare they'd rake it the fuck in.

today i just got to sit on my back deck working on ttrpg stuff with a coffee while a cat napped a few feet away, so the world might be a little good actually

A basic rundown of the core slate, for the Bluesky peeps: - Two Artificer subclasses for D&D 5e '14: the SOCIAL ENGINEER & the TRAPSMITH - Three short TTRPGs: manipulation game THE BOX, creative co-op STORYBUILDERS, & supernatural reality show ETERNAL - Full TTRPGs DEVIL'S HOLLOW & JUNKER'S PEACE

If you happen to be canceling streaming services for whatever reason, maybe throw a few bucks to a creative's Patreon or Ko-fi. Many have monthly tiers starting as low as $1, which may not sound like much, but if they get enough sign-ups, it could be life-changing money for those living on the edge.

A reminder that we run a LOT of freelance, and pay $300-$500ish (depending on work/size). We'll take pitches from anyone! BUT: please please PLEASE think about what you're pitching. It needs to be the kind of story we would want to run.

If you're curious about the TTRPG projects I'm cooking, I've posted a breakdown of the Portalier Press core slate over at INTO THE PORTAL! Featuring basic details about Junker's Peace, Devil's Hollow, etc. An expanded subs-only version, discussing delicate early-stage projects, coming soon. #ttrpg

New arrivals 😁

If you're curious about the TTRPG projects I'm cooking, I've posted a breakdown of the Portalier Press core slate over at INTO THE PORTAL! Featuring basic details about Junker's Peace, Devil's Hollow, etc. An expanded subs-only version, discussing delicate early-stage projects, coming soon. #ttrpg

Liz Zhang is hiring a Writer to help on an upcoming music rhythm game with a classical twist. 📍 Contract, Remote (ET ± 4 hrs) 🎵 Write fun intros for classical tracks 🎮 Passion for classical music & games a must Work with @ms-liz-zhang.bsky.social and apply: