In this video we play the preview of Horizon's Grave from the upcoming Encounters book from MCDM. youtu.be/sJyrGgN5VUI

Honestly one wild part of being a full-time freelancer that I don’t see talked about enough is that you low-key also have to become a paralegal and a CPA

Hey, that's me! Inspired by my conversation with @newmadras.bsky.social, I dig into what it means to think about solo rpgs as "open-ended" or "close-ended" and what makes solo RPGs replayable. I end by considering what these ideas could mean for traditional, group RPGs. I hope you check it out!!

Thoughts and prayers for all gamedev producers today as they plead with their teams to update their Jiras after the holidays 😔 🙏🏼

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One of the principles that @garius.bsky.social and I stand by at @theupfront.media is that our writing on air travel accessibility and disability — including this 2,500-word feature — should be free to read. Please share away, and subscribe to The Up Front to fund independent aviation journalism.

Today is the final day you can grab two months of a Rascal subscription at $1/month! Strap in for another year of tabletop journalism once the team returns tomorrow. Help us continue growing and biting even more ankles in 2026! www.rascal.news/yippee-ki-ya...

Giving myself free smarty points by commenting on every post I agree with with a nitpicking non-correction. Soon everyone will love me

I've been freelancing with MCDM for a long time, and I think Crack the Sun is so emblematic of what they're good at. Big, bold, cinematic design that pushes the system to the limit and shows you what it can do. And to see them doing so much on top of that is incredible. Make sure you get in on this!

For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines

If you are a TTRPG Actual Play creator who records in-person & would be willing to share your setup (photo/video or me observing in-person*), I’d love to hear from you as I finish the book. (Comments, DMs or [email protected]) *In-person: - Atlanta/AL/GA - Philly area - DC area - Bonn - UK

Check this out. I dig the Draw Steel system. Crunchy, but reasonable and elegant. This adventure is GONZO. Wild. Buckle-up, Buckaroos. Frighteningly ambitious. @benwritesgames.bsky.social and I are so honored to write a chapter. Back it. You won’t regret it. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

18 hours left to Draw Steel and Crack the Sun! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

In celebration of Dragon Dowsers launching this summer, you can download our award-nominated solo journaling RPG for FREE! "Rescue and rear dragons in this sci-fantasy card game inspired by Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind." Here's the @itch.io link: itch.io/s/178178/dow...

Narrascope 2026 open call: The Experience Bridging the Physical and Digital Worlds through Narrative Seeking projects in the realms of augmented/mixed reality, interactive installations, haunts, escape rooms, live performances that leverage tech, and more. narrascope.org/experience/

You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.

What’s the best part about GMing MCG games at our Cons? The free badge? Free and exclusive stuff? The camaraderie among the amazing community of GMs? Hanging out with the MCG crew and designers?? The games themselves??? Join us at 2026 conventions! www.montecookgames.c...

Not sure what this will be like, but if you nature journal or are interested in it, there is a free virtual event this week sponsored by the Aldo Leopold Foundation. I hope to attend, to see what it is about. Aldo Leopold Foundation sponsors some nice free events! events.zoom.us/ev/AlbIvAbaE...

Doom of the Dragon Grafter is a level 9-10 adventure for Draw Steel about confronting Lord Pulposa— a voiceless talker who keeps creating dragons, harvesting their DNA, and grafting it onto himself to become the ultimate draconic life form. barilleon.itch.io/dragon-grafter

Finished making my Minotaur Fury for an incoming Nomas Game! She is a Reaver with the Battlemind kit. Can't wait to play Draw Steel again! #Minotaur #DrawSteel

Captain America in an August 1990 in issue, after the last time the US violated international law to invade a Latin American nation and kidnap a head of state to stand trial on drug charges

I am so excited to share our first mutual aid panel of 2026, A Jumu’ah Conversation With Muslims In TTRPGs. This is genuinely my favorite ttrpg-related panel I have ever watched, and I hope you will consider carving a little time out of your day to engage with it.

Totally outlined a magical realism novel on the ridiculous drive that I will absolutely never write but currently completely adore.

A little piece for a zine in progress about #OVER/UNDER featuring a sermon from the Solarian Church

New update of the foundry module for hand drawn Draw Steel tokens by @maxhamm.bsky.social — December Demons! foundryvtt.com/packages/ds-...

Well Atrus, I made it to Myst island, despite your directions.

Howdy Gunslingers! I'm launching The Black Tower Hack for Zinetopia. Inspired by Stephen King's Dark Tower, and built on the Black Sword Hack. I've also released a 50 pg preview that is really all you need to play, because I'm bad at business. #ttrpg #zinetopia2026 www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

My new Wretched & Alone game Blood In The Margins is out now! You killed someone on campus with your friends. Journal about the victim, the justifications, the investigation closing in. https://loottheroom.itch.io/blood-in-the-margins

Time to dust this one off again

This only ends with The Beast’s death or yours. You do not know which you fear more. No Mercy For Monsters is a towerless Wretched & Alone hack perfect for fans of gothic romances, monstrous tragedies, and fantasy horror. #ttrpg Site: undergroundoracle.co... Dthru: www.drivethrurpg.com...

Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.

There are 770,000 Venezuelan refugees in the US. Let's be sure to protect them too. Here's a list of refugee resettlement orgs by state that you can volunteer with or donate to: rcusa.org/resources/st... Here's a map highlighting resettlement clusters:

US DoJ: “US courts have jurisdiction over foreign heads of state.” Also US DoJ: “US courts do not have jurisdiction over the US head of state.”

fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US

More background reading on "US invades another country to kidnap its corrupt leader on drug charges and do some regime change" timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...

This seems like useful background reading right now. (Gift link; I do not pay for my subscription.) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Our fourteen hour drive turned into a sixteen hour drive and there are stretches of Texas highway that don't just connect to other realms, they create them.

If you're seeing encouragement/demands to do alt text and you're overwhelmed or confused about how to do it and you're worried you're going to do it wrong... this thread is for you. First: prompt questions to get you started.

In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.

Draw Steel’s Crack the Sun’s BackerKit is almost over! Go grab your copy before it ends? Why? Because BATTLE ON THE SUN.

I ran draw steel for Zee & Crew. I think they had fun! youtu.be/Do27WhaYHkM?...

The Trump administration is shutting NASA's Goddard library down today and things will be archived in a warehouse or "thrown away." Much of this material is literally irreplaceable. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...

Due to feedback from our testers, we have decided to patch "Happy New Year" to "Acceptable New Year" to avoid disappointment and better match the realities of the market.

OPPORTUNITIES Thread Not affiliated, please check all details before applying, shares welcome! 2K Lead Narrative Designer - UK - Brighton job-boards.greenhouse.io/hangar13/job...

Oh my God I was all locked in on the Grimalkin in Dolmenwood being my favorite player option but then I saw this art of a woodgrue look at him LOOK AT HIM

to celebrate nancy drew public domain everyone should listen to the recently wrapped interstitial investigations season of riley hopkins and their amazing friends (which features nancy drew as a player character)

Happy Public Domain Day! At the start of each year, a new set of works is freed from copyright — ready to be shared, reused, and reimagined. See our highlights — Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, Langston Hughes, William Faulkner, and many more. #publicdomain

In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing. You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics. That is all.

Many of you will want to practice new skills in 2026, so why not make it sign language? With our award-winning ttrpg INSPIRISLES, you can learn ASL while exploring a mythical kingdom as a descendent of King Arthur. Available now from @ipr.bsky.social: www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Inspir...