Have you read this yet? It’s a really good article by @newmadras.bsky.social talking about running the Mothership module Gradient Descent using a fairly different game, Psi*Run, and wrestling with potentially trite tropes around AI and humanity.

this quality of this bundle is UNREAL it's made up entirely of *must own* titles and it's for a great cause donate and download 👇

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

Somewhere out there in some other universe, there's a version of me that's not experiencing stress 99% of the time and I'm so happy for them

Double request for an article. I'm looking for: - Researchers or experts in digital economies that are dependent on "whales", or where they play a significant role. - Crowdfunding campaign runners who attracted whales, intentionally or otherwise. DM or email ([email protected]). Shares appreciated!

This is my big essay for the month! I played an amazing OSR module with a fascinating storygame system. It gave me thoughts. Not just about games about living in our current machine moment.

It's time; Gamefound’s 2026 RPG Party submissions are live!! Stoked to share we’re partnering with Free League, Modiphius, Darrington Press & Magpie Games to help support emering RPG creators. Check out todays post for the submission form and more details: gamefound.com/en/blog/post...

Shoutout to my friend Wade who pointed out that with the overwhelming global popularity of One Piece, Alan Moore’s prediction in Watchmen of pirate comics overtaking superhero comics has come true

Band-Aids & Bullet Holes is live on Kickstarter! Tell your own bloody, John Wick-inspired revenge story in about as much time as it takes to watch one. It's a deckbuilder RPG named after a Taylor Swift lyric. Check it out now!

One thing I think that people should internalize to have better conversations with people they don't know online: Disagreement isn't that interesting. There is always some jerk who takes something like this and bad faith morphs it into "don't disagree!" But...bugger off. Here is what I mean...

There's something here about who has money and who doesn't in the American economy today...

So we’re a few days from the end of our subscription drive at @weareravenous.com, and I’m so amazed by the response we’ve gotten. But we’re still a bit far from hitting our goal, so I wanted to talk a bit about why that’s the goal and what we want to do with it 1/

This week, the Supreme Court finally killed off the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I've spent the past decade studying the VRA and the attacks on it, so I thought I would offer some historical perspective, and where I think we're headed. This will be a long thread; buckle up.

I launched an indie webcomic hosting platform several months ago that offered a free and a $4/mo paid plan. This was purely to cover the cost of the infrastructure. But in seeing it grow, I'm no longer worried about the cost. So yeah Webcomic Studio is now free. webcomic.studio

I think the list of my top 15 shows and the list of all shows I've ever watched would be roughly the same.

Planning to launch on Itch next week if all goes well with setup. Still time to submit games until then. DM me if you’re interested.

Yes, I'm doing the thing I said I might do! Saturday June 20th Near St Pancras, London Tickets are £1+ The vibe is 'post-it notes & packed lunches in a village hall'. ti.to/tabletop-unc... If you make tabletop games, come along to meet folks, swap ideas, and lament shipping costs together.

Continue to enjoy @ckunzelman.bsky.social's annual stabs at understanding Adepticon via thoughtful, ethnographic articles. "It's going to be extremely long (but I think people will enjoy reading it)," he said when pitching me. He's right on both counts. It's a banger.

@temporalhiccup.bsky.social is one of the most talented game designers I've ever seen and they've been suffering with a multitude of health issues, including a recent hospitalization with an astronomical bill. Please support them if you can.

Your voice really matters right now. If you would like show your support, join us in requesting that Wizards and Hasbro voluntarily recognize our union by signing our petition at cwa.org/uwotcletter

RE: this question—the way I've sort of come around to thinking about it that it's best to be honest about the state of things while still not foreclosing on the future, b/c the rate of change is high and it's hubristic to think people will not outmode your current conception of the job in good ways.

maybe its forming actual publishers, maybe its just sharing an admin office, but its insane that we're all paying for lawyers and accountants separately. anyway, this is all a learning experience! and a chance to check out good websites/podcasts like @rascal.news, @rogue.site and Never Post!

We're launching a bundled subscription with three other independent outlets, @neverpo.st, @aftermath.site, and @rogue.site, to give you 50% off access to all four websites for 30 days. The Independent Media Collective Bundle is now live: trustfnd.com/collaboratio...

We are the LARGEST union in trade publishing history, and we want better for our workers in order to make a sea change for creatives everywhere. Let's take a stand together against the existential threats to the arts, whether stagnating wages, the AI slop machine, and destructive layoffs.

Hello World, we’d like to introduce ourselves. We the workers of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team have come together to unionize as United Wizards of the Coast - CWA! 🧵 unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/announcing-united-wizards-coast-cwa

not sure if I shared that this paper we wrote came out but looking at it again, it's sort of cool that we could cite so many podcasts and blogs from folks like @phophos.bsky.social @thirdfloorwars.bsky.social and @aavoigt.bsky.social in an academic setting

I love this essay very much!!!!

A big thanks to all the people who were kind enough to talk to me about meetings they had 25 years ago.

I do not really have much of an opinion on Hasan Piker, political streamers are not generally something I watch, but trying bring up some moral panic about "The Left" using him whilst there are actual fascists in power tells you everything you need to know about the people saying it.

#OC The Witch and the Werewolf in a cursed forest

For #DemonMonth I've been cooking on a city-crawl a la Fever-Dreaming Marlinko; in this case, the thrice-fallen fortresses of Tripura now located in the underworld. Mayasura, the Architect of Earthly Illusions, has rebuilt his grand works - and worse yet; he has found love. That never ends well.

A big thanks to all the people who were kind enough to talk to me about meetings they had 25 years ago.

🎉Wishing the happiest of birthdays to David A. Trampier (better known as "Tramp") who was born on this day back in 1954!🧵

The German illustrator, Heinrich Kley, had a birthday yesterday! I first discovered his loose, yet frenetic, drawings in a 2-volume collection back when I was in art school. Left: "Nightmare" from the AD&D Planescape Monstrous Compendium, 1994. Right: Kley's cover the arts magazine, Jugend, 1910.

Here's my original character Waffles the Wizard. He was hired by the king to maintain the ley lines that used to work great.

Recruiting TTRPG creators for this bundle to support typhoon relief for Saipan, the blue dot in that image where I live. Funds will go to Micronesia Climate Change Alliance. DM me if you’re interested in joining.

Is social media dying? How much did Twitter change as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation? Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has changed Here are the key take-aways 🧵 Full paper out now in in JQD:DM!

Just pitched a group on what to play next: - one game that I'm not sure anyone outside the designer's circle has played and never got out of beta afaik, - one game that people seemed to be excited about before the crowdfunder but not heard anything a sound since the release, and - Daggerheart

Incredibly proud of the team behind GODKILLER: Qismat who made the show what it is. <3 We got nominated in 6 categories at the Baltimore Next Media Webfest 2026! @lesbyearning.bsky.social @latinerd.bsky.social @tgimenezrgm.itch.io @spectercrums.bsky.social @miesterhypester.bsky.social 🧵

I'm looking for some extra work and would be very interested in any part-time or contract gigs that could make use of my writing, editing, and project management experience. Creative work, research and reporting, consulting; I am happy to do it all. Email: chasewritesthing [at] gmail DMs open here!

It's a good one if I say so myself!

I have GONE WILD on the 1926 Irish census and have made some fun discoveries: Trinidadian medical students, a Baháʼí couple in Donegal, the Irish widow of an emigré Cossack, and Egyptian sailors in Cork city - among many others.

This GoFundMe is ssooooooo close to getting its goal. Only around $4.1K left If you can’t donate, share It’d be real neat to help them get to their goal after all this time! Away my (30) followers!!!

Some BLOOMING AWESOME stuff in this issue of @wyrdscience.bsky.social 🏵️ so much to get absorbed in. This is the first Wyrd Science I am not in and it's an absolute banger. Hmmm! ;) shop.wyrd.science/products/wyr...

Listen, I wrote a game which I'm pretty proud of. Yes, it IS another teens-fighting-monsters RPG but the title's pretty good, yeah? Anyway, it come out via @plusoneexp.bsky.social 's Zine Club soon. IF YOU HAVE SPACE TO TALK ABOUT IT PLEASE HAVE ME ON. I can run games for you too! 😗

I am floored to say that The Time We Have has been nominated for 5 categories in the indie groundbreakers! Best Graphic Design Best Art Best Rules Most Innovative Game of the Year Check out all the nominees! Honored to be among so many sick games

Hi #portfolioday I'm an illustrator maily working in games and narrative art, shedule currently clear so give me a bell if you want some weird monsters or obsessively detailed greenery! portfolio: toadlett.com contact: email is in my profile, please don't dm I can't see it cos I'm UK based.

Fourth in-person session of Apocalypse World Warriors of the World Ablaze just happened and I'm starting to think that this face-to-face idea might have legs.