It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

please visit @thenatalieash.bsky.social and wish her happy birthday, and if you are feeling like celebrating the continued existence of this talented writer, graphic designer, layout artist, and more - BUY her most recent game; its SO good! byemberandash.itch.io/light-for-tr...

I've loved everything for Trophy by Ember and Ash so far; can't wait to dig into this.

The Gauntlet Pitch Day is tomorrow! I’m looking for help writing The Lands Remaining. Details at the link below! www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html

Final Stretch Goal revealed! 14 days to go! Wanna be part of it? www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

This sale is only going on for 14 more hours! Grab your copies before it ends!

minneapolis area

URGENT APPEAL: With a local shelter at capacity, dozens of rescued cats face being euthanized unless foster homes are found for them by 2 p.m. Friday. More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/urgent-appeal-cats-rescued-from-hoarder-will-be-euthanized-unless-fosters-found

The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service

Please keep supporting indie ttrpgs. It’s more important now than ever! Play something new, gift them to friends and family, share your favourites on socials, rate and review on @itch.io. Thank you!

The Gauntlet Pitch Day is December 6th! I’m taking pitches for scenarios and other game elements for The Lands Remaining. Details at the link below! www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html

If you wanted to run say, four different games that weren't Dungeons & Dragons in hopes of showing people the breadth of the TTRPG hobby, what games would you run for them? Assume that they are sort of familiar with 5E.

Man. The Zephyr Expansion is going to look even better than the corebook <3

Still Wakes The Deep, the game that was the subject of my last video, is currently on sale for 75% off right now, and it's a damn good deal at that price. I had a lot of glowing things to say about it.

Oh my! It took us a couple of days to watch the whole thing, but the Defunctland video about Living Characters is... it's so beautiful. It is a sublime and savage work of documentary art. youtu.be/NyIgV84fudM?...

Introduce Yourself in Five #TTRPG Classes * Age of Sigmar: Soulbound - Khainite Shadowstalker * The Between - The Undeniable * Monsterhearts - The Ice Queen (by Bruno Naranjo) * Fabula Ultima - The Entropist * Blades In The Dark - The Whisper

i may be the only one who loves my art that i make for me - but it makes me no less passionate to make it.

If you're a fan of Trophy Dark/Trophy Gold, just a quick heads up that a bunch of Trophy writers are compiling new incursions for a Kickstarter for next year. I'll no doubt talk about it more as the date approaches, but if you wanna set a reminder for yourself: ruinanthology.com

It is also, I will add, my birthday tomorrow, so a bunch of sales and 5-star ratings would be a nice thing 🥺

I've mentioned, a couple of times, that I was writing a Trophy Dark incursion called Light. Well, now it's out there, ready for you to wander through a terrible magical desert while trying to save a sorcerer who can make your dreams come true. byemberandash.itch.io/light-for-tr...

If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.

Sci-fi is my thing. It's in my blood. It's my favourite genre of fiction by an order of magnitude. But it has some murky, not so great origins that haven't gone away. #TTRPG #WiP pocgamer.com/archives/3473

Trans people don’t owe you femininity or masculinity. Non-binary people don’t owe you androgynity.

📣 Iron Rising has begun! Episodes 1 and 2 are now live. Dive into Hyperion City, the Law of Seven, and the start of Selene and Dorian Kelvarus’ story. Listen here: starforged-iron-rising.bearblog.dev/listen/ #ironsworn #starforged #actualplay #podcast

What in the actual all-singing all-dancing on-the-nose SUBTEXT IS DEAD fuck is this?

it sucks that despite everything this will still probably make scott cawthon a billion dollars which he will probably use to single handedly fund the overturning of gay marriage in america

its done you can praise me now - Blue Wolf from #infinitythegame

2025 marks our 20th year in business! In that time we've made a ton of games -- this isn't all of them by a long shot! We're deeply grateful to all the fans who've supported us. To celebrate, save 20% off every single thing in our webstore, now through December 12th. evilhat.com/roleplaying-...

*not shopping at Target intensifies*

Well, The Mouth Of Winter is #2 in Books on @itch.io right now, so I'm pretty happy with that. Feel free to get it to #1, though. loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025 💙📚

Going to put myself out there, in 2026 I would love to be a player more. I would love to join a long term AP as a player. I put a lot of work into my characters and would love more chances to show it off!

After a pause, we are once again accepting pitches for games. If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here: evilhat.com/game-submiss...

The Gauntlet Pitch Day is December 6th! We’re taking pitches for The Lands Remaining: The Great Forest. There’s still plenty of time to read the materials, think of a good pitch, and get involved in our new game on the ground floor! www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html

Starting tomorrow I am going to be releasing my most ambitious, longest, most earnest shitpost TTRPG yet. Every day in December I will be sharing one prompt from the Wild Magic Advanced 2e table - which will then be available in its entirety for free download on my itchio January 1.

Just read the Inukai Anzo series “The Princess Of Our Class Is My Puppy” And it completely delivered on the premise inherent in the title.

A heartwarming story about Buffy’s Anthony Stewart Head going out of his way for a young trans fan (now poet @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social) www.thepinknews.com/2019/12/20/a... www.instagram.com/p/CY9upf5up6...

LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?

Left: FDR campaign speech, October 1936 Right: 1936 electoral map

Juuuuust in case you were feeling too relaxed about capitalism today, go watch this FANTASTIC deep dive into clothing history and what the closing of JoAnns means: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VJx...

Hey pals, @paulbourne.bsky.social is one of my fave ttRPG artists and he just joined us on Bsky! A lot of you have shared his pieces from Cold City, Hot War and a|state, so why not follow direct and make him feel welcome 🙌 Also, add him to you ttrpg and artist starter packs if you maintain them!

We are a growing small business that started out of a spare closet. Your support has powered this journey and given us the opportunity to bring our shop to a physical space this winter. Thank you for supporting small businesses! 🙏

"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.

Worth the full read so I hope you can fire up your Rascal subscription to read it all. (Bias disclosure: I’m quoted somewhat heavily later on in the article, and have also dropped a couple comments at the end clarifying some stuff both in the article and subsequent comments.)

Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.

I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic. It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.

Epic Games sent a DMCA notice to my online stores for my geology-themed design involving a crossed pickaxe and rock hammer that said "PICKS...or it didn't happen" because they asserted that Epic owned all rights to artwork/mention of pickaxes, right before an SVP annual conference. Eric cost me $$$

Time to invoice the telegraph for using my illustration, I guess

1. Operation AJAX in Iran (we stole their oil) 2. The acquisition of Hawaii (the US Marines were used to overthrow their queen to steal their sugar cane crop) 3. The 30 year US occupation of Haiti (to steal their sugar & sisal AND control their banking system) 4. TWO COUPS in Nicaragua and Guatemala

Been thinking this morning about how if you're a US freelancer and you haven't increased your rates by about 6% since June 2025, you're taking a pay cut. Which also means: if you're a publisher and haven't increased what you're paying by 6%, you've given your staff/freelancers a pay cut.