I read through MUTANANNY last weekend at the cottage and got kinda excited about it. It is very much *not* the kind of post-apocalyptic ttrpg I'd make (or, ahem, am making), but it knows exactly what it is and I admire that. Someday I'll have to run a five-ish-session campaign in the Moistlands.

Planarian@jakeeldritch.bsky.social · 2w ago

MUTANANNY Playtest version 20! - MUTANANNY Playtest planarian.itch.io/mutananny-pl... #ttrpg

At a certain point you can no longer study your field because your field has begun studying you.

Dan Olson@foldablehuman.bsky.social · 6h ago

Actually, enough people posted things like “oh my god, the Backrooms discourse makes me want to force people to watch the Annihilation video by @foldablehuman.bsky.social “ that months ago I was like “oh, okay, I guess I know how Backrooms ends”

The house tends its own gardens. The morning room hates. In the infirmary, the girl steals what she can.

The house adjusts its position.

I want you all to promise me that if you see a monster eat your neighbour, you will tell me (or at least tell someone who may plausibly have other clues to the puzzle).

Christian Hendriks@cerhendriks.bsky.social · last wk.

"Distribute the clues among characters who don't trust each other enough to share information" is certainly one way to do a supernatural mystery but it's not by any means the only way, you know?

I'm watching THE BOROUGHS and I wonder if the Duffer Brothers know you can tell stories about people who communicate with each other.

I would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 4w ago

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

The girl, like the house, is the girl's reluctant ally.

Normally I try to separate my personal and professional presence online, but I'm going to make an exception. My team is hiring! We are small and restricted to hiring Canadians (to adhere to grant requirements, among other things), but we need a Unity pro! www.workwithindies.com/careers/the-...

The Kobold Collective is hiring a Unity Gameplay Developer

We're seeking an experienced Unity Gameplay Developer to join The Kobold Collective.

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As a second entry in the RPG Blog Carnival, this time for xaosseed, I have even more substrata gods for David Somerville's Planegea setting (through Atlas Games): advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/six-more-lit... (David: @smrvl.bsky.social; Atlas: @atlasgames.bsky.social)

More Little Gods of Planegea

Even more little stonepunk gods as one of my entries in this month's RPG Blog Carnival.

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xaosseed@xaosseed.eurosky.social · last mo.

Launch of the July #RPGBlogCarnival with the topic of Small Gods, Saints & minor divinity - write up your blogpost and join the carnival! seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2026/07/july... #RPGs #TTRPGs #RPGBlogCarnival #ttrpg #dnd #osr

I have questions.

🧝‍♀️ Roguelike Bot 🧌@roguelikebot.bsky.social · 2w ago

A gnome stalks the lands around Duy's Barrow. They say half-gnome are its meal of choice.

As acknowledgement of their feats, a kobold rebel named Urhur Brightwood is given a new title; He shall now be known as The High.

Transmission #725 from RASR-2 (UNCLASSIFIED) 1. Cringe Yard 2. Weather Monastery

(pops head up) "historical accuracy in movies" On one hand, truly accurate movies would be dreary, dull and, if you want to be literal-minded, should have tons of characters shuffling on and off with no payoff. On the other hand, people DO absorb what they see onscreen as "the" history

There's a larger conversation to be had about media literacy generally. The issue is that you get chuds like Elon Musk on the "accuracy" side and then the other side seems to feel obligated to claim accuracy is all a scam and nobody realistically thinks vikings had horns on their helmets!

This month @sea-of-stars-rpg.bsky.social is cohosting the RPG Blog Carnival and my submission presents six substrata gods for @smrvl.bsky.social's Planegea: advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/six-little-g.... cw: swarms, disease, mind control (@xaosseed.eurosky.social, I'll have a post for you soon.)

Little Gods of Planegea

Some little stonepunk gods as one of my entries in this month's RPG Blog Carnival.

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Sean Holland, Sea of Stars@sea-of-stars-rpg.bsky.social · last mo.

We have accidentally ended up co-hosting this month RPG Blog Carnival! Join us!

can’t find a night when everyone’s reliably free for it, huh

IGN@ign.com · 3w ago

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves co-director Jonathan Goldstein says the script for a sequel already exists, but he's not expecting it to see the light of day any time soon. https://bit.ly/4bIsrNA #SDCC

I was searching Bluesky to see if anyone had made this joke and it looks like someone did ... yesterday! What a coincidence.

dr. heron@crawfits.bsky.social · 3w ago

something something nominative determinism and dora the explorer. just thinking about the injustice of swiper no swiping

Publicly shaming this snake for continuing to hide under my garage door in perfect smooshing position so I gotta get out of my car and check/remove her every time I get home

Oh, as soon as this came across my feed, I knew where the photos were taken. That little scorpion, labelled "Murti," is one of my favourite artifacts. When I went to UBC, if I was having a bad day or wanted to celebrate, I'd go to the MOA to visit Murti and my other favourites.

Natalie (Tali) Vancouver era ✨@talidev3d.bsky.social · 3w ago

some certified lil guys from the Museum of Anthropology today

If you needed good conservation news today, this article on the success and ongoing expansion of aerial crossings in Brazil is really great.

Mongabay@mongabay.com · 3w ago

Eight canopy bridges installed in Brazil saw 15,000 wildlife crossings in 15 months—with zero roadkill recorded. Led by biologist Fernanda Abra, Project Reconecta's low-cost design is now the national standard to curb millions of road deaths across Brazilian highways. Suzana Camargo reports.

I saw a female redhead duck chased by grebe from this marsh 3 times this year, but I never heard or saw her land. Turns out Redhead ducks are stealth nesters! And the female does it all! I saw movement on the edge of a reed bed and after a while, they all piled out! There’s always one mom! #Birds 🪶

In TTRPGs, there's character roleplay (speak as char), character narration (talk about what dude is doing), and a third thing, narration holding lots of tiny snippets where you roleplay, say "He does it pompously *Harupharumpha*", where you're imitating your character for a sec. What's THAT called?

Transmission #9891 from NROL-129 (UNCLASSIFIED) 1. Eldritch Debt 2. Counter-Tortoise

Bonus bug studies! All seen on the trail.

Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains."

Seriously, folks: 1610, Shakespeare supposedly writes his final play. But...1611, the first manual of the Shaolin martial arts is published. Coincidence? I think not!

The size of the Boreal Forest in Canada.... it can't be raked....hot dry weather and changing winds from climate change have screwed everything up

I think the hoatzin is underappreciated. Their chicks have vestigial claws/fingers on their wings, like little dinosaurs (which as we know, they are). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoatzin

a'right starting a fun thread, post an animal you think most people haven't heard of cause man I love learning about new ones