24 HOURS LEFT on the Almost Real Kickstarter!! And, incredibly, we only have A SINGLE stretch goal left! Help us hit it, and in exchange, you'll get hundreds of pages of beautifully illustrated speculative biology! www.kickstarter.com/projects/alm...

Almost Real: A Speculative Biology Zine • Vol 6 & Book 1

The spec bio anthology series is BACK with its sixth volume all about POP CULTURE, and a REMASTERED HARDBACK COLLECTION of Volumes 1–5!

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Rascal News@rascal.news · 3d ago

State of the Rascal: August 2026 www.rascal.news/state-of-the...

#GenCon haul. Except the cat. I did not buy Grimmy there; he was just very interested in all the new smells.

Last day of Gen Con. I am le tired.

I am *kicking* myself. If you just saw the do owl bears lay eggs? panel, I said something inaccurate. My long covid-addled brain skipped a few steps down my train of thought with the monotreme question. Hoping to catch as many of you as possible with the correction.

There is something surreal about watching 400+ people play a game I wrote - a feeling I hope never gets old. Much love to the developers, editors, and artists who made this great <3

I've got a couple #minotaur character art pieces in here. :) One's an aurochs, the other's a kuri.

AyeSpydie | Graung’s Guide@ayespydie.bsky.social · last wk.

The dragon inhales deeply and exhales... a bundle of titles?! The #Gencon 2026 Pathfinder and Starfinder Infinite Bundle is here! Check out more than 20 awesome #pf2e and #sf2e titles for just $20!

queer-wizard.itch.io/the-haunting... I did it! You can check out my Appendix N 2026 submission here! It's completely free to download and read. It's a depth crawl set in the ruins of the last city on Earth...

The Haunting Gloom in Aztlán by Queer Wizard

A Depth Crawl amidst the Ruins of the Last City on Earth...

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Ripley 🏳️‍⚧️@queerwizard.co.uk · last wk.

I will get my Appendix N jam submission in on time if it kills me haha

OH SHIT I FORGOT THE MAIN FORMER ICE LEADER GUY IS DOING A RALLY SOMEWHAT NEARBY TO GENCON. PLEASE BE EXTRA FUCKING CAREFUL GOING OUT FOR FOOD AND SHIT. #GenCon

*Exactly*. Edge case exceptions for rare carbonatite volcanoes (like Ol Doinyo Lengai; same class of minerals as limestone), and mountains made of carbonates (like Guilin's famous tower karst and the marble mountains of Carrara).

PJ Coffey - They/Them @homebrewandhacking@mastodon.ie@homebrewandhacking.bsky.social · last wk.

Dwarves that live in mountains would have soft water. That's why Scottish water is soft. Granite for days! Dwarves that lived in karsts would have hard water. Hard water is dissolved limestone*. Here's a book about an underground civilisation in Suffolk. www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

I wanna workout and start processing the curly dock seeds I foraged yesterday, but this little thing has my arm

Man, thankfully no one is playing or making stuff for this bad game run a billion dollar company that's putting AI into everything! www.geeknative.com/225567/hasbr...

Hasbro CEO claims AI integration is a "clear success" as Wizards of the Coast profits soar

Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks reveals that AI integration has saved the company over a million work hours, even as Wizards of the Coast reports record-breaking 2025 profits.

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Publishers, if you work with Lightning Source or are distributed through Ingram, take note that Ingram is offering an opt-out if you don't want your books sold to AI companies buying them to scan for AI training. ⬇️

If you attended my seminar on GMing and Writing Animals at Origins this year this is the speculative biology zine I mentioned in answer to an audience question.

🌿🔮😈FORTUNA MEDIA 😈🔮🌿@fortunamedia.bsky.social · 2w ago

AND THAT'S GOAL! With almost two weeks left on the funding clock, Almost Real's Book 1 & Vol 6 has hit its base funding of $40,000!! 😭We'll have updates coming along with our due backer-exclusive preview AND the debut of our stretch goal ladder, so keep your eyes peeled, and thank you all SO MUCH!

Hi everyone - we have a new statement about an agreement with Paizo for moving forward. You can read it here: archivesofnethys.com/movingforwar...

Thank you for sharing your feedback and support to us and the Archives of Nethys team! We've worked with them to develop a plan that values the site as a resource, supports our community, and is sustainable for everyone going forward. Read today's statement from both teams: https://bit.ly/4fk7lY9

Prepare for the new Pathfinder Society and Starfinder Society metaplots with new Player's Guides, NOW AVAILABLE! Read Alex's blog for a little more info and get the guides today! Read the blog: https://bit.ly/4pC7uKb

Less than two weeks 'til #GenCon (eep)! If you're looking for events to add, I have space left in everything except Forests and Taily-po. Expect the basing classes to only take about 2 hours (the last hour is breathing room for you and cleanup time for me). www.gencon.com/event-catalo...

Our very own Jason Keeley has granted us all with the greatest gift; a JIMOTHY companion! This was just for a bit of fun, but now you can take Jimothy with you on your adventures in Pathfinder AND Starfinder! Scoop that little guy up! Get the fun rules: https://bit.ly/4fH7ViN

Things aren't good y'all - early this week my infected hand started going south. Today I saw my doctor and he said its septic. Now I'm in the hospital for round 2 of IV antibiotics, testing, and surgery. So, if you can help keep the beacons lit, I'd appreciate it. www.gofundme.com/f/help-ivis-...

Donate to Help Ivis & Auryn Recover and Rebuild, organized by Ivis Flanagan

Writing this is one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done, because asking fo… Ivis Flanagan needs your support for Help Ivis & Auryn Recover and Rebuild

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Hi everyone - as promised, we have posted a summary of our earlier video in text, covering the questions we went over along with a few others that were not covered for the sake of brevity. www.patreon.com/nethys/posts...

Partnership Dissolution FAQ - Summary | Rose-Winds LLC

Hi everyone, We promised a summary of the video content, so we've condensed the points made in the video into this FAQ. Along with the point

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One week in, now, to my brain stubbornly refusing to do anything productive. 😩 I was having such a nice run before that!

Yesterday, Archives of Nethys announced the end of our commercial licensing agreement. We have heard the outpouring of community feedback and want to reassure everyone that they will continue to operate under the Community Use Policy. More details in the blog: buff.ly/8iWTArh

HEADS UP, GEN CON ATTENDEES! The Saturday of Gen Con, disgraced former Border Patrol Cmdr Greg Bovino is holding a rally 30 minutes from downtown Indianapolis. There may be some charged-up racists in the area before and after. Plan accordingly and exercise caution.

Once again, the Middle Ages were gaudy as fuck. People loved color. And the easiest colors for them to get were bright as fuck, bold, primary yellow (saffron or turmeric), orange (peat) red (madder), blue (woad), and green (lichen). Black was EXPENSIVE and typically reserved for clergy.

Dyes, and fabrics in general, are a frequently overlooked aspect of fantasy worldbuilding. Blues being created from things other than ground up gemstone: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapis_l... It taking up to the Victorians and Perkins to get a reliable purple dye: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauveine 1/

Lapis lazuli - Wikipedia

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Darryl Mott@gamerstavernshow.com · 3w ago

But I don't know why Will Scarlet was surprised he got added to the mass execution when he got caught. His hood is purple. And like I said, you are NOT allowed to wear purple unless you are ROYALTY in England at this time on penalty of death. So he should've seen this coming no matter what.

Unfortunately, we have bad news to share. Paizo has decided to end our partnership, effective July 24th. We have prepared a statement with some details about AoN going forward. We hope to continue to support the community and wish no ill will towards Paizo. www.archivesofnethys.com/agreement.html

I would die (long-term), and so would a lot of other sick people (immediate). My sis is a flight nurse, a high-stress job with crazy hours. I have CFS, so I can't handle regular high stress, and have major limits on the hours I can work.

Bethany Albertson@albertsonb2.bsky.social · 3w ago

Thought experiment- if you were suddenly appointed to do your sibling’s job, how badly would you suck at it?

okay I am home after spending a week with my parents helping my dad recover from open-heart surgery (he's improving, and everything is good!) So I wanna talk a quick bit about Sprigs & Kindling and our ennie nominations. :)

Man, if y’all think this is wild, I have a distributor bankruptcy case that y’all should cover 👀 (I’m just saying if LegalEagle covered the bullshit Diamond/JP Morgan’s been trying to pull, I would be STOKED)

LegalEagle@legaleagle.tv · 2mo ago

OK FINE we covered the Bricks & Minifig saga! Watch on Nebula and YouTube.