if you are a transfemme perverted ttrpg designer you have to survive
Ella Watts is recording PHANTOM PULSE (in LA)!
@gejwatts.bsky.social
"Queen of Audio Fiction"- The Guardian 📻 Creator of @camlannpod.bsky.social 🔥 Doctor Who: Redacted, Marvel Move, Zombies, Run! 🌟 Director, Producer, Writer, Queer 🏳️🌈 She/Her ❗No access to DMs ❗Profile by @rosenkranz.bsky.social
COVER REVEAL! My next novel, The Animals We Became, retells the medieval Welsh tale 'Math fab Mathonwy'. It's a book about gender, trauma, and compulsory heterosexuality expressed through non-consensual animal transformations and some deeply unreliable narration... finnlongman.com/books/the-an...
Hey folks! We're doing another live show! That's right - on Sunday 6th September in London @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social we'll be joining our friends @wefixspacejunk.bsky.social @woodenovercoats.bsky.social and @longcatmedia.bsky.social for another day of audio drama! (Ticket link below)
You can get tickets to our live show @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social in London on 6th September here! Heads up, we sold out last year, so get 'em while they're hot!
Camlann: An Audio Drama • Podcast • Kings Place
A live performance of Camlann’s pilot episode, plus a sneak preview of Tin Can Audio’s new series, ‘The Bird Roads’, and a very special live announcement.
kingsplace.co.uk
Is anyone else on Roost? I’m thoroughly obsessed (thank you @gejwatts.bsky.social for messaging me about it)! You get to collect messenger birds, snails, bats, and tortoises and send them in real-time with virtual mail around the world to your friends or PenPals! 🦅🤩
Today is my birthday (turning 30), which is the only time each year when I ask you for a repost should you like my art. Have a good day! 🦦🌿✨️ - Simon
ATLA: has a massive fandom of POC for whom the series' representation of characters with broad noses and non-white facial features was really important also ATLA, For Some Reason: "lets give every adult member of the gaang aquiline noses and remove those facial features"
I have two SCM posts on free fonts! Font resources: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/font-resou... 5 of my favorites: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/five-free-...
Font resources for game designers
Typefaces, fonts, licenses, and five resources
skeletoncodemachine.com
I'm gonna be at Thought Bubble for the 20th anniversary!
Thought Bubble Festival@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · last wk.It's a big one! 😍 😍 Thought Bubble's 20th Edition is shaping up to be pretty special. And we cannot WAIT to see all these guests AND all of you. See the guests announced so far: thoughtbubblefestival.com/guests And get your tickets booked: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
JUST ANOTHER SUMMER, a queer trans YA romcom original graphic novel, releases NEXT WEEK on AUG 4! It's about learning that we've all got misconceptions about what other people are like, and that we're all more alike than we think. It's funny, it's sweet, it's charming, it's very gay! 🎭🌴🚜🐄🍨🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈❤️
🕙🕥🕚Today is the FINAL DAY for this charity bundle supporting designer Rae Nedjadi after a serious illness and extended hospital stay. Get over $285 worth of games for just $25! A terrific collection of TTRPGs, and 98% of each purchase goes directly to Rae. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
I will say American cream cheese is just objectively better
Incredible collection of games, great person to support
Evil Hat@evilhat.bsky.social · 7d agoJust 🔸2 days🔸 left to snag this TTRPG bundle and help designer Rae Nedjadi pay down the expenses incurred by a long hospital stay. Over $285 worth of games for just 25 bucks, and 98% of your donation goes directly to Rae. Act now, the bundle vanishes on Aug 1st! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
This was an interesting piece to write, reflecting on how stories changes over time, how they both shape and are shaped by ideas of national identity, and how that feeds into my own current work. I've been following the HGN blog posts for a while now - it was lovely being invited to contribute!
Historical Games Network@historygamesnet.bsky.social · 6d agoNew post! ✍️ The first for our "Nations" theme, Stevan Anastasoff writes about the ongoing development of Tales of the Mabinogion (@mabinogiongame.bsky.social), translating Welsh history, stories and language into game design through layers of interpretation 🏴 www.historicalgames.net/making-tales...
Very proud to have a story included in this amazing anthology, which is out NOW! 16 stories of wildly varying dystopias by disabled authors + 1 essay and 16 darkly hilarious posters by the amazing @ellatholmes.bsky.social, who edited and illustrated the collection. www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/...
Things I have learned thus far on my most recent trip to the US: - Trader Joes is the most concentrated American experience you can have in less than 20 minutes - Do not underestimate the power of Goodwill
Once More Into the Void is a game about family and healing. The designer of Once More Into the Void, Rae Nedjadi, is in the midst of recoving from a medical crisis and needs our collective support. All proceeds for sales of OMITV till Dec 31 go to him. www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Once-M...
Gently losing my mind about getting to record a show that would easily be one of my favourite podcasts even if I wasn't working it 🤩 #PhantomPulse
It's been a week of crowdfunded RPGs, it seems! Feels like a wild timeline to see a polished version of Shadowrun Anarchy out in the world (IYKYK); and it's dope to have @gejwatts.bsky.social 's The Deepest Dark in my hands. And the SOUNDTRACK ON CASSETTE!
Ach, you know what? Why not. Here’s Alan Bennett’s closing monologue from ‘On the Margin’, missing for nearly 60 years, and found on a Sony CV2000 tape in the Galton and Simpson archive You, dear viewer, are one of the few people ever to have seen this. Enjoy! discover.york.ac.uk/collections/...
tabling at lavendercon for three more hours. pretty sweet to be surrounded by so many folks excited to read queer books.
This has been a long time in the works, and I can finally talk about it 🥳 Tilecrawling: how to do exploration with index cards. Check out the video below! 😊 youtu.be/PriQjApAXW0
Tilecrawling: a different way to travel on TTRPGs
YouTube video by Cezar Capacle
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Hey folks - I'm off to the US today to record Phantom Pulse! It's @laurenshippen.com's new show about ghosts, grief and one hell of a road trip. I'm so excited to be directing the series. This means I'll be in LA for the next few weeks, so if you need me, I'll be back on 17th August '26 🖤👻🎸
adding a bit of jeopardy to everyday conversation by adding “and let me remind you, you are under oath” after every question
The Lord of the Rings BBC audio drama is being released on vinyl. A nice item, sadly I don't have a record deck to play it on. #Tolkien bleedingcool.com/pop-culture/...
The Lord of the Rings BBC Audio Drama Confirmed For Vinyl Release
The Lord of the Rings BBC audio drama that aired in 1981 is getting a vinyl release, with the entire 26-episode series presented across 14 LPs.
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Our first issue is out now, and we're really proud of it! Featuring reviews of Higher Grounds by Rhianna Stephenson, Something's Amiss at Juniper's House by @chemicallywrit.bsky.social , ten 2026 song recommendations, and an interview with @laurenshippen.com! www.earwaxmag.com/ear-wax-maga...
EAR•WAX Magazine: Volume 1, Issue 1
Now available to listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or your podcatcher of choice. Or listen right on our website. Tracklist: * Vinyl by Oliver Morris (0:00 - 1:15) * Table of Content...
earwaxmag.com
If you like gay shit or VN's do yourself a favor and play A Summer's End Hong Kong 1986. I don't know man, this one got to me. Screaming crying throwing up kicking my feet. Felt like I watched a sapphic wong kar wai film. 10/10. store.steampowered.com/app/1111370/...
A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986 on Steam
A Summer's End is a visual novel set in 1980s Hong Kong. It tells of a love story between two women. Lush and vibrant visuals, the game features over 400 unique hand-drawn artwork inspired by Asian ci...
store.steampowered.com
As someone who has played way too many games in the Bullet Heaven / Survivors-Like genre and is burnt out on them: BANDWAGON is a delight and I can’t wait to play the full thing.
Bandwagon@bandwagongame.bsky.social · 3w ago