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Worldcon is inching nearer and I just need a little help!
Brandon O’Brien@therisingtithes.bsky.social · 2w agoWorldcon is in one week, and I'm looking forward to reading some new poetry and sharing in the joy of a Best Poem nom with my fellow finalists. I just need a little bit of help making sure I can cover some travel incidentals. Thank you for all your generosity so far!
The Beginner Friendly Pay What You Want TTRPGs bundle is now live! Get cool games from across the indie at a price you can afford, and introduce your friends to games about dragons, music, rats, blades, cooking, crime, magic, folklore, and more! itch.io/b/3856/begin...
Anyway, heres a reminder to go rate ONE(1) game/ comic/ project on itch that you haven't before. Rating a game puts it directly in people's feed so they can discover it! Here's a handy link to use if you are already logged in itch.io/library/thin... #ttrpg | #indiegames | #indiecomics
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Defy the Gods by @hecticelectron.bsky.social proclaims itself to be a game of "Queer Sword & Sorcery." A strong Epithet that naturally invites the question: what makes a game "queer?" @lincodega.com does a close read of the text, parsing queer structures that encourage explicitly queer play.
Queer games require queer structures
Defy the Gods makes good on its own epithet of “Queer Sword & Sorcery.”
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Currently deep in the writing and editing mines.
Sometimes you just have to pencil and ink a fake ad for a Spider-man comic from 1982. 🤷🏻♂️
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Submission period is open and we want your pitches! Everyone is welcome but I especially want to hear from folks outside North America, so #RPGSEA, #RPGLATAM, #BIPOC, and other hashtags I haven't seen yet, please check out the Submission guidelines: renaissancedork2.wpcomstaging.com/article-subm...
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Hello! I appreciate your interest in writing for The Hearth Magazine! I’m excited and proud for what this magazine is and will become, and excellent articles are the foundation of that. Article Sub…
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I'm currently hunting for freelance and contract gigs. So, if you, or someone you know, is looking for a writer, editor, proofreader, tabletop game designer for something your working on (indie game, something for Kickstarter season next year), why don't you hit me up?
man one thing that really eats me up is when an artist i follow starts becoming more infrequent with posts because their job got harder or money’s tight. its silly and childish but i just really wish everyone could create as much as they wanted
"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!
Come join the SJ Games team as our new Document Accessibility Specialist! We are seeking a detail-oriented person to ensure our digital documents are fully accessible and compliant with legal standards. bit.ly/sjgdaspdfjob
We now only need $2803 to fully fund!!! GO, SPACE UNICORNS, GO!!!!!
Uncanny Magazine@uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3w agoSaturday in the park, I think was the FINAL FOUR DAYS of the Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! Kickstarter! It 93% funded!!! Just $3434 away from fully funding! DON'T LET THE NEXT DISCOURSE BE ABOUT UNCANNY CLOSING, SPACE UNICORNS!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
While I toil away at some new stuff, I’m resharing my piece from the newsletter about wrestling games that I really enjoy and wax poetic about the importance of beating each other up for sport. Read, enjoy, subscribe! #TTRPG #Newsletter pendulum.beehiiv.com/p/11-wrestli...
11 Wrestling TTRPGs to lift your soul because WrestleMania isn't for you anymore.
It's all real to me, damn it.
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I was laid off from Restart today, alongside my wonderful and talented co-workers. Sucks to write, but here we are. Lots of ways you can help, but I'm currently live with a lay-off subathon where you can come and chat and sub to keep the timer going to give me some cash Twitch.tv/MamaVitelli
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I was Laid Off So I'm Doing A Subathon! | Subathon | Cool Content | Variety | Streaming just chatting.
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So we found out this morning that everyone - myself included - from Restart's editorial staff has been let go. After like six layoffs in six years, that gif is my unfortunate reaction. Looking! For! Opportunities! I guess I'm open for freelance for a while!
Imran Khan@imrankhan.bsky.social · 4w agoWhile I toil away at some new stuff, I’m resharing my piece from the newsletter about wrestling games that I really enjoy and wax poetic about the importance of beating each other up for sport. Read, enjoy, subscribe! #TTRPG #Newsletter pendulum.beehiiv.com/p/11-wrestli...
11 Wrestling TTRPGs to lift your soul because WrestleMania isn't for you anymore.
It's all real to me, damn it.
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This $10 bundle comes with more than 100 games *and* it benefits games industry workers who have been affected by layoffs, restructurings, and company sales: itch.io/b/3802/game-...
This $10 Itch bundle supports laid-off game workers
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in case you were wondering how I feel about the saudi arabia deal going through
Aftermath@aftermath.site · last mo.The ghouls who run EA deserve to burn aftermath.site/ea-saudi-arabi...
I'm digging back through my portfolio and found myself reading my favorite article that I've put out. So, I'm resharing the piece I did for @rascal.news about the Young Heroes of Halcyon, probably the most important thing that's happened to me in the last decade. www.rascal.news/the-greatest...
The greatest comic that you can’t read
The 600-session Masks campaign that has its own tag on Archive of Our Own.
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Been playing a lot of Rune Dice when I need to chill recently. Even in my off hours, I simply have to throw dice.
Anticipating being out of a dayjob soon-ish because management can’t run this place. Anyone hiring a writer? Need an editor or proofreader or TTRPG game designer? I’m in the freelance market.
I'm digging back through my portfolio and found myself reading my favorite article that I've put out. So, I'm resharing the piece I did for @rascal.news about the Young Heroes of Halcyon, probably the most important thing that's happened to me in the last decade. www.rascal.news/the-greatest...
The greatest comic that you can’t read
The 600-session Masks campaign that has its own tag on Archive of Our Own.
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I’m working very hard to healthily maintain the creative drive finally surging back through me. I’m also trying to use it as much as I can. More Last Light soon, hopefully.
IMPACT: that company that was offering to buy books for AI companies’ training data — and probably destroy them in the process — says it will no longer offer this service following 404 Media’s exposure of it www.404media.co/ai-company-t...
Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage
Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."
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Looking to speak with tabletop designers whose DriveThruRPG products were recently and erroneously tagged as containing AI-generated content. Apologies if this is how you find out it's happened to you lol DMs open; email works too: chase@rascal.news
Want to die on the shores of Troy, play for the memories of your fallen, and the struggle to get home? Here's my collection of three, two-player microRPGs built to do just that! #ttrpg #TheOdyssey #indie Currently on sale, in a bundle with 10 other games! hypercamera3.itch.io/funeral-rites
FUNERAL RITES (Living Memory) by Justin Joyce
Three micro RPGs about the Trojan War, meant for two players.
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Want to die on the shores of Troy, play for the memories of your fallen, and the struggle to get home? Here's my collection of three, two-player microRPGs built to do just that! #ttrpg #TheOdyssey #indie Currently on sale, in a bundle with 10 other games! hypercamera3.itch.io/funeral-rites
FUNERAL RITES (Living Memory) by Justin Joyce
Three micro RPGs about the Trojan War, meant for two players.
hypercamera3.itch.io