What do you mean an expert in their field has to preemptively note a baseline of knowledge? Oh right. Expert is a woman. I have an essay on how I’ve been treated as a female GM. Maybe I’ll dust that off.

Dr. Emily Friedman@friede.bsky.social · yesterday

I continue to document this odd moment of my existence. MOST people ask about the Japanese replay tradition & Records of Lodoss War because of genuine curiosity. I explain scope (I’m telling the history of circulation of audio/visual recordings online) & it’s all good. Others are trying a gotcha.

I'm back from gencon! Here's 16 more classes for A Most Bloody Devotion www.patreon.com/isabellerueb...

16 Classes for A Most Bloody Devotion + Gencon update | Isabelle Ruebsaat

I'm back from gencon! Met lots of cool people, played some games, won an ennie! Really fun time, with lots of exciting things coming in the

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If you are interested in #ttrpgs like Once More Into the Void, The King Is Dead, Yazeba's, Lady Blackbird and Witch the Road to Lindisfarne - this one is for you.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison.bsky.social · 2d ago

We have a Lunctime is Dicetime lined up tomorrow at 12.30pm BST. Talking about 'Painting inside the lines: games heavy on creative constraint.' What do we think about them and where are they inspiring us in our own design. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWww...

You might read this and think it doesn't seem simple, but the difference is just experience. Read more ttrpgs, and more varied rpgs, and run your games. Time will teach you how to read a game and understand what the important parts are to you and, crucially, your players. AI robs you of this craft.

🌱Elaine Lithgow - Back The Children Of Time RPG! 🕷️@elainelithgow.bsky.social · 2d ago

One of the best DnD campaigns I ever ran used one A4 sheet of paper for notes, the default GM screen, and a whiteboard plus some generic tokens for complex combat. It for three years and my group still say it's one of the best campaigns they've been a part of. It's really not that complicated!

There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

Only a week left to back this festive beauty... can you hear the jingle bells of Christmas?!

Josh Fox 🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@armadajosh.bsky.social · 2d ago

One week left to back Black Armada's Advent Adventures! If you think August is a bit early for Christmas shopping you're right, but that's just how long it takes to print and ship an advent calendar. Back now, get a delightful creative solo TTRPG Christmas in 3 months' time.

The kitten is demanding a lot of attention today. And by demanding I mean the asks come with tiny teeth.

Updated my blog with a LOT of art from the past few months, if you like that kind of thing: www.portablecity.net/sketching-li...

Sketching, Lifedrawing and Studies from Early Summer

I've been making stuff and it's been pretty varied! Hard to figure out how to talk about it all except as a big ol' artdump, so, here! Have some art!

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"I'm a very honest person, but I wouldn't say I *always* tell the truth."

It's a workday, so that means I'm back in the Velvet Glove trenches. All Velvet Glove, no play. I've re-outlined the entire book, so now I'm going in and expanding on sections/writing new stuff.

The crime the girl commits is not to use the forbidden key.

hey I'm looking for wargames made by women, I know there's the work of cavegirl that's got some interesting stuff but I'd like more names other myself, so if you've written a game in that space and you're a girl or you know someone who fits pleaaaaase reply

Word.

Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony@lackingceremony.bsky.social · 5d ago

Monsterhearts got that treatment for so many years. Very popular, held back only by my lack of business acumen, constantly described as a niche title or an undiscovered gem. I think there's a knee-jerk assumption that girl-coded or queer-coded titles only appeal to a small and bounded audience.

I love @jenkatwrites.bsky.social 's newsletter: it's quirky, delightful, and so well written. Try it!

Jennifer Adcock@jenkatwrites.bsky.social · 5d ago

Newsletter time! I'm talking about: 🏛️ Collegiate Gothic 🎨 Greatness ⚔️ The Squire's Sword 💐 Before the Season Ends ⭐ aspirational art 😱 FEAR 📚 books mailchi.mp/72b6e2f6d677...

Hey, you. Update your CV. I have to write everything I've ever done for my tenure review and forgot somehow I was a multiple Ennie winning teams one year. 😅 My embarrassment of not having this on my CV is probably because my mental health was hanging on by a thread after 2020. Do your bookkeeping!

Omg the kitten has lost his mind over French toast. He wants it so bad.

No hype, no fanfare, no award shows, no spell checking, no nothing. Just the Ramanan Sivaranjan Awards for Excellence in Gaming 2026. Once again we barely made it! #FuckTheEnnies

Save vs. Total Party Kill - Ramanan Sivaranjan Awards for Excellence in Gaming 2026

I just got back from Ottawa for work. I fly out to Victoria tomorrow to enjoy the sights of the West Coast. The summer is rushing by and I have been quite busy. How is it already GenCon? I feel partic...

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Bro I’m award winning.

The ENNIE Awards@ennie-awards.bsky.social · 5d ago

Hans's Judge's Pick - Trash to Treasure, Bright Bard Games

If you are in any way making an effort to fight back against the heightened lack of kindness and empathy we are experiencing, no matter how small, I love you and you are my hero. Kindness fills chasms.

girl frame won a judge's choice award!! so they said mechsploitation at the ennies!!!!!!!! you can catch the replay on the stream just a few minutes ago www.youtube.com/live/AgHTt_K...

2026 ENNIE Awards Live from GenCon

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The first (I think!) descended from the queen game (it might have been in development before FtQ came out?) is Reunion, which follows the impulse to ask what happened to the retinue, long after the Queen's attack jennmartin.itch.io/reunion and I love love love that

Reunion by Jenn Martin

A Descended From the Queen game about coming back together

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Newsletter tomorrow, sign up (free!) to get my cool and good thoughts in your inbox to make sure you don't miss it mailchi.mp/3eea8c0e2287...

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Semi-monthly TTRPG design updates

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My brother is an artist & I grew up begging him to draw pictures of my Bratz dolls. Now I’m begging him to illustrate my games. Check out my new solo/duo TTRPG “Wash Day” where you play as a hairstylist rebuilding her life & connecting with clients. submitted for @onepagerpgjam.bsky.social

Free with email

Mothership@mothership.blog · 6d ago

We don't define the feminist games canon — nobody does! So we asked our contributors to share the games that have shaped their feminism. By @exalclaw.com @amandatien.bsky.social @applecider.bsky.social @nicoleclark.bsky.social @candemald.bsky.social and @saoirsestone.bsky.social!

Are you at #GenCon2026 and looking to snag some beautiful indie RPGs? Be sure to check out the @igdn-official.bsky.social Booth 132 and @ipr.bsky.social at Booth 449! There is so much creativity and amazing design work worth discovering.

Chapter 10's title page is up now for my webcomic A Brief Guide to (Early Onset) Wizard Puberty! stories.portablecity.net/comics/a-bri...

Chapter 10 - What This Means For You - Stories

More to come! This post will be updated in a week!

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Had to take Onion to the emergency vet this morning. The docs say he's doing okay, fingers crossed it's nothing serious! I feel bad asking for help, but the vet bill is over $900. If you're able to help out at all I'd greatly appreciate it 🩷🧅 Paypal is jeeyon.shim@gmail.com, Venmo is Jeeyon-Shim

I, however, am pro whipped goats, so gimme his.

Robin D. Laws@robindlaws.bsky.social · last wk.

Never offer me whipped goat cheese I am opposed to the whipping of goats

Playing a made-up-on-the-fly game.