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Happy Free TTRPG Day! Sprigs & Kindling is free everyday, so check it out, but also support your FLGS and buy something from them today! :D (I'm going to be at @pemetawe.bsky.social spending $ and running Trophy this evening!) sprigsandkindling.com

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The final chapter of the Designing Dungeons course is out now. THIS MEANS THE COURSE IS NOW COMPLETE! The Designing Dungeons Course is a free, step-by-step online resource to create a fantasy dungeon, complete with workbook and exercises. dungeons.hismajestytheworm.games

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I’m here for the apocalypse!

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If you sign up for a TUMULUS subscription before August 31st (and you live in the US, UK, EU, or Australia), you’ll get the next issue with a little pub game-based solo scenario by me!

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Last chance to back a great new game from one of my favorite game designers!

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Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government. That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.

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Still grieving Kari Dziedzic and now, Melissa Hortman. They were so alive, so vital, so good, so strong. Fuck cancer and fuck guns.

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Stretch goals for the final days of the Cosmic Dark Kickstarter.... At £70,000, author @mytholder.bsky.social writes Hermitage. At £74,618, @sdorward.bsky.social does Warm Fuzzies. And if we reach £80,000, comics author @planetx.bsky.social writes Experiment 4. #kickstarter #ttrpg #crowdfunder

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Back from a much needed break! 🏖️😎 Waiting for me when I returned... TUMULUS 03. KICK OPEN THE DOOR! This issue of the Skeleton Code Machine quarterly includes contribs from @jesseross.com and @hinokodo.com! Will begin shipping later this week. Subscription info: tumulus.exeunt.press

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You don't have to pay two bucks a month and get nearly 200 episodes of my Patreon-exclusive podcast, Patron Deities, in which I look at the myths and religions of the world, how they appear in fantasy games, and what inspiration we can take from them. But you could. www.patreon.com/c/monsterman

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Good.

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Minneapolis isn't perfect, but it's a very nice place to live. More people should move here so we can have more density and more nice things.

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I want to invite any interested rpg bloggers to participate in a new Summer LEGO RPG Jam. Write something for your blog inspired by Lego and share the link! Let's have a bit of summer fun. The jam is open 7/2 - 8/29 #osr #ttrpg #dnd #lego diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-se...

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Last call for pitches for Sprigs & Kindling Volume 4: Public Access and Analog Horror! We're looking for Carved from Brindlewood or Trophy related creative works of any kind. Submissions are due July 1, and let me know if you have any questions! #TTRPG sprigsandkindling.com

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Are you a Blender/3D artist? I'm looking to commission some 3D work for TrueRef! We want to try out creating 3D rooms that 2D artists can then use as references. Think light and airy anime-style living space. Feel free to contact me here or through trueref.io if interested! Paid of course.

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🪐 Step into the void with Dark Space Society RPG 🚀💀 The CORE RULES ARE COMPLETELY FREE! 🖤 #ttrpg darkspacesocietyrpg.com/en/

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I have gone on record as saying that making a megadungeon is fun and easy. But I have good news. It's even easier than I made it out to be. I want to introduce to you an ethos for your gaming called... The Copy and Paste Manifesto riseupcomus.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

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IT'S TIME. We just launched the expansion to Slugblaster! It’s called Slime, Warp, & Solder and it honestly looks incredible, gang. I'm very excited and proud and grateful??? www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

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If you don’t have Sentinel Comics RPG already, now is your chance — only US$20 includes PDF! www.greaterthangames.com/products/sen...

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¡¡Muy buenas, gentecita bonita!! 🤗 Como os prometí, ya tenéis en YT 🥳 la Reseña 📚 de #TrophyGold ☀️ de @thehillspress.bsky.social Id corriendo a @tesorosdelamarca.bsky.social ⚠️ y no os quedéis sin este juegazo 🔥 Deseando volver a jugarlo ¿Quién se anima? 😉 youtube.com/watch?v=NHN1...

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I have three types of ttrpg characters: - Danger magnet here for questionable fun - I’m not your friend, I’m the villain - Just the saddest person ever

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If you can help Gabriel and his mom, please do. Gabriel is one of the kindest, most thoughtful and creative people I know, and it would be good if we could all show him and his family some support right now.

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For CJR I wrote about how we think about using AI at 404 Media which is to say we differentiate ourselves by being human beings writing articles for other human beings www.cjr.org/feature-2/ho...

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I launched the Kickstarter for Cosmic Dark, my game of weird space horror, this morning and it's funded twice over already! Thanks so much. Go and back it if you haven't already! And I really appreciate it if you share this post. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

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Oh hey! I'm working on the second edition of PsiRun, aiming to kickstart for all new art and printing cost in Jan 2026.

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My current RPG project is the first game I'm writing from top to bottom, built on the framework of The Between. Players are performers in a traveling truck show carnival in 1930s Dust Bowl Oklahoma, dealing with troubles both magical and mundane. Playtest ashcan: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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TTRPG friends! Do keep an eye on @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social's new Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra... It's going to be formidable weird horror stuff, and my adventure for it is a stretch goal!

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Today I was challenged and booted as a delegate at the DFL ward 2 convention because I marked a pre-registration form saying I supported @robinformpls.com There were over 50 of us who got challenged & booted, all for the same reason. This effort clearly came from the Frey/ We Love Minneapolis camp.

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Lots of shenanigans at conventions. Cries of hypocrisy and unfairness from both sides. But booting all those delegates was legitimately outrageous. Identifying people who don't like your candidate and picking them off, among them an elected Park Commissioner, Becky Alper. And Team Frey still lost.

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Gorgeous new work by @munkao.bsky.social -- an instant purchase! heycentaur.itch.io/kala-mandala...

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Sprigs & Kindling Volume 3: Sex, Love, and Obsession, a Carved from Brindlewood anthology zine of creative works, is OUT NOW! Free to download, and we really hope you enjoy :D Check out the games at @gauntletrpg.bsky.social and happy roleplaying! :) sprigsandkindling.com

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Starting at 6 p.m. US-Pacific / 9 p.m. Eastern, donate to a good cause to be put in the running!

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@loremistress93.bsky.social and i's streamthon this weekend is sponsored generously by @plusoneexp.bsky.social!!! they're giving away TWO 2-month zine club subscriptions in our raffle (linked below), and they've given us the discount code TLM for all of you!! 🌟 donate.tiltify.com/8b8992f9-ec8...

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Less than 6 hours before I take these amazing players through my incursion - we’ll see if their characters will break the curse…or even survive… 9:00 pm EDT on www.twitch.tv/theloremistr...

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