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The Pocket Dragon Pub 🔜 PAX UNPLUGGED 2025 @thepocketdragonpub.bsky.social · 1d

Our next Roll For Wishes game, a cozy, uncanny TTRPG set in the Never Was, goes live at 8PM EST tonight!
Players: @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social @queenjulia11.bsky.social @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social,@vixiebelle.bsky.social
Game Creator: @thismaybegraham.bsky.social
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The Pocket Dragon Pub 🔜 PAX UNPLUGGED 2025 @thepocketdragonpub.bsky.social · 5d

Giga-Karen has landed. Can you save Earth from ultimate entitlement?
The PDP welcomes @radiofreewill.bsky.social to the GM seat for our next charity game!
@neonsaline.com
@itslouisw.bsky.social
@dannyrmendoza.bsky.social
@conkliodd.bsky.social

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Robert, A Ghost In The Wires || Mr. 404 @robertinthewires.bsky.social · 6d

The Lost Bay, a TTRPG I'm Very invested in, went through a rules overhaul to include elements from the Trophy Dark system. This prompted me to redo my ZOMBI and CRYPTID Vibes from last year, but also add three new Vibes: PAINTER, ROOT, and WRESTLER.
robertislostinthewires.itch.io/vibes-v-tlb

Vibes V: Five Lost Souls for The Lost Bay by Robert Is Lost In The Wires

Five optional character classes for The Lost Bay

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Pantsless Tables @pantslesstables.bsky.social · 7d

The VOD for Starlight Sparkle, MAKE UP! our magical girls one-shot is now on YouTube! Watch our 4 dramatic teens become their best sparkly heroic selves in this Kids on Brooms game!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIGo...

Starlight Sparkle, MAKE UP A Magical Girls Oneshot

YouTube video by Pantsless Tables

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The Pocket Dragon Pub 🔜 PAX UNPLUGGED 2025 @thepocketdragonpub.bsky.social · 8d

Live TTRPG action TONIGHT 8PM EST!
We’re playing 🔥HEAT 🔥for #RollForWishes!
Watch at: twitch.tv/thepocketd...
Donations impact the game in real time!
@vixiebelle.bsky.social
@geekbaker.bsky.social
@dannyrmendoza.bsky.social
@gmofreven
@cyberneticcoven.bsky.social

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Cieje Laraek @ciejelaraek.bsky.social · 9d

I'm doing a #StarWars #ttrpg #charity one-shot benefitting @Make-A-Wish on October 12, 2025, @ 9PM UTC-4 on #twitch! Your donations can augment (or hinder) the players' dice pool! TUNE IN!

@thepocketdragonpub.bsky.social
@dannyrmendoza.bsky.social
@queenjulia11.bsky.social

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Danny Mendoza @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social · 11d

Hello, Friends! How did Becky, Diana, and Eddie recover from The Lake That Remembers? Only one way to find out! Check out Episode 5 of Olympus, our Fabula Ultima Actual Play from @streamingrainbow.bsky.social :

youtu.be/Hjw9-C5FPUk?...

Episode 5, Recovery - Olympus, A Fabula Ultima TTRPG Actual Play

YouTube video by Streaming Rainbow

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 12d

Part of my writing process for SPINE was to write exploratory essays and conduct interviews on ideas that informed the project.

The first interview in this series is with @jdragsky.bsky.social on playing with books, what ttrpgs can learn from fiction, and being a “slut for physical books”!

Jay Dragon on Bookplay

An interview with Jay Dragon about how ttrpgs play with books

www.backwardstabletop.com

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Pantsless Tables @pantslesstables.bsky.social · 15d

TONIGHT! Join DM @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social as they take players @lesbyearning.bsky.social @crimsonsol.bsky.social @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social and @quinnbeckham27.bsky.social @crimsonsol.bsky.social through a magical girls adventure playing Kids on Brooms!

www.twitch.tv/pantslesstab...

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 17d

Barkeep on the Borderlands is in its 2nd printing! It is now perfect bound with a spine and has much more consistent colors in the interior.

To celebrate, the next ~50 orders of Barkeep or the Barkeep Bundle will also come with a random autographed “print proof” page
#osr #rpg

Copies of the new print run on the left, the proof pages of the book (a cutaway map of a pub pictured) below and a few holographic stickers on top

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Danny Mendoza @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social · 18d

@streamingrainbow.bsky.social

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Danny Mendoza @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social · 18d

Howdy, Friends! If y’all are interested in seeing Fabula Ultima in action the same day it’s launched an already-incredibly successful Kickstarter & announced it will be available on both Demiplane & Alchemy, join us here at Streaming Rainbow for the fourth episode of Olympus!!!
youtu.be/UgFzvSNLB-U

Episode 4, The Lake That Remembers - Olympus, A Fabula Ultima TTRPG Actual Play

YouTube video by Streaming Rainbow

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 20d

In this month's Rokaner Report, I talk about Flatline on the Blocks, games I'm runnning for the ALL FLESH IS SURPLUS digital convention, and my work with @chaoclypse.bsky.social on All Roads Lead to Rome

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Magenta card for 5 Million Worlds Rokaner Report #21, September 2025. The 5MW spaceship is headed to Prospero's Dream.

Free Flatline on the Blocks "Spinal Crux" patch in the first 48 hours for all physical backers.
The patch is a purple-y cyborg eyeball with wires going into the orbit around it. Art by Scragend.

All Flesh is Surplus, The Lost Bay Reborn Digital Convention, Second Edition: Found Footage of the Bay. October 2025. A jawless skull sits in the middle of the text.

Cover mockup for All Roads Lead to Rome with fungal strips spreading from a skull. Four creepy, muscled alien sketches off to the left. One's a fungal squid-shark like thing, one's a square-ish flesh blob. One's a suit(?) made of meat(?). The last and biggest one is an early drummer sketch, with a huge face like a drum kit.

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Mol is Serving Up Disaster👨‍🍳 @molomoot.bsky.social · 20d

A comment on itch reminded me of this idea for creating #TTRPG dungeons I had a while back. I still think its neat and I don't think I've actually shared it here on bsky.

So bsky.. meet Crossword Dungeons!
Do a crossword, use the answers and designs as inspiration for the rooms, get creative!

a how to guide for creating crossword dungeons. Step 1 - Find and Do, do the crossword. Step 2 - See Beyond, find the inspiring words and start to see the shape. Step 3 - Extrapolate, ditch words you dont like, create walls, you contol the dungeon. Step 4 - Draw the rest of the owl (make the dungeon from the inspiration). Step 5 - BE NOT AFRAID. Its just a dungeon created from a crossword, they wont always work.
Useful tips: Metro for daily free crosswords. CrosswordSolver, for tricky clues. DungeonScrawl, for making maps. LootTheRoom - for more random ideas

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Danny Mendoza @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social · 25d

Hello, Friends! Episode 3 of Olympus is LIIIIVE! youtu.be/kV3mH4oPdLY?... And if you want to check out the first two episodes, there's a Playlist available on the @streamingrainbow.bsky.social YouTube.

Episode 3, Mnemosyne's Veil - Olympus, A Fabula Ultima TTRPG Actual Play

YouTube video by Streaming Rainbow

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Seraphina Garcia Ramirez @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social · Sep 17

I've been thinking on how to apply the expressionist manifesto as a lens for looking at games, and I decided to demonstrate that approach by analyzing how Triangle Agency aims at expressionist goals and, in doing so, earns a place in my heart.

www.tumblr.com/seraphim-ser...

Post by @seraphim-seraphina

💬 0 🔁 1 ❤️ 1 · Expressionism in Practice: A Case Study of Triangle Agency · Introduction Recently Jay Dragon released an essay outlining her vision for an artistic movement oriented at a specifi…

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · Sep 16

A roundup of the biggest blog bandwagon ever: over 69 different bloggers wrote about their Appendices N and I collected and categorized them all for you
#osr #ttrpg

Bandwagon Roundup: The Appendices Ns

Over 69 (!) bloggers came together for the largest bandwagon of the year and I round them all up for your perusal

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Danny Mendoza @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social · Sep 11

Hey! For anybody who may prefer to catch up on our show via podcast app rather than YouTube, here's the link!

www.podbean.com/eas/pb-e4pxr...

#64 - Olympus, A Fabula Ultima TTRPG Actual Play - The Unlit Torch

CW - Discussions of blood and animal violence Three of the best gamers in the world tackle their toughest challenge yet: top of the line VRMMORPG Olympus. Can our challenge running, bug hunting, speed...

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Danny Mendoza @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hello Again, Friends! I'm so excited to let y'all know that the first episode of Olympus, our Streaming Rainbow Actual Play using Fabula Ultima, has dropped tonight! Please check it out - and, if you do, let us know what you think!

youtu.be/gQwifTUtSTs?...

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Danny Mendoza @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social · Sep 9

I’m definitely interested! This sounds like a blast and I’d love to play at the table of a fellow Serpent!

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Danny Mendoza @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social · Sep 9

I’m excited for y’all I check this out! The awesome folks at @streamingrainbow.bsky.social were kind enough to invite me to the table for this campaign and it’s shown me what fantastic storytellers play in Streaming Rainbow’s community. And I’d love to hear what y’all think of our show!

Streaming Rainbow @streamingrainbow.bsky.social · Sep 9

Today at 8PM Eastern on Youtube, join three achievement hunters as they venture into a vast VR experience and try to break the game! But what they find is not what they expected!

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · Sep 9

Mothership Month 2025:

Flatline on the Blocks
50+ pages
20 Blocks
15 Writers
10 Looming Dooms
3 Criminal Factions
1 EYE Watching ALL

Get Ready for Flatline on the Blocks, a dicey district for Mothership RPG

From Spinal Crux Warriors - Get Ready for Flatline on the Blocks, a dicey district for Mothership RPG

www.backerkit.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨NEW: Reversing *generations* of practice, the Board of Immigration Appeals gives ICE exactly what it demanded, ruling that any undocumented immigrant who entered illegally is categorically ineligible for release from detention on bond — expanding mandatory detention by millions of people.

Matter of Jonathan Javier YAJURE HURTADO, Respondent
Decided September 5, 2025
U.S. Department of Justice
Executive Office for Immigration Review
Board of Immigration Appeals
Based on the plain language of section 235(b)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(A) (2018), Immigration Judges lack authority to hear bond
requests or to grant bond to aliens who are present in the United States without admission.

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Pantsless Tables @pantslesstables.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hey you! Yeah, you! You want to play in a magic girl parody one-shot for charity? Then this casting call is for you! Pantsless Tables presents "Starlight Sparkle, MAKE UP!" a Kids on Brooms adventure DM'd by @bardwithmanynames.bsky.social!
September 27th at 10pm IST
#ttrpg #actualplay #castingcall

Pantsless Tables Presents

Kids on Brooms

Starlight Sparkle, MAKE UP!

Sunday September 27th

9:30pm IST/12pm EST/5pm EST

Casting Call Open Now!

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Valdrianth @valdrianth.bsky.social · Aug 31

Casting Call!

My dear friend @phoenix24femme.bsky.social will be running a 12 episode #actualplay of #FabulaUltima over on my channel. We're looking to cast the right 4 ppl to join for a love letter to JRTTRPG goodness

forms.gle/pbyZPRodguMN...

If you're intersted in joing us fill out the form!

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