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Lukalock @lukalockstreams.bsky.social · 2d

🎃🦇 girl dinner 🦇🎃

Photo of Peanut Butter Bats cereal and Pumpkin Spice Balleycastle liqueur from Aldi.

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Lukalock @lukalockstreams.bsky.social · 11d

Yes! There was a kickstarter! www.brotherwisegames.com/cosmere-rpg

The Cosmere TTRPG — Brotherwise Games

The Cosmere® Roleplaying Game is a new system that encompasses the entire universe of Brandon Sanderson's best-selling novels.

www.brotherwisegames.com

Lukalock @lukalockstreams.bsky.social · 15d

Ahhhh it has arrived!!!! #cosmere #cosmererpg

An open box of the Comsere RPG Kickstarter fulfillment, showing bubble packaging and a smaller box of Stormlight Premium miniatures.

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Bryan Young @swankmotron.com · Sep 1

I have a story in this horror anthology that just went to kickstarter from a bunch of writers of the Utah chapter of the @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social! Snag a copy now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/crl...

No Exit: A Collection of Utah Horror

An anthology of road trip/travel horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Megan L. Ramirez (but spooky 🧡) @mumblemegs.bsky.social · Sep 1

Just over a day left in my end-of-summer sale!

Thanks to all who have boosted this or bought something so far. As I said before, asking for a little bit of financial help during a transitional time sucks, but at least this way I feel I'm giving something back in exchange.

itch.io/s/158776/end...

End of Summer Sale by MLRamirez

A bundle by MLRamirez, $7.00 for The Horrors Persist but So Do Aye-Aye, Betwixt, K-Pop Cryptid Crew

itch.io

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Lufina Soulgrabber 🦴🕯️ @lufinabina.bsky.social · Aug 27

I cannot overstate just how awful this stupid fucking bill proposal is

- adding backdoors into encryption on OS level
- "sniff" every single message before it gets encrypted AND SAVE IT CENTRALLY
- let a goddamn hallucinating "AI" mark people as criminals

it needs to be stopped, post haste

map of different EU countries' chat control stance as of august 2025

oppose
(austria, czechia, netherlands, poland)

undecided
(belgium, estonia, finland, germany, greece, luxembourg, romania)

support
(bulgaria, croatia, cyprus, france,hungary,ireland, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, portugal, slovakia, spain, sweden)

proposed it
(denmark)

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Jess Pendley, Werewolf Wrassler 💪🐺 @jesspendley.com · Jul 7

Final call for preorders on my incredibly rad/romantic/tragic solo #ttrpg zine about a huntress and her monster.

We also have the rest of the Unplaytested Presents catalog available in the store for way cheaper than normal, so check that out while you're browsing! 💪🐺

Unplaytested Presents @unplaytested.bsky.social · Jun 13

Preorders are live! 🐺🪓💜

No Mercy For Monsters is a solo #ttrpg perfect for fans of gothic romances, monstrous tragedies, and dark fantasy horror experiences.

Grab the PDF or Print zine below at a reduced preorder price!

no-mercy-for-monsters.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

Pre-order No Mercy For Monsters on BackerKit

A Wretched & Alone game of familial oaths, dark obsessions, and the toxic bond shared between mortal rivals.

no-mercy-for-monsters.backerkit.com

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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · Jul 11

Ok, to celebrate Darkened Hill & Dale's ENNIE nomination, and because my web shop is the ONLY place to get a copy (as I have yet to arrange distribution)...

Shipping is heavily discounted until mid August – even for international folks.
In fact, it's free in some cases!

shop.patchworkfez.games

Patchwork Fez Games

Horrible games for lovely people.

shop.patchworkfez.games

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Draculaura E. Hall 🎃 @lauraehall.bsky.social · Jul 1

Happy first Halloween item spotted in stores day to those who celebrate

An old-style pop up window with the title, "It's nearly October". The text reads, "Time to get spooky!" next to a skull. The buttons say "Yes" and "Hell Yes"

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tt🪦RIP💀gifs @ttrpgifs.bsky.social · Jul 1

Your one-shot characters waiting for you to play with them again:

A still from Futurama where a sad waits by Panucci's Pizza

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Lukalock @lukalockstreams.bsky.social · Jun 28

Bit of a traffic jam on the trail in Wales today.

A slightly rocky trail hedged by green growth on either side, with overcast skies and foggy mountains in the background. On the trail about 10 meters ahead are two sheep heading towards Lukalock, the photographer.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · Jun 21

It's great seeing everyone's tips for keeping cool. Here's mine.
i) Take a trip to the mountains.
ii) Spend some time in a cooling cave.
iii) Find an underground lake.
iv) Get undressed.
v) Hunt the silvery fish and eat them raw.
vi) Forget the torments of the evil face in the sky.

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Lukalock @lukalockstreams.bsky.social · Jun 17

One of the biggest disappointments in moving to the UK is that when people are talking about pie it is never the kind that I am hoping for. Just once I would like it to be fruit, not sausage or potato.

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Lukalock @lukalockstreams.bsky.social · Jun 6

Haha yes please to a loyalty card! Free haunted zine with every 10 games, right?

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Lukalock @lukalockstreams.bsky.social · Jun 6

Almost forgot to post my haul from UKGE. So excited to play these! @exstasisgames.bsky.social @caesar-ink.bsky.social

Photo of 4 TTRPG books from Ex Stasis Games laid out next to each other: Do Not Adjust Your Set (A collection of system-neutral TTRPG scenarios based on urban legends), Midwinter Ghost Stories (A collection of five system-neutral roleplaying scenarios to terrify and delight), Final Girl (A solo RPG of tenacity and survival), One More Song (A journalling role-playing game based on the myth of Orpheus).
In addition to the books is a small one-shot pamphlet called Gretta's Greenhouse by Caesar Ink.

The back covers of Do Not Adjust Your Set (A collection of system-neutral TTRPG scenarios based on urban legends), Midwinter Ghost Stories (A collection of five system-neutral roleplaying scenarios to terrify and delight), Final Girl (A solo RPG of tenacity and survival), One More Song (A journalling role-playing game based on the myth of Orpheus).

The text of Do Not Adjust Your Set reads:
Numbers stations, summoning games, vanishing rooms. They're real. They're all real. And they're problems.
Do Not Adjust Your Set collects seven roleplaying scenarios suitable for use with the modern horror roleplaying game of your choice. Run the scenarios separately or link them together into a mini-campaign themed around the late night public access TV show als called Do Not Adjust Your Set.
Each scenario in the collection includes a plot, non-p characters, and advice on how to run each scene, al with a diagram showing how the scenario progress bring some game rules and a bunch of eager victir mean players.

The text of One More Song reads:
One More Song is a journalling role-playing game based on the myth of Orpheus. Create a playlist of songs (or even better, get someone to create one for you) and let the music shape the story of your journey to rescue the one you love from the King of the Underworld.

The text of Midwinter Ghost Stories reads:

Long winter evenings with a chill in the air are made for hauntings. A generation of Victorian authors knew it, and so does every horror writer and director of the modern era. Midwinter Ghost Stories brings the tradition of a winter's scare to TTRPGs with five adventures for the roleplaying game of your choice...

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Lukalock @lukalockstreams.bsky.social · Jun 1

#UKGE was amazing! So happy to finally meet so many people in person and chat about games.

selfie of Lukalock and her partner stood in one of the main halls at the UK Games Expo.

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Lukalock @lukalockstreams.bsky.social · May 21

Arrived in Santiago de Compostela! Our journey to the End of the World begins. #camino #caminofinisterre

Selfie of Lukalock, a woman with brown eyes and dark wavy hair, sitting at a cafe in Spain.

Photo of a street in Santiago de Compostela with Cathedral of St James rising above the rooftops.

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Lukalock @lukalockstreams.bsky.social · May 18

I know it's not quite summer yet, but I couldn't wait any longer for a beach swim.

Picture of Lukalock's hand with dark blue painted nails, holding a sea shell. In the background is the sand and water of the beach shore.

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Lukalock @lukalockstreams.bsky.social · May 13

Oooh ok I'll try that!

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Lukalock @lukalockstreams.bsky.social · May 13

honestly it's been impossible to get root beer/sarsaparilla over here so it was a really nice surprise to find something that tasted somewhat similar!

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Lukalock @lukalockstreams.bsky.social · May 13

I have recently discovered Dandelion & Burdock here in the UK, and what I thought at first was a 70's crime fighting duo was actually a delicious soda.

However, much like Irn Bru - I have no idea what the actual flavor is.