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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 8m

three days left definitely feels like the squirmiest crowdfunding time to date. It's too early to fire all cannons but too late to do much else meaningful

Anyway go back Absurdia and help appease the fidgety feeling worms
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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 5h

Less than $1800 to go on our guest writing stretch goal with three days (62 hours but who’s counting ahaha) left to go!!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/q...

Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 9d

Absurdia Update: meet the guest writers!

I’m beyond excited to announce Elliot Davis, Irving Benitez, Kendrick Smith, and Samantha Leigh as our stretch goal guest writers!

At $25k, this wickedly talented cabal will put together a kaleidoscope of ready to play one shot scenarios for Absurdia 👁️

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🪼Jellyfishlines is Haunting You🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 29m

56 hours to go babes!!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/q...

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Game MONSTER Monday 🍉 🎃 @gamemastermonday.bsky.social · 1h

NEW STATE OF THE PODCAST (AND LIVESTREAM!)

Zoup and I talk about adding new members to the team, some favorite eps/moments, and ALL the cool changes coming to the pod and twitch next year!

Game Master Monday
State of the Podcast (and liveshow!)

With Grant & Zoup

Wednesday October 15th

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Game MONSTER Monday 🍉 🎃 @gamemastermonday.bsky.social · 1h

Starting next week, we're back with the back half of Absurdia by @quinnmajeski.bsky.social!

In December, we have @hatchedgames.bsky.social's GAST! A collection of four solo let's plays with storytellers @grantorwhatever.bsky.social @zoupmachine.bsky.social @4evergmjustin.bsky.social @shaghik.com!

Season 6
Game Master Monday Presents

Oct 22 & 29
Absurdia
GM: Jenny Nordine

Dec 1-22
In The Bleak Midwinter
Scenes from GAST
Five Live Solo Plays

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks so much for the shout out!

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BackerKit @backerkit.com · 1h

🔮 Welcome to Absurdia — a surreal suburban RPG where the mundane gets weird and the weird becomes normal.

Dive into the absurd before it ends 👉 backerkit.com/c/projects/quinn-majeski/absurdia-the-meta-physical-edition

@quinnmajeski.bsky.social #AbsurdiaRPG #TTRPG #WeirdGames

Absurdia: The (Meta)Physical Edition

An absurdist tabletop roleplaying game about the inane hilarity and mundane horror of everyday life, inspired by Welcome to Night Vale, Alice in Wonderland, and Gravity Falls.

backerkit.com

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · Aug 14

You can find anything in the twisting passages of the Backalley.

Of course, Anything can find you as well.

🎨 by @kayleerowena.com

Follow Absurdia on Backerkit:
bit.ly/46upHBR

An illustration of the Backalley from the Absurdia core book. A long alleyway stretches from the fore to back, framed on either side by several apartment buildings. The alley is filled with mundane and surreal ephemera: an overflowing garbage can, a street lamp, an open door, a hand reaching out from a hole in the ground, a pair of eyes looking out from a darkened window. In the distance at the end of the alley is a sliver of fuchsia sky with a full yellow moon. An unnaturally tall silhouette with wavy limbs and bright white eyes stands at the alley exit, looking towards the perspective of the viewer.

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 5h

Less than $1800 to go on our guest writing stretch goal with three days (62 hours but who’s counting ahaha) left to go!!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/q...

Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 9d

Absurdia Update: meet the guest writers!

I’m beyond excited to announce Elliot Davis, Irving Benitez, Kendrick Smith, and Samantha Leigh as our stretch goal guest writers!

At $25k, this wickedly talented cabal will put together a kaleidoscope of ready to play one shot scenarios for Absurdia 👁️

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · Aug 28

A non-exhaustive list of dangers you might face in Absurdia:

🏘️ Abrupt zoning changes
🚇 Being swallowed by the subway
🗼The station’s eternal pledge drive
📖 Getting lost in a good book
🌲 An arboreal incursion
🕐 Time whoopsies
🪞 Opposite Day
🌛 The Moon

Don’t worry, you’ve got this 👁️
bit.ly/46upHBR

Get Ready for Absurdia: The (Meta)Physical Edition

From Quinn Majeski - Get Ready for Absurdia: The (Meta)Physical Edition

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 6h

Yes! Even more Absurdia APs!

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🪼Jellyfishlines is Haunting You🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 6h

Gonna toss in the Absurdia AP I was in last year for prosperity (also one of my fav moments where I gave up the spotlight)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=dLO_...

DMV Week - An Absurdia One Shot with Keeper Mika!

YouTube video by Records of the Realms

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 21h

Here in the home stretch feels like a good time to remind folks that Absurdia has a number of excellent actual plays! For anyone who likes to learn about a game by listening to people play, here's a short thread with a few shows that highlight what the game has to offer

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🪼Jellyfishlines is Haunting You🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 19h

OooOOoOOo you wanna back Absurdia so bad oooOOoOoOoo!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/q...

Absurdia: The (Meta)Physical Edition

An absurdist tabletop roleplaying game about the inane hilarity and mundane horror of everyday life, inspired by Welcome to Night Vale, Alice in Wonderland, and Gravity Falls.

www.backerkit.com

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Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 17h

For anyone who can, a GoFundMe has been set up to help Rob's wife and their young daughter. Sending tons and tons of love and deepest condolences to Rob's family and friends.

www.gofundme.com/f/family-of-...

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Cozy Witch Roe ➡️ Getting His Life Together @monroeroe.bsky.social · 19h

Correct, I do and I did 😌. This looks like so much fun, y’all!!! And those stretch goal writers 👀👀👀

🪼Jellyfishlines is Haunting You🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 19h

OooOOoOOo you wanna back Absurdia so bad oooOOoOoOoo!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/q...

Absurdia: The (Meta)Physical Edition

An absurdist tabletop roleplaying game about the inane hilarity and mundane horror of everyday life, inspired by Welcome to Night Vale, Alice in Wonderland, and Gravity Falls.

www.backerkit.com

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Shrimp and Crits @shrimpandcrits.com · 17h

It’s always a joy to play #Absurdia 🎡👁️

Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 21h

@shrimpandcrits.com Whimsy World offers a longer series with a deeper exploration of the mechanics that's full of riotous merriment and fun, unsettling characters

Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · Sep 3

Absurdia actual play week continues with @shrimpandcrits.com Whimsy World!

This seven episode mini series is a great extended example of play in a more narrative forward format. The weird and wild post-apocalyptic amusement park is also an excellent showcase of an alternative setting.

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lux fatale✨ @luxfatale.bsky.social · 18h

happy #portfolioday !✨

i’m an illustrator that loves drawing horror but still loves to draw everything else💖✍️

luxfatale.carrd.co
[email protected]

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Tales Yet Told | New Episodes Bi-Monthly @talesyettold.com · 20h

Flipping through the cards of @moreblueberries.bsky.social's The Time We Have and it's reminding me of our doomed siblings, Thursday and Sunday. Let's take a look back at an older tale we've told.

@therosecleric.bsky.social as Sunday & @kendomakesfilms.bsky.social as Thursday

#actualplay #ttrpg
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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 21h

There's about three and half days left in the campaign. If you like what you hear, head over to Backerkit and pick up your very own copy of Absurdia today!

Absurdia: The (Meta)Physical Edition

An absurdist tabletop roleplaying game about the inane hilarity and mundane horror of everyday life, inspired by Welcome to Night Vale, Alice in Wonderland, and Gravity Falls.

www.backerkit.com

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 21h

Last but certainly not least, we took the three brand new playbooks coming to the (Meta)Physical Edition - The Animated, The Newcomer, and The Suit - for a madcap spin in a special episode of @monsterhourpod.bsky.social!

Monster Hour Pod @monsterhourpod.bsky.social · 22d

OFF HOURS: ABSURDIA

To celebrate the launch of the Absurdia crowdfunding campaign, we are declassifying the top secret patreon playtest we did of the three new playbooks coming to the (Meta)Physical edition!

Listen here 👁️
monsterhour.podbean.com/e/absurdia-m...

An image of a distant campfire with a few people around it. Behind the camp is the start of a large forest. In the top right is a starry sky. The image has a mild pink and purple gradient filter over it. Text reads “MH PRESENTS: ABSURDIA” at the top, and “The Suit, The Arm, and The Little Guy” on the bottom.

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 21h

For who prefer video performance over podcasts, the first two episodes of @gamemastermonday.bsky.social's Absurdia mini-series are available now on YouTube (with more live streams coming soon on Twitch!)

Absurdia | Episode 1

YouTube video by Game Master Monday

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 21h

On @literalcatpod.bsky.social we do a deep dive into the character creation process with a hilarious result (that I still would love to see someone play)

Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · Sep 5

Is character creation actual play? Hard to play without a character, so I’d say yes! Plus there's no way I'd miss a chance to share this episode from the wonderfully absurd @literalcatpod.bsky.social, where we create a cat possessed by the living embodiment of rumors and gossip.

61. Making a Reformed Collector of Rumors in Absurdia Feat. Quinn Majeski - Badger Trove

Some of you might recognize Absurdia from Monster Hour’s second season. You might also recognize our guest from the same place. He made both of them! A...

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 21h

@shrimpandcrits.com Whimsy World offers a longer series with a deeper exploration of the mechanics that's full of riotous merriment and fun, unsettling characters

Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · Sep 3

Absurdia actual play week continues with @shrimpandcrits.com Whimsy World!

This seven episode mini series is a great extended example of play in a more narrative forward format. The weird and wild post-apocalyptic amusement park is also an excellent showcase of an alternative setting.

Whimsy World Episode 1 - Welcome to Whimsy World

open.spotify.com

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 21h

The inimitable @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social provides a very absurd, very silly, very illustrative example of how to play to the game

Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · Sep 2

Absurdia actual play week!

When it comes to APs there's only one place to start: the definitive @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social

A local purveyor of peculiar objects must scramble to protect his collection after his store becomes the abrupt subject of a surreality TV storage wars show

346 - Absurdia with Quinn Majeski - Party Of One

In a town beset on all sides by arcane bureaucracy, sentient machines, maniacal PTAs, malevolent garden flora, and the occasional cosmic horror, the real scariest thing remains as always… reality TV...

www.partyofonepodcast.com

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia Crowdfunding Ends 10/17! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 21h

Here in the home stretch feels like a good time to remind folks that Absurdia has a number of excellent actual plays! For anyone who likes to learn about a game by listening to people play, here's a short thread with a few shows that highlight what the game has to offer

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