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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 2h

Ganehole Con preview! Come find us at booth 15 starting tomorrow and check out the collection!

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 20h

Oops! I accidentally sent this essay a day early, the second in my series about books in ttrpgs and how we play with them.

When and why do we call our games "books"? What terms do we use for our books and why?

How do we talk about TTRPG Books?

An essay on how we talk about ttrpg books, plus how book design invites bookplay.

www.backwardstabletop.com

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 2d

NEW ARRIVAL: Rue From Ruin from @adepticarus.com

Betrayed, alone, and full of rage, you'll undertake a harrowing journey of troubles and self-discovery. Features over 100 escalating troubles you may encounter leading to 256 possible endings!🐺
tabletopbookshelf.com/products/rue...

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, Fred brings you a look at our financials.

Fred Hicks @deadlyfredly.bsky.social · 1d

Q3 sales numbers (public-facing, primarily volume based, no strong distinction made between physical and digital sales, but still, visualization) for Evil Hat: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Archive going back to 2016 (when I switched over to doing them in Drive) drive.google.com/drive/folder...

2025Q3 Quarterly Numbers for Evil Hat

docs.google.com

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Eric Lazure @ericlazure.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to @thewelshdm.bsky.social for the shout-out in a Wondrous Environments kickstarter update! Our best single day increase in followers!

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 1d

NEW ARRIVAL: The Time We Have: A Conversation Between Brothers by @moreblueberries.bsky.social

Played on opposite sides of a closed door, this 2-player TTRPG will guide you through the tragic and intimate story of the final days before one of you turns🚪
tabletopbookshelf.com/products/the...

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Many Sided Media @manysidedmedia.bsky.social · 1d

We had a blast diving deep into our production and post-production process for one of my favorite scenes from our season of The Wildsea on My First Dungeon.

Lots of great discussions on how to produce actual play littered throughout this conversation.

Go listen!

Sam D @diceexploder.com · 1d

This week on Dice Exploder: @moreblueberries.bsky.social and @brianflaherty.bsky.social talk an original "tree shanty" produced for My First Dungeon's Wildsea series. We go deep on how preproduction, production, and post can all influence and surprise each other in the creation of a single moment.

Actual Play: A Tree Shanty (My First Dungeon: The Wildsea) with Brian Flaherty and Elliot Davis — Dice Exploder

In The Wildsea, you play as sailors on a sea of trees in a climate post-apocalypse where the climate won. And in the My First Dungeon mini series of this game, today's co-cohost Brian Flaherty took…

www.diceexploder.com

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Many Sided Media @manysidedmedia.bsky.social · 1d

Today we got to do something INCREDIBLY exciting that was one of the core reasons we started the Many Sided Network:

We got to pay our affiliates!

No one is receiving a lifechanging amount of money—far from it—but we're proud to help small independent podcasters make a bit of money from their art

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Elliot Davis | TTWH Out NOW @moreblueberries.bsky.social · 1d

The Time We Have: A Conversation Between Brothers is NOW AVAILABLE

A tragic two-player zombie roleplaying game played on opposite sides of a closed door. A game about what it means to be a brother.

Want to learn more about the game? It's time for a megathread ⬇️

A mockup of The Time We Have packaging surrounded by floating door cards. The cover features two brothers sitting on opposite sides of a door with a purple flower motif

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 2d

Kickflip over a quantum centipede in Slugblaster from @mythworks.bsky.social
In the small town of Hillview teenage hoverboarders sneak into other dimensions to explore, film tricks and go viral. It’s got parent groups in a panic. And it’s the coolest thing ever🛹
tabletopbookshelf.com/products/slu...

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 2d

NEW ARRIVAL: Rue From Ruin from @adepticarus.com

Betrayed, alone, and full of rage, you'll undertake a harrowing journey of troubles and self-discovery. Features over 100 escalating troubles you may encounter leading to 256 possible endings!🐺
tabletopbookshelf.com/products/rue...

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CJEggett @cjeggett.co.uk · 2d

Just had my first sesh of Whispers in the Walls by @pandiongames.com for a review in @tabletopbookshelf.com later this month. And just on a game design level I am annoyed how good it is. More to come!

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Necro’D Howletta 👻 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 2d

Final Day! Campaign ends this evening. Thanks so much for keeping World Wide Wrestling... world wide!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndp...

World Wide Wrestling 2E: Repackaged

Reprinting the Premier Pro Wrestling ttrpg of Narrative Action - In Hardcover For the First Time!

www.kickstarter.com

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PVincent (Table Cat Games) @tablecatgames.com · 2d

I woke up this morning to 70 followers on Heart of Glass. I only had 34 a few days ago!

It's going to be a great adventure with it's core mystery and audio logs from @meghancaves.bsky.social

Available for Street Wolves, plus a system agnostic option.

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 2d

I'm deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Rob Weiland. He was a supporter or Tabletop Bookshelf, and everything I've been trying to do. He helped me find the shop's first employee. Once long ago, I even got to be a player it has table. My heart goes out to those closest to him.

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 2d

Kickflip over a quantum centipede in Slugblaster from @mythworks.bsky.social
In the small town of Hillview teenage hoverboarders sneak into other dimensions to explore, film tricks and go viral. It’s got parent groups in a panic. And it’s the coolest thing ever🛹
tabletopbookshelf.com/products/slu...

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 3d

This two-player TTRPG will guide you through the tragic and intimate story of two brothers and the final days before one of you turns. You will take turns drawing cards, asking questions, and processing this change together. In the end, it is up to the surviving brother: Do you open the door?

Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 3d

Come check it out until 4pm today

Tabletop Bookshelf table setup with books and zines

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 3d

If you happen to be in the Milwaukee area today, stop by the Bavarian Bierhaus and check out the best-sellers from our collection!

Midwinter Gaming @midwintergaming.bsky.social · 16d

It's almost here! Small Press Sunday is right around the corner...will we see YOU there?

The event is FREE and we'll have a side room available for open gaming and even a demo or two from our amazing vendor partners!

Shout out if we'll see you there!

www.facebook.com/share/16FHAa...

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 3d

Putting together the mix for Gamehole Con -- check it out next week Thurs-Sun in Madison, WI!

TTRPG zines on wire rocks and on a table in a warehouse space

bookcases with TTRPG books, neatly displayed

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 4d

NEW: Midnight Melodies from @critkituk.bsky.social is a solo RPG in which you play as a jazz pianist who discovers they're immune to the touch of the Grim Reaper. Instead of claiming your life, the Reaper recruits you for the Department of Unauthorized Deaths 🎹
tabletopbookshelf.com/products/mid...

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PVincent (Table Cat Games) @tablecatgames.com · 4d

Milwaukee area ttrpg fans, this Sunday at the Bavarian Bierhaus see me and other local folks like @tabletopbookshelf.com!

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 4d

NEW: Midnight Melodies from @critkituk.bsky.social is a solo RPG in which you play as a jazz pianist who discovers they're immune to the touch of the Grim Reaper. Instead of claiming your life, the Reaper recruits you for the Department of Unauthorized Deaths 🎹
tabletopbookshelf.com/products/mid...

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Montro @montro.bsky.social · 5d

A TTRPG specialty bookstore "CCFOLIA BOOKS" opened in Tokyo.
You can find many kinds of Japanese TTRPGs there. You should go there when you come to Japan.

books.ccfolia.com

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 5d

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