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Fred Hicks @deadlyfredly.bsky.social · 14h

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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AdamMakesTTRPG @adammakesttrpg.bsky.social · 6d

@dollarsanddragons.com (she/they) is an queer millennial designer with contributions to She Is The Ancient, Strixhaven: Field Studies, Hymn of the Dragonflower and is the project lead for Vineyard RPG and How To GM Romance...

Friday Strout is standing arms folded and has shoulder-length red hair and is wearing a red top against a neutral background

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Anas Abdulhak - أنس عبدالحق @anasabdulhak.bsky.social · 14h

We just hit 100 backers on ETHERES: Deluxe Edition‼️😭
Thank you all for helping us reach this milestone. We're less than 40% away from achieving our goal and making this book a reality

@dennismenheere.bsky.social

www.kickstarter.com/projects/den...

Etheres: Ringo Award Nominated One-Shot Comic Returns

Anas Abdulhak and Dennis Menheere invite you to journey into Etheres, a realm where souls go when they don't belong anywhere else.

www.kickstarter.com

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AdamMakesTTRPG @adammakesttrpg.bsky.social · 6d

@collatte.bsky.social (they/them) is an ENNIE-award-winning Chinese-Cambodian game designer. They've worked on projects such as the Pathfinder’s Battle Cry and Tian Xia Character Guide, Unbreakable Anthology, and the Uncaged Anthology...

Collette Quach is a young person with dark hair, nose ring, dark-rimmed glasses, white top mostly covered by a black collared jacket.

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AdamMakesTTRPG @adammakesttrpg.bsky.social · 6d

@drgwenmarshall.bsky.social (she/her) is a philosophy professor and game designer. Her works include Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e, S5E: Superheroic Roleplaying for 5th Edition, several pieces with MCDM, and more. Find her via: drgwenmarshall.carrd.co

Gwen Marshall is a smiling woman wearing dark-rimmed glasses and a blue and white-polkadotted top. Her dark hair is pulled back with gray headband. Behind her is a full bookshelf.

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Kelly Whyte @kellywhyte.bsky.social · 1d

#kiwirpg is bringing you a Halloween bundle! 13 spooky works for #dnd , Mausritter, FATE, MotW and more for just $10.

Get your halloween game sorted and support your friendly kiwi creatives while you're at it!
#ttrpg #bundle

itch.io/b/3326/trick...

Trick or TTRPG! by Kelly Whyte and 7 others

Trick or TTRPG!: 13 items for $9.99

itch.io

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Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 1d

The Goat Song Workshop is back for week 2! Give me the birthday gift of a subscription to it!

goatsongworkshop.beehiiv.com/p/goat-song-...

Goat Song Workshop 2

Thank you so much to everyone who has already subscribed to the newsletter! I’m hoping to get more with each week, so if you’re interested in getting this every week right into your email, you know wh...

goatsongworkshop.beehiiv.com

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

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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AdamMakesTTRPG @adammakesttrpg.bsky.social · 6d

@unseeliejess.bsky.social (she/her) is a multi-ENNIE award winning game designer and sensitivity reader. A co-founder of Unseelie Studios, she has created the Buddy System as well as freelancing for multiple publishers including...

Jessica Marcrum is a woman seated at a table, her forearms propping up her chin. She's wearing a dark top, dark-rimmed glasses, and red lipstick, and has red hair with purple highlights. Wood paneling and a bench seat are behind her

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Ava's Adventures @avasadventures.bsky.social · 1d

In the beginning of the outbreak, zombies were-on average- slower than their prey. Contagion required physical contact, therefore the virus mutated.

Runners are zombies with remarkable speed & maneuverability. They are also one of the Undead Classes in my #ttrpg Undead Paradise.
Art by Cindy Lindy

A Runner-class Zombie from the Undead Paradise TTRPG. The strength of their leg muscles have been enhanced. Mould-like ligaments extended outside the body, wrapping around the quadriceps, hamstrings and calf muscles. The soles of their feet peeled away the skin, letting hard bone contact the earth. The skin around their eyes rotted away, erasing their eyelids.

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

Like what you see? 6 days left to back the campaign and get your own copy of the game!

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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Viktor | The Crown of Jarajakti on Kickstarter @navypink.itch.io · 4d

77% now! Let's keep it up 🔥

Viktor | The Crown of Jarajakti on Kickstarter @navypink.itch.io · 4d

We are halfway through the #Kickstarter and 70% funded, we can still make it!

Pledge now for a 32 page #TTRPG adventure booklet complete with maps, tokens, and handouts: everything you need to run a tense and mysterious adventure of 3-4 sessions ☠️

www.kickstarter.com/projects/161...

The Crown of Jarajakti. A naval horror adventure.

Find the stranded ship and escape with the treasure. What seemed like a simple job quickly takes a much more disturbing turn...

www.kickstarter.com

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Viktor | The Crown of Jarajakti on Kickstarter @navypink.itch.io · 4d

We are halfway through the #Kickstarter and 70% funded, we can still make it!

Pledge now for a 32 page #TTRPG adventure booklet complete with maps, tokens, and handouts: everything you need to run a tense and mysterious adventure of 3-4 sessions ☠️

www.kickstarter.com/projects/161...

The Crown of Jarajakti. A naval horror adventure.

Find the stranded ship and escape with the treasure. What seemed like a simple job quickly takes a much more disturbing turn...

www.kickstarter.com

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 6d

Library cards are cheaper than an Amazon unlimited subscription

And they have better ebooks available anyways

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🪼Jellyfishlines is Haunting You🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 2d

$110 to funding babes!! Let’s get this over the bump!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/161...

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Shewstone Publishing @shewstone.bsky.social · 2d

The Fair Folk (faeries) beguile travelers into their hollow hills. Ghosts haunt the moors and castles. Foreign spies plot the downfall of the Tudor Dynasty. 101 #TTRPG adventure plots inspired by the history and folklore of Renaissance England. 88.5% funded!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/she...

Cover image of the book 101 Tales of Magic and Mystery with illustration showing three adventurers confronting an elf lord within his hollow hill. Green graphic reading "Nearly Funded [on] Kickstarter. Caption: TTRPG Plots inspired by the history and folklore of Renaissance England.

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AdamMakesTTRPG @adammakesttrpg.bsky.social · 6d

@sagamack.bsky.social (she/her) is a queer fantasy cartographer, illustrator and occasional writer of things, with map work in such books as Cyberpunk Red: Black Chrome, Uncaged:Goddesses, Grizelda's Cursed Curiosities and many more...

Saga Mackenzie is a woman standing beneath a stone arch. She has blue and white hair and is wearing dark-rimmed glasses, necklaces, a purple top, a blue jacket, and blue jeans

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🪼Jellyfishlines is Haunting You🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 3d

*makes regular people go through the most weird fucked up situation with fucked up problems*
Rod Sterling Voice: wow wasn’t that wild folks, totally fucked right? Anyway I’m Rod Sterling and this is Absurdia

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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dairykillsme @dairykillsme.bsky.social · 3d

Thieves of the Tome is officially digitally released! v1.0 looks and plays awesome and I'm so excited to get it out in the world.

The book is 70 pages of dripping acidpunk goodness featuring mechanics to run and play games using real books!

dairykillsme.itch.io/thieves-of-t...

#TTRPG #books

A page from a book. This chapter title has a large illustration of 3 brightly colored wizards. One is red and holding his hand up and casting some sort of spell, dressed in the robes of a priest and face blurring as it shakes in many directions. One is blue and dressed in a suit, radiating an air of posh. One is purple, partially replaced with electromechanical parts, and poring over a tome.

A page from thieves of the tome. It has an illustration of NayZar, a phony prophet, as well as a stat block for them. NayZar looks like a bird wearing dirty blue robes. They wield an ocular staff and a tome with pages falling out.

A page from thieves of the tome titled casting spells. It lists the steps of spell casting as 1. Speak the name 2. Hear the choice 3. Make a choice 4. Hear the effect 5. The consequences 6. Spell consumed. It also shows a colorful illustration of a bug man desperately trying to cast spells.

A page from Thieves of the Tome titled Doom and Destiny. It shows a large illustration of a wizard with a scraggly beard and green goo flowing out of his head. His name is slime and he is a doomed thief.

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AdamMakesTTRPG @adammakesttrpg.bsky.social · 6d

@legalkimchi.bsky.social (he/him) is a youtuber who regularly discusses Tabletop Roleplaying topics with an analytical lens. He's worked on multiple TTRPG supplements both released and upcoming, and has been running tabletop games for over 30 years. You can find him at youtube.com/legalkimchi

LegalKimchi

Video essays on overthinking ttrpgs, history, and social issues.

youtube.com

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AdamMakesTTRPG @adammakesttrpg.bsky.social · 6d

@erfjordan.bsky.social (she/her) is a writer and editor who has worked on numerous successful crowdfunders and award-winning RPG products. Her work on weird and dark fantasy will end only when her secret buried heart is discovered and impaled, ending her hellish reign.

E. R. F. Jordan is a young woman with dark hair and seated on a sofa wearing red lipstick, dark-rimmed glasses and a black leather jacket

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AdamMakesTTRPG @adammakesttrpg.bsky.social · 5d

There's also a print-on-demand version at DriveThruRPG: legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5244...

AdamMakesTTRPG @adammakesttrpg.bsky.social · 6d

Playing God is now available on Itch!

gnomemadegames.itch.io/playing-god

This solo or multiplayer TTRPG allows you to play as a mighty god!

Read about the game in this interview: gmshoe.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/q...

#ttrpg #mythology

Playing God by GnomeMadeGames

Play a god in this solo or multiplayer TTRPG

gnomemadegames.itch.io

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AdamMakesTTRPG @adammakesttrpg.bsky.social · 6d

@vjhcreations.bsky.social (they/he/something funny) is an Adamantine bestseller and a full time TTRPG designer and professional GM. They have worked on projects such as An Elf and an Orc Had a Little Baby Volumes 1 - 4, Flee Mortals, MCDM Arcadia Issues and more....

VJ Harris is a smiling, seated young man wearing an eyebrow ring and gray collared button-down jacket

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The Hearth Magazine 🌈💜🖤🤍 @thehearthmag.bsky.social · 5d

Look at this pretty cover! (Thank you @montfordtales.com) This cover is so pretty, how can you not want to read what's inside? You can pre-order Issue #4 now and get it direct to your inbox on October 14, and maybe catch up on issues you missed. #ttrpgsky #ttrpg ko-fi.com/prairiedrago...

Cover for The Hearth Magazine, Issue 4, September 2025. Art: Watercolour-style digital image depicting a curious, grey sky whale shark flies through the clouds with her young, towards an explorer in a hot air balloon.

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🪼Jellyfishlines is Haunting You🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 5d

8 days to hit 25K for @kendomakesfilms.bsky.social, @moreblueberries.bsky.social, @goblinmixtape.bsky.social, and myself to write some cool one shots for Absurdia! Let’s get over that hump to 20k and further!!

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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