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9th Level Games🔜Gameholecon @9thlevelgames.bsky.social · 2d

Going to @magfest.org or live near DC? We're looking for GM's to run games - Kobolds, Sentai & Sensibility, Thunder Road Vendetta RPG, Rebel Scum, MAZES, & even WRASTLEVANIA! Let us know & fill this out by 10/15 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Super MAGFest 2026 D&D and Small Press RPG Interest Form

This form is for those who are interested in volunteering to run Dungeons & Dragons and Small Press RPG games at Super MAGFest 2026 (January 8-11, 2026 at the Gaylord National Harbor). Games will take...

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Jon Smejkal @cyberook.bsky.social · 3d

milwaukeerecord.com/arts/r-i-p-r...

R.I.P. Rob Wieland

Rob was a steadfast contributor to Milwaukee Record since its founding in 2014. He will be forever missed.

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Jon Smejkal @cyberook.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. We just lost Rob Wieland. I’ve appreciated his Forbes RPG reviews, played in one of his games and have chatted with him at GameHole Con. I was looking forward to bumping into him at GHC this week. Rest in peace brother.

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

All set up, come on down!

(If you live in the Milwaukee area)

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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 9d

Get an early look at the official Ghost in the Shell tabletop RPG. Download the free quickstart and prepare for the Kickstarter.

Official Ghost in the Shell tabletop RPG announced, and a free quickstart is out now

A new roleplaying game set in the world of Ghost in the Shell: ARISE is coming from Mana Project Studio, using the Forged in the Dark system.

www.geeknative.com

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TTRPG Fanatics @ttrpgfanatics.bsky.social · 9d

A new Ghost in the Shell tabletop RPG Kickstarter is coming soon from Mana Project Studio, with a free quickstart guide available for download now on @drivethrurpg.com. ttrpgfans.com/ghost-in-the... #ttrpg #TTRPGCommunity #RPGCommunity #rpg #rpggames #ghostintheshell #kickstarter

A New Ghost in the Shell RPG Is Coming to Kickstarter

A new Ghost in the Shell tabletop RPG Kickstarter is coming soon from Mana Project Studio, with a free quickstart guide available for download now.

ttrpgfans.com

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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 8d

Forged in the Dark, you say?

DriveThruRPG @drivethrurpg.com · 8d

The Ghost In The Shell TTRPG - Quickstart is available now from Mana Project Studio!

Get it here: tinyurl.com/ycyfk8kd

Built on a customized Forged in the Dark system, this game lets you create elite Public Security Section agents and dive into high-stakes missions. #TTRPGs

The Ghost In The Shell TTRPG - Quickstart is available now at DriveThruRPG.com

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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 8d

Italian publisher Mana Project Studio has landed the official license for a Ghost in the Shell TTRPG. A 49-page quickstart is available now.

Official Ghost in the Shell tabletop RPG announced, and a free quickstart is out now

A new roleplaying game set in the world of Ghost in the Shell: ARISE is coming from Mana Project Studio, using the Forged in the Dark system.

www.geeknative.com

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Restoration Games @restorationgames.bsky.social · 13d

Return to Dark Tower: Expeditions launches on Kickstarter this Tuesday, October 7! This new expansion features 4 new heroes and 4 expedition boards outside the borders of the Four Kingdoms. Sign up for the campaign launch to earn a free Cursed Coin!

https://restoration.games/RtDTExpeditionsSignUp

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Jon Smejkal @cyberook.bsky.social · 8d

Useful creativity tips, regardless of what you’re working on:

Exeunt Press 💀 @exeunt.press · 8d

10 tips for making daily creations

I asked for your best creativity tips and hacks and you delivered. Here are the top ones received so you can make the most of the #MÖRKTOBER season: omnes.exeunt.press/p/daily-crea...

10 tips for making daily creations

I asked for your best creativity tips and hacks and you delivered. Here are the top ones received so you can make the most of the MÖRKTOBER season. Make it dark. Make it weird.

omnes.exeunt.press

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TabletopGamingDeals @tabletopgamedeals.bsky.social · 10d

Check out the newly announced Ghost in the Shell TTRPG for FREE

To help promote the game before the Kickstarter launch Mana Project Studio has released a free Quickstart including streamlined rules and a complete intro mission

#ad www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

#GitS #GhostInTheShell #TTRPG

Ghost In The Shell TTRPG - Quickstart - Mana Project Studio | Ghost In The Shell TTRPG | DriveThruRPG

English_________________________________________________________ Ghost in the Shell TTRPG Quickstart drops you into Newport City in 2027, where cybernetic operatives face espionage, corruption, and th...

www.drivethrurpg.com

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Studio 2 Publishing @studio2publishing.bsky.social · 10d

Follow the Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/man...

Coming soon: Ghost In The Shell - The Official Tabletop Roleplaying Game

The official tabletop roleplaying game of Ghost in the Shell, the anime that redefined the cyberpunk genre, set in the ARISE era.

www.kickstarter.com

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Jon Smejkal @cyberook.bsky.social · 10d

Pete Petrusha and I did the system design (Pete did the heavy lifting) and I wrote the mission!

Studio 2 Publishing @studio2publishing.bsky.social · 10d

The Ghost in the Shell TTRPG is coming to Kickstarter next month from our friends at Mana Project Studio. To celebrate this amazing news, the Quickstart is available now, for FREE, on DriveThruRPG.
Check it out and spread the word!

www.drivethrurpg.com/it/product/5...

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Jon Smejkal @cyberook.bsky.social · 10d

…you can be notified when it launches.
But, you can also download the Quickstart where you can play the mission I wrote!

It'd be awesome if you backed it, but at the very least, if you could share the link to get it to a wider audience, that’d be rad, thanks!
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Jon Smejkal @cyberook.bsky.social · 10d

Exciting news!

You may have heard I’ve done some writing for the #GhostInTheShell #TTRPG

Well, #ManaProjectStudio is officially Kickstarting it Nov. 4!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/man...

If you click the link… (1/2)

Coming soon: Ghost In The Shell - The Official Tabletop Roleplaying Game

The official tabletop roleplaying game of Ghost in the Shell, the anime that redefined the cyberpunk genre, set in the ARISE era.

www.kickstarter.com

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Jon Smejkal @cyberook.bsky.social · 11d

Rock on!

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Jon Smejkal @cyberook.bsky.social · 12d

Fun thread on #TTRPG student presentations:

John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 12d

That time of the semester where my students in the #TTRPG course @ucmerced.bsky.social do their presentations on a game, individual, or company involved in the creation/advocacy/support of #RPG
(this @voiceofobrien.bsky.social gif is the vibe I need)

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Jon Smejkal @cyberook.bsky.social · 13d

I finished sculpting and painting the ‘key’ prop for the #OutgunnedAdventure one-shot I’ll be running at #GameHoleCon.

It’s a 1/6 scale (okay maybe 1/4 scale) model of a gyaling, a traditional woodwind instrument used mainly in Tibetan monasteries during chanting and prayer.

A 1/6 scale (okay maybe 1/4 scale) model of a gyaling, standing vertically on a cutting mat.

A 1/6 scale (okay maybe 1/4 scale) model of a gyaling, lying diagonally on a cutting mat.

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 13d

There have been eigth previous worlds...

This is the Ninth World. The people of the prior worlds are gone—scattered, disappeared, or transcended. But their works remain...

Follow for advance news about the Numenera TTRPG, exclusive sneak peeks, and a special gift free!
mymcg.info/numenera

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PVincent (Table Cat Games) @tablecatgames.com · 15d

Heart of Glass, an adventure supplement for Street Wolves is coming soon to Backerkit. The heroes are out of their element in a town shrouded in secrets and in the grips of a satanic panic.

Please follow along, it's going to be a really cool release!

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Jon Smejkal @cyberook.bsky.social · 15d

So it appears I’m not alone in feeling Leto soured the franchise.
(His “evil for evil’s sake” Wallace in Bladerunner 2049 was gross.)

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Helena Real 🏳️‍⚧️ @helenareal.bsky.social · 18d

With alt text because this made me cry 😭

Screenshot from what-even-is-thiss tumblr

"Cats don't actually love you"

A cat is a small creature in the middle of the food chain that is fully aware that you are a very large thing that could stomp its head in at any moment and yet it chooses to rest its tiny little head on your leg for a nap and spreads out on the floor near you exposing its belly and its most sensitive organs. It brings dead mice and bugs to you to share food.

Don't you get it? This tiny thing trusts you. It wants to help you too. It licks your leg thinking that it's helping. It kneads on you to find comfort. It shares its body warmth with you in the cold and gives you your space in the heat. It hisses at other mammals it sees outside including other cats in an effort to protect its family.

Cats love you so so much. But they will keep trying to eat plastic.

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Jon Smejkal @cyberook.bsky.social · 17d

Jon Smejkal @cyberook.bsky.social · 19d

Dude. Ben Franklin was the shit! We used to ride bikes there!

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PVincent (Table Cat Games) @tablecatgames.com · 20d

Heart of Glass, the next Street Wolves mini campaign, features the Street Wolves out of their element and mired in a town full of secrets.

Heart of glass features sound bites by @meghancaves.bsky.social

Please sign up to be notified when it launches.

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Get Ready for Heart of Glass: A Street Wolves Mystery

From Table Cat Games - Get Ready for Heart of Glass: A Street Wolves Mystery

www.backerkit.com

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