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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 8h

Half the number of the beast!🤘
Next milestone is 369 - who’s going to take us there? 👉🏻 www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 8h

I love watching Dan inking… so meditative.

Daniel Locke 🎉Islands of Weirdhope coming to Backerkit soon🎉 @daniellocke.bsky.social · 1d

👀Here’s another peak at one of the many NPC’s you’ll meet in ‘Islands in of Weirdhope’, a new game I’m working on with @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social

💥Follow the project to see even more:

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Noobirus @noobirus.bsky.social · 1d

All the classes in the OSR game I'm working on.
#ttrpg

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Daniel Locke 🎉Islands of Weirdhope coming to Backerkit soon🎉 @daniellocke.bsky.social · 1d

👀Here’s another peak at one of the many NPC’s you’ll meet in ‘Islands in of Weirdhope’, a new game I’m working on with @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social

💥Follow the project to see even more:

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 1d

Much like our waistline @emielboven.itch.io’s DURF has massively expanded since 2021, find out more plus discover all kinds of other interesting stuff that might provide some distraction from the end times in this week’s super cool Gazeteer

Slay To Find Out

In this week's Gazetteer, one of our favourite post-OSR games, DURF, gets expanded, Frogs cast a spell on you and what is better than Warhammer? Warhammer and model railways, obviously.

wyrd.science

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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 1d

Ha! I’ve seen the pictures. That was a great exhibition. Enjoyed the Subbuteo one there

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Daniel Locke 🎉Islands of Weirdhope coming to Backerkit soon🎉 @daniellocke.bsky.social · 1d

🏴‍☠️I’ve been riffing on what a post calamity, ECOMOFOS!! pirate, might look like for the game @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social & I are about to launch.

🔥It’s called, Islands of Weirdhope.

👀Here’s a seek peak at one of the NPC’s I’ve designed.

🗺️Follow the game here:

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 1d

Oh thanks!

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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 1d

Multi-purpose point-crawls. Might be handy for your game this evening

open.substack.com/pub/davidbla...

Multi-purpose Maps

Need a map for your game tonight, but run out of time/spoons?

open.substack.com

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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for going along!

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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 1d

Multi-purpose point-crawls. Might be handy for your game this evening

open.substack.com/pub/davidbla...

Multi-purpose Maps

Need a map for your game tonight, but run out of time/spoons?

open.substack.com

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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t wait to see this inked. Those tattoos are so cool.

Daniel Locke 🎉Islands of Weirdhope coming to Backerkit soon🎉 @daniellocke.bsky.social · 3d

🎉You absolute legends. There are now 300 beautiful souls aboard the good ship Islands of Weirdhope.🎉🔥And as promised here’s a deal peak at what on my drawing board today.

👀Also, here’s the link for those still hanging around the quayside, come climb aboard:

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t wait to see this inked. Those tattoos are so cool.

Daniel Locke 🎉Islands of Weirdhope coming to Backerkit soon🎉 @daniellocke.bsky.social · 3d

🎉You absolute legends. There are now 300 beautiful souls aboard the good ship Islands of Weirdhope.🎉🔥And as promised here’s a deal peak at what on my drawing board today.

👀Also, here’s the link for those still hanging around the quayside, come climb aboard:

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Chaoclypse (Brandon Yu) @chaoclypse.bsky.social · 2d

drew my friends character, we're playing as cowboys but in B2 Keep on the Borderlands

he's a lizardman hireling called Henry who got upgraded to player character and ended up taming a giant ant

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Daniel Locke 🎉Islands of Weirdhope coming to Backerkit soon🎉 @daniellocke.bsky.social · 3d

🎉You absolute legends. There are now 300 beautiful souls aboard the good ship Islands of Weirdhope.🎉🔥And as promised here’s a deal peak at what on my drawing board today.

👀Also, here’s the link for those still hanging around the quayside, come climb aboard:

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Daniel Locke 🎉Islands of Weirdhope coming to Backerkit soon🎉 @daniellocke.bsky.social · 3d

🏝️Islands of Weirdhope is a game about fighting monsters

🌊Islands of Weirdhope is a game about navigating choppy waters

❤️Islands of Weirdhope is a game about finding friends & discovering community

👈Islands of Weirdhope is about game about today.

👀Follow it:

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

ISLANDS OF WEIRDHOPE - AN ECO MOFOS GAME!! - Sail the Seas to forge a better world

From Copy/Paste Co-op - ISLANDS OF WEIRDHOPE - AN ECO MOFOS GAME!! - Sail the Seas to forge a better world

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Daniel Locke 🎉Islands of Weirdhope coming to Backerkit soon🎉 @daniellocke.bsky.social · 3d

💥Oh, look! 1 more follower & @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social & I will have 300 followers for Islands of Weirdhope! 💥

🫡If we get to 300 I’ll share the WIP I have on my drawing board RN. I know, too tempting not to press that follow button, right?

👀Here’s the link:

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 3d

Ah thanks so much!

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Francisco Lemos @lemosfran.bsky.social · 3d

Checkout this weird setting full of hope and monsters, from the talented @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social and @daniellocke.bsky.social 🏝️🗿

#ttrpg

Daniel Locke 🎉Islands of Weirdhope coming to Backerkit soon🎉 @daniellocke.bsky.social · 3d

🏝️Islands of Weirdhope is a game about fighting monsters

🌊Islands of Weirdhope is a game about navigating choppy waters

❤️Islands of Weirdhope is a game about finding friends & discovering community

👈Islands of Weirdhope is about game about today.

👀Follow it:

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

ISLANDS OF WEIRDHOPE - AN ECO MOFOS GAME!! - Sail the Seas to forge a better world

From Copy/Paste Co-op - ISLANDS OF WEIRDHOPE - AN ECO MOFOS GAME!! - Sail the Seas to forge a better world

www.backerkit.com

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Zedeck Siew @zedecksiew.bsky.social · 3d

Useful tip for folks running A PERFECT WIFE (or any other rpg set in a SEAsian city):

If somebody at your table can't make a session, handwave as: they got stuck in a traffic gridlock, cannot get free for three hours

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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 3d

Soo… who’s going to get us to 300? 👀
bit.ly/3KxcmQa

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• Follow reward: Free Quickstart!
Join 297 other people!

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Melsonian Arts Council @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io · 4d

I think the large number of TTRPG-curious people walking in to Iglootree (.com) is down to the fact that RPGs are only about 1/4 of the mission there. It's mostly weirdo comics (no, weirder than what you're thinking), literature and occult, and the overlap to RPGs is HUGE

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 4d

Part 3 is here. The deep dive into the Ennies. If you're someone who doesn't know much about the Ennie Awards, you should read parts 1 and 2. But if you like a bit of inside baseball and are interested in award shows in general—this is the article for you.

www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-3/

How are the Ennies designed?

An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part three. How does the structure of the Ennies determine its outcomes? And what does it mean for others?

www.explorersdesign.com

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David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 5d

You want to meet her, right? Just follow the link 👉🏻 bit.ly/3KxcmQa

A picture of a woman by Daniel Locke for Islahds of Weirdhope

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Daniel Locke 🎉Islands of Weirdhope coming to Backerkit soon🎉 @daniellocke.bsky.social · 4d

As promised here’s the story of the link between Islands of Weirdhope’s title image and early 80’s pop. I said I’d tell this story if we achieved 250 followers but before I could write it we’d got more or less 300! You guys! ❤️🫡 @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social

Follow the project, link in bio.

Daniel Locke 🎉Islands of Weirdhope coming to Backerkit soon🎉 @daniellocke.bsky.social · 4d

open.substack.com/pub/daniello...

Oh, Rio, Rio, dance across the Rio Grande

Making a Title Image for Islands of Weirdhope

open.substack.com

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