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giant robot tackler @giantrobottackler.bsky.social · 8h

great review, especially the point about motivation to dig deeper. i ran (and liked!) this in an electric bastionland campaign; my players got to floor 3, poked their heads into the sea thing, said "why are we still here?" and just went home lol

Sandro AD -> PAX Unplugged @sandroad.moe · 1d

Lo! A Review!

Is Luke Gearing's "The Isle" the treasure everyone says it is? Or should it be buried deep within a dungeon with no hooks pointing to its presence there?

www.failforward.moe/2025/10/the-...

The Isle: The Review (Mostly)

Well shucks. I read The Isle (Luke "Fever Swamp" Gearing's minimalist "masterpiece"), knowing many people loved it, knowing I hadn't loved ...

www.failforward.moe

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giant robot tackler @giantrobottackler.bsky.social · 1d

rejected title game jam when 👀

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giant robot tackler @giantrobottackler.bsky.social · 4d

a black and white picture of anthony bourdain with the text: "once you've been to kickstarter, you'll never stop wanting to beat stretch goals to death with your bare hands. - anthony bourdain"

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HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.social · 4d

🎶HODAG'WEEN COMES ONCE A YEAR!
NOW IT'S HERE!
NOW IT'S HERE!

HODAG MAG-TIME! 🎶

Are you ready Hodag MAG 4 is here
And it brought friends
The h'ween mega-zine
Redacted for kbf
Don't miss out
Send me an email to HODAGMAG at GMAIL dot COM
With the subject line "get spooky!"

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giant robot tackler @giantrobottackler.bsky.social · 4d

idk if i want to be scared (too difficult to make happen imo) but i DO want to be unsettled and even tense 😮

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Queen of the Giraffes 👑🦒 @diyanddragons.bsky.social · 4d

Gonna treat my next headache by taking a couple of The Tylenol That Gives You Autism and drinking a glass of The Lemonade That Kills You.

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giant robot tackler @giantrobottackler.bsky.social · 6d

😮!!! i was just listening to the hateno village remix from part 1 the other day and wondering if this was ever gonna come out! excited to give it a listen

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melos han-tani @hantani.bsky.social · 6d

put out a free archival release of most of my soundcloud music from 2011-13, from my PxTone work (the Cave Story synth) to stuff written circa-Anodyne 1, including a handful of piano songs, covers, etc. Meant to have this out in 2020..better late than never!
htch.bandcamp.com/album/great-...

Great Tree Library of Melos (Layer 2 - Sky Stratum), by melos han-tani

35 track album

htch.bandcamp.com

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 8d

My first system review, after a year's experience at the table!

Come gawk at my Big Complex Feelings™.

www.valerialoves.com/why-dont-i-h...

Why Don't I Hate Fabula Ultima?

Theoryslop shadowboxing an omnigender Italian

www.valerialoves.com

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 9d

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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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 10d

Broke: Werewolves
Bespoke: Weregild
#ttrpg #osr (new blogpost)

Moonlight Glitters upon Weregild — Prismatic Wasteland

Lycanthropy is played out. Instead of using another werewolf in your game, try some weregilt.

www.prismaticwasteland.com

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 10d

Alright, the first in-depth article of my awards debrief is live. "How do the Ennies work?" A top-down look at my judging experience from A to Z.

Please share, leave comments, and ask questions. And don't forget to read part 1 if you haven't already.

www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-2/

How do the Ennies work?

An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part two. What is the award process like behind closed doors, and how do the judges select nominees?

www.explorersdesign.com

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Evey 💀 Swamp Hag Trainee 🐸|🏳️‍⚧️ @violentmedia.itch.io · 12d

still at 65% of goal, just 3 hours to go

Evey 💀 Swamp Hag Trainee 🐸|🏳️‍⚧️ @violentmedia.itch.io · Sep 18

hey it'd be cool if you bought some zines because shit ain't going so great no more

writing's become unsustainable & I gotta shift my focus and the use of my very limited spoons.

fuck, y'all, writing's been my dream job since the 2nd season of xena first came out. 🤷‍♀️it worked for a while there.

I can't do this anymore... by Evey Lockhart

A bundle by Evey Lockhart, $30.00 for 28 games

itch.io

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 15d

Barkeep on the Borderlands is in its 2nd printing! It is now perfect bound with a spine and has much more consistent colors in the interior.

To celebrate, the next ~50 orders of Barkeep or the Barkeep Bundle will also come with a random autographed “print proof” page
#osr #rpg

Copies of the new print run on the left, the proof pages of the book (a cutaway map of a pub pictured) below and a few holographic stickers on top

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giant robot tackler @giantrobottackler.bsky.social · 16d

happy october! i wrote a gross corpse pit and put it in the column section this month 🙂

Personable | Markus @personable.bsky.social · 16d

New month, new Carouse, Carouse! More gameables, reviews, opinions, and a veritable cornucopia of blog posts!

www.carouse.blog/october-2025...

October 2025 - The Most Spookiful Time of the Year

The last vestiges of summer are leaving the northern hemisphere, and pumpkin season is starting to get going, so the Carousing Collective is once again here to bring you the best in RPG blogging for y...

www.carouse.blog

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Idle Cartulary @idlecartulary.itch.io · 17d

It's that time of the month, girls: The Idle Digest! SO MUCH going on entering the last quarter, and I try to get on top of as much as possible here! The Idle Digest the newsletter to join if you want to keep a track of me and my thoughts, but don't use an RSS feed! open.substack.com/pub/idlecart...

The Idle Digest #11

Idle Cartulary's Digest for September 2025

open.substack.com

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Rose Skye @vorpalcoil.bsky.social · 17d

The first public version of Protoplastic, the plastic robot roleplaying game, is now available!

Protoplastic 0.4 Has Arrived! | Rose Skye

Get more from Rose Skye on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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giant robot tackler @giantrobottackler.bsky.social · 17d

we just finished our triangle campaign, but this looks tight!

Haunted Table @hauntedtable.bsky.social · 17d

New project announcement! TRIANGLE U, with lead designer Noel Warford!

Check out a short teaser of the setting and some information in our public post below, then join in playtesting our first mission by signing up for the Patreon!

Class starts Monday.

www.patreon.com/posts/triang...

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giant robot tackler @giantrobottackler.bsky.social · 24d

working on translating Mythic Bastionland's myth style to a modern setting with a lil analog horror flavor 🕯️

from a ttrpg document: "Signals: 1. A woman with boundless energy tells tales to a small crowd of kids. A thin wire snakes from her nape to a nearby outlet. Her eyes are screwed shut; her voice lags behind her lips."

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 24d

A review of one of the earliest official 5e adventures (but one you’ve never heard of) which also explores the 5e play culture of the time and whether you can “fix” an adventure with lots of fun aspects without subverting the intended play culture
#dnd #rpg #osr

Review: Outlaws of the Iron Route — Prismatic Wasteland

Reviewing one of the earliest adventures for 5th Edition D&D: how I would improve player agency and how my proposed fixes grind up against the play culture of 5e.

www.prismaticwasteland.com

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Afraid of Encounters @isaacisafraid.bsky.social · 24d

Finally wrote my Appendix N blogpost. I know I'm late to the party, but writing this was fun and it energized me. So here you go, the media that inspires my Tabletop RPG works and sessions.
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/my-personal-...

My Personal Appendix N (Appendix I!)

I'm really late to the party on this one, but I've finally put a list of media that truly inspires me as a Tabletop RPG fan and creator. When I think abou...

afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev

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Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 24d

New Review!

Orphans, the newest Tuesday Night Games Pamphlet.

Numerous thoughts within.

www.valerialoves.com/orphans-stuc...

Orphans Stuck in Tasty Mud

is the weakest official Mosh module still a certified banger?

www.valerialoves.com

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HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.social · 25d

CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS FINALLY DROPPING FROM @plusoneexp.bsky.social AND @stillfleet.bsky.social !

www.rascal.news/picaro-early...

PICARO! Early Modern Role-Play Using the Grit System

Rob aristocrats with guns, swords, or eldritch wytch-craft—the choice is yours!

www.rascal.news

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Amanda P. ➡️ PAXU @weirdwonder.bsky.social · Sep 17

Today my new adventure Orestruck is officially released! Return to the Tannic Forest to confront monstrosities, both magical and mundane.

Itch weirdwonder.itch.io/orestruck
DrivethruRPG www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

@spacepenguinink.bsky.social spacepenguin.ink/collections/...

Image with black background of a figure holding a torch in a cave that looks like teeth with the Words Orestruck an adventure by Amanda P. out now

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · Sep 16

A roundup of the biggest blog bandwagon ever: over 69 different bloggers wrote about their Appendices N and I collected and categorized them all for you
#osr #ttrpg

Bandwagon Roundup: The Appendices Ns

Over 69 (!) bloggers came together for the largest bandwagon of the year and I round them all up for your perusal

prismaticweekly.substack.com

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