Sarah Cole
@irny.bsky.social
Pale. Curious. Game-maker. Writer. (de-)Archivist. Goon.
Goblinesque. Demi. ADHD. She/Her.
Current things:
- Darkened Hill & Dale 🎲💀🏞️
- TERMINUS 🎲💀🚇
- Trick or Retreat 🎃🎲☕☺️
links.patchworkfez.co.uk
Goblinesque. Demi. ADHD. She/Her.
Current things:
- Darkened Hill & Dale 🎲💀🏞️
- TERMINUS 🎲💀🚇
- Trick or Retreat 🎃🎲☕☺️
links.patchworkfez.co.uk
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Sarah Cole
@irny.bsky.social
· Apr 8
Patchwork Fez Games
Horrible games for lovely people.
shop.patchworkfez.games
Interested in a TTRPG of mine?
Pick up Darkened Hill & Dale at
shop.patchworkfez.games
TERMINUS late pledges are open on Kickstarter at
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...
Sign up to my rare newsletter at
buttondown.email/PatchworkFez
General info at
patchworkfez.games
Pick up Darkened Hill & Dale at
shop.patchworkfez.games
TERMINUS late pledges are open on Kickstarter at
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...
Sign up to my rare newsletter at
buttondown.email/PatchworkFez
General info at
patchworkfez.games
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PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
December 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
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Nice gyre. Widening?
December 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Nice gyre. Widening?
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Someone told me today that I need to get better at marketing, which is true.
*puts on marketing hat*
Buy my fucking book.
loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025
*puts on marketing hat*
Buy my fucking book.
loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025
The Mouth Of Winter by Chris Bissette
A serialised grimdark horror novella
loottheroom.itch.io
December 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Someone told me today that I need to get better at marketing, which is true.
*puts on marketing hat*
Buy my fucking book.
loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025
*puts on marketing hat*
Buy my fucking book.
loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025
I tend to launch my TTRPG Kickstarters with next to no pre-launch marketing, and I don't check what else is launching/live.
I've only just realised that this could be quite inconvenient for other creators, who might be happily working on something with a similar theme when I appear from nowhere.
I've only just realised that this could be quite inconvenient for other creators, who might be happily working on something with a similar theme when I appear from nowhere.
December 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I tend to launch my TTRPG Kickstarters with next to no pre-launch marketing, and I don't check what else is launching/live.
I've only just realised that this could be quite inconvenient for other creators, who might be happily working on something with a similar theme when I appear from nowhere.
I've only just realised that this could be quite inconvenient for other creators, who might be happily working on something with a similar theme when I appear from nowhere.
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The Cement & Concrete Association: diligent chroniclers of the UK’s post-WW2 infrastructure projects, always in shades of blue and grey!
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Cement & Concrete Association: diligent chroniclers of the UK’s post-WW2 infrastructure projects, always in shades of blue and grey!
Now, I said I wouldn't start any new projects before February, so that I get a bit of a holiday from TTRPG-making after nearly two years of constantly working on things.
But.
What if I were to start *and finish* a little project in one sitting? Maybe that would be ok?
But.
What if I were to start *and finish* a little project in one sitting? Maybe that would be ok?
December 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Now, I said I wouldn't start any new projects before February, so that I get a bit of a holiday from TTRPG-making after nearly two years of constantly working on things.
But.
What if I were to start *and finish* a little project in one sitting? Maybe that would be ok?
But.
What if I were to start *and finish* a little project in one sitting? Maybe that would be ok?
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My favourite thing I heard of like this is a debugging feature in Alien Isolation where instead of hissing the Alien states aloud what it's thinking about.
"I heard you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I have found you."
"I heard you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I have found you."
December 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
My favourite thing I heard of like this is a debugging feature in Alien Isolation where instead of hissing the Alien states aloud what it's thinking about.
"I heard you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I have found you."
"I heard you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I am hunting you. I have found you."
I can confirm that all paperback copies of TERMINUS, even the ones with add-ons, are now in the postal network! 🥳
Now in the possession of the local delivery office: ~160 packaged copies of TERMINUS.
I didn't quite manage to finish packaging everything yesterday, so I'll be working on the final ~20 over the next couple of evenings, but most are enroute!
I didn't quite manage to finish packaging everything yesterday, so I'll be working on the final ~20 over the next couple of evenings, but most are enroute!
December 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I can confirm that all paperback copies of TERMINUS, even the ones with add-ons, are now in the postal network! 🥳
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No Twilight Zone? No X-Files.
No X-Files? No Breaking Bad.
No Breaking Bad? No Pluribus.
It's easy to see how the world would be missing something if those never happened.
What's harder to see, is that there are other stories that didn't happen because we didn't support Black producers in 1959.
No X-Files? No Breaking Bad.
No Breaking Bad? No Pluribus.
It's easy to see how the world would be missing something if those never happened.
What's harder to see, is that there are other stories that didn't happen because we didn't support Black producers in 1959.
December 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
No Twilight Zone? No X-Files.
No X-Files? No Breaking Bad.
No Breaking Bad? No Pluribus.
It's easy to see how the world would be missing something if those never happened.
What's harder to see, is that there are other stories that didn't happen because we didn't support Black producers in 1959.
No X-Files? No Breaking Bad.
No Breaking Bad? No Pluribus.
It's easy to see how the world would be missing something if those never happened.
What's harder to see, is that there are other stories that didn't happen because we didn't support Black producers in 1959.
Query:
Just how quickly can a person get a bathtub with on-tap acid installed in their basement in the US?
Or are they just kind of standard, like furnaces and air conditioning?
No, I shall not be providing context for this question if you don't know why I'm asking.
Just how quickly can a person get a bathtub with on-tap acid installed in their basement in the US?
Or are they just kind of standard, like furnaces and air conditioning?
No, I shall not be providing context for this question if you don't know why I'm asking.
December 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Query:
Just how quickly can a person get a bathtub with on-tap acid installed in their basement in the US?
Or are they just kind of standard, like furnaces and air conditioning?
No, I shall not be providing context for this question if you don't know why I'm asking.
Just how quickly can a person get a bathtub with on-tap acid installed in their basement in the US?
Or are they just kind of standard, like furnaces and air conditioning?
No, I shall not be providing context for this question if you don't know why I'm asking.
I really enjoyed Wake Up Dead Man!
I think I still like Knives Out best, but only because I slightly preferred the pacing. This one was very good and twisty though!
Also quite pleased to have instinctively identified that several of the filming locations were actually in the UK. 😅
I think I still like Knives Out best, but only because I slightly preferred the pacing. This one was very good and twisty though!
Also quite pleased to have instinctively identified that several of the filming locations were actually in the UK. 😅
December 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I really enjoyed Wake Up Dead Man!
I think I still like Knives Out best, but only because I slightly preferred the pacing. This one was very good and twisty though!
Also quite pleased to have instinctively identified that several of the filming locations were actually in the UK. 😅
I think I still like Knives Out best, but only because I slightly preferred the pacing. This one was very good and twisty though!
Also quite pleased to have instinctively identified that several of the filming locations were actually in the UK. 😅
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are you wearing your new socks so Jólakötturinn doesn't eat you
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
are you wearing your new socks so Jólakötturinn doesn't eat you
@beyondcataclysm.co.uk Hey! Hope you're doing well. Quick question – what postage class do you use to ship things from your online shop? I see it's flat rate, but there doesn't seem to be any more info than that? It'd be useful to know, as I'll choose the delivery address based on rough ETA. Thanks!
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
@beyondcataclysm.co.uk Hey! Hope you're doing well. Quick question – what postage class do you use to ship things from your online shop? I see it's flat rate, but there doesn't seem to be any more info than that? It'd be useful to know, as I'll choose the delivery address based on rough ETA. Thanks!
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Final call for Christmas orders ..
Darkened Hill & Dale is a superb collection of disturbing and unsettling (system agnostic) horror scenarios. My best rpg purchase of 2025.
Darkened Hill & Dale is a superb collection of disturbing and unsettling (system agnostic) horror scenarios. My best rpg purchase of 2025.
Final call for anyone wanting to place Christmas orders on shop.patchworkfez.games or www.etsy.com/shop/Badgica... with standard shipping!
I can't dispatch anything next week, so any orders placed then will be posted on 22nd – and you'll need to picked 'Tracked 24' shipping for it to arrive on time.
I can't dispatch anything next week, so any orders placed then will be posted on 22nd – and you'll need to picked 'Tracked 24' shipping for it to arrive on time.
Patchwork Fez Games
Horrible games for lovely people.
shop.patchworkfez.games
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Final call for Christmas orders ..
Darkened Hill & Dale is a superb collection of disturbing and unsettling (system agnostic) horror scenarios. My best rpg purchase of 2025.
Darkened Hill & Dale is a superb collection of disturbing and unsettling (system agnostic) horror scenarios. My best rpg purchase of 2025.
Final call for anyone wanting to place Christmas orders on shop.patchworkfez.games or www.etsy.com/shop/Badgica... with standard shipping!
I can't dispatch anything next week, so any orders placed then will be posted on 22nd – and you'll need to picked 'Tracked 24' shipping for it to arrive on time.
I can't dispatch anything next week, so any orders placed then will be posted on 22nd – and you'll need to picked 'Tracked 24' shipping for it to arrive on time.
Patchwork Fez Games
Horrible games for lovely people.
shop.patchworkfez.games
December 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Final call for anyone wanting to place Christmas orders on shop.patchworkfez.games or www.etsy.com/shop/Badgica... with standard shipping!
I can't dispatch anything next week, so any orders placed then will be posted on 22nd – and you'll need to picked 'Tracked 24' shipping for it to arrive on time.
I can't dispatch anything next week, so any orders placed then will be posted on 22nd – and you'll need to picked 'Tracked 24' shipping for it to arrive on time.
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We are pleased to launch today a new programme for early career researchers with @ihr.bsky.social & @chalkefestival.bsky.social
'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in 2026 bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited.
'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in 2026 bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited.
Pitch my Project: an opportunity for early career historians to present their work at the Chalke History Festival 2026 - RHS
Have you ever wanted to share your research with a wide audience? Would you like to gain experience in public speaking, and be supported to develop imaginative ways to communicate your research to the...
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We are pleased to launch today a new programme for early career researchers with @ihr.bsky.social & @chalkefestival.bsky.social
'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in 2026 bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited.
'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in 2026 bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited.
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Prepping my PISCES Delta Green campaign ideas. Thank you @patchworkfez.bsky.social. These are gonna be put to great use.
December 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Prepping my PISCES Delta Green campaign ideas. Thank you @patchworkfez.bsky.social. These are gonna be put to great use.
INFORMATION!
Freshly available in my web shop:
- TERMINUS (and associated ephemera)
- @rosspayton.bsky.social's The Night Clerk
- @lymerpg.bsky.social's Fear and Panic
shop.patchworkfez.games
If ordering anything from me, I *strongly* recommend doing so before this Saturday!
(Info thread: 1/4)
Freshly available in my web shop:
- TERMINUS (and associated ephemera)
- @rosspayton.bsky.social's The Night Clerk
- @lymerpg.bsky.social's Fear and Panic
shop.patchworkfez.games
If ordering anything from me, I *strongly* recommend doing so before this Saturday!
(Info thread: 1/4)
December 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
INFORMATION!
Freshly available in my web shop:
- TERMINUS (and associated ephemera)
- @rosspayton.bsky.social's The Night Clerk
- @lymerpg.bsky.social's Fear and Panic
shop.patchworkfez.games
If ordering anything from me, I *strongly* recommend doing so before this Saturday!
(Info thread: 1/4)
Freshly available in my web shop:
- TERMINUS (and associated ephemera)
- @rosspayton.bsky.social's The Night Clerk
- @lymerpg.bsky.social's Fear and Panic
shop.patchworkfez.games
If ordering anything from me, I *strongly* recommend doing so before this Saturday!
(Info thread: 1/4)
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Today has been a good day for Kickstarters (Part 2):
Terminus by Sarah Cole
Terminus by Sarah Cole
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Today has been a good day for Kickstarters (Part 2):
Terminus by Sarah Cole
Terminus by Sarah Cole
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A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
Unlock and upgrade in the Return to Metroidvania rebundle, read up on exciting Sci-Fi with Matha Wells’ Murderbot & more, and add character to your game environments with the Best of Synty 4 Game Dev Assets rebundles! https://bit.ly/4oxXmjd
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
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Mud Ghost Estate Redux is a spooky Hong Kong folklore TTRPG from the creator of May You Fish in Interesting Times. 👻
A tumbling block tower represents the haunted estate, which traps the explorers when it collapses. 💀
The Kickstarter ends in less than 70 hours! ⌛
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
A tumbling block tower represents the haunted estate, which traps the explorers when it collapses. 💀
The Kickstarter ends in less than 70 hours! ⌛
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Mud Ghost Estate Redux is a spooky Hong Kong folklore TTRPG from the creator of May You Fish in Interesting Times. 👻
A tumbling block tower represents the haunted estate, which traps the explorers when it collapses. 💀
The Kickstarter ends in less than 70 hours! ⌛
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
A tumbling block tower represents the haunted estate, which traps the explorers when it collapses. 💀
The Kickstarter ends in less than 70 hours! ⌛
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
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Have just been reminded that my friend Christina once overheard the following in Waitrose: it’s perfect.
“Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”
“Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”
December 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Have just been reminded that my friend Christina once overheard the following in Waitrose: it’s perfect.
“Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”
“Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”
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For the record, Old Men Running The World solely bases their choices on what to cover on how how nice the paper smells.
PSA for publishers: If you have a tight 100 page RPG that's been laboriously stretched and stuffed until you can release it as a 300 page, serious-looking hardback? I'm unlikely to review it 😞
December 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
For the record, Old Men Running The World solely bases their choices on what to cover on how how nice the paper smells.
I often buy TTRPGs with no intention of playing them, just because they're such nicely produced/designed pieces!
Folks have given me very nice feedback about the physical elements of Darkened Hill & Dale, but I've probably encouraged that by talking about the effort that goes into the handouts. 😅
Folks have given me very nice feedback about the physical elements of Darkened Hill & Dale, but I've probably encouraged that by talking about the effort that goes into the handouts. 😅
If I could change ONE THING about TTRPG reviews I would force people to engage with the quality of the physical books themselves, not just the content inside.
It feels vanishingly rare to see a reviewer discuss form factor, paper stock, binding, cover treatments, or general durability etc. 1/2
It feels vanishingly rare to see a reviewer discuss form factor, paper stock, binding, cover treatments, or general durability etc. 1/2
December 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I often buy TTRPGs with no intention of playing them, just because they're such nicely produced/designed pieces!
Folks have given me very nice feedback about the physical elements of Darkened Hill & Dale, but I've probably encouraged that by talking about the effort that goes into the handouts. 😅
Folks have given me very nice feedback about the physical elements of Darkened Hill & Dale, but I've probably encouraged that by talking about the effort that goes into the handouts. 😅
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Please we spend so much time talking about paper
If I could change ONE THING about TTRPG reviews I would force people to engage with the quality of the physical books themselves, not just the content inside.
It feels vanishingly rare to see a reviewer discuss form factor, paper stock, binding, cover treatments, or general durability etc. 1/2
It feels vanishingly rare to see a reviewer discuss form factor, paper stock, binding, cover treatments, or general durability etc. 1/2
December 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Please we spend so much time talking about paper