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Goblin Archives @goblinarchives.itch.io · 7h

To celebrate the Halloween season and the Liminal Horror Monster Jam we’re doing a sale over on itch that‘s to die for (50% off or a low bundle price for the whole group)

itch.io/s/161879/lim...

Liminal Horror Halloween Sale by Goblin Archives

A bundle by Goblin Archives, $25.00 for 6 games

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Exeunt Press 💀 @exeunt.press · 1d

If you plan to run a crowdfunding campaign in the next 6-12 months, check out this advice from @mallenhall.com. It’s blunt, true, and very helpful.

#crowdfunding #kickstarter #ttrpg

M. Allen Hall @mallenhall.com · 1d

New newsletter out today, in which I give some tips that I've learned after 5 ttrpg crowdfunding campaigns in the last 2 years.
inkanddice.substack.com/p/take-aways...

Take-aways from my time in crowdfunding

plus some cool stuff happened

inkanddice.substack.com

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Exeunt Press 💀 @exeunt.press · 1d

Every choice in this game is painful!

Exploring a "subversion of the point salad paradigm" game that makes every decision feel like a bad one: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/painful-ch...

#boardgames #ttrpg #gamedesign 🎲✂️

Every choice in this game is painful

Exploring a "subversion of the point salad paradigm" game that makes every decision seem like a bad one. How The Field of the Cloth of Gold creates it's own kind of fun out of gift giving.

www.skeletoncodemachine.com

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M. Allen Hall @mallenhall.com · 1d

New newsletter out today, in which I give some tips that I've learned after 5 ttrpg crowdfunding campaigns in the last 2 years.
inkanddice.substack.com/p/take-aways...

Take-aways from my time in crowdfunding

plus some cool stuff happened

inkanddice.substack.com

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Eryk ☭ (but make it Red Scare for Halloween) @peregrinecoast.press · 6d

Rites of Renewal: a neo-pagan folk horror sandbox for Mothership RPG - crowdfunding next week!

Featuring words by @jlcable.bsky.social and hand-made lino art from @pickledpennies.bsky.social. Will you join in the revelries?

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 6d

A Gamehole Con Approaches!

This year we're excited to a be vendor at and sponsor of Gamehole Con 12 in Madison, Wisconsin.

Gamehole Con is one of the largest conventions dedicated to TTRPGs in the US, and we're happy to add our collection of indie RPGs and solo games to the mix!

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M. Allen Hall @mallenhall.com · 8d

You hear rapid footsteps approaching the door behind you. What are you doing?

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Lone Archivist @lonearchivist.bsky.social · 8d

Hey! I'm Lone Archivist. A games and graphic designer.

Looking for help on your next project? My commissions are open for all of the following services and more!

Logo Design
Brand/Visual Identity Design
Manuscript/Editorial Layout
Sci-Fi Cartography
Crowdfunding Graphics
Interface/Terminal Design

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M. Allen Hall @mallenhall.com · 8d

Look at it.
It calls to you.

Goblin Archives @goblinarchives.itch.io · 8d

The Liminal Grimoire boxset by @mallenhall.com is beyond amazing. There is so much here. You won’t want to miss out.

liminal-grimoire.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

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M. Allen Hall @mallenhall.com · 10d

So I have time for another project?
Of course not…

Goblin Archives @goblinarchives.itch.io · 10d

Get ready as the Liminal Horror Halloween Monster Jam launches on October 11th 2025 at 11:02 AM

itch.io/jam/liminal-...

Liminal Horror Halloween Monster Jam

A game jam from 2025-10-11 to 2025-11-01 hosted by Goblin Archives, Zach Hazard Vaupen // Emo Sludge & Unenthuser. Join us for a Halloween/October Monster Jam! As a Liminal Horror team we just couldn'...

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Adam STATION @adamstation.bsky.social · 16d

Oh hey if you like spaceships we got some spaceships.
And by "some" we mean "an infinity"

72stations.com/products/an-...

An Infinity of Ships

An Infinity of Ships is an expansive toolkit for creating truly unique spaceships for your sci-fi tabletop roleplaying games. Featuring dozens of ships illustrated by Rob Turpin (aka thisnorthernboy) ...

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Exeunt Press 💀 @exeunt.press · 16d

MÖRKTOBER Creator Kit!

Free community copies available: exeuntpress.itch.io/morktober-kit

#morkborg #morktober #MÖRKTOBER

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Exeunt Press 💀 @exeunt.press · 22d

This is one of the most interesting games from @mallenhall.com and worth checking out.

Plus the art is great!

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 27d

In Ruins is a tabletop game where players use cards to craft a dungeon before they're forced to make tough choices about what gets to stay.

In Ruins Is A Clever Tabletop Game About Making (And Then Breaking) The Dungeon Of Your Dreams

In Ruins is a tabletop game where players use cards to craft a dungeon before they're forced to make tough choices about what gets to stay.

www.endlessmode.com

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Andy | Pandion Games @pandiongames.com · 23d

A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to Midnight Muscadines! I appreciate all the work and passion you brought to the game. Give them a follow:

@nightjargames.bsky.social, @ericlazure.bsky.social, @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com, @mallenhall.com, @the-soloist.itch.io, & @acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social

Andy | Pandion Games @pandiongames.com · 23d

PDFs have been sent out to backers!

If you backed Midnight Muscadines and don't receive an email in the next couple of hours, please reach out.

See the latest update about the project here!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...

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M. Allen Hall @mallenhall.com · 26d

Was not expecting this!

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 27d

In Ruins is a tabletop game where players use cards to craft a dungeon before they're forced to make tough choices about what gets to stay.

In Ruins Is A Clever Tabletop Game About Making (And Then Breaking) The Dungeon Of Your Dreams

In Ruins is a tabletop game where players use cards to craft a dungeon before they're forced to make tough choices about what gets to stay.

www.endlessmode.com

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Andy | Pandion Games @pandiongames.com · Sep 10

The final two pieces of art from @nightjargames.bsky.social arrived yesterday, and HOT DAMN do they look great!

This means Midnight Muscadines is basically done. We're just collecting feedback and polishing now.

This map is for the Cloudlight Celler adventure, written by @mallenhall.com.

A page from Midnight Muscadines for the adventure "The Cloudlight Cellar". It displays a map of the City of Cloudlight and it's University, along with a legend, and keyed notable locations, which players will visit on their adventure. Written by M. Allen Hall and art by Galen Pejeau.

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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · Sep 10

Solo games of every flavor arrive FRIDAY. Classic, like...
🏰In Ruins - @mallenhall.com, a solo+ dungeon crawl beginning in a new castle, continuing as the castle weathers and crumbles, and ending as a skirmish for power
🧙🏽Auspex - @smolghost.bsky.social, tarot-reading practice at end of the world

The cover of In Ruins, a dungeon building game by M. Allen Hall. Whimsical and colorful, like a book illustration or a graphic novel. A skeleton holding a mace swings down on a chain into a banquet hall. A red demon with a spear looks alarmed by this, while a glowing orange goo creature waves its tentacles in the background.

The cover of Auspex by Seb Pines. Gold image on a dark blue background. An art nouveau-style illustration of a robed figure (the seer) looking out into the distance.

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Adam STATION @adamstation.bsky.social · Sep 7

Our spaceship jam got its first submission, from @mallenhall.com

Expand your faith aboard A Surprising Concordance of Opinion!

m-allen-hall.itch.io/the-surprising

Happy #shiptember
Happy #getyourshiptogether

The Surprising by M. Allen Hall

A spaceship for #getyourshiptogether

m-allen-hall.itch.io

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M. Allen Hall @mallenhall.com · Sep 6

I recognize a couple of games in here 👀

Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · Sep 5

SOLO SEPTEMBER DROP ARRIVES IN ONE WEEK! Next Friday, welcome a boatload of solo games in EVERY FLAVOR, from low-stakes and chill to unsettling and weird to, uhh... historically-accurate WWII roleplaying? And one with a breakfast cereal mechanic? Hey, we really tried to check all the boxes this year

A smorgasbord of games arriving soon, including Tail-End Charlie, Endling, I Crave The Loop, Auspex, The Balsam Lake Unmurders, Catcrawl, and Well Made, all interspersed with cards from Better Strangers

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Exeunt Press 💀 @exeunt.press · Sep 4

Thorough overview and some very kind words for Caveat Emptor from @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social. I couldn't have done a better explanation of this game myself!

This made my day! 😊😊😊

Beyond Solitaire @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social · Sep 4

I picked up a bunch of solo journaling RPGs at GenCon and have started to play through them! Here is a short video about Caveat Emptor from @exeunt.press youtu.be/sh3va0LzO5U

How to Solo: Caveat Emptor

YouTube video by Beyond Solitaire

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Matt Gomez @gomezwrites.bsky.social · Sep 4

I just wrapped up a brand-new introductory adventure for Unworthy! Kick-start your first session with The Djinni's Lair -- a detailed adventure full of mysterious creatures, duplicitous NPCs, and a rich, desert-themed setting.

gomezwritesgames.itch.io/unworthy

#ttrpg #ruleslite #OSR #noAI

Product mock-ups of The Djinni's Lair, an adventure for Unworthy. The mock-ups show two-renders of the tri-fold adventure. The left mock-up features sections with adventure hooks, rumors, village encounters, loot, an adventure map, and room descriptions. The right mock-up features NPCs and the cover of the adventure, showing a blue-skinned djinni. Unworthy -- a TTRPG of Living Weapons and the dipshits that wield them. gomezwritesgames.itch.io

Product mock-up of The Djinni's Lair, an adventure for Unworthy. The mock-up shows a render of the tri-fold adventure. The left panel features enemies, including a fat-tailed scorpion, veiled chameleon, and a horned Viper. The center panel features NPCs. The cover of the adventure shows a blue-skinned djinni looking menacingly at the viewer.

Product mock-ups of the character sheet and enemy card template for Unworthy.

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Iko is assembling bundles @thelostbaystudio.com · Sep 2

Diesel Service, eerie, haunting trip across liminal gas stations and cursed highways, and suburban 199X dark module by @mallenhall.com for The Lost Bay has just been adapted to the Reborn ruleset.
Do yourself a favor, give it a read, no play it!

m-allen-hall.itch.io/diesel-service

Diesel Service by M. Allen Hall

A module for The Lost Bay RPG

m-allen-hall.itch.io

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Zines from Below @zinesfrombelow.bsky.social · Aug 31

I'm working on art and maps for THE BARON'S GRIP, a sandbox adventure for Mausritter Month by @mallenhall.com !!

Follow the project on backerkit here: Get Ready for The Baron's Grip: A Campaign for Mausritter share.google/RnGfX7TDPwC8...

Get Ready for The Baron's Grip: A Campaign for Mausritter

From M. Allen Hall - Get Ready for The Baron's Grip: A Campaign for Mausritter

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Adam STATION @adamstation.bsky.social · Aug 27

6 more misfits for sci-fi games.

Bora, washed-up gambler.
Deina, uncalibrated navigator.
Tayo, heretical sommelier.
Ren, clueless cult leader.
Evola, repurposed DJ.
Fingers, outcast taxidermist.
Felix, reanimated mercenary.

Get 'em : bit.ly/make100stran...

Art by @roqueromero.bsky.social

A black and white two-page spread of 7 weird sci fi characters in an exaggerated style. Bora, washed-up gambler. Deina, uncalibrated navigator. Tayo, heretical sommelier. Ren, clueless cult leader. Evola, repurposed DJ. Fingers, outcast taxidermist. Felix, reanimated mercenary.

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