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Matthew Ayers

@matthewayers.bsky.social

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Check out Blightfall, my TTRPG about doomed heroes here: https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/3ffbc037-ccef-4a3f-90f2-a1772152b00a/landing

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Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 11d

Shouting out my own game, Blightfall, a dark fantasy TTRPG that combines collaborative world building with tragic stories of doomed heroes. Follows greatly appreciated! #ttrpg #darkfantasy #gamedesign

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Blightfall - Tabletop Tragedy Roleplaying Game

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Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 7h

Too many TTRPGs launched yesterday, and I am trapped in decision paralysis. Also, is it just the games I’m interested in, or do the Gamefound ones have A LOT of reward choices?

Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 1d

The Bad Spot’s AP with Jason is SO GOOD. Makes me excited to run this one day. Go download, now!

Jason Cordova @jasoncordova.bsky.social · 2d

Big announcement: Public Access is now Pay What You Want on @drivethrurpg.com! Public Access is our hit game about analog horror and childhood trauma, Carved from Brindlewood. Pick up a copy today!

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Public Access - The Gauntlet | DriveThruRPG

A roleplaying game of analog horror, based on the Brindlewood Bay mystery system! Public Access is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people in 2004—the Deep Lake Latchkeys—who find themselv...

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Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 5d

WOAH. Congrats! What a haul.

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Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 5d

These are all completely valid and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 5d

I have lost the right to buy more ttrpg books. Unless there’s a really cool crowdfund or something. Those are the only two exceptions:

- Really cool crowdfund
- Something

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Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 6d

The year is 2025. In an attempt to not burn myself on the air fryer, I have burned myself on the air fryer.

Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 7d

Shout out again to your polymath font. I love it so much. Thank you!

Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 8d

Get on this if you haven’t played! I have a lot of love for this game.

Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 9d

I've distributed over 600 community copies of Perils & Princesses and I just put up a bunch more, in case you've been meaning to check out this game, but haven't had the means: outrider-creative.itch.io/perils-and-p...

Perils & Princesses by Outrider Creative

A Gritty and Pretty Fairy Tale Adventure Game

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Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 9d

Help I love TTRPGs too much.

Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 11d

Blightfall - Tabletop Tragedy Roleplaying Game

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Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 13d

TTRPGs are one of the few things getting me through these tough times. They bring me so much joy in a world that grows more heartless by the second.

Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 15d

Such a joy to read. I’m going to run so many adventures after the Blightfall backerkit, and this is definitely going to be one of them. #ttrpg #perilsandprincesses

Cover of Perils and Princesses adventure, The Secret of the Night Market, feature black and yellow/gold tones, an assortment of weird fantasy creatures, and magic items.

Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 17d

My wife keeps asking me not to plunge my sword into the ground when I get home. She says it’s damaging the foundation. The structural engineer she hired agrees with her.

But how else can I announce my dramatic entrance after a long day of work?

Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 17d

Bigfoot, pick me up in your furry arms and carry me away from all of this. This world has no place for us anymore.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 17d

This was always the funniest conspiracy theory to me — that there are MRI machine-like devices that can cure all known illnesses in seconds, but the government has been hiding them — and Trump just posted an AI generated video of himself announcing they're real. We're cooked!

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 17d

Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...

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Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · 24d

If you take sponsorship from AI companies, I will not support you in anyway. Eat mulch you spineless cretins.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 28d

If someone’s not mourning the death of Robert Redford in a manner that’s consistent with your views, make sure you set up a database, call their employer, and get them fired.

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Sandy Pug Games @sandypuggames.bsky.social · Sep 14

but would you love yourself if you were a worm

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Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · Sep 12

Sometimes, I worry my vibes are just maculate.

Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · Aug 30

Are you planning to be there on Monday by any chance? I braved the vendor line yesterday and somehow missed your booth completely, super disappointed in my wandering eyeballs.

Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · Aug 29

I bought the Dragon Slayer print today and it’s gorgeous. I wish I had noticed the buy 2 get 1 free sign, it was so hard choosing just one!

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Roll the Dice Games @rollthedicegames.bsky.social · Aug 27

Tomb Runners is a love letter to games old and new and the designer that inspired me like @shawntomkin.bsky.social @johnharper.bsky.social

Kickstarter is burying our project on discoverability so please help get some eyeballs on it. Every repost helps a ton.

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Tomb Runners - Narrative D20 Roleplaying

A radical new way to dungeon crawl for fantasy roleplaying with the Narrative D20 System and build your own class design

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Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Just backed this hotty right out the gates. Let’s go!!!

Tomb Runners - Narrative D20 Roleplaying

A radical new way to dungeon crawl for fantasy roleplaying with the Narrative D20 System and build your own class design

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Matthew Ayers @matthewayers.bsky.social · Aug 17

I’ve been using it for an upcoming ttrpg project for a couple months now, the fact you have black and white variants make my life so much easier (see below for a proof of concept I made). Thank you!!!

Proof of Concept Ability List using the polymath font.

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