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Mids Meinberg

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thon or they https://goat-song-publishing.itch.io/ nonbinary, white, disabled

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Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · Jul 7

My latest blog is out!

It's mostly about TTRPGs as a transitional medium, but also there is focus on the way that literature has inspired TTRPGs and will continue to do so.

goatsongrpg.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/t...

The Literary TTRPG

Tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) are an transitional medium. They stand between a large number of other media, which they borrow from and interact with in varying ways depending on the specific…

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Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 36m

The colors here are so great, really helps to establish the tone in an impactful way

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dormant @drmntsllmth.bsky.social · Jun 18

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Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 9h

Fully agreed!

Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 9h

My game Graveyard Shift (available in the 2020 Level 1 Free RPG Day anthology) isn’t drug-themed per se, but it does understand the need to toke up after a long day at a shit job

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Level 1 Anthology 2020 by 9th Level Games

An anthology of indie RPGs published each year for Free RPG Day.

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 9h

Once I looked, seriously wild how few alcohol, cannabis, drug themed games there are in the TTRPG niche. So few as to be statistically zero. Sooo... imma set up a "holiday indulgence" jam to run through New Year or something, one in march ending 4/20 for 4/20 next year. Gotta fill the gap!

Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 9h

TTRPGs as a niche have such a weird puritan streak. In recent years we've gotten a solid handful of games for romance and sexy themes (and a real solid pile of queer themed games). But we're still barely nibbling at edges. Really weird how few cannabis or alcohol themed games there are.

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satah @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online · 1d

been thinking a lot abt cool ttrpg coverage i can do & facilitate & i think i'm just gonna.... try one.......?

please write ~250-500 words about A SPECIFIC DEATH MECHANIC IN A TTRPG for me to compile into a little webzine! you have until november 13th! that's in a month!

unnamed ttrpg zine project volume one - DEATH MECHANICS

tell me about death mechanics for volume one of an as-of-yet-unnamed ttrpg zine project i'm looking for: 250-500 words (feel free to go under but please don't go over) about a single mechanic or syst...

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Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 13h

@rufflejax.bsky.social This seems like it might be up your alley!

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Isabelle (Thistle), Anxiousmimicrpgs @anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social · 15h

Girl Frame Releases October 21st over on anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io. If you like Mechsploitation, Evangelion, 86, or just mechs+oppressed lesbians+eldritch horrors in general, I think you'll like this. #mechsploitation #ttrpg

Here's one of my favourite playbooks:

MOCKINGBIRD
You fell to the Gorgons, becoming a Harpy - a corrupted girl. The Foundation took you back, ripped you out of voidspace with a cold hand, deprogrammed and reprogrammed you back into working order. Purging what the Gorgons put in your head and body with scalpels and chemicals.
You were a human, and you tasted what it was to be a dream. Now you’re less than either.

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Elizabeth Little @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social · 1d

gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Oh, right, this goes live today. I should probably say something.

You Will Die In This Place by Shrike Studio - Gamefound

You Will Die In This Place is a nihilistic survival-horror dungeon crawl TTRPG about exile, decay, and the inevitability of death.

gamefound.com

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Questie @thefarhorizon.bsky.social · 16h

Fuuuuuuuuck yes!

Elizabeth Little @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social · 1d

gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Oh, right, this goes live today. I should probably say something.

You Will Die In This Place by Shrike Studio - Gamefound

You Will Die In This Place is a nihilistic survival-horror dungeon crawl TTRPG about exile, decay, and the inevitability of death.

gamefound.com

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 20h

SPINE has been released on itch! You can download your PDF or a printable booklet today to start playing!

I'm keeping it FREE through the end of October.

backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine

Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 14d

SPINE is a solo tabletop RPG that looks like a book. It is your anchor to the fictional world, a prop, and a work of art — a keepsake — that you co-create, all in one.

In SPINE, you quite literally embody a researcher who is reading and marking up the physical book in front of you.

Embody the researcher who is reading and marking up the physical book in front of you.

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Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 1d

I love Orville Peck’s “Pink Pony Club” he really -gets- it

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 1d

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 1d

Cheat mode:
Respect as done by (adb) Aretha Franklin
All Along The Watchtower adb Jimi Hendrix
Tainted Love adb Soft Cell
Knockin On Heaven's Door adb Guns N Roses

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 1d

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

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Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta add Whitney’s “I Will Always Love You” to the cheat mode list

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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CanYouRollMeAVibeCheck @cyrmavc.bsky.social · 1d

You know the way these stories go: four
struggling musicians made a deal with the Devil. Fame, riches, adoration. Your classic Devil fare. Now their end is due and their on the run, one last ditch effort to get out of their bargain.How far will this train take them?
open.spotify.com/episode/24ZG...

Illustration's of a cat, mule, and cockerel surround the podcast name "Can You Roll Me a Vibe Check?"

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Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 1d

Every week is another opportunity!

Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 1d

The Goat Song Workshop is back for week 2! Give me the birthday gift of a subscription to it!

goatsongworkshop.beehiiv.com/p/goat-song-...

Goat Song Workshop 2

Thank you so much to everyone who has already subscribed to the newsletter! I’m hoping to get more with each week, so if you’re interested in getting this every week right into your email, you know wh...

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Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 3d

Some of the named characters have unique jobs that are so powerful that (if you’re aiming for maximum power) it’s worthwhile to level them up and keep them in the party.

The rest, yeah, you can drop them really easily.

Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 3d

I’m deep in the woods on my current blog post, which is honestly a fun experience. Not sure if I’ll see the light on the other side, but that’s what the journey is about.

Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 3d

Finally someone else gets it!!!

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Transparency @transparency.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, I get it. It's called Castlevania because it's a metroidvania set in a castle!

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 3d

has anyone written about the process of conversational repair in analog games? specifically thinking about stuff like:
- "i move my meeple 5 spaces" "i think it's 6 spaces"
- "oh, last turn i should've given you an extra 3 tokens. do you want them now?"
- "it's too late now, but for next time..."

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Mids Meinberg @meinberg.bsky.social · 3d

Apocalypse World 1e has a great section about this actually

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CarmineQueme @carminequeme.bsky.social · 3d

Commission

🔻𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀: #CQueme
🔻My links and comm form in bio

#commissionsopen #commission #art #digitalart

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