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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 1d

This week's news:

* A renewed Eclipse Phase Bundle of Holding has launched!
* @moosewithcup.bsky.social's SCUM Kickstarter closes out on October 16th
* We've launched a development blog for our upcoming TTRPG The Snarl

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Eclipse Phase: Bundle + SCUM Campaign Ending + The Snarl!

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Moose With Cup Creative @moosewithcup.bsky.social · 1d

One more day on Kickstarter, then we can return to the enjoyable aspects of game dev...

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

SCUM: An Eclipse Phase Board Game

Sci-fi board game where players defend their habitat from a mysterious threat bent on its destruction, based on the Eclipse Phase RPG.

www.kickstarter.com

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 10d

the thing no one tells you about preparing to launch A Thing in 2025 is that on top of working on The Thing you will also have to write one hundred million different bits of copy of varying lengths for all the different bits of the internet you're meant to have a presence in

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 14d

When you make a character in The Snarl, you can choose from twelve different species that live in the world known as the Weald. Today I’m going to talk a bit about one of the stranger ones: Clackers.

A living tree creatures, with lichen-like sensory organs and a glowing red crystal in its chest, holding an axe

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 16d

Hey folks, let’s talk about our upcoming weird fantasy RPG, the Snarl!

First up: an overview of what the game is — and isn’t! Every fantasy setting is based on underlying assumptions that shape the world. These are some of the defining characteristics of The Snarl.

The Snarl Is Strange. The environment is lush and wild and teeming with flora and fauna—and yet to a human’s alien eyes, it is unnatural, impossible to have grown into being by organic means. It is a place of beauty and wonder—and undefinable wrongness. The residents, of course, know no different.

The Environment Is Feral. The Weald is verdant and alive. Millions of species thrive here—and millions more prey upon them. Outside of settlements and nomad camps, the Snarl is a dangerous place, teeming with dangerous wildlife. Stragglers and wanderers often do not return. The residents are familiar with their local regions, but the Snarl grows quickly. Numerous civilizations have been swallowed under the leaves and mulch.

Magic Is Unusual. This is not a world of spells and grimoires. All denizens make use of sap reverently drawn from the pillars and consumed for supernatural effects. Spirits lurk invisibly everywhere, working as caretakers of the environment, taking physical form only when needed. The sparks who see and command these spirits also manipulate esoteric forces within the environment for their witchcraft.

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Moose With Cup Creative @moosewithcup.bsky.social · 18d

SCUM Playthrough Video is up! Only took 3 hours to render and 14 hours to upload...😵‍💫
youtu.be/CmT69pnV_MU

SCUM Board Game Playthrough | Killjoy vs Berk | Game Designer vs Rules Editor

YouTube video by Moose With Cup Creative

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Abeeha Tariq @abeehatariqart.bsky.social · 19d

Screenshot of text I’ve written that reads: I really want to rant about the way the world is going and how the creative industries are being destroyed and how those two things are so closely tied together and I want to complain about how hard it is to just exist and create right now and how it feels like you always need to be 'on' and the pressure to always be making content and be visible that's pushed on us by this capitalist fast tech-driven world we're in right now and how it's stifling creativity in the worst way and how it feels like you need to choose between being visible and actually making good art and experimenting and being a human being but I am exhausted and all my energy has been drained

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Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 24d

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOAT GIRL is my one hundredth one page game.

YOU ARE A GOAT GIRL. It is always your birthday and God Himself could not stop you from doing exactly what you want.

PDFs (including text-only) and design commentary here: www.patreon.com/posts/138800...

A roleplaying game called HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOAT GIRL. Text only version here https://www.patreon.com/posts/138800567

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Sprite / Anarchotech @anarchotech.bsky.social · 23d

Are you a freelance artist who likes drawing giant trees, forests, and weird creatures? Or do you know of such an artist? Post portfolio links please!

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Moose With Cup Creative @moosewithcup.bsky.social · 24d

Dual-layer playerboards: luxury or necessity?

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Moose With Cup Creative @moosewithcup.bsky.social · 27d

Lead artist Mitchell Malloy just posted some process pics of his work on the SCUM box cover. Beware: Immense talent on display!
www.artstation.com/artwork/Ez0XvA

SCUM Box Art, Mitchell Malloy

Box art for the upcoming board game SCUM: An Eclipse Phase Board Game. Check it out now on Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidsoncole/scum-an-eclipse-phase-board-game Huge shou...

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Moose With Cup Creative @moosewithcup.bsky.social · 28d

Just got some love from Kickstarter...

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Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · 29d

Everyone likes a good component shot, yeah?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

sci-fi board game components: six brightly-colored play boards, large and small spaceship tiles, tarot and poker sized playing cards, many tokens and counters, and character miniatures!

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Moose With Cup Creative @moosewithcup.bsky.social · Sep 17

Gorgeous card

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Moose With Cup Creative @moosewithcup.bsky.social · Sep 17

My partner and daughter got me a SCUM launch cake. Was quite tasty.

Moose With Cup Creative @moosewithcup.bsky.social · Sep 16

What is the best MOVIE of 1981? Not film.

Moose With Cup Creative @moosewithcup.bsky.social · Sep 16

Sprite knows a thing or two about great games...

Sprite / Anarchotech @anarchotech.bsky.social · Sep 16

Heya, our comrades at @moosewithcup.bsky.social have launched the kickstarter for our Eclipse Phase board game! Go check it out, it's a great game!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

Graphic for the SCUM EO board game, which says "Funded!", and shows a variety of characters from the game

Pivo the neo-octopus says: jump into the campaign fast!

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Moose With Cup Creative @moosewithcup.bsky.social · Sep 16

Off to a great start!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

Moose With Cup Creative @moosewithcup.bsky.social · Sep 16

SCUM is LIVE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

SCUM: An Eclipse Phase Board Game

Sci-fi board game where players defend their habitat from a mysterious threat bent on its destruction, based on the Eclipse Phase RPG.

www.kickstarter.com

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · Sep 14

With 2 days to go before the SCUM Kickstarter launch, @moosewithcup.bsky.social and I just had a 90-minute meeting.

At the beginning of our meeting, both of our fantasy football teams were losing.

At the end of the meeting, both of them were winning.

We are taking this as a very good omen.

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Moose With Cup Creative @moosewithcup.bsky.social · Sep 14

Two days till launch. Two years of dev work. Excited to finally share SCUM with the tabletop world.

Posthuman Studios • Eclipse Phase @posthumanstudios.com · Sep 13

ICYMI: Eclipse Phase: SCUM from @moosewithcup.bsky.social is coming to Kickstarter on Sept 16th! Check this link for more info and the free SCUM Character Pack for Eclipse Phase Second Edition: eclipsephase.com/2025/09/10/e...