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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · 15h

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · 15h

From ancient mouldering periodicals a colossus arises. Long has it been whispered that Swords Without Master would emerge from its surrounding texts like a death moth tearing free of its cocoon. And now those Dread days are upon us.

The prophecy is upon us and we are called to support!

TO ARMS!

Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 4d

⚔️ The Season of Swords is upon us! Swords Without Master is coming out of the pages of Worlds Without Master Issue 3 into a full, stand-alone release!

🔮 Follow the Kickstarter page to get notified on launch in early 2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

Coming soon: Swords Without Master

A ttrpg of strange sorceries, brutal violence and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.

www.kickstarter.com

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · 15h

Oh hell yeah!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 6d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · 26d

I also wouldn’t recommend room temperature or even cold Malört. It’s not… good

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · 26d

I don’t know that I’d call it a “good invention” lol. I’ve also had hot Malört, which I also cannot recommend

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · 26d

Hot Dr. Pepper was a thing in Texas. We’d warm it up in a saucepan

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 9

Keeping the U.S. government funded now is to participate in the most atrocious misuse of the power of the United States in modern times.

So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole f*cking thing down. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/should-democrats-shut-the-government

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · Sep 1

Very exciting! I’ve been enjoying the previews in the Lumpley Patreon, and I’m very excited to see how it all comes together!

MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · Aug 30

Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over

The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.

www.kickstarter.com

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · Aug 26

There is little better than the shock and horror on the faces of your friends as they see the trap close

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · Aug 26

Butlerian Jihad Now

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · Aug 26

The Sam Reich approach

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Michael Schliefke @schliefke.bsky.social · Aug 19

I don't think many people realize how much galleries make just because they have dinner parties and mailing lists with lots of rich people.

Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · Aug 19

August is when the capitalist parts of the art world go to sleep. As dealers vanish to the Hamptons and collectors retreat upstate, artists — the ones at the center of this whole machine — don’t get to disappear.

It’s Time to Rethink the 50/50 Split With Art Galleries

Should artists accept this standard without questioning the gallery's actual contribution?

hyperallergic.com

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · Aug 14

I’m really excited for this!!!

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · Aug 14

Serve the rich and protect capital

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · Jul 30

I have no idea what any of this means, but I love it. I love this for you. Congrats!

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · Jul 25

It’s already aging like milk

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Jul 23

Let’s change gears. Do some good

Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination

action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.

Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.

action.aclu.org

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · Jul 24

I love the Affinity art tools. I use Designer the most, because the vector art is closer to the way my brain works

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · Jul 24

Yes please, and fewer games about unexamined violence without consequence.

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Necro’D Howletta 👻 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · Jul 19

not to put this person on blast but uh... no. this is not real! I do not have this page on my website! ChatGPT is not a search engine! sorry! find new games literally anywhere else!

screenshot of an email asking "is this the rpg that chat gpt recommend to me available to buy anywhere" with a screenshot describing a game called Relic (I do not have a game called Relic) and links to pages on my website that do not exist

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Victoria Tran ✨ @victoriatran.bsky.social · Jul 18

✨ MY BOOK IS OUT NOW ✨

"Mastering Community Management" is finally here! 😭

Learn what goes into community management for video games from pre- to post-production. ❤️ Get my step-by-step strategy for creating meaningful online spaces!

Shares appreciated. AHH!!

Buy: www.victoriatran.com/book

Holding up my book "Mastering Community Management: Chaos, Compassion, and Connection in Games".

Picture of me in between shelves of books, holding up my book.

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · Jul 16

See a vampire, post a vampire

Dark uplit vampire reaching out to grab ya, with Frankenstein kinda vibes

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Nathan Black @nathanblack.com · Jul 16

What of it wasn’t turtles all the way down, but love and people

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · Jul 15

Still looking for more followers for Five Fires, a 80s/90s hip hop TTRPG:

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Get Ready for Five Fires

From Thoughtcrime Games LLC - Get Ready for Five Fires

www.backerkit.com

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