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Syd (Shawk)

@shawkgames.bsky.social

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🏳️‍🌈 she/her - singlehandedly keeping the cough drop empire in business #ttrpg creative, AP GM, storytelling nerd, and overall enthusiast Check out what I'm up to - https://shawkgames.my.canva.site/

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Syd (Shawk) @shawkgames.bsky.social · Jul 11

Our campaign talk-back is out in the world! We crack up, cry, and share our favorite moments of the campaign (and regrets!) below - www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFAL...

As It Is Below #29 | Brindlewood Bay Campaign Talkback

YouTube video by Looking For Mom

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Syd (Shawk) @shawkgames.bsky.social · 17h

10/10 recommend voice noting like a podcast investigating a true crime (your own psyche) to uncover why you're feeling exquisitely unhinged on an afternoon. Even better than a podcast, bc you can simply never publish it.

Syd (Shawk) @shawkgames.bsky.social · 1d

Pour one out for my wallet for both mothership month and gamefound launches today

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Proud to be the 16th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for RITES OF RENEWAL: neo-pagan folk horror for Mothership RPG! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...

RITES OF RENEWAL: neo-pagan folk horror for Mothership RPG

In the verdant and tightly-wound habblock known as the Grove, where each alley and every inhabitant is home to old traditions, the Antecedent Solarian Fellowship prepares for the three-day Solstice fe...

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Syd (Shawk) @shawkgames.bsky.social · 1d

Proud to be the 24th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for WHITE HEAT: A kitchen-crawl for Mothership RPG! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/g...

WHITE HEAT: A kitchen-crawl for Mothership RPG

A dungeon crawl/heist/mystery scenario in a fine dining restaurant set on the space station Prospero’s Dream.

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Syd (Shawk) @shawkgames.bsky.social · 1d

Proud to be the 59th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for ROACH MOTEL: A 32-page labrinth for Mothership RPG! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

ROACH MOTEL: A 32-page labrinth for Mothership RPG

Turning back leads somewhere new. The gun in your hands is missing. The ringing grows louder.

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Eryk ☭ (but make it Red Scare for Halloween) @peregrinecoast.press · 1d

🚨 RITES OF RENEWAL: a neo-pagan folk horror sandbox for Mothership RPG is now live!!

Look at all this gorgeous art! Look at this lovely lovely paper!!

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

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Syd (Shawk) @shawkgames.bsky.social · 1d

Proud to be the 24th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for CERTAIN FATHOMS: A Depth-Crawl Module for Mothership RPG! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/g...

CERTAIN FATHOMS: A Depth-Crawl Module for Mothership RPG

Explore Welkin Campus—a shifting, sprawling, drowned facility of rogue machines, failed clones, and paracausal tech—in this Mothership-compatible depth-crawl module.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Syd (Shawk) @shawkgames.bsky.social · 1d

I'm one lucky duck, that's for sure!

In session 1 we outsmarted Bagienniks with buttons, traded some experiences with Hava, helped Olden realize he's the real treasure to appraise, and promised one Night Mare that a cure would be found no matter what! Exhilirating first session of shopping!

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Affector Of Change (he/they) 🍉🏳️‍🌈 @affectorofchange.bsky.social · 1d

On this Indigenous Peoples Day, I encourage you to read this article about the indigenous Blackfoot Wisdom that served as a major inspiration for Maslow and his Hierarchy of Needs -- Community is at very the foundation of our human needs

gatherfor.medium.com/maslow-got-i...

Could the Blackfoot Wisdom that Inspired Maslow Guide Us Now?

We all know Maslow’s famous Hierarchy of Needs. But do we know about the Blackfoot way of life that may have inspired Maslow to develop it?

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Syd (Shawk) @shawkgames.bsky.social · 1d

Game-Runner log:

10/11 - Gming 5e #D&D
10/12 - GM'd Secret of the Night Market (Perils & Princesses)
10/12 - Ran Tea Time (Lasers and Feelings Hack I wrote!)
10/13 - GM Brindlewood Bay Campaign
10/14 - GM Vortex Isles Perils & Princesses
10/15 - Dark Symmetry 5e!

Then a break until the weekend!

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Beren's Reverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · 2d

Chital, star-deer.

#berensart2025

stylized drawing of a chital deer floating in space with stars around it. the spotted pattern and the stars are gold. the deer have a big star between his antlers

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Hannah Bluish @hannahbluish.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s affirmation:

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Indigenous People's Day

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 2d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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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!

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

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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Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 2d

Kickflip over a quantum centipede in Slugblaster from @mythworks.bsky.social
In the small town of Hillview teenage hoverboarders sneak into other dimensions to explore, film tricks and go viral. It’s got parent groups in a panic. And it’s the coolest thing ever🛹
tabletopbookshelf.com/products/slu...

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Hendrik ten Napel checked into the Genziana Hotel @napel.itch.io · 3d

My potato dungeon for Mausritter is live! If you're into age-old spuds and betrayal, go take a look:

The Blighted Sack by Hendrik ten Napel

a putrid potato dungeon for Mausritter

napel.itch.io

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Youngles🇰🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 🔜 PAX Unplugged @youngles.bsky.social · 3d

🎼ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM
MAKE MY HEART GO
BOOM BOOM
MY SUPER NOVA GIRL 🎶

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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 3d

Temwa Chawinga with an immediate impact for her 15th goal of the season! 🔥

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The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · 3d

TEMWA CHAWINGA'S 15TH GOAL OF THE SEASON!!!

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Claire Watkins @scoutripley.bsky.social · 3d

The Kansas City current are a good soccer team

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 5d

These two little zine games are available now over at Knave of Cups!

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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · 7d

Arriving Friday - two new @junkfoodgames.bsky.social zines
🍃Wither & Grow - a tiny solo game following the life of a sentient being made of growing plants
🐍🕷️The Serpent & The Spider - a duet for a necromancer + a sword-wielder to team up, combatting corporate corruption in a fantasy techno-future

The cover of Wither & Grow, a solo journaling game by Junk Food Games. Dark green ink on light green paper. The title is all lower-case whimsical serif font with an elaborate ampersand. The central image is a hulking being made of shaggy plants. Its face is partially covered by vines, flowers bloom from its back, and its willowy arms drag on the ground

The cover of The Serpent and The Spider, a ttrpg for 2 players by Junk Food Games. Yellow paper with black ink, calligraphy font for the text, and, in the center, a hand-drawn vampire skull with a sword through it, accented by a snake

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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 6d

crabs

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Brooklet Games @brookletgames.bsky.social · 7d

Get the core book today!!

Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 7d

NEW ARRIVAL: In Beetle Knight @brookletgames.bsky.social, you play as arthropod Knights designated by the Iridescent Order as protectors of the realm of Litterfall. You are thus duty-bound to travel the world, helping those in need 🐞
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