Rose Skye
@vorpalcoil.bsky.social
Actually a living doll. Author of fiction and tabletop RPGs. There is a cat sleeping on my lap as you read this.
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Rose Skye
@vorpalcoil.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Protoplastic 0.4 Has Arrived! | Rose Skye
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The first public version of Protoplastic, the plastic robot roleplaying game, is now available!
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I have written a new blog about what an OSR is. I am told there is a lot of discourse about this, but am confident that this should settle the matter once and for all.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
What is an OSR? - The Garden Below
a post about not knowing what the OSR is.
thegardenbelow.blot.im
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I have written a new blog about what an OSR is. I am told there is a lot of discourse about this, but am confident that this should settle the matter once and for all.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
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Starting at 1pm Central Time! Get REAL with Small Business SaturDAG with commissions done TO ORDER day of!!!
FANTASY!
SCI-FI!
HORROR!
SUPERHEROES!
AND MORE!
PLUS, A ONCE IN-A-LIFETIME OPPURTUNITY TO GET YOUR "MICE GAME" CHARACTERS DONE BY A CERTIFIED HATER!
FANTASY!
SCI-FI!
HORROR!
SUPERHEROES!
AND MORE!
PLUS, A ONCE IN-A-LIFETIME OPPURTUNITY TO GET YOUR "MICE GAME" CHARACTERS DONE BY A CERTIFIED HATER!
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Starting at 1pm Central Time! Get REAL with Small Business SaturDAG with commissions done TO ORDER day of!!!
FANTASY!
SCI-FI!
HORROR!
SUPERHEROES!
AND MORE!
PLUS, A ONCE IN-A-LIFETIME OPPURTUNITY TO GET YOUR "MICE GAME" CHARACTERS DONE BY A CERTIFIED HATER!
FANTASY!
SCI-FI!
HORROR!
SUPERHEROES!
AND MORE!
PLUS, A ONCE IN-A-LIFETIME OPPURTUNITY TO GET YOUR "MICE GAME" CHARACTERS DONE BY A CERTIFIED HATER!
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I had to cancel the GoFundMe to help with expenses regarding my mother because things had changed from the original intent. The money is still needed but for something different now. If you care to buy a book or two instead, it would help. aanpress.com
air and nothingness press
the air and nothingness press was created to explore book arts and graphic design with an emphasis on limited edition hand-made livre d artiste books and editions of poetry, fantasy and science fictio...
aanpress.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I had to cancel the GoFundMe to help with expenses regarding my mother because things had changed from the original intent. The money is still needed but for something different now. If you care to buy a book or two instead, it would help. aanpress.com
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'Til Death is a romantic science-fantasy duet game about a space necromancer aristocrat and their sworn guardian knight. Draw situation cards and secretly declare your reactions to them to increase your love and hatred for one another, all the way to a tragic shared end.
'Til Death by Vorpal Coil
Two player necromancer romance roleplaying game
vorpalcoil.itch.io
November 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
'Til Death is a romantic science-fantasy duet game about a space necromancer aristocrat and their sworn guardian knight. Draw situation cards and secretly declare your reactions to them to increase your love and hatred for one another, all the way to a tragic shared end.
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Let's get an indie ttrpg HYPE TRAIN going and recommend some cool games for people to buy/gift.
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Let's get an indie ttrpg HYPE TRAIN going and recommend some cool games for people to buy/gift.
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
It's Itch Creator Day! For a mere $5 you can pick up Alpha Cipher, a competitive roleplaying game about magic spies fighting over the ultimate spell. Exploit hidden information, play trap cards, and play with one another's hearts.
Alpha Cipher by Vorpal Coil
Magical Espionage Action
vorpalcoil.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's Itch Creator Day! For a mere $5 you can pick up Alpha Cipher, a competitive roleplaying game about magic spies fighting over the ultimate spell. Exploit hidden information, play trap cards, and play with one another's hearts.
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I wrote a #mothership module about greasy spoon diners, dementia, gendered violence, and uploaded intelligence.
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
valerialoves.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I wrote a #mothership module about greasy spoon diners, dementia, gendered violence, and uploaded intelligence.
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
Remember that you can't save everyone.
Remember that you have to try.
Remember that you have to try.
Iterated Crisis Phases | Rose Skye
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November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Remember that you can't save everyone.
Remember that you have to try.
Remember that you have to try.
Absolute masterpiece. Best blog post I've read all year.
I have written a new blog about what an OSR is. I am told there is a lot of discourse about this, but am confident that this should settle the matter once and for all.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
What is an OSR? - The Garden Below
a post about not knowing what the OSR is.
thegardenbelow.blot.im
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Absolute masterpiece. Best blog post I've read all year.
Every artist I personally know struggles with the fear that no one really cares about their work. Don't let them go on believing that, it isn't true.
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Every artist I personally know struggles with the fear that no one really cares about their work. Don't let them go on believing that, it isn't true.
You've just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Somehow I'm not surprised about having been done in by tea. I accept this end.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Somehow I'm not surprised about having been done in by tea. I accept this end.
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
You've just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Somehow I'm not surprised about having been done in by tea. I accept this end.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Somehow I'm not surprised about having been done in by tea. I accept this end.
I gaze upon the map and see that I, too, am made of star-stuff.
Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Mapping the Blogosphere
An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.
elmc.at
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I gaze upon the map and see that I, too, am made of star-stuff.
Working out a system of rolling pools of dice and allocating them to win stakes (including bringing in new assets to get out of losing situation), and suddenly realizing that I've recreated Dogs In The Vineyard from first principles.
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Working out a system of rolling pools of dice and allocating them to win stakes (including bringing in new assets to get out of losing situation), and suddenly realizing that I've recreated Dogs In The Vineyard from first principles.
Ran a second playtest session for Protoplastic. Feedback has consistently indicated that drawing from a dice pool sequentially isn't especially engaging, but allocating all of them at once feels good, so I'm massaging the system into revolving around the latter.
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Ran a second playtest session for Protoplastic. Feedback has consistently indicated that drawing from a dice pool sequentially isn't especially engaging, but allocating all of them at once feels good, so I'm massaging the system into revolving around the latter.
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A 2nd blogpost for #MausritterMonth! A short review of the starter adventure that came with the original boxed set. The impressive proliferation of Mausritter adventures is part of what has made the game so successful, but what about Mausritter’s Keep on the Borderlands equivalent?
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
Review: Honey in the Rafters — Prismatic Wasteland
A short and sweet review of a starter adventure for Mausritter.
www.prismaticwasteland.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A 2nd blogpost for #MausritterMonth! A short review of the starter adventure that came with the original boxed set. The impressive proliferation of Mausritter adventures is part of what has made the game so successful, but what about Mausritter’s Keep on the Borderlands equivalent?
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
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VOID_SHIFT PHYSICAL IS OUT and BLACK FRIDAY(ish) SALE IS ON
shop.binarystar.games
Read on for more detail!
shop.binarystar.games
Read on for more detail!
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
VOID_SHIFT PHYSICAL IS OUT and BLACK FRIDAY(ish) SALE IS ON
shop.binarystar.games
Read on for more detail!
shop.binarystar.games
Read on for more detail!
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@directsun.bsky.social Invited me onto his podcast talking about Puzzle Dungeons and it was real fun. Give it a listen.
Youtube: youtu.be/NNiIE3DwChE
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5JyZ...
Youtube: youtu.be/NNiIE3DwChE
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5JyZ...
The Tomb of Eight Gates: Puzzle Dungeon Workshop
YouTube video by Direct Sun
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@directsun.bsky.social Invited me onto his podcast talking about Puzzle Dungeons and it was real fun. Give it a listen.
Youtube: youtu.be/NNiIE3DwChE
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5JyZ...
Youtube: youtu.be/NNiIE3DwChE
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5JyZ...
I just finished playing through Subnautica, and my biggest complaint is that the entry field is too small to let me name my rocket like a Culture ship and call it the "I'd Rather Be Fishing".
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I just finished playing through Subnautica, and my biggest complaint is that the entry field is too small to let me name my rocket like a Culture ship and call it the "I'd Rather Be Fishing".
I feel like there's a Platonic "talking to people" game out there in conceptual design space that we haven't quite grasped yet - something that focuses on the basic act of roleplaying but expands it into a multi-session campaign structure about making friends and solving social problems.
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I feel like there's a Platonic "talking to people" game out there in conceptual design space that we haven't quite grasped yet - something that focuses on the basic act of roleplaying but expands it into a multi-session campaign structure about making friends and solving social problems.
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My blogging compatriots at Random Ape Encounter and To Be Resolved have launched a small collab where we analyze the styles of play implicit to generic game systems. I volunteered to talk about my experience with Cortex Prime:
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...
generic play: revisiting cortex prime
Earlier this month, fellow blogger soopersmert (Random Ape Encounter) proposed a mini-collab to investigate the style of play implicit in generic roleplaying games. Soopersmert has already tackled the...
www.fluoriteguillotine.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My blogging compatriots at Random Ape Encounter and To Be Resolved have launched a small collab where we analyze the styles of play implicit to generic game systems. I volunteered to talk about my experience with Cortex Prime:
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...
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The first episode of the new video podcast, Rose Playing Games, is out! Join two Roses on a journey through hex mapping in tabletop RPGs, and the possibilities that lie beyond the grid.
Rose Playing Games Episode 1 – Hexcrawls | Rose Skye
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November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The first episode of the new video podcast, Rose Playing Games, is out! Join two Roses on a journey through hex mapping in tabletop RPGs, and the possibilities that lie beyond the grid.
The first episode of the new video podcast, Rose Playing Games, is out! Join two Roses on a journey through hex mapping in tabletop RPGs, and the possibilities that lie beyond the grid.
Rose Playing Games Episode 1 – Hexcrawls | Rose Skye
Get more from Rose Skye on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The first episode of the new video podcast, Rose Playing Games, is out! Join two Roses on a journey through hex mapping in tabletop RPGs, and the possibilities that lie beyond the grid.
A weird, funny, and thoughtful expansion upon a single entry in a random table. Your science fiction game needs more things like this in it.
I just released SLUG MODE, my first Mothership pamphlet scenario! It expands on Slug, a psychedelic drug whose users all inhabit a shared virtual space while high - my favorite weird little plot hook from A Pound of Flesh.
thursday-garreau.itch.io/slug-mode
thursday-garreau.itch.io/slug-mode
SLUG MODE: a drug-fueled diversion for Mothership by Thursday Garreau
a trip into the virtual Sluglands
thursday-garreau.itch.io
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A weird, funny, and thoughtful expansion upon a single entry in a random table. Your science fiction game needs more things like this in it.
RosePG, the only tabletop roleplaying game video podcast with two Roses, releases tomorrow!
(All Roses locally sourced.)
(All Roses locally sourced.)
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
RosePG, the only tabletop roleplaying game video podcast with two Roses, releases tomorrow!
(All Roses locally sourced.)
(All Roses locally sourced.)