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Turning Passion into Great Games! Publisher of Fate, Monster of the Week, Blades in the Dark, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, and other games. www.evilhat.com
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evilhat.bsky.social
Who's up thinking about that first character they ever made?
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A screenshot of the Backerkit page for Designers & Dragons: Origins with a circle around the number of backers. It reads 998.
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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thegrendeldm.bsky.social
@dmsafterdark.bsky.social are live again tomorrow, Saturday the 15th at 7pmish EST with another session of @evilhat.bsky.social Deathmatch Island. Hope to see you there!
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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When the power dies, so do we 🔦

Introducing Afterlight — a story about light, dark, and humanity at the end of the world. This is Chapter One: Lost and Found.

Special thanks to our wonderful sponsors @evilhat.bsky.social and @bookwyrmgames.bsky.social.
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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rdonoghue.bsky.social
This supplement left permanent marks on my young brain. I think it taught me more about how narrative breaks down than any high school english class.
shannonappelcline.bsky.social Shannon Appelcline 🌮 @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 1d
And that winner was the Dungeon Master's Design Kit, which is really a fine bit of history. First major DM's advice from TSR, 14 years into their production, and by the late, great Aaron Allston, who'd previously authored Strike Force, the first mass-market Actual Play.
DM's Design Kit cover: A wizard electrocutes a worl.
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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thegaminggang.bsky.social
Explore the History of TSR’s Dungeons & Dragons Releases with Designers & Dragons: Origins - @evilhat.bsky.social #DnD #ODnD #ADnD #TTRPGs #BackerKit thegaminggang.com/game-news/ex...
Explore the History of TSR's Dungeons & Dragons Releases with Designers & Dragons: Origins - The Gaming Gang
Author Shannon Appelcline and Evil Hat Productions currently have a BackerKit project to crowdfund the Designers & Dragons: Origins series.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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evilhat.bsky.social
Your shelves are hiding a secret door...
Delve deep into the lore, design, triumphs and challenges behind each and every product TSR released for OD&D, Basic D&D, and AD&D 1e.
Designers & Dragons: Origins by @shannonappelcline.bsky.social
Just 8 days left!
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November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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johnharper.bsky.social
Wonderful news! 💙✊
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WE WON! After 42 days of striking we have a tentative agreement in hand that protects our existing 4 day work week, establishes a minimum salary, and adds protections against AI replacing jobs at our workplace!
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November 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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deadlyfredly.bsky.social
Props to @chrishanrahan.bsky.social on the CS dial
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Dan (@[email protected])
You want to talk customer service? #evilhat (@[email protected]) wins. I only play physical board games because I get enough screen time. One of my favourites is Dresden FIles Coop Card game. Expa...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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quaidrayn.bsky.social Denis *B*L*M* @quaidrayn.bsky.social · 2d
Look what just showed up on my doorstep! Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts special edition! So flipping gorgeous!! @evilhat.bsky.social #BladesInTheDark
A book cover. All black with only a silver foil pair of daggers on the cover. Two book covers. One with a pair of blades glowing red at the tips, the other with a foiled pair of blades. Looking at the edges of a book. The edges of the pages are red. Looking at two pages in a book. On the left is a page of text. On the right is a black and white art page of robots in a room.
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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ktwelves.bsky.social
Good news! Our client has wrangled back control of their funding so I have a job again through December. What awaits next quarter? It's a mystery!

So I am still looking for a full/part-time editing position starting in 2026. If you have any recommendations, let me know!
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
evilhat.bsky.social
Your shelves are hiding a secret door...
Delve deep into the lore, design, triumphs and challenges behind each and every product TSR released for OD&D, Basic D&D, and AD&D 1e.
Designers & Dragons: Origins by @shannonappelcline.bsky.social
Just 8 days left!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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thegaminggang.bsky.social
Tonight I take a peek at the Classic RPG Acrylic Tokens Collection from #SplatteredInkGames on The Gaming Gang Dispatch. Plus #TTRPGNews from @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social @trolllordgames.bsky.social @evilhat.bsky.social and more. 8pm ET/7pm CT/5pm PT 😄 #TTRPGs #DnDTokens youtube.com/watch?v=pZIj...
Classic Fantasy RPG Token Collection First Look on The Gaming Gang Dispatch 1256
YouTube video by The Gaming Gang
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November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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shannonappelcline.bsky.social
Yesterday I had a live talk with Wes Allen at DM Tales about Designers & Dragons: Origins and roleplaying history.

www.youtube.com/live/Ap5a4Pg...
Designers & Dragons author Shannon Appelcline
YouTube video by DM Tales
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November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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lilithttrpg.bsky.social
I was *so thrilled* to be invited on to cameo for this episode of Qismat. I've never performed in Urdu before, and it was such a beautiful request to get.

Hear what the divinities and godkillers of the past have to say, in our own tongues 💛
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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ngpproductions.bsky.social
New Visions University 39 is out now!

Bee learns about decorating, and celebrates her first day at NVU.

@evilhat.bsky.social

Listen at open.spotify.com/episode/3L85... and wherever you listen to podcasts.
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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evilhat.bsky.social
The fans asked for it, we made it happen!
Expansion 6: Faithful Friends is now available from DriveThruCards in a print-on-demand format. New cases, new character decks and more await Harry in this 56-card expansion for the Dresden Files board game!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Mockups of four cards (Battleground, Peace Talks, River Shoulders, and Sir Waldo) float above a rich blue background. Caption: The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game. Expansion 6: Faithful Friends. Now available in POD from DriveThruCards.
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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thebadspot.bsky.social
Looks like I've got a Monster of the Week....week ahead.
2dollarcreature.bsky.social $2 Creature Feature @2dollarcreature.bsky.social · 3d
Seasons are interconnected but can stand on their own, so we recommend starting with ep1 of season 2 or season 3, depending on whether you feel like monsters & magic in a cozy college town, or aliens & secret agencies.

Or start with this soft canon one-shot:
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S2, Holiday Special: "Independence Day" | $2 Creature Feature | Episode 37
It's July 4th in Jupiter Hollow, and our hunters have their hands full preparing for the day—each in their own way. Naturally, everything will go exactly as planned...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
evilhat.bsky.social
The fans asked for it, we made it happen!
Expansion 6: Faithful Friends is now available from DriveThruCards in a print-on-demand format. New cases, new character decks and more await Harry in this 56-card expansion for the Dresden Files board game!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Mockups of four cards (Battleground, Peace Talks, River Shoulders, and Sir Waldo) float above a rich blue background. Caption: The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game. Expansion 6: Faithful Friends. Now available in POD from DriveThruCards.
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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10 years ago 6 foster kids were pulled out of the wreckage of a house in Sayer, MA. Now they find themselves in Korea...where the final chapter begins.

Join us at 8PM EST for THE SAYER HOUSE SIX, featuring Monster of the Week by
@evilhat.bsky.social, as we raise money for @feedingamerica.org!
A promo on torn newsprint that reads THE SAYER HOUSE SIX across the top in typeface font. There are other words and headlines like "Murder", "Fire", "Tragedy" etc. printed on it. The center is taken up by a six-person panel of cast photos. From left to right: Will as Storyteller, Julia as Eve Vey, Kendo as Damon Moon, Mimi as Whiskey Moon, Val as Nayeli Doe, and Youngles as Jae Moon. At the bottom typeface reads EVERY OTHER TUESDAY, then 5 PM PST/8 PM EST. Under that is a black bar with white text that reads twitch.tv/livefromtheapocalypse, donations benefiting Feeding America
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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shannonappelcline.bsky.social
The fourth stretch goal poll for Designers & Dragons: Origins is now up. These polls are adding content to the backers-only preview book. So what accessory would you like to see the history of?
Designers & Dragons: Origins Project Update: Backer Poll - The Weird World of D&D Accessories!
Hey friends, Over the weekend we sliced through our $140k stretch so it's time to add another chapter to our backer-exclusive PDF. This round we're focusing on some of the a...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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kierongillen.bsky.social
This was a fun one. I played cosmic horror tinkerbell.
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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evilhat.bsky.social
Every time Designers & Dragons: Origins hits a stretch, backers pick a new chapter to add to The Adventurers' Hoard. This exclusive PDF is now over twice the size of the 57-page free public preview!
We just launched a new poll. Back today and cast your vote!
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A collage of the covers of the accessories in this latest backer poll. Includes REF3: The Book of Lairs (September 1986) Dungeon Master's Design Kit (September 1988) C6: The Official RPGA Tournament Handbook (March 1987) AC1: The Shady Dragon Inn (December 1983) AC3: 3-D Dragon Tiles featuring The Kidnapping of Princess Arelina (June 1984) AC4: The Book of Marvelous Magic (February 1985) AC1010: Poor Wizard's Almanac & Book of Facts (November 1992) AC1011: Poor Wizard's Almanac II & Book of Facts (November 1993) Player's Survival Kit (January 1995) and Joshuan's Almanac & Book of Facts (November 1995)
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
evilhat.bsky.social
Every time Designers & Dragons: Origins hits a stretch, backers pick a new chapter to add to The Adventurers' Hoard. This exclusive PDF is now over twice the size of the 57-page free public preview!
We just launched a new poll. Back today and cast your vote!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
A collage of the covers of the accessories in this latest backer poll. Includes REF3: The Book of Lairs (September 1986) Dungeon Master's Design Kit (September 1988) C6: The Official RPGA Tournament Handbook (March 1987) AC1: The Shady Dragon Inn (December 1983) AC3: 3-D Dragon Tiles featuring The Kidnapping of Princess Arelina (June 1984) AC4: The Book of Marvelous Magic (February 1985) AC1010: Poor Wizard's Almanac & Book of Facts (November 1992) AC1011: Poor Wizard's Almanac II & Book of Facts (November 1993) Player's Survival Kit (January 1995) and Joshuan's Almanac & Book of Facts (November 1995)
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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shannonappelcline.bsky.social
Last week I talked with Ben Riggs in what I think will be my next-to-last interview for Designers & Dragons: Origins. We talked a bit about the books themselves, but mainly we talked about our individual views of early Dungeons & Dragons history, which we've now both written about.
This is an RPG historian you have to hear from- A conversation with Shannon Appelcline Episode 78
YouTube video by Reading D&D Aloud
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November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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brianliberge.bsky.social
Last Kiss crowdfunding campaign is LIVE www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...

My new TTRPG from Luck of the Harbor is here! Get the Quickstart right away! Please come join me for this. I have never been more excited about a game I worked on. I have never cared more.

I truly think you will love it!
Last Kiss
Ever feel like the world is out to get you? It is. A TTRPG of unheroic teens facing down the end of the inevitable world. You're the main character, with all the misery that entails. How will you mak...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM