H. Dithmer
@hdithmer.bsky.social
TTRPG designer, known for Heirs of the Leviathan, and a couple of Danish Larps. I like making games that fundamentally change how people interact, be it laughing, cheering, or crying. I also draw.
You can find my games at https://rakatung.itch.io
You can find my games at https://rakatung.itch.io
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H. Dithmer
@hdithmer.bsky.social
· Jan 5
Masks of the Leviathan by Dithmer
A game of fantasy theater
rakatung.itch.io
Assemble, lads and ladies, and any Heir which might be in the audience, and gaze upon mine newest creation: Masks of the Leviathan, a game of playacting in many a mood.
Alright, you might have seen the playtest version, but this is the real deal!
rakatung.itch.io/masks-of-the...
Alright, you might have seen the playtest version, but this is the real deal!
rakatung.itch.io/masks-of-the...
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How about two mages?
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
How about two mages?
Thing is, we will never be able to own a home, but if we save up we might be able to afford a delicious meal.
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Thing is, we will never be able to own a home, but if we save up we might be able to afford a delicious meal.
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8h to go!
Last few hours to back **The Thunder Perfect Mind**
- Untangle yourself from the toxic nostalgia of a past that never was!
- Resist a future which wills us towards our doom!
- Break the illusion of power: here and now!
- Untangle yourself from the toxic nostalgia of a past that never was!
- Resist a future which wills us towards our doom!
- Break the illusion of power: here and now!
The Thunder Perfect Mind
An Occult Action Thriller Tabletop RPG
www.kickstarter.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 AM
8h to go!
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European goldfinch. Watercolour on silk mounted on paper.
I had to wash out and repaint the scapulars and marginal coverts three times. Hugely relieved it worked out in the end. 🥲
I'll post the full piece when it will be available at auction next week. 🙏
I had to wash out and repaint the scapulars and marginal coverts three times. Hugely relieved it worked out in the end. 🥲
I'll post the full piece when it will be available at auction next week. 🙏
January 19, 2026 at 9:00 PM
European goldfinch. Watercolour on silk mounted on paper.
I had to wash out and repaint the scapulars and marginal coverts three times. Hugely relieved it worked out in the end. 🥲
I'll post the full piece when it will be available at auction next week. 🙏
I had to wash out and repaint the scapulars and marginal coverts three times. Hugely relieved it worked out in the end. 🥲
I'll post the full piece when it will be available at auction next week. 🙏
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My latest: Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics
www.hauntologies.net/p/iranian-pr...
www.hauntologies.net/p/iranian-pr...
Iranian protesters don't owe us an explanation
Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics
www.hauntologies.net
February 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
My latest: Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics
www.hauntologies.net/p/iranian-pr...
www.hauntologies.net/p/iranian-pr...
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I'm trying to connect more with the ttrpg community in general at the moment. I make short video reviews of a different #ttrpg game every week on YouTube and I'm keen to find more games to review. What games are you looking forward to in 2026?
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm trying to connect more with the ttrpg community in general at the moment. I make short video reviews of a different #ttrpg game every week on YouTube and I'm keen to find more games to review. What games are you looking forward to in 2026?
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Normalise saying ‘not all men’ when a man does something right.
February 9, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Normalise saying ‘not all men’ when a man does something right.
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My son is at ski practice, so I’m in the warming hut with a terrible coffee, experimenting with a more traditional way of drawing/painting. Kinda fun to do something different.
February 8, 2026 at 12:39 PM
My son is at ski practice, so I’m in the warming hut with a terrible coffee, experimenting with a more traditional way of drawing/painting. Kinda fun to do something different.
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Dreamt that my bike broke down and I was at a luxurious hospital getting treated for 'diversity addiction'
What the hell does that even mean?
What the hell does that even mean?
February 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Dreamt that my bike broke down and I was at a luxurious hospital getting treated for 'diversity addiction'
What the hell does that even mean?
What the hell does that even mean?
This is why I don't crowdfund my games. I just have way too much anxiety for it!
Like a normal failed project has some cost, time, and minor reputation damage, but that's far different than being painted as a scammer or someone deliberately "betraying" people.
You can't get society to change that response but you can make sure your project is close to done to reduce risk.
You can't get society to change that response but you can make sure your project is close to done to reduce risk.
February 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
This is why I don't crowdfund my games. I just have way too much anxiety for it!
Can't believe we're actually getting Stonetop in our hands this year. I haven't read any playtest material yet, because I wanted to read the finished version blind, and now it's almost here! Just lovely
February 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Can't believe we're actually getting Stonetop in our hands this year. I haven't read any playtest material yet, because I wanted to read the finished version blind, and now it's almost here! Just lovely
Heirs of the Leviathan wasn't tested much, so I never got around to playing a full campaign of it until like a year post release.
I can't believe the amount of game I managed to put in such a tight package!
I can't believe the amount of game I managed to put in such a tight package!
This is game designing I most relate to. Just today I re-read a game I made a few years ago and thought, "Dang, I think I pulled that off."
It's being an artist working in your medium I think. You only see your stuff accurately from a later perspective.
It's being an artist working in your medium I think. You only see your stuff accurately from a later perspective.
You ever revisit something you made several months later and think "Fuck, I made a cool thing?"
That's how I feel about West Dennison Township Book Club.
I'm still so pleased with how this ridiculous little game turned out.
#TTRPG
That's how I feel about West Dennison Township Book Club.
I'm still so pleased with how this ridiculous little game turned out.
#TTRPG
February 7, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Heirs of the Leviathan wasn't tested much, so I never got around to playing a full campaign of it until like a year post release.
I can't believe the amount of game I managed to put in such a tight package!
I can't believe the amount of game I managed to put in such a tight package!
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using some of my drawings to tell a story, i guess.
February 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
using some of my drawings to tell a story, i guess.
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I feel it with Denmark too; yeah, US imperialist interest in Greenland is a great distraction from our, uhh, history of forced sterilization.
Social democracies are not innocent bystanders.
Social democracies are not innocent bystanders.
Yeah Canada is not doing great. Combined with our past collaboration to colonialism exploitation, add on top of it all the US and Billionaire influence campaigns and investments, we are not heading in a good direction at all.
Complicit.
February 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I feel it with Denmark too; yeah, US imperialist interest in Greenland is a great distraction from our, uhh, history of forced sterilization.
Social democracies are not innocent bystanders.
Social democracies are not innocent bystanders.
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TTRPGs are such beautiful, impossible things. Think of how hard it is to get any group to get on the same page on *anything*, and then marvel at how we play these games that allow you to build worlds together.
I think about that a lot.
I think about that a lot.
February 6, 2026 at 12:29 PM
TTRPGs are such beautiful, impossible things. Think of how hard it is to get any group to get on the same page on *anything*, and then marvel at how we play these games that allow you to build worlds together.
I think about that a lot.
I think about that a lot.
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This isn't defeatist because the fight has already been won. It was won when animation companies moved from hand painted cells. Maximize profits. Until that system goes the same set of calculations will be made and repeated.
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
This isn't defeatist because the fight has already been won. It was won when animation companies moved from hand painted cells. Maximize profits. Until that system goes the same set of calculations will be made and repeated.
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Renfeild: I booked your passage on the Demeter, master
Dracula: thankfs. dont foret the box of,, dert
Dracula: thankfs. dont foret the box of,, dert
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Renfeild: I booked your passage on the Demeter, master
Dracula: thankfs. dont foret the box of,, dert
Dracula: thankfs. dont foret the box of,, dert
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"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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Every RPG is a one-page RPG if you only read one page of it
February 4, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every RPG is a one-page RPG if you only read one page of it
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So it's Black History Month and that means I think it's a good time to get familiar with Mike Pondsmith, if you're not already.
When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world.
Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him.
cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Po...
When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world.
Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him.
cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Po...
Mike Pondsmith
Michael Alyn Pondsmith (born April 14, 1954[citation needed]) is an American roleplaying, board and video game designer. He is the founder of R. Talsorian Games and the creator of the acclaimed Cyberp...
cyberpunk.fandom.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:08 AM
So it's Black History Month and that means I think it's a good time to get familiar with Mike Pondsmith, if you're not already.
When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world.
Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him.
cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Po...
When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world.
Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him.
cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Po...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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Yildiz, the dreamer 🐑
January 30, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Yildiz, the dreamer 🐑