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H. Jay Watson
@hjaywatson.bsky.social
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teacher (actual), failed writer (aspirational)

https://caligarislumberparty.itch.io/
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teanwitch.bsky.social
Full art for the Game Knights @commandcast.bsky.social dueling dragons kickstarter playmats! A really fun challenge to create two mirrored pieces that connect together, but also work separately. They came up with the idea for growth and decay, and I decided to go with dragons 🐲
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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adamstation.bsky.social
Why stop at F**k, Marry, Kill?
We have 17 more desires and their objects for your sci-fi rpg characters in 100 Strangers!
Or use our relationship status generator to cook up some spicy(?) connections!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/72s...
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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d20plusmodifier.bsky.social
this is what over 200 discord profile pictures look like next to each other. #over/under
200 black-and-white profile pictures next to each other
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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calebzane.bsky.social
saying goodbye to samps in #over/under by making his little character card for the collection folks are doing. here is a freak you can put in your mothership game sort of. (I think he's also gonna get an official one ??)
Metropolitan Sampsa, prounouns he/him. Location: Gazebo in the Solarian gardens. Quote: "In the old stories, many prey animals avoided death by being so beautiful the hunter is moved to weep. I'm going for a similar situation." Inventory: Mask of office: branches twisted into face covering and antlers. Datapad (is bad at using this but is protected by 33 hackers). Gold wedding band (provenance: Earth). Attitude: Obsessed with the minutiae of others' personalities. Cautious and precise with language. Craves excitement. Goal: Keep general public opinion of the Solarian Church positive through any means. Secret: Can tell with supernatural accuracy when someone is lying. Notes: An orphan from the blocks, Sampsa was chosen for the church due to visions of his success given to the High Gardener. Elevated to his station at 13, Sampsa committed completely to the future laid before him. Rarely leaves church grounds. Surname "Valittu," given to any child taken in by the church.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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weirdwonder.bsky.social
So excited to have A Perfect Wife! Love to see the work of people I greatly admire @zedecksiew.bsky.social @amandalee.bsky.social and ScrapWorld with Copy/Paste and editing by @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social
A red and black zine with white text that reads A Perfect Wife
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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riseupcomus.bsky.social
Mothership Month? Mausritter Month? Gosh, everyone's been busy!

We've been running a Monster Mash jam on the Worm Discord server! Lots of folks joining together to make a BEASTIARY for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM.

(Join the server from the game's website to check out some cool new beasties!)
His Majesty the Worm
His Majesty the Worm is a new-school game with old-school sensibilities: the classic megadungeon experience given fresh life through a focus on the mundanities and small moments of daily life inside t...
www.hismajestytheworm.games
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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thefandomentals.bsky.social
In You Will Die In This Place, @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social explores questions of design, ownership, and artifact. Check out her interview with Dan now:

www.thefandomentals.com/you-will-die...
"How Do You Scare People With Words": Elizabeth Little On The Personal and Post Modern TTRPG 'You Will Die In This Place' - The Fandomentals
Dan chats with Elizabeth Little about You Will Die In This Place, her new TTRPG that blends nihilistic dark fantasy with a metanarrative inspired by found footage horror and Little's own experiences
www.thefandomentals.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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icastlight.bsky.social
Skerples exercise here, I think highlights what people find attractive about OD&D: A giant prompt for building your own D&D. All the boring "maths" are already done, you just supply the flavor
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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weirdwonder.bsky.social
Check it out! Orestruck, my latest Cairn adventure, readthrough here. #osr @spacepenguinink.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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sonnyross.bsky.social
My alternate poster for a showing of The Thing as an A4 print, edition of 100 signed and numbered.
No blood tests necessary!

www.sonnyross.com/shop/thething

#horror #thething #illustration
An alternative movie poster for “the thing” in a naive style
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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d20plusmodifier.bsky.social
Over the course of the month I drew a portrait or 2(hundred) in #over/under and called them 🩸HEADSHOTS🩸

And @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com said he might put them in the Mothership app so now you can all apply gentle pressure to that situation too! lol

drive.google.com/drive/folder...
black and white portrait of triangular robotic head black and white portrait of a man with a heavily damage left side of his head. black and white portrait of robotic eye hanging from wires and tubes. black and white portrait of woman with big eyes and swooping hair
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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izzypetersart.bsky.social
i have become deeply invested in Marcus the Worm
watercolor and ink drawing of a gangly creature with ling thin limbs, a bulbous stomach, and a wormlike head. he's pointing at a rock, saying "Robert. It's pissing me off."
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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hodagrpg.bsky.social
"Let's do a silly one"
No Nazis In Valhalla
(Playtest available now!)
2024
Cartoon vikings
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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hodagrpg.bsky.social
"I will show you real lightning bolts"
No Nazis In Valhalla
(Playtest available now!)
2024
A viking uses magic lighting to kill a bunch of nazis
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
hjaywatson.bsky.social
last year, we were gifted @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social's blockbuster Eat the Reich

this year? feast your eyes:
hodagrpg.bsky.social HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.social · 10h
"You can run, but you can't hide"
No Nazis In Valhalla
(Playtest available now!)
2024
A cowardly nazi hides from a viking casting a spell
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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hodagrpg.bsky.social
"You can run, but you can't hide"
No Nazis In Valhalla
(Playtest available now!)
2024
A cowardly nazi hides from a viking casting a spell
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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hodagrpg.bsky.social
"LIGHTEN UP"
No Nazis In Valhalla
(Playtest available now!)
2024
Nazi getting exploded by lightning
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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hodagrpg.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spo...

The playtest is available!
Update 14: October 2025 Update · No Nazis in Valhalla
Still not doing well but have managed to start the process of working on mental health and many other things. The kind words and understanding has helped me greatly. I suffer from many mental hurdles ...
www.kickstarter.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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hodagrpg.bsky.social
YOOOO! LET'S GO!
thirdkingdom.bsky.social Todd @thirdkingdom.bsky.social · 14h
The Kickstarter for Issue 52 of Populated Hexes Monthly is now live. This issue looks at Catoptris, the world behind the mirrors, and features new spells, monsters, magic items, and the echo warrior. Cover art by @hodagrpg.bsky.social #ttrpg #dnd #osr #hexcrawl www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...
Populated Hexes Monthly, Issue 51
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall -- Catroptis, the World Behind the Mirrors
www.kickstarter.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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hjaywatson.bsky.social
🚨 CROWDFUNDING ALERT 🚨

if you haven't yet picked up @feralcharlie.bsky.social's amazing "Into the Cess & Citadel" (or the equally great "Into the Wyrd & Wild"), you're in luck

@wetinkgames.bsky.social has a new KS that brings this tome back into print:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/wet...
Into the Cess and Citadel
The ENNIE-Award Winning supplemental TTRPG book for those seeking to incorporate a strange, colorful, and terrifying city to ANY RPG!
www.kickstarter.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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munkao.bsky.social
"Former Child Prodigy, Godboy Latong"
Southeast Asian Fantasy. Man, with long hair, dressed kind of like a monk/ascetic/guru. A string of skills across his torso. He is sort of levitating save for the walking stick in his hand that is in contact with the floor. Text below "Former Child Prodigy, Godboy Latong"
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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hjaywatson.bsky.social
horse CEO: "I am not and never will be owned"

Joyce Carol Oates, around the corner: “So curious that such a wealthy horseman never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates...."
hodagrpg.bsky.social HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.social · 2d
"End of the Road"
PICARO! Early Modern Fantasy-Roleplay from
@stillfleet.bsky.social and
@plusoneexp.bsky.social
2025
A horseman intimidates a human drifter, while a fem person lies in wait with a long dagger
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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leightonc.bsky.social
Art by @perplexingruins.bsky.social
This is an ad I made on Publisher, don't judge too harshly I'm not a professional graphic designer, that says DARE YOU ENTER THE PRISON PITS OF LARUBIA at the top and then has a cool drawing by Perplexing Ruins of a mostly naked man, seen from behind, walking under a portcullis and into creepy darkness. Below it there's a QR code to take you to the Kickstarter campaign, and the following text: You’d heard that Larubia was a great city to visit, but somehow—surely it was all a misunderstanding!—you were arrested and sentenced to hard labor in the prison pits outside of town. Now you and your friends have no armor and no weapons, just the rags on your back and pickaxes for mining the mystery mineral phyrene.  As you descend into the prison pits you’ll face cannibal miners, killer insects, phyrene mutations, and more. Ultimately you may discover the long-lost subterranean kingdom of Eskragor, home to ancient automatons, high-tech ray guns, and a mad Emperor obsessed with invading the surface world.  The Prison Pits of Larubia is an Old School pulp sword & sorcery adventure designed for use with the Million-Colored Sun RPG, coming soon from Hex Games. Check out our Kickstarter campaign!
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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perplexingruins.bsky.social
Heck yea!! Check that out folks, made one of my best drawings for this
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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riseupcomus.bsky.social
Real indie RPG bootstrapping here. Looks like an interesting project!
theurbanavian.bsky.social Yanni 🧿 AMBITION HAS LAUNCHED @theurbanavian.bsky.social · 17h
Ambition is a psychological, daoist, tarot, fantasy, tactics TTRPG. Its a lot of a game, it takes inspiration from disco elysium's introspective storytelling and tarot's relationship with archetype to guide stories.

I'd love for you to check it out!

gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Ambition by The Press Betwixt - Gamefound
Ambition is a tales & tactics TTRPG for 2-4 Ambitious and a River by Yanni Panagiotopoulos. Reach for Heaven from underneath, Strive for whats beyond it, and Shape the continents into the image of you...
gamefound.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM