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

https://caligarislumberparty.itch.io/
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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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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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this is what over 200 discord profile pictures look like next to each other. #over/under
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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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 ??)
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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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
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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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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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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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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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
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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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...
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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i have become deeply invested in Marcus the Worm
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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"Let's do a silly one"
No Nazis In Valhalla
(Playtest available now!)
2024
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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"I will show you real lightning bolts"
No Nazis In Valhalla
(Playtest available now!)
2024
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
last year, we were gifted @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social's blockbuster Eat the Reich

this year? feast your eyes:
"You can run, but you can't hide"
No Nazis In Valhalla
(Playtest available now!)
2024
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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"You can run, but you can't hide"
No Nazis In Valhalla
(Playtest available now!)
2024
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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"LIGHTEN UP"
No Nazis In Valhalla
(Playtest available now!)
2024
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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YOOOO! LET'S GO!
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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🚨 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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"Former Child Prodigy, Godboy Latong"
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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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...."
"End of the Road"
PICARO! Early Modern Fantasy-Roleplay from
@stillfleet.bsky.social and
@plusoneexp.bsky.social
2025
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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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Real indie RPG bootstrapping here. Looks like an interesting project!
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