James J. Haeck
@jamesjhaeck.bsky.social
ENnie Award-winning game designer. Freelance Writer & Editor for: Wizards of the Coast, Critical Role, Darrington Press, MCDM, Ghostfire Gaming.
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James J. Haeck
@jamesjhaeck.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Let's take a look at my latest from Ghostfire Gaming, Grim Hollow: The Valikan Clans! @shawnmerwin.bsky.social led Raider's Guide to Valikan, a setting guide and player options book and I led Saga of the Seasons, a sprawling dark fantasy adventure!
It's always an honor for Titus to illustrate a location I wrote in a D&D adventure =)
Here are some pieces I did for #crookedmoon for @avantris.bsky.social with AD by @suzannehelmigh.bsky.social
These are some of my favourite pieces I did for a client recently
#ttrpg #illustration
These are some of my favourite pieces I did for a client recently
#ttrpg #illustration
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It's always an honor for Titus to illustrate a location I wrote in a D&D adventure =)
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Hello folks. My indie RPG column is expanding. I will now be writing about forthcoming games. First issue this will happen in goes out 26th December. If you have an RPG project coming out, Kickstarter launching, or ending, within a month or so after that date, get in touch.
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Hello folks. My indie RPG column is expanding. I will now be writing about forthcoming games. First issue this will happen in goes out 26th December. If you have an RPG project coming out, Kickstarter launching, or ending, within a month or so after that date, get in touch.
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I love seeing my friends make cool games 🥰
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I love seeing my friends make cool games 🥰
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a couple of months ago i stumbled onto some gorgeous character art and an intensely cool concept for a tarot rpg. asked the creator to meet up with me at gen con so i could play the game and hit it off instantly. and now i'm writing a sicko doomed gothic romance horror fable for the (FUNDED!!) game
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
a couple of months ago i stumbled onto some gorgeous character art and an intensely cool concept for a tarot rpg. asked the creator to meet up with me at gen con so i could play the game and hit it off instantly. and now i'm writing a sicko doomed gothic romance horror fable for the (FUNDED!!) game
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These are two reminders to people hiring writers/game devs for ttrpgs:
+ If your freelancer doesn't have a lot of material or guidance from you, you're going to end up unhappy with their work - and that's on you.
+ Expecting full scenario/adventure drafts in less than a month is unrealistic.
+ If your freelancer doesn't have a lot of material or guidance from you, you're going to end up unhappy with their work - and that's on you.
+ Expecting full scenario/adventure drafts in less than a month is unrealistic.
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
These are two reminders to people hiring writers/game devs for ttrpgs:
+ If your freelancer doesn't have a lot of material or guidance from you, you're going to end up unhappy with their work - and that's on you.
+ Expecting full scenario/adventure drafts in less than a month is unrealistic.
+ If your freelancer doesn't have a lot of material or guidance from you, you're going to end up unhappy with their work - and that's on you.
+ Expecting full scenario/adventure drafts in less than a month is unrealistic.
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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let's see those mf masks on at paxu
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
let's see those mf masks on at paxu
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YOU MUST check out ChainxLink and the rest of ethan's incredible work.
Exploit tools of tyranny to support your rebellions and invoke ancient rites to escape this megadungeon with your closest rivals!
Chain×Link: A semi-cooperative dungeon-defying RPG
Buy it now!
glyphtide.games/chainxlink/
Chain×Link: A semi-cooperative dungeon-defying RPG
Buy it now!
glyphtide.games/chainxlink/
Chain×Link | Glyphtide Games
A semi-cooperative dungeon-defying roleplaying game
glyphtide.games
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
YOU MUST check out ChainxLink and the rest of ethan's incredible work.
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🍂🍂Live a life of cake and teatime by the slow part of the river, where simple plans spiral into delightful chaos. RiverBank RPG is created by Hugo & Nebula Award Winner Kij Johnson and art by Kathleen Jennings. A cozy world is waiting for you! Get it here: bit.ly/497VOZs
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
🍂🍂Live a life of cake and teatime by the slow part of the river, where simple plans spiral into delightful chaos. RiverBank RPG is created by Hugo & Nebula Award Winner Kij Johnson and art by Kathleen Jennings. A cozy world is waiting for you! Get it here: bit.ly/497VOZs
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An offering to the lorecast - Sir Frodrick the Knight and his loyal bard John Frogerty
@thebenbyrne.bsky.social @dailydael.bsky.social @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social @shawnmerwin.bsky.social
@thebenbyrne.bsky.social @dailydael.bsky.social @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social @shawnmerwin.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
An offering to the lorecast - Sir Frodrick the Knight and his loyal bard John Frogerty
@thebenbyrne.bsky.social @dailydael.bsky.social @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social @shawnmerwin.bsky.social
@thebenbyrne.bsky.social @dailydael.bsky.social @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social @shawnmerwin.bsky.social
Your favorite RPG freelancers and many indie devs are, in America at last, allowed to have this job because of the ACA. Your games will get worse if it's killed. The brain drain will be immense.
I was freelancing before the ACA. It was harrowing. It’s saved so many lives.
After being laid off I rely solely on ACA marketplace plans to help cover my medications and some of my doctors.
If I can't afford my medication, I will die.
This is not an exaggeration.
If I can't afford my medication, I will die.
This is not an exaggeration.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Your favorite RPG freelancers and many indie devs are, in America at last, allowed to have this job because of the ACA. Your games will get worse if it's killed. The brain drain will be immense.
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Ambition is on its FINAL THREE DAYS of crowdfunding.
WE'VE REACHED FOR HEAVEN FROM UNDERNEATH
STRIVED FOR WHATS BEYOND IT
and with the last Fable funded, the Shape of Ambition is in focus. LETS SEE HOW FAR WE FLY BEYOND IT.
ttrpg.link/ambition
WE'VE REACHED FOR HEAVEN FROM UNDERNEATH
STRIVED FOR WHATS BEYOND IT
and with the last Fable funded, the Shape of Ambition is in focus. LETS SEE HOW FAR WE FLY BEYOND IT.
ttrpg.link/ambition
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Ambition is on its FINAL THREE DAYS of crowdfunding.
WE'VE REACHED FOR HEAVEN FROM UNDERNEATH
STRIVED FOR WHATS BEYOND IT
and with the last Fable funded, the Shape of Ambition is in focus. LETS SEE HOW FAR WE FLY BEYOND IT.
ttrpg.link/ambition
WE'VE REACHED FOR HEAVEN FROM UNDERNEATH
STRIVED FOR WHATS BEYOND IT
and with the last Fable funded, the Shape of Ambition is in focus. LETS SEE HOW FAR WE FLY BEYOND IT.
ttrpg.link/ambition
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Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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The California-based TTRPG convention Big Bad Con, which focuses on indie and marginalized creators, confirmed today that it has decided not to host a physical convention in 2026 due to the current political climate but is still determining its plans going forward.
@bigbadcon.bsky.social
@bigbadcon.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The California-based TTRPG convention Big Bad Con, which focuses on indie and marginalized creators, confirmed today that it has decided not to host a physical convention in 2026 due to the current political climate but is still determining its plans going forward.
@bigbadcon.bsky.social
@bigbadcon.bsky.social
The word "myriad" can be used as both a noun (synonymous with "lot of") and an adjective (synonymous with "many"). Personally, I strongly prefer the sleeker, stylish adjective form. "Her reasons were myriad." versus "She had a myriad of reasons."
October 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The word "myriad" can be used as both a noun (synonymous with "lot of") and an adjective (synonymous with "many"). Personally, I strongly prefer the sleeker, stylish adjective form. "Her reasons were myriad." versus "She had a myriad of reasons."
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October 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The Long COVID Treatment Trial – Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is open for enrollment for people with Long COVID. More info at visit longcovid.scripps.edu.
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[man reading news]: not a fan of this worldbuilding, not very clearly explained, 2/5
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 AM
[man reading news]: not a fan of this worldbuilding, not very clearly explained, 2/5
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See, the trick is that "the GM exists for the players' amusement, whose job is to ruin their plans for fun" and "the GM rules like a king, and the players exist to be their playthings" is that these SEEM like opposite maladaptive approaches to play, but they both result in the GM doing all the work.
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
See, the trick is that "the GM exists for the players' amusement, whose job is to ruin their plans for fun" and "the GM rules like a king, and the players exist to be their playthings" is that these SEEM like opposite maladaptive approaches to play, but they both result in the GM doing all the work.
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Daggerheart: The Forbidden Forest!
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Giveaways: @demiplane.com & @phoenixdice.bsky.social
With @thecandacemarie.bsky.social @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social Kayla Janelle @lauren-urban.com & @yaboibig.bsky.social!
Frame: @yocean14.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
🚨LIVE now!
Daggerheart: The Forbidden Forest!
▶️ twitch.tv/phoenixiwaki
Giveaways: @demiplane.com & @phoenixdice.bsky.social
With @thecandacemarie.bsky.social @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social Kayla Janelle @lauren-urban.com & @yaboibig.bsky.social!
Frame: @yocean14.bsky.social
Daggerheart: The Forbidden Forest!
▶️ twitch.tv/phoenixiwaki
Giveaways: @demiplane.com & @phoenixdice.bsky.social
With @thecandacemarie.bsky.social @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social Kayla Janelle @lauren-urban.com & @yaboibig.bsky.social!
Frame: @yocean14.bsky.social