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Nicky Drayden
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Writer of sci-fantasy, taker of naps.
Prosper with Dragons, coming soon to a game night near you: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1154636392/prosper-with-dragons
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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · Feb 5
Game mechanics time! The resource gathering system in Prosper with Dragons drives the sense of thrill in this game. Each turn, you choose to minimize risks or maximize rewards...and hope your teammates have a strategy that won't tank you all! 🐲

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...

#cardgame #dragon
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nickydrayden.bsky.social
✨ Only 8 more sales needed for the holiday season ✨ and then I can blissfully go back to doomscrolling and dutifully reposting Tom Holland's Lip Sync Battle when I see it
nickydrayden.bsky.social Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 3d
The goal of the cooperative card game Prosper with Dragons is to befriend 12 dragons while sharing resources with other players to fend off disasters together.

Here are some of those dragons. I love all the care and trust that goes into befriending them. ❤️🐉

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Fledgling dragon nested in a child's afro Elemental (water) dragon refusing a bath in a crowded bathroom Teen getting hand nuzzled by a feathered dragon in a rooftop garden Teen being gently protected by a dragon with piercings and jewelry
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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jesswynne.bsky.social
Poetry? Who has time for poetry?
The house shifts against the earth A ship in slow sea Spar boom yard and the Echo of winds dreamt in the Moments before waking There was a realm That was mine I left it behind Now at sea in the woods Unsure if ever I will put in At any port again But the woods are lovely The light stretches long And the house shifts in currents Deep and strong © Jessica Reisman December 2025
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
nickydrayden.bsky.social
✨ Only 8 more sales needed for the holiday season ✨ and then I can blissfully go back to doomscrolling and dutifully reposting Tom Holland's Lip Sync Battle when I see it
nickydrayden.bsky.social Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 3d
The goal of the cooperative card game Prosper with Dragons is to befriend 12 dragons while sharing resources with other players to fend off disasters together.

Here are some of those dragons. I love all the care and trust that goes into befriending them. ❤️🐉

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Fledgling dragon nested in a child's afro Elemental (water) dragon refusing a bath in a crowded bathroom Teen getting hand nuzzled by a feathered dragon in a rooftop garden Teen being gently protected by a dragon with piercings and jewelry
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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sgj.bsky.social
Oh yeah. Gotta come up with some questions right quick. But? Adam and I have known each since well before either of us had books out, so, it’ll just be hanging out. Only difference: in front of a huge crowd.
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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kittystryker.bsky.social
Shopping small is meaningful!
@Ilyndseybelle this is what 50 bucks means to a small business. $50 is nothing to a billion dollar company. start shopping small @meownikaa whoever just placed a $50+ order in my shop, thank you so much that literally just paid for half of my groceries tomorrow
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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greeniezona.bsky.social
First I got my deck for Prosper with Dragons! @prosperwithdragons.bsky.social

This deck arrived in the mail and we played two rounds (me and my two teenage children) that same afternoon. It's a cooperative game that reminded us a bit of Splendor, which is also a popular game in our house.
Cards and the box for the game Prosper with Dragons arranged on a weathered wooden deck. Clockwise from top right: The deck box for Prosper with Dragons The card Clockwork I The back of one of the red cards The card Fledgling Dragon The card Elemental Dragon Each case is beautifully illustrated with dragons and Black people. These are some of my favorite cards in the game, I particularly love the three Black femme folk gathered around a high table on the Clockwork I card.
August 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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prosperwithdragons.bsky.social
Hey yall! We're looking for ✨youtubers or streamers✨ who'd be interested in playing the cooperative card game Prosper with Dragons on their channel.

Reply or DM if you're interested or know someone who could help this game find its audience! 📣

More info: www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Prosper with Dragons
A cooperative, post-apocalyptic, Afrofutures card game (with dragons!)
www.kickstarter.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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queerpointyears.bsky.social
This is a fun little cooperative card game! Beautiful art, nice story, interesting puzzle. Also, small shelf footprint!
nickydrayden.bsky.social Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 2d
Just 13 Prosper with Dragons decks left at this price! Thanks so much for boosting and buying, yall! 🥰

✨ Makes the perfect stocking stuffer for dragon lovers, card game lovers, and art lovers! ✨

Sale ends Dec 13th or when we run out of stock!

#stockingstuffer #dragons #cardgame
nickydrayden.bsky.social Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 3d
The goal of the cooperative card game Prosper with Dragons is to befriend 12 dragons while sharing resources with other players to fend off disasters together.

Here are some of those dragons. I love all the care and trust that goes into befriending them. ❤️🐉

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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nickydrayden.bsky.social
In the cooperative card game Prosper with Dragons, resource cards help you befriend dragons and fend off disasters.

Here are those (GORGEOUS) cards, progressing in value: red flame for natural resources, blue gear for ingenuity, and black flame for knowledge.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
A giant ape-like beast coming face-to-face with a curious human with a lantern in a forest. Three women of color working on a clockwork table in Victorian Afropunk wear. The library of your dreams, four stories high, amazing arch window, and people studying.
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
nickydrayden.bsky.social
Also, fr fr, anyone out there looking for an art director, because clearly I have some innate talent for spotting and working with talented artists.
nickydrayden.bsky.social Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 1d
In the cooperative card game Prosper with Dragons, resource cards help you befriend dragons and fend off disasters.

Here are those (GORGEOUS) cards, progressing in value: red flame for natural resources, blue gear for ingenuity, and black flame for knowledge.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
A giant ape-like beast coming face-to-face with a curious human with a lantern in a forest. Three women of color working on a clockwork table in Victorian Afropunk wear. The library of your dreams, four stories high, amazing arch window, and people studying.
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
nickydrayden.bsky.social
In the cooperative card game Prosper with Dragons, resource cards help you befriend dragons and fend off disasters.

Here are those (GORGEOUS) cards, progressing in value: red flame for natural resources, blue gear for ingenuity, and black flame for knowledge.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
A giant ape-like beast coming face-to-face with a curious human with a lantern in a forest. Three women of color working on a clockwork table in Victorian Afropunk wear. The library of your dreams, four stories high, amazing arch window, and people studying.
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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nickydrayden.bsky.social
Just 13 Prosper with Dragons decks left at this price! Thanks so much for boosting and buying, yall! 🥰

✨ Makes the perfect stocking stuffer for dragon lovers, card game lovers, and art lovers! ✨

Sale ends Dec 13th or when we run out of stock!

#stockingstuffer #dragons #cardgame
nickydrayden.bsky.social Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 3d
The goal of the cooperative card game Prosper with Dragons is to befriend 12 dragons while sharing resources with other players to fend off disasters together.

Here are some of those dragons. I love all the care and trust that goes into befriending them. ❤️🐉

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Fledgling dragon nested in a child's afro Elemental (water) dragon refusing a bath in a crowded bathroom Teen getting hand nuzzled by a feathered dragon in a rooftop garden Teen being gently protected by a dragon with piercings and jewelry
December 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Perhaps you're chilling at home now and scrolling... Perhaps you are thinking, 'I'd really love to make sure that some children have a happy holiday season.' If this is you, you're in luck! Please support our toy drive: bsky.app/profile/pris...
prisonculture.bsky.social Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d
Good morning. Please consider supporting our toy drive by ordering from these two wish lists or dropping off toys if you're in NYC.

Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK

Teen gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG

Thank you so much.
A festive flyer for a toy drive features toy blocks, a wooden horse, and a toy truck. It lists gift drop-off dates, address, an online link, and a giveaway event, with "Holiday Season" and "Another World" in bright text.
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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If you want to give/get signed books by me for the holidays, you can place an online order with Hyperbole Bookstore (a family-owned indie) in College Station, TX hyperbolebookstore.com and ask for signature via their email contact for the Murderbot books, Witch King, Queen Demon, anything in print.
Hyperbole Bookstore
A family-owned independent bookstore in College Station, TX
hyperbolebookstore.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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marthawells.com
These were the first books I read by @aliettedebodard.com and I've loved her work ever since! It's so cool to see them released again with fabulous new covers by @fringe-element.net
Black background with white stars. Against this are three book covers: THE HOUSE OF SHATTERED WINGS, which is solid green with a crest featuring a sword lying across the image of a tall building; THE HOUSE OF BINDING THORNS, which is solid blue with a crest featuring a tree with a regal crown perched atop it; and THE HOUSE OF SUNDERING FLAMES, which is an orange-ish red, with a crest featuring a bird circling a burning building. Text on the image reads: READ THE COMPLETE TRILOGY!! AVAILABLE IN EBOOK AND TRADE PAPERBACK. MARCH 10, 2026.
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
nickydrayden.bsky.social
Just 13 Prosper with Dragons decks left at this price! Thanks so much for boosting and buying, yall! 🥰

✨ Makes the perfect stocking stuffer for dragon lovers, card game lovers, and art lovers! ✨

Sale ends Dec 13th or when we run out of stock!

#stockingstuffer #dragons #cardgame
nickydrayden.bsky.social Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 3d
The goal of the cooperative card game Prosper with Dragons is to befriend 12 dragons while sharing resources with other players to fend off disasters together.

Here are some of those dragons. I love all the care and trust that goes into befriending them. ❤️🐉

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Fledgling dragon nested in a child's afro Elemental (water) dragon refusing a bath in a crowded bathroom Teen getting hand nuzzled by a feathered dragon in a rooftop garden Teen being gently protected by a dragon with piercings and jewelry
December 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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nickydrayden.bsky.social
The goal of the cooperative card game Prosper with Dragons is to befriend 12 dragons while sharing resources with other players to fend off disasters together.

Here are some of those dragons. I love all the care and trust that goes into befriending them. ❤️🐉

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Fledgling dragon nested in a child's afro Elemental (water) dragon refusing a bath in a crowded bathroom Teen getting hand nuzzled by a feathered dragon in a rooftop garden Teen being gently protected by a dragon with piercings and jewelry
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
nickydrayden.bsky.social
Look at this sweet stack of Prosper with Dragons decks going off to their new homes. Thanks for supporting the sale, everyone! Now off to the post office!

(I kinda secretly love the fulfillment side of things, packing up games is soooo calming.)
Ten padded evelopes full of Prosper with Dragons card games sitting on a couch with a knitted mermaid with afropuffs and an Afro Unicorn overseeing the operation.
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
nickydrayden.bsky.social
Yay!!! Congratssss!!!! 😍
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
nickydrayden.bsky.social
The goal of the cooperative card game Prosper with Dragons is to befriend 12 dragons while sharing resources with other players to fend off disasters together.

Here are some of those dragons. I love all the care and trust that goes into befriending them. ❤️🐉

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Fledgling dragon nested in a child's afro Elemental (water) dragon refusing a bath in a crowded bathroom Teen getting hand nuzzled by a feathered dragon in a rooftop garden Teen being gently protected by a dragon with piercings and jewelry
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
nickydrayden.bsky.social
Thanks, yall! I've got a nice little stack of packages to run to the post office tomorrow. Hurry, if you want your game to be among them!
nickydrayden.bsky.social Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 3d
Cyber Monday Sale -- ✨ $25 a deck, free US shipping! ✨

Prosper with Dragons:
- An intense co-op card game for 2 to 4+ players
- Afrofuturistic art by amazing artists
- Gather resources and befriend dragons ❤️🐉

Only 21 decks left at this price! Spread the word! 🔥

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Black girl with braids and Afrofuturistic clothes riding a fierce dragon. Text: Prosper with Dragons, Cyber Monday Sale! Co-op card game! Kickstarter
December 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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nickydrayden.bsky.social
Cyber Monday Sale -- ✨ $25 a deck, free US shipping! ✨

Prosper with Dragons:
- An intense co-op card game for 2 to 4+ players
- Afrofuturistic art by amazing artists
- Gather resources and befriend dragons ❤️🐉

Only 21 decks left at this price! Spread the word! 🔥

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Black girl with braids and Afrofuturistic clothes riding a fierce dragon. Text: Prosper with Dragons, Cyber Monday Sale! Co-op card game! Kickstarter
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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rstefoff.bsky.social
This is moving and beautifully written; highly recommend.
jesswynne.bsky.social Jessica Reisman @jesswynne.bsky.social · Nov 17
Substrate Phantoms-"This genre-expanding narrative unfolds with a distinctive writing style and voice, leaving a hauntingly memorable impression."— BookLife Prize
& my collection, The Arcana of Maps & Other Stories, are both available at Fairwood Press! fairwoodpress.com/store/p165/S...
SUBSTRATE PHANTOMS
JESSICA REISMAN July 30, 2024   978-1-958880-23-4 trade paperback, 5.5 x 8.5, 286 pgs Order copies below, or buy print or ebooks of this title from these dealers. (More venues forthcoming) The spac...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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sgj.bsky.social
thrilled these find travelers (though, when I'm signing, these copies often get immediately "found" by the booksellers . . .)
robertmacanthony.bsky.social Robert MacAnthony @robertmacanthony.bsky.social · 3d
Kind of cool to spot a signed copy of Mongrels by @sgj.bsky.social at the airport bookstore in Denver.
December 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
nickydrayden.bsky.social
Cyber Monday Sale -- ✨ $25 a deck, free US shipping! ✨

Prosper with Dragons:
- An intense co-op card game for 2 to 4+ players
- Afrofuturistic art by amazing artists
- Gather resources and befriend dragons ❤️🐉

Only 21 decks left at this price! Spread the word! 🔥

www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Black girl with braids and Afrofuturistic clothes riding a fierce dragon. Text: Prosper with Dragons, Cyber Monday Sale! Co-op card game! Kickstarter
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM