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Matthew John
@yuigaron.itch.io
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UK TRPG designer. Writer of 'Sworn by Ghostlight' and 'The Cold Dark' and loads of nasty little dungeons you can die in.
TTRPGs: yuigaron.itch.io/
The Cold Dark (Print): https://pandiongames.com/products/the-cold-dark
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The House Frey sigil, Two blue towers joined by a bridge on silver-grey, with the phrase "I'm with the band" below it.
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Oh....
Photograph of a kindle displaying the opening paragraphs to a very particular Catelyn chapter in A Storm of Swords, of the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Just going to rename this file right here to correctly reflect its nature.
The file file listings for the zip of A Feast for a Sphinx module, with the bottom file (the magenta coloured cover image for the gold real) renamed to sphinxTHEREALGOLD.jpg
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Why does my dish sponge look like it's going to summon deadites.
A used (not unclean) yellow dish sponge that has been damaged in such a way to have a vague face like appearance much like the necronomicom ex mortis from evil dead.
October 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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"In certain rare instances, the brains of arch-mages can turn to glass when under the direct heat of the breath of crimson wyverns no younger than a millennia. These artifacts can be used to extract the spells ensnared into the folds of the mage's mind, and are often used in the forging of weapons."
An image of the remains of a man's brain found in the ruins of Herculaneum, having died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. They have turned to a stretch of sharp and jagged dark, mostly black glass.
September 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Close up of the above horses face, seemingly looking towards the camera.
September 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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"Show?"
Zoomed in Section of the above, altered "pondering the orbs" meme, but focusing on the little guy peering in in the background.
September 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Red haired yet greying Jon Connington, in plate armour and a red cloak, from ASoIaF, with a speech bubble below indicating the quoted post is said by him.
September 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Reminds me of this gem.
A description of a spell in old school d&d where every instance of mage was replaced with wizard, causing misspellings of damage to appear as dawizard.
September 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Apparently, it was also a time when Jaffa cakes and Tina Barrett were a relevant thing? I don't even recall what this t-shirt of mine was referencing.
A photo of clothing laid out on the floor in a person shape, indicating the wearer had gone to the rapture, May 21st 2011.
September 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Itchio might be down, but you can still buy physical copies of my game The Cold Dark at the following places.

pandiongames.com/products/the...

knaveofcups.com/product/the-...

peregrinecoast.press/products/the...

www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/The-Co...
Banner for The Cold Dark, chipped gold lettering stacked word on top of word in front of a black treeline and purple night sky.
September 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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I don't know if this is correct but it instantly reminded me of something I saw recently. Took a few minutes to find what I was thinking of, but... These? Called myriorama's if so?
Landscapes created by placing down cards that line up with each other.
September 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Wait, you guys are writing in your notebooks?
Will Poulter, We're The Millers, you guys are getting paid meme screenshot.
September 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Done? Technically. But no!
A message from Team Cherry after completing Hollow Knight, saying "Congratulations. Well done on achieving this great feat. You persevered and you triumphed. We hope you enjoyed yourself in the world of Hollow Knight. We'll meet again soon on the road ahead."
September 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Here's me doing the thing!

Mild spoilers for the last section of the Hollow Knight location, Path of Pain.
September 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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I can't believe dave and dan removed all the wondrous warging magic in game of thrones.
“You have my word on it.” Marbrand seemed visibly relieved to be ahorse again, wearing the smoke-grey cloak of his own House instead of the gold wool of the City Watch. “If any foe should come within a dozen leagues, you will know of them beforehand.”
August 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Sounds great!
Boomer-esque photo of part of a TV showing the words "Path of Pain" indicating the name of a location in Hollow Knight.
August 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Got a nice little unintentional birthday gift from @neonfieldmouse.bsky.social this morning!

New backpack patch 😈
The front cover of the Mothership module zine, The Dose Makes the Poison, a bookmark with similar art, and an iron patch for Hope's Serum, all in pale blue and white tones.
August 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Goldmember from one of the Austin powers movies saying "I love goooold" but everything is magenta.
August 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Thanks for the share!

Take this to help you on your journey.
A blooming moss clump from Dark Souls, used to heal poison. It's a bundled ball of purple moss growing atop a mass of roots.
August 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Ppfftt...
A map scale, measured in miles, placed on a hex map it's not even aligned to, and not to scale with.
August 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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The worst official wotc (I know, cr ain't wotc) map I ever saw was this one in rhime of the frostmaiden.

How am I supposed to use this? Some of the towns are on the lines between two hexes!

I'm imagining something like this.
A small section of a map of the ten towns region in Icewind dale, found in an official module. The hexes are pointless and simply an afterthought.
August 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Bold grungy magenta text on black that says "The 'Holy Shit I'm Gonna be Forty' Sale", but the 40 is badly erased and 42 takes its place. Beneath it says "28% off everything" and "42% bundle, until Sep 04".
August 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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I've released so few things the last year or so that it's been years since I got The Blessing and it's so revitalising.
Screenshot of a 5 star rating on itchio with the review 'good' left by a user with a yellow frog face. If you know, you know.
August 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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I've released a lot of free stuff lately, but I've also got a birthday sale going on on all of my other games, supplements, dungeons etc!

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Magenta text on black, saying "The 'Holy Shit I'm Gonna be 42' Sale" and "28% off everything, 42% bundle, until Sep 04."
August 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM