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Using a Newsletter Platform for Serial Fiction - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association by Angelique Fawns. Find out how the search for a publishing platform that feels sustainable led to sharing serial fiction and creating a stronger connection with engaged readers.

This week on Planetside… Posting fiction in installments builds a writing habit that readers return to week after week. Learn more from “Using a Newsletter Platform for Serial Fiction” by @angeliqueauthor.bsky.social , read by the author: www.sfwa.org/2026/04/14/u...

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a close up of a cartoon character 's face with a red lip ALT: a close up of a cartoon character 's face with a red lip

I'M GUZZLING MAH LATTEE!

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Maybe just a touch of Yoyodyne in there too?

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A spot illustration:

A green-skinned goblin woman stands behind a bar surface, one hand on the bar before her, the other on a large rectangular bottle of alcohol.  She wears a blue waistcoat, puffed sleeved shirt with arm garters, and a red ribbon in a bow at her neck.  Her curly auburn hair is up in a bun, a small dagger sticking into it like a hairstick.

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Pistolheart
A Western Campaign Supplement for Daggerheart by Carlos Cisco

A spot illustration: A green-skinned goblin woman stands behind a bar surface, one hand on the bar before her, the other on a large rectangular bottle of alcohol. She wears a blue waistcoat, puffed sleeved shirt with arm garters, and a red ribbon in a bow at her neck. Her curly auburn hair is up in a bun, a small dagger sticking into it like a hairstick. Text: Pistolheart A Western Campaign Supplement for Daggerheart by Carlos Cisco

A spot illustration:

A firbolg man with mauv skin holds a large carpet bag with a devilish smile.  He wears a victorian jacket of aubergine, and accesorizes with a large chartruse bowtie and matching top hat.  His hair and mustache are curled meticulously, and a long goatee stretches his already long face further.

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Pistolheart
A Western Campaign Supplement for Daggerheart by Carlos Cisco

A spot illustration: A firbolg man with mauv skin holds a large carpet bag with a devilish smile. He wears a victorian jacket of aubergine, and accesorizes with a large chartruse bowtie and matching top hat. His hair and mustache are curled meticulously, and a long goatee stretches his already long face further. Text: Pistolheart A Western Campaign Supplement for Daggerheart by Carlos Cisco

A spot illustration:

An old elven woman is hunched over, one hand on the back of her hip as if in pain, the other gripping a sawed off double barrel shotgun.  She wears clothing inspired the styles of the 1830's/40's in mourning colors of black and dark purple.  A dark bonnet, a bustled skirt over voluminous pantaloons. A scar mars her right eye and cheek.

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Pistolheart
A Western Campaign Supplement for Daggerheart by Carlos Cisco

A spot illustration: An old elven woman is hunched over, one hand on the back of her hip as if in pain, the other gripping a sawed off double barrel shotgun. She wears clothing inspired the styles of the 1830's/40's in mourning colors of black and dark purple. A dark bonnet, a bustled skirt over voluminous pantaloons. A scar mars her right eye and cheek. Text: Pistolheart A Western Campaign Supplement for Daggerheart by Carlos Cisco

A few more baddies from @carloscisco.bsky.social's Pistolheart Vol. 2!

Tier 1: Bartender and Flim Flam Mogul
Tier 2: Reclusive Gunfighter

HoD:
>> heartofdaggers.com/products/pis... <<

Itch:
>> ckc09c.itch.io/pistolheart-... <<

#artsky #ttrpg #ttrpgart #daggerheart #indiettrpg #pistolheart

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Banana in front of a wall of T-shirts behind a bunch of games for sale with the banner “Banana Chan Games”

Banana in front of a wall of T-shirts behind a bunch of games for sale with the banner “Banana Chan Games”

I’m boothing at @oddmallpnw.bsky.social this weekend for Read/Write Memory and my games! Come say hi if you’re around

Details: oddmall.co

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Spacemoth - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
Spacemoth - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) YouTube video by KEXP

Finally have a day free from the daily grind to catch up on some TTRPG projects. Chewing through layout work on Last Round Table, an upcoming Daggerheart compatible tier 2 adventure, and jammin' to these groovy folks.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj_A...

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Been in a mood to catch up on some gonzo 80's/90's movies lately.

Tonight's viewing: Split Second, with Rutger Hauer and Kim Cattrall.

A movie that felt exactly like how me and my friends would run it, if it was a Cyberpunk or Call of Cthulhu adventure.

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John Turturro Reads Italo Calvino’s Fairy Tale, “The False Grandmother,” in a Short Animated Film In 1956, Italo Calvino, one of Italy's finest postwar writers, published Italian Folktales, a series of 200 fairy tales based sometimes loosely, sometimes more strictly on stories from a great folk tr...

John Turturro Reads Italo Calvino’s Fairy Tale, “The False Grandmother,” in a Short Animated Film

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I am pleased to announce that Bastion of Hope will be releasing on April 28th on DriveThruRPG, itch.io, and Heart of Daggers!

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Pistolheart Volume 2 is live on DTRPG!

I'd prefer you purchase on Heart of Daggers or Itch, which give a much better cut to creators!

But if DTRPG is where you buy your 3rd party content, it's there waiting for you!

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

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An AI slop image showing the '12 steps to masterful game directing", including 'Connectiarg' and 'Porkon Cows'

An AI slop image showing the '12 steps to masterful game directing", including 'Connectiarg' and 'Porkon Cows'

People over on Facebook/YouTube/elsewhere on bluesky/reality have been mocking this, but these are all totally genuine and highly advanced GMing techniques pioneered in obscure corners of indie rpg design in the early 2000s.

Let's go through them one by one and learn together.

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What's going on with all these TTRPG crowdfunding projects?!
What's going on with all these TTRPG crowdfunding projects?! YouTube video by JP Coovert

Beyond happy to hear all the nice things @jpcoovert.bsky.social has to say about Breathless!

Checkout their latest video youtu.be/WuWYMrOTQDU?...

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Public Access Analog Horror Mystery TTRPG From the creator of Brindlewood Bay and The Between, Public Access is a roleplaying game inspired by analog and found footage horror!

Less than 8 hours remaining in the Public Access campaign! We’re still trying to unlock the solo journaling game, and it’s going to be down to the wire. Help us out!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

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Vinyl Set // Post Punk, Dark, New Wave - Joy Division, Kraftwerk, New Order, The Cure; por Dj NOiR
Vinyl Set // Post Punk, Dark, New Wave - Joy Division, Kraftwerk, New Order, The Cure; por Dj NOiR YouTube video by Emi Ramirez

Hit serious burnout from a couple month's of crunching due to Ye Olde Daye Jorb. Trying to rest and recoup while poking at progress on my latest project, The Last Round Table, a "haunted" brewery adventure.

The hardest part is not running off on some new rabbit hole.. Focus tunes to the rescue!

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Designing in Daggerheart | Daggerheart to Heart 006 | #daggerheart
Designing in Daggerheart | Daggerheart to Heart 006 | #daggerheart YouTube video by The Welsh DM

Daggerheart to Heart Episode 006 - Designing in Daggerheart

With @carloscisco.bsky.social

#DH2H

youtu.be/hpKZTNBHZfA

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Oh no, I feel the Mothership TTRPG addiction catching up to me..

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But seriously you'd really hate it here. It's awful. So moist. 100% moist every hour every day. It's like a horse constantly licking your face. It's like living inside a paper straw.

Seriously, the worst, no vampires, all hipsters, all moist, you'd hate it here.

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At the top black text reads: Check out:  Below this are Four game boxes - clockwise from top: Pathfinder, Apocalypse Keys, Welcome to Night Vale, Girl by Moon Light. Black text below the image reads: and over 500 other submissions in the TTRPGS for Trans Rights in Idaho Bundle. bit.ly/transrightsbundle26

At the top black text reads: Check out: Below this are Four game boxes - clockwise from top: Pathfinder, Apocalypse Keys, Welcome to Night Vale, Girl by Moon Light. Black text below the image reads: and over 500 other submissions in the TTRPGS for Trans Rights in Idaho Bundle. bit.ly/transrightsbundle26

Get the Night Vale TTRPG starter set pdf (and over 500 other games!) for only $5 by supporting the fundraiser TTRPGs for Trans Rights-Idaho. Back a good cause and get a ton of fun games, but most importantly back a good cause.

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Update 17: Secret Stretch Goal #1: Brindlewood Bay Crossover Mystery · Public Access Analog Horror Mystery TTRPG We’ve just unlocked our $450K stretch goal, Gathering Dust, and so now it’s time to reveal our first Secret Stretch Goal! If we can raise more money than Brindlewood Bay did during its Kickstarter campaign, we’ll make a crossover mystery that can be played with both Brindlewood Bay and Public Access. The mystery is called Estate of Affairs. The Brindlewood Bay version is a classic murder mystery involving the death of a wealthy cattle baron in New Mexico… and the greedy heirs trying to lay claim to his estate. The Murder Mavens are in New Mexico on holiday when the local sheriff, aware of their reputation back in New England, ropes them into the case. The Public Access version of the mystery is a Lost Transmission about the filming of that episode of Brindlewood Bay. What starts as a normal day on location for a small group of production assistants turns into a nightmare of ancient pacts and blood sacrifice. The mystery will be presented so that Side Characters, Locations, and Clues account for both the Brindlewood Bay version and the Public Access version. And there might even be a circumstance that causes them to literally crossover with one another…In order to beat Brindlewood Bay, we have to raise $477,518 USD. If unlocked, this stretch goal will be a digital download.

We’re currently working on our Secret Stretch Goal, a Brindlewood Bay crossover mystery called Estate of Affairs! The Murder Mavens investigate a murder mystery; the Latchkeys are behind the scenes of the filming of that episode of Brindlewood Bay!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

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Rolling the dice on inclusion: Inside Black representation in gaming with Wizards of the Coast creators - Indianapolis Recorder Representation in gaming is evolving and designers at Wizards of the Coast are working to include various cultures and people in their...

I talked about being Black as a woman who works in and plays D&D with the Indianapolis Recorder and some of my badass coworkers on Magic :) indianapolisrecorder.com/black-repres...

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THIS IS SO COOL 😍

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The benefits of being a Forever GM A Forever GM is someone who almost always finds themselves running a tabletop roleplaying game rather than playing in it. It's a bittersweet moniker but an affectionate one.

In case you forgot!

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A faun warrior with wooden armor, holding fast with vines around her feet, rising a giant wooden shield against a canine monster of bones and shadows

A faun warrior with wooden armor, holding fast with vines around her feet, rising a giant wooden shield against a canine monster of bones and shadows

A goblin warrior jumping around with magical vines lashing out and swinging their copper sword

A goblin warrior jumping around with magical vines lashing out and swinging their copper sword

Here are a couple of pieces I did for @mikerunderwood.bsky.social for their upcoming #Daggerheart supplement:

A faun Oakheart Wardenn, and a goblin Vineheart Warden.

The faun piece is very special to me, as it was the very first illustration I completely did on Procreate.

#DnDArt #ArtSky #ttrpg

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I am doing the #gameaudio for this here virtual table top application. I am proud of the work DMHub, MCDM, and myself have put into it!

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A poster for the Dodoborne Daggerheart Actual Play livestream event, featuring animated Kapi, Pistachio, and Isaac going over season 3 plans when someone knocks at the door

A poster for the Dodoborne Daggerheart Actual Play livestream event, featuring animated Kapi, Pistachio, and Isaac going over season 3 plans when someone knocks at the door

You're invited to our Dodoborne Livestream Event! We’ll have exciting announcements, games, and more! We're excited to show you what we've been cooking.

April 20th 8pm ET/5pm PT www.twitch.tv/dodobornepod

Art by @themysterioushb.bsky.social

#daggerheart #actualplay #art #ttrpg #livestream #event

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And I helped!

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Just finished up running two teams through back-2-back playtesting on our upcoming Tier 2 Daggerheart adventure, The Last Round Table. Absolutely fantastic teams, had a blast, and got so much valuable sweet sweet gameplay notes out of it.

Can't wait to share this with more folks!

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When Dave Arneson purchased some wacky 20-sided dice in London, then later used them for his Blackmoor game, there's no way he even considered someone might be throwing one in space 50+ years later.

And talking about the gaming style he co-created.

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Previously on: Feudalism Is the Worst..

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The background image is an illustration of a field filled with yellow and orange flowers, low blue hills at the horizon. At the top of the image is the Norwescon logo made up of a rocket above the word Norwescon and a dragon below. Under the dragon are four photos. From left to right, a black and white photo of a smiling man with mustache and beard, a woman with red hair wearing a black dress smiling and standing in front of a rainbow united federation of planets flag, a woman with blond and orange hair wearing glasses and smiling as a bright green frog sits on one of the lenses, a white square with DAW in black letters underneath those same letters layered on top of one another, a woman with curly blonde hair smiling and looking into the camera, and a man with grey hair and glasses looking into the camera.

The background image is an illustration of a field filled with yellow and orange flowers, low blue hills at the horizon. At the top of the image is the Norwescon logo made up of a rocket above the word Norwescon and a dragon below. Under the dragon are four photos. From left to right, a black and white photo of a smiling man with mustache and beard, a woman with red hair wearing a black dress smiling and standing in front of a rainbow united federation of planets flag, a woman with blond and orange hair wearing glasses and smiling as a bright green frog sits on one of the lenses, a white square with DAW in black letters underneath those same letters layered on top of one another, a woman with curly blonde hair smiling and looking into the camera, and a man with grey hair and glasses looking into the camera.

As revealed at the Masquerade halftime, we are excited to announce our first four Guests of Honor for next year's #NWC49!

Our Writer Guest of Honor will be Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social

Our Artist Guest of Honor will be Todd Lockwood...(🧵1/2)

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