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Posts by Mike Balles ๐Ÿ”œ 2026๐Ÿ”œ MEGA XP in Mexico City

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Find the Sun.

Descend.

The Sun is a lie.

Soon.

fomoria.com

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"The Blooming Lord", from Menagerie of Unbearable Things, a system neutral TTRPG compendium of tragedy. A different kind of bestiary of monsters and what love did to them, meant as inspiration to GMs and players alike.

Available at thebreadwyrm.com

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Behold! Some spreads taken from our work in Fomoria's core book. Really happy with how it's looking and can't wait to share more.

Fomoria launches on April 7th on Kickstarter: fomoria.com

#fomoria #ttrpg

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Now that the contract is signed, happy to announce I'll be joining the team at Critical Role as their Integrated Marketing Manager.

Looking forward to working with their team and partners. They have built up so much over the last 11 years, its exciting to be able to join the adventure from here.

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Banner with a skeleton wearing robes on the right. Crypt of the Nekrolych stands as a title in the middle with  "Villain Frame" below it. It says it is Daggerheart Compatible

Banner with a skeleton wearing robes on the right. Crypt of the Nekrolych stands as a title in the middle with "Villain Frame" below it. It says it is Daggerheart Compatible

Get 7 extremely cool Entities made to work greatly with each other from the ground-up for your #Daggerheart game!

In #CryptOfTheNekrolych, you get a main antagonist for your campaign, and 25+ Adversaries

When you back you get immediate access to 8 Adversaries!

tgimenezrgm.itch.io/crypt-of-the...

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11 years ago, I started a worldbuilding project for fun. Now I look at what Fomoria has become, and all the people hyped for it, and it really makes me want to ugly cry. Thank you so much to all of you who have been sharing your thoughts and excitement. You have no idea how much it means to me.

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Copies of Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition

Copies of Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition

If you're at PAX East this weekend, be sure to check out Pandemonium Books and Games at Booth 12109 to pick up a copy of Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition and many other cool indie games, courtesy of @ipr.bsky.social!

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Adriรกn is really cool but who is the mysterious TABAXI RANCHERO??? @ailustrar.bsky.social #dnd #criticalrole #dimension20

7 months ago 17 4 1 1
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ยกNos vemos en la MegaXP de este aรฑo!

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At this altitude, nothing should live.
Yet the snow around the summit is always disturbed.
As if something circles around the mountain every night

What kind of creatures do you think live up here?

I create custom battlemaps by commission, send me a message and let's get to work!

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๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐ŸŽค Meeting so many friendly people, including a bunch of cool indie game designers and queer games luminaries.

๐Ÿ’ฐ Making enough in sales through the con's Indie Games Store to justify the trip.

๐Ÿ“” Bringing home a stack of strange, beautiful new games to read (I'll share the list some day soon!).

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Breakout Con highlights:

๐Ÿ”ฎ A beautiful game of Dream Askew that explored whether violence and control have necessary uses within a community.

๐ŸŽค Getting to be part of two panels with brilliant collaborators and engaged audiences.

๐Ÿƒ Picking apart a commander table with my beloved Ghyrson Starn.

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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!

The Kickstarter for Public Access is still going strong!
Need some convincing to check it out?
1 like = 1 cool thing about Public Access!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

1 month ago 69 13 50 4

Wake up, everyone, new "low energy" reaction image just dropped!

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Keith DMed an awesome 5E game for us last night, including some true Chultan horrors and super fun custom subclasses! We lived!

1 month ago 14 2 0 0
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At GaryCon Day 2, I dared to play in @skerrit7h3green.bsky.social Legends of Greyhawk event, release a 50 giant goat stampede, get buddy hugs from @ginnyloveday.bsky.social and asked a fav D&D designer, Amanda Hamon for a photo!

1 month ago 10 2 0 0
PRISM logo that says PRISM beneath a half-rainbow triangle

PRISM logo that says PRISM beneath a half-rainbow triangle

We are working on a new stretch goal, Public Access: Archive 2014! This is a short, GM-less storytelling game that uses the Odyssey tape cards. Head to the KS page to learn more:

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

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Chris Tulach discusses the history of organized play and Teos and Shawn are laughing at one of Chris' fun memories.

Chris Tulach discusses the history of organized play and Teos and Shawn are laughing at one of Chris' fun memories.

D&D Encounters Program with Chris Tulach!

Chris Tulach, organized play manager for D&D, details the revised D&D Encounters program for stores and home play, including an upcoming Celebration event!

Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb8C...
#DnD #TTRPG

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Fantastic #DrawSteel session as the heroes face a Tomb Horror and undead vine creatures in the Delian Tomb! One hero bravely climbed the horror! (Terraclips terrain shows a cracked formerly grand dungeon, with a wrap-around balcony. An enormous plant and earth creature and various small vines oneโ€™s)

1 month ago 33 4 1 0
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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!

Can we get to 2000 backers in the first 24 hours of the Public Access campaign? Possibly! Come help us unlock the next stretch goal: 4th & Long! A high school football-themed mystery written by a Brit, for a game written by someone who knows nothing about sports!

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

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Drintera Worldbuilding 2026: Native American Fantasy Help our Indigenous-led team build a fantasy version of North America in zine form!

We are LIVE and 163% FUNDED!

Our Native American-led team of worldbuilders are bringing inspiration from their heritage to a 5e/Pathfinder setting as a zine. The more backers support us, the more we can write and illustrate! Help this project go viral!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/she...

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Crypt of the NekroLych by Tomas Gimenez Rioja A Daggerheart Villain Frame with optional rules and 30+ Adversaries

Each individual backer grants access to a new Adversary for this #Daggerheart Supplement, which comes with an entire Villain Frame to allow you to create a brilliant story with a main antagonist

BACK IT NOW AND GET IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO 6 ADVERSARIES
tgimenezrgm.itch.io/crypt-of-the...

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This game is RIDICULOUSLY fun. Like, alarmingly fun. I need Indian Soap and UK Soap expansions!

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Pasion de las Pasiones RPG

Pasion de las Pasiones RPG

#38 Pasion de las Pasiones from Magpie

Telenovela the RPG. So good I wanna slap someone.

1 month ago 3 1 1 2
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Coming soon: 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!

Weโ€™re sooo close to 4000 followers on the Public Access campaign!

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

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Making Enemies โ€” Spy & Owl A treasury of ideas for inventing all-new abominations for player characters to confront.

Yo-HO! March fo(u)rth! It's #InternationalGMsDay! And what better way to show your GMs your appreciation than another book for their groaning, overburdened shelves?

MAKING ENEMIES is a deep dive into monster creation, a treasury of ideas for inventing all-new abominations for PCs to confront.

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Art and nationality

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spongebob and squidward are standing next to each other in a cartoon ALT: spongebob and squidward are standing next to each other in a cartoon

time to sniktbub all the bubs, bub!

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Day trip to Rochester, Kent today visiting the Whales installation by Tessa Campbell Fraser in Rochester Cathedral. Beautiful and peaceful.

2 months ago 32 4 0 0
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Photo of wooden boards covering up glass windows, with the word "Gundam" and an arrow scrawled on it in marker.

Get in the robot, it's time for Playtest Zero again! For our SEA-friendly session, join us next Tuesday, 10 February at 8 pm (GMT+8) over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)

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