Rebecca Strang

Carl DiNardo (@redfish-brewfish.bsky.social) & I are excited to announce a call for proposals for a Gaming in Libraries issue of Library Trends! Details here: forms.gle/ZWfQp3EbPTRv... Proposals due Sept 21, 2026. Don't ask us topic questions here, please! See the call for info on how to do that!

There's one week left to submit proposals for this call! @redfish-brewfish.bsky.social and I are looking forward to reviewing them all soon!

Reminder that this CFP is open through Sept 21! @redfish-brewfish.bsky.social and I are super excited to see your proposals!

Everything's coming up @exeunt.press today! We Are Mushrooms arrived!! Time to observe the forest!

I made a game where you can be a mushroom. exeuntpress.itch.io/we-are-mushr...

Library Trends has a new CFP available! Gaming in Libraries, guest edited by Rebecca Strang and Carl DiNardo. Proposals due September 21, 2026.

After so long I finally made a ttrpg of my own volition again!! Feels good to design again after hibernation for literal years!! Made Greetings from Beyond, a solo journaling game for @onepagerpgjam.bsky.social and you can get it for free below!! valistarri.itch.io/greetings-fr...

7 months in, and my aim of landing 1 write-up on a prominent gaming site isn't going great 😅 As AI content gets ever worse, our mission to spotlight 𝘏𝘜𝘔𝘈𝘕-authored Video Game Books feels worth sharing. Over 15,000 books catalogued so far 📚 Know a journalist who might be interested? Please share ❤️🙏

You can read about what I said at the panel here: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/ala-game-j...

Yes! It’s a mini Comic-Con but I’m talking with the librarian about running some seminars on game design for board games and TTRPGs etc. Do you know @bexagons.bsky.social? She’s an awesome librarian who promotes tabletop games heavily wherever she roams!

Excited to share the lightning talk programming line up for GameRT's Miniconference- happening on Twitch/Youtube on Friday, March 20 from 10:00 CT - 3:30 CT: games.ala.org/2026-march-m...

Thanks for having us, and I hope your members can join us in Baltimore! www.unpub.org/upcoming-eve...

FYI, Twitch was acting up, so we are only on YouTube for this discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qETm...

Join GameRT in conversation with @unpub.org organizers as we talk about Unpub initiatives with the library community and explain the benefits of library folks participating in game design spaces. Friday, February 20 at 1:00 CT. No registration required, just tune in to GameRT's YT or Twitch channel.

It's TTRPGs for Trans Rights Season! The game jam is now open for submissions to TTRPGs for Trans Rights—Idaho! Games, art, zines, and more welcome through March 8th! Proceeds from this bundle will benefit @transaffirminc.bsky.social and @tccidaho.bsky.social! itch.io/jam/ttrpgs-f...

If you're a zine fan who likes to send snail mail, we've got a treat for you 5 zine-themed postcards! We're raising funds for the BIPOC Travel Fund for future Zine Librarians unConference & you can help by ordering a set of 5 zines for just $15 (shipping w/in the U.S. included).

Happy National Shelfie Day! Find my zine shelf in this thread!

Ahhh, I'm so excited for these bookmarks! Last semester I worked with students in the North Central College Design Agency class and they designed these for @oesterlelib (where I'm a librarian). Sky, Meredith, and Paulina were lovely to work with 💙 I've printed 1/3 of the designs, more to come later!

Community is everything and printers know that well. So @blountben.bsky.social & I are leading the charge to host WayzgooseORD (WORD) here in Chicago. It’s a new gathering for the print community to share their shops, knowledge and friendship. More info: wayzgooseord.com

🦝🎨 @goblinbuns.bsky.social read my mind with this sketch! See the link in their profile for commissions!

Zines new to my collection! Farm Simulator Zine, offwhitesheep Multi User Dungeon, @mysticmultiples.bsky.social RESPAWN/RESiST, Cheyenne Bourgeois how to build a community, Sturgeon Designs snail mail zine, RENMALESZINES SHARD Best Books of 2025, TRVose My Favorite Games, @drawnbynana.bsky.social

Just submitted a grad school recommendation for a student and I am feeling super emotional. Go out and do wonderful things you amazing person! Also makes me want to hug @cheeflo.bsky.social, who wrote one of MY grad school recommendation letters several years ago.

Here you go bsky.app/profile/kenl...

❄️ And a Happy Solstice to you all as well! ☀️

Not my own game project, but I've been folding some tiny zine games for solstice gifts. This one from @junkfoodgames.bsky.social is one of my go-to tiny solstice gifts for anyone I've not given it to already, so my team at work is getting it this year. junkfoodgames.itch.io/a-shrine-for...

I think that if there's an overarching theme to my writing at Skeleton Code Machine, it's that I want people to try to make games. Little games, big games, weird games, whatever. I believe that act of creating art and games is inherently good. Hopefully today's post encourages people to try it.

All of my TTRPG supplement creations are half off over on @itch.io right now. A quest generator, some magical animal companions (including a new Party Cat!), a cozy sim, a fortune teller forager, and moar! itch.io/s/171137/bla...

A place of honor and goodness. A bastion of hope. A lighthouse in the long dark. A pillar of the community. YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY, BABY!!!

The "How to run a tabletop game design workshop at your library" webinar recording is now online thanks to the Indiana State Library! Get some specific tips on how to make your next program a success. Link below. ⬇️🎲⬇️ #boardgames #libraries #ttrpg #gamedesign

GameRT is looking for presenters for its one day mini conference to be held on March 20th, 2026. The conference will be virtual and free. This year's theme is "Gaming outside the box" Proposals are due on January 12, 2026. games.ala.org/call-for-pro...

If you are a games publisher, developer or designer, please fill out this survey. We’d like to know more about what you are looking for in a partnership. bit.ly/GameRT2025Pu...

If you are a GameRT member or non-member librarian worker, please fill out this survey. We’d like to know more about your experiences with GameRT resources, events, and initiatives, as well as what you would like to see from the round table. bit.ly/GameRT2025Me...

#Crownfell is an asymmetric, abstract, 2-player strategy card game that is live on @thegamecrafter.bsky.social! No stretch goals, except for this: The more people get it, the lower the price goes *for everyone*. Add-ons include a playmat & solo expansion. www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...

I won't be a PAXU but if you will be there, then you need to stop by the IPR booth to pick up some amazing indie TTRPGs.

Coverage of a panel I presented on a couple years ago with @alagamert.bsky.social @runtzel.bsky.social @dcostello.bsky.social

This is my gaming group's 9th annual @extralife4kids.bsky.social game day to help raise money for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. We are close to our fundraising goal and have some fun gamey donation incentives, too! www.extra-life.org/participants...

Another game arrival from an @alagamert.bsky.social International Games Month sponsor! @oesterlelib.bsky.social received a copy of Down We Go, a TTRPG from @plusoneexp.bsky.social! It'll be processed for the collection soon!

It's always a good day when @exeunt.press is in the mailbox!

Thank you to The Op Games for sending some games for our @oesterlelib.bsky.social library collection as part of @alagamert.bsky.social International Games Month! Our tech services person has them in our processing queue and they'll be available for checkout soon!