H. Jay Watson

H. Jay Watson

@hjaywatson.bsky.social

teacher (actual), failed writer (aspirational) https://caligarislumberparty.itch.io/

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The Knight's Tour is the route a chess knight would have to take to visit each square of the board exactly once. A knight moves 2 squares on 1 axis & 1 in the other. It has inspired experimental literary forms, like Sanskrit poems that can be read left to right or by jumping syllables like a knight.

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I'm an official D&D/MTG illustrator working on a game that's p much a love letter to everything I like about RPGs. and more: it's pay-what-you-like. get OMIOS URES for free if you want, I don't care. spread the word, play the game once with your group and I guarantee they will want a campaign. :)

Matheus Graef@omiosures.bsky.social

Heavily inspired by Morrowind, Planescape and 70's Star Wars with a dash of bronze age and art nouveau. The mood? Conan after Conan: all the heroes are dead and this is the world they built. That's OMIOS URES, my weird fantasy RPG. And it's FREE on itch.io! matheusgraef.itch.io/omios-ures

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What a great character.

Matheus Graef@omiosures.bsky.social

I'm an official D&D/MTG illustrator working on a game that's p much a love letter to everything I like about RPGs. and more: it's pay-what-you-like. get OMIOS URES for free if you want, I don't care. spread the word, play the game once with your group and I guarantee they will want a campaign. :)

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DANGER CLOSE is a system for theatre-of-the-mind tactical military skirmishes, yes, but it also contains a robust system agnostic campaign framework, in which you can pick-and-choose the elements you want in your campaign. I took it for a rest run! dicegoblin.blog/one-smuggler...

dicegoblin.blogOne Smuggler Against The Empire: Putting The DANGER CLOSE Campaign Tools To The TestDANGER CLOSE started out as a game that didn’t exist but that I wanted to play. Now that it’s almost feature complete, I’m in this weird stage of “Oh wow, I can finally play the c…

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I was honoured to be a part of the final episode of this long running podcast.

Yochai Gal@yochaigal.bsky.social

Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I are joined by @bastionland.bsky.social to discuss Cabinet of Curiosities by @gamesomnivorous.bsky.social, and answer a mailbag question. www.patreon.com/posts/167923...

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I issue you a challenge: Write your dungeons in 4-5 room elemental building blocks. Try writing a dungeon patch every week for a month. Post your dungeon patches on your blog so your friends can use them. Take dungeon patches from your friend's blogs. Make your megadungeons like a quilt.

riseupcomus.blogspot.comThe Elemental Level of Megadungeon ConstructionThere was a post on Facebook (cess pit that it is) that I found really inspirational. Here's a screenshot so you don't ritually defile yours...

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Swordtember Day 3: Wax Crusty, waxy, old abbey wight for today’s drawing. I’m not sure exactly what this guy’s deal is. A Paladin’s ghost? A corrupt cleric? A loathsome abbot? In any case I just know he smells like dust and incense.

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Yoooooooooooo!

Goblin Archives@goblinarchives.itch.io

Nemesis 2 drop for patreon members (it’ll release for everyone in October)! The liminal horror perzine/fanzine. Issue 2 is filled with all things odd NPC! Cover by @hodagrpg.bsky.social www.patreon.com/LiminalHorro...

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Oh hey—ANOTHER Grit System sci-fi game from the OSR's most prolific Intergalactic Man of Mystery, @hodagrpg.bsky.social !? Don't mind if we do. We have to schedule some HYPERTRENCH HYPERPLAYTESTS this fall/winter…

HODAG RPG@hodagrpg.bsky.social

WELL, IT'S FINALLY HERE... JUST NOT IN IT'S FINAL FORM! Check out HypertrenchxGrit, a cool new way to Escape! Blazing fast action, cool customizable characters, space war AND, A BONUS: an entire supplement of Glup Shiddos for you to enjoy! Check it out today! hodagrpg.itch.io/hypertrenchx...

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CANONLITE! QUICKPLAY! SPACE-FANTASY!

HODAG RPG@hodagrpg.bsky.social

WELL, IT'S FINALLY HERE... JUST NOT IN IT'S FINAL FORM! Check out HypertrenchxGrit, a cool new way to Escape! Blazing fast action, cool customizable characters, space war AND, A BONUS: an entire supplement of Glup Shiddos for you to enjoy! Check it out today! hodagrpg.itch.io/hypertrenchx...

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GET HYPE(rtrench)!

HODAG RPG@hodagrpg.bsky.social

WELL, IT'S FINALLY HERE... JUST NOT IN IT'S FINAL FORM! Check out HypertrenchxGrit, a cool new way to Escape! Blazing fast action, cool customizable characters, space war AND, A BONUS: an entire supplement of Glup Shiddos for you to enjoy! Check it out today! hodagrpg.itch.io/hypertrenchx...

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Throwing my contribution to the Indonesia blogwagon out there: The Orangutan, a being for Cairn, including a bit of possible diegetic advancement. Hope you all enjoy! personable.blog/orangutan/

personable.blogThe OrangutanA being for Cairn.
Afraid of Encounters (He/Him)@isaacisafraid.bsky.social

17 August 1945 is the Independence Day of Indonesia. I'm not celebrating that. I am celebrating the Indonesian TTRPG scene and any Indonesian TTRPG stuff by calling for an Indonesian TTRPG Blogwagon! afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/indonesian-t...

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This whole thing is very cool! If you've never done zine crowdfunding and you think you have a horror module in you, apply!

Sean McCoy@sean.tuesdayknightgames.com

Applications for the Mothership #Jump-9 Writers Grant are now open. Deadline is September 30. www.tuesdayknightgames.com/pages/mother...