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Plus: Getting the email that my @wyrdscience.bsky.social subscription is due to renew soon. Con: Realising it will ship while I'm away and I'll have to wait a whole extra week to read it. Plus: Knowing that every issue to date has been fantastic and that the new one will be worth the extra wait.

More people need to experience the joy of a curry roast dinner. It's so simple yet so delicious.

Questival, which I attended a couple of weeks ago, posted that the attendance for the day was over 1200 people which is great for a local first time event. I'm really hoping they can turn that momentum into a long term event. I suspect that next year I'll either get a table or apply to run games.

I'm currently working on <checks notes> 3 different Cold War games so why not check out one of my existing ones. lunarshadowrpg.sumupstore.com/category/col...

The exciting life of a hobbyist game designer - evaluating colour coded spreadsheets of character builds!

Somehow the various concept docs and drafts for my spy game have already crossed 15,000 words. There's a lot of repetition and ideas that have been rejected but for someone used to making small games it feels weird to have reached that number without intending to.

Me: I have made a 32 page SRD and a workbook and this is my first time running a thing @gshowitt.bsky.social, with a single pen and paper: here is how to fight God

I attended the inaugural Questival in Port Sunlight today and went to both of the game design workshops - it's fair to say that @fistfulofcrits.bsky.social and @gshowitt.bsky.social showcased two very different approaches to building a game!

End of the week and I'm looking forward to attending the inaugural Questival in Port Sunlight tomorrow. I'm hoping it becomes a regular event and one I can support by offering games or having a table at in the future.

While I've been adding many notes to the working doc I finally managed a solid block of focused writing on my YZE this evening, rewriting character talents and crit tables. It's still an early WIP but I'm looking forward to a public outing at Dragonmeet.

Congrats to the winners, while I'd have loved to have been amongst them it was lovely just to see The Words We Leave Behind be nominated for Best Indie RPG.

Must document the big yaaaaaawns!

New! Against Time and Death Chiron's Doom Mount Olympus Community College Paragons: The Roleplaying Game Roguelike Tarot Stealing the Throne Veins of Corruption MZ1: The Sebiyan Cenobium www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/

since some people apparently have "lives" & "families" & "friends" and so didn't spend the weekend smearing germs around a little screen & missed it, we've extended our DriveThruRPG flash sale for another 24 hours with all issues, including our latest, 1/2 price www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

Got to love when a competition prize is a new book. Big thanks to @coldwarpod.bsky.social and Oana Aristide for this copy of Astronaut! that's just arrived.

Completed my first gunpla and I can definitely see the appeal of building more. This was only an entry grade model but plenty of articulation and detail and that's before I consider adding panel lining or paint.

I'm in Edinburgh for a wedding this weekend but not able to pop over to @tabletopscot.bsky.social - as luck would have it though we're staying 5 minutes from @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social so I'll just have to visit them instead!

Finally made the initial move on to @rpgtrader.bsky.social Trader by putting These Stars Will Guide You Home, my solo game based on the Aeneid and the Odyssey, in this bundle... rpg-trader.com/products/895...

Happy bank holiday weekend Brits & folks forced to share this island with us! We’re doing free shipping to the UK today/tomorrow, so why not treat yourself to the best tabletop game mags around, such as Secret Passages, Glaive & something called Wyrd Science, as well as a hangover… wyrd.science

Fall of the Berlin Wall - I didn't really understand the significance beyond it was filling all of the news (and of course there were only 4 TV channels in the UK at that point).

Hi BlueSky, I humbly seek recommendations for two-player epistolary/ letter-writing games. I'm looking to actually physically send and receive papers (could be more than a letter, for example, an updated 'map'), it just needs to be easily played in letter-writing format ☺️ Any genre. Thanks! 💛

Today has very much been one where I've struggled to focus so I don't know why I thought I'd be able to sit down this evening and focus on converting game mechanics into python to test the play cycle.

There is still time to vote for the 2026 CritAwards if you haven’t yet! Voting closes at midnight this Sunday, August 23rd. #critawards #critawards2026

It's the final few days for voting in the @critawards.bsky.social - please check out all the nominees and support smaller creators.

Solo games are having a bit of a moment right now, and I can see why - scheduling time with a group is always hard! Some solo games are about producing a wonderful artefact by the end of the game. This one dares you to attempt to finish your tour of duty… rpg-trader.com/products/781...

Our d6-only Games Bundle is officially LIVE! 108 games. Worth over $800. Just $25 - or PWYW! That’s a lot of tiny dice-powered adventures and new games to discover. 🩵 This one is definitely worth a look. 👉 Go grab it and support 100+ amazing creators! 🎲✨ rpg-trader.com/products/834...

Not going to lie, this next bundle is shaping up to be epic and one you’re not going to want to miss.👀 With 100 epic d6 games locked & loaded for Thursday, there’s going to be something for everyone.🎲 Wishlist it now so you’ll get notified as soon as it goes live! ⬇️ rpg-trader.com/products/834...

@uktin.bsky.social is at the @canterburygamescon.bsky.social today! Canterbury, come say Hi and get yourself a new game!

Voting is still open in the @critawards.bsky.social and The Words We Leave Behind is nominated for Best Indie RPG! It sold out at Gen Con but check the thread for where to grab copies in print (it's also digitally available from RPG Trader, itch and drivethruRPG)

Looks like the ability to mute reposts from individual users is finally here so it's time to turn reposts back on in my feed and start muting them on a case by case basis.

open for editing gigs to fund my travel and badge costs to Dragonmeet 2026. need a line/copy editor with almost six years experience on games and modules? i'm yer man (probably). a speciality in zine games and original systems, but i'll edit anything*. hit me up in replies or by DM!

Peak holiday game design in progress, aided by a rather nice glass of vermouth.

I love seeing my games out in the wild! Long live the FLGS!

Some lovely solidarity from the French, one of a large collection of graphic novels in the shop I was in that puts most UK offerings to shame.

MAPPA MUNDI - AN EXPLORATION + ECOLOGY RPG is now back in stock over at @ipr.bsky.social. You can get your copy there, or from us, or from a number of retailers in the US.