The Unexplored Places

In the background, a 60's style roadmap of Doskvol. Floating over it, a mockup of Blades '68 with rings of colorful characters illustrated in black and white, then shades of blue, orange, and yellow. Caption: Live now on BackerKit.

LIVE NOW! Blades '68 grabs the setting of Blades in the Dark and catapults it forward into the swinging 60s.
Tense spy operations, action-packed heists, and brain-twisting paranormal encounters all mix in this 450-page expansion.
Join the electroplasmic revolution:
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A triptych of images. The Hull is a robot with glowing red eyes wearing a blue work jacket and somehow managing a sullen expression. The playbook is described as "The soul of a condemned criminal trapped in a robot body." The Hit Squad shows an image of a pistol with a silencer and a playing card with a skull and viper on its face. A crew playbook for contract killers, discreet and skilled assassins. The Swinger depicts a woman with a bob haircut and bright pink sunglasses flashing a peace sign. Her dress is brown, pink and yellow. The playbook is described as "A wheeler and dealer - the life of the party."

💾⬇️ Quick reminder: We have a free, 40-page preview of Blades '68 that features the full playbooks of the Hull and the Swinger, plus the Crew playbook for the Hit Squad, and some further world lore.
Get a link to download by following the project here:
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In a quiet moment between heists, the Priestess helps Pug attune to the echoes around them ✨

Listen to Ep. 2 of Echo Chamber, our collaborative bonus miniseries, on all four show patreons:
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patreon.com/shrimpandcrits
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Four curving lines (orange, yellow, baby blue, turquoise) arc across an eggshell backdrop with a pale blue ink stain. Text in the top right read “Echo Chamber”. Text in the bottom left reads “A Blades 68 miniseries.”

After a heist well done, the Emissaries of the Echo celebrate and unwind by singing, snooping, smooching and supernaturally communing — until a new, sky-high opportunity presents itself.

Echo Chamber 02: The Appointment

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I'm so proud of the work I do, and I'm so grateful I get to cackle through it at times.
Also, let me know if you want anything transcribed. I'm looking for new clients who care about accessibility. 💙

you can find transcripts for (almost!) all of our main-feed episodes over on tumblr:

CHRISTINE: Right, so… [chuckles] So Serafina tells you that Raphael was speaking to—I’m not calling him known criminal Nowm Crininal! I’m not doing it! We have to give this character a real name. [laughter] ANDREW: How hard is it? CHRISTINE: I can’t say it without laughing. ANDREW: Serafina says that Raphael was talking to known criminal Nowm Crininal. SAM: [cackles] CHRISTINE: Well, now you’ve said it, so I don’t have to. ANDREW: Yeah. No, that’s fine. This is my character connection. You just have to play known criminal Nowm Crimininal.

also if you haven't listened to Venture, this is what you've missed out on

ANDREW: So, if she says that Raphael was talking to known criminal… um. CHRISTINE: Yeah, that’s his name, first name Known, surname Criminal. ANDREW: Yeah. CHRISTINE: Yeah. ANDREW: Noam Criminal… Crininal. CHRISTINE: [laughs] SAM: [types notes] ANDREW: No, Crininal. SAM: Crininal. Thank you. ANDREW: Noam Crininal. CHRISTINE: Bad. ANDREW: Also, not gnome like the fantasy race, Noam as in Noam Chomsky. CHRISTINE: Noam as in Noam Chomsky? SAM: Oh, okay, like that. ANDREW: Nope, that’s like Alaska.

CHRISTINE: I don’t think that’s how you spell Noam. SAM: Wait, is that how the place in Alaska is spelled? Nome? ANDREW: Yeah. CHRISTINE: Yeah. SAM: Oh my god! CHRISTINE: N-O-M-E is the place in Alaska. N-O-A-M is… SAM: N-O-A-M. ANDREW: N-O-A-M is the Chomsky, is the linguist. CHRISTINE: …is the linguist. SAM: Okay, let me fix it. CHRISTINE: Great. I’m glad that Google Drive has decided to red underline the word Crininal but not the word Nowm, N-O-W-M. Nowm? Has it become Nowm? ANDREW: Wait, Sam, did you also write “city of-fish-ials”? Because I also— SAM: Wait, did you do that?! ANDREW: No! I just had that thought in my head, and I was gonna type it into the Discord chat, and then I wasn’t sure how to spell it so that the joke would come across. My brain also said, yeah, the City of Fishles. SAM: Yeah, City of Fishles. ANDREW: And then my brain thought of that Red Hot Chili Peppers song, Under The Bridge. [singing] The city I live in, the City of Fishles!

just want to once again shout out what an incredible job @rainapuddles.bsky.social does on our transcripts, especially because we do NOT make it easy for her

Okay @unexploredcast.bsky.social I am heavily into tango sector now am LOVING the home cooking on the ship. Koji marinated mushroom I can do,not sure about deep fried mole about or ostrich carpaccio but I can find a replacement I’m sure. Time to make the Palagian crew food come to life.

#foodsky

A list of touchstones for Blades '68 divided into Spy Fiction, Crime Capers, and Weird & Sci-Fi. The lists are: James Bond (various) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) The Operative: No One Lives Forever (2000) The Prisoner (1967-68) The Italian Job (1969) Get Carter (1971) Ocean’s Eleven (1960 and 2001) Le Samouraï (1967) Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) Soylent Green (1973) Logan’s Run (1976) THX 1138 (1971) Jason King (1971-72) The Avengers (1961-69) The Sandbaggers (1978-80) The Ipcress File (1965) GTA: London 1969 (1999) Bullitt (1968) Ronin (1998) Lupin III (various) Alphaville (1965) Thunderbirds (1965-66) A Clockwork Orange (1971) The 10th Victim (1965) The Conversation (1974) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Funeral in Berlin (1966) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) The Gentlemen (2024) Danger: Diabolik (1968) The Getaway (1972) The Long Goodbye (1973) Discovering Scarfolk (2014) Disco Elysium (2019) Deathloop (2021) and We Happy Few (2016).

Blades '68 launches Tuesday! This official expansion for Blades in the Dark twists the kaleidoscope of tone and genre.
Subversive spy games, daring heists, and paranormal mindbenders await you under the radiating light of an artificial sun.
Enter the Bluetime:
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WE'RE HALFWAY THERE!!!
ft. one of my favorite drawings so far

Still halfway to go, so please donate what you can, get a nice fun drawing, or share if you can't, it really does help. I've been told this class fills up FAST so I'm working really hard to make this happen. <3

www.ko-fi.com/dakotacurry

it's set in a future version of the Blades in the Dark setting Doskvol! we've been intentionally vague on mic about the cult's plans, but you can learn more about the setting in the Blades '68 backerkit preview:

A drawing of a mech pilot in a plug suit and wearing an aviators jacket stepping out of their wrecked mech. Text laid over reads: 30 by 30 fundraiser! Help Dakota take a class! and a link to dakota's ko-fi shop

Hey all -- here's the thing: I really wanna take Paul Scott Canavan's Mastering Imaginative Realism class, but since losing my job, I have no extra $.

SO! I'm running a fundraising event to try and raise the extra money. I'm offering 30 drawings for 30$ apiece!

www.ko-fi.com/dakotacurry

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A bud has asked for some advice on running FitD #ttrpg (specifically #BladesInTheDark) and I think for me it comes down to three principles.

1) Say "yes, but" a lot
2) Make the PCs tell you who the fuck these people are/what this fucking place is/what these pricks are up to
3) FFS tick the clock up

The cover of Blades in the Dark next to the cover of Blades '68

In celebration of the imminent Blades ‘68 campaign, I thought I’d talk a bit about its graphic design.

BUT FIRST let’s compare and contrast with the graphic design of Blades in the Dark, a landmark in the history of RPG layout.

Type nerdery ahoy 🧐

Coming Soon: Blades '68, for Blades in the Dark From Evil Hat - Coming Soon: Blades '68, for Blades in the Dark

Thank you for reading 🙏 Blades ‘68 is crowdfunding soon and you can follow along here: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

I need to start a band immediately so I can name it A La Carte Trouble! 😂

And I can’t even begin to describe how much I love how @cprevas.bsky.social can deliver their threats with just the most chipper sounding voice. I love it.

#TTRPG #ActualPlay

The Unexplored Places: Venture, part 5 Taken captive by Ellis and his forces, Asius, Cal, and Tamina finally understand what must be done. Cal slips out, Tamina harnesses the power she was given, Asius comforts the dying.&nbsp; Buy Venture...

Taken captive by Ellis and his forces, Asius, Cal, and Tamina finally understand what must be done. Cal slips out, Tamina harnesses the power she was given, Asius comforts the dying.

Episode 2 of Echo Chamber, our groovy Blades '68 heist campaign is here! ✨

Pug, Kismet and the Priestess blow off some steam after their latest job. Catch up with them on all four shows' Patreons!

Episode 2 of ECHO Chamber is out now across all four Patreons!

Hope on Patreon now to hear how Priestess, Pug, and Kismet relax and unwind during downtime.
👑🐶💣

Episode 2 of Echo Chamber is available now!

In case you missed it, Echo Chamber is a ghosts and explosives heist campaign set against the backdrop of Duskvol’s groovy and gritty Age of Consensus - released monthly on all four show’s patreons!

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Check out this month's episode over on Patreon:

www.patreon.com/unexploredcast

www.patreon.com/badheroes

www.patreon.com/shrimpandcrits

www.patreon.com/monsterhour

Echo Chamber is set in Blades '68, a Blades in the Dark supplement by @olddog.games and @evilhat.bsky.social

Starring
@cprevas.bsky.social as the GM
@dreasilvertooth.bsky.social as The Priestess
@quinnmajeski.bsky.social as Kismet
and @itscap.bsky.social as Pug

Four curving lines (orange, yellow, baby blue, turquoise) arc across an eggshell backdrop with a pale blue ink stain. Text in the top right read “Echo Chamber”. Text in the bottom left reads “A Blades 68 miniseries.”

After a heist well done, the Emissaries of the Echo celebrate and unwind by singing, snooping, smooching and supernaturally communing — until a new, sky-high opportunity presents itself.

Echo Chamber 02: The Appointment

www.patreon.com/posts/echo-c...

new FDPDA2 today, new Echo Chamber tomorrow.... big weekend for fans of weird paranormal shit and also The Unexplored Places

Welcome back "is this a speed related roll?"

The Forensic Department of Paranormal and Demonic Activity 15: Lost and Found | The Unexplored Places Get more from The Unexplored Places on Patreon

New episode of the Forensic Department of Paranormal and Demonic Activity is up on Patreon! Between mandatory testing sessions to optional extracurricular mission follow-up, the agents of the Forensic Department of Paranormal and Demonic Activity manage to find a little spare time to blow off steam.

Announcement! 📺🦐

Saturday Shrimp Reruns!

We will be starting to rerun old episodes on Saturday mornings (mornings for me on the west coast anyway).

These will generally begin at 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern. Our trial run will be the Valentines Day special "Cupid's Covert Cuties" on February 14th. 💞