Alex | Backwards TTRPG

A promo graphic reads Nephilim: Tenebris at the top and features photos of our cast: Alex as The Sawbones, Eli as The Junker, Lev as The Smoker, Q as The Jockey, and Rose as The Greaser, Will as The Storyteller. Mars is in the background, text reads Every Other Tuesday 8 PM EST, twitch.tv/livefromtheapocalypse, and Donations benefiting Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Your favorite starship crew of burned-out gifted kids are back tonight at 5 PM PST/8 PM EST pulling off the heist of the century and raising money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social! See you there, space cowboy!

Featuring @awillmscream.lol as the storyteller
@mightyfinn.bsky.social as Dr. Richard Courtney
@aghostofeli.bsky.social as Padlock
@levrs23.bsky.social as Edith Jasper
@midnightinq.bsky.social as Cassidy Starrunner
@roseycheeks.bsky.social as Jojo Brokkson

Gravity defying rock cairns but they’re just stacks of books on every conceivable surface of your home

Kinda fun to remember that the Appalachians were around before the first flower

Very excited to have gotten the chance to talk about my book with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social!

Promo image of Fall of the Ashen Throne with headshots of Will, Garnet, Anna, Kian, Alex, and Anita.

Join us tonight at 8pm EDT on twitch.tv/entropyemporium for…

Fall of the Ashen Throne episode 4 || Old Gods

“She isn’t breathing.”

An image depicting some of the featured contributors for Backwoods, including Nala J. Wu, Alex Johnson, Jill Poisson, and Zak Goggins. Background art features Zak Goggin's Hidebehind and the foreground art features the Warden Commander.

An awesome fact: We feature authors/artists with lived experience in areas that they’re depicting! Backwoods has Luke Broderick, @naladraws.com, @mightyfinn.bsky.social , and Jill Poisson. Plus a shoutout to @zakthedrak.bsky.social , a featured artist and cover artist for the standard Backwoods ed.

Bone fact: Did you know that bones produce white and red blood cells? Speaking of blood (and bones), we're entering spooky season and you might want to check out some of the amazing games that @mightyfinn.bsky.social has run on our channel! Find some of them in the thread below!

Finn, a Yorkie, wrapped in a blanket, sitting next to a window, looking extremely forlorn

He was disturbed during his pre-breakfast nap and hasn’t really recovered.

Getting to see your friends’ faces and play games with them after a month plus hiatus is a really great thing and I feel very nice this morning.

Promo for Changeling: Cold Iron, which has plenty of Soviet Russia inspired imagery on it. It is described as a "Changeling: The Lost Actual Play" and states that the game runs every other Tuesday from 8:00PM EST. It has the Twitch address for LFTA and states that donations benefit Rainbow Railroad.

We've got a lot happening at LFTA this week. First. we have the return of Changeling: Cold Iron on 9/5 @ 8:00PM EST, ft. @farrahkaya.bsky.social , @midnightinq.bsky.social, @jdnotjasondean.bsky.social, @dollarsignimp.bsky.social, @awillmscream.lol, & our masterful storyteller @mightyfinn.bsky.social

Did I see that guy break into an abandoned bowling alley one time?

Folks, I have 5 days left to come up with about 400 bucks or I will not be able to afford housing. Not an exaggeration, that's where I'm at. Any help is hugely appreciated, I'm doing all I can to keep myself housed at this point

Paypal.me/BrianThir

Itch/Reckless A-Talk Spotlight 8

God talking Backwater with @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social and @mightyfinn.bsky.social was so fun and has really helped me set the standard for quality, quantity, and professionalism in my own work. American Gothic horror goodness.

backwards-games.itch.io

We have two new standalone #ttrpg books coming to Kickstarter. Follow the prelaunch to...
-Walk the witch-infested forests of New England and explore its isolated towns
-Sail the cursed coasts of Florida and recover ill-gotten treasures

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/backwater/backwards-ttrpg

Minneapolis skyline

Minneapolis I am in you

Small Yorkie looking pensive in a travel carrier.

Finn was a champion traveller today

Shelby why does your 840 page book only have 8 chapters?

Shelby Foote died 18 years ago (a reasonable number of pages for a single chapter). He was 88 (still fewer pages than the chapter I finished last night).

Ongoing migraine and pain meds have me drafting tweets yelling at Shelby Foote about the length of his chapters.

Pay Brian Thir using PayPal.Me Go to paypal.me/brianthir and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

Hey so ya boi* is in a spot of trouble what with my emergency back up to avoid homelessness being about 800 bucks more than I expected, so if you're feeling generous

Paypal.me/BrianThir

In just two weeks, A Season of Secrets and Shadows returns for season 2 with @livefromtheapocalypse.com. 8 players, 2 (changed) tables, some new playbooks sprinkled in, and new spicy rumors. Join us on Sep. 1st for the premiere and all of the letters, drama, murder(?), and, of course, romance.

Day 2 of either an 8 or 14 day streak of no games (depending on internet cooperation). Writing Alex is currently fighting a losing battle against Blob Alex, who has backup from Depressed Alex.

Yo! Mark your calendars! Let's turn UP and blow the goal out of the water!

A small dog stretching while covered in a blanket

More stretching for the little dog, still covered in a blanket.

When you wanna do a *big stretch* but wanna be cozy at the same time.

Did I mention I’m an illustrator open for work? Well-> https://www.zakthedrak.com

an infographic (white text on a blue/purple starry background). On the left is Make a Wish's main logo (curly white text reading make a wish), on the right is the logo for Summer of Wishes (a yellow cartoon sun next to text that reads summer of wishes fundraising challenge). Infographic text reads: Illumina, twitch.tv/dauntlys, thursday august 17th at 8pm eastern. Illumina is a D&D 5e oneshot benefitting Make A Wish's Summer of Wishes! Donations will affect our gameplay! Photos of the players are arranged along the bottom from left to right: @sowards_adam (a white man with long, brown hair, a brown beard, and a red checkered flannel), @thatcandacegirl (a Black femme with curly dark hair atop their head, blue and purple eyeshadow), @kristin__house (a white femme with long red hair, orange eyeshadow, and dark glasses), @youngles (a korean femme with dark hair in buns, dark eyeshadow, and a purple background), and @daunt_lys (a Black femme with brown locs and throwing up a peace sign)

white text on a starry blue/purple background reads: Incentives. Incentives activate when the below amounts are donated at once! Our stream goal is $200! $5 - Give Advantage/Disadvantage $10 - Give Inspiration $15 - Name an NPC or Silly Voice/Accent for a Player $20 - Wild Magic Surge or Monologue from a Player $25 - Randomly change the landscape $50 - Add an item to the game $75 - Random Encounter $100 - Summon Friends to Help $150 - Power of Friendship! Level Up!

It's an honor to introduce Illumina, a LIVE 5e D&D adventure! Illumina will benefit Make-A-Wish's Summer of Wishes event! Our goal is $200!!

On Thurs, Aug 17th at 8PM EST, four ordinary folk will unite to protect their home. After a century of darkness, light shall prevail. twitch.tv/dauntlys

A faded and partially singed sign for the Belvedere Paranormal Society

What’s this? Who can say? Keep your eyes peeled for announcements though!

What I do know is that if you want to work with a phenomenally talented artist who happens to be just as wonderful a person, you should check out @zakthedrak over on the birb app! Always extremely happy with their work!

Welcome to our Backwoods Showcase Special!"The Headless Horror" is a one shot based in an original setting by Backwards Games, using the Backbone game system... The Headless Horror | Backwoods Showcase [Backwards Games]

On a scale of 1-10, how excited are you for our
@backwardsttrpg.bsky.social showcase? That's a rhetorical question, of course, as we know the answer is "very".

Join us at the top of the hour for The Headless Horror 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_zUw3Ir5Dg

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