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@proton31.bsky.social

Indie TTRPGs, OSR, PbtA, sci-fi Half-Japanese, half-Jewish Games: https://proton31.itch.io/ Blog: https://planetsandmonsters.blogspot.com/ Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@Davidjackson

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Dead Internet Theory, an adventure module for Cy-borg Something terrible moves and wakes deep under the business district of Cy, in the enclave of an eldritch cult at the heart of the city's most powerful finance firm and megachurch.

Last two hours!

27.02.2026 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow, Happy Birthday Tsutomu Nihei!

BLAME! was a huge inspiration on Twisting Unseen in editing rewrites, and the crowdfund is in its final day!

26.02.2026 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Once more with feeling!

26.02.2026 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe a good inspiration for the crossover reward?

26.02.2026 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The first paragraph reads: "A liminal zone where digital technology has broken down the physical mass of reality. Naturally, Dimensia has stitched itself to all such places. Punks and heroes alike stumble through the digital thresholds in darkened alleyways to this interstitial semiplane." 
Title: "D8 doors to the dead internet"
A list of 8 doors and a graphic of very old macintosh desktop computer window frame showing a spooky endless hall with a strange cartoon monkey
The right side of the page shows a line drawing of a monkey god, Hannuman, with some monkey followers at its feet, followed by a description of monkeys roaming the back halls and tempt wage slaves to leave their dull existences behind

The first paragraph reads: "A liminal zone where digital technology has broken down the physical mass of reality. Naturally, Dimensia has stitched itself to all such places. Punks and heroes alike stumble through the digital thresholds in darkened alleyways to this interstitial semiplane." Title: "D8 doors to the dead internet" A list of 8 doors and a graphic of very old macintosh desktop computer window frame showing a spooky endless hall with a strange cartoon monkey The right side of the page shows a line drawing of a monkey god, Hannuman, with some monkey followers at its feet, followed by a description of monkeys roaming the back halls and tempt wage slaves to leave their dull existences behind

This year for #Zinetopia, I am doing a crossover reward with my coconspirator @wilderwhim.bsky.social for people who back both of our campaigns. Here is a little taste of what we are brewing. It will be the IT backrooms of a virtual resort, with sterile bureaucracy crossed with cosmic horror

26.02.2026 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Dead Internet Theory, an adventure module for Cy-borg Something terrible moves and wakes deep under the business district of Cy, in the enclave of an eldritch cult at the heart of the city's most powerful finance firm and megachurch.

Tomorrow is the last day to back Dead Internet Theory! Help us hit the next stretch goal, a glitched virtual Heaven retirement community depth crawl in the heart of an alien machines dream
#Zinetopia #ZineMonth #ttrpg #osr

26.02.2026 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Prรฉvisualisation numรฉrique du livret de MOON BORG. Sur un fond jaune, un montage numรฉrique de la couverture dessinรฉe par Lรฉa Casanova. En noir, blanc et jaune. Un personnage, les yeux fermรฉs et aux traits fรฉminins porte un couvre chef floral (ou solaire). Il se couvre la poitrine de ses mains. L'une possรจde des anneaux, l'autre un gantelet mรฉdiรฉval aux plaques d'aciers menaรงantes.

Prรฉvisualisation numรฉrique du livret de MOON BORG. Sur un fond jaune, un montage numรฉrique de la couverture dessinรฉe par Lรฉa Casanova. En noir, blanc et jaune. Un personnage, les yeux fermรฉs et aux traits fรฉminins porte un couvre chef floral (ou solaire). Il se couvre la poitrine de ses mains. L'une possรจde des anneaux, l'autre un gantelet mรฉdiรฉval aux plaques d'aciers menaรงantes.

Hey! Francophone qui passe par lร  ! MOON BORG est ร  360% et ร  500%, j'imprime รฉgalement une version physique en franรงais.

Je te laisse la couverture magnifique illustrรฉe par Lรฉa Casanova et un lien pour creuser le sujet si ta curiositรฉ est titillรฉe.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mai...

#jdr #zine

25.02.2026 13:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dead Internet Theory, an adventure module for Cy-borg Something terrible moves and wakes deep under the business district of Cy, in the enclave of an eldritch cult at the heart of the city's most powerful finance firm and megachurch.

Support Dead Internet Theory, the crowdfunder ends tomorrow!
#Zinetopia #ttrpg #osr #cy_borg

26.02.2026 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Brains as hosts for AI computers is a big part of my #ZineMonth project Dead Internet Theory. To be honest, I canโ€™t remember if I read the fan theory first or came up with the idea on my own. There are also actual labs researching this. Anyway there is a resonance for me with the Matrixโ€™s mythology.

26.02.2026 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is a fan theory origin story for the robot overlords in the Matrix movies. Originally, the Matrix used humans, not as a power source, but for their brains as processors. It makes more sense in a hard science way, but the studio thought it was too complicated so it was taken out.

26.02.2026 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Talk of the Table โ€” Many Sided Media

I was interviewed on the Talk of the Table podcast by @brianflaherty.bsky.social and @moreblueberries.bsky.social about my #Zinemonth project Dead Internet Theory, listen to it here!

24.02.2026 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My Cy_borg adventure module Dead Internet Theory is being featured on this stream!

24.02.2026 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Do you like caveman stuff? Do you like free stuff? I just made an adventure for Year 100 Million B.C.

goldenachiever.github.io/year100milli...

24.02.2026 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Keep on keeping' on...

23.02.2026 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Dead Internet Theory, an adventure module for Cy-borg Something terrible moves and wakes deep under the business district of Cy, in the enclave of an eldritch cult at the heart of the city's most powerful finance firm and megachurch.

And of course here is the crowdfunding page, check it out!

24.02.2026 02:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Talk of the Table โ€” Many Sided Media

I was interviewed on the Talk of the Table podcast by @brianflaherty.bsky.social and @moreblueberries.bsky.social about my #Zinemonth project Dead Internet Theory, listen to it here!

24.02.2026 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
sketch of a giant brain monster with spider legs, spikes and radial saws

sketch of a giant brain monster with spider legs, spikes and radial saws

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So... My cover piece for DEAD INTERNET THEORY...
How it started and how it ended...
(Well, it started with 'punks vs giant brain-thing over spider legs, radial saws and lasers' by @proton31.bsky.social)
Layout and logo are by @jaguartony.bsky.social
#ttrpgart #ttrpg #cyberpunk #cy_borgttrpg

22.02.2026 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

We been cooking up some dark jams to create TPKs to~

21.02.2026 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dead Internet Theory, an adventure module for Cy-borg Something terrible moves and wakes deep under the business district of Cy, in the enclave of an eldritch cult at the heart of the city's most powerful finance firm and megachurch.

Dead Internet Theory is funding now as part of Zinetopia!
#Zinetopia #ttrpg #osr #cy_borg

21.02.2026 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DIT Ambient Demos Listen to DIT Ambient Demos by Wilderwhim #np on #SoundCloud

They are also writing an album for my project Dead Internet Theory, with a physical CD as a stretch goal. It turns out that a lot of the band are electronic musicians, which feels like part of the perfect concoction to Cy_borgโ€™s heavy metal infused version of cyberpunk.

Listen to the demos here!

21.02.2026 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There are a handful of Mork Borg adventure modules that have an accompanying metal album by now. One of them is Pulvis et Umbra by @wilderwhim.bsky.social, a final delve in the liminal ephemeral pocket dimension at the end of the world. Its soundtrack is a post-metal shoegaze soundscape.

21.02.2026 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Stonetop Collection The Village Of Stonetop Is Your Home. Maybe it wasnโ€™t always, but it is now. And the world out there is darkening, like the sky before a late-summer storm. These are good people, here in Stonetop. You...

Stonetop is one of the most awaited & anticipated #TTRPGs of the last decade. Our team is excited to partner with Jeremy, Jason & Lucie to get it into your hands and out to the world!

If you missed the crowdfunding project, presales have now moved to the Plus One site at

ttrpg.link/stonetop

1/3

20.02.2026 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

There is a similar mechanic in Dungeon World where you roll the largest damage die once and each additional attacker adds +1 damage. That might work better?

19.02.2026 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Centaur Games Centaur Games

*Reposts appreciatedโ€

My webstore heycentaur.com is finally up!
This took so many months of labour (mostly my partnerโ€™s), but it is all ready and running.
Physical copies of Kala Mandala are now available, shipping to most of the world.

18.02.2026 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 239    ๐Ÿ” 163    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

You could say the same thing about conventional D&D attacks, 5 people can be standing around a monster, roll their attacks and everyone misses so nothing happens. Also not fun

19.02.2026 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Danceyโ€™s impact was really interesting to me, because I am intimately familiar with how opening up an RPG was prior to the OGL. It was flawed, but it was light years ahead of other options (creative commons wasnโ€™t yet suited, and most other open licenses were software specific).

19.02.2026 04:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 78    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Dead Internet Theory, an adventure module for Cy-borg Something terrible moves and wakes deep under the business district of Cy, in the enclave of an eldritch cult at the heart of the city's most powerful finance firm and megachurch.

See that and more by supporting Dead Internet Theory!

#Zinetopia #ttrpg #osr #cy_borg

17.02.2026 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The villains of Marvel are well known, played out even. Iโ€™ve mostly forgotten about the Marvel blockbuster franchise, but the ravenous cosmic god Galactus has always stuck with me. What a perfect all destroying incomprehensible alien deity to fit the cosmic horror of Cy_borg

17.02.2026 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Superhero scifi is a genre of scifi that combines two broad genres with some really fun results. It is certainly a genre of science fantasy that leans to interstellar space operas, with immense empires, millennia old wars, and reality shattering technology.

#Zimo #zinetopia

17.02.2026 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I ran a planar OSR campaign, I took several city generators and put them together as different districts of my "Sigil", using Electric Bastionland, Infinigrad, Cities of the New Weird Rise Up and The Stolen City. For planar weirdness and location creation, I used Between the Skies

16.02.2026 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0