Spotless Dice Games 🎪Ringmaster is a Crit Awards finalist!🎪

Ringmaster A grinning clown stands in from of a circus tent, playing the accordion. Besides him a billboard with ligh bulbs shows the following text: International Clown Week Sale August 4th - August 7th Tarot Card Deck - $28.99 Roll20 Module - $5.99 At the bottom, the following logos: Spotless Dice Games Descended from the Queen

Did you miss GenCon?

No worries, it's International Clown Week Sale!

Get Ringmaster #ttrpg at a reduced price through @drivethrurpg.com - only until August 7th!

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Last chance to get your copy of RINGMASTER #ttrpg at #GenCon2025 !

Check out @ipr.bsky.social booth #449 for so many excellent indie #ttrpgs

18/17 And that's only OUR half of #Booth449. Check out @plusoneexp.bsky.social and @brightbard.bsky.social in the 500-aisle facing half. There's a list of other indie RPG booths at www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Gen-Co... along with detail links for all 183 products we brought!

#GenCon2025 folks, ensure you check out @ipr.bsky.social #Booth449 for many exciting indie #TTRPGs, including RINGMASTER, finalist for Best GMLess TTRPG at the 2025 CritAward.

Will you dare to discover the secrets of a dark & supernatural circus?

Check out the list of #ttrpgs being run at Games on Demand during #GenCon2025!

And yes... you too may get a chance to meet the RINGMASTER & join our dark & supernatural circus!

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Reminder that you can join our supernatural circus at #GenCon2025!

Get Ringmaster #ttrpg at IPR #Booth449 along with many great Indie titles:
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And find a session of Ringmaster at Games on Demand in the Westin!

Thank you @ipr.bsky.social!

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There’s exciting momentum building for #TribesInTheDark but the fate of Vimary still hangs in the balance! We need your help seeing our heroes through the adventure. Follow the Kickstarter & you’ll be notified the moment we launch!

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Less than 6 days left for the X-Mas in July sale!

Travel back in time to save humanity with our best-selling Fate of Cthulhu #ttrpg timelines or join a dark & supernatural circus with RINGMASTER, available as PDF print-n-play, Roll20 module or Tarot deck!

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Canadian Creators United Promoting and Supporting Canadian Indie TTRPGs

Did you know that a collective of Canadian Creators is currently being formed. It's called the CCU (Canadian Creators United) and it is for any Canadian creating TTRPG Related content.

It can be art, actual play, podcast, adventure modules, games and everything in between.

Check it out!

Coming soon: Tribes in the Dark - Roleplaying Game Tribes in the Dark is new edition of the Tribe 8 roleplaying game, powered by Forged in the Dark.

I've been told by @jmstar.bsky.social I need to shill the Tribes in the Dark #TTRPG harder.

If you want scrapyard goddesses and dream magic in a setting that's like Guillermo del Toro and Clive Barker got together to write one, this is your game!

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Left Panel Ringmaster A dark and supernatural story-building card game by Pascal Godbout Descended from the Queen Published by Spotless Dice Games In the background, a grinning clown plays the accordion while standing in front of a circus tent Right Panel In the background, a red billboard with light bulbs similar to old theatres and circuses. Text: Ringmaster is a Descended from the Queen GM-less narrative #ttrpg for 2-6 players that you can play in 1-2 hours. Explore through prompt cards why you joined a mysterious circus, your relation to the Ringmaster, and the secrets of your troupe. You are bound to the circus. When the angry mob comes to tear the Big Top down, will you save your home, overthrow the Ringmaster, or watch your prison burn with glee?

Headed to #GenCon?

RINGMASTER #ttrpg will be available for sale at @ipr.bsky.social booth 449!

Join Masha at Games on Demand (Westin Grand Ballroom III) who will run Ringmaster & For The Queen!
Thurs 2-4pm, 6-10pm
Fri 4-6pm
Sat 2-4pm, 4-6pm

Just come & play!
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@SpotlessDice Games is part of the @drivethrurpg.com X-mas in July Sale!

Get 30% off the following titles:
- Ringmaster (PDF, Roll20 or POD)
- Fate of Cthulhu • The Ascellan Conspiracy (PDF)
- Fate of Cthulhu • The Rise of Tsathoggua (PDF)

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2025Q2 Quarterly Numbers for Evil Hat

Evil Hat's quarterly sales numbers (volume, primarily, not revenue) for the last quarter — docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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ENNIEs voting is open. So you can vote for The Last Caravan now. Or something else you want to vote for. Whatever. I'm not the boss of you.

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Canadian Creators United Promoting and Supporting Canadian Indie TTRPGs

Remember when I asked a couple weeks ago for Canadian TTRPG Creators?

Check out this WIP and sign up if you're interested!

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Feeling the love from the Green Ronin community as we navigate the Diamond bankruptcy. At the time of this posting, we are at 82% percent of our goal. If you aren't in a position to support the legal fund, sharing this with your network is a huge help: gofund.me/970ea49a

CBR+PNK Designer Spotlight: René-Pier Deshaies And so at last we come upon the last of our Designer Spotlights for CBR+PNK! René-Pier Deshaies is baking some incredible designs over at Fari RPGs, including the BOUNDLESS system which already has an...

One last CBR+PNK: OVERLOAD spotlight.

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René-Pier Deshaie challenges you to break free of INSURGED.

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If YOU wanna support a queer disabled ttrpg designer this Disability Pride Month (and spite the government while doing it), hop into the tide pool! Or head for deeper water... :)

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Join the fabulous Susana, Keeper of Keys live in one hour, as she walkthroughs session 0 of her mini Apocalypse Keys #ttrpg campaign with @thecritshow.bsky.social crew!

Live starting at 8pm EST.

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Ringmaster #ttrpg is back in stock at IPR!

Start clowning around and get your copy so you can join a dark & supernatural circus with your friends!

GILA, my take on OSR type adventure games, is now up in an incredibly bare bones version on my Patreon.

It's just the rules, none of the content. I'll get to adding all the items, enemies, and stuff later.

For now, I just wanted a proof of concept ruleset to share with people.

Crit Awards Finalists: Best GMLEss TTRPG - "Death of the Author" by Blinking Birch Games - "Good Soup" by Goosepoop Games - "Last Train to Bremen" by Caro Asercion - "HUNT(er/ed)" by Dillin Apelyan and Meghan Cross - "Mantigeist" by Starshine Scribbles - "Ringmaster" by Spotless Dice Games

Left Panel Ringmaster A dark and supernatural story-building card game by Pascal Godbout Descended from the Queen Published by Spotless Dice Games In the background, a grinning clown plays the accordion while standing in front of a circus tent Right Panel In the background, a red billboard with light bulbs similar to old theatres and circuses. Text: Ringmaster is a Descended from the Queen GM-less narrative #ttrpg for 2-6 players that you can play in 1-2 hours. Explore through prompt cards why you joined a mysterious circus, your relation to the Ringmaster, and the secrets of your troupe. You are bound to the circus. When the angry mob comes to tear the Big Top down, will you save your home, overthrow the Ringmaster, or watch your prison burn with glee?

Only 5 days left to vote for the 2025 Crit Awards!
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My new #ttrpg Ringmaster is a finalist for Best GMLess TTRPG.

Check out all the awesome nominees for each category and please consider voting for my story game about a dark & supernatural circus!

#TTRPGCommunity #CritAwards

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Do you like indie TTRPGs? Need new podcasts, resources, actual plays, and campaigns to follow? Well here's a list of the 2025 CRIT Award Finalists all wrapped up together in a handy Starter Pack.

I'll add more as stray finalists confirm their social media with me!

Let's get to the next stretch goal!!!

Check out the Cosmic Dark #ttrpg kickstarter and the other cool stuff available such as a reprint of Cthulhu Dark!

Crit Awards Finalists Best GMless TTRPG: - "Death of the Author" by Blinking Birch Games - "Good Soup" by Goosepoop Games - "Last Train to Bremen" by Caro Asercion - "HUNT(er/ed)" by Dillin Apelyan and Meghan Cross - "Mantigeist" by Starshine Scribbles - "Ringmaster" by Spotless Dice Games