Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨

hello bluesky! we're Frivolous Bear Studios, a game studio dedicated to telling untold stories and uplifting marginalized voices. come play with us!

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Me lying on a log in my pink rosalind corset and white petticoats, dark hair loose, hands folded on my stomach, eyes closed, against a field of grass

me as rosalind in a pink corset and rose hairpins, staring up at maijai as thalia in a matching green corset and top hat from around the trunk of a green amidst bright greenery

filming has officially begun on demons & daughters final act iii & i'm allowed to be as emotional on main as i like.

i will never be able to explain how much rosalind penhallow means to me, or how timelessly important her story is.

holding it all is such an honour and joy.

Reminder, especially to Black, Indigenous, and Other People of Color that applications for the PAX Unplugged PTIGL Storyteller Program are open!

Get those applications in!

A promotional graphic which reads: "Game Night. EstelofImladris. Playing: Thousand Year Old Vampire. Wednesday, July 23 at 3PM PT/6PM ET. twitch.tv/estelofimladris!" The background is a simple grey with faint white geometric circles. At the top above the text is a white logo featuring a winged dagger and to the righthand side is a photograph of rows of traditional Japanese Sake barrels, which are blocky-looking drum-like barrels with writing and art printed on the outside.

Episode 3 of my Thousand Year Old Vampire solo actual play is now available on YouTube!

Follow the journey of Saku into the world of black market trade where Saku meets new friends & allies before the world changes. This journey ends in tragedy, but how will it be remembered?

buff.ly/UOfFWBW

A screenshot of the preview page for the Kickstarter 5 GMs Season 5: From Inside the Tent

👀 what’s this??

We’re doing a Kickstarter to cover some of the costs for Season 5!! It’s going to be our most ambitious and guest-filled yet AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

If we hit a certain amount of followers, I might show some secrets 🤫

🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/5gm...

I am BEYOND excited to share THWR with the world! This game is partially born out of my fascination with the physics of time and space, and my love of magical realism as a genre.

If anyone would like a review copy of the game for an article, blog, podcast, YouTube channel, etc., DM me!

A GM Connie Chang one-shot is guaranteed to include queer chaos, existential dread, attractive and problematic butches, uWu-voiced spherical critters, gut-wrenching themes of grief and hope, divine cannibalism, and/or frogs. Toss your hat in the ring by supporting this mutual aid raffle!

A photo of a black and white skyline with the text "The only way is out" on the top and "Dare Hickman" on the bottom

It's out!!! Love movies like Cloverfield, Dawn of the Dead, and Moonfall? Experience the thrills of trying to survive a disaster movie when you're just the little people getting stomped in the background! It's live on itch now! Follow the link!

dare2dreamrpg.itch.io/the-only-way...

Rainbow Scare Pilot Jam Sign Up Form Thank you for your interest in participating in Rainbow Roll Network's Rainbow Scare Pilot Jam! Do you have an idea for an Actual Play in the horror genre? Do you want to make that idea a reality? ...

Our Rainbow Scare Pilot Jam is OPEN for sign-ups!

This Pilot Jam, which runs through the end of October, invites Actual Play artists to create a pilot episode of an AP in the horror genre. We're also looking for panelists and mentors to serve as informational resources for those creating APs!

A bit belated, but thank you all so much for tuning in to our live reading of ✨Passions of the Godspine✨ last week!

The (incomprehensible, typo-ridden) journey of Luna Mali S'Aghan Shadowpath Tino Edealzny Raaja Karasu, Midnight, Shadow Oak, and Sword the Blade will continue on our Patreon... ! 🥰

A promotional graphic for Dicey Banter Season 2, featuring Dragon Reactor by Nevyn and Quinn, artwork from Dragon Reactor

🎲DICEY BANTER!🎲

This week on Dicey Banter, we'll be chatting with @diceynova.bsky.social and @200proofgames.bsky.social as we talk about all things Dragon Reactor!

Join us tonight as we chat about
ludo-narrative harmony, mech-violence and the power of choices amidst Doom

LIVE TONIGHT at 8pm EST

This is an amazing mutual aid raffle currently running until the end of August!

Prizes include art from our very own @seaplaysrpg.bsky.social AND a home game oneshot GM’d by @byconniechang.bsky.social… 👀

The image is a poster for a stream titled "Reunion of Threads" on the Apochromatic Unlimited channel. Against a dark space-themed background with distant stars and colorful nebulae, there are four circular portraits of individuals each surrounded by a bright radial design. At the top of the poster is the title in white, futuristic font. Below the title is the Twitch logo followed by ApochromaticUnlimited in smaller white text. The four portraits are equally spaced: On the left is Perry, a photograph of an individual in a patterned blue shirt standing in front of a colorful mural. To the right is Ran, depicted in a photograph with blue hair and a serene expression. Next is Shaunie, illustrated in a stylized cartoon drawing with large eyes and a colorful background. On the far right is Shauntelle, a photo of an individual with a friendly expression, having short curly hair and a natural outdoor background.

Set in the Expanse universe, 3 cousins from across the system accept a job that only those with their genetic makeup can complete.

Pax, Sway, and Ariadne twist a tale of intrigue that intertwines their lives with the UN, Protogen, and their understanding of the strength of their ancestral bond.
🔗👇🏾

Next month will be the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, which means I will be running my 5th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Postathon. I am on the lookout for 31 new Latine Creatives to highlight! Take a look at the form below and spread the word!

📄: forms.gle/g8oGEGHpygp7...

Zine Month 2025: TransQuest Paranormal body horror, cozy cat sims, and the realities of motherhood

In our continuing Zine Month coverage, @rowanzeoli.bsky.social curated a list of crowdfunding projects by trans game designers

The cover of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It features an illustration of a burning house on the right side against a black background. A brown-skinned hand holds up a polaroid of the same house, intact. Text to the left of the images reads, "The Home We Remember".

in partnership with @frivolousbear.com, The Home We Remember's Ashcan Edition releases Sept. 8!

THWR is an introspective lyric #TTRPG of magical realism. it's a game about imperfect memory, identity, and community.

check out the store page for more!

🏠 www.frivolousbearstudios.com/store/p/home...

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We talked about Dragon Reactor, the mythopoetic mech tragedy #ttrpg, with @valiantdorian.bsky.social on Dicey Banter- catch the interview on Twitch TONIGHT at 8PM ET!

www.twitch.tv/otsospiritbear

This was A BLAST!!!

Shoutout to @jwcartwright.bsky.social and @edwardspence.bsky.social for developing such a fun system!!

It was a treat to get to play with both of you, along with the incredible @danielleradford.bsky.social and the hilarious @cpytel.bsky.social!!!

transplanar merch is now 100% horse approved

Cover page of the game "8th Day of the Week" with no title text. The art has a person colored in red falling under a bed colored in white against a black background. A white light is silhouetting the head of the person

1. INTRODUCTION You don’t know how the legend came to your knowledge EIGHTH DAY OF THE WEEK is a game about escaping the grind, and staying awake for 7 days while enduring everyday life and a specter of sleep debt you leave behind, all to get a taste of unlocking the secret eighth day of the week. This is a game of long term sleep deprivation, complicated relationships with the self, fluctuating debt of the self, of sleep, to an entity that is too vindictive to be considered a force of karma. Content Warning section x This game deals with themes such as insomnia, degenerative mental and neurological states, psychosis, delusions, hallucinations, unreality, supernatural forces and the occult, death, capitalism, debt, punitive justice, stalking, drugs, self harm, and purgatory. 2.HOW TO PLAY SECTION This is a solo journaling ttrpg where you document your journey of sleep avoidance for 7 days in order to potentially unlock a secret eighth day of the week. You play the game by rolling for a prompt that will color the next 24 hours(?) of gameplay, and keep track of DEBT which is a negative currency you owe to the LENDER, and REROLLS for the day that they're assigned to. At the end of each day, there will be a mechanical change that you incorporate into your character's resources. You will be directed to either roll for a prompt in a table or pick a single prompt. Unless otherwise prompted, roll on the MUNDANE side for each consecutive day You will need: – a six sided die. – something to write with to journal the game. At the start of every day, before reading your prompt, write down how many DEBT you have. But before that...

The reveal 👁️‍🗨️:

8th DAY OF THE WEEK: my first game (not self) published and distributed by @plusoneexp.bsky.social

plusoneexp.com/collections/...

CWs in the alt text introduction page

A graphic for Transplanar RPG’s merch store. The graphic has a dark navy-purple background with white details and a photo of Connie in a blue Transplanar hoodie. Text reads “New Merch Launch. We’re celebrating our stories with euphoric, artist forward designs. www.transplanarrpg.shop. New storefront now open.”

If you’re attending conventions this season, don’t forget to support the online creators who aren’t able to make it in-person!

You can support us year round on Patreon *or* you can head over to our artist alley (transplanarrpg.shop) to pick up some delightful new threads from our merch store! 🌟

A graphic listing prizes with tickets under $50 for Andrew Souza's mutual aid raffle.

A graphic listing prizes with tickets $50 and over for Andrew Souza's mutual aid raffle.

📢 TTRPG MUTUAL AID RAFFLE 📢

@asouzagm.bsky.social & his family are being evicted. Let's help them prepare for the move!

Until Aug 24, donate to the GoFundMe & you can win amazing TTRPG prizes! Email proof of donation to lilith.twitch@gmail.com to enter.

✨ www.gofundme.com/f/keep-us-ho...

Streaming today @pantslesstables.bsky.social twitch!
With yours truly as GM and @lesbyearning.bsky.social as our Godkiller 💗 ALSO there’s a special cameo waiting for ya 👀
twitch.tv/pantslesstab...

🎨 - @aristarshower.bsky.social

1 more day. It’s happening!!!

We are in the final stretch!
I will close the forms tomorrow at 9am PDT (that's 12pm EDT, 5pm BST). So far 107 people have submitted a form and we have raised 3.5k! Thank you everyone for donating to Gaza Soup Kitchen!

A white banned says FEED GAZA in front of a digital drawing of red poppies with black and white details and green leaves in front of a blue sky with clouds

List of resources in the thread ❤️🖤🤍💚

a man with a choker around his neck stands in front of a sign that says " this is my becoming " Alt: A GIF of Sea on the set of Godkiller: Last Hope turning toward the camera and saying “This is my becoming.” White text of their words appears in the open space beside them.

It’s Transplanar Saturday… without the Transplanar. 😔 What are you rewatching today to keep you satiated during hiatus?

I got crossfaded last night so I forgot to release FAGGOT GAMES II: FAGGOT PHILOSOPHY, which I think is fitting.

This blog explores what, on a design level, makes a Faggot Game.

www.eclipse.gay/blog/faggot-games-ii-faggot-philosophy