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The cover of Dwelling, a solo game for ghosts by seb pines. The title appears in all-caps, scratchy, horror-inspired script above an image of an upstairs window of a house. It is night. There are raised, UV glossy ghost shapes seeping out of the window and over the roof

Restocked this month: haunted house gamebook Dwelling from @smolghost.bsky.social and @goodluckpress.co
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A dark, introspective solo RPG, beautifully laid out in midnight color with graphic novel-style illustrations. Wander your newly-inherited home, encountering spirits and reflecting on your fears

MASKED EVENT: Mask Chain Making Workshop Learn to make your own mask chain with local maker Orbwitch! Chain, charms, and findings all provided. Studio in the Junction.

Wanna make your mask cuter? Punk-er? Worthy of compliments from strangers who might otherwise question why you're wearing one in the first place?

I'm running a workshop on making mask chains in Toronto on October 20th!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/masked-eve...

Canadians! Some action you can take is signing petitions actually going before the Canadian House of Commons.

Here's a petition aimed at closing the arms export loophole:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Petition for immigration reform for Gaza refugees:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

the Kickstarter for Full Send is running out of time and my stretch goal is the next in sight! let's make some subterranean action happen! 🧗‍♀️

Poster for Mutual Aid Market featuring a sunbird on an olive branch. Saturday, September 20th, 12-4pm, the tranzac main hall, 292 Brunswick Ave. Please wear a mask.

Jupiter modelling a glasses chain with red and black beads.

Mutlicolour beads on a gold chain shown on a green flatfront mask.

Hey Toronto,

Come shop at the Mutual Aid Market on Saturday! I'll be there with my mask chains and a few glasses chains/earrings/etc. A percentage of my sales goes directly to families in need.

Hey Canadian friends, let's sign this petition!! It takes less than 2 minutes and is an official thing you can do 💪

For context, Canada's C-2 bill paves the way for the US gov't to access Canada's private civilian data based on "security of the border", and "other security measures". It's bad!

A leafy background with text on top that says: "Solotember Sale: 10% off select solo games all September!"

it's time for the SOLOTEMBER SALE! for the rest of September, take 10% solo games at goodluckpress.co.

The cover of In Ruins, a dungeon building game by M. Allen Hall. Whimsical and colorful, like a book illustration or a graphic novel. A skeleton holding a mace swings down on a chain into a banquet hall. A red demon with a spear looks alarmed by this, while a glowing orange goo creature waves its tentacles in the background.

The cover of Auspex by Seb Pines. Gold image on a dark blue background. An art nouveau-style illustration of a robed figure (the seer) looking out into the distance.

Rather channel the hits? Try something classic, like
🏰In Ruins - @mallenhall.com, a solo+ dungeon crawl beginning in a new castle, continuing as the castle weathers and crumbles, and ending as a skirmish for power
🧙🏽Auspex - @smolghost.bsky.social, tarot-reading practice at end of the world

Full Send: A Tarot-Powered Mountaineering RPG A tarot-powered, trick-taking tabletop RPG where you'll ascend some of the world's legendary peaks, and risk everything in the process.

We cleared £5000 on the crowdfunder this morning, which means we're gonna hit our first stretch goal soon.

When i declare a wish, I conjure it into existence

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lau...

It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.

The cover of In Ruins, a dungeon building game by M. Allen Hall. Whimsical and colorful, like a book illustration or a graphic novel. A skeleton holding a mace swings down on a chain into a banquet hall. A red demon with a spear looks alarmed by this, while a glowing orange goo creature waves its tentacles in the background.

The cover of Auspex by Seb Pines. Gold image on a dark blue background. An art nouveau-style illustration of a robed figure (the seer) looking out into the distance.

Solo games of every flavor arrive FRIDAY. Classic, like...
🏰In Ruins - @mallenhall.com, a solo+ dungeon crawl beginning in a new castle, continuing as the castle weathers and crumbles, and ending as a skirmish for power
🧙🏽Auspex - @smolghost.bsky.social, tarot-reading practice at end of the world

The cover of I would love it if you noticed, a solo mindfulness game. A simple, bright red background with black stained glass-inspired accents.

The cover of Hidden in the Margins, an anthology of epistolary and marginalia games by Pines and Jobst. In the center, an elaborate, black ink illustration of a person at a desk (writing), framed by flowers and wild plants

The cover of Endling, a journaling game by M. Allen Hall. Minimalist in black, red, and white. The title is all caps, san serif, bold red letters. Three tarot cards appear in the center: the three of swords (three swords crossing into a human heart), the one of cups (an upside-down goblet, but the bowl of the cup is a skull), and the seven of pentacles (a bouquet of seven sunflowers)

The cover of Fetch my Blade, a solo journaling roleplaying game by Kelly Tran and Ethan Yen. The title is in white with tiny sword accents. Small dog silhouettes are running atop the swords. The background is red with canine shadows - one shadow is a dog holding a sword in its mouth

Arriving FRI - introspective games like
👁️I would love it if you noticed - @goosepoopgames.com, daily noticing practice
📖Hidden in the Margins - @goodluckpress.co, 10 solo+ lyric games
👣Endling - @mallenhall.com, the last human's final journey
🐕Fetch My Blade - @glyphtide.games, a literal fetch quest

pixel art shows the numerals 1 through 80 over a background of genderfluid pride flag colors. each number is on a section of a ribbon shape creating a woven appearance, with rainbow and transgender pride flag colors and various textures.

4️⃣2️⃣ You have 42 hours left to buy Queer Games Bundle 2025. Get over 600 radical, heartfelt games and projects for $60 (or $10+), less than the price of one AAA game. This morning, we've passed $80,000 for queer artists.

itch.io/b/3062

Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

#nsfw #censorship #canpoli

@acvalens.net

Full Send: A Tarot-Powered Mountaineering RPG A tarot-powered, trick-taking tabletop RPG where you'll ascend some of the world's legendary peaks, and risk everything in the process.

Let's get dangerous above and below the earth!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lau...

I'm so excited to be a stretch goal for this game! I'm crawling out of my cave and into another one!

coming out of my CAVE
and i've been doing just SLIME

Aaaaaand suspended again. So cool how a trans woman who needs to advertise her art to make a living keeps getting booted from bsky for... being too mean about her political oppressors?

shoutout to @sebastianyue.bsky.social and @smolghost.bsky.social for writing games that directly inspired this one!

y'all should check out both!!!

❌ CROSSROADS: sebastianyue.itch.io/crossroads

🪞 Portrait in a Room of Mirrors: smolghost.itch.io

A screenshot from the text version of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It features Appendix IV: Inspiration. It reads, "TTRPGs: Thousand-Year-Old-Vampire, CROSSROADS, Portrait in a Room of Mirrors. TV: Westworld (Season 1), She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Season 4, Episode 9). Video Games: Life is Strange. Movies: Interstellar, Arrival. Books & Graphic Novels: Beloved, Maus, In the Shadow of No Towers. Theatre: The Clean House."

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

it's inspired by various art & media, including:

🩸 Thousand-Year-Old Vampire
🤖 Westworld (S1)
🌀 Life is Strange
🚀 Interstellar
💘 Beloved
🏠 The Clean House

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

a beautiful book!! ✨

pixel art shows the numerals 1 through 43 over a background of various pride flag colors. each number is on a section of a blobby, rainbow dotted worm shape that intersects in random ways.

🌻We've passed $43,000 for queer artists on a sunny Sunday. Get over 600 games and projects for $60 (or $10+) and help these artists survive:

itch.io/b/3062

Gretchen got suspended, so we have to extra spread the word about Black Flame's release. I had the chance to read it a few months back and it's such a brutal hard look at cultural trauma, assimilation, self hatred, revenge, and the messiness of history. It will knock your socks off

Table of contents for the game OMEN. Grey and red stripes decorate the page with the titles for each section.

A 3D render of a spread from wolves at the lake. There's a zine and 2 red die on dark wooden planks.

A spread from a feast for a sphinx. It depicts a centipede person holding an obsidian spearhead, along with the descriptions of said weapon and the rooms 7 and 8. The colors red and gold adorn the white page.

A spread from the goblin mail extras zine. Showing two characters, a mail goblin and a robot made out of mail. The art is black and white and features halftone pictures of stamps.

Hey gamers, Luna here. I'm a graphic designer for ttrpgs, you can hire me to make your zines cooler, or to kill your enemies with my mind. Unless they deal poison damage, then I'm out. Anyways, you want this. Yes?

nope, there shouldn't be any issues!

ah wonderful!! oh what a great birthday gift!! I have a feeling Underneath will be very much your jam so wanted to ensure you got a copy!

thank you for picking up so many of my games!! were you able to swing back to the Good Luck booth and get a reviewer copy of Underneath? cause if not I'd love to send you one!!

A game called Necromancer Heretic, in a plastic tote

A game called 9 Lives to Valhalla, in a plastic tote

A game called The Librarian's Apprentice, in a plastic tote. Another tote underneath it contains a have called Moon Rings.

A game called Dwelling, in a plastic tote. Another tote underneath it contains a game called Dialect.

A few close ups of the game kits in plastic totes. These kits include dice, coins, cards, character standees, etc., as required for Play by each game. Games by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social @gemroomgames.bsky.social @almostbedtime.bsky.social @smolghost.bsky.social

A bookshelf in an academic library. The top four shelves are filled with TTRPGs. The bottom shelf is empty

The top two shelves of a bookshelf, filled with TTRPGs. The top shelf contains several books. The second shelf holds small plastic totes that contain player kits for small, indie TTRPGs.

The bottom half of a bookshelf. The top pictured shelf contains player kits that hold tools that work across s wide array of games: a dice set, a coin, a character standee. The middle shelf contains TTRPGS that come in boxes and a couple plastic totes with player kits.

The new TTRPG collection is on the shelves at Oesterle Library! I just put in another order with @ipr.bsky.social on Friday using their library support program, so we'll add to this soon. 💙 We're also starting a new gaming club on campus to support the collection! #GamingInLibraries #PlayIsAValidEnd

The race is on for people to find Oliver Carn! The first three people to complete the #ARG will get a super special prize!

The ARG is designed to be very friendly for people new to ARGs taking you throughout spreadsheets and email addresses to find our mysterious ghost hunter