Derek Sword (he/him) ⚔️

Monster Crush will be out late this week. It’s a busy week as our daddy channel @swordandkey.bsky.social is working hard to prep for a charity month (you should check it out!)

We appreciate your patience! We’ll have the new ep out in time for you to use it to ignore your family at thanksgiving!

Promotional image of this week’s streams on Sword & Key. Text says : This week on twitch.tv/sword_and_key. All times Pacific Sword & Key. On the left are the stream names, and to the right are the days and times. From top to bottom: Summer in Carcosa a Monster Hearts 2 Game. Gate Night Tuesday 7pm. Vaesen What Should Never Be Found Sunday 10AM.

We're gearing up for a packed December, so this week is a little quieter - Summer in Carcosa continues on today, tomorrow is the next installment of Gate Night, and our Season Introduction for Vaesen begins on Sunday. More details below!

Promotional Image of a Monsterhearts 2 game called Summer in Carcosa. The background is brown with wood grain accents. In bright yellow text at the top it says Summer in Carcosa a Monsterhearts 2 game with a yellow and black logo of a cthulu in a baseball cap. In the middle are photos of the cast. From left to right they are: Lady Dame, Maia, Angela, Monroe, and Ventris. Above each player photo is a headshot of character art of each PC. At the bottom it says Mondays at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern on twitch.tv/sword_and_key with the Sword & Key logo. There is a credit for the artist that drew the character art that says art by IG: amayaisokay. The game is raising money for Trans Lifeline.

Despite their best efforts, the group has been unable to prevent a new crisis from emerging. They now face the threat of a new camp full of potential thralls to the King's will.

Join our counselors at 11am PT for Field Trip #8 of Summer in Carcosa: Of Love's True Folly!

A birthday post for Sword & Key is celebrate Kaila. It has a sparkly background of pink and purple. The left text reads “happy birthday Kaila” in pink and purple neon. Above that is the Sword & Key logo. The right has an image of Kaila with a neon pink halo around the image. Beneath is Kaila’s socials

Sword & Key wants to wish an impossibly happy birthday to @kayemcea.bsky.social !
For one of the most creative, caring, compassionate souls we have ever had the honor to call friend, we can only say thank you for all you do and all you are. Happy Birthday, you deserve it.

Nightmares on the Frontier is back in the saddle NOW (2pm PT / 5pm ET)!

Events of a personal, professional, and even existential nature are piling up for the Ten Cent Legion.
Will a train heist get them back on track? Or, will it derail them completely?

Live on twitch.tv/sword_and_key

Nightmares on the Frontier is back TODAY at 2pm PT / 5pm ET!

Things have felt weird for the Ten Cent Legion lately. Maybe we can blame the moon? Especially for lycanthropes, it can be a rough "time of the month".

Live on twitch.tv/sword_and_key

Horizon's Call is back NOW (3pm PT / 6pm ET)

The Shadowfell of Domaris is a strange place of dark tides and spirits cast adrift from their mortal bindings. On these obsidian seas many things once lost can be returned in the surf, back to haunt us once again...

Live on twitch.tv/sword_and_key

Horizon's Call sets sail again TODAY at 3pm PT / 6pm ET!

The crew find themselves marooned in the Shadowfell so it helps to have friendly faces around... even if those friendly faces are from companions who have long-since died...

Live on twitch.tv/sword_and_key

Gate Night is back to FAFO in the Forgotten Realms with BG3 NOW (7pm PT / 10pm PT)!
@shadowsilvia.bsky.social , @theladydame.bsky.social , and @dsword.bsky.social as they try to find Volo in Act 3 of BG3 (mostly so they can sell stuff)!

Live on twitch.tv/sword_and_key

Promotional Image of a Monsterhearts 2 game called Summer in Carcosa. The background is brown with wood grain accents. In bright yellow text at the top it says Summer in Carcosa a Monsterhearts 2 game with a yellow and black logo of a cthulu in a baseball cap. In the middle are photos of the cast. From left to right they are: Lady Dame, Maia, Angela, Monroe, and Ventris. Above each player photo is a headshot of character art of each PC. At the bottom it says Mondays at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern on twitch.tv/sword_and_key with the Sword & Key logo. There is a credit for the artist that drew the character art that says art by IG: amayaisokay. The game is raising money for Trans Lifeline.

Having discovered more than just some buried secrets, the counselors now search for a way to stop the King in Yellow.

Today at 11am PT, join us for Field Trip #7 of Summer in Carcosa: Awaken the Horror!

Paragons Since the dawn of time, there have been people with unique abilities. We call them paragons. Their powers have shaped the course of history and changed our understanding of what it means to be human. ...

Today is my birthday. You can help me celebrate by buying a copy of my superhero TTRPG!

Or come get a signed copy from me at PAXU at booth 4036.
brokendoor.shop/pages/paragons

A promotional image for a game called Nightmares on the Frontier, a Forged in the Dark Game. The background is a foggy moody red with the silhouette of a horse and cowboy. The text says Nightmares on the Frontier, Sundays at 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern on twitch.tv/sword_and_key. On the top right is a headshot of the GM, Val (valdrianth on bluesky) At the bottom is the character art for the cast. From left to right we have: Ammon, a middle-aged black man with glasses and full beard and mustache played by Arc (arcdragnbreth). Tressa, a short red hair and green eyed individual with patchwork skin played by Lynn (gremlynnart). Calamity Cain, a middle aged white man with brown hair, full beard/mustache, pointed ears, scars, and fangs, played by Derek (dsword16). Cipher, an individual with a white bob haircut, green eyes, and a serious expression played by Gilly (ohlookitsgilly). And Roisin, a fashionable violet-haired black woman with dreads and gold jewelry, played by Janie (janiepotts).

Nightmares on the Frontier is back now (2pm PT / 5pm ET)!

The Ten Cent Legion have spent their downtime experiencing a variety of excesses, vices, and a little personal growth. But in the city of Blackstone, there’s no rest for the wicked!

Live on twitch.tv/sword_and_key

With downtime over, the Ten Cent Legion need a new score. They have the clues, but which way do they follow?

Join them in an hour, at 2PM Pacific/5PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/sword_and_key

Promotional image of this week’s streams on Sword & Key. Text says : This week on twitch.tv/sword_and_key. All times Pacific Sword & Key. On the left are the stream names, and to the right are the days and times. From top to bottom: Summer in Carcosa a Monsterhearts 2 Game Monday at 11am Gate Night Tuesday at 7pm Horizon's Call Saturday at 3pm HOPEmas Application Closes Saturday at 9pm Nightmares on the Frontier a Forged in the Dark Game Sunday at 2pm

Good morning everyone!! Your treasured tech goblin of Sword & Key central is here to announce this weeks schedule! 💜

The S&K HOPEmas charity campaign GAMES LIST (PART 1):

Star Wars FFG (3 eps) - GM:
@gmdax.bsky.social

Genesys: Mass Effect Module (3 eps) - GM: @thornydryad.bsky.social

Shadowlight & Personae (2 eps) - GM: @tezrak.bsky.social

Grandma Club (1 ep) - GM: @archmageofdice.bsky.social

The S&K HOPEmas charity campaign GAMES LIST (PART 2):

Root TTRPG (2 eps) - GM: @bakerttrpgs.bsky.social

Teatime Adventures (1 ep) - GM: @theladydame.bsky.social

Under the Floorboards (1 ep) - GM: @dsword.bsky.social

Don’t wait to apply, this application closes in less than a week!

Tis the season for a SWORD & KEY CASTING CALL!

We have SEVEN games throughout December, all in support of @projecthopeorg.bsky.social Project HOPEmas!

The form closes in 1 week - don't wait, apply to play today!
forms.gle/4gc6JWVDmUrF...

#castingcall #ttrpg #ttrpgcastingcall #ttrpgcommunity

I’ll be running a game of Under the Floorboards! I hope to see your name on the application!

Horizon's Call sets sail again NOW (3pm PT / 6pm ET)!

The crew find themselves in a time loop of undeath and necromancy but they now hold the keys (literally) to putting this mystery and the ghostly crew of this sunken ship to rest! Will they? Let's find out!

Live on twitch.tv/sword_and_key

Horizon's Call is back today at 3pm PT / 6pm ET!

The crew find themselves stuck in a necromantic timeloop! But there's even worse things in this undead sea... Please enjoy the faces of the crew when they hear the phrase "psychic leech"

Live on twitch.tv/sword_and_key

Thirsty Sword Lesbians @Valdrianth System : Thirsty Sword Lesbians Storyteller: Jess (#omega362 Discord) (She/Her) Session 0 / Preproduction Meeting : November 24th Start Date: December 8th (tentative) Weekly: Mondays 3pm Pacific / 6p...

#ActualPlay #casting time! Hey y'all. I'm producing a 10 episode Actual Play of Thirsty Sword Lesbians, over on my Twitch channel.

my good friend Omega362 on discord will be the ST! Feel free to put your name in the hats if you're interested in playing.

forms.gle/uZHYEFSjiVPZ...

Hey, if you're using this discount code (and you totally should), do yourself a f(l)avor and pick up some Sword & Tea! All bias aside, it's really good!
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Your collar is tight. Its leash is short. But strength remains in the pack. Come, pull with us.

Zenith 3000 returns tonight at 7pm ET/4pm PT!

GATE NIGHT IS LIVE NOW (7pm PT / 10pm ET)

Join @shadowsilvia.bsky.social , @theladydame.bsky.social , @dsword.bsky.social as they continue their accidental bank heist in BG3!

twitch.tv/sword_and_key

Promotional Image of a Monsterhearts 2 game called Summer in Carcosa. The background is brown with wood grain accents. In bright yellow text at the top it says Summer in Carcosa a Monsterhearts 2 game with a yellow and black logo of a cthulu in a baseball cap. In the middle are photos of the cast. From left to right they are: Lady Dame, Maia, Angela, Monroe, and Ventris. Above each player photo is a headshot of character art of each PC. At the bottom it says Mondays at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern on twitch.tv/sword_and_key with the Sword & Key logo. There is a credit for the artist that drew the character art that says art by IG: amayaisokay. The game is raising money for Trans Lifeline.

Desire is in full swing among our counselors and feelings of all kinds are growing. Maybe our counselors are ready for things to escalate to the next level.

Join us at 11am PT for Field Trip #6 of our Monsterhearts 2 campaign, Summer in Carcosa: With Lustful Intent

Sword & Tea This is one of our Indie TeaTRPG Collab blends. Check out all of our CommuniTea Collabs here! You rolled a nat 20 on your deliciousness check today, my friend! Set a course for adventure with this fue...

A NEW COLLABORATOR JOINS THE RANKS!

Welcome #TTRPG Network dynamos @swordandkey.bsky.social! Happy to have you in our CommuniTea Collab lineup!

We've been working on this tea with the Sword & Key team for a long time, and today's the day! We finally get to share!

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We have an official Sword & Tea!

This blend is perfect for cozy ttrpg talks, high stakes nautical adventures, and everything in-between!

A massive thank you to Friday for being so amazing and working so hard to create this incredible tea!

Promotional image of this week’s streams on Sword & Key. Text says : This week on twitch.tv/sword_and_key. All times Pacific Sword & Key. On the left are the stream names, and to the right are the days and times. Summer in Carcosa a Monsterhearts 2 Game Monday at 11am Gate Night Tuesday at 7pm Zenith 3000 Thursday at 4pm Horizon's Call Saturday at 3pm Nightmares on the Frontier a Forged in the Dark Game Sunday at 10am

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This week on Sword & Key!

Horizon's Call sets sail again now (3pm PT / 6pm ET)!

Our crew have made it aboard a sunken (definitely haunted) pirate ship in search of a powerful artifact. But when these ghosts sail beyond the veil of death, will our crew be able to follow?

Live on twitch.tv/sword_and_key

Horizon's Call returns TODAY at 3pm PT / 6pm ET on twitch.tv/sword_and_key

As our crew explore a sunken ship in a sea of necromancy, sometimes the GM's freudian slips hit too hard...

*This is Derek writing this and I swear I originally said "dive" but the audio doesn't lie