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Sometimes ways for the chat to "help" the GM make the boss fights harder go down well. Incentives that are secret to the players, like "If we reach the next $1000, the boss gains a new ability" kinda thing

Depending on the system/game, ways for players to level up faster are often a hit too

graphic that says: are you a trans person of color doing rad organizing, art, or community work? we want to give you $1000! applications for the gender reveal podcast's 2025 grant program are open now thru October 31. apply and learn more at genderpodcast.com/grant.

The 11th(!) Gender Reveal grant cycle is now open for applications. We're particularly interested in TPOC-led collectives engaged in ongoing community work.

Apply 💫 genderpodcast.com/grant 💫

If you'd like to help fund one of our no-strings-attached grants, visit genderpodcast.com/donate, tysm!

18 NZ Teams heading to PAX AUS 2025 New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) will support our NZ developers, with some teams showcasing their games for the very first time at PAX AUS 2024!

18 NZ indie game teams are making their way to PAX AUS 2025 thanks to @nz-code.nz.

Featuring swashbuckling roguelikes, eldritch-inspired adventures and pinball RPGS. Let's take at this years teams! 🥝👀🥳

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Kickstarter United is on strike! We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform swipe for ways to show your solidarity

Why We're Striking A codified 4-day work week. We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work. Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers. We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet.

Creators Show your solidarity by: Continue using the platform like normal When something breaks, complain loudly that it is management's fault for causing the strike Include our logo and strike info on your project Send a letter to KSR leadership urging them to meet our demands & end the strike bit.ly/KSRUletter

Community Allies Show your solidarity by: Support your favorite creators on the platform like normal Send a letter to KSR leadership urging them to meet our demands & end the strike: Creators Show your solidarity by: Continue using the platform like normal When something breaks, complain loudly that it is management's fault for causing the strike Include our logo and strike info on your project Send a letter to KSR leadership urging them to meet our demands & end the strike bit.ly/KSRUletter Donate to our solidarity fund: bit.ly/KSRUdonate Attend a rally or picket either in-person near you (NYC and Seattle) or virtual

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️

As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

18 of NZ's Best New Indie Games Coming to PAX AUS For the fourth year running, CODE brings together some of Aotearoa New Zealand's latest indie games to showcase at PAX Australia 2025.

We're back and bringing sweet Kiwi games to the expo show floor at PAX AUS! 🕹️🎮🥝

www.nz-code.nz/post/18-nz-m...

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

To all freelance peers who are struggling to make ends meet this year: it's not you. It's been getting tougher and tougher to get any gigs and many private clients struggle to pay their own bills.
Whatever it takes for us to get through this, please don't doubt your skills and value as a creative ❤️

A decade on already?!

Tune back in for a splendid Monster of the Week reunion episode! 🎉

I don’t really ever have useful creative advice. It’s always gonna be like, “Make stuff up, see what happens, pick the parts you like, then put them next to each other in different configurations until they make your brain tingly.”

I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators.

Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!

🎉BIPOC Artists in TTRPGs Starter Pack!🎉

This time we're highlighting POC artists who showcase TTRPG related artworks covering a many areas: characters, creatures/monsters, items, maps & more!

Share around + tag artists not already listed💜 Feel free to share your work below!

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Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Logitech Adaptive Esports A collaboration between Logitech G, AbleGamers, Adaptive Action Esports, and Mount Sinai creating tournaments and a community for gamers with disablilties.

I'm excited! AET - Adaptive Esports is back next month with another tournament weekend featuring Rocket League! If you are a disabled gamer, apply for tournament membership and compete for $7,500+ in total prizes!

Learn more and apply today at aet.gg #ad

If Patreon asks you to fill out a survey about AI, please do it. Let them know exactly how you feel about it, and whether or not you’d continue to work with a site that heavily utilized it.

STOP BEING AFRAID OF BEING CRINGE AND START BEING AFRAID OF BEING BORING!!!!

EXPRESS YOURSELF OR YOU'LL DIE

If you haven't given feedback yet, please do. The window is small. The terms on adult content are vague enough to put so many artists at risk of arbitrary interpretation. They conflate fictional situations with real-life abuse. Ask them to revise and clarify.

Oh my gosh, my absolute delight to weave this weird tale with all of y'all 😊💜

I'm several months late but my quarterly Big Movie Opinion is Mickeys 17 and 18 should have kissed a little

We're live for Part Two of the MotW finale!!

Will Rowbitt get to stay weird?? Tune in to find out!

And we're live! Come join us for wild twoshot mystery, starting RIGHT NOW!!

Hey, #ttrpg and #writer folks! My games are still on sale and I’ve published my first short story! All funds are going towards my top surgery in September as well as necessities. So please consider checking out my work to support a trans creative in the space 💖

monroeroe.itch.io

Attention #TTRPG community: If you found an indie game or supplement you like, take a moment to tell the creator on social media. Unlike big companies, indie devs WILL notice and often greatly appreciate you taking the time to reach out. Sometimes it's the only way we know anyone likes our stuff!

Here we go, team!
Time to show how deeeeefinitely good I am at planning Monster of the Week! 😅

More awesome KiwiRPG content for you lovely folks!! 😊💜

(Reeeally gonna out how little I follow the rules as written...)

We're back for a whole new mystery this KiwiRPG Week!!
So excited for a whole new style of story for 2025 😈

Day-to-day, low-lift individual actions with a BIG impact on yourself and your neighbors:
✨ Wearing a respirator in public
✨ Using alt text
✨ NOT using gen AI or chat bots
✨ Reposting projects and crowdfunds by trans people of color

See also:
✨ Staying up to date on vaccines
✨ Giving to mutual aid

The promo image for TTRPGs for Trans Rights Ohio with the logos of the two recipient organizations.

Submissions are open through March 3rd for #TransRightsBundle2025! This year's bundle benefits Trans Ohio and the Kaleidoscope Youth Center! Submit your games here: itch.io/jam/ttrpgs-f...

Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later

Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

Are you undercharging for your work?
✏️Here are 5 signs it’s time to raise your rates.

Scroll to see the key signs you’re undercharging and what you can do about it. #arttips

Even if you do not create/consume/like NSFW media you must speak up for SWs and NSFW creators b/c the criminalizing and banning of it is just another step towards fascism. It will be used to target minority groups, LGBT, etc. and anything deemed "unsanitary" or "degenerate".