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To be honest: Because it's my own game, and because it was basically like recording playtests, it has been especially stressful running Realis on Friends at the Table. But we've gotten to some incredible places, especially with this most recent set of eps.

Just $5 a month @ friendsatthetable.cash

We're back with a oneshot of Blades '68 by @olddog.games and @evilhat.bsky.social. Dropping this week, with a little teaser of what to expect from...

THE PINGUS AFFAIR.

As the TTRPG media sphere contracts, we're expanding -- Rascal is hiring a news writer!

We're running a short 2 week pledge drive, offering a 6 month, 25% discount, celebrating our Diana Jones Award... nomination... in order to support this new hire.

Great magazine, well worth supporting!!

There's a contact form on olddog.games, hit me up!

Wyrd Science 7! Back from the Dread Not going to sugarcoat this, we're here to talk - at length- about our new issue here...

Hey, hey, hey. We have very very big news. We finally have a new issue on sale right... NOW!

We hope it's not our last but that is up in the air so this really is a case where YOU ARE THE HERO

but also other very cool non WS stuff mentioned! so check it out...

YouTube video by Dicey Encounters The 6 BEST Player Practices Put To Paper

Hell yeah.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV2w...

Amazing, amazing one-shot of Blades '68. Don't miss it!

a poster that reads: HELP! an indie TTRPG game designer pay their rent SALE. below are the covers of the 12 games in sale. get 12 games for $15 dngn club

I wouldn't shilling so hard if it wasn't an emergency. Had some unexpected expenses this summer (which is the slower season for my household) and we are try to catch up. Please consider grabbing EVERY PAID GAME I HAVE for $15 bucks and/or sharing this around.

Thank you so much!

Damn, congratulations!

That's my secret, I'm always sweaty.

Thanks Jenna!

Hey cheers, that's nice to hear! Always excited for a new Paragon game, I look forward to seeing it.

Oh yeah, totally. It's just more fun to write in hyperbole. Maybe I should add an asterisk.

Agreed!

Hey cheers Gaz!

Thanks Paul!

Cheers morgue!!

Thanks Kelly!

Haha, thanks Matteo!

Very kind of you to say, thanks Adam!

Oh thanks Jack! 🙏

Cheers jex!

Haha, thanks Stefan. Just a bit of fun!

Thank you! And good spotting, fixed 🙏

A letter-sized handout titled "How to Play Hard and Have Fun in '68". The principles are: 1. Go in boots and all. The campaign will be shorter than you think. Make stuff happen now. Don’t wait, pull the trigger. 2. Dig the other characters. Dial in on the other player characters, pay attention to their narrative, and get your own character involved. Be their fan, or be their foil. 3. Make the GM sweat. Think of the game like a physics toy, and push the levers you have as hard as you can, just to see what happens. Rattle the cage, jump out the window, don’t look down. Move so fast the GM can’t keep up. 4. Sell the punches. Always choose the bigger reaction. Let your character be changed by the world and by the other characters. Let them be upset, emotional, irrational. 5. Fuck around and find out. If your character dies, they can come back as an echo. If they have to retire, you can always make a new character. The crew cannot be stopped. Act first and think later, make bad decisions, let the chips fall where they may. 6: Learn to stop worrying and love consequences. Most rolls are going to have consequences. Wouldn’t it be boring to succeed all the time? Embrace consequences, and create consequences, then roll them up in a giant ball of chaos and surf on top.

Blades '68: Player Principles handout.

A large stack of books piled atop one another: Blades in the Dark, Deathmatch Island, Fate Accessibility Toolkit, Fate Condensed, Girl by Moonlight, Improv for Gamers 2e, Monster of the Week, Monster of the Week: Codex of Worlds, Monster of the Week: Hunter's Journal, Monster of the Week: Slayer's Survival Kit, Stewpot: Tales From a Fantasy Tavern, and Thirsty Sword Lesbians. Caption: You're gonna need a bigger backpack. Find these games and more at Indie Press Revolution booth 449.

As always #gencon fans, you can find our games along with a host of other great small press offerings at @ipr.bsky.social - booth 449.
Pick up a new game or five.

Office reception area with a circular desk clad in blue and woodgrain Formica. The walls are woodgrain, with a panel of green and blue on white polka dots. The carpet and doors are green, and a trio of globe lamps hang over the reception desk. "NEW! Citation Series of laminated plastic. A smartly coordinated line of solid colors, woodgrains and Special Designs. V.I.P. vertical interior paneling. A beautiful new product with Formicas laminated plastic pre-veneered to rigid Formica Supercores flakeboard. Simple spline-joint installation over open studding. Doors clad with Formicas laminated plastic. Under special agreement with quality door manufacturers the country over, doors to Formica approved specifications are delivered to the job site prepared for hardware, ready to hang."

Office Concept by Formica (1963)

An instagram promo post for the Glass Cannon playing Blades '68, 8/2/25, 12pn ET. Youtube Premiere. Ross Bryant, Mary Lou, Joe O'Brien, Jared Logan. Youtube.com/theglasscannon

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www.instagram.com/p/DMs3-u7sEhT/

An announcement graphic for Streets of Jade: the Green Bone Saga RPG, by James Mendez Hodes and Fonda Lee, published by Evil Hat Productions. In this illustration by Hannah Elizabeth, an East Asian man with a rakish expression and an asymmetrical haircut, wearing a white V-neck t-shirt under a black blazer, sits in front of a hard-eyed East Asian woman with shoulder-length straight hair, wearing a black pantsuit over a green blouse, standing with her arms folded. Both wear extensive piercings, jewelry, and other adornments made of green jade. They’re in a dark room in front of a large circular window looking out on a twentieth-century city at night. A banner at the bottom encourages you to “sign up to playtest now!”

Sharp blades. Sharp suits. A sacred stone granting mythic martial prowess. @fondalee.bsky.social, @evilhat.bsky.social, and I offer you a clean blade.

Wǔxiá action meets gangster warfare in STREETS OF JADE: the Green Bone Saga RPG. Swear fealty to the clan & join the playtest! evilh.at/soj-playtest