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Balatro

@balatro.bsky.social

California based TTRPG designer. πŸ—ΊBattlemaps. πŸ“š the world of Crudilex. Author of Ida’s Guide to Worlds Beyond Our Own. Get my maps http://patreon.com/balatroart

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One of my older map from when I frist started. The idea was a dungeons-sized phased map. I should take another crack at the idea... but what theme...

05.03.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oldtown was, in its day, considered a whole city. But when the corps move in the small buildings might as well have been swallowed whole by the hundreds story tall mega-towers.

#sci-fi #ttrpg #cyberpunk

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28.02.2026 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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From this garbagio to this! :D

01.03.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oldtown was, in its day, considered a whole city. But when the corps move in the small buildings might as well have been swallowed whole by the hundreds story tall mega-towers.

#sci-fi #ttrpg #cyberpunk

patreon.com/balatroart

28.02.2026 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Superbloom rarely happens in the drylands after a season of rain. But when the local chronomancer and the Local Druid had a little- affair. Well. It came a little early this year.
#dnd #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons

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31.01.2026 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Never give up! Always keep trying! The world is worth living in and happiness is worth fighting for!

Even if you fail, stand back up!

七軒び八衷き

10.02.2026 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Raider’s Refuge, a collaboration dungeon map for an upcoming Encounter Book for #DrawSteel by MCDM.
#ttrpg #Battlemap

You can subscribe now and get this map by visiting: patreon.com/balatroart

21.02.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Which have one thing in common.

19.02.2026 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This and the siege of tu’narath gotta be some of the most complicated- craziest battle maps that exist.

Definitely that I’ve made.

19.02.2026 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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*Wacky Sax Plays*

19.02.2026 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Throwback to one of the craziest fucking maps I ever made. A 32 phased battlemap where two titans are fighting one- a sci-fi dieselpunk mech and the other a fantasy animated golem castle.

Will anyone play this as an encounter in there games- probably not. But sometimes you gotta make art for you.

19.02.2026 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Secrets in the Bayou, out there in the swamps there are a million places to hide and twice as many things best left unfound.

#dnd #callofcthulhu #ttrpg

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14.02.2026 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Phantom coachman never stops, his carriage rolls through the fog of purgatory to collect the spirits of the dead.

#daggerheart #dnd #ttrpg #gothichorror

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08.02.2026 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Coachman is my setting, Crudilex’s, grim reaper. I wanted to do a sort of gothic horror- carchase type encounter where the players are literally running from death.

Something with that frakenstine-ravenloft sort of stink!

08.02.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Phantom coachman never stops, his carriage rolls through the fog of purgatory to collect the spirits of the dead.

#daggerheart #dnd #ttrpg #gothichorror

patreon.com/balatroart

08.02.2026 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Superbloom rarely happens in the drylands after a season of rain. But when the local chronomancer and the Local Druid had a little- affair. Well. It came a little early this year.
#dnd #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons

patreon.com/balatroart

31.01.2026 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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War Rig Car Battle, Post apoc setting staple encounter of fighting a bunch of psychos jumping between vehicles in a desert.

#dnd #ttrpg #cyberpunk #postapocalyptic

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20.10.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Who wields this cutlass commands the ship of lost souls, This power over death is yours while you live but once your time comes your everafter belongs to the Phantom Airship, The Frigid Gale.

#dnd #airships #ttrpg

You can subscribe now and get this map by visiting: patreon.com/balatroart

20.07.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Gravemines, treating ancient graves and their magical artifacts within like mineral veins to be stripped and sold. Cold and pragmatic, desecrating the dead for a fast payday.

#dnd #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons #crudilex

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30.11.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish there was a filter somewhere that I could switch off to remove outrage content from my internet expirence.

30.01.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Windchime Market, traveling in a choir of ringing bells, the flotilla of ballooning nomads venture through the skies together selling their goods along the winds.

#dnd #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons #cyberpunk

You can subscribe now and get this map by visiting: patreon.com/balatroart

26.01.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Windchime Market, traveling in a choir of ringing bells, the flotilla of ballooning nomads venture through the skies together selling their goods along the winds.

#dnd #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons #cyberpunk

You can subscribe now and get this map by visiting: patreon.com/balatroart

26.01.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely love The Quiet Year. One of the best TTRPGs ever made. Hugely inspiring and influential in paving the way for the modern narritive style play movement.

If you've never played it I cant recommend it highly enough.

26.01.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stay safe!

22.01.2026 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
An illustration depicting a young boy sadly reading a book. The pages fly around him, forming the armor of a giant golden knight that serves as a protective shell. Arrows are stuck on the armor, while the knight stands on one knee, vigilantly holding a sword.

An illustration depicting a young boy sadly reading a book. The pages fly around him, forming the armor of a giant golden knight that serves as a protective shell. Arrows are stuck on the armor, while the knight stands on one knee, vigilantly holding a sword.

"An armor called fantasy."
Personal piece inspired by reflections about escapism. #art

21.01.2026 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1684    πŸ” 514    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 4
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The Rail Car: In the big city it's difficult to quickly cross the terrain and get through traffic and the rail car quickly bypasses it, But that means you never know who you’ll cross paths with on it.

#dnd #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons
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20.01.2026 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Documents that need editing hate to see me and my diet root beer coming.

16.01.2026 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Your color choices is what makes your art so wonderful and unique!

13.01.2026 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Steel Mill, The factory’s machines are predictable, always moving the same way. But combat is not. So keep your head down and don't get crushed.

You can subscribe now and get this map by visiting: patreon.com/balatroart

#dnd #ttrpg #dieselpunk

12.01.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is there a playerbase there for Indy devlopers to start building #daggerheart content?

I'm jumping into it soon and the system has me very excited about the oppertunity and vercitility for building on this system.

12.01.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0