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Shu Qing Tan

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ENNIE award-winning TTRPG designer/writer | Lead Dev, @dndbeyond.com Legends of Greyhawk - Mystery Region and DDAL Dreams of the Red Wizards: Kindred Spirits @baldmangames.bsky.social | Portfolio: https://the-i-of-qing.carrd.co/

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throwing a line out there, in case any of you are feeling a little generous. My birthday is on the 13th and I would feel much relief being able to pay these debts off.

06.10.2025 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ep. 173: Monster Behavior with Keith Ammann โ€” Writing About Dragons and Shit This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Keith Ammann! Together they talk about how monsters could behave and what narrative you can tell in D&D with combat.Join our ...

Absolutely delighted to talk about MAKING ENEMIES and other topics with @thetreavor.bsky.social, @erinmevans.bsky.social and @bdavewalters.bsky.social on Writing About Dragons and Sh*t, out today. #TTRPG

10.10.2025 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Buy goobernuts a Coffee Become a supporter of goobernuts today!

I put up a goal on my ko-fi because I want to help my parents pay for my matriculation fees.

My mom lost her full-time job so my dad has taken on most of our expenses.

Any amount will help immensely! If you can't give anything, even sharing this around will help, too.

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05.10.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Headshots of Twelve Realms writers Rue Dickey, VJ Harris, ERF Jordan, LegalKimchi, Saga Mackenzie, Jessica Marcrum, Gwen Marshall, Collette Quach, Friday Strout, Shu Qing Tan, Sebastian Yue, and Basil Wright

Headshots of Twelve Realms writers Rue Dickey, VJ Harris, ERF Jordan, LegalKimchi, Saga Mackenzie, Jessica Marcrum, Gwen Marshall, Collette Quach, Friday Strout, Shu Qing Tan, Sebastian Yue, and Basil Wright

I'd be lucky to have just one of these talented folks on the Twelve Realms team, but having all 12 is a dream come true!

TT: www.tiktok.com/@adammakestt...

YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyxl...

Follow the KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gno...

#ttrpg #fantasy #TwelveRealms #TwelveRealmsRPG

08.10.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

For friends outside the ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ who want to help out victims of the earthquake here in Cebu, please send aid to:

PayNow (for SINGAPORE ONLY) via the QR [DM if you need the number]
Wise via @tracyt162

The aftershocks have not stopped over here but the outpour of aid has not stopped either. โฃ

02.10.2025 07:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 95    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Join The Crooked Moon: Folk Horror in 5E - Discord / D&D Beyond / D&D Beyond Maps - Dungeons & Dragons 5e | StartPlaying Games "Somewhere, lost in the shrouded realms of death, lies a land of endless night where long-forgotten horrors are revealed to those who travel through the mist. There, in a crooked house lives a Crooke...

Interested in playing Crooked Moon (5E folk horror)? I have two seats left @startplaying.bsky.social in a biweekly game that starts on October 24: startplaying.games/adventure/cm...

29.09.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A hardbound copy of Making Enemies rests on a wooden dining table. On the cover, a huge, pearlescent arthropod bursts out of a subterranean crevice and drives one of its large barbed claws through a dwarf fighter's abdomen, while another dwarf cowers in fear. The book is surrounded by blue and red polyhedral dice.

A hardbound copy of Making Enemies rests on a wooden dining table. On the cover, a huge, pearlescent arthropod bursts out of a subterranean crevice and drives one of its large barbed claws through a dwarf fighter's abdomen, while another dwarf cowers in fear. The book is surrounded by blue and red polyhedral dice.

A wickedly grinning jack-o-lantern, larger than a man, running around on spider legs. You can tell it's larger than a man, because it's grabbed one with a viny tendril and is stuffing him inside itself, having lifted its own lid with another tendril.

A wickedly grinning jack-o-lantern, larger than a man, running around on spider legs. You can tell it's larger than a man, because it's grabbed one with a viny tendril and is stuffing him inside itself, having lifted its own lid with another tendril.

A carriage with darkened windows, speeding through a ghostly mist. Its headlamps are eyelike and glowering, and there's an incriminating bloodstain on the front of it, right where it might impact a person's head.

A carriage with darkened windows, speeding through a ghostly mist. Its headlamps are eyelike and glowering, and there's an incriminating bloodstain on the front of it, right where it might impact a person's head.

Some horrible, shapeless thing that looks sort of like a gargantuan nudibranch, plowing through everything in its path, including entire trees. It's such a juggernaut, it's even breaking the frame.

Some horrible, shapeless thing that looks sort of like a gargantuan nudibranch, plowing through everything in its path, including entire trees. It's such a juggernaut, it's even breaking the frame.

IT'S ALMOST HERE! Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for TTRPGs includes not only a treasury of ideas for creating your own homegrown abominations but also TWENTY original monsters, illustrated by @jencmars.bsky.social.

Preorder now at spyandowl.com/making... to get your copy on Oct. 7!

29.09.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
The covers for Draw Steel, Acquisitions Incorporated, Forge of Foes, Daggerhearts, Shadowdark, 13th Age, and two Ghostfire Gaming adventures are all visible, with the title of the video superimposed.

The covers for Draw Steel, Acquisitions Incorporated, Forge of Foes, Daggerhearts, Shadowdark, 13th Age, and two Ghostfire Gaming adventures are all visible, with the title of the video superimposed.

How an RPG Book is Made!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g8n...

Scott Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social and I walk through how to make an RPG book! We use examples from Scott's career working on amazing books such as Draw Steel, Daggerheart, Forge of Foes, CORE20, D&D, and much more!

#ttrpg #DnD

29.09.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Get Ready for stand\DELIVER for Mothership RPG From Suffety Games - Get Ready for stand\DELIVER for Mothership RPG

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Play dueling roles as desperate smuggling subcontractors or compromised Station Security

This job maybe your last

Join now for first looks, digital exclusives, and launch alerts
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#dnd

11.09.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This Aug & Sept, I survived:
a) moving interstate (Bye, Brisbane! Hi, Sydney!)
b) starting a new job and getting work thrown left, right and center at me from week 2 (WOOT!)
c) multiple TTRPG projects - the home stretch is near!
d) Sydney's competitive rental market
ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Phew!

19.09.2025 10:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Follow the Kickstarter prelaunch page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gno...

18.09.2025 00:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a text-based interview. The visible words read, "[7:39 PM]Adam Makes TTRPGs (he/they): Hi, everyone! Iโ€™m Adam Hancock, an adamantine-bestselling TTRPG creator, author/co-author of many things, including Demiverse, An Elf and an Orc Had a Little Baby, Those Who Wander, and more. Iโ€™m here tonight to talk about my upcoming crowdfunding campaign for Twelve Realms, an original, built-from-the-ground-up fantasy tabletop RPG. Iโ€™m searching for 1,000 prelaunch followers so I can launch the campaign, so please consider hitting the Notify Me On Launch button here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gnomemadegames/twelve-realms-rpg The game is two books, the Realmsguide and the Rulebook. You only need the Rulebook to play the game. And you only need the Realmsguide if you want to play in our original fantasy setting with a different system, but you get the most for your money getting both.(edited)"

Beneath the words is the cover art for Twelve Realms, along with the wordmark. The art depicts three adventurers--an orc, an elf, and a tiefling--overlooking a valley beyond which is a monstrously huge dragon. In the daytime sky is a ringed planet and two small moons.

A screenshot of a text-based interview. The visible words read, "[7:39 PM]Adam Makes TTRPGs (he/they): Hi, everyone! Iโ€™m Adam Hancock, an adamantine-bestselling TTRPG creator, author/co-author of many things, including Demiverse, An Elf and an Orc Had a Little Baby, Those Who Wander, and more. Iโ€™m here tonight to talk about my upcoming crowdfunding campaign for Twelve Realms, an original, built-from-the-ground-up fantasy tabletop RPG. Iโ€™m searching for 1,000 prelaunch followers so I can launch the campaign, so please consider hitting the Notify Me On Launch button here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gnomemadegames/twelve-realms-rpg The game is two books, the Realmsguide and the Rulebook. You only need the Rulebook to play the game. And you only need the Realmsguide if you want to play in our original fantasy setting with a different system, but you get the most for your money getting both.(edited)" Beneath the words is the cover art for Twelve Realms, along with the wordmark. The art depicts three adventurers--an orc, an elf, and a tiefling--overlooking a valley beyond which is a monstrously huge dragon. In the daytime sky is a ringed planet and two small moons.

Read our first interview about Twelve Realms, an upcoming fantasy TTRPG built from the ground up!

gmshoe.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/q...

We're looking for 1,000 followers so we can launch: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gno...

#TwelveRealms #TwelveRealmsRPG #fantasy #ttrpg

18.09.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Donโ€™t miss this! See what it takes to create a starter set and just how incredible a project this was! Plus, cake secrets!

18.09.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Dust Remains for Doctors Without Borders by momatoes A sale by momatoes, 40% off What Dust Remains

My game of melancholy and legacy is on sale this September!

All proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders.

Let me use this thread to share why I love this game so much.
itch.io/s/160185/wha...

14.09.2025 09:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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I toured UK council estates and learned this: all our lives are poems just waiting to be written | Rowan McCabe I knocked on doors, spoke to people about hopes and concerns, and wrote poetry to share with them. It could and should be an art form for everyone, says poet Rowan McCabe

I toured UK council estates and learned this: all our lives are poems just waiting to be written | Rowan McCabe

17.09.2025 09:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

1 project done. 2 more to finish. 1 due in 11 days. #justkeepwriting

14.09.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I thought a good while about doing this given how everyone is hard up these days, and I also *don't* like asking for money. But here we are. Studying is expensive, and for Reasons, I can't take a loan this round.

Please donate if you can! Otherwise, sharing helps.

05.09.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Would love to host a game jam for this sometime if this game is positively received.

I want to see other (and better skilled) designers play with the mechanisms and world.

28.08.2025 00:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm now connected to the internet at my new place. And what's the first thing I did after I set up my home network? Transferred some ideas from my notebook to an online draft of a commissioned work.

25.08.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Returning to Sydney and the banking and finance industry is like coming home. As I give myself the time and grace to adjust to a new life, I know that I've had a good 4.5+ years trying different things and gaining new experiences. But the fun doesn't stop there. I'll keep on creating.

23.08.2025 05:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much! You do great work too!

20.08.2025 10:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cover of Chainlink featuring five Breakers arguing about how to navigate a cavern that is in the vague shape of a wyrm. Enemies in the foreground look on.

Cover of Chainlink featuring five Breakers arguing about how to navigate a cavern that is in the vague shape of a wyrm. Enemies in the foreground look on.

IT'S ESCAPED!

Chainร—Link, my semi-cooperative dungeon-defying RPG, is now available for purchase through Plus One Exp!

I'm really proud of the team that put this together and can't wait to hear what you all think of it!

plusoneexp.com/collections/...

13.08.2025 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 125    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Coming soon: Twelve Realms RPG An original fantasy tabletop roleplaying game and a realms-spanning campaign setting

Big news! I'm making my own tabletop RPG. This is the biggest, boldest idea I've had so far, and I need you to make it real!

I won't launch until I hit 1,000 followers., so visit the KS page and click 'Notify Me On Launch'

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gno...

#ttrpg #TwelveRealms #TwelveRealmsRPG

11.08.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 93    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Sydney, I've come home!

07.08.2025 01:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Play and discuss as if you were friends trying to get to know each other better, rather than as if you were rival squawking merchants trying to sell competing goods in a marketplace. The world is full of friends and potential friends, and it's much lonelier and more frightening when it isn't.

04.08.2025 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 791    ๐Ÿ” 141    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

Everybody loves five-room dungeons. This collection features many talented contributors. I was feeling homesick and I wrote a couple of Malaysian-themed ones.

26.07.2025 09:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Delves and Journeys at the #10 spot on the Dungeon Masters Guild bestsellers

Delves and Journeys at the #10 spot on the Dungeon Masters Guild bestsellers

"Delves and Journeys" is already at #10 on the Dungeon Masters Guild just a few hours after publication!

Check out the full-page preview that shows several adventures in their entirety and see the value!

#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg

www.dmsguild.com/product/5308...

25.07.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Delves and Journeys: 36 Five-Room Dungeons for D&D - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild When is a dungeon not necessarily a dungeon? When is a room not necessarily a room? In this book, readers will find 36

What if I told you that you could run a D&D game tonight with only a few minutes of prep? What if I told you that you could do that 36 days in a row?

From a team of 25 accomplished authors. 36 five-room "dungeons" (very few literal dungeons).

#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg

www.dmsguild.com/product/5308...

25.07.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

Congratulations!

21.07.2025 04:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ONE WEEK LEFT to apply to the Gamehole Con POC Industry Dinner, sponsored by @montecookgames.com! Meet creators, find mentorship, and grow our diverse industry.

@lyla.bsky.social and I want to see you there!

Apply by 7/23: bit.ly/ghcpoc25

16.07.2025 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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