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Isabelle (Thistle), Anxiousmimicrpgs
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TTRPG design and writing, working on Girl Frame. anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io. If you want to hire me for ttrpg editing or writing work shoot me a message!
work email: ruebsaatisabelle@gmail.com
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Isabelle (Thistle), Anxiousmimicrpgs @anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social · Dec 21
Okay! New pinned post time. I'm Isabelle Ruebsaat, occasionally Thistle (she/her only)

You probably know me from my lesbian mech ttrpg GIRL FRAME, or potentially one of my several Belonging Outside Belonging projects. I make games over at anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io
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sandroad.moe
Feeling lonely?˖°.✧

Why not fill the void with the warmth only consumerism can buy? <3 Wouldn't it look so good on your shelf? ~~

Digital Angel is available IN PRINT on @plusoneexp.bsky.social ~ So go grab it plssss ♡

XOXOXOXXXXX

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Digital Angel
It is the dystopic far-future of 2 0 2 6 Advanced supercities have exploded with new and horrible technologies. Rampant factories on their outskirts choke the remnants of the ecosystem. Wealth dispari...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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eclipse.gay
This is perhaps the most seen I've felt with regard to erotic TTRPGs in a while. It is such a frustrating but understandable sentiment, though it becomes all the more frustrating when it's the -dominant- sentiment. This is also true for Hawkmoth, and has been true for my own work to an extent.
I’ve been playing RPGs for an audience in some way or another since 2018, and the graveyard of Lines & Veils documents haunting my archive shows a large majority of games had “sexual content” red-lined before we had a recording date on schedule. So, although I’ve done the same outreach I have in the past, I wasn’t surprised to find an understandable lack of interest. Even some support for this game has been accompanied by asterisks. “This sounds really interesting! To be VERY clear, I would not play this. But it sounds cool!” is not an uncommon phrasing. I even found myself speaking about the game in similar ways initially, almost apologetically, to avoid negative reactions. Instead of “You should play this!”, it’s “you should play this, if you’re comfortable with that of course”. Which simply isn’t something we say when recommending your average hack-n-slash RPG. Still, the sentiment, “I support that this thing exists but I will not play it” is something I have been trying to accept as a valid form of support.
February 12, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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sarahz.bsky.social
I love you fucked up indie TTRPGs
February 10, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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latinerd.bsky.social
BEASTS is a PBTA RPG about animal-morphing teen soldiers.

Characters use their powers to turn into animals to fight off a secret Enemy that is taking over people's hearts and minds and controlling them. But who, exactly, is the enemy?

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Coming soon: BEASTS
An Animorphs-Inspired Powered by the Apocalypse TTRPG about animal-morphing teen soldiers
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February 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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softnotweak.bsky.social
Launching tomorrow! #zinequest
"Spirit Swap: A Slice of Life TTRPG" is a solo journaling game designed by @noroadhome.itch.io about moving to a new magical city, befriending the people who live there, and learning how to be a full-fledged witch.
Follow the page below to get notified when we launch!
Coming soon: Spirit Swap: A Slice of Life TTRPG
A solo tabletop adventure using Tarot cards.
www.kickstarter.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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jonayariley.bsky.social
I've been really into this game for a few months now, and recently started playing it with my actual play table and I gotta say it again - this game absolutely kicks ass. There's so many clever design decisions and the general vibe is immaculate.

Well worth reading the rules even if you don't play-
February 10, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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artificialangel13.bsky.social
I'm so happy the new Harpy rules make me feel the same way I felt when I first saw what happened to Sarah Kerrigan in the original StarCraft.
February 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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malachiteos.bsky.social
entire group going feral and foaming at the mouth over the update immediately.
February 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social
anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io/girl-frame/d... Girl Frame 1.6 is out! Insurgent Handler, Trainer Handler, and Project Ankou Frame. New defeat plays. You can take an advancement called "Handler's Special Girl." Hope y'all enjoy!
#GirlFrame #mechsploitation
1.6: Project Ankou, Trainer, Insurgent
Lots of stuff this time: 3 new playbooks: Project Ankou Frame, Insurgent Handler, and Trainer Handler Adjustments to how Void works, including a new
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February 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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explorersdesign.bsky.social
The Bloggies Nominees are here!

We are 1 week away from voting, so I need everyone's help spreading the word. Congrats to all the nominees and blogs submitted—this last year was incredible. Forming the lists was equal parts rewarding and painful.

www.explorersdesign.com/this-years-b...
This year's Bloggies Nominees
Over 90+ blog posts. And a surprise category for 2026.
www.explorersdesign.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social
Was a fun interview to do! Recommend checking it out #GirlFrame
February 9, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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seaexcursion.itch.io
you know what time it is. another valentines day right around the corner, another set of indie tabletop rpg valentines
Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game BETTER STRANGERS by Tyler Crumrine (illustrations by Ellie White): a stack of playing cards peppered with expressive cartoon figures. Text on the card reads, “Don’t be a stranger, valentine!” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game A LAND ONCE MAGIC by Viditya Voleti (illustration by John Gagne): a vivid, technicolor castles cape with a heroic-looking figure standing in the foreground. Text on the card reads, “Your magic never fades” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game FIGHT TRUCK: 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION by Crows Danger (illustration by Samwise Lastname): a technicolor U-Haul truck, surrounded by white flowers on a black background. Text on the card reads, “Valentine, nothing worth doing is safe” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game GIRL FRAME by Isabelle Ruebsaat (illustration by MossAndTwigs): a girl in a mechanical flightsuit with a neural jack, standing in front of a massive mech hangar. Text on the card reads, “hey girl / i mean frame”
February 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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jdragsky.bsky.social
a response to the @rascal.news article on yazeba's bed & breakfast, clarifying some misunderstandings and (hopefully) providing a clearer explanation of what happened
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February 7, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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artbyrecluse.bsky.social
Irving is so cool you should pay more money to play their games because they make you think about shit more and that's good for your brain... Ya goober
jellyfishlines.itch.io/townies
TOWNIE(S) by Jellyfishlines
Rustbelt grit
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February 7, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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willjobst.bsky.social
i am a professional editor. i come highly recommended. mind if i step inside your comments-on google doc for the NEOPETS RPG
a comment from will in the NEOPETS RPG: if you give players a stack of dynamite, they're going to explode neopets. it's creating a possibility space where neopets end up painting the room (when all i wanted to do was paint the neopets) a comment from will in the neopets rpg google doc: I think when you give me a hammer (the rules of this game) i'm going to swing at nails (kill neopets).
February 6, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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jdragsky.bsky.social
he's out here giving handjubs without needing to fade to black
hand of jub, handjub
February 7, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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satelitesnaturales.bsky.social
"I don't think my JubJub is a blood soaked killer" MY JubJub is a veteran of the psychic wars. He has no light behind his eyes. If he ever had a soul he lost it long time ago. He knows hand of Jub. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the JubJub. He is danc-
keftiu.bsky.social Thursday Garreau @keftiu.bsky.social · 8d
i'm having an experience
February 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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calebzane.bsky.social
I played Under Hollow Hills last night and basically: rpgs are really good
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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jazzelves.bsky.social
cosmic princess kaguya good
February 2, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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jonasmerlin.bsky.social
One of the most amazing things about OSR blogging culture is how many times I read a keystone post from 2008 and then check when the author last posted something to the blog and it's like a few hours ago.
February 1, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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kallidorarho.bsky.social
They gotta let me play Girlframe. They gotta
January 31, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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rosefromakiss.bsky.social
Girl Frame pilot cosplay night 😅
January 28, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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eigenvectrix.myatproto.social
"Florence Craye ran her Powered by the Apocalypse homebrew the other night, Jeeves. Have you played PbtA, Jeeves?" "I have not yet had the pleasure, sir." "Nor have I, Jeeves. Not a twenty-sider to be had. One would think dice technology hadn't advanced since the days of Parker Brothers." I took a harrowed sip of my energy drink. "I tried to roll initiative and was called an 'incurable gamist.'" "Most distressing, sir." "Give Bertram Wooster dungeons, Jeeves. Give him dragons. Give him dice by the handful. I'm a simple man, Jeeves." "Yes, sir."
January 28, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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dungeonofthedragon.bsky.social
Clawing at the walls. This is so, so good.
January 28, 2026 at 5:35 PM
anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social
I think often there's this frustration from the writing side of ttrpg design (which I know, because I've felt this myself) where you want to:
- Get to do everything solo
- Not have to spend any money
- Focus exclusively on the side of art you find engaging (writing, mechanical design, etc)
1/4
queerwizard.co.uk Ripley 🏳️‍⚧️ @queerwizard.co.uk · 17d
Being a creative on the visual side of TTRPGs is strange because every now and then 'how important is art to your product/book' gets raised as a topic and the general consensus seems to be that we begrudgingly acceptance that it's important our books have art, emphasis very heavily on the begrudging
January 28, 2026 at 5:20 PM