Tanya Floaker
@floaker.bsky.social
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https://floaker.carrd.co
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Tanya Floaker
@floaker.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Hello all, time for a #TTRPGIntro!
I'm an award-winning game designer currently based out of Edinburgh, Scotland. I create games from a queer anarchist communist perspective, help organize Edinburgh Indie Gamers, and actively build spaces to promote new creators.
Links in 🧵 below.
I'm an award-winning game designer currently based out of Edinburgh, Scotland. I create games from a queer anarchist communist perspective, help organize Edinburgh Indie Gamers, and actively build spaces to promote new creators.
Links in 🧵 below.
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Please stay up to date on your vaccinations, folks. If you're unsure whether you're missing any, make an appointment with your doctor and ask!
WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of continued spread, international health experts say.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Please stay up to date on your vaccinations, folks. If you're unsure whether you're missing any, make an appointment with your doctor and ask!
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Games against Genocide Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 50 TTRPGs to discover for a $10+ donation to @doctorswithoutborders.org and their Palestinian relief efforts.
Purchase the bundle here: tiltify.com/@jesthehuman...
There are 50 TTRPGs to discover for a $10+ donation to @doctorswithoutborders.org and their Palestinian relief efforts.
Purchase the bundle here: tiltify.com/@jesthehuman...
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Games against Genocide Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 50 TTRPGs to discover for a $10+ donation to @doctorswithoutborders.org and their Palestinian relief efforts.
Purchase the bundle here: tiltify.com/@jesthehuman...
There are 50 TTRPGs to discover for a $10+ donation to @doctorswithoutborders.org and their Palestinian relief efforts.
Purchase the bundle here: tiltify.com/@jesthehuman...
It is the year 2025 and the sprog has just asked me to type Meowl into a search engine. The youth are viciously tearing up AI gen images. I'm crying with laughter.
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It is the year 2025 and the sprog has just asked me to type Meowl into a search engine. The youth are viciously tearing up AI gen images. I'm crying with laughter.
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Betcha these instructions wouldn't have been issued if the faith leaders had been praying for ICE to speed up deportations.
"[A]uthorities told demonstrators [..] there would be 'no more prayer' in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility."
"[D]ays after [..] Pope Leo XIV urged authorities to allow pastoral workers to be able to access detained migrants."
#Illinois #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[D]ays after [..] Pope Leo XIV urged authorities to allow pastoral workers to be able to access detained migrants."
#Illinois #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview.
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Betcha these instructions wouldn't have been issued if the faith leaders had been praying for ICE to speed up deportations.
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There is no real reason for the paltry character limit on these posts other than "we do not have the imagination to make something new".
I level the same criticism at mastodon. Just put the limit at 3k.
I level the same criticism at mastodon. Just put the limit at 3k.
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
There is no real reason for the paltry character limit on these posts other than "we do not have the imagination to make something new".
I level the same criticism at mastodon. Just put the limit at 3k.
I level the same criticism at mastodon. Just put the limit at 3k.
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All hope drawn from politicians is ultimately false hope. The only true hope in this world is the hope we create together
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
All hope drawn from politicians is ultimately false hope. The only true hope in this world is the hope we create together
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
"At twenty, yes: we thought we’d live forever.
At forty-five, I want to know even our limits.
I touch you knowing we weren’t born tomorrow,
and somehow, each of us will help the other live,
and somewhere, each of us must help the other die."
- from Twenty-One Love Poems (Poem III), by Adrienne Rich
At forty-five, I want to know even our limits.
I touch you knowing we weren’t born tomorrow,
and somehow, each of us will help the other live,
and somewhere, each of us must help the other die."
- from Twenty-One Love Poems (Poem III), by Adrienne Rich
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"At twenty, yes: we thought we’d live forever.
At forty-five, I want to know even our limits.
I touch you knowing we weren’t born tomorrow,
and somehow, each of us will help the other live,
and somewhere, each of us must help the other die."
- from Twenty-One Love Poems (Poem III), by Adrienne Rich
At forty-five, I want to know even our limits.
I touch you knowing we weren’t born tomorrow,
and somehow, each of us will help the other live,
and somewhere, each of us must help the other die."
- from Twenty-One Love Poems (Poem III), by Adrienne Rich
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We decided to participate in this year's #NagaDemon
which is like a month long game jam.
Our idea is to make a game based on the glitch city in Pokemon. I remember how scared I was and we want to recapture the creepy fascination in a short puzzle game.
Expect more posts!
#pokemon
#indiegame
which is like a month long game jam.
Our idea is to make a game based on the glitch city in Pokemon. I remember how scared I was and we want to recapture the creepy fascination in a short puzzle game.
Expect more posts!
#pokemon
#indiegame
November 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We decided to participate in this year's #NagaDemon
which is like a month long game jam.
Our idea is to make a game based on the glitch city in Pokemon. I remember how scared I was and we want to recapture the creepy fascination in a short puzzle game.
Expect more posts!
#pokemon
#indiegame
which is like a month long game jam.
Our idea is to make a game based on the glitch city in Pokemon. I remember how scared I was and we want to recapture the creepy fascination in a short puzzle game.
Expect more posts!
#pokemon
#indiegame
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It's explicitly a way of protecting those forms of expression acceptable to the system (transphobia, racism) while also declaring those it doesn't like (socialism) beyond the pale. If you say that socialism doesn't deserve respect in a civilised society, you say the same about socialists.
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's explicitly a way of protecting those forms of expression acceptable to the system (transphobia, racism) while also declaring those it doesn't like (socialism) beyond the pale. If you say that socialism doesn't deserve respect in a civilised society, you say the same about socialists.
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Worth noting that one belief that the courts have found *isn't* protected is Trotskyism on the grounds that Trots are willing to "engage in unlawful strikes" and that they allow for “the deprivation of home and property from the individual”.
This is how transphobia's right wing fuckery blew open basic respect in the UK, there is absolutely no reason to expect now that being "women critical" is not also a protected belief, if you truly do not believe that women should just be reproductive slaves for cis men.
This will be used to abuse.
This will be used to abuse.
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Worth noting that one belief that the courts have found *isn't* protected is Trotskyism on the grounds that Trots are willing to "engage in unlawful strikes" and that they allow for “the deprivation of home and property from the individual”.
Parallel, when hate crime laws were first proposed, a lot of queer anarchists were warning they'd be a tool for repression, easily be turned on the "wrong type" of queer. Since then, I've seen queer anti-fascists lifted for supposed homophobia and black & brown peeps lifted for racism.
This is how transphobia's right wing fuckery blew open basic respect in the UK, there is absolutely no reason to expect now that being "women critical" is not also a protected belief, if you truly do not believe that women should just be reproductive slaves for cis men.
This will be used to abuse.
This will be used to abuse.
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Parallel, when hate crime laws were first proposed, a lot of queer anarchists were warning they'd be a tool for repression, easily be turned on the "wrong type" of queer. Since then, I've seen queer anti-fascists lifted for supposed homophobia and black & brown peeps lifted for racism.
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i probably had speakerphone 2, but also this exists thunderaud.io/products/tel...
Speakerphone 3 - Speaker and environment simulator plug-in by Audio Ease
YouTube video by audioease
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
i probably had speakerphone 2, but also this exists thunderaud.io/products/tel...
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Looking for something chill and fun to do this Sunday? Check out my new Solo-Journaling RPG "It's Been A While", available for download!
As an innkeeper, snatch glimpses of the lives of the adventurers who cross your bar.
Buy now on @itch.io:
chrislaumanson.itch.io/its-been-a-w...
#ttrpg #writing
As an innkeeper, snatch glimpses of the lives of the adventurers who cross your bar.
Buy now on @itch.io:
chrislaumanson.itch.io/its-been-a-w...
#ttrpg #writing
It's Been A While by Chris Lau Manson
Fantasy Tavern Solo-Journalling Roleplaying Game
chrislaumanson.itch.io
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Looking for something chill and fun to do this Sunday? Check out my new Solo-Journaling RPG "It's Been A While", available for download!
As an innkeeper, snatch glimpses of the lives of the adventurers who cross your bar.
Buy now on @itch.io:
chrislaumanson.itch.io/its-been-a-w...
#ttrpg #writing
As an innkeeper, snatch glimpses of the lives of the adventurers who cross your bar.
Buy now on @itch.io:
chrislaumanson.itch.io/its-been-a-w...
#ttrpg #writing
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Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for this piece. Its a harder topic to talk about than you think, scary too for some people.
Sims streamers are distancing themselves from EA, but for some the choice is hard
Sims streamers are distancing themselves from EA, but for some the choice is hard
The Sims community is struggling with a tough choice.
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for this piece. Its a harder topic to talk about than you think, scary too for some people.
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If your RPG content is only available on DriveThru the chance that I'll buy it is basically zero.
I'm not even talking about their AI stance or trash political view. Just logging in to my account is a huge pain in the ass.
I'm not even talking about their AI stance or trash political view. Just logging in to my account is a huge pain in the ass.
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
If your RPG content is only available on DriveThru the chance that I'll buy it is basically zero.
I'm not even talking about their AI stance or trash political view. Just logging in to my account is a huge pain in the ass.
I'm not even talking about their AI stance or trash political view. Just logging in to my account is a huge pain in the ass.
Mathball was the Worst.
Blitzball looks so cool right up until you actually have to play it
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Mathball was the Worst.
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Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
Thankyou 💔
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
Thankyou 💔
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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If you need me, I’ll be warming myself by the fire that was moonbeam.
As always, it’s fuck the US military, fuck AI, and free Palestine. Idc who I piss off or whose blacklist I end up on, supporting the rights and freedom of those with the least hasn’t led me or most people astray yet.
As always, it’s fuck the US military, fuck AI, and free Palestine. Idc who I piss off or whose blacklist I end up on, supporting the rights and freedom of those with the least hasn’t led me or most people astray yet.
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If you need me, I’ll be warming myself by the fire that was moonbeam.
As always, it’s fuck the US military, fuck AI, and free Palestine. Idc who I piss off or whose blacklist I end up on, supporting the rights and freedom of those with the least hasn’t led me or most people astray yet.
As always, it’s fuck the US military, fuck AI, and free Palestine. Idc who I piss off or whose blacklist I end up on, supporting the rights and freedom of those with the least hasn’t led me or most people astray yet.
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anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io/girl-frame/d...
1.3 of Girl Frame is out, added Handler Tags and some minor rules clarifications #mechsploitation #ttrpg
1.3 of Girl Frame is out, added Handler Tags and some minor rules clarifications #mechsploitation #ttrpg
1.3
I'm going on a trip! One fairly major rules addition, and a few fixes: Major addition: better rules for when your Handler gets Tags on page 14. Overall others: Clarification of Tags on page 6 Removed....
anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io/girl-frame/d...
1.3 of Girl Frame is out, added Handler Tags and some minor rules clarifications #mechsploitation #ttrpg
1.3 of Girl Frame is out, added Handler Tags and some minor rules clarifications #mechsploitation #ttrpg
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If we ever saw a future where body augmentation was a thing, instead of cybernetic eyes, arm blades, super strength or titanium bones I'd go for an extended bladder so I could sleep through the night without needing to get up to pee. Something actually useful.
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If we ever saw a future where body augmentation was a thing, instead of cybernetic eyes, arm blades, super strength or titanium bones I'd go for an extended bladder so I could sleep through the night without needing to get up to pee. Something actually useful.
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Back in the day, we all had 15-minute demos of our games ready, which we'd offer to play when we sold games at conventions.
I wonder why we stopped?
I wonder why we stopped?
It's one of the great mysteries of life: why have 15-minute demos been forgotten/memory-holed/discarded as chaff unto the pitiless winds? They worked brilliantly on multiple levels: as intros to RPG/intros to new games/as a sales tool/etc.
I would go further than that. Back in the Collective Endeavour days we very successfully used 15-min demos that distilled games to their core experience. People loved them, as they very quickly got a feel for whether or not the game was for them. Taking that into the wider world would be a winner.
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Back in the day, we all had 15-minute demos of our games ready, which we'd offer to play when we sold games at conventions.
I wonder why we stopped?
I wonder why we stopped?
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There's something *pure* about a disdainful store employee. Something true and authentic which lets you know they are actually there.
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There's something *pure* about a disdainful store employee. Something true and authentic which lets you know they are actually there.
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Maybe it's just a cultural difference but I find this sort of thing *horrifying*.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Maybe it's just a cultural difference but I find this sort of thing *horrifying*.
I've really enjoyed adding my own twists onto @malcolmcraig.bsky.social's setting and @fromthemorgue.bsky.social's mechanics. Cheers to Jon and the team for having me on board to do so.
There's so much I want to say about hope & struggle in cities, and will do as soon as the project is done!
There's so much I want to say about hope & struggle in cities, and will do as soon as the project is done!
Gratitude post! Today I am extremely grateful for Tanya Floaker’s amazing work on Mapmaker’s Guide for a|state, alongside their amazing perseverance with my entirely unreasonable demand that we’re not talking about it until it’s written.
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I've really enjoyed adding my own twists onto @malcolmcraig.bsky.social's setting and @fromthemorgue.bsky.social's mechanics. Cheers to Jon and the team for having me on board to do so.
There's so much I want to say about hope & struggle in cities, and will do as soon as the project is done!
There's so much I want to say about hope & struggle in cities, and will do as soon as the project is done!