gentlegm.bsky.social
@gentlegm.bsky.social
Caleb (he/they), Professional TTRPG Game Master with a newsletter, cat dad, podcast obsessive
Absolutely loved the first ep of the Die actual play on My First Dungeon from @manysidedmedia.bsky.social ! And love that they’re combining Minnesota Immigrant Rapid Relief with free Patreon access!
www.manysidedmedia.com/myfirstdungeon
www.manysidedmedia.com/myfirstdungeon
My First Dungeon — Many Sided Media
My First Dungeon is the tabletop roleplaying podcast that helps game masters learn new games and make each one better than the last. Find Your New Favorite Game!
www.manysidedmedia.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Absolutely loved the first ep of the Die actual play on My First Dungeon from @manysidedmedia.bsky.social ! And love that they’re combining Minnesota Immigrant Rapid Relief with free Patreon access!
www.manysidedmedia.com/myfirstdungeon
www.manysidedmedia.com/myfirstdungeon
Just had an interview with @gmcomfortablegrey.bsky.social! I’m a fan of his interviews with pro GMs and look forward to the final product!
February 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Just had an interview with @gmcomfortablegrey.bsky.social! I’m a fan of his interviews with pro GMs and look forward to the final product!
Really digging the D&D Starter Set: Welcome to the Hellfire Club! So much so, I’m going to be at Good Game Cafe Sat. 2/14 at 2pm for anyone that wants to make D&D 2024 characters before 2/21’s Play Your First D&D Game also with GG Cafe! They also have a pet adoption event tomorrow!
February 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Really digging the D&D Starter Set: Welcome to the Hellfire Club! So much so, I’m going to be at Good Game Cafe Sat. 2/14 at 2pm for anyone that wants to make D&D 2024 characters before 2/21’s Play Your First D&D Game also with GG Cafe! They also have a pet adoption event tomorrow!
Excited for more Call of Cthulhu: The Haunting tonight! While I'm familiar with this starting adventure, I'm excited to run more games using the included adventure that I usually skim over like Mork Borg's Rotblack Sludge and CBR+PNK's Mind the Gap.
www.chaosium.com/cthulhu-adve...
www.chaosium.com/cthulhu-adve...
Call of Cthulhu - Free Adventures
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February 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Excited for more Call of Cthulhu: The Haunting tonight! While I'm familiar with this starting adventure, I'm excited to run more games using the included adventure that I usually skim over like Mork Borg's Rotblack Sludge and CBR+PNK's Mind the Gap.
www.chaosium.com/cthulhu-adve...
www.chaosium.com/cthulhu-adve...
So what Discord alt are people considering?
February 11, 2026 at 3:52 AM
So what Discord alt are people considering?
Tuesday players are playing 5e with Ruins of Grendleroot (Mike Shea) and Delve (Bob World Builder). The Donjon of Doom has been a very fun old school trap dungeon. Wish our adventurers luck as they try to escape!
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DELVE for 5E & Shadowdark
Eventyr Games creates adventures, supplements, sourcebooks, and guides for 5E D&D. We have a passion for everything Dungeons & Dragons, whether that's new adventures with colorful maps, sourcebooks wi...
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February 10, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Tuesday players are playing 5e with Ruins of Grendleroot (Mike Shea) and Delve (Bob World Builder). The Donjon of Doom has been a very fun old school trap dungeon. Wish our adventurers luck as they try to escape!
eventyrgames.store/collections/...
eventyrgames.store/collections/...
I've got a stack of games scheduled with 100% of proceeds going to Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. Check them out and join!
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Scheduled Fundraising Games for Immigrant Rapid Response
Funds for these games will go to Immigrant Rapid Response Fund of Minnesota
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February 10, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I've got a stack of games scheduled with 100% of proceeds going to Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. Check them out and join!
open.substack.com/pub/gentlegm...
open.substack.com/pub/gentlegm...
Returning to Dolmenwood Saturday with Good Game Cafe! I’m smitten with this setting the resources to make running this dark fairy tale world!
February 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Returning to Dolmenwood Saturday with Good Game Cafe! I’m smitten with this setting the resources to make running this dark fairy tale world!
About to play some Daggerheart with GM Diego! He’s got more one shots if you’re looking for a game! I’ve got Stitches the Clank Assassin and Moonwort the Goblin Guardian at the ready!
startplaying.games/gm/cl8draj6s...
startplaying.games/gm/cl8draj6s...
Professional Game Master - Diego | StartPlaying
Hi! I'm GM Diego. I've been playing TTRPGS for about a decade, GMing for a little over 5 years, and loving it more every day.
Most of my experience is with D&D 5th edition, but I've also run games wi...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
About to play some Daggerheart with GM Diego! He’s got more one shots if you’re looking for a game! I’ve got Stitches the Clank Assassin and Moonwort the Goblin Guardian at the ready!
startplaying.games/gm/cl8draj6s...
startplaying.games/gm/cl8draj6s...
Give your players a chance to be rumrunners, don’t be surprised when they choose to be rumrunners. Looks like we’re rolling up crooks for Thursday’s game!
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startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Arkham: City of Horrors | CoC New Players Welcome! 🏳️🌈
Uncover horror in these sanity-blasting mysteries in iconic Arkham, Massachusetts! Serialized scenarios with evocative art and eerie ambience await!
startplaying.games
February 3, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Give your players a chance to be rumrunners, don’t be surprised when they choose to be rumrunners. Looks like we’re rolling up crooks for Thursday’s game!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Included thoughts on Philip Pullman’s La Belle Sauvage, a follow up to His Dark Materials trilogy, in my newsletter. So many scenes continue to linger well after having put the book down.
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Hobbits, Grendleroots, Fairy Tales, Unspeakable Horrors, Oh My!
It's the February Newsletter and we haves games, free seats, and premium content!
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February 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Included thoughts on Philip Pullman’s La Belle Sauvage, a follow up to His Dark Materials trilogy, in my newsletter. So many scenes continue to linger well after having put the book down.
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open.substack.com/pub/gentlegm...
Returning to Good Game Cafe (Flagstaff, AZ) to run Dolmenwood today. I’ve absolutely loved these resources and the totally lush campaign guide. Necrotic Gnome really knocked it out of the park.
January 31, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Returning to Good Game Cafe (Flagstaff, AZ) to run Dolmenwood today. I’ve absolutely loved these resources and the totally lush campaign guide. Necrotic Gnome really knocked it out of the park.
Want to learn Daggerheart in a vast fairy tale forest? Daggerheart X Dolmenwood combines too RPG darlings in one expansive, West Marches campaign! We're looking for players for this Friday night game!
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startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Daggerheart X Dolmenwood: Dark Fairy Tale Hexcrawl Sandbox
In the mossy reaches of Dolmenwood uncover lost treasure, resolve fey vengeance, dabble with ancient magics, and become legendary!
startplaying.games
January 28, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Want to learn Daggerheart in a vast fairy tale forest? Daggerheart X Dolmenwood combines too RPG darlings in one expansive, West Marches campaign! We're looking for players for this Friday night game!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Looking for any Thursday night scares? Next week we're kicking off Call of Cthulhu: Arkham City of Horrors!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Arkham: City of Horrors | CoC New Players Welcome! 🏳️🌈
Uncover horror in these sanity-blasting mysteries in iconic Arkham, Massachusetts! Serialized scenarios with evocative art and eerie ambience await!
startplaying.games
January 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Looking for any Thursday night scares? Next week we're kicking off Call of Cthulhu: Arkham City of Horrors!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
My thoughts on Dragon Age pre-Veilguard: gentlegm.substack.com/p/it-has-bee...
It has been a dragon's age...
My thoughts on Dragon Age Inquisition and the saga so far.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:58 AM
My thoughts on Dragon Age pre-Veilguard: gentlegm.substack.com/p/it-has-bee...
Thinking of joining us at Good Game Cafe in Flagstaff this Saturday for dark fairy tale adventures in Dolmenwood? We have pregens, or you can roll up a character online! See you Saturday, Jan 17 at 2pm for shadowy adventures and beguiling fey!
www.dolmenwood.necroticgnome.com/characters/
www.dolmenwood.necroticgnome.com/characters/
Dolmenwood Character Generator
www.dolmenwood.necroticgnome.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Thinking of joining us at Good Game Cafe in Flagstaff this Saturday for dark fairy tale adventures in Dolmenwood? We have pregens, or you can roll up a character online! See you Saturday, Jan 17 at 2pm for shadowy adventures and beguiling fey!
www.dolmenwood.necroticgnome.com/characters/
www.dolmenwood.necroticgnome.com/characters/
Morning run around McMillan Mesa with lovely moonlight.
January 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Morning run around McMillan Mesa with lovely moonlight.
Current challenge: Trying to convince people I’ll run a great game for them with a thumbnail.
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startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Arkham: City of Horrors | CoC New Players Welcome! 🏳️🌈
Investigate the strangest small city: Arkham, Massachusetts! Uncover horror in these sanity-blasting mysteries for new and veteran investigators! Short scenarios are sure to test your wits and your me...
startplaying.games
January 15, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Current challenge: Trying to convince people I’ll run a great game for them with a thumbnail.
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
I’m excited to run Ruins of Grendleroot starting tomorrow! @slyflourish.com has presented a short campaign/series of one shots that feel rich with lore and easy to run. Hope my players enjoy it!
Considering opening up another campaign series to onboard new and returning players.
Considering opening up another campaign series to onboard new and returning players.
January 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I’m excited to run Ruins of Grendleroot starting tomorrow! @slyflourish.com has presented a short campaign/series of one shots that feel rich with lore and easy to run. Hope my players enjoy it!
Considering opening up another campaign series to onboard new and returning players.
Considering opening up another campaign series to onboard new and returning players.
Finished Paul La Farge’s The Night Ocean last night: A tender, trying portrayal of key weird fiction writers; the scars they made; and the tangles of identity, history, and fiction woven deftly together. Recommended for fans of the genre.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533936...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533936...
The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge: 9781101981092 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
From the award-winning author and New Yorker contributor, a riveting novel about secrets and scandals, psychiatry and pulp fiction, inspired by the lives of H.P. Lovecraft and his circle. Marina...
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January 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Finished Paul La Farge’s The Night Ocean last night: A tender, trying portrayal of key weird fiction writers; the scars they made; and the tangles of identity, history, and fiction woven deftly together. Recommended for fans of the genre.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533936...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533936...
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At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
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DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
www.404media.co
January 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
Absolutely love this video from @cozyrpgreviews.bsky.social
It just so happens I’m recruiting for Land of Eem as a Saturday morning RPG. Join as a group for $10 off every session!
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It just so happens I’m recruiting for Land of Eem as a Saturday morning RPG. Join as a group for $10 off every session!
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Land of Eem | A TTRPG Review
YouTube video by Cozy RPG Reviews
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January 10, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Absolutely love this video from @cozyrpgreviews.bsky.social
It just so happens I’m recruiting for Land of Eem as a Saturday morning RPG. Join as a group for $10 off every session!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
youtu.be/fqEMVTgUZSA?...
It just so happens I’m recruiting for Land of Eem as a Saturday morning RPG. Join as a group for $10 off every session!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
youtu.be/fqEMVTgUZSA?...
Seeking players for the Land of Eem! I adore this sandbox hexcrawl with its retro feel and colorful art!
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startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Land of Eem: Misfits in a Fantasy World of Industry and Magic
In an age of industry and capital, will you rise as a hero to delve dungeons and best ruling fiends? Land of Eem offers a colorful world of adventure! An all ages game and families are welcome where y...
startplaying.games
January 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Seeking players for the Land of Eem! I adore this sandbox hexcrawl with its retro feel and colorful art!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Love seeing a spotlight for young and first time RPG players!Thanks @aftermath.site
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www.rascal.news/a-cozy-chris...
A Cozy Christmas Tabletop Game for Families: Why The Snowlight Lantern Is the Perfect First TTRPG for Kids
This free cozy Christmas TTRPG gives parents everything they need to run a fun, educational roleplaying adventure with kids ages 4+, even if they have never played an RPG before.
www.rascal.news
January 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Love seeing a spotlight for young and first time RPG players!Thanks @aftermath.site
www.rascal.news/a-cozy-chris...
www.rascal.news/a-cozy-chris...
Looking forward to putting @loottavern.bsky.social material through its paces with this Kaiju-mashing mash up of Yokai Realms and Heliana’s Guide.
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startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Save Sunrise City from Rampaging Kaiju in 5e!
Protect Sunrise City from gargantuan kaiju! You are the first graduates of Vanguard Academy when in the midst of celebration, the kaiju return! Expanded class and origin options and cinematic combat w...
startplaying.games
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Looking forward to putting @loottavern.bsky.social material through its paces with this Kaiju-mashing mash up of Yokai Realms and Heliana’s Guide.
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...