Derek Bizier (He/They)
@halflingshoard.bsky.social
Blogger of TTRPGs and Wargames. #AntiFascist Halflingshoard.com logo by Drew Cochrane, banner by Perplexing Ruins
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immigrant justice now!
This weekend(ish!), on Sunday 15th and Monday 16th, we’re going to be hosting ICEBREAKER, a two day fundraising marathon on Twitch to raise money for the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota’s Immigrant Rapid Response Fund!
Read more here!
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Read more here!
www.patreon.com/posts/150448...
A Fundraising Marathon for the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund! | Friends at the Table
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February 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
immigrant justice now!
One of the first games I ever Refereed, I love you world of Numenera and if you're interested you should give it a look! A billion years have passed on Earth, multiple civilizations have risen and fallen. You are exploring the remains. Advanced enough technology looking like magic is this game!
Discover the Ninth World as you've never before encountered it!
The all-new edition delivers the mystery, danger, and wonder that's defined over a decade of Numenera play—now faster, easier, and better.
Unlock the secrets of the Amber Archive TODAY!
mymcg.info/numenera
The all-new edition delivers the mystery, danger, and wonder that's defined over a decade of Numenera play—now faster, easier, and better.
Unlock the secrets of the Amber Archive TODAY!
mymcg.info/numenera
February 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
One of the first games I ever Refereed, I love you world of Numenera and if you're interested you should give it a look! A billion years have passed on Earth, multiple civilizations have risen and fallen. You are exploring the remains. Advanced enough technology looking like magic is this game!
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Get this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by @mollynoise.bsky.social and human-made art by @stregawolf.art. Jump in now for early bird deals!
Coming soon: The Thunder Perfect Mind
An Occult Action Thriller Tabletop RPG
www.kickstarter.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Get this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by @mollynoise.bsky.social and human-made art by @stregawolf.art. Jump in now for early bird deals!
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24 hr Adventure Flash Sale
itch.io/s/177807/new...
Stock up on batch of adventures for Cairn, Shadowdark, bastards., Isle of Ixx -
50%, and only $12 as a group purchase!
I threw in my little Hex Kit tile set for fun.
Of course, these can be used in different games with minor tweaks
itch.io/s/177807/new...
Stock up on batch of adventures for Cairn, Shadowdark, bastards., Isle of Ixx -
50%, and only $12 as a group purchase!
I threw in my little Hex Kit tile set for fun.
Of course, these can be used in different games with minor tweaks
December 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
24 hr Adventure Flash Sale
itch.io/s/177807/new...
Stock up on batch of adventures for Cairn, Shadowdark, bastards., Isle of Ixx -
50%, and only $12 as a group purchase!
I threw in my little Hex Kit tile set for fun.
Of course, these can be used in different games with minor tweaks
itch.io/s/177807/new...
Stock up on batch of adventures for Cairn, Shadowdark, bastards., Isle of Ixx -
50%, and only $12 as a group purchase!
I threw in my little Hex Kit tile set for fun.
Of course, these can be used in different games with minor tweaks
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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two adventures coming out for HAMMERS in 2026 🔨🔨🔨
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
two adventures coming out for HAMMERS in 2026 🔨🔨🔨
Bought my copy on day 1, get it while it's cheap!
Good morning! It's December, which means it's time for my annual advent calendar!
The Mouth Of Winter is 25 chapters of grimdark fantasy, releasing daily through Christmas. Mercenaries break an ancient covenant. A monster wakes up. Nobody's having a good time.
loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025 ❄️
The Mouth Of Winter is 25 chapters of grimdark fantasy, releasing daily through Christmas. Mercenaries break an ancient covenant. A monster wakes up. Nobody's having a good time.
loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025 ❄️
The Mouth Of Winter by Chris Bissette
A serialised dark fantasy novella
loottheroom.itch.io
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Bought my copy on day 1, get it while it's cheap!
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Out tomorrow!!
And in Oct, the trade paperback of Absolution...
October 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Out tomorrow!!
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Lots of really big crowdfunding campaigns and preorders launching today. Here's to tossing in my little project!
You can find RITE: A Midwinter Sacrament #TTRPG #zine below. You can grab it for $7 and receive it before the bleak midwinter.
7 day campaign. Thanks for sharing.
You can find RITE: A Midwinter Sacrament #TTRPG #zine below. You can grab it for $7 and receive it before the bleak midwinter.
7 day campaign. Thanks for sharing.
Coming soon: RITE: A Midwinter Sacrament RPG Zine
An RPG Zine for up to four players participating in four sacraments during the bleak midwinter.
www.kickstarter.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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the mother of night
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started listening to Push The Roll with Ross Bryant and this imagery from the third ep of The Obverse of the Mirror absolutely captivated me, I had to quickly paint the scene!!! Anyway it’s a good podcast, go listen to it
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started listening to Push The Roll with Ross Bryant and this imagery from the third ep of The Obverse of the Mirror absolutely captivated me, I had to quickly paint the scene!!! Anyway it’s a good podcast, go listen to it
September 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
the mother of night
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started listening to Push The Roll with Ross Bryant and this imagery from the third ep of The Obverse of the Mirror absolutely captivated me, I had to quickly paint the scene!!! Anyway it’s a good podcast, go listen to it
—
started listening to Push The Roll with Ross Bryant and this imagery from the third ep of The Obverse of the Mirror absolutely captivated me, I had to quickly paint the scene!!! Anyway it’s a good podcast, go listen to it
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Did I buy some elaborate cap guns just for this video? Yes.
Did I buy a Burger King toy of Dr. Arliss Loveless from the 1999 movie Wild Wild West just for this video? Yes.
Did I buy a fedora just for this video? Please. I had that already.
Did I buy a Burger King toy of Dr. Arliss Loveless from the 1999 movie Wild Wild West just for this video? Yes.
Did I buy a fedora just for this video? Please. I had that already.
September 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Did I buy some elaborate cap guns just for this video? Yes.
Did I buy a Burger King toy of Dr. Arliss Loveless from the 1999 movie Wild Wild West just for this video? Yes.
Did I buy a fedora just for this video? Please. I had that already.
Did I buy a Burger King toy of Dr. Arliss Loveless from the 1999 movie Wild Wild West just for this video? Yes.
Did I buy a fedora just for this video? Please. I had that already.
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Dive into the shadows of the '90s in Midnight of the Century, a serial killer investigation #TTRPG inspired by Twin Peaks and Seven.
The Primer is available now and the full book is currently Itchfunding.
byodinsbeardrpg.itch.io/midnight-of-...
The Primer is available now and the full book is currently Itchfunding.
byodinsbeardrpg.itch.io/midnight-of-...
September 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Dive into the shadows of the '90s in Midnight of the Century, a serial killer investigation #TTRPG inspired by Twin Peaks and Seven.
The Primer is available now and the full book is currently Itchfunding.
byodinsbeardrpg.itch.io/midnight-of-...
The Primer is available now and the full book is currently Itchfunding.
byodinsbeardrpg.itch.io/midnight-of-...
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The creator behind the GRIMWILD TTRPG has been missing for two months, placing the project on hold indefinitely.
aftermath.site/grimwild-bac...
aftermath.site/grimwild-bac...
RPG Designer Goes Missing After Crowdfunding Award-Winning Game - Aftermath
'Fulfilment of the project appears to be on hold indefinitely until Maxwell can be located'
aftermath.site
August 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The creator behind the GRIMWILD TTRPG has been missing for two months, placing the project on hold indefinitely.
aftermath.site/grimwild-bac...
aftermath.site/grimwild-bac...
Proud to be the 182nd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Dragon Reactor: Embers, Ashes, Moments and Stars! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...
Dragon Reactor: Embers, Ashes, Moments and Stars
A mythopoetic mech TTRPG about war, tragedy, and what you do with the power to change the world.
www.backerkit.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Proud to be the 182nd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Dragon Reactor: Embers, Ashes, Moments and Stars! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...
Fewer things make me as happy as seeing a Press Pot Games package in the mail! @travisdhill.bsky.social #TrainGame
August 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Fewer things make me as happy as seeing a Press Pot Games package in the mail! @travisdhill.bsky.social #TrainGame
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Before you make your next #TTRPG, check out my free font Polymath, which lets you create a bunch of different dice types in an accessible way:
hedgemazepress.itch.io/polymath-dic...
hedgemazepress.itch.io/polymath-dic...
Polymath by Hedgemaze Press
Polyhedral dice font
hedgemazepress.itch.io
August 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Before you make your next #TTRPG, check out my free font Polymath, which lets you create a bunch of different dice types in an accessible way:
hedgemazepress.itch.io/polymath-dic...
hedgemazepress.itch.io/polymath-dic...
Proud to be the 182nd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Dragon Reactor: Embers, Ashes, Moments and Stars! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...
Dragon Reactor: Embers, Ashes, Moments and Stars
A mythopoetic mech TTRPG about war, tragedy, and what you do with the power to change the world.
www.backerkit.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Proud to be the 182nd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Dragon Reactor: Embers, Ashes, Moments and Stars! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...
sam talking Tolkien and RPGs dreamingdragonslayer.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/t...
Tolkien and His Symbols – An Essay
A happy birthday month to my father! I just recently recovered a box of his Tolkien materials and discovered an essay he wrote 32 years ago. Did some quick speech-to-text reading, some edits, and a…
dreamingdragonslayer.wordpress.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
sam talking Tolkien and RPGs dreamingdragonslayer.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/t...
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Just fyi @printninja.bsky.social US has blown their timelines on near all projects we have sent them, printed 2 projects the incorrect size, failed to send us shipping info 50% the time & offered little accountability.
Their line is “we cannot be accountable…”
Which is correct. They won’t be.
Their line is “we cannot be accountable…”
Which is correct. They won’t be.
July 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just fyi @printninja.bsky.social US has blown their timelines on near all projects we have sent them, printed 2 projects the incorrect size, failed to send us shipping info 50% the time & offered little accountability.
Their line is “we cannot be accountable…”
Which is correct. They won’t be.
Their line is “we cannot be accountable…”
Which is correct. They won’t be.
We need to help Kareesh out!
Bluesky. I need your help.
My oldest said she would play a #TTRPG with me if I could get this post to 1,000 likes.
She's played Pathfinder once before and liked it but now she's a teenager so...🤷♀️😂
My oldest said she would play a #TTRPG with me if I could get this post to 1,000 likes.
She's played Pathfinder once before and liked it but now she's a teenager so...🤷♀️😂
a blue background with the words you 're my only hope in white letters
Alt: a blue background with the words you 're my only hope in white letters
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July 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We need to help Kareesh out!
@chaoclypse.bsky.social not sure if you've seen it yet but the @hwrpodcast.bsky.social is running a series with The Lair of the Frog God and it is juicy to say the least! Hope all is well!
July 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
@chaoclypse.bsky.social not sure if you've seen it yet but the @hwrpodcast.bsky.social is running a series with The Lair of the Frog God and it is juicy to say the least! Hope all is well!
New Vaults of Vaarn! Coming soon!
youtu.be/P2e3cBkaEPQ
youtu.be/P2e3cBkaEPQ
The Best DnD Adventure? Vote The Shrike for Ennie's Long Form Adventure and Back Vaults of Vaarn 2E
YouTube video by Dieku Games
youtu.be
July 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New Vaults of Vaarn! Coming soon!
youtu.be/P2e3cBkaEPQ
youtu.be/P2e3cBkaEPQ
1. First #ttrpg you ever played? D&D 3E
2. First you ever ran? D&D 4E
3. Played the most? DCC
4. Run the most? OSE
5. Favorite? Trophy
6. Most recently played? OSE
7. Most recently run? Tunnel Goons w/The Burial Mound of Gilliard Wolfclan
2. First you ever ran? D&D 4E
3. Played the most? DCC
4. Run the most? OSE
5. Favorite? Trophy
6. Most recently played? OSE
7. Most recently run? Tunnel Goons w/The Burial Mound of Gilliard Wolfclan
1. First #ttrpg you ever played? D&D 4e
2. First you ever ran? FFG Genesys
3. Played the most? 4e (unfortunately)
4. Run the most? A series of rules-lite systems called “Protean”
5. Favorite? Mothership
6. Most recently played? D&D 5e
7. Most recently run? Jotun (mech game I’m developing)
2. First you ever ran? FFG Genesys
3. Played the most? 4e (unfortunately)
4. Run the most? A series of rules-lite systems called “Protean”
5. Favorite? Mothership
6. Most recently played? D&D 5e
7. Most recently run? Jotun (mech game I’m developing)
1. First #ttrpg you ever played? D&D Basic (Menzer Red Box or Black Box, not sure)
2. First you ever ran? D&D Basic
3. Played the most? A friend's freeform fantasy game
4. Run the most? WhiteHack
5. Favorite? Tribe 8
6. Most recently played? Witchburner
7. Most recently run? WhiteHack/Roach God
2. First you ever ran? D&D Basic
3. Played the most? A friend's freeform fantasy game
4. Run the most? WhiteHack
5. Favorite? Tribe 8
6. Most recently played? Witchburner
7. Most recently run? WhiteHack/Roach God
July 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
1. First #ttrpg you ever played? D&D 3E
2. First you ever ran? D&D 4E
3. Played the most? DCC
4. Run the most? OSE
5. Favorite? Trophy
6. Most recently played? OSE
7. Most recently run? Tunnel Goons w/The Burial Mound of Gilliard Wolfclan
2. First you ever ran? D&D 4E
3. Played the most? DCC
4. Run the most? OSE
5. Favorite? Trophy
6. Most recently played? OSE
7. Most recently run? Tunnel Goons w/The Burial Mound of Gilliard Wolfclan
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I've just released THE TRAVELLER.
A one-shot adventure for The Lost Bay about UFOs, hallucinations, conspiracies, and the power of community in a collapsing world.
It's free. Get it here: www.thelostbaystudio.com/blogs/inside...
art by @egallagher.bsky.social
A one-shot adventure for The Lost Bay about UFOs, hallucinations, conspiracies, and the power of community in a collapsing world.
It's free. Get it here: www.thelostbaystudio.com/blogs/inside...
art by @egallagher.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I've just released THE TRAVELLER.
A one-shot adventure for The Lost Bay about UFOs, hallucinations, conspiracies, and the power of community in a collapsing world.
It's free. Get it here: www.thelostbaystudio.com/blogs/inside...
art by @egallagher.bsky.social
A one-shot adventure for The Lost Bay about UFOs, hallucinations, conspiracies, and the power of community in a collapsing world.
It's free. Get it here: www.thelostbaystudio.com/blogs/inside...
art by @egallagher.bsky.social