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Jacob Marks
@jacobmarks.bsky.social
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I make rpgs, programs, 3d art, and other weird things...

My largest projects are the Vaarn Atlas, Exalted Order Of The Mystic Moose, and Penumbral Oasis.

Find those, and my other games at: https://siofragames.itch.io/

Blog at: https://jacobmarkshasablog
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prismaticwasteland.com
All bloggers are hereby cordially invited to participate in a new blog bandwagon on the topic of MAPS, featuring art (which you can use, remix, distort as you see fit) from @amandalee.bsky.social (Garbage Barge, Vampire Cruise, et al)
You have 80 days starting now!
#osr #tttpg #blog
Bandwagon: The Map is Not the Territory But It is the Topic — Prismatic Wasteland
Announcing a new blog bandwagon! This time you have 80 days in which to write something on your blog about maps and/or to annotate/remix/expand a map drawn by the esteemed Amanda Lee Franck!
www.prismaticwasteland.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:57 PM
jacobmarks.bsky.social
Reposting for the afternoon. I'm hoping to post a play report for the next session as well. Maybe a shorter post.
February 12, 2026 at 10:12 PM
jacobmarks.bsky.social
I just had a chance to play Intergalactic Bastionland, so I wrote up this too long and unedited play report on my blog.

jacobmarkshasablognow.blot.im/intergalacti...

I don't use my blog enough and I'm hoping to fix that this year.

#blog #osr #rpg #nsr
Intergalactic Bastionland Playtest 1 - Jacob Marks Has A Blog Now
2/11/2026 Well I haven’t used this blog at all. That’s ok, I think I’ll try to fix that this year and just write less edited dumber things. I’m
jacobmarkshasablognow.blot.im
February 12, 2026 at 5:16 AM
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chrispwolf.bsky.social
Once again, I am making Troika more boring because I think it would fully kick ass in a Sword & Sorcery game
## 1. Northern Barbarian Birthed and reared far from the the city, in a wilder, colder corner of the world where your sharp eyes and rangy thews were all you needed to thrive. A warlord destroyed your people and left you for dead, or maybe you just caught an taste of civilization's decadence, irresistable enough to abandon your home. ### Advanced Skills 5 language — Northric 3 Strength 2 Axe Fighting 1 Run 1 Sneak 1 Climb 1 Tracking 1 Awareness 1 Poetry 1 Mirth 1 Melancholy ### Possessions * An axe. * A drinking horn. * Layered furs (counts as modest armour, +1 to rolls against the cold). * Stone statuette of a stern northern god (counts as a pocket god you don't have to throw away, can be used once per day but only works on a 1d6 roll of 4+).
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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perplexingruins.bsky.social
Finished this one - going to give it some digital treatment & slight coloring, then off to patrons today! Pretty cool drawing to have access to for your mech, laser sword game
February 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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madocactus.itch.io
time to be loud about this terrible decision.

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February 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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monarobot.bsky.social
Here’s some sketches exploring one of my ideas for the creature from “The Terror” by Dan Simmons, and how I imagined it could work as a supernatural element while still able to be mistaken for a polar bear at a glance or in the distance~
February 8, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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kitfoxgames.com
Caves of Qud mutates onto the Nintendo Switch, February 16th!
February 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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victoriamaderna.com
Perrito vinagre.
Made another little dude. With a worse attitude.
Felted bush dog with a pipe. Felted bush dog with a pipe.
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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worldsbywatt.bsky.social
Here's my experience as a TTRPG creator in Minneapolis right now, 10 new relics for Cloud Empress, plus a new way to support my work (and all new Patreon).

worldsbywatt.substack.com/p/minneapoli...
Minneapolis, 10 relics, & worlds by watt Patreon
What it looks like in Minneapolis, plus a whole new space for worlds by watt content.
worldsbywatt.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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infrabeige.bsky.social
Newest Vaults of Vaarn 2E update ONYX LOTUS is out www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
Vaults of Vaarn Second Edition Project Update: January 2026 Preview Draft [ONYX LOTUS]
Hello wanderers, wishing everyone a happy new year! I hope the festive season treated you well. This missive comes a little later in the month than I wanted, Anyway, prod...
www.backerkit.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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brunodias.bsky.social
Honestly I increasingly think there's no such a thing as "right wing ideology" because there's no such thing as "right wing ideas". There's just a language used to justify doing whatever the hell you want, which is generally some flavor of bigotry and/or violence.
January 24, 2026 at 11:50 PM
jacobmarks.bsky.social
Hey any #Blender people able to help with this? I just switched to 5.0 and I've found in UV Editing every face appears in the UV view. It used to be I would view only the faces I selected in the Edit view.
January 18, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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unenthuser.bsky.social
The number one reason why music and the arts should be taught in school is so that the children can understand that System of a Down’s “silly” songs are intentional Dadaism, meaning they’re also protest songs by objecting to cultural conformity.
January 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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lyndacarter.bsky.social
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
Wonder Woman defends herself from a Nazi as portrayed by Lynda Carter.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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virtuware.bsky.social
MIRROR’S EDGE in 2025
January 16, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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kitfoxgames.com
Want to dedicate a lifetime to making a single game? Read this article by @tanyaxshort.bsky.social first!

kitfoxgames.medium.com/e9b916491afe
A quote from the article "The Unique Concerns of Lifetime Game Projects" by Tanya X. Short: Most game developers aren’t in the business of lifetime game projects. But in case you are one of those few, or just curious about the constraints, I thought I’d share a few lessons and observations Kitfox has encountered from our work with Dwarf Fortress, and to a lesser extent, Caves of Qud and Streets of Fortuna.
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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save.vs.totalpartykill.ca
“Am I language policing here? Sure, why not. I think the original sense of the word matters and is worth preserving, worth insisting upon. I think zines, as a non-luxury print media are important.”

The man that brought you “Fuck You Design” brings you a rant about fancy-ass zines.
How to Not Do Zines Wrong
I’m not the first to remark that a lot of what we’re calling “zines” aren’t really zines. They’re fine, glossy magazines, or beautifully crafted books. While these products may share zines’ craft etho...
todistantlands.github.io
January 16, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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munkao.bsky.social
"Bell and Small-betta, Travelling Circus Sorcerers"
Southeast Asian Fantasy: Two dancers, one large figure in the back, wearing a mask of a fish (a betta, fighting fish) and waving a fan in the shape of a fin. The girl in front, dances with a bell.
January 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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perplexingruins.bsky.social
Feeling the economic squeeze these days. As prices go up everywhere & folks deal with uncertainty, things like patron subscriptions get cut. Just the way it is. But if you able to do so and like what I do, you can support that here:
www.patreon.com/perplexingru...
some of the work below
assorted fantasy character drawings assorted fantasy character drawings assorted fantasy character drawings castle on a cliff with river below
January 14, 2026 at 11:26 PM
jacobmarks.bsky.social
I just looked through Penumbral Oasis Part One for the first time in maybe a year. Enough time has passes that a lot of it is new to me again. I really need to work more on Part Two 😅

I'm thinking writing up some kind of retrospective could be interesting. Still have a blog I never use.
#vaarn #osr
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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betterlegends.bsky.social
My new "adventure" Dungeon of Sparks is out now! It's fully illustrated but needs you, the reader to become the author. I'm calling it a "disjointed collaboration". When you finish writing it, you can use the art in it to publish an adventure. Enjoy! better-legends.itch.io/dungeon-of-s...
January 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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friendly-ghost.bsky.social
this multiplayer fantasy wargame is all hand drawn and kicks ass

#godot #indiegame #indiedev #solodev #godotengine
Deepest Valley by friendly ghost
Hand-Drawn Fantasy Strategy Game for hanging out with 2-5 friends.
friendly-ghost.itch.io
January 14, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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perplexingruins.bsky.social
seems to be #portfolioday - I've made some art and some games, and games with art. I do commissions, run a patreon, and publish small games
skull with fire and banner on mountain top city on large figure with spiked helmet figure offering deer skull to moon traveler silhouetted against read castle on mountain, with skull
January 13, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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azuremeraki.bsky.social
🧙‍♂️ Hello #PortfolioDay

I'm Saša, fantasy concept artist and illustrator from Croatia.

I am looking for work on book or album covers, ttrpgs, video games etc.

🔌🌍 My web place: studionubium.hr
Cover art I painted for the Sword & Sorcery novel Sometime Lofty Towers by David C. Smith. Sword and Sorcery painting of 4 sun faced riders on shining steeds 3 of my Art goetia demon paintings
January 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM