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Mina McJanda (she/they)
@minahoneybat.bsky.social
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Layout artist, graphic designer, RPG writer, fan of communities and evolution, human person. You might have seen my work in SPIRE, HEART, LANCER or VOIDHEART SYMPHONY~
Want your game made beautiful? Get in touch!
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rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social
Real suggestions from Real RRD employees
RRD's Guide to DM Screens. A 2 axis graph, one axis says legit to huh?? and the other is snoozefest to ok I'm listening. Legit snoozefest includes: DM screen, laptop, terrible handwriting, your hand. Legit okay I'm listening includes: Dm screen but fancy, mean aura, snack hoard, teeline shorthand, BIG HAT, the cat. Snooze fest huh?? includes: high school binder paper, row of pint glasses, going for a walk, crying in bathroom, blinding the players, gygax room divider and The American Constitution. Ok I'm listening Huh?? includes: live stock, zoo animals, high school binder for tits, live peacock, dead peacock, smoke bomb, fish and The Shroud of Turin.
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
minahoneybat.bsky.social
I like making books about GIANT ROBOTS.

You probably like reading books about GIANT ROBOTS.

Why not give us both a treat by backing IPHIGENIA AT MIDNIGHT, currently in its last 48 hours?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ash...
Iphigenia at Midnight
A narrative campaign and rules supplement for the LANCER TTRPG
www.kickstarter.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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elainelithgow.bsky.social
We've been trying to get Everything is Tables ready in time for Dragonmeet and @minahoneybat.bsky.social has really knocked it out of the park with some of the layout in this book, gang.
A screencapture of a spread from the book 'Everything is Tables' which looks like digital billboard full of advertisements laid out in a d6 x d6 table.
October 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
minahoneybat.bsky.social
If you like LANCER (and if you follow me you probably do), you should check out Iphigenia at Midnight by Liam Mackey on @kickstarter.com for a great campaign, a bunch of narrative support structures, and some new frames for players to pilot! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ash...
Iphigenia at Midnight
A narrative campaign and rules supplement for the LANCER TTRPG
www.kickstarter.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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arbyk.bsky.social
it's a double spread day in my comic
August 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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elainelithgow.bsky.social
Holy shit, we funded in like 34mins? We hadn’t even finished the launch stream!

I’m gonna take the opportunity to toss around bluesky socials for the Ways and Means creative team like confetti, then go get myself an ice cream.

Follow cool folk below🧵👇
an illustration showing the creative team behind Ways and Means.
August 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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kaitave.bsky.social
Hey everyone, I'm very pleased to announce that my very own Lancer: NPCs Rebaked, a Monster Vault style overhaul of the Lancer core rulebook NPCs plus revised versions of grunts and several major templates, is available for purchase

#lancer #lancerRPG

kaitave.itch.io/lancer-npcs-...
Lancer: NPCs Rebaked by KaiTave
An NPC overhaul for Lancer, the mech RPG by Massif Press
kaitave.itch.io
June 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
minahoneybat.bsky.social
Turns out it's real hard to stop having ideas once you start! I'm now 80+ pages deep into layout and having a great time.
The intro to the mask section of the book, showing a star-filled mask on a colorful psychedelic background. Text reads: MASKS. The death of the old world has made reality a valuable commodity. Nowhere is that clearer than with masks. These relics are pure, portable, and powerful – a rule of reality in the palm of your hand. Most domains won't use them, preferring instead to relinquish the power and responsibility to autonomous guardians. After all, mask-wielders must be on call to fight the domain's enemies, push beyond its borders, and use their powers with responsibility. Frankly, most domains don't trust their people with the responsibility. Those that choose the path of the mask, however, become a force to be reckoned with – a shard of reality wielded by an intelligent and passionate mind. Let's see what you do with yours. Mask Traits Your domain will have one mask per exile, each mask ready to be worn by any of you when you embark on a delve. When you're wearing a mask, you gain: Its phases: You can invest essence in Heft, Flow, and Haze, and use that phase's power when you're rolling with that pool. Core Mechanic: Each mask has a unique passive ability changing how you use and invest essence. Advances: Hit beats while wearing a mask to unlock boosts for all future users – training in skills and colours, and improvements to its powers. Sovereignty: With a mask, you can break a realm's laws at will (though there are still consequences). A Fault: When masks break reality, you don't always get to control how it happens. Each mask on a delve adds a fault to the pool the GM can pick from. Potential Laws: Laws and masks go hand in hand. When you gain a mask, you must also pick one of its laws to be enshrined and followed in your domain.
May 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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ettin.itch.io
Five days to go. I made this to promote it but kind of regret it now
Panel from Pop Team Epic with Popuko and Pipimi saying "Help our fundraising, if you please" while wearing hooded cloaks, only with Soyeong and Maru's faces edited on in what turned out to be a vaguely upsetting way
May 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social
This is a difficult announcement to make.

We're not coming to GenCon 2025. We don't feel safe moving through the US border.

Full statement here: buff.ly/CIO20Xg
May 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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yrgirlkv.leafside.studio
welcome to the intertwined city of sunblack. make your home in an interdimensional metropolis, embrace your life as a psychic freak, and fight back against the powers that would control you—all pwyw at yrgirlkv.itch.io/sunblack

as always, proceeds from my work go towards aid for palestine
cover for SUNBLACK, featuring a nighttime photograph of a city with the title and my name on it
April 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
minahoneybat.bsky.social
In a strange place where the Voidheart Symphony campaign has finished but my producer's away and thus cannot tell me what needs working on.

To cope I've returned to DARKSTAR ANTHEM, the existential roadtrip game I start five years ago – kinda HOMEWORLD meets WARFRAME meets GET IN THE CAR, LOSER
Art showing a glitching blob over a black void. Text over the art reads: Darkstar Anthem – An interdimensional road trip after the end of everything.
April 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
minahoneybat.bsky.social
108 minutes to go!!!
minahoneybat.bsky.social Mina McJanda (she/they) @minahoneybat.bsky.social · Mar 26
Oh wow, we just hit 1000 backers on the Voidheart crowdfunder! We've got just over a week left and it's taking everything I have not to gush *right now* about the cool things my producer would rather have us announcing *soon* www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
Voidheart Symphony - What Are You Fighting For?
A role-playing game of psychic revolution in the shadows of the city.
www.backerkit.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
minahoneybat.bsky.social
One of my favorite things about Voidheart Symphony is that no rebel stands alone – most of your powers come from the people you care about and who have faith in you and your fight. In my final design blog for this crowdfunder, I talk a bit more about that: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
Voidheart Symphony - What Are You Fighting For? Project Update: The Blood of the Covenant
20 hours to go and I'm feeling optimistic about that AP stretch goal! But that's not what we're here to talk about today. Instead, I'm going to talk about the members of your...
www.backerkit.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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keftiu.bsky.social
happy transgender day of visibility!! i'm thursday, a tabletop game designer who got my start with a meditation on the dysphoric feelings of angels freshly-fallen from grace <3
March 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
minahoneybat.bsky.social
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! It’s been seven years now that I’ve been an out trans woman, and a decade since I became a full-time TTRPG person - hard to say which changed my life more lmao

Much love to all my trans siblings out there - you’re beautiful and I’m proud of you all💖
March 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
minahoneybat.bsky.social
Oh wow, we just hit 1000 backers on the Voidheart crowdfunder! We've got just over a week left and it's taking everything I have not to gush *right now* about the cool things my producer would rather have us announcing *soon* www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
Voidheart Symphony - What Are You Fighting For?
A role-playing game of psychic revolution in the shadows of the city.
www.backerkit.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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bloodberrytart.bsky.social
the opening paragraph to Nintendo Power's July 2000 reveal of Kirby 64 is insane
September 13, 2023 at 8:11 PM
minahoneybat.bsky.social
Today on the Voidheart Symphony crowdfunder I talk about the notebook I've been making alongside the revised core book: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
Voidheart Symphony - What Are You Fighting For? Project Update: This Fffire Is In Your Control
Or: What's up with that notebook? When we were planning this crowdfunder, we went through the normal list of add-ons we could maybe use to round out the campaign offerings. ...
www.backerkit.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
minahoneybat.bsky.social
Want to see the new playbook for Voidheart Symphony Revised, or get a preview of the new system for building your own competing reality? Or just want to chat about the rebels you've played? Swing by the new project update and have fun!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
Voidheart Symphony - What Are You Fighting For? Project Update: TELL US ABOUT YOUR REBELS!
Hey folks! Mina here interceding at the start of Chant's update to say that we've hit £50,000! This means two major things: first, we've unlocked The Union! This playbook is...
www.backerkit.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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alexandrachandler.bsky.social
Trans allies- there are way more of you than there are trans people, so we need you to speak out in public comments against State Dept making it impossible for trans people to get or keep accurate passports.

The freedom of movement is a fundamental human right. Don’t let the government erode it.
transequality.bsky.social Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) @transequality.bsky.social · Mar 11
There are three proposed changes that directly harm the trans community, you can use this easy link to submit comments on all three: transequality.org/news/freedom...
March 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
minahoneybat.bsky.social
The Voidheart Symphony crowdfunder is still going strong, and today I posted my first blog diving deep into the rebel playbooks of the game. If you're interested in who you can play, take a look – and if you're a backer, download the playbooks for yourself! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
Voidheart Symphony - What Are You Fighting For? Project Update: Playbook Deep Dive: The Fringe Radicals
Playbooks in Voidheart Symphony are many things: a philosophy of revolution, a parcel of powerful abilities, a set of building blocks for the community you’ll make together. ...
www.backerkit.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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mattielubchansky.com
dungeons and dgenders | patreon.com/lubchansky
panel 1: a group of people playing a tabletop game. SOME GUY WHO LOOKS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE MATTIE BUT A LONG TIME AGO sits next to the DM. SGWLSLMBALTA: Okaaaay, so! The new character I rolled out is a 6'3" half-orc sorceress. Excited to get playing! DM: Playing a girl again, huh. SGWLSLMBALTA: Yeah, why? PANEL 2: two other players. PLAYER 2: Can you just come out already? We're supportive. PLAYER 3: Waiting for you to transition is taking forever. PANEL 3: SGWLSLMBALTA looks off to the side. Shot over the DM's shoulder. SGWLSLMBALTA: Hmm? I don't understand what you are all possibly talking about! "Come out." Good one. PANEL 4: The DM and the two other players contemplate death while SGWLSLMBALTA speaks off-panel. SGWLSLMBALTA: Anyway...She was actually born a PRINCE! of the realm, but was CURSED by a WIZARD to be a girl...
March 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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lilithttrpg.bsky.social
Consumers should recognize that making a digital book is not that different from making a physical one because most of the cost is labour (e.g., writing, art, etc.). If you want to support folks making living, sustainable wages in the TTRPG industry, we gotta normalize higher prices for digital
loottheroom.bsky.social Chris Bissette 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · Mar 7
Customers who want the RPG industry to continue to thrive and grow outside of a handful of bigger publishers able to weather the storm of hugely increased prices on print products are going to have to become comfortable paying realistic prices for digital products. $5 PDFs aren't going to cut it.
March 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM