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Munkao
@munkao.bsky.social
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Halo. Munkao here. I make games and draw and run Centaur Games.
Now working on Kala Mandala, a fantasy world centred on Southeast Asia.
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Munkao @munkao.bsky.social · Apr 30
"Rules-lite, shoes-lite, flavour-heavy TTRPG.
Southeast Asian fantasy. Flavours include cloves, gingers, and pepper."
I've just released Kala Mandala Playbook! Pay-What-You-Want on Itch. I hope you like it!
heycentaur.itch.io/kala-mandala...
Cover page of Kala Mandala Playbook. A TTRPG rulebook for Southeast Asian Fantasy. It has 4 adventurers in a cool pose. A page from the Kala Mandala Playbook, basically describing that adventurers are real nosy busybodies, but there are meddling guilds to join to monetize that personality trait. The illustration is of 4 adventurers escorting a water buffalo.
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valiantdorian.bsky.social
To learn more about Whole New World l, be sure to click the link below to be notified on LAUNCH! 🚀

www.kickstarter.com/projects/one...
Coming soon: A Whole New World
A TTRPG webseries capturing the chaos of game design from concept to gameplay.
www.kickstarter.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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yochaigal.bsky.social
I wrote about my plans for 2026, both under the @cairnrpg.com umbrella and Between Two Cairns.
newschoolrevolution.com/cairn-in-2026/
Cairn in 2026
Every year I try and write a little post about what folks should expect from me in the coming year. I suppose a small part of me feels that once I've announc...
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December 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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signalstation.bsky.social
for the record, if I'm ever putting on a public event, but there's some kinda creature that's gonna eat people at the event, just let me know and I'll cancel it, no problem

don't even care if it bankrupts me

to be honest I was looking for an excuse not to go
December 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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aavoigt.bsky.social
Regular reminder that I am trying to build a corps of new Youtubers to cover indie RPGs. If you have any desire to do this, please let me know and I will give you what little knowledge I posses.
December 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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dngnclub.itch.io
DNGN CLUB '25: a year in review.

Today, I'm highlighting my surprise darling, DNGN + DRGN. It essentially started as a demo of what I ended up calling the DNGN ENGN (I'm aware of how annoying I am) and as a bit of a joke. Its become one of my most downloaded games, and I absolutely love it. 🧵
the cover for DNGN CLUB's DNGN + DRGN. Pronounced Dungeon plus Dragon
December 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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chlowski.bsky.social
if you’re new to bsky and look for a french lesbian artist who draws women and also likes mecha, I got you covered
chlowski.bsky.social Chloé Stawski @chlowski.bsky.social · 11d
✨🌸 Art vs Artist 2025 wrapped edition 🌸✨
a selfie of me surrounded by eight artworks of this year 2025 : queen witch ; Melinoe fanart ; Samus fanart ; detail of a witch one-page comic ; my cover for the High Strangeness issue I'm drawing ; Knights of Guinevere fanart ; Artemis from Hades 2 fanart ; my alt cover for the Adventure Time Bubbline college special
December 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
munkao.bsky.social
"The Harvest Beast of Sekot Runs Amok!"

Last post of the year for me, I made it with posting weekly till the end of the year!
I hope the harvest beasts of you kind folks run amok with many awesome things this coming year.
Happy holidays!
Southeast Asian Fantasy: 5 men tries to stop this huge lion-dance/barong looking thing. Inside the puppet has 4 pairs of feet.
December 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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bradkerr.net
Hello, PDF games cheap now WINTER SALE very good!! please buy thanks bye bye itch.io/s/175165/win...
Winter Sale 2025 by Brad Kerr
A bundle by Brad Kerr, $24.95 for 5 games
itch.io
December 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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thebreadwyrm.bsky.social
Fomoria Quickstart is crawling out of the earth now, free to download! Includes core rules, an intro adventure and 8 pregen characters ready to be consumed by the Darkness. An epic folk horror TTRPG created by Tania Herrero, laid out and published by @nohr.se

tania-herrero.itch.io/fomoria-quic...
Fomoria - Quickstart by Tania Herrero, Johan Nohr
tania-herrero.itch.io
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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zazb.bsky.social
I keep coming back to these tarot inspired mechs because I had so much fun designing them and thinking about the world they are from.
I think I'm going to try and make a game about them. That way I can have my friends pilot their own make-believe-cool-robot assigned by fate.
A giant mech wielding a hammer, inspired by the Tower major arcana tarot card. A giant mech wielding a mace and shield, inspired by the Empress major arcana tarot card. A giant mech wielding a bow, inspired by the Strength major arcana tarot card. A giant mech wielding a staff, inspired by the Hanged Man major arcana tarot card.
December 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
munkao.bsky.social
Last convention of the year! Comic Fiesta! If you are coming, drop by and say hi.
I am at PG 01 along with @ehronlime and @nightshade_tavern_dnd at our own TTRPG alley!
(Last photo of our alley by Aaron!)
Kala Mandala booth at comic fiesta. Zines, posters, stickers, etc. Kala Mandala booth at comic fiesta. Zines, posters, stickers, etc. Kala Mandala booth at comic fiesta. Zines, posters, stickers, etc.
December 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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emilyhare.com
The Northern Rustback, from my book Savage Strangehollow. Pre-orders open again in January (books will ship end of Feb at earliest). If you want to be notified when the shop opens then join my newsletter here: buff.ly/ET9Po9M
#dragon #artbook #folklore #watercolour #painting #dragonart
A dark brown/rust red dragon with curved horns and smoke coming out of his nostrils, he's crawling along the ground from right to left and we can see the claws on his wing tips.
December 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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stuhorvath.com
Subscribe to Unwinnable before the end of the year and get all the 2025 issues free! That's twelve issues of Unwinnable Monthly AND twelve issues of Exploits for five clams. Feed your brain over the holidays!

unwinnable.com/subscribe/

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All the snazzy covers of Unwinnable Monthly from 2025. Text reads: Unwinnable: Good Writing Since 2010.
December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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hookieduke.bsky.social
Carousel | Everything comes back around
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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gaziter.bsky.social
Brioche the Doughmancer 🫓
A concept page of my character Brioche, a baker dough-mancer girl who controls dough and summons (bakes) bread creatures to fight for her
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
munkao.bsky.social
Another party of nosey folks (2 of 3).
Southeast Asian Fantasy. Adventurers, from back-clockwise. A monitor lizard-folk, with it's familiar, a mynah. A human-folk warrior, female with sword and shield. A sunbear-folk, holding palm leaf manuscripts and a stylus for writing. A human-folk fighter, female, a sickle in each arm. A macaque-folk, holding a handcannon.
December 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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omiosures.bsky.social
In the midst of all the AI vomitodramum, here's a two page spread I made for my #ttrpg book which I'm particularly proud of. :')

Text, art and layout by yours truly; never have used, never shall use genAI.
a two page spread of OMIOS URES - my tabletop RPG. on the left, a drawing of a gnome in a wizardly outfit, holding a lit candle - the gnome is half colored, half sketched. The gnome has blue nails, pointy shoes and an art nouveau walking stick. above him is in the text "GNOMOS" in an orange, art nouveau font. to the right bottom corner is the gnome from the OP here. the text on the page reads: Athousand years ago, a flying citadel soared over the continents, peering curiously at the ancient realms below. The city was a perfect utopia, home of no evil nor ill; the motherland of all gnomes. Great knowledge was bestowed upon what cultures dotted the land, but it did not take long until the surfacers found better use for their magical gifts. Appalled by all the violence and death following their patronage, the Citadel signaled all of those still aground to return at once. But not all gnomes heeded the call – and ever since its departure, the Motherland’s whereabouts remain a mystery. Old Spirit Gnomes are tiny humanoids, always elderly in appearance because all living gnomes are well over a hundred years old. Men usually sport facial hair; mustaches or full beards; oftentimes kept as long as their own bodies. A Ward for Delirium While their utopic homeland was exempt of malady, years of exposure to the earthen realms saw countless Gnomes slowly and inevitably succumbing to a disease once thought extinct – Goblinism – mutating into pustulent, rabid and ungovernable versions of themselves. In order to prevent the “turn”, Gnomes have since developed runic headwear; warding talismans that keep the disease at bay indefinitely, as long as the hat is worn by its owner. (...) All must contain a lengthy sequence of runes within their liner, often resulting in a hat as tall as its wearer.
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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aavoigt.bsky.social
Me, @ehronlime.bsky.social, and @aaronmfking.bsky.social have stepped from the shadows to make the Council of Aarons public. We pass judgement on 3 Harvests, and evaluate the course of 2025--at least in tabletop games.
2025: Harvest | Aaron on Aaron on Aaron
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December 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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explorersdesign.bsky.social
99% of rpg zines and books should have page numbers.

And that's just the start. There's actually a lot of technique and intentionality behind things like page numbers, running headers, etc.

Let me know what you think!

www.explorersdesign.com/designing-si...
How to Design Signals in Books
User-friendly definitions, tips, and tricks for tabletop rpg designers.
www.explorersdesign.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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thebreadwyrm.bsky.social
Jorr the Myorryn, lives for passion's fleeting flame. He knows how to turn his enemies into marionettes for his plays. But will that be enough to escape the grinding teeth of the Spawn of the Hungering One?

One of the 8 pregens that will be available in Fomoria's Quickstart.

#ttrpg #fomoria
December 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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chrisair.itch.io
The more I go through this Flatline dev edit, the more I am aware of the possible interconnections and the slower I proceed.

I am just now figuring this out.
four-layer block map by Guy Pradel, and table of contents of the 21 map locations.
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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samsorensen.bsky.social
what's up gamers, I'm back with ten more tangible tips for editing your tabletop RPG manuscript: samsorensen.blot.im/ten-more-tan...
screenshot of a blogpost that reads: "Ten More Tangible Tips for Editing Your RPG Manuscript "1. Remove instances of here from location descriptions—it’s obvious you’re describing the location already. Instead of 'A hobgoblin hammers iron here,' write 'A hobgoblin hammers iron on an anvil.' "2. For the same reason, remove instances of this in description entries. If you must reference the entry’s subject, use 'the.' Instead of 'Smoke fills this room,' write 'Smoke fills the room,' or better yet 'Smoke fills the air.' "3. When writing entries for monsters, magic items, and so on, skip repeating the name of the subject with [X] is or [X] are in the first sentence. Instead of 'VODYANOY: Vodyanoy are froggy, pot-bellied water spirits,' write 'VODYANOY: Froggy, pot-bellied water spirits.'"
December 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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creativewronging.bsky.social
#TTRPG 🎲 Advent Calendar, Day 12:

"Tales From Myriad" by Carson Daniel ( @emberwickart.bsky.social )

An original 2d6 TTRPG system designed to be friendly to newer players, but with just enough crunch to satisfy those of us who grew up playing Final Fantasy Tactics or Chrono Cross/Trigger
Cover of the TTRPG book "Tales From Myriad" by Carson Daniel. The left side of the book is white, and the right side features about a dozen characters from the game's variety of Kin & classes, dressed in a diversity of garb not unlike Final Fantasy Tactics characters, but with a more whimsical feel. The colors are mostly purples, pinks, teals, & oranges. Inside spread from Tales From Myriad showing a Mothfolk character in long purple & gold robes, holding a glowing lantern staff. Above it is text reading: "There will be plenty of time for your character to grow throughout the course of your play. Character creation follows these steps: roll stats, determine job, roll equipment, choose kin, choose homeland, choose name, choose the reason for your party to be friends" Inside spread from Tales From Myriad showing 2 of the game's Kin options; the Animus, living Humanoid constructs, and Froglin, frog-folk. The Animus pictures is wearing red & white Middle Eastern looking robes and has a gold hat leaking red vapor. The Froglin is wearing a purple ninja outfit, with a katana & dagger in her hands, and a naginata on her back Inside spread from Tales From Myriad of perhaps the best roll table ever put into a TTRPG book; the Hats table! It features hat options such as massive snail shell, jester's hat, large mushroom, Dragon skull, & birdcage. Below the table is art of a dapper woodpecker looking Birdfolk trying on some dashing fine hats in a mirror.
December 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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ossihiekkala.bsky.social
Staff Artist at Chaosium Inc.

My job is to bring worlds to life. I like to illustrate subtle stories of the mundane, not just the stories of the heroes. And the heroes are not perfect either. My view is not focused in the middle of the scene. It’s a little bit off*.


I am where I want to be.
Cover art for Land of RuneQuest - Dragon Pass. Adventurers are trying to ambush a dream dragon.
May 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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rascal.news
Tabletop designers such as @byodinsbeardrpg.com are making a habit out of post-convention transparency through post-mortem reports. Their hope is to inspire others and turn event tabling into a science.
The trials and tribulations of tabling at conventions
Colin Le Sueur discusses his post-mortems and why he writes them.
www.rascal.news
December 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM