Sandra Catharin
@sandracatharin.bsky.social
TTRPG-Game Design-Creative Writing-Podcasts-Theatre/Dramaturgy-Pro Wrestling: anything with a story basically. she/her. The Netherlands.
https://sandracatharin.carrd.co/
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Hi everyone, my name is Sandra Catharin and I'm a Dutch game designer, writer and game master/player for as many TTRPGs I can get my hands on, mainly in the (urban) horror genre.
Hi everyone, my name is Sandra Catharin and I'm a Dutch game designer, writer and game master/player for as many TTRPGs I can get my hands on, mainly in the (urban) horror genre.
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In @sandracatharin.bsky.social's When The End Comes, a group of friends take a vacation to Las Vegas only to realize their hotel rooms have an interesting theme. Also there's a serial killer.
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When the End Comes
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October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In @sandracatharin.bsky.social's When The End Comes, a group of friends take a vacation to Las Vegas only to realize their hotel rooms have an interesting theme. Also there's a serial killer.
open.spotify.com/episode/7xXc...
open.spotify.com/episode/7xXc...
How to celebrate Halloween:
- run a Vampire the Masquerade session tonight
- run a horror slasher disguised as a game show tomorrow at Roll Initiative Con
Overall vibes: Lady Macbeth
What are your Halloween TTRPG plans?
- run a Vampire the Masquerade session tonight
- run a horror slasher disguised as a game show tomorrow at Roll Initiative Con
Overall vibes: Lady Macbeth
What are your Halloween TTRPG plans?
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
How to celebrate Halloween:
- run a Vampire the Masquerade session tonight
- run a horror slasher disguised as a game show tomorrow at Roll Initiative Con
Overall vibes: Lady Macbeth
What are your Halloween TTRPG plans?
- run a Vampire the Masquerade session tonight
- run a horror slasher disguised as a game show tomorrow at Roll Initiative Con
Overall vibes: Lady Macbeth
What are your Halloween TTRPG plans?
Normally, October would be filled to the brim with horror TTRPG sessions and streams. But this year, I’ve taken a step back to overcome the monsters in my own mind.
Which doesn’t mean everything needs to be cozy and nice. What is your favorite horror TTRPG to run/play this month?
Which doesn’t mean everything needs to be cozy and nice. What is your favorite horror TTRPG to run/play this month?
October 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Normally, October would be filled to the brim with horror TTRPG sessions and streams. But this year, I’ve taken a step back to overcome the monsters in my own mind.
Which doesn’t mean everything needs to be cozy and nice. What is your favorite horror TTRPG to run/play this month?
Which doesn’t mean everything needs to be cozy and nice. What is your favorite horror TTRPG to run/play this month?
The last couple of months, I did not GM as much as I used to. I only did some black box scenes for our VtM chronicle, and short sessions at a convention.
But tonight, I ran a 4-hour long Vaesen oneshot, in which I finally felt confident again with my GM’ing, and not totally exhausted afterwards.
But tonight, I ran a 4-hour long Vaesen oneshot, in which I finally felt confident again with my GM’ing, and not totally exhausted afterwards.
October 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The last couple of months, I did not GM as much as I used to. I only did some black box scenes for our VtM chronicle, and short sessions at a convention.
But tonight, I ran a 4-hour long Vaesen oneshot, in which I finally felt confident again with my GM’ing, and not totally exhausted afterwards.
But tonight, I ran a 4-hour long Vaesen oneshot, in which I finally felt confident again with my GM’ing, and not totally exhausted afterwards.
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Manchester, England, 1922. A string of disappearances, and a constabulary floundering. Enter The Bees, an unrivalled force against things that go bump in the night.
Buzz into action and join GM Molly for a two-part Call of Cthulhu story.
Investigate more here - buff.ly/FbqRClK
Buzz into action and join GM Molly for a two-part Call of Cthulhu story.
Investigate more here - buff.ly/FbqRClK
September 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Manchester, England, 1922. A string of disappearances, and a constabulary floundering. Enter The Bees, an unrivalled force against things that go bump in the night.
Buzz into action and join GM Molly for a two-part Call of Cthulhu story.
Investigate more here - buff.ly/FbqRClK
Buzz into action and join GM Molly for a two-part Call of Cthulhu story.
Investigate more here - buff.ly/FbqRClK
I got to run intro sessions of When the End Comes (my own TTRPG) and Vampire the Masquerade at a convention (Main Quest Con) today and yesterday.
I forgot how much fun it is to introduce players to a new system/game.
Now I have no social spoons left, so I’ll be sleeping for the next few days.
I forgot how much fun it is to introduce players to a new system/game.
Now I have no social spoons left, so I’ll be sleeping for the next few days.
September 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I got to run intro sessions of When the End Comes (my own TTRPG) and Vampire the Masquerade at a convention (Main Quest Con) today and yesterday.
I forgot how much fun it is to introduce players to a new system/game.
Now I have no social spoons left, so I’ll be sleeping for the next few days.
I forgot how much fun it is to introduce players to a new system/game.
Now I have no social spoons left, so I’ll be sleeping for the next few days.
Tonight, I’m going to GM a Vampire the Masquerade session in which we do black box scenes for the PCs to get to know them and their Touchstones better.
This is also the first session after deciding that we are going to do a hard reset on the chronicle.
Let’s start over!
This is also the first session after deciding that we are going to do a hard reset on the chronicle.
Let’s start over!
September 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Tonight, I’m going to GM a Vampire the Masquerade session in which we do black box scenes for the PCs to get to know them and their Touchstones better.
This is also the first session after deciding that we are going to do a hard reset on the chronicle.
Let’s start over!
This is also the first session after deciding that we are going to do a hard reset on the chronicle.
Let’s start over!
I’m rewriting the premisse for my Vampire the Masquerade chronicle. I had no idea what my drive was and where the story would go. I’m now figuring that out with my players before we continue the story.
The GM is also a player who should enjoy the story, so don’t be afraid to admit it is you aren’t.
The GM is also a player who should enjoy the story, so don’t be afraid to admit it is you aren’t.
September 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I’m rewriting the premisse for my Vampire the Masquerade chronicle. I had no idea what my drive was and where the story would go. I’m now figuring that out with my players before we continue the story.
The GM is also a player who should enjoy the story, so don’t be afraid to admit it is you aren’t.
The GM is also a player who should enjoy the story, so don’t be afraid to admit it is you aren’t.
How do you deal with imposter syndrome as a #TTRPG Game Master?
I have a session to GM this evening, and I have prep ready. But it’s meager at best, or at least, it feels that way.
What do you do to hype yourself up and make the best of what you got at the moment?
I have a session to GM this evening, and I have prep ready. But it’s meager at best, or at least, it feels that way.
What do you do to hype yourself up and make the best of what you got at the moment?
August 22, 2025 at 6:38 AM
How do you deal with imposter syndrome as a #TTRPG Game Master?
I have a session to GM this evening, and I have prep ready. But it’s meager at best, or at least, it feels that way.
What do you do to hype yourself up and make the best of what you got at the moment?
I have a session to GM this evening, and I have prep ready. But it’s meager at best, or at least, it feels that way.
What do you do to hype yourself up and make the best of what you got at the moment?
I’m looking for recommendations for 2-player #TTRPGs or correspondence games/scenarios to play. GMless,co-op or one-on-one GM + 1 player.
I have a big itch.io collection of them, but I’m looking for more. Ironsworn and adjacent games are already covered, same as Dead Letter Society.
I have a big itch.io collection of them, but I’m looking for more. Ironsworn and adjacent games are already covered, same as Dead Letter Society.
August 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Well, that ended differently than expected. No meeting, but one on the run and the other captured.
I love the characters we created and the story that developed through the letters.
There is an open ending, so maybe we will discover how their story continues later down the line.
I ❤️ TTRPGs!
I love the characters we created and the story that developed through the letters.
There is an open ending, so maybe we will discover how their story continues later down the line.
I ❤️ TTRPGs!
I am writing my final letter for this game of Dead Letter Society.
There is a feeling of sadness, since I have grown attached to the vampires we’ve created.
But their story has been epic and took many turns we didn’t expect. Right up until the end, with a possible meeting in their near future…
There is a feeling of sadness, since I have grown attached to the vampires we’ve created.
But their story has been epic and took many turns we didn’t expect. Right up until the end, with a possible meeting in their near future…
August 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Well, that ended differently than expected. No meeting, but one on the run and the other captured.
I love the characters we created and the story that developed through the letters.
There is an open ending, so maybe we will discover how their story continues later down the line.
I ❤️ TTRPGs!
I love the characters we created and the story that developed through the letters.
There is an open ending, so maybe we will discover how their story continues later down the line.
I ❤️ TTRPGs!
I am writing my final letter for this game of Dead Letter Society.
There is a feeling of sadness, since I have grown attached to the vampires we’ve created.
But their story has been epic and took many turns we didn’t expect. Right up until the end, with a possible meeting in their near future…
There is a feeling of sadness, since I have grown attached to the vampires we’ve created.
But their story has been epic and took many turns we didn’t expect. Right up until the end, with a possible meeting in their near future…
August 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I am writing my final letter for this game of Dead Letter Society.
There is a feeling of sadness, since I have grown attached to the vampires we’ve created.
But their story has been epic and took many turns we didn’t expect. Right up until the end, with a possible meeting in their near future…
There is a feeling of sadness, since I have grown attached to the vampires we’ve created.
But their story has been epic and took many turns we didn’t expect. Right up until the end, with a possible meeting in their near future…
I joined a Vampire the Requiem one-shot yesterday, in which the other 3 players had no experience with the World of Darkness at all.
It’s always fun to see the exact moment the vibe and setting click in their heads. Politics and moral dilemmas, that’s what they asked for and that’s what they got.
It’s always fun to see the exact moment the vibe and setting click in their heads. Politics and moral dilemmas, that’s what they asked for and that’s what they got.
July 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I joined a Vampire the Requiem one-shot yesterday, in which the other 3 players had no experience with the World of Darkness at all.
It’s always fun to see the exact moment the vibe and setting click in their heads. Politics and moral dilemmas, that’s what they asked for and that’s what they got.
It’s always fun to see the exact moment the vibe and setting click in their heads. Politics and moral dilemmas, that’s what they asked for and that’s what they got.
#TTRPG Dead Letter Society update:
When you send your letter with the CW: bleak, and the other player responds with “Yikes” after reading it, you are doing something right, right?!
Sometimes the player’s mood is reflected in the character’s, and let’s just say mine wasn’t the best when I wrote it.
When you send your letter with the CW: bleak, and the other player responds with “Yikes” after reading it, you are doing something right, right?!
Sometimes the player’s mood is reflected in the character’s, and let’s just say mine wasn’t the best when I wrote it.
July 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
#TTRPG Dead Letter Society update:
When you send your letter with the CW: bleak, and the other player responds with “Yikes” after reading it, you are doing something right, right?!
Sometimes the player’s mood is reflected in the character’s, and let’s just say mine wasn’t the best when I wrote it.
When you send your letter with the CW: bleak, and the other player responds with “Yikes” after reading it, you are doing something right, right?!
Sometimes the player’s mood is reflected in the character’s, and let’s just say mine wasn’t the best when I wrote it.
We are 4 cycles in in a game of correspondence and journaling TTRPG #DeadLetterSociety, and this story is getting intense.
It turned into an elaborate story about trust, betrayal and the question whether it’s better to find companionship or to live in isolation in order to survive.
It turned into an elaborate story about trust, betrayal and the question whether it’s better to find companionship or to live in isolation in order to survive.
July 21, 2025 at 5:29 AM
We are 4 cycles in in a game of correspondence and journaling TTRPG #DeadLetterSociety, and this story is getting intense.
It turned into an elaborate story about trust, betrayal and the question whether it’s better to find companionship or to live in isolation in order to survive.
It turned into an elaborate story about trust, betrayal and the question whether it’s better to find companionship or to live in isolation in order to survive.
This afternoon, I completed #ClairObscurExpedition33.
What a wonderful journey and amazing storytelling! I don’t cry often with video games, but the end made me a blubbering mess 😭
What a wonderful journey and amazing storytelling! I don’t cry often with video games, but the end made me a blubbering mess 😭
July 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This afternoon, I completed #ClairObscurExpedition33.
What a wonderful journey and amazing storytelling! I don’t cry often with video games, but the end made me a blubbering mess 😭
What a wonderful journey and amazing storytelling! I don’t cry often with video games, but the end made me a blubbering mess 😭
Last Saturday, a friend and I started a game of the #TTRPG Dead Letter Society, set in the Victorian era meets gothic romance, and I’m so invested.
My fledgling vampire, a young upper class woman whose sire disappeared, entered correspondence with his centuries old kindred who’s located in India.
My fledgling vampire, a young upper class woman whose sire disappeared, entered correspondence with his centuries old kindred who’s located in India.
July 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Last Saturday, a friend and I started a game of the #TTRPG Dead Letter Society, set in the Victorian era meets gothic romance, and I’m so invested.
My fledgling vampire, a young upper class woman whose sire disappeared, entered correspondence with his centuries old kindred who’s located in India.
My fledgling vampire, a young upper class woman whose sire disappeared, entered correspondence with his centuries old kindred who’s located in India.
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July is Disability Pride Month and we're planning a 'TTRPGs We 💛 by European Creatives' stream. We'll be specifically highlighting European-based creatives who are disabled.
We already have a few names in mind, but we'd love to know of MORE. Please specify that the creative is *based in Europe*
We already have a few names in mind, but we'd love to know of MORE. Please specify that the creative is *based in Europe*
July 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
July is Disability Pride Month and we're planning a 'TTRPGs We 💛 by European Creatives' stream. We'll be specifically highlighting European-based creatives who are disabled.
We already have a few names in mind, but we'd love to know of MORE. Please specify that the creative is *based in Europe*
We already have a few names in mind, but we'd love to know of MORE. Please specify that the creative is *based in Europe*
Share the last 4 games you played and expose your gaming habits (TTRPG only version):
- Dead Letter Society
- Vampire: the Masquerade, V5
- Vampire: the Requiem, 2e
- Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes
- Dead Letter Society
- Vampire: the Masquerade, V5
- Vampire: the Requiem, 2e
- Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes
Share the last 4 games you played and expose your gaming habits (TTRPG only version):
🃏 Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes
🐙 Rogue Octopus Escapes
🌿 Mappa Mundi
🧛🏻♀️ Paint the Town Red
🃏 Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes
🐙 Rogue Octopus Escapes
🌿 Mappa Mundi
🧛🏻♀️ Paint the Town Red
Share the last 4 games you played and expose your gaming habits (TTRPG only version)
Slugblaster
Beach Blanket Body Bag
City of Winter
Sundered Isles
Slugblaster
Beach Blanket Body Bag
City of Winter
Sundered Isles
July 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Share the last 4 games you played and expose your gaming habits (TTRPG only version):
- Dead Letter Society
- Vampire: the Masquerade, V5
- Vampire: the Requiem, 2e
- Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes
- Dead Letter Society
- Vampire: the Masquerade, V5
- Vampire: the Requiem, 2e
- Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes
Tonight, we did black box scenes (idea stolen from Vampire: the Requiem 2e/amazing Storyteller for our NY by Night chronicle) with our Vampire: the Masquerade Amsterdam by Night crew.
It was interesting to dive into the past of the PCs, and to discover additional nuances in their personalities.
It was interesting to dive into the past of the PCs, and to discover additional nuances in their personalities.
July 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Tonight, we did black box scenes (idea stolen from Vampire: the Requiem 2e/amazing Storyteller for our NY by Night chronicle) with our Vampire: the Masquerade Amsterdam by Night crew.
It was interesting to dive into the past of the PCs, and to discover additional nuances in their personalities.
It was interesting to dive into the past of the PCs, and to discover additional nuances in their personalities.
An upside of being ill is having a lot of time to rewatch LA by Night.
In following of Jason Carl, I take a lot of notes that certainly are going to come in handy at dramatically appropriate moments in my own chronicle.
In following of Jason Carl, I take a lot of notes that certainly are going to come in handy at dramatically appropriate moments in my own chronicle.
July 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
An upside of being ill is having a lot of time to rewatch LA by Night.
In following of Jason Carl, I take a lot of notes that certainly are going to come in handy at dramatically appropriate moments in my own chronicle.
In following of Jason Carl, I take a lot of notes that certainly are going to come in handy at dramatically appropriate moments in my own chronicle.
When you combine two levels of exhaustion from mental health struggles and COVID, and one of the only thing you can manage to do in a day is reading a couple of pages, it was perfect timing for this Kickstarter reward to arrive in my mail last week.
July 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
When you combine two levels of exhaustion from mental health struggles and COVID, and one of the only thing you can manage to do in a day is reading a couple of pages, it was perfect timing for this Kickstarter reward to arrive in my mail last week.
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Today's the first anniversary of our channel! 🎂
Thanks for the support 💛 Who knew people wanted a diverse & inclusive TTRPG channel specifically centering the European-based community? (us)
As a birthday gift, VOTE for us buff.ly/rBiz71p TODAY (Upcoming Twitch channel & Accessibility/Safety in AP)
Thanks for the support 💛 Who knew people wanted a diverse & inclusive TTRPG channel specifically centering the European-based community? (us)
As a birthday gift, VOTE for us buff.ly/rBiz71p TODAY (Upcoming Twitch channel & Accessibility/Safety in AP)
EUphoria is 1 year old!
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June 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Today's the first anniversary of our channel! 🎂
Thanks for the support 💛 Who knew people wanted a diverse & inclusive TTRPG channel specifically centering the European-based community? (us)
As a birthday gift, VOTE for us buff.ly/rBiz71p TODAY (Upcoming Twitch channel & Accessibility/Safety in AP)
Thanks for the support 💛 Who knew people wanted a diverse & inclusive TTRPG channel specifically centering the European-based community? (us)
As a birthday gift, VOTE for us buff.ly/rBiz71p TODAY (Upcoming Twitch channel & Accessibility/Safety in AP)
I haven’t been posting recently, because my mental health has taken a turn for the worse. Like my therapist said: “It’s a lot. How are you handling it?” My answer: “I’m not.”
But just like Dory said: “Just keep swimming.”
And keep playing TTRPGs and pretending that everything will be okay.
But just like Dory said: “Just keep swimming.”
And keep playing TTRPGs and pretending that everything will be okay.
June 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I haven’t been posting recently, because my mental health has taken a turn for the worse. Like my therapist said: “It’s a lot. How are you handling it?” My answer: “I’m not.”
But just like Dory said: “Just keep swimming.”
And keep playing TTRPGs and pretending that everything will be okay.
But just like Dory said: “Just keep swimming.”
And keep playing TTRPGs and pretending that everything will be okay.
I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to finish the game I’m working on for #BreathlessJam2 in time. The death of my grandfather changed my schedule, and now the depression numbness is hitting hard.
But if not now, then maybe in the future I’ll get to finish it. We’ll see…
But if not now, then maybe in the future I’ll get to finish it. We’ll see…
May 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to finish the game I’m working on for #BreathlessJam2 in time. The death of my grandfather changed my schedule, and now the depression numbness is hitting hard.
But if not now, then maybe in the future I’ll get to finish it. We’ll see…
But if not now, then maybe in the future I’ll get to finish it. We’ll see…