Sarah Doom
@scorchadoom.bsky.social
Sarah Doom (she/her) is a tabletop role-playing game designer, writer, layout artist, and visual artist.
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Sarah Doom
@scorchadoom.bsky.social
· May 22
In the Pines Play materials | sarahdoom
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You can play my latest game, In the Pines. It’s a PbtA horror game that’s like the Descent made out with The VVitch at Lilith Fair. Link: www.patreon.com/posts/127144...
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New post up on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/143278...
In the Pines Feedback | sarahdoom
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November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
New post up on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/143278...
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I’ve asked this privately for a while, but here we go: in the following comments I’m going to ask for folks to “like” (and ideally provide anonymized comments) of the use of the “X-Card” or other legible safety tools.
This is very unrigorous initial sense of the lay of the land.
This is very unrigorous initial sense of the lay of the land.
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I’ve asked this privately for a while, but here we go: in the following comments I’m going to ask for folks to “like” (and ideally provide anonymized comments) of the use of the “X-Card” or other legible safety tools.
This is very unrigorous initial sense of the lay of the land.
This is very unrigorous initial sense of the lay of the land.
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Hey local buds - I'll be tabling at MCX this Saturday, at the Mississauga Central Library! I'll have the usual complement of comics, zines, art, and beautiful fantasy playmat blankets - and something new and special for the holiday season! See you there? campaign.mississauga.ca/mississauga-...
Mississauga Comic Expo (MCX)
Mississauga Comic Expo (MCX) 2024 Artist alley, exhibitors, workshops, panels, cosplay shoots, tabletop board game demos, video game free-play session, presentations and featured guests.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hey local buds - I'll be tabling at MCX this Saturday, at the Mississauga Central Library! I'll have the usual complement of comics, zines, art, and beautiful fantasy playmat blankets - and something new and special for the holiday season! See you there? campaign.mississauga.ca/mississauga-...
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Re-Sharing an oldie PSA for Veteran’s Day weekend.
I’m doing fine, still kicking the asses of Diabetes, PTSD, and high BP. I got games to get to. But many veterans aren’t doing fine. Check in with your local VA and social service agencies to see how you can help out open.substack.com/pub/playfear...
I’m doing fine, still kicking the asses of Diabetes, PTSD, and high BP. I got games to get to. But many veterans aren’t doing fine. Check in with your local VA and social service agencies to see how you can help out open.substack.com/pub/playfear...
Happy Veterans Day
A PSA from a cranky old vet.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Re-Sharing an oldie PSA for Veteran’s Day weekend.
I’m doing fine, still kicking the asses of Diabetes, PTSD, and high BP. I got games to get to. But many veterans aren’t doing fine. Check in with your local VA and social service agencies to see how you can help out open.substack.com/pub/playfear...
I’m doing fine, still kicking the asses of Diabetes, PTSD, and high BP. I got games to get to. But many veterans aren’t doing fine. Check in with your local VA and social service agencies to see how you can help out open.substack.com/pub/playfear...
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I’m really looking forward to listening to this one, because I was Very in the moment, and having a wonderful time!
In honor of launch: my conversation last week about the communities that made @megueyb.bsky.social & that her work has fostered — including the community already coalescing around her down here. A light, always, & bread for the journey.
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I’m really looking forward to listening to this one, because I was Very in the moment, and having a wonderful time!
I will not be at Metatopia, but I am getting to watch derpy Godzilla with Doomlord so that’s nice.
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I will not be at Metatopia, but I am getting to watch derpy Godzilla with Doomlord so that’s nice.
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In other news, Vincent and I will be at #Metatopia2025 in about...8 hours? We'll be doing Breakfast With the Bakers, and some panels, and showing up in games as @avonelle.bsky.social sees fit to put us to work. If you're there, come say hi!
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In other news, Vincent and I will be at #Metatopia2025 in about...8 hours? We'll be doing Breakfast With the Bakers, and some panels, and showing up in games as @avonelle.bsky.social sees fit to put us to work. If you're there, come say hi!
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Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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So many artists, writers, and designers I know have learned this lesson the tedious way, so let me co-sign this and say not only is it a huge waste of time and labor to listen to the "I'd buy that" crowd online, you will also lose money. Make what *you* want to make, everything else is noise
The biggest thing i've learned as an artist who sells prints and merch is don't make what people ask for. They won't buy it. Make what you, the artist, want to see printed on the support of ur choice.
I can't explain why but THAT'S what will sell. People who buy the most are the silent ones. 🫶
I can't explain why but THAT'S what will sell. People who buy the most are the silent ones. 🫶
Remember, artists: when people say, “I’d buy a print of this,” they don’t mean it. That sentence itself is just a weird compliment that rarely converts to an actual print sale. It’s like if someone ate a very good hot dog and then said, “I could eat 10,000 of these right now.”
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
So many artists, writers, and designers I know have learned this lesson the tedious way, so let me co-sign this and say not only is it a huge waste of time and labor to listen to the "I'd buy that" crowd online, you will also lose money. Make what *you* want to make, everything else is noise
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Excerpt from my latest newsletter where I was talking about how much I hate writing the introductions to my games 🫠
November 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Excerpt from my latest newsletter where I was talking about how much I hate writing the introductions to my games 🫠
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More Seats At The Table: Issue #148: November 1st, 2025 - dark was the night
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November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
More Seats At The Table: Issue #148: November 1st, 2025 - dark was the night
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48 hours left in the Art & System crowdfunding campaign! i don't really care if anyone else buys in because we already hit our stretch goal but if you want to make sure you're one of the first people to get any or all of these books, your window is closing!
Art & System: Games for Expanded Play
A new indie game series from Central Michigan University Press launching with a lineup of three games: Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and the Mountain Witch
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October 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
48 hours left in the Art & System crowdfunding campaign! i don't really care if anyone else buys in because we already hit our stretch goal but if you want to make sure you're one of the first people to get any or all of these books, your window is closing!
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I have updated the playtest edition of BtSE to be paid with unlimited community copies rather than PWYW! I have learned about how itchio works! This way means I can email people when the game is updated, whereas I cannot email people who do not pay for a PWYW game! The goal is to keep you updated!
Before the Season Ends - Playtest Edition by Owl Knight Games, by Jennifer Adcock
Find friendship and romance as a debutante in Regency London
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October 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I have updated the playtest edition of BtSE to be paid with unlimited community copies rather than PWYW! I have learned about how itchio works! This way means I can email people when the game is updated, whereas I cannot email people who do not pay for a PWYW game! The goal is to keep you updated!
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Ttrpg folks: charge what your game costs. Don’t undersell you or your work.
October 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ttrpg folks: charge what your game costs. Don’t undersell you or your work.
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Talking to @lumpley.bsky.social and @megueyb.bsky.social is always a delight. Their work is inspirational and also so much damn fun. Burned Over is worth getting excited about.
"The time for a softer, gentler Apocalypse World was gone."
Apocalypse World: Burned Over represents the complicated ways that both the Bakers and reality have changed since the original RPG's release.
Apocalypse World: Burned Over represents the complicated ways that both the Bakers and reality have changed since the original RPG's release.
Apocalypse World: Burned Over is kinder and much angrier
The end of the world isn’t what it used to be. It might be better.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Talking to @lumpley.bsky.social and @megueyb.bsky.social is always a delight. Their work is inspirational and also so much damn fun. Burned Over is worth getting excited about.
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The joy of game design and running games for others always brings me back. Never gets old for me, and always helps me get to know others better, to connect across the gulfs between us.
October 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The joy of game design and running games for others always brings me back. Never gets old for me, and always helps me get to know others better, to connect across the gulfs between us.
So I’m watching She Who Walks in the Woods, and I’m confused why they decided to go with a metal performance artist as the antagonist. I mean, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen her in concert.
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
So I’m watching She Who Walks in the Woods, and I’m confused why they decided to go with a metal performance artist as the antagonist. I mean, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen her in concert.
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I want to keep talking about everything Rae & I started discussing here! It was just an amazingly enjoyable conversation. I’m really looking forward to seeing Rae & others at Auburn University next week! m.youtube.com/watch?v=ojkx...
Type Speaks // 02.14 // Telling Stories Through Games // Meguey Baker
YouTube video by WEGL 91.1
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October 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I want to keep talking about everything Rae & I started discussing here! It was just an amazingly enjoyable conversation. I’m really looking forward to seeing Rae & others at Auburn University next week! m.youtube.com/watch?v=ojkx...
Today had me moving our comic collection in order to make room for some new furniture, and the empty space is tempting me to go shopping. Also, Vanilla Shake being helpful.
You all know I got back into gaming through writing comics reviews, right?
You all know I got back into gaming through writing comics reviews, right?
October 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Today had me moving our comic collection in order to make room for some new furniture, and the empty space is tempting me to go shopping. Also, Vanilla Shake being helpful.
You all know I got back into gaming through writing comics reviews, right?
You all know I got back into gaming through writing comics reviews, right?
Work tools part 3: inspiration! www.patreon.com/posts/141439...
Work Tools Part 3: Inspiration | sarahdoom
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October 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Work tools part 3: inspiration! www.patreon.com/posts/141439...
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why bother with contracts?
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
why bother with contracts?