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Shannon
@shannonmcmaster.bsky.social
Hobbyist ttrpg writer.

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shannonmcmaster.itch.io

Possibly more fun on Masto. https://dice.camp/@shannonmcmaster
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Every once in a while I want you to take my hand, babe.

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#music #pogues
take my hand
This is "take my hand" by Shannon McMaster on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Melville has the same gravitas found in sword and sorcery.
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Really proud of the work we put into this puppy. You should check this out!
We are happy to say that we (finally) have found favor with the eldritch and unknowable campus bookstore, and the Adventure & Hobbyist Annual 2025 is available to order in print!

92 color pages, 3 original system-adventurous scenarios, and more!

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Adventure & Hobbyist Annual 2025
The Adventure & Hobbyist Annual is a collection of system-adventurous scenarios, maps and more for use with your favorite tabletop roleplaying games. This is a 92-page 6"x9" softcover book with full-c...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Reminding me to introduce Dread House to my children.

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November 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Until next year, it remains the case that
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Just sitting here, chewing celery, reminiscing about how many decades it took me to get the teleportation like being drunk ask a glass of water joke in HHGTTG.
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #SelfPromoSaturday ICYM yesterday, you can watch the recording on YouTube of @lorelink.com very kindly offering me space to showcase #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG ! www.youtube.com/live/tPdmsTN...
Shadowlight & Personae | Planning, Play, Discussion
YouTube video by Lore Link
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November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Thanks tonight to the grabbers! Mages & Mooks (a game of magic hates you!) grabbed! Forest Outlaws (game of Robin Hood style rollicking adventures!) grabbed! Find em on me itch, yo ho ho, yo! Enjoy! #ttrpg shannonmcmaster.itch.io
Shannon McMaster
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November 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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The Rogue Stands Alone!

Join @epidiah.bsky.social this coming Sunday, November 9, to try out the many-player, one-Rogue version of Swords Without Master. Drop-ins and new players welcome!

Join our Discord: discord.com/invite/cgJa5...

Scheduling Post: discord.com/channels/130...
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Word. Aldi's has a deal to feed 10 for $40. The Target deal is 4 for $20. Not only is Aldi's better financially, it's not run by simpering ring-kissers.

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November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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It's Thursday. You know what that means.
I'm going to do everything in my power to make this one of those weekly memes.
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Heeeyyyy!* Thanks to the grabber today! Mages & Mooks, whooo! A truly-true rpg about coping with just *how much* magic hates your character. shannonmcmaster.itch.io/mages-and-mo...

*how I start all of my tiktoks about owning a ford flex (which are imaginary, fyi)
Mages and Mooks or Spellballs: Magic Hates You, A Role-playing Game of Dealing with It by Shannon McMaster
A boutique ttrpg of hard magic.
shannonmcmaster.itch.io
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Today is the day I wished I could write phone apps, so I could release Ribd, an app with a 5.99/mo recurring charge that delivers a practical joke directly to you & the joke is it actually delivers a demand to update before it does anything, and what it does is actually just sit there.
November 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
... there's big ned in my recliner ...
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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I was going to give ZineQuest a miss this year. Instead I'll launch a game and put the profits into the strike fund. Probs the least I can do.
Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help our fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union.

Help us fight back! Anything you can donate will massively help our efforts to hold Rockstar to account.

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Support Rockstar Workers Fighting Unfair Dismissals!
Last week over 30 members of staff at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar were fired en masse in a “calculated attack on workers”. The IWGB described Rockstar’s actions as ‘the most blatant and rut...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Mrs A often complains the poetry I read/write/share is serious, gloomy, & downright depressing...

She may have a point, but to prove I'm not a one trick pony...

Just back from a forest walk, kicking through drifts of leaves - reminded of this by Brian Bilston

#poetry
#poemoftheday
#autumn
#fall
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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"Canva or its authorized agent will be entitled to enter onto your premises with reasonable notice to audit your use of the Affinity Software."

[Rubs hands together as he registers a Canva account under the username H.H. Holmes.]
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I woke up at 1:30 this morning and checked to see what time it was in a different timezone to see if I had already used up my "fall back." I had not.
November 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Belated thanks to yesterday's grabber! You grabbed Fairly Simple d6 Dungeon Game! And I am grateful! I hope you enjoy some dungeon mechanics with some adventure seeds to keep you busy in a waiting room!

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Fairly Simple d6 Dungeon Game by Shannon McMaster
When you need to show someone how easy a TTRPG dungeon game can be.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A lot of my most recent guests said "happy halloween" instead of "trick or treat!" This is a noticeable development from last year.
November 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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T minus 3!?!? Cool. Cool cool cool.
T minus 3!

We've got just a few add-ons planned for the campaign, but they're pretty cool. I'm working hard today to pull together the preview for one of them.

I can't wait to show you!

(If you're on our Patreon, you'll see it early, just saying...)
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October 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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For the day that's in it...

'All Hallows' by Louise Gluck - has a deep sense of loneliness and loss, that shifting between the seasons, and the final lines where the veil between this world and the next becomes thin

#poetry
#poemoftheday
#Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
last day for spooookyyyy mmmmussssiiiiiic on yourclassical... tomorrow it snaps back to christmassy classical & vocal w/ a healthy smattering of wintery, solsticey, longest nights of the year public radio vibe (alas, to get you full Grinch, you need spotify)

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Holiday Playlist
Listen to an expertly curated stream of classical Halloween music, available around the clock this October.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hoping this is going well, whatever "well" means.
How many falafel wraps can an Eppy eat in one week?

We're about to find out.
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM