Side Quest Books & Games
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social
📍Bow Market, Somerville, MA
📚 Sci-fi/fantasy books & indie RPGs from underrepresented folx
🤓 Boston’s only woman-owned game store
🗓️ https://linktr.ee/sidequestbooks
📚 Sci-fi/fantasy books & indie RPGs from underrepresented folx
🤓 Boston’s only woman-owned game store
🗓️ https://linktr.ee/sidequestbooks
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Follow us for:
🐉 Books and role-playing games about magic, dragons, and anti-capitalist revolutions
🐉 Inclusive & fun indie game nights
🐉 A heckin’ cool nerd community that’s as diverse and multifaceted as the fantastical stories we love
See you at Bow!
Follow us for:
🐉 Books and role-playing games about magic, dragons, and anti-capitalist revolutions
🐉 Inclusive & fun indie game nights
🐉 A heckin’ cool nerd community that’s as diverse and multifaceted as the fantastical stories we love
See you at Bow!
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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At a tour event @sidequestbooks.bsky.social is doing with @alixeharrow.bsky.social! I’m very excited to read this book!
If you live in the Boston area, definitely swing by the store if you’re near Bow market.
If you live in the Boston area, definitely swing by the store if you’re near Bow market.
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
At a tour event @sidequestbooks.bsky.social is doing with @alixeharrow.bsky.social! I’m very excited to read this book!
If you live in the Boston area, definitely swing by the store if you’re near Bow market.
If you live in the Boston area, definitely swing by the store if you’re near Bow market.
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Happy Halloweekend, I asked everyone for their spooky rpg reccs and they said "fuck off wretch" and "I'm not doing that"
Here's the list 🧵
Here's the list 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Happy Halloweekend, I asked everyone for their spooky rpg reccs and they said "fuck off wretch" and "I'm not doing that"
Here's the list 🧵
Here's the list 🧵
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Halloween Haunted House
October 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Halloween Haunted House
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🐉⚔️ REN FAIRE -- GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT ⚔️🐉
One of my fav spots in Somerville, Bow Market +
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social, is hosting their Ren Faire next Saturday November 8th -- featuring yours truly!
One of my fav spots in Somerville, Bow Market +
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social, is hosting their Ren Faire next Saturday November 8th -- featuring yours truly!
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🐉⚔️ REN FAIRE -- GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT ⚔️🐉
One of my fav spots in Somerville, Bow Market +
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social, is hosting their Ren Faire next Saturday November 8th -- featuring yours truly!
One of my fav spots in Somerville, Bow Market +
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social, is hosting their Ren Faire next Saturday November 8th -- featuring yours truly!
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DEADLINE FOR THIS IS OCT 31 - APPLY TODAY!
Calling all BIPOC indie game devs!
Want to showcase your new game at #PaxUnplugged this year? Apply for the PAX Together Demo Days program by Oct 31 🗓️
Application linked in our bio!
@officialpax.bsky.social
Co-sponsored by
@worlds4all.bsky.social
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social and Nomnivore Games✨
Want to showcase your new game at #PaxUnplugged this year? Apply for the PAX Together Demo Days program by Oct 31 🗓️
Application linked in our bio!
@officialpax.bsky.social
Co-sponsored by
@worlds4all.bsky.social
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social and Nomnivore Games✨
October 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
DEADLINE FOR THIS IS OCT 31 - APPLY TODAY!
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Can we all rejoice in how beautiful Cormorant Garamond is? I mean, have you SEEN THIS???
LOOK AT THAT Q.
LOOK AT THAT Q.
October 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Can we all rejoice in how beautiful Cormorant Garamond is? I mean, have you SEEN THIS???
LOOK AT THAT Q.
LOOK AT THAT Q.
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berkeley and raleigh are sold out, but: come hang out with me in these other cities!! us.macmillan.com/tours/alix-e...
October 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
berkeley and raleigh are sold out, but: come hang out with me in these other cities!! us.macmillan.com/tours/alix-e...
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Can we just add 1 more red balloon
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Can we just add 1 more red balloon
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Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
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I truly can’t imagine the person I would be, the art I would’ve made, the choices I might’ve made, the wide-open vistas that might exist in my brain if the constant anxious horror of the last 10 years in America wasn’t just 24/7 squatting its horrible carcass on every cell of it.
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I truly can’t imagine the person I would be, the art I would’ve made, the choices I might’ve made, the wide-open vistas that might exist in my brain if the constant anxious horror of the last 10 years in America wasn’t just 24/7 squatting its horrible carcass on every cell of it.
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Ace week thread!
Every ace author I know is very aware that romance sells books. It can be a hard thing to grapple with. Not every ace author is comfortable writing romantic relationships—and even if we are, it's not great to feel like we HAVE to or else we're shooting ourselves in the foot. (1/?)
Every ace author I know is very aware that romance sells books. It can be a hard thing to grapple with. Not every ace author is comfortable writing romantic relationships—and even if we are, it's not great to feel like we HAVE to or else we're shooting ourselves in the foot. (1/?)
October 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ace week thread!
Every ace author I know is very aware that romance sells books. It can be a hard thing to grapple with. Not every ace author is comfortable writing romantic relationships—and even if we are, it's not great to feel like we HAVE to or else we're shooting ourselves in the foot. (1/?)
Every ace author I know is very aware that romance sells books. It can be a hard thing to grapple with. Not every ace author is comfortable writing romantic relationships—and even if we are, it's not great to feel like we HAVE to or else we're shooting ourselves in the foot. (1/?)
An absolute honor to co-sponsor this program 💜
Calling all BIPOC indie game devs!
Want to showcase your new game at #PaxUnplugged this year? Apply for the PAX Together Demo Days program by Oct 31 🗓️
Application linked in our bio!
@officialpax.bsky.social
Co-sponsored by
@worlds4all.bsky.social
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social and Nomnivore Games✨
Want to showcase your new game at #PaxUnplugged this year? Apply for the PAX Together Demo Days program by Oct 31 🗓️
Application linked in our bio!
@officialpax.bsky.social
Co-sponsored by
@worlds4all.bsky.social
@sidequestbooks.bsky.social and Nomnivore Games✨
October 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
An absolute honor to co-sponsor this program 💜
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cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
October 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
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Got to chat with @goosepoopgames.com and see this game in action last night at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social - highly recommend checking it out!
Have you check out BlackFlies by @goosepoopgames.com? I got to sit down last Wednesday and chat with Jordan about the dice pools, legacy mechanics on stream at YouTube.com/PlusOneExp but you should go to ttrpg.link/blackflies & check out this lightning fast horror #TTRPG about forming a cult!
Black Flies
A horror TTRPG where YOU'RE the villain! Join a cult, gather Followers, and turn townsfolk into flies in this rules-lite GM-less TTRPG. Will you seek your Fortune? Great for fans of Hot Fuzz, The Fly,...
ttrpg.link
October 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Got to chat with @goosepoopgames.com and see this game in action last night at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social - highly recommend checking it out!
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relevant links here on my linktree!
linktr.ee/makanayama
if you wanna take advantage of anti-Prime day, THE OBAKE CODE is available on Bookshop!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
don't have a bookstore to support? can I suggest my local queer woman owned SFF indie, @sidequestbooks.bsky.social???
linktr.ee/makanayama
if you wanna take advantage of anti-Prime day, THE OBAKE CODE is available on Bookshop!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
don't have a bookstore to support? can I suggest my local queer woman owned SFF indie, @sidequestbooks.bsky.social???
October 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🥰🥰🥰
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"Hey, it's the witching hour somewhere," I say, downing a glowing potion that transmogrifies me into a tall toad in a stovepipe hat.
October 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Hey, it's the witching hour somewhere," I say, downing a glowing potion that transmogrifies me into a tall toad in a stovepipe hat.
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Boston area TTRPG designers, we are putting together a meetup to see each other in person, exchange ideas and build community.
Thursday October 23rd at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social in Bow Market
www.eventbrite.com/e/ttrpg-game...
Thursday October 23rd at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social in Bow Market
www.eventbrite.com/e/ttrpg-game...
TTRPG Game Designer Meetup @ SQBG
Come get to know the other TTRPG designers in Camberville and beyond!
www.eventbrite.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Boston area TTRPG designers, we are putting together a meetup to see each other in person, exchange ideas and build community.
Thursday October 23rd at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social in Bow Market
www.eventbrite.com/e/ttrpg-game...
Thursday October 23rd at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social in Bow Market
www.eventbrite.com/e/ttrpg-game...
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Took myself on a date to @sidequestbooks.bsky.social 's live D&D game with Anjali Bhimani tonight. It's pretty awesome seeing a busy D&D event in the middle of a trendy hotspot. Can't wait for the game!
October 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Took myself on a date to @sidequestbooks.bsky.social 's live D&D game with Anjali Bhimani tonight. It's pretty awesome seeing a busy D&D event in the middle of a trendy hotspot. Can't wait for the game!
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Oh hello!!!
Are you or someone you know a BIPOC analog game dev? Sign up to get your project more visibility below!! This is such a cool program, I’m pumped to discover new games next month 🤩🤩🤩
Are you or someone you know a BIPOC analog game dev? Sign up to get your project more visibility below!! This is such a cool program, I’m pumped to discover new games next month 🤩🤩🤩
GOOD NEWS! the PAX Together Demo Days Program has found funding and is returning to PAX Unplugged 2025!
Are you a BIPOC Indie Game Dev (analog) with a game kickstarting or coming out? Would you like space and support to demo and market your game on the expo floor?
Apply tinyurl.com/PAXDemoDays25
Are you a BIPOC Indie Game Dev (analog) with a game kickstarting or coming out? Would you like space and support to demo and market your game on the expo floor?
Apply tinyurl.com/PAXDemoDays25
PAX Unplugged 2025 :: Leap Conventions
tinyurl.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Oh hello!!!
Are you or someone you know a BIPOC analog game dev? Sign up to get your project more visibility below!! This is such a cool program, I’m pumped to discover new games next month 🤩🤩🤩
Are you or someone you know a BIPOC analog game dev? Sign up to get your project more visibility below!! This is such a cool program, I’m pumped to discover new games next month 🤩🤩🤩
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Eeeeeee we can’t WAIT!!
So, I work at this amazing FLGS @sidequestbooks.bsky.social, and this weekend, we are hosting the incredible @sweeetanj.bsky.social for not one but TWO events. I am genuinely SO excited on so many levels.
PLUS going to @twentysidedtavern.bsky.social in Boston Friday! Pretty sure this is the best 🎉
PLUS going to @twentysidedtavern.bsky.social in Boston Friday! Pretty sure this is the best 🎉
October 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Eeeeeee we can’t WAIT!!
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friends at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social! @voidcricket.bsky.social @wordsiren.bsky.social @understatesmen.bsky.social @thesuiway.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM