Rose Skye
@vorpalcoil.bsky.social
Actually a living doll. Author of fiction and tabletop RPGs. There is a cat sleeping on my lap as you read this.
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Rose Skye
@vorpalcoil.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Protoplastic 0.4 Has Arrived! | Rose Skye
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The first public version of Protoplastic, the plastic robot roleplaying game, is now available!
The first episode of the new video podcast, Rose Playing Games, is out! Join two Roses on a journey through hex mapping in tabletop RPGs, and the possibilities that lie beyond the grid.
Rose Playing Games Episode 1 – Hexcrawls | Rose Skye
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November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The first episode of the new video podcast, Rose Playing Games, is out! Join two Roses on a journey through hex mapping in tabletop RPGs, and the possibilities that lie beyond the grid.
A weird, funny, and thoughtful expansion upon a single entry in a random table. Your science fiction game needs more things like this in it.
I just released SLUG MODE, my first Mothership pamphlet scenario! It expands on Slug, a psychedelic drug whose users all inhabit a shared virtual space while high - my favorite weird little plot hook from A Pound of Flesh.
thursday-garreau.itch.io/slug-mode
thursday-garreau.itch.io/slug-mode
SLUG MODE: a drug-fueled diversion for Mothership by Thursday Garreau
a trip into the virtual Sluglands
thursday-garreau.itch.io
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A weird, funny, and thoughtful expansion upon a single entry in a random table. Your science fiction game needs more things like this in it.
RosePG, the only tabletop roleplaying game video podcast with two Roses, releases tomorrow!
(All Roses locally sourced.)
(All Roses locally sourced.)
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
RosePG, the only tabletop roleplaying game video podcast with two Roses, releases tomorrow!
(All Roses locally sourced.)
(All Roses locally sourced.)
I wish my HMtW campaign was ongoing, because this looks fantastic and I want to play it.
The Castle Automatic is a dungeon where you control the time of year, time of day, and the weather to solve puzzles, avoid vampires, and reclaim the world's most magical treasures.
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I wish my HMtW campaign was ongoing, because this looks fantastic and I want to play it.
Gwen does fantastic work, and you should work with her!
hi, i do graphics, writing, and layout for role-playing games. sometimes other things, too. i like bright colors, sharp edges, and challenging myself. let's work together.
gwencie.carrd.co
gwencie.carrd.co
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Gwen does fantastic work, and you should work with her!
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🙏CHAPTER SERF🙏
I finished it! A Warhammer 40K adventure & TTRPG where you *don't* play Space Marines. Instead you play those little hooded freaks loitering in the background while Space Marines hog the limelight.
PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Mt...
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I finished it! A Warhammer 40K adventure & TTRPG where you *don't* play Space Marines. Instead you play those little hooded freaks loitering in the background while Space Marines hog the limelight.
PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Mt...
1/
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🙏CHAPTER SERF🙏
I finished it! A Warhammer 40K adventure & TTRPG where you *don't* play Space Marines. Instead you play those little hooded freaks loitering in the background while Space Marines hog the limelight.
PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Mt...
1/
I finished it! A Warhammer 40K adventure & TTRPG where you *don't* play Space Marines. Instead you play those little hooded freaks loitering in the background while Space Marines hog the limelight.
PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Mt...
1/
Episode 1 of the Rose Playing Games video podcast drops this Friday! I've had this in the works for the past few months and I'm looking forward to showing it to everyone.
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Episode 1 of the Rose Playing Games video podcast drops this Friday! I've had this in the works for the past few months and I'm looking forward to showing it to everyone.
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1. Great, let's do this
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
"Held kinetic energy" for faction conflicts. So simple, so obvious in retrospect: an elegantly concise post.
I blogged my musings about making little micro scenarios, check it out:
www.mindstormpress.com/pocket-sized...
www.mindstormpress.com/pocket-sized...
Pocket-Sized Powder Kegs
A framework for building powder keg scenarios.
www.mindstormpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Held kinetic energy" for faction conflicts. So simple, so obvious in retrospect: an elegantly concise post.
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Have you ever wanted to take a vacation in hell?
This card-based, cooperative one-shot RPG might be the closest you'll get. You have 30 real-world minutes to collect souvenirs before the portal home closes.
Have a great trip!
This card-based, cooperative one-shot RPG might be the closest you'll get. You have 30 real-world minutes to collect souvenirs before the portal home closes.
Have a great trip!
Visit Beautiful Carcosa by Vorpal Coil
A breathtaking getaway for 1-6 tourists
vorpalcoil.itch.io
August 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Have you ever wanted to take a vacation in hell?
This card-based, cooperative one-shot RPG might be the closest you'll get. You have 30 real-world minutes to collect souvenirs before the portal home closes.
Have a great trip!
This card-based, cooperative one-shot RPG might be the closest you'll get. You have 30 real-world minutes to collect souvenirs before the portal home closes.
Have a great trip!
I'm leaving a hug here. You're welcome to have it if you need one.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm leaving a hug here. You're welcome to have it if you need one.
🫂
🫂
The first sentence of METASTRUCTURE, a novel of simulacra and the system that sustains them.
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The first sentence of METASTRUCTURE, a novel of simulacra and the system that sustains them.
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Ever wake up just exhausted? Yep.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Ever wake up just exhausted? Yep.
Watching Pluribus made me want to finish writing a half-completed short story from last year about a global mental merging, but now it will look like I'm copying a recent popular thing...
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Watching Pluribus made me want to finish writing a half-completed short story from last year about a global mental merging, but now it will look like I'm copying a recent popular thing...
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NULL_SPACE IS COMING
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
NULL_SPACE IS COMING
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
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New Blogpost: I’d Rather Be a Mouse Than an Elf
Why sword & whiskers fantasy is more gameable than your standard pseudo-medieval fantasy settings.
#osr #ttrpg #MausritterMonth
Why sword & whiskers fantasy is more gameable than your standard pseudo-medieval fantasy settings.
#osr #ttrpg #MausritterMonth
I’d Rather Be a Mouse Than an Elf — Prismatic Wasteland
I love pretending to be an elf just as much as the next guy, but it pales in comparison to the joys of pretending to be a mouse with a sewing needle sword at my side.
www.prismaticwasteland.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New Blogpost: I’d Rather Be a Mouse Than an Elf
Why sword & whiskers fantasy is more gameable than your standard pseudo-medieval fantasy settings.
#osr #ttrpg #MausritterMonth
Why sword & whiskers fantasy is more gameable than your standard pseudo-medieval fantasy settings.
#osr #ttrpg #MausritterMonth
Made some Vietnamese-style coffee using some leftover diplomat cream instead of condensed milk, calling it Paris Peace Accords Coffee.
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Made some Vietnamese-style coffee using some leftover diplomat cream instead of condensed milk, calling it Paris Peace Accords Coffee.
The biggest takeaways from last night's playtest was that the game would be strengthened by dropping two mechanics that I already felt were awkward and wished I didn't have to include. So, big win for game design last night.
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The biggest takeaways from last night's playtest was that the game would be strengthened by dropping two mechanics that I already felt were awkward and wished I didn't have to include. So, big win for game design last night.
Just last night I ran a successful playtest of Protoplastic, my Bionicle-inspired TTRPG, and this particular piece has already had me thinking I might need to commission some work for the final book~
I wanna draw more Bionicle stuff, also I’ve got some availability coming up. DM me for commission work!
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Just last night I ran a successful playtest of Protoplastic, my Bionicle-inspired TTRPG, and this particular piece has already had me thinking I might need to commission some work for the final book~
Playtest one-shot for Protoplastic today! So excited to finally get to test all these ideas that have been piling up since last month.
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Playtest one-shot for Protoplastic today! So excited to finally get to test all these ideas that have been piling up since last month.
The State of the Rose | Rose Skye
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November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
I got to participate in a playtest of @magnolienne.bsky.social's new game, Opera Eterna! My mafioso gave a reincarnated saint the kiss of death, then shot them in the head – and that, I must say, is what TTRPGs are all about.
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I got to participate in a playtest of @magnolienne.bsky.social's new game, Opera Eterna! My mafioso gave a reincarnated saint the kiss of death, then shot them in the head – and that, I must say, is what TTRPGs are all about.
Went to a post-Halloween party with the theme "Haunted Ballroom", so I put together a Rondò Veneziano outfit.
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Went to a post-Halloween party with the theme "Haunted Ballroom", so I put together a Rondò Veneziano outfit.