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AwkwardTurtle
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I make TTRPGs and mead, mostly.

See the former here: https://awkwardturtle.games/
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mythworks.bsky.social
David Lombardo explains what goes into the twist-filled CRYPTOBIOLOGY.

www.myth.works/blogs/artist...

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CBR+PNK Designer Spotlight: David Lombardo & Brian Stauffer
We're rounding out our last set of designer spotlights this week! Up next is CRYPTOBIOLOGY creators David Lombardo and Brian Stauffer - a score involving a velociraptor with an unexpected twist! Let's...
www.myth.works
July 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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mythworks.bsky.social Mythworks ➡️ PAXU 4242 @mythworks.bsky.social · May 28
//MARK YOUR CALENDARS

CBR+PNK OVERLOAD is coming on June 10th 2025!

16 new great pamphlets featuring from a powerhouse collection of creators.

More RUNS / More ADD-ONS / More CBR+PNK....

Follow the linktree in bio! 🌲 Stay tuned for more...

@cabinetofcuriosities.games
May 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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weirdwonder.bsky.social
I wrote a defense for the garlic press, whose honor needs no defending. Also some thoughts on what I personally like in rpgs as I continue in this hobby. Everyone can have different fun. #ttrpg #osr

weirdwonder.bearblog.dev/the-garlic-p...
In Defense of the Garlic Press
On Garlic Presses and tabletop roleplaying games
weirdwonder.bearblog.dev
December 28, 2024 at 5:49 PM
awkwardturtle.games
PAXU Microreviews!

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I wrote small reviews for all 20 something #boardgames I played over the weekend of PAX unplugged.
December 22, 2024 at 1:22 AM
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brstf.games
I had the good pleasure of reading proof copies of some of these adventures and they're great! Full of great ideas for mousey adventures and fantastic art and graphic design to tie them all together. So happy these are finally released! 🐭
December 15, 2024 at 1:01 AM
awkwardturtle.games
The Fish Dice (by @dcponcho.bsky.social)!

If I can figure out a way to economically make a ton of fish dice I may try to sell a very very limited run of Chubby Bear Salmon Goggle next year at PAXU.

Meanwhile: more playtesting and probably some rules tweaks based on excellent suggestions by Amanda.
weirdwonder.bsky.social Amanda P. ➡️ PAXU @weirdwonder.bsky.social · Dec 10
the best part was the d12 fish dice we had that his pal printed
d12 multicolored dice shaped like fish head in a hand
December 10, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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brstf.games
The #paxu haul! Games from the fantastic Indie games night market, Tokyo games market, some great exhibitors (Saashi finally in the US!), and some flea market acquisitions. A successful pax!
Pictured is a lot of board game boxes including: Bus & Stop, Remember our Trip, 1 A.M. Jailbreak, High Tide (bring your own pieces version), Yokai Septet, Deep Sea Adventure and Souvenirs from Venice felt case from Oink, Modern Art Oink edition, Leviathan Wilds, Spectral, Out of Sorts, Gachapon Trick, Agency, Draught Trick, Fairy, Prey, Deep Sea Mines, Ito, Typeset, The Werewolves bEat Robbers' Horror
December 8, 2024 at 10:18 PM
awkwardturtle.games
We played a mysterious game that doesn't exist at #PAXU!

It was extremely fun! I would totally purchase it IF IT ACTUALLY EXISTED IN OUR UNIVERSE.
brstf.games Brian Stauffer @brstf.games · Dec 7
@cmyk.games What is this Eldritch object we found in the PAX unplugged library? A simple, super fun Reiner Knizia push-your-luck game. But I can find no evidence that it actually exists online. Did we stumble upon a board game cryptid?
A neon pink box and instruction manual labeled with stark white text FRUIT FIGHT. Another box and adjacent deck of cards has colorful blurry art of various fruits as though in motion. The front side of some cards are visible, each contains one of the blurry, in-motion fruit with a corresponding number , grape - 3, peach - 6, blueberry - 9
December 8, 2024 at 3:07 AM
awkwardturtle.games
A friend of mine printed fish dice for my little PnP board game: Chubby Bear Salmon Gobble!

They're so good! Look at these little guys!
Pocket mod of Chubby Bear Salmon Gobble, illustrated with a bear trying to catch fish. On the table next to it is a bear shaped box filled with fish shaped dice. A bunch of fish shaped dice sitting in a bear shaped box lid. A blue 3d printed six sided fish die. A yellow 3d printed four sided fish die.
December 8, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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smallbu.bsky.social
Showtime
November 3, 2024 at 6:07 PM
awkwardturtle.games
A game based on my own Brighter Worlds #TTRPG along with #Cairn is preparing to kickstart, about adventuring in Oz. Impressively the whole game will be public domain and free for reuse and hacking!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/fre...
Coming soon: The Lost Chronicles of Oz
A fun and open-licensed tabletop roleplaying game, set in the land of Oz, based on the Brighter Worlds SRD and Cairn RPG.
www.kickstarter.com
November 5, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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evlynmoreau.bsky.social
I posted 10 scrappy robots on my patreon. Hoping they will find their way into the pages of some zines. www.patreon.com/posts/smol-r...
Smol Robits | Evlyn Moreau
Get more from Evlyn Moreau on Patreon
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November 3, 2024 at 2:02 AM
awkwardturtle.games
I do love my bird key caps!
A computer keyboard (POK3R) where the letter keys are labeled with birds whose names start with the associated letters, rather than the letter characters themselves. Many of the other keys are replaced with unlabeled wooden keycaps. Next to the keyboard on the desk is a kobo with art of weird goblins on the sleep screen, and a raspberry pi.
November 2, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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smallbu.bsky.social
Original Pat debut

Mashup Crocodile Chop by @neilcic.com
October 31, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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smallbu.bsky.social
lmao

vocals by my girl @leftatlondon.bsky.social
October 29, 2024 at 4:35 PM
awkwardturtle.games
Darien's hard work on the packing continues.
A tuxedo cat with a skinny tail is balanced precariously atop an open cardboard box, legs splayed to both sides of the top. Light from the window behind illuminates him, and makes his nearly hairless translucent ears practically glow.
October 23, 2024 at 2:07 AM
awkwardturtle.games
Darien is hard at work helping us pack.
A scrungly tuxedo cat is sprawled out, fast asleep on top of a stack of banker boxes. This skinny tail is curled up beside him, and a patch of sunlight is illuminating his tummy. Behind him is an empty board game shelf (previously where the contents of the banker boxes were stored).
October 19, 2024 at 3:25 PM
awkwardturtle.games
Interdimensional Goblins!

(Art by @n8hps.bsky.social layout by @brstf.games in my adventure Wizard Trash, Goblin Treasure.)
Inner spread of the zine Wizard Trash, Goblin Treasure. The zine is titled GOBLINS and features a half dozen goblins wearing and wielding various items of clothing and accessories from our real world. Such as a goblin with a stack of different baseball caps, holding a computer keyboard. Or a goblin wearing a trenchcoat and sunglasses throwing whole cans of beer from a six pack
October 19, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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weirdwonder.bsky.social
Halloween approaches. Do you desire space horrors? Check out Resonant, my #mothership adventure #osr
spacepenguinink.bsky.social Space Penguin Ink @spacepenguinink.bsky.social · Sep 3
Resonant is a sci-fi horror adventure for MOTHERSHIP, inspired by The Expanse, Havana Syndrome, and industrial negligence. The crew takes a routine job from Rostrum Corp., then receives conflicting distress signals during planetfall.
spacepenguin.ink/collections/...
October 18, 2024 at 2:12 PM
awkwardturtle.games
Welcome to bluesky. I don't post very much (which makes me a great follow, imo) but when I do it's usually about TTRPGs, game design, mead making, and maybe some data analysis stuff on occasion.

Here are pictures of my extremely doofus tuxedo cat Darien, and my extremely normal tabby cat Desdemona.
A doofy looking tuxedo cat lying in patches of sunlight and scratching at a cardboard cat scratcher. His ears have little enough hair that sunlight shining through them makes them appear to be glowing, and his tail has little enough hair on it to look a bit like a rat's tail. A quintessential tabby cat is snoozing soundly on a warm heating pad.
October 17, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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goblinmixtape.bsky.social
Sound off below if you're a TTRPG designer! Let's help everyone find each other.
October 17, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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yochaigal.bsky.social
Welcome $CURRENT_YEAR Twitter exodus!
Bluesky is nice. This is a thread with some recommended feeds for our RPG friends!
October 17, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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poorlycatdraw.bsky.social
skidaddle skidoodle
a poorly drawn cat wearing a witch costume (it’s casting some spells!)
October 17, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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smallbu.bsky.social
VSTARS THREAD!!

Fighter - Orion
October 15, 2024 at 3:50 PM
awkwardturtle.games
For a window into my disastrous time management skills, I had intended to release this for *last year's* #FatBearWeek but didn't get it done in time. So I figured I'd just wait until the next one.

Then a year later I nearly missed it again...
awkwardturtle.games AwkwardTurtle @awkwardturtle.games · Oct 9
Just in time for the tail end of #FatBearWeek I am pleased to announce CHUBBY BEAR SALMON GOBBLE: a push your luck #boardgame about preparing for hibernation.

The PDF is free here, you'll just need a load of dice: awkwardturtle.itch.io/chubby-bear-...

Bear artwork by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social
CHUBBY BEAR SALMON GOBBLE A Push Your Luck Game About Preparing For Hibernation One delightfully chubby bear frantically tries to catch salmon from a river, while already caught fish slip from their grasp. A second chonky bear sit and happily monches on fish.
October 10, 2024 at 2:31 PM