Darcy L Ross, Imperator Gastropoda
@darcylross.bsky.social
Snailologist & TTRPG Evangelist
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Attendees of Lucca Comics & Games, #Daggerheart is now available in print in Italian! 🎉 🇮🇹
Visit our partners at Acheron Games in Booth #237 in the Carducci Pavilion, where you'll also find their translations of #TalDoreiReborn and #CandelaObscura!
Visit our partners at Acheron Games in Booth #237 in the Carducci Pavilion, where you'll also find their translations of #TalDoreiReborn and #CandelaObscura!
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Attendees of Lucca Comics & Games, #Daggerheart is now available in print in Italian! 🎉 🇮🇹
Visit our partners at Acheron Games in Booth #237 in the Carducci Pavilion, where you'll also find their translations of #TalDoreiReborn and #CandelaObscura!
Visit our partners at Acheron Games in Booth #237 in the Carducci Pavilion, where you'll also find their translations of #TalDoreiReborn and #CandelaObscura!
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One short trip to the Emerald City, one short trip with some men on the run. The Jailbirds have taken flight for a special #Daggerheart one shot.✈️ Can they find a place to call home?
Our one shot featuring @darringtonpress.bsky.social's #ttrpg is out now!
www.dungeonsanddaddies.com/episodes/conoz
Our one shot featuring @darringtonpress.bsky.social's #ttrpg is out now!
www.dungeonsanddaddies.com/episodes/conoz
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
One short trip to the Emerald City, one short trip with some men on the run. The Jailbirds have taken flight for a special #Daggerheart one shot.✈️ Can they find a place to call home?
Our one shot featuring @darringtonpress.bsky.social's #ttrpg is out now!
www.dungeonsanddaddies.com/episodes/conoz
Our one shot featuring @darringtonpress.bsky.social's #ttrpg is out now!
www.dungeonsanddaddies.com/episodes/conoz
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Watch Live: #NoKings Chicago in Grant Park www.fox32chicago.com/news/no-king...
October 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Watch Live: #NoKings Chicago in Grant Park www.fox32chicago.com/news/no-king...
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Gamers! If you're going to Gamehole Con, you can donate to help out Rob Wieland's wife and daughter by purchasing tickets to our memorial event there. If you can, please do!
The link for those donations is here: www.gameholecon.com/events/event...
The link for those donations is here: www.gameholecon.com/events/event...
October 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Gamers! If you're going to Gamehole Con, you can donate to help out Rob Wieland's wife and daughter by purchasing tickets to our memorial event there. If you can, please do!
The link for those donations is here: www.gameholecon.com/events/event...
The link for those donations is here: www.gameholecon.com/events/event...
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New KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast episode drops, feat. @darcylross.bsky.social LIVE FROM GENCON 2025!!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ep...
Episode 667: Live at Gen Con « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
New KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast episode drops, feat. @darcylross.bsky.social LIVE FROM GENCON 2025!!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ep...
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ANYWAY, you can WATCH my VERY FIRST Daggerheart game LIVE on FRIDAY as a part of @questconorlando.bsky.social where me and some VERY COOL PEOPLE will be raising MONEY for CHARITY
(Time is Eastern, I don’t have a link yet)
(Time is Eastern, I don’t have a link yet)
September 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
ANYWAY, you can WATCH my VERY FIRST Daggerheart game LIVE on FRIDAY as a part of @questconorlando.bsky.social where me and some VERY COOL PEOPLE will be raising MONEY for CHARITY
(Time is Eastern, I don’t have a link yet)
(Time is Eastern, I don’t have a link yet)
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One month until my debut book AUDITION FOR THE FOX comes out! Please preorder if you want to support me, and like stories about time travel, trickster gods, and more!!
bookshop.org/p/books/audi...
bookshop.org/p/books/audi...
August 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
One month until my debut book AUDITION FOR THE FOX comes out! Please preorder if you want to support me, and like stories about time travel, trickster gods, and more!!
bookshop.org/p/books/audi...
bookshop.org/p/books/audi...
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For the past few months @superdillin.bsky.social and I have been collaborating on something really exciting!
It's a new book in the Ultimate RPG line all about villains. Full of exercises and tools to make them more interesting and easier to play.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ul...
It's a new book in the Ultimate RPG line all about villains. Full of exercises and tools to make them more interesting and easier to play.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ul...
The Ultimate RPG Villain Backstory Guide
Enter your villain era with this indispensable resource for game masters and players eager to breathe life into their campaigns with captivating vi...
www.simonandschuster.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
For the past few months @superdillin.bsky.social and I have been collaborating on something really exciting!
It's a new book in the Ultimate RPG line all about villains. Full of exercises and tools to make them more interesting and easier to play.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ul...
It's a new book in the Ultimate RPG line all about villains. Full of exercises and tools to make them more interesting and easier to play.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ul...
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I’m truly so proud of this and the work the entire Draw Steel team did. It’s rare to be given both the opportunity and the freedom to take big swings like this, and @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social, @hellomcdm.bsky.social, and @mattcolville.bsky.social made it possible.
So, so proud of what we made.
So, so proud of what we made.
Draw Steel's art description guide isn't just a new approach to alt-text. It synthesizes museum-tested accessibility with an eye towards poetry and metaphor.
Lin spoke with @dreamwisp.bsky.social about MCDM's mission-in-progress and creating "more visceral and tactile" descriptions.
Lin spoke with @dreamwisp.bsky.social about MCDM's mission-in-progress and creating "more visceral and tactile" descriptions.
Draw Steel sets new standards for alt text in their books
A deep dive into what an Art Description is, how it works, and who it’s for, including an interview with alt text writer, Jen Kretchmer.
www.rascal.news
August 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I’m truly so proud of this and the work the entire Draw Steel team did. It’s rare to be given both the opportunity and the freedom to take big swings like this, and @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social, @hellomcdm.bsky.social, and @mattcolville.bsky.social made it possible.
So, so proud of what we made.
So, so proud of what we made.
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After 50+ amazing books & brilliant authors, and 6 wonderful years of fulfilling, joyful work, it is bittersweet to say but my time at @erewhonbooks.bsky.social is coming to an end today. Nothing but love and pride, and Erewhon's future is bright!
More words soon. But for now & always: gratitude 💜
More words soon. But for now & always: gratitude 💜
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
After 50+ amazing books & brilliant authors, and 6 wonderful years of fulfilling, joyful work, it is bittersweet to say but my time at @erewhonbooks.bsky.social is coming to an end today. Nothing but love and pride, and Erewhon's future is bright!
More words soon. But for now & always: gratitude 💜
More words soon. But for now & always: gratitude 💜
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Heroes!
We are please to announce:
🎉🎉THE 2025 OSN PATREON DRIVE!!🎉🎉
Two weeks of streamed events, in support of our Patreon!
Links!
patreon.com/oneshotpodcast
twitch.tv/oneshotrpg
Week 1 schedule in the image!
We are please to announce:
🎉🎉THE 2025 OSN PATREON DRIVE!!🎉🎉
Two weeks of streamed events, in support of our Patreon!
Links!
patreon.com/oneshotpodcast
twitch.tv/oneshotrpg
Week 1 schedule in the image!
June 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Heroes!
We are please to announce:
🎉🎉THE 2025 OSN PATREON DRIVE!!🎉🎉
Two weeks of streamed events, in support of our Patreon!
Links!
patreon.com/oneshotpodcast
twitch.tv/oneshotrpg
Week 1 schedule in the image!
We are please to announce:
🎉🎉THE 2025 OSN PATREON DRIVE!!🎉🎉
Two weeks of streamed events, in support of our Patreon!
Links!
patreon.com/oneshotpodcast
twitch.tv/oneshotrpg
Week 1 schedule in the image!
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We are live with @systemmastery.bsky.social @gurglespasm.bsky.social for booster commander!
Twitch.tv/OneShotRPG
Twitch.tv/OneShotRPG
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Twitch.tv
June 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
We are live with @systemmastery.bsky.social @gurglespasm.bsky.social for booster commander!
Twitch.tv/OneShotRPG
Twitch.tv/OneShotRPG
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Gamehole Con is hosting a POC Industry Dinner, sponsored by Monte Cook Games! Meet creators, find mentorship, and grow our diverse industry.
Seating is limited. If you are attending GHC, are a POC, and create TTRPG content of any size–including self-published–apply!
Apply by 7/23: bit.ly/ghcpoc25
Seating is limited. If you are attending GHC, are a POC, and create TTRPG content of any size–including self-published–apply!
Apply by 7/23: bit.ly/ghcpoc25
June 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Gamehole Con is hosting a POC Industry Dinner, sponsored by Monte Cook Games! Meet creators, find mentorship, and grow our diverse industry.
Seating is limited. If you are attending GHC, are a POC, and create TTRPG content of any size–including self-published–apply!
Apply by 7/23: bit.ly/ghcpoc25
Seating is limited. If you are attending GHC, are a POC, and create TTRPG content of any size–including self-published–apply!
Apply by 7/23: bit.ly/ghcpoc25
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WE ARE GO.
Meet the Poets of Lacuna. Join their journey through a royal clash between Hope and Fear.
youtu.be/EvSGGcfSqfc?...
Meet the Poets of Lacuna. Join their journey through a royal clash between Hope and Fear.
youtu.be/EvSGGcfSqfc?...
Queen of Daggers, Heart of Fire PREMIERE ~ Episode 1: Turn and Look
YouTube video by Hag Deal Gaming
youtu.be
May 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
WE ARE GO.
Meet the Poets of Lacuna. Join their journey through a royal clash between Hope and Fear.
youtu.be/EvSGGcfSqfc?...
Meet the Poets of Lacuna. Join their journey through a royal clash between Hope and Fear.
youtu.be/EvSGGcfSqfc?...
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Griot Anthology ashcan is out! 90+ pages, 6 TTRPGs from great black designers making space for blackness in the past, present, and future. Some dope stuff here that you should check out. thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...
Griot Anthology (Ashcan) by Thoughtcrime Games
a zine of microTTRPGs and micro-settings from black TTRPG designers.
thoughtcrimegames.itch.io
March 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Griot Anthology ashcan is out! 90+ pages, 6 TTRPGs from great black designers making space for blackness in the past, present, and future. Some dope stuff here that you should check out. thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...
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One thing that was important for me, in writing this article, is giving players new to #CandelaObscura an easy way to get into a very specific world... without a lot of homework. Along with full mechanical design, there's a lot of narrative work in each of these to more easily onboard new players.
LOOK AT THIS COVER!
Issue 2 is out now! Had a ton of fun writing some specialties for Candela Obscura that take typically villainous archetypes and turns them into unconventional investigators. Check out the Tycoon(Face) below!
The rest of the issue has incredible 5e content and stupendous art!
Issue 2 is out now! Had a ton of fun writing some specialties for Candela Obscura that take typically villainous archetypes and turns them into unconventional investigators. Check out the Tycoon(Face) below!
The rest of the issue has incredible 5e content and stupendous art!
January 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
One thing that was important for me, in writing this article, is giving players new to #CandelaObscura an easy way to get into a very specific world... without a lot of homework. Along with full mechanical design, there's a lot of narrative work in each of these to more easily onboard new players.
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If you like RPGs as I do, check out this feature written by fellow Star Trek scribe @carloscisco.bsky.social in the latest issue of HORIZONS magazine!
LOOK AT THIS COVER!
Issue 2 is out now! Had a ton of fun writing some specialties for Candela Obscura that take typically villainous archetypes and turns them into unconventional investigators. Check out the Tycoon(Face) below!
The rest of the issue has incredible 5e content and stupendous art!
Issue 2 is out now! Had a ton of fun writing some specialties for Candela Obscura that take typically villainous archetypes and turns them into unconventional investigators. Check out the Tycoon(Face) below!
The rest of the issue has incredible 5e content and stupendous art!
January 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If you like RPGs as I do, check out this feature written by fellow Star Trek scribe @carloscisco.bsky.social in the latest issue of HORIZONS magazine!
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Everybody remember to get yourself a present today.
Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen.
Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen.
January 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Everybody remember to get yourself a present today.
Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen.
Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen.
HELP NEEDED.
The AMAZING @kyleshire.bsky.social, Critical Role producer and game designer of Queen by Midnight, and his partner have lost their home in the LA fires.
If you are in a place to help, please donate below <3
www.gofundme.com/f/kyle-jon-p...
The AMAZING @kyleshire.bsky.social, Critical Role producer and game designer of Queen by Midnight, and his partner have lost their home in the LA fires.
If you are in a place to help, please donate below <3
www.gofundme.com/f/kyle-jon-p...
Donate to Kyle & Jon Phoenix Fund (Rebuilding after Eaton Fire), organized by Vinnie Singh
Dear friends and community,
I’m reaching out with a heavy heart … Vinnie Singh needs your support for Kyle & Jon Phoenix Fund (Rebuilding after Eaton Fire)
www.gofundme.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
HELP NEEDED.
The AMAZING @kyleshire.bsky.social, Critical Role producer and game designer of Queen by Midnight, and his partner have lost their home in the LA fires.
If you are in a place to help, please donate below <3
www.gofundme.com/f/kyle-jon-p...
The AMAZING @kyleshire.bsky.social, Critical Role producer and game designer of Queen by Midnight, and his partner have lost their home in the LA fires.
If you are in a place to help, please donate below <3
www.gofundme.com/f/kyle-jon-p...
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🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
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Coming to Patreon on 11/18:
Party of None presents:
LEVON: A STAR WARS NOTORIOUS TALE.
Once upon a time, there was a Bothan spy and his droid bodyguard.
Now, there's just a droid bounty hunter cleaning up the remnants of the Empire.
Episode 1 of a brand new saga!
Party of None presents:
LEVON: A STAR WARS NOTORIOUS TALE.
Once upon a time, there was a Bothan spy and his droid bodyguard.
Now, there's just a droid bounty hunter cleaning up the remnants of the Empire.
Episode 1 of a brand new saga!
November 5, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Coming to Patreon on 11/18:
Party of None presents:
LEVON: A STAR WARS NOTORIOUS TALE.
Once upon a time, there was a Bothan spy and his droid bodyguard.
Now, there's just a droid bounty hunter cleaning up the remnants of the Empire.
Episode 1 of a brand new saga!
Party of None presents:
LEVON: A STAR WARS NOTORIOUS TALE.
Once upon a time, there was a Bothan spy and his droid bodyguard.
Now, there's just a droid bounty hunter cleaning up the remnants of the Empire.
Episode 1 of a brand new saga!
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Do you need an escape today for some reason?
Might I suggest listening to me talk to
@byconniechang.bsky.social
and
@seaplaysrpg.bsky.social
about
@transplanarrpg.bsky.social
before I challenge these famously non-colonial focused creatives to make their own version of Warhammer 40k?
Might I suggest listening to me talk to
@byconniechang.bsky.social
and
@seaplaysrpg.bsky.social
about
@transplanarrpg.bsky.social
before I challenge these famously non-colonial focused creatives to make their own version of Warhammer 40k?
November 5, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Do you need an escape today for some reason?
Might I suggest listening to me talk to
@byconniechang.bsky.social
and
@seaplaysrpg.bsky.social
about
@transplanarrpg.bsky.social
before I challenge these famously non-colonial focused creatives to make their own version of Warhammer 40k?
Might I suggest listening to me talk to
@byconniechang.bsky.social
and
@seaplaysrpg.bsky.social
about
@transplanarrpg.bsky.social
before I challenge these famously non-colonial focused creatives to make their own version of Warhammer 40k?
Doing a little sketchy paint while waiting for my flight back from Big Bad Con 💜
October 28, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Doing a little sketchy paint while waiting for my flight back from Big Bad Con 💜
I'm having to stay home sick instead of attend a really cool "drawing for beginners" workshop so if anyone has cool drawing resources for this beginner please bring em my way
I just want to be able to draw natural landscapes and cute lil guys and baby yoda and maybe a sword ✍️
I just want to be able to draw natural landscapes and cute lil guys and baby yoda and maybe a sword ✍️
March 16, 2024 at 3:50 PM
I'm having to stay home sick instead of attend a really cool "drawing for beginners" workshop so if anyone has cool drawing resources for this beginner please bring em my way
I just want to be able to draw natural landscapes and cute lil guys and baby yoda and maybe a sword ✍️
I just want to be able to draw natural landscapes and cute lil guys and baby yoda and maybe a sword ✍️
I get to be with my coworkers in for a few days! ✨
Bouncing out of the airport listening to LAX by Vulfpeck 💜
Bouncing out of the airport listening to LAX by Vulfpeck 💜
December 7, 2023 at 4:04 AM
I get to be with my coworkers in for a few days! ✨
Bouncing out of the airport listening to LAX by Vulfpeck 💜
Bouncing out of the airport listening to LAX by Vulfpeck 💜