🌱Elaine Lithgow 🌱
@elainelithgow.bsky.social
Scottish TTRPG Producer at Rowan Rook & Decard. Usurper to the throne of Spire and Heart. Designer, Writer, and sometimes VTuber. She/her 🏳️🌈
Telling each other stories as the light goes out.
https://linktr.ee/elainelithgow
Telling each other stories as the light goes out.
https://linktr.ee/elainelithgow
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Lots of new followers lately, so re-intro time!
I'm Elaine, Scottish TTRPG producer by day, mini-painter and v-tuber by night.
I currently work at Rowan Rook & Decard on Heart and Spire, and previously worked at Cubicle 7 on the Warhammer roleplaying games, Broken Weave, and too many other games.
I'm Elaine, Scottish TTRPG producer by day, mini-painter and v-tuber by night.
I currently work at Rowan Rook & Decard on Heart and Spire, and previously worked at Cubicle 7 on the Warhammer roleplaying games, Broken Weave, and too many other games.
My Therapist: Dog-seagull isn’t real and can’t hurt you.
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
My Therapist: Dog-seagull isn’t real and can’t hurt you.
Whenever I post a nice bit of furniture there's always someone in the comments claiming it won't survive contact with cats.
Are we just lucky that Mini doesn't take an interest in furniture? Does everyone else have absolute chaos gremlin cats that destroy their furniture?
Are we just lucky that Mini doesn't take an interest in furniture? Does everyone else have absolute chaos gremlin cats that destroy their furniture?
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Whenever I post a nice bit of furniture there's always someone in the comments claiming it won't survive contact with cats.
Are we just lucky that Mini doesn't take an interest in furniture? Does everyone else have absolute chaos gremlin cats that destroy their furniture?
Are we just lucky that Mini doesn't take an interest in furniture? Does everyone else have absolute chaos gremlin cats that destroy their furniture?
Robyn bought me an incredible sticker pack which lives right in the small venn diagram crossover between TTRPG nerds and tiny bird lovers.
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Robyn bought me an incredible sticker pack which lives right in the small venn diagram crossover between TTRPG nerds and tiny bird lovers.
Built ourselves a new succulent nursery today.
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Built ourselves a new succulent nursery today.
Silksong Act 3 complete! Bloody spicy final boss took me a few hours to finally nail down but oof what a finale! Well worth the wait. 😭
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Silksong Act 3 complete! Bloody spicy final boss took me a few hours to finally nail down but oof what a finale! Well worth the wait. 😭
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The Picts were always more than their blue-painted, bloodthirsty depictions. Carved in Stone, a new setting guide from @stoutstoat.co.uk and archaeologist Heather Christie, invites players to explore their incomplete but beautiful history.
Carved in Stone is both a history book and an eye-catching RPG
Publisher Brian Tyrrell and archeologist Heather Christie paint a pretty Pict-ure.
www.rascal.news
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Picts were always more than their blue-painted, bloodthirsty depictions. Carved in Stone, a new setting guide from @stoutstoat.co.uk and archaeologist Heather Christie, invites players to explore their incomplete but beautiful history.
Feeling crazy lucky today. In a time where a lot of my friends are unemployed, laid off, or suffering under horrible working conditions, I've somehow got @gshowitt.bsky.social as a boss who sent me a bag of artisan coffee beans cause I’ve had a rough few months (and I’m a coffee sicko).
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Feeling crazy lucky today. In a time where a lot of my friends are unemployed, laid off, or suffering under horrible working conditions, I've somehow got @gshowitt.bsky.social as a boss who sent me a bag of artisan coffee beans cause I’ve had a rough few months (and I’m a coffee sicko).
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This toats bullshit has impacted my friends.
Support the IWGB to help worker fight back against union busting butts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Support the IWGB to help worker fight back against union busting butts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This toats bullshit has impacted my friends.
Support the IWGB to help worker fight back against union busting butts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Support the IWGB to help worker fight back against union busting butts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Reposted by 🌱Elaine Lithgow 🌱
Guess I forgot to post earlier but of course I'll be at Tubbles this weekend - come find me to pick up the new Goblin book and other bits
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Guess I forgot to post earlier but of course I'll be at Tubbles this weekend - come find me to pick up the new Goblin book and other bits
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The Devil (and the bosses) work fast, but sometimes @chrisbratt.bsky.social works faster.
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
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November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The Devil (and the bosses) work fast, but sometimes @chrisbratt.bsky.social works faster.
Ran over 12 hours of TTRPG this weekend and I’m SPENT.
Finally managed to get Salvage Union from @leylinepress.bsky.social to the table though and I can confirm it’s a great system.
Really fun mech game the perfect combo of crunchy mech building but super slick resolution mechanics for my group.
Finally managed to get Salvage Union from @leylinepress.bsky.social to the table though and I can confirm it’s a great system.
Really fun mech game the perfect combo of crunchy mech building but super slick resolution mechanics for my group.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Ran over 12 hours of TTRPG this weekend and I’m SPENT.
Finally managed to get Salvage Union from @leylinepress.bsky.social to the table though and I can confirm it’s a great system.
Really fun mech game the perfect combo of crunchy mech building but super slick resolution mechanics for my group.
Finally managed to get Salvage Union from @leylinepress.bsky.social to the table though and I can confirm it’s a great system.
Really fun mech game the perfect combo of crunchy mech building but super slick resolution mechanics for my group.
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Rockstar is totally not union busting, totally. They just happened to fire 30+ people organizing together. What a coincidence, who could have known!
Oh wait, that's the definition of union busting? Well, they couldn't have possibly known that either, right?
Oh wait, that's the definition of union busting? Well, they couldn't have possibly known that either, right?
Rockstar claims dismissals were due to information leaks, not union busting
UPDATE: Developer says it "took action against a small number of individuals" for "distributing and discussing confidential information"
www.gamesindustry.biz/iwgb-accuses...
UPDATE: Developer says it "took action against a small number of individuals" for "distributing and discussing confidential information"
www.gamesindustry.biz/iwgb-accuses...
Rockstar claims dismissals were due to information leaks, not union busting
UPDATE: Developer says it "took action against a small number of individuals" for "distributing and discussing confidential information"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Rockstar is totally not union busting, totally. They just happened to fire 30+ people organizing together. What a coincidence, who could have known!
Oh wait, that's the definition of union busting? Well, they couldn't have possibly known that either, right?
Oh wait, that's the definition of union busting? Well, they couldn't have possibly known that either, right?
NPI make some of my fav boardgame coverage (and honestly calling it just 'boardgame coverage' feels like underselling some of their crazy well-researched deep dives on genres, history, and politics around board games).
Give them a look if you haven't already!
Give them a look if you haven't already!
Hi, I hate doing self promo so I'll just say that this indie board game coverage channel that could is about to hit a milestone of sorts.
There is no skeet that can summarize who we are or what we do, but we do cool work and you should check us out. www.youtube.com/@NoPunIncluded
There is no skeet that can summarize who we are or what we do, but we do cool work and you should check us out. www.youtube.com/@NoPunIncluded
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
NPI make some of my fav boardgame coverage (and honestly calling it just 'boardgame coverage' feels like underselling some of their crazy well-researched deep dives on genres, history, and politics around board games).
Give them a look if you haven't already!
Give them a look if you haven't already!
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Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help them survive and fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union.
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
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...
actionnetwork.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help them survive and fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union.
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
In a world of increasing AI marketing slop, be like Jon:
Stay safe. Follow all advice from your local Maskwitches, and help them whenever you can. No one wants a manifestation of a ten thousand year old spirit made from pine tar and dog teeth from the ice.
handiwork.games/home/the-sil...
#ttrpg #maskwitches
handiwork.games/home/the-sil...
#ttrpg #maskwitches
November 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In a world of increasing AI marketing slop, be like Jon:
Friends… I went outside for the first time in almost a month! I drove the car! It only hurt my ankle a modest amount!
(This is huge. I really don’t do well when I’m housebound.)
(This is huge. I really don’t do well when I’m housebound.)
November 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Friends… I went outside for the first time in almost a month! I drove the car! It only hurt my ankle a modest amount!
(This is huge. I really don’t do well when I’m housebound.)
(This is huge. I really don’t do well when I’m housebound.)
Bonus take: If you find yourself in a job where you feel afraid to talk about worker solidarity… you’re in a job that desperately needs worker solidarity.
I've seen a couple of people say you shouldn't talk to your coworkers about unions on work time or that a union is like fight club and you shouldn't talk about it at all.
While I think people have good intentions with these, I think you ultimately have to take calculated risks. Let me explain. 1/
While I think people have good intentions with these, I think you ultimately have to take calculated risks. Let me explain. 1/
November 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Bonus take: If you find yourself in a job where you feel afraid to talk about worker solidarity… you’re in a job that desperately needs worker solidarity.
I also submit for consideration that middle earth’s cartographers maybe just weren’t accurate?
Have you seen some of the maps from the Middle Ages? Some wacky stuff on there and they didn’t even have to avoid armies of evil monsters to map a coastline.
Have you seen some of the maps from the Middle Ages? Some wacky stuff on there and they didn’t even have to avoid armies of evil monsters to map a coastline.
only huge dorks complain about tolkein's unrealistic plate tectonics. yes mordor is shaped like a bigass square but maybe thats because mordor's mountains were not formed the way mountain ranges in our world are
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I also submit for consideration that middle earth’s cartographers maybe just weren’t accurate?
Have you seen some of the maps from the Middle Ages? Some wacky stuff on there and they didn’t even have to avoid armies of evil monsters to map a coastline.
Have you seen some of the maps from the Middle Ages? Some wacky stuff on there and they didn’t even have to avoid armies of evil monsters to map a coastline.
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I wasn't going to say anything about the biggest TTRPG convention in the UK promoting AI slop, but then the slop makers said "everyone uses gen AI, we're just honest about it", and I fucking saw red.
Make your own art. Even if it's rancid garbage, it's still better than a machine's hallucination.
Make your own art. Even if it's rancid garbage, it's still better than a machine's hallucination.
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I wasn't going to say anything about the biggest TTRPG convention in the UK promoting AI slop, but then the slop makers said "everyone uses gen AI, we're just honest about it", and I fucking saw red.
Make your own art. Even if it's rancid garbage, it's still better than a machine's hallucination.
Make your own art. Even if it's rancid garbage, it's still better than a machine's hallucination.
In todays TTRPG Dev Vlog I have too many meetings and ramble about the multi-phase boss fight called International Logistics.
So, Selling Books Internationally, huh?
YouTube video by Is This Something? A TTRPG Dev Vlog
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October 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In todays TTRPG Dev Vlog I have too many meetings and ramble about the multi-phase boss fight called International Logistics.
In today's TTRPG Dev Vlog I have a sleepy chat about torturous muses and how I design character sheets.
How I Design TTRPG Character Sheets
YouTube video by Is This Something? A TTRPG Dev Vlog
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In today's TTRPG Dev Vlog I have a sleepy chat about torturous muses and how I design character sheets.
Clever mechanics that force you to explore a specific genre or theme during play is like catnip to me.
New article on Old Men Running the World, where I drill down into what makes me want to run a game and what makes me run a mile. #ttrpg
What Makes Me Want To Run A Game? - Old Men Running The World
Or, to give it its true clickbait title, "Why I have absolutely no interest in running 7/9 of the games Quinns Quest has reviewed."
oldmenrunningtheworld.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Clever mechanics that force you to explore a specific genre or theme during play is like catnip to me.
Managed to get FFXIV running on my Steam Deck tonight.
No idea what having my fav MMO on a handheld device will mean for my gaming habits but we’ll find out together!
No idea what having my fav MMO on a handheld device will mean for my gaming habits but we’ll find out together!
October 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Managed to get FFXIV running on my Steam Deck tonight.
No idea what having my fav MMO on a handheld device will mean for my gaming habits but we’ll find out together!
No idea what having my fav MMO on a handheld device will mean for my gaming habits but we’ll find out together!
In today's TTRPG Dev Vlog I show proof of life.
I'm Not Dead, I'm Just Burned Out
YouTube video by Is This Something? A TTRPG Dev Vlog
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October 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In today's TTRPG Dev Vlog I show proof of life.
Pretty sure this is a Triangle Agency anomaly.
October 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Pretty sure this is a Triangle Agency anomaly.