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genericgamesnz.bsky.social
Generic Games aka Michael Sands
@genericgamesnz.bsky.social
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Home of Monster of the Week and other games by me. Home is https://genericgames.co.nz/
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monstersplaybook.bsky.social
More charity streams coming at ya! Tomorrow Memester will be streaming Dredge on Twitch.
memesterotwpod.bsky.social Jason (he/him) l Memester Of The Week 🍉 @memesterotwpod.bsky.social · 2d
This month we're streaming Dredge benefiting Feeding America together with #PodcastersFightHunger.

Streams are Nov. 29th, Dec. 6th, Dec.13th, and Dec. 20th at 6:30pm cst!

Come join us for the streams and donate to help us fight a real monster, hunger.

buff.ly/uw3OtAJ
Streamster of the week is streaming Dredge benefiting feeding america together with Podcasters Fight hunger. Streams are Nov. 29th, Dec. 6th, Dec.13th, and Dec. 20th at 6:30pm cst.
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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evilhat.bsky.social
Let's get an indie ttrpg HYPE TRAIN going and recommend some cool games for people to buy/gift.

If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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olddog.games
Blades '68! It's all go!

Here are some chapter openers I've been working on.
Two opening illustrations for Blades '68. On the left, "Introduction", with a woman wearing a black outfit and polka dot headscarf, firing a pistol. On the right, "Characters", with two figures standing in foreground. Once is a dark-skinned man wearing a double-breasted jacket, and beside him is a woman wearing a sort of poncho thing (I don't know what it's called). Anyway, it's all very 1960s. Two chapter opener illustrations for Blades '68. On the left is "Crews", with five 1960s figures walking across the frame. On the right is "System Changes", with a man in a suit working at a huge room-sized computer system.
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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serorpg.com
It's the perfect time to get the Monster of the Week books. Don't forget the Codex of Worlds: Apocrypha, it includes a mystery I wrote!

The Dreaming Army marches inevitably forward, their ranks swelling each night. Stop them before they engulf the Soaring City of Hermessia!
evilhat.bsky.social Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 3d
As the year winds down we want to take a moment.
2025 marks our twentieth year in business. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to our little company with their time, money, or talent. Thank you!
To celebrate, we've put our whole catalog on sale.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
The Evil Hat logo (a black wide-brimmed hat with a pair of glowing red eyes) floats over a red background with black and red balloons, ribbons, and confetti. Caption: 20th Anniversary Sale. Save 20% or more on everything. Nov 26-Dec 12.
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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evilhat.bsky.social
As the year winds down we want to take a moment.
2025 marks our twentieth year in business. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to our little company with their time, money, or talent. Thank you!
To celebrate, we've put our whole catalog on sale.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
The Evil Hat logo (a black wide-brimmed hat with a pair of glowing red eyes) floats over a red background with black and red balloons, ribbons, and confetti. Caption: 20th Anniversary Sale. Save 20% or more on everything. Nov 26-Dec 12.
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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miahdeas.bsky.social
Today kicks off a fundraiser for @feedingamerica.org with #PodcastersFightHunger.
47 million people face hunger and a simple dollar can be turned into ten meals.
I’m playing Jackbox Games with some of my friends at 7pm CST on @monstersplaybook.bsky.social’s Twitch channel. #TwitchTogetherforGood
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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rdonoghue.bsky.social
Reposting because it’s fairly rare that I blog these days, so of course when I do it’s late Sunday evening.

I’m pretty happy with this as a starting point of something, but there’s a lot more to extract.
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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evilhat.bsky.social
If you're at #PAXU this weekend, you'll find all of our latest titles and bestsellers @ipr.bsky.social Booth 3701!
Plus: When you buy one of our games from IPR, they'll send you the PDF for free.
And they stock a whole selection of up-and-coming indie titles. You won't walk away empty-handed.
A collage of the covers of Blades in the Dark, Girl By Moonlight, Monster of the Week, Scum & Villainy, Deathmatch Island, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Improv for Gamers, and Stewpot. In the background is a map of the Expo hall with an arrow pointing to IPR's booth, number 3701.
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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juanochoa.bsky.social
Uploaded some finished work and just realized, weeks later, that a client snuck some Sapphire and Steel into the briefs.

You know who you are.
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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bullypulpithq.bsky.social
The King of Snakes announced earlier today that pledge management surveys begin this week, and that pre-orders are now open for #ZhenyasWonderTalesRPG! #TTRPGs #RPGs

bpglink.com/zhenyas-preo...
Art of a snake shown in profile with its red forked tongue stuck out. There is a five pointed crown on its head and he is in front of a yellow circle, possible a sun. The text reads Zhenya's Wonder Tales Pre-order now on Backerkit. To the right of the text, there is a small inset image of the game box and game map.
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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olddog.games
Come visit Doskvol, the jewel of Akoros, in '68. Home of the original bluetime (first and best). Crime rates are better than before*
A tourist map of the city of Doskvol for Blades '68, featuring the 15 districts and key landmarks in each. A zoomed-in section of the tourist map of Doskvol, for Blades '68.
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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ktwelves.bsky.social
Hi friends! I am now booking editing and proofreading projects starting in January 2026 and beyond.

You might have seen my name listed on the credits page of over 50 tabletop games, including...
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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mytholder.bsky.social
The preorder for my next ONE RING rpg supplement, HANDS OF THE WHITE WIZARD, is up!

freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/the-one...
The coverful wonder Welcome to Isengard. It's lovely - to begin with. A Dunlending fortress (well, technically a fortress of Gondor that's long since gone to seed). The campaign covers events from 2965-3000, so we get a LOT more canonical locations and events
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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lumpley.bsky.social
And away we go.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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evilhat.bsky.social
Most of the games we've published in the last 10 years (ie Monster of the Week, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Blades in the Dark) either use the Powered by the Apocalypse engine or are hugely influenced by it.
Happy to back this latest incarnation from the Bakers.
Strongly recommend you check it out:
November 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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megueyb.bsky.social
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
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
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juanochoa.bsky.social
#blorp
Ink doodle of a weird treehouse.
November 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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kellywhyte.bsky.social
A silly one-page solo rpg about being a wheelie bin blown away on adventures that spawned out of a #kiwirpg discord thread. Free/PWYW so why not check it out.

kellymakesgames.itch.io/bin-voyage

#ttrpg #solorpg
A wheelie bin disappearing over the horizon in a jaunty manner. The title above reads 'bin voyage' Part of bin voyage. The text reads: You are a wheelie bin. Your journey starts on the curb of ____________ road/place/way/crescent/lane/etc. on bin collection day. To play this game you’ll need: • Comfortable shoes • Sun/weather protection appropriate to the conditions • A way to record a list (pen & paper, voice memos) • A safe neighbourhood to walk in • Optional: gloves and a trash bag As a wheelie bin, you have two stats: Bin and Wheels. Each start at 1+1d6. You have a bin type; rubbish, compost, or recycling. You are full of Trash. Think of a list of the last 5 things you threw into a bin that match your bin type.
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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kellywhyte.bsky.social
We've release Flock to Me! Thank you to our Kickstarter backers who have made this project possible!

You can now pick up this MotW/Strange Squad mystery on itch or DTRPG, just in time for Halloween!

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

kellymakesgames.itch.io/flock-to-me

#ttrpg #kiwirpg #horror
Flock to Me - Kelly Whyte | DriveThruRPG
Flock to Me is a paranormal adventure for Monster of the Week and Strange Squad, bringing you into the mystery that plagues the small city of Ennis in rural Ireland.  Investigate the unknown illness t...
www.drivethrurpg.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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evilhat.bsky.social
Power up your Monster of the Week game with the one-two punch of The Hunter's Journal and Slayer's Survival Kit.
More Hunter playbooks, Team playbooks, Weird moves and new ways to put your character in the bright spotlight of that crusty, pulsing tome.
Available now:
evilhat.com/product/slay...
An illustration of a raven-headed man in a white dress shirt, black tie, and black sports jacket wielding a staff over sheet inscribed with magical runes. Lightning dances off the page and up into the staff. Caption: Take an Advance. Better yet, take two.
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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livefromtheapocalypse.com
10 years ago 6 foster kids were pulled out of the wreckage of a house in Sayer, MA after surviving countless tragedies. Now Korea waits for them...and the end of their story.

Join us at 8PM EST for THE SAYER HOUSE SIX—a haunted miniseries featuring Monster of the Week by
@evilhat.bsky.social!
A promo on torn newsprint that reads THE SAYER HOUSE SIX across the top in typeface font. There are other words and headlines like "Murder", "Fire", "Tragedy" etc. printed on it. The center is taken up by a six-person panel of cast photos. From left to right: Will as Storyteller, Julia as Eve Vey, Kendo as Damon Moon, Mimi as Whiskey Moon, Val as Nayeli Doe, and Youngles as Jae Moon. At the bottom typeface reads EVERY OTHER TUESDAY, then 5 PM PST/8 PM EST. Under that is a black bar with white text that reads twitch.tv/livefromtheapocalypse, donations benefiting Medical Aid for Palestinians
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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mixuppixels.bsky.social
Fight or Fright is out now, and you can read all about the game coming to print with @plusoneexp.bsky.social in the @rascal.news announcement section! 👻🎃

www.rascal.news/fight-or-fri...
Fight or Fright releases in print and digital!
The Halloween RPG about Trick-Or-Treaters, Magical Costumes, and Possessed Decorations is coming to print for the first time!
www.rascal.news
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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genericgamesnz.bsky.social
My Napoleonic naval adventure game Glorious is now available for playtesting.

Drop me a DM with your email if you'd like access to it.

#KiwiRPG #TTRPG #RPG #Playtest
Glorious cover, showing a sailor in desperate combat with boarders on an age of sail warship
October 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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fromthemorgue.bsky.social
My copy of the biggest creative project of my life just arrived and even my dog is impressed!*

FiveEvil: Fiendish 5E Horror, designed and written by me, made gorgeous and wonderful by my good friends at Handiwork Games.

It’s real!!

*not really she just knows it’s time for a walk
Hardback book FiveEvil sits on a cushion next to a bemused black and white terrier
October 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
genericgamesnz.bsky.social
My Napoleonic naval adventure game Glorious is now available for playtesting.

Drop me a DM with your email if you'd like access to it.

#KiwiRPG #TTRPG #RPG #Playtest
Glorious cover, showing a sailor in desperate combat with boarders on an age of sail warship
October 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM