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Heliosail | Crowdfunding NOW
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Heliosail is a solarpunk ttrpg made by a small team of mostly me. This space is trans friendly, anti-capitalist, loving nature and envisioning a better world. Support your local indie game writers.

Available for free wherever you get your games!
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Just under 24 hours left for Heliosail!☀️⛵🪐🌱

We're trying to reach the first stretch goal before it ends! If you like art nouveau, pulp adventure, and way too many plants everywhere, this game is for you ;)
#TTRPG #Solarpunk #SciFi #Pirates #IndieRPG #Kickstarter
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Heliosail by Quinnsilver Studios - Gamefound
You and your friends become a crew of space pirates and adventurers in this solarpunk sci-fi campaign system.
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heliosail.bsky.social
We're in endgame! Every time someone pledges it extends by 10 minutes!
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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moreperfectunion.bsky.social
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.

Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.

Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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chaoticanwriter.bsky.social
Greetings TTRPG friends! ... This weeks issue... well. I kinda like it. I kinda hate it. I'm kinda story-and-cinematic-GM-brained, and not theory-brained. Would appreciate your takes on this topic.
chaoticanwriter.substack.com/p/transcendi...
Transcending Random Encounters in TTRPGs (Dungeon Delve #42)
What story do our encounters tell? Are random encounters too complex, or too simple? Do they provide enough inspiration to the GM? This week, I give advice on how to better present, build, and write!
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November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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34thgingerbread.bsky.social
Winter time means breaking out your boots, so here are some boots you can also use to break into your enemies!

This week's Wild Market seems like it's for the monks, but anyone who enjoys kicking folks (or objects) should consider investing. Protect your stompers!

#dnd #5e #ttrpg
Gannok’s Savage Stompers Wondrous item (boots), Rare (requires attunement) A pair of plated boots that are shockingly comfortable and light to the wearer, but impact with tremendous force when given momentum against an opponent. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls when making an unarmed attack. If you move more than 15 feet in a single round, you may add an additional 1d6 damage to your next successful hit. The Savage Stompers were crafted by blacksmith Jorn Hekur, and were originally intended to be a gift to the infamous ogre monk Gannok Shincrunch. Though Gannok eventually retired, his boots are rumored to have been passed along through several owners over the years. This item will magically resize to fit their new attuned owner.
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
heliosail.bsky.social
Just under 24 hours left for Heliosail!☀️⛵🪐🌱

We're trying to reach the first stretch goal before it ends! If you like art nouveau, pulp adventure, and way too many plants everywhere, this game is for you ;)
#TTRPG #Solarpunk #SciFi #Pirates #IndieRPG #Kickstarter
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Heliosail by Quinnsilver Studios - Gamefound
You and your friends become a crew of space pirates and adventurers in this solarpunk sci-fi campaign system.
gamefound.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
heliosail.bsky.social
I was so happy to get a chance to talk with the people at Voyage Denver about Heliosail and the long road to getting it here. Check out my interview here:
voyagedenver.com/interview/ch...
voyagedenver.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
heliosail.bsky.social
Heliosail is FULLY FUNDED! 🎉
Thank you so much to everyone who helped along the way! We still have about twenty four hours left if you want a chance to back this project and get a copy for yourself!
A plain banner with the Heliosail logo and a cast of characters. The banner reads "Funded!"
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
heliosail.bsky.social
Monster Monday: Psiren Monarchs!

"Monarchs" are old, experienced psirens who leads their family or clan. They are formidable enemies, with a lifetime of experience, and legions of loyal underlings.

Back Heliosail on Gamefound through Nov. 13th: gamefound.com/en/projects/...
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
heliosail.bsky.social
An overview of Heliosail's crafting system, which is designed for simplicity and convenience. Our crafting system involves no components or material to keep track of and eliminates the need for inventory management.
#TTRPG #SciFi #IndieRPG #Solarpunk #Crafting
youtu.be/-shdSBvVJ04
How to Craft in Heliosail
YouTube video by QuinnSilverStudios
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November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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hopepit.bsky.social
It's #Hopepit week!

🌞 share your pitches, books, videos, articles, and art
🌱 let's build community & uplift works of #hopepunk, #solarpunk, #clifi, #IndigenousFuturism, + more
🌳 Not sure if your work fits in the genre? JOIN US anyway!

join our community connect prompts starting Wednesday
#hopecore
Flier for #Hopepit Sunday, Nov 9 community connect Nov 5 - 8 🌞🌱 Let’s elevate hope! 🌱🌞 An inclusive community-building hype event for voices of light & vision in the darkness. Open to creators of all media telling stories of hope, resilience, sustainability, mindfulness, climate change, & collapse navigation #Hopepit 🌞Use the #Hopepit hashtag to share your pitches, books, videos, articles, and art 🌱We encourage the use of additional tags, like: #hopepunk, #solarpunk, #clifi, #IndigenousFuturism, etc 🌳Not sure which genre? JOIN US anyway! 🌱We 💛 resource sharing & discussion threads! @hopepit.bsky.social climate fiction hopecore hopepunk clifi #Climatefiction nomadpunk solarpunk #solarpunk #hopecore indigenous futurism pitch hype permaculture flier: #Hopepit community connect Nov 5 - 9 🌞 Use #Hopepit hashtag & engage with others to uplift hopepunk & build community 🌞 all styles, formats, and media welcome!! (no AI) schedule: Wed Nov 5 meet & greet introduce yourself & your work 🌞 What brings you hope? Thur Nov 6 share music & books with solarpunk & hopepunk vibes Fri Nov 7 art share: your own or related to your work Sat Nov 8 share a snippet of your creations Sun Nov 9 pitch/ promote climate fiction hopecore hopepunk clifi #Climatefiction nomadpunk solarpunk #solarpunk #hopecore indigenous futurism pitch hype permaculture
November 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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heliosail.bsky.social
5th and final "how-to" for archetypes: the Engineer! Learn how to play an Engineer effectively, and all the things they can do with their drone. Don't miss the chance to back Heliosail, link in this thread.
#TTRPG #SciFi #Robot #IndieRPG #Solarpunk #Pirate #Engineer #Artificer
youtu.be/DLZ0fBGv7zU
How to Play an Engineer
YouTube video by QuinnSilverStudios
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November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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dryad.technology
A thing that I think is good is when a human creates a piece of art
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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heliosail.bsky.social
Echoes appear like ghosts, but they aren't dead- they are people being glimpsed through time. Enjoy this belated Monster Monday. Happy Halloween!

Music is "The Long Dark" courtesy of Scott Buckley, CC-BY.
#HeliosailGame #Ghosts #Spiritualism #haunting #Halloween #indieRPG #ttrpg
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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heliosail.bsky.social
Medical Specialty is the pinnacle Trick for the Medicine skill. As a capstone it gives you incredible power, with each specialty feeling very distinct from the others. This is one of the capstone Tricks I am most proud of.
-Quinn
#TTRPG #IndieRPG #HeliosailGame #Medicine #Solarpunk #SciFi
Medical Specialty. EMT: You can restore an ally's entire HP during combat. Both you and your patient must forfeit the remainder of your Actions for the round. Plastic Surgeon: You can drastically change someone's physical appearance. Toxicology: Your are completely immune to poison and disease and can treat poisons without equipment.
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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yuvharpaz.bsky.social
#JWST 🔭 NIRCam data for NGC-2440
A planetary nebula, a dying star shedding material
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
chatGPT: Infrared image of the planetary nebula NGC 2440, showing a brilliant, chaotic structure surrounding a dying star at its center. Twin lobes of gas and dust expand outward in a butterfly-like shape, glowing in shades of red, green, and violet. The star’s intense light radiates through the nebula’s translucent filaments, revealing layered shells of ejected material. Surrounding the nebula, a dense field of golden and white stars fills the background, scattered across the dark expanse of space.
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
heliosail.bsky.social
Monster Monday: Sentries!

Sentries are bipedal drones used extensively by private companies for basic and routine security. They have limited language capacity, and are less sophisticated than anthroparians.

Back Heliosail now on Gamefound: gamefound.com/en/projects/...
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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heliosail.bsky.social
How do you play a bioscientist? Plan ahead! In this video I cover the best tips and tricks to get the most out of this archetype. Next up will be Cardsharp!
youtu.be/yefv2ZQhOM8
#HeliosailGame #Scientist #TTRPG #IndieRPG #Solarpunk #SciFi
How to Play a Bioscientist
YouTube video by QuinnSilverStudios
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
heliosail.bsky.social
We're making a whole series of videos about how to play every archetype! Today we're kicking it off with the Astromancer, with abilities inspired by Mass Effect! Tune in for more tips and tricks. youtu.be/ARtOdzlCMxo
#HeliosailGame #SpaceMagic #Scifi #Fantasy #Phsyics #TTRPG #IndieRPG #Solarpunk
How to Play an Astromancer
YouTube video by QuinnSilverStudios
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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csmfht.bsky.social
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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fibzgames.bsky.social
Quickstart now available

Twilight Sun is a narrative tabletop RPG of poetic horror and mythic rebirth.

The new quickstart explains:

How the system works
The world under the mechanical sun
Sample character

Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1PJT9...

#TTRPG #indieRPG #twilightsun #gamefound
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
heliosail.bsky.social
Cornucopia is the Martian festival of the harvest and honoring ancestors. Learn more about Cornucopia and other Heliosail lore here: www.patreon.com/posts/141369...
Heliosail is funding through November 13th.
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#SciFi #Mars #HeliosailGame #TTRPG #IndieRPG
Heliosail by Quinnsilver Studios - Gamefound
You and your friends become a crew of space pirates and adventurers in this solarpunk sci-fi campaign system.
gamefound.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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thoughtcrimegames.bsky.social
When Earth burned, black people and anyone desiring freedom left for the stars. Pilot soulships to find new homes and travel the universe in Black Future: Emancipation of Stars by Quinn Murphy, one of the amazing TTRPGs included in the Griot Anthology! #ttrpg

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Black Future: Emancipation of Stars from the Griot Anthology from Thoughtcrime Games.
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
heliosail.bsky.social
I building my own world ☀️🌱🌺🪐

Hopeful pulp adventure with gilded buildings and zoomorphic spaceships.

QRP with your world.
A busy space port, in a glass art nouveau style building filled with plants. Outside the window, floating tall ships with green-tinted sails can be seen waiting. A zoomorphic space ship that looks like a tall ship, with green sails and a golden forcefield dome on top, full of plants. A person standing and shuffling a pack of cards theatrically. A robot on tank treads that looks like a snail, with plants growing out of the side of the snail shell.
October 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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exeunt.press
Used RGB colors in your zine and it's causing problems?

Well, I can't fix that for you. But I can make it less likely that you'll make those mistakes in the future!

Behold, the EP CMYK (Mostly) Safe color palette: exeuntpress.itch.io/cmyk-color

#ttrpg #zines #layout #cmyk #rgb #affinity
CMYK Color Palette by Exeunt Press
CMYK color palettes for Affinity Publisher
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October 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM