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H. Jay Watson
@hjaywatson.bsky.social
teacher (actual), failed writer (aspirational)

https://caligarislumberparty.itch.io/
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Mud Ghost Estate Redux has gotten a new cover image on Kickstarter! 👻
Mud Ghost Estate is a spooky tumbling block tower-based TTRPG inspired by the urban legends and folklore of Hong Kong. 🇭🇰
Please help us reach 100 followers before the launch! 🙏
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Only 16 more followers to 100!
In other news, I've finally got 3000 followers on Bluesky! 🥳
It would be nice if 3.3% of my followers on Bluesky would follow my Kickstarter project. 👉👈
Mud Ghost Estate Redux has gotten a new cover image on Kickstarter! 👻
Mud Ghost Estate is a spooky tumbling block tower-based TTRPG inspired by the urban legends and folklore of Hong Kong. 🇭🇰
Please help us reach 100 followers before the launch! 🙏
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🚨 CROWDFUNDING ALERT 🚨

if you haven't yet picked up @feralcharlie.bsky.social's amazing "Into the Cess & Citadel" (or the equally great "Into the Wyrd & Wild"), you're in luck

@wetinkgames.bsky.social has a new KS that brings this tome back into print:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/wet...
Into the Cess and Citadel
The ENNIE-Award Winning supplemental TTRPG book for those seeking to incorporate a strange, colorful, and terrifying city to ANY RPG!
www.kickstarter.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Howdy folks!
I return from abroad with some good/complicated news:
After 3 years, our stock of Vast in the Dark Expanded is finally nearing the end.
We want to thank everyone who bought a copy, mention what we have planned for the next printing, and also get some feedback.
November 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Every time people seem surprised by the playable options in Pathfinder, I am contractually obligated to bring up the best of the "THAT'S PLAYABLE?" ancestries: conrasu.

"Conrasus are shards of cosmic force given consciousness who construct intricate exoskeletons to interface with the mortal world."
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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New Indiana Jones adventure…
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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This is an early xmas gift to my patreon supporters!
BUREAU of CHRONOLOGICAL AFFAIRS by DNGNCLUB
A Time Travel Campaign Frame for Daggerheart
dngnclub.itch.io
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
horse CEO: "I am not and never will be owned"

Joyce Carol Oates, around the corner: “So curious that such a wealthy horseman never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates...."
"End of the Road"
PICARO! Early Modern Fantasy-Roleplay from
@stillfleet.bsky.social and
@plusoneexp.bsky.social
2025
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Last one for today- the first two pages from @pbbeta.bsky.social's Sacred Shore!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/715...
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Starting today just on the heels of $4k- we’ve officially broke 100 backers! Help us get to 60% :)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/715...
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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NULL_SPACE IS COMING

ZINE MONTH 2026

MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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goats always be up for bs
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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I can do paintings like this one where you get a physical painting on card for £45 including postage.
If you would like to send one for Christmas, now is the perfect time to let me know! Please send a message if you are interested, thank you very much!
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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This was such a cool project and I'm really proud to have art in this incredible book with so much amazing art and writing! Was amazed when Brian told me that my pictish byrehouse illustration would be one of less than five detailed depictions in existence!
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Using blackjack to raise the dead! ⚰️💀👑

Exploring Necromancer Heretic by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social and how traditional games can be modified and recontextualized as the basis for modern board games and TTRPGs: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/necro-here...

#ttrpg #solorpg #gamedesign #boardgames 🎲✂️
Using blackjack to raise the dead
Exploring Necromancer Heretic by Junk Food Games and how traditional games can be modified and recontextualized as the basis for modern board games and TTRPGs.
www.skeletoncodemachine.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Galstaff, you have entered the door to the north...

Here's 10 special doors that prompt OSR problem solving to put in your dungeon.
d10 Special Doors
Hookay, writing this blog post not because I have good ideas, but because I don't have any ideas. Bashing my head against a writing prompt i...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Please share and help us get to 100 followers! 🙏
It's really hard for my work to get noticed as a small creator.
Mud Ghost Estate Redux has gotten a new cover image on Kickstarter! 👻
Mud Ghost Estate is a spooky tumbling block tower-based TTRPG inspired by the urban legends and folklore of Hong Kong. 🇭🇰
Please help us reach 100 followers before the launch! 🙏
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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We are once again printing the gosh darned laser loon cards. (laser forthcoming)

You can have one for $10 on my ko-fi or from me at the markets and retailers listed in my pinned post!

ko-fi.com/s/c64a84b077

(Don't mind the background screaming about trying to mix all the inks to match last year)
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Feeling behind on the latest OSR blogs? Simply read them all at once!
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Less than three hours left to back Propero's Dream from @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com ! Amazing design and layout and all the space horror TTRPG goodness you can shake a vibmachete at! And I'm writing a story for the Megadamage Magazine!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
Mothership: PROSPERO'S DREAM
PROSPERO'S DREAM is the new campaign setting for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG. It expands and augments the content in the award-winning module, A Pound of Flesh. The boxed set contains three zines...
www.backerkit.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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For @samsorensen.bsky.social's #OVER/UNDER I created WEATHERVANE, an in-universe themed combat simulator. Using it, our faction was able to predict the outcome of any battle with a high degree of confidence. It helped us price mercenary contracts and go into any combat knowing the expected outcomes.
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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I had no idea this was a real thing. I saw Tempest refer to Weathervane, but I assumed it was just an RP thing and someone using Google Sheets or paper. This is so much cooler than I imagined. #OVER/UNDER
For @samsorensen.bsky.social's #OVER/UNDER I created WEATHERVANE, an in-universe themed combat simulator. Using it, our faction was able to predict the outcome of any battle with a high degree of confidence. It helped us price mercenary contracts and go into any combat knowing the expected outcomes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Only 9 hours left to back the new Mothership adventure campaign PROSPERO’S DREAM - which also includes the 2nd issue of their magazine MEGADAMAGE which will feature a 43 page space horror comic by ME.

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
Mothership: PROSPERO'S DREAM
PROSPERO'S DREAM is the new campaign setting for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG. It expands and augments the content in the award-winning module, A Pound of Flesh. The boxed set contains three zines...
www.backerkit.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM