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Kathryn (she/her)
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1/2 of Hatchlings Games (Writer and admin) | Gamer, writer and general nerd | #ttrpgs #dnd #sims #stardew | No AI 🚫| She/Her| Bi 🩷💜💙🏳️‍🌈
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Flicking through my 7yo’s workbook at parents evening and this must be the cutest thing I’ve seen - such esteemed company 😂
Drawing my 7yo made at school depicting me and her, stitch, and Taylor Swift as heroes, described underneath as somebody who helps people.
October 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Treated myself to something at the gift shop at Dover Castle today. It’s for writing down website orders but also because I feel like I should be reminded of my worth 😂 #queen
Red notebook with a gold crown and fake diamonds with the word Queen written in gold below. It’s accompanied by an awesomely tacky red pen with a tiny glittery gold crown on top.
August 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Wine with an actual cork and plain breadsticks. Cos I’m feeling kinda fancy but mostly a bit basic tonight 👌🏻
Tall bottle of rose wine alongside a box of Sainsbury’s plain breadsticks.
July 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Uhmmm… wow. I cannot believe we’re at nearly double our target goal in less than 12 hours! That is WILD. You guys are amazing - thank you so, so much for the support ❤️
Four kids lined up signing ‘Thank You’
July 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Pop Quiz just because this is my special interest right now okay? Can you name the Saja Boys left to right?
#KPopDemonHunters
Image of five boys in a row all dressed in pink. First has grey/blue hair, second has short dark pink hair, third has black hair, fourth has turquoise hair and fifth has long pink hair.
July 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Found whilst doom scrolling on fb. Unsure of veracity but did make me laugh. Cats are dicks in any era of time.
Image of a medieval manuscript with one half filled with careful script, the other half has a large watermark with a small doodle of a cat-like animal in the middle and hands pointing to the watermark.
June 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Well - that’s my next month sorted… 😍
#daggerheart
Cover of Daggerheart showing a collection of heroes and monsters Interior first pages of Daggerheart including introduction and amazing illustration of a Druid and warriors of some kind.
June 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Willow’s latest Pokémon offerings - she drew Snorlax for @hatchlingdm.itch.io as its his favourite and Charmander is one of mine. I did initially ask for Squirtle but was scathingly informed it was too complicated 😂
#littleartist #pokemon
Drawings of Pokemon from my 7yo featuring Jigglypuff (yay written above), Pikachu (chooo above), Charmander (woooo written above) and Snorlax (OK? written above)
June 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I’ve been using our BSL teatowel pretty regularly and can confirm it washes well in the machine and dries our dishes brilliantly! ✅✅

Educational and practical 👌🏻

If you want one, they’re currently for sale on our website 😀
A beige teatowel printed with hands displaying the BSL alphabet on a kitchen counter next to a slow cooker pot.
June 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows.
Colin Firth and Hugh Grant as Mark Darcy and Daniel Cleaver in ‘Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason’. They’re fighting very ungracefully in the street.
June 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Jesus fucking Christ. No words.
Elon Musk tweeting about Donald Trump: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day DJT!”
June 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Willow’s latest creations: she’s been getting into Pokémon recently!
#littleartist
Two drawings by a 7 year old - one showing Jigglypuff and the other Pikachu.
June 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Hi I’m Kathryn, I’m bi and one half of Hatchlings Games and the primary writer for the Isles series, Cryptid Creeks and Dragon Dowser. Would love to be added ☺️
Hatchlings Games stand at 2025 UKGE showing our range of products including the Isles Series, Cryptid Creeks and Dragon Dowser.
June 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Current mood post Expo
An image of a large round rodent (Viscacha) sat with a droopy “I can’t even” expression.
June 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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My ten year old has just found my old game boy colour with Pokémon Red in it.

You’d better believe she’s behaving like it’s a relic from the Stone Age. She’s fascinated and scathing in equal measure 😂

Whilst listening to the battle music:

“Is this what music was like in the old times?”
An old 90s game boy colour (see through purple one)
June 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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#UKGE day 3 let’s goo! I’m rocking my Hellfire shirt today so absolutely everything is gonna go great 🔥
Woman with short brown hair wearing a Hellfire Club shirt
June 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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All set up and only got a few bits left to do tomorrow morning. I can’t wait!
Stand set up showing all the Hatchlings Games products along with banners More detailed close up of Dragon Dowser along with crocheted dragons Triss and Shimmer Close up of the Isles products including the Sign Language flash cards
May 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Last year we had our cat attempting to stow away with us to #ukge - this year we seem to have gone one better… 🤦🏼‍♀️😂
A small girl in pink pyjamas curled up with her head down and back to the camera in our suitcase.
May 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Heading off to UKGE tomorrow! I absolutely cannot wait - even as someone with enochlophobia (hate crowds!) I still really enjoy it and I think that’s mainly to do with seeing all the amazing people who usually live in my phone in real life 😂
Image with two books, Cryptid Creeks and Inspirisles along with illustrations of characters from both games.
May 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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41.5 miles in four days along the Welsh Coastal Path? Completed it, mate 😂
A field with about six cows all staring at the camera over the fence. A woman in a Zelda cap, sunglasses and a black tablet smiling in a car park - slightly smugly.
May 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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It’s been a busy morning packing up orders, accompanied by Shimmer (made by welshstitchwitch on insta) and watching Sims YouTube videos 👌🏻

Shimmer has wire inside which allows her to curl around my arm or neck, I’m OBSESSED as is my 6 year old who now wants one for her birthday 😂
A stack of packages beside a wooden tv cabinet. On top of the packages is a long, crocheted multicoloured dragon with a pompom at the end of its tail.
April 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Not the worst but could be better! Maybe I’ll hold fire on banishing them from the house though…
DnD d10 die showing the number 7. The die is black with gold numbers and gold sparkles.
April 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Rich just got me a gorgeous new dice set he got free with an order but the first roll was a crit fail.

Just how cursed are these dice on a scale of 1-10? 1 being I should burn them and bury the ashes and 10 being it was just a fluke, stop being ridiculous 🤦🏼‍♀️🤔
Set of DnD dice, black with gold sparkles and gold numbers. The D20 is showing a natural one.
April 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Current mood 🤦🏼‍♀️

I have been staring at this document for what seems like HOURS.

#writing
Image of a word document with the text: “Just write something, anything, anything at all.”
April 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Packing up orders day! Helped by a tiny menace and her dinosaur/squishy menagerie 👌🏻😂
#smallbusiness
A wooden kitchen table with multiple parcels and boxes piled up. Behind the tallest pile is the arm of a girl playing with slime and ranged on top of the boxes are a collection of small dinosaur and squishy toys.
February 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM