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Quinn Majeski
@quinnmajeski.bsky.social
1.3K followers 150 following 440 posts
Podcaster | Monster Hour
Game Designer | Absurdia
Outdoor Enthusiast, Foodie, Policy Wonk, Husband, Dad (He/Him)
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It’s LAST CALL for Absurdia folks! Bar closes in 3 hours. You don’t have to stay here but you can’t go home 👁️

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A picture of a roadhouse gas station in pink, red, and purple hues. The gas dispensers taper off into ghostly trails. The sign above the building says “LAST CALL”
October 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Well howdy neighbors! Have you heard the good word about Absurdia? There’s only—

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A picture of the “They Don’t Know” meme - a black and white MS paint drawing of a house party with one person standing alone in the corner. Quinn’s bluesky picture is pasted over the person in the corner’s face. Next to it is text that reads “They don’t know the Absurdia crowdfunding campaign ends in—“. Much larger text next to the partygoers reads “WE KNOW WE KNOW WE KNOW.”
October 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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WE DID IT!!!!
A screenshot of the Absurdia Backerkit page with $25,035 pledged, surpassing the guest writing stretch goal
October 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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We are officially 1 week out from the end of the Absurdia campaign!

I usually try to post something fun and silly on Fridays but I’m having a fuzzy brain day today, so please enjoy a little teaser from the joke(r) Quinn Majeski playbook

26 backers to go 👀
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The Joker: If you make a pun or dad joke and everyone at the table groans, take +1 forward. If everyone laughs, take +1 ongoing for the remainder of the scene. If nobody at the table reacts, mark 1 Bandwidth.
October 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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10 days left in the Absurdia campaign! I’m feeling fired up for the home stretch so it’s time for a new goal.

And this time, it’s ~personal~

If we reach 400 backers I will release the joke playbook I made about playing me, Quinn Majeski, trapped inside my own game.

Meta! Self indulgent! Absurd!
An excerpt of the “Quinn Majeski” Absurdia joke playbook. Text reads: The Quinn Majeski A narrative designer and fourth wall anomaly “Wait, what do you mean I’m a playbook?” Essence: Bandwidth Refresh: Finish a major project without a new one lined up
October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Samantha Leigh, aka @goblinmixtape.bsky.social, (they/she) is a TTRPG designer and the owner of Blinking Birch Game. They have published titles such as Anamnesis, Death of the Author, and Outliers. Sam has also written for many other RPGs, including Cloud Empress, The Zone, and ECO MOFOS.
A picture of Samantha Leigh with a fuchsia filter. Samantha is sitting cross legged on a cozy chair, smiling cheerfully and looking slightly away from the camera.
October 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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@kendomakesfilms.bsky.social (any/all) is an award-winning digital storyteller known best for her actual play podcast Tales Yet Told, facilitating stories at the intersection of queerness and horror using indie TTRPGs. Kendo is also a game designer, filmmaker, video editor, and improv comedian.
A picture of Kendrick with a fuchsia filter. Kendo is standing in front of a blue sky and cloud backdrop, looking pensively up and away from the camera.
October 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Irving Benitez (he/him) AKA @jellyfishlines.itch.io, is a queer, trans masculine, multi-disabled, and Mad CRiT Award nominated TTRPG designer, Actual Play Game Master, podcast host and co-host, performer, and poetry writer from the Appalachian region of NE Ohio.
A picture of Irving Benitez with a fuchsia filter. Irving is in front of a neutral backdrop, his face tilted slightly with a small smile, hands resting together beneath his chin.
October 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Elliot Davis, aka @moreblueberries.bsky.social, is a Brooklyn-based award-winning game designer, podcaster, and artist who loves all things weird and wonderful about the TTRPG industry. He is known for such releases as Project ECCO, Rom Com Drama Bomb, and the upcoming The Time We Have.
A picture of Elliot Davis with a fuchsia filter. Elliot is standing on a sidewalk beneath some scaffolding, hands in his pockets, smiling and looking at the camera.
October 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Absurdia Update: meet the guest writers!

I’m beyond excited to announce Elliot Davis, Irving Benitez, Kendrick Smith, and Samantha Leigh as our stretch goal guest writers!

At $25k, this wickedly talented cabal will put together a kaleidoscope of ready to play one shot scenarios for Absurdia 👁️
A composite of pictures of Absurdia’s four stretch goal guest writers. Top left is Samantha Leigh sitting cross legged on a cozy chair, smiling cheerfully and looking slightly away from the camera. Top right is a headshot of Kendrick/Kendo Smith standing in front of a blue sky and cloud backdrop, looking pensively up and away from the camera. Bottom left is a headshot of Irving Benitez against a neutral backdrop, his face tilted slightly with a small smile, hands resting together beneath his chin. Bottom left is Elliot Davis standing on a sidewalk beneath some scaffolding, hands in his pockets, smiling and looking at the camera. All pictures have a fuchsia filter on them.
October 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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One more and we’re ready for Thermopylae y’all

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A screenshot of the Absurdia Backerkit page with 299 followers
October 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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One more fun little update- by popular demand (a store reached out to me) we've added a Retailer tier to the pledge levels! If you have a brick and morter store and would like to bring Absurdia to your shelves, you can preorder a stack of books at an FLGS discount!
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A picture of the Absurdia Retailer pledge tier image: four copies of the book behind a faded pink and purple gradient background
October 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Reverse jk we did it 👁️👁️
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September 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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What if?

haha jk

…unless 👀

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September 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Curious about Absurdia but still sitting on the inverted white picket fence? Allow me to offer you a quickstart in these trying times!

This baby has everything you need to take the game for a spin, including four pregen characters and a madcap one shot about the perfect lawn run amok
bit.ly/3IgSOip
An excerpt from the Absurdia Quickstart Disturbance “Lawn Maintenance”. Text reads: “The warm, afternoon sun beating down overhead. The sizzle of a fresh patty hitting the grill. The smell of fresh cut grass. A perfectly manicured lawn, encircled by a pristine white picket fence. Beyond the fence? More lawn. The street? Lawn. The cars? Lawn. The buildings? Lawn. The people? Lawn. The neighborhood? Lawn. Blades after blades of brilliant green grass, creeping inch by inch through town.” Thank you, Susie Robles, for this harrowing look into our town’s predicament. You deserved better than third place in the annual Kinderslam Poetry Competition, Susie. Far better. In related news, City Hall is advising residents taking shelter from the Lawn to remain indoors and await assistance, which is absolutely on its way. Do not panic at the sight of your neighbors’ homes being subsumed by a relentless patina of perfectly manicured viridescence. They are fine and definitely not being slowly suffocated or broken down into nutrients for an unstoppable macroflora. Why are you crying? We said NOT. Does no one listen anymore? Whatever you do, do not take matters into your hands or attempt to resolve the issue personally. The situation is well within acceptable parameters. - A Radio [REDACTED] Public Service Announcement
September 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Nice (+1)
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September 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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@jonmerchant.bsky.social has done an incredible job with the layout and graphic design, bringing the game's harlequin palette and absurd influences together into a format that remains approachable and accessible
An excerpt from Absurdia showing the Bureamancer playbook page 1. The background is distressed paper with a torn page effect in bright fuchsia along the left margin. The Bureamancer title is show in white in front of a rough paint brushstroke in the same color. In the top right is a podium with two microphones pointed inward and a stylized, swirling eye at the center.
September 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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With the campaign successfully funding I want to recognize the amazing team helping to bring Absurdia to life!

Absurdia's incredible illustrations are by the inimitable @kayleerowena.com, who has done an masterful job of capturing the whimsy and terror of surreal suburbia

👁️ LOOK AT THESE 👁
A picture of Absurdia’s cover. The forefront is a suburban craftsman house. A wavy picket fence runs behind it, appearing as a transparent overlay through the structure. The windows are glowing bright purple. The front door is open, revealing a dozen purple eyes floating in an inky back void. The upper half of the house is falling apart in surreal fashion, with some pieces missing while others appear to be melting upward. Above the house, several shadowy silhouettes float alongside another purple window and other house ephemera. The backdrop is a reddish coral color, with three orange lines curving behind the house. A large orange crescent moon sits behind the house. The title “Absurdia” is written in a large font at the top, with “Quinn Majeski” in a smaller font in the bottom right. An illustration of the Backalley from the Absurdia core book. A long alleyway stretches from the fore to back, framed on either side by several apartment buildings. The alley is filled with mundane and surreal ephemera: an overflowing garbage can, a street lamp, an open door, a hand reaching out from a hole in the ground, a pair of eyes looking out from a darkened window. In the distance at the end of the alley is a sliver of fuchsia sky with a full yellow moon. An unnaturally tall silhouette with wavy limbs and bright white eyes stands at the alley exit, looking towards the perspective of the viewer.
September 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Two weeks out and we’re closing in on 250 pre-launch followers!

This is a big one, so if we get there before launch I’ll make a silly non sequitur mad libs sheet to inspire your own whimsically nonsensical Absurdia one shot.

Boost and share to help us get there!
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A screenshot of the Absurdia Backerkit preview page with 241 followers.
September 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Bureaumancers at City Hall’s planning department

H/t @hannahwvr.bsky.social
Screenshot of a tumblr exchange. Text reads: Charlottan: girl who gets fired from her job at city planner for making the buildings kiss. Dorbu: it’s called “collapsing,” charlotte. Hundreds died Charlottan: big smoochie.
August 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Existing somewhere between a bureaucratic paladin, a loose cannon detective, and a Batman-style vigilante, The Suit excels at swiftly and silently quelling chaos

Did I mention you’re a literal suit? 👔
An excerpt from the forthcoming Suit playbook in Absurdia. Text reads: “GETTING STARTED Name & Pronouns: ______________ Look Choose 2-3 that describe your appearance Pinstripe, Three-Piece, Tuxedo, Pantsuit, Jumpsuit, Necktie, Bowtie, Cravat, Cufflinks, Watch, Hat, Oxfords, Loafers, Boots, Pumps, Wedges, Stilettos Demeanor Choose 1-2 that describe your attitude Stylish, Conservative, Flamboyant, Unpretentious, Slick, Pragmatic, Cosmopolitan, Traditional, Luxurious, Severe”
August 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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The third and final new playbook coming to the Absurdia (Meta)Physical Edition is THE SUIT

A sartorial incarnation of municipal justice, The Suit is a single-minded enforcer of a particular section of the town’s esoteric municipal code
An excerpt from the forthcoming Suit playbook for Absurdia. Text reads: “THE CODE With the agreement of the GM, pick a section of the Municipal Code that you are charged with enforcing: Example codes: Thou shalt not speak ill of the City Council, all businesses must offer pie on Tuesdays, missing persons must be returned with five business days, violence in city streets is illegal without a permit, vehicles must be accompanied by their owners at all times Your Code is part of you, woven into the literal fabric of your being. If someone in town violates it, you immediately know the identity and approximate location of the perpetrator. Take +1 on any action against them. If you ever violate your section of the Code, you lose access to all playbook moves and the ability to refresh your essence until you atone. The GM will tell you what the Bureaucracy demands for your absolution.”
August 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Playing the Newcomer is all about skating by on a combination of prey animal skittishness, disbelief about what’s happening to you, and the celebrity appeal of being a new face in town.

It also features one of the silliest moves I’ve ever written: Just a Little Guy.
An excerpt from the forthcoming Newcomer playbook in Absurdia. Text reads: “☐ Just a Little Guy: If you find yourself in a dangerous situation, you may prostrate yourself before the source of aggression. Explain how you are, in fact, just a little guy. Remind them that it's your birthday. Then roll +Cheek. On a 10+, your embarrassing display wards away the danger. On a 7-9, they are dissuaded from immediate violence, though they may still cause you other problems. On a miss, you've become the center of attention.”
August 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Do you love playing a little guy in over their head? Do you miss seeing the strange and surreal with fresh eyes? Do you enjoy seeing how long you can survive in play to lose games?

For you, my little lamb, I present the second new playbook coming to Absurdia: THE NEWCOMER
An excerpt from the forthcoming Newcomer playbook in Absurdia. Text reads: “MOVES You get four Newcomer moves. You have these two: ☒ Stranger in a Strange Land: As a Newcomer, you haven't had time to establish yourself with the town's factions. Whenever you make a faction move, roll +Cheek instead of +Faction. Whenever you would decrease a faction rating, such as the result of a failed move, mark 1 Incredulity instead as you become more enmeshed in the town's social fabric. ☒ The End of Innocence: Your essence is Incredulity - a unique combination of naivety and disbelief that, once broken, can’t be put back together. When you mark your last Incredulity, you do not gain a fracture. Instead, when you return after the end of the scene, you must choose a new playbook. You’re now an official resident of the town.”
August 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Have you ever wanted to play a talking toaster? A sentient plant? A video game character come to life? A housecat with the speech and intellect of a supervillain?

The Animated and its repertoire of quirky abilities lets you be fully at home amidst the strangeness and surreality of the town.
An excerpt of moves from the forthcoming Animated playbook in Absurdia. Text reads: “Then pick one of these: ☐ Make an Exit: You can escape most situations using physical prowess or pure brute force. You may roll +Pluck instead of +Wits to Save your Skin. ☐ Sixth Sense: You have a special or unusually heightened sense. Choose a question from the Assess Reality list that fits with your sense. You may always ask that question whenever you roll to Assess Reality, even on a miss. ☐ Nothing Out of the Ordinary: If you stand perfectly still, people will assume you are an ordinary object. They will pay you no mind unless they have a specific reason to do so.”
August 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM