Shawk Games (Syd)
@shawkgames.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 she/her - singlehandedly keeping the cough drop empire in business
#ttrpg creative, AP GM, storytelling nerd, and overall enthusiast
Check out what I'm up to - https://shawkgames.my.canva.site/
#ttrpg creative, AP GM, storytelling nerd, and overall enthusiast
Check out what I'm up to - https://shawkgames.my.canva.site/
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Shawk Games (Syd)
@shawkgames.bsky.social
· Jul 11
As It Is Below #29 | Brindlewood Bay Campaign Talkback
YouTube video by Looking For Mom
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Our campaign talk-back is out in the world! We crack up, cry, and share our favorite moments of the campaign (and regrets!) below - www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFAL...
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"Wait, did you say NEW GAMES?!"
We did!
Crescent 2E is an all-ages RPG about brave kids in the Daydream. Unlikely friends and promises under starlight!
Exile is a gritty teen survival in The Below. Cross the Nightmare Lands to escape and find your way home.
Both by acclaimed designer Ema Acosta!
We did!
Crescent 2E is an all-ages RPG about brave kids in the Daydream. Unlikely friends and promises under starlight!
Exile is a gritty teen survival in The Below. Cross the Nightmare Lands to escape and find your way home.
Both by acclaimed designer Ema Acosta!
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Wait, did you say NEW GAMES?!"
We did!
Crescent 2E is an all-ages RPG about brave kids in the Daydream. Unlikely friends and promises under starlight!
Exile is a gritty teen survival in The Below. Cross the Nightmare Lands to escape and find your way home.
Both by acclaimed designer Ema Acosta!
We did!
Crescent 2E is an all-ages RPG about brave kids in the Daydream. Unlikely friends and promises under starlight!
Exile is a gritty teen survival in The Below. Cross the Nightmare Lands to escape and find your way home.
Both by acclaimed designer Ema Acosta!
Today in Solo TTRPG Club I gave @almostbedtime.bsky.social's not for kids Hints and Hijinx game, COCAINE BEAR GRANDMA, a spin! Rivals, rooftop chases, exploding buildings, and drama with my ex? All as a retired CIA Bear agent? Yes. More of this. #solo #ttrpg #rpg
Cocaine Bear Grandma by Almost Bedtime Theater
A solo journaling RPG about missing bees... and cocaine.
almostbedtimetheater.itch.io
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Today in Solo TTRPG Club I gave @almostbedtime.bsky.social's not for kids Hints and Hijinx game, COCAINE BEAR GRANDMA, a spin! Rivals, rooftop chases, exploding buildings, and drama with my ex? All as a retired CIA Bear agent? Yes. More of this. #solo #ttrpg #rpg
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I will be interviewed by the Choson History Society to talk about Korean folklore in gaming! Do watch us this Monday, 4PM Pacific.
www.chosonhistorysociety.org/events/korea...
www.chosonhistorysociety.org/events/korea...
Korean Folklore and Mythology in Tabletop RPGs: Minki Kim and Nine Heavens Press — Chosŏn History Society
Please join Chosŏn History Society for an online conversation with Minki Kim, the lead writer and project manager of Nine Heavens Press, which has published two East Asian and Korean folkore-inspired ...
www.chosonhistorysociety.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I will be interviewed by the Choson History Society to talk about Korean folklore in gaming! Do watch us this Monday, 4PM Pacific.
www.chosonhistorysociety.org/events/korea...
www.chosonhistorysociety.org/events/korea...
I'm gonna try to pitch for the first time and if you're reading this. You should too! Be my first time pitch buddy?
Writers! Particularly TTRPG writers, but anyone comfortable with fantasy: The Gauntlet Pitch Day is coming December 6th!
Details at the link below.
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Details at the link below.
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Pitch Day
Pitch Day: The Great Forest We’re taking pitches for our upcoming game, The Lands Remaining ! Pitch Day will be December 6th, 2025. There will be three different Zoom calls you can join to make...
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm gonna try to pitch for the first time and if you're reading this. You should too! Be my first time pitch buddy?
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If you liked the horror writing in Whispers in the Walls, you will LOVE Camp Snallygaster's.
Don't just take my word for it; @shawkgames.bsky.social summed it up nicely:
Don't just take my word for it; @shawkgames.bsky.social summed it up nicely:
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If you liked the horror writing in Whispers in the Walls, you will LOVE Camp Snallygaster's.
Don't just take my word for it; @shawkgames.bsky.social summed it up nicely:
Don't just take my word for it; @shawkgames.bsky.social summed it up nicely:
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HEARTBREAKING: Person takes time-off to rest only to feel guilty for resting.
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
HEARTBREAKING: Person takes time-off to rest only to feel guilty for resting.
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In case you wonder how long the queue can get I only finish 5 or less commissions a month so limited slots are always open every four weeks. Put me on your radar for illustration! vgen.co/krill
RAPIDPUNCHES (@krill)
Check out RAPIDPUNCHES's commissions and portfolio! | Somewhat colorblind, marine animal appreciator, nature enthusiast, and artist. ...
vgen.co
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 AM
In case you wonder how long the queue can get I only finish 5 or less commissions a month so limited slots are always open every four weeks. Put me on your radar for illustration! vgen.co/krill
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I started my Black Friday sale today via email, use the code KILLME at Worldchamp.io/store
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I started my Black Friday sale today via email, use the code KILLME at Worldchamp.io/store
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"how did you get into ttrpgs"
Oh, I was bitten by a radioactive ttrpg when I was younger.
Oh, I was bitten by a radioactive ttrpg when I was younger.
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
Oh, I was bitten by a radioactive ttrpg when I was younger.
Oh, I was bitten by a radioactive ttrpg when I was younger.
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ConZero is TWO DAYS AWAY!
The FREE, VIRTUAL, TTRPG convention of your dreams is fast approaching! DID WE MENTION IT'S FREE??
Join the Discord and visit conventionzero.carrd.co for more information!
The FREE, VIRTUAL, TTRPG convention of your dreams is fast approaching! DID WE MENTION IT'S FREE??
Join the Discord and visit conventionzero.carrd.co for more information!
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
ConZero is TWO DAYS AWAY!
The FREE, VIRTUAL, TTRPG convention of your dreams is fast approaching! DID WE MENTION IT'S FREE??
Join the Discord and visit conventionzero.carrd.co for more information!
The FREE, VIRTUAL, TTRPG convention of your dreams is fast approaching! DID WE MENTION IT'S FREE??
Join the Discord and visit conventionzero.carrd.co for more information!
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🩸CALPINI is officially released! If you missed the campaign you can now purchase it physically and digitally on our store. 🩸
Journey through the corrupted temple and see if you can survive long enough to uncover the mystery of the corrupted Priestess. #ttrpg #morkborg
shorturl.at/Br154
Journey through the corrupted temple and see if you can survive long enough to uncover the mystery of the corrupted Priestess. #ttrpg #morkborg
shorturl.at/Br154
November 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🩸CALPINI is officially released! If you missed the campaign you can now purchase it physically and digitally on our store. 🩸
Journey through the corrupted temple and see if you can survive long enough to uncover the mystery of the corrupted Priestess. #ttrpg #morkborg
shorturl.at/Br154
Journey through the corrupted temple and see if you can survive long enough to uncover the mystery of the corrupted Priestess. #ttrpg #morkborg
shorturl.at/Br154
Turns out I haven't done a gm log in a month! I've ran a lot of:
- Perils and Princesses (Pirates, candied-rats, and tricksy fae!)
- 5e (Home group back from hiatus, weekend group emotionally devastating).
- Brindlewood Bay (oh buddy we're in the cosmit entity endgame now).
- Slugblaster (Rad AF!)
- Perils and Princesses (Pirates, candied-rats, and tricksy fae!)
- 5e (Home group back from hiatus, weekend group emotionally devastating).
- Brindlewood Bay (oh buddy we're in the cosmit entity endgame now).
- Slugblaster (Rad AF!)
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Turns out I haven't done a gm log in a month! I've ran a lot of:
- Perils and Princesses (Pirates, candied-rats, and tricksy fae!)
- 5e (Home group back from hiatus, weekend group emotionally devastating).
- Brindlewood Bay (oh buddy we're in the cosmit entity endgame now).
- Slugblaster (Rad AF!)
- Perils and Princesses (Pirates, candied-rats, and tricksy fae!)
- 5e (Home group back from hiatus, weekend group emotionally devastating).
- Brindlewood Bay (oh buddy we're in the cosmit entity endgame now).
- Slugblaster (Rad AF!)
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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Cloudflare is down, but you can still download and read Sprigs & Kindling! We have 5 free anthology volumes of Carved from Brindlewood and Trophy TTRPG supplements, including essays, art, and mysteries!
sprigsandkindling.com
sprigsandkindling.com
Sprigs and Kindling
An ongoing digital zine of community collected creative works for Carved from Brindlewood TTRPG games
sprigsandkindling.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Cloudflare is down, but you can still download and read Sprigs & Kindling! We have 5 free anthology volumes of Carved from Brindlewood and Trophy TTRPG supplements, including essays, art, and mysteries!
sprigsandkindling.com
sprigsandkindling.com
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Multiple websites are broken today (thanks cloudshare)
But ours isn't ;)
It must be a sign... saying it's the perfect time to browse some awesome #TTRPGs
soulmuppet-store.co.uk
But ours isn't ;)
It must be a sign... saying it's the perfect time to browse some awesome #TTRPGs
soulmuppet-store.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Multiple websites are broken today (thanks cloudshare)
But ours isn't ;)
It must be a sign... saying it's the perfect time to browse some awesome #TTRPGs
soulmuppet-store.co.uk
But ours isn't ;)
It must be a sign... saying it's the perfect time to browse some awesome #TTRPGs
soulmuppet-store.co.uk
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happy cloudflare outage day to all who celebrate
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
happy cloudflare outage day to all who celebrate
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🎉PLAYER REGISTRATION IS OPEN!🎉
We are FOUR DAYS OUT, and the schedule for Con Zero Fall 2025 is officially live, full of games to sign up for, panels and parties to attend! 🤩
Sign up now and join the server at conventionzero.carrd.co
We are FOUR DAYS OUT, and the schedule for Con Zero Fall 2025 is officially live, full of games to sign up for, panels and parties to attend! 🤩
Sign up now and join the server at conventionzero.carrd.co
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
🎉PLAYER REGISTRATION IS OPEN!🎉
We are FOUR DAYS OUT, and the schedule for Con Zero Fall 2025 is officially live, full of games to sign up for, panels and parties to attend! 🤩
Sign up now and join the server at conventionzero.carrd.co
We are FOUR DAYS OUT, and the schedule for Con Zero Fall 2025 is officially live, full of games to sign up for, panels and parties to attend! 🤩
Sign up now and join the server at conventionzero.carrd.co
Who let me schedule therapy for 8am on a Monday?? WHOOOO?!?! (said while pointing at myself in the mirror)
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Who let me schedule therapy for 8am on a Monday?? WHOOOO?!?! (said while pointing at myself in the mirror)
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Thirty nine ttrpgs!
Get a wide assortment of indie solo games including For Steel You Are, Don't Leave Me Yeti, Hardcore Ecologist, The Sea Calls But You Must Not Listen, and more!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
Get a wide assortment of indie solo games including For Steel You Are, Don't Leave Me Yeti, Hardcore Ecologist, The Sea Calls But You Must Not Listen, and more!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Thirty nine ttrpgs!
Get a wide assortment of indie solo games including For Steel You Are, Don't Leave Me Yeti, Hardcore Ecologist, The Sea Calls But You Must Not Listen, and more!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
Get a wide assortment of indie solo games including For Steel You Are, Don't Leave Me Yeti, Hardcore Ecologist, The Sea Calls But You Must Not Listen, and more!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
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I've made over a dozen games and supplements this year! A mixed bag of genres (and lot of them free!). If you haven't had a taken a chance to peruse the shop, please do! #indiettrpg #ttrpg #selfpromotionsaturday
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I've made over a dozen games and supplements this year! A mixed bag of genres (and lot of them free!). If you haven't had a taken a chance to peruse the shop, please do! #indiettrpg #ttrpg #selfpromotionsaturday
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"You don’t spend the game wondering whether you’re a good person. You instead wonder if you are ready to kill for the island or die for it — whether it’ll be your friend, lover, or father who will hold the knife and whether they’ll smile as they do it."
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
Reshare: Thomas shares how despite never enjoying a Belonging outside Belonging game before, Harvest became his Game of the Year. It's a combination of its lush prose, rock-solid structure, and bloody folk horror.
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
I was sacrificed for the land and all I got was this essay
On Luke Jordan’s Harvest, a masterpiece of folk horror
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"You don’t spend the game wondering whether you’re a good person. You instead wonder if you are ready to kill for the island or die for it — whether it’ll be your friend, lover, or father who will hold the knife and whether they’ll smile as they do it."
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
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We're snail posting, post your snails!
Here's my garden snail I painted (that ate all our strawberries )
Here's my garden snail I painted (that ate all our strawberries )
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
We're snail posting, post your snails!
Here's my garden snail I painted (that ate all our strawberries )
Here's my garden snail I painted (that ate all our strawberries )
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Workers with @kickstarterunited.org end their six-week strike victorious, enshrining 4-day work weeks and salary floors while also adding protections against gen AI replacing human labor.
Kickstarter United ends six-week strike with a resounding victory
Workers secure a 4-day work week, minimum salary floor, and protection against AI.
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Workers with @kickstarterunited.org end their six-week strike victorious, enshrining 4-day work weeks and salary floors while also adding protections against gen AI replacing human labor.
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No, using AI generated stuff as a "placeholder" on your crowdfunding campaign is not OK either.
If the visuals are THAT important to getting your project funded, then you need to pay a person up front for those key visuals and deliver a consistent end product to your backers.
If the visuals are THAT important to getting your project funded, then you need to pay a person up front for those key visuals and deliver a consistent end product to your backers.
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
No, using AI generated stuff as a "placeholder" on your crowdfunding campaign is not OK either.
If the visuals are THAT important to getting your project funded, then you need to pay a person up front for those key visuals and deliver a consistent end product to your backers.
If the visuals are THAT important to getting your project funded, then you need to pay a person up front for those key visuals and deliver a consistent end product to your backers.