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Diana Jones Emerging Designer, Ennie-nominated tabletop game designer and visual artist. Featured in Polygon, Rascal, Dicebreaker and more. She/her πŸ‘Ή Games: ARC, The Magus, The Marvelous Children of Inang-Uri πŸ“Œ Learn more http://momatoes.com #RPGSEA

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people who have tons of tabs open freak me out because if i get above like 12 i start to lose it. what's going on in your brain, many-tab people

02.03.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey! I'm fundraising for my tuition fees. I would love if you helped out!

ko-fi.com/goobernuts/g...

02.03.2026 04:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
A lineup of characters. They are all brown skinned and wear clothes designed after southeast asian fashion. 
A man wearing batik and a red head cloth
A man with long wavy hair wearing batik and drapery and red prayer beads
A nonbinary person wearing sheer robes reminiscent of Dhaka silk
A girl wearing striped robes
A nonbinary person wearing visayan inspired clothes and a bone belt
A trans guy with blue robes
A cis man wearing embroidered clothes
A cis man wearing visayan clothes

A lineup of characters. They are all brown skinned and wear clothes designed after southeast asian fashion. A man wearing batik and a red head cloth A man with long wavy hair wearing batik and drapery and red prayer beads A nonbinary person wearing sheer robes reminiscent of Dhaka silk A girl wearing striped robes A nonbinary person wearing visayan inspired clothes and a bone belt A trans guy with blue robes A cis man wearing embroidered clothes A cis man wearing visayan clothes

A lineup of characters. They are all brown skinned and wear clothes designed after southeast asian fashion.

A lineup of characters. They are all brown skinned and wear clothes designed after southeast asian fashion.

A lineup of characters. They are all brown skinned and wear clothes designed after southeast asian fashion.

A lineup of characters. They are all brown skinned and wear clothes designed after southeast asian fashion.

A lineup of characters. They are all brown skinned and wear clothes designed after southeast asian fashion.

A lineup of characters. They are all brown skinned and wear clothes designed after southeast asian fashion.

My southeast asian inspired ocs πŸ₯­

01.03.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 1310 πŸ” 569 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 1
Graphic from the Blades '68 BackerKit crowdfunding campaign, showing stretch goal contributors Avalyn Ramsay writing "Psychic Commie Rats" and Aaron Lim writing "Report on the Inaugural Crowfoot Wargaming Convention of '68".

Graphic from the Blades '68 BackerKit crowdfunding campaign, showing stretch goal contributors Avalyn Ramsay writing "Psychic Commie Rats" and Aaron Lim writing "Report on the Inaugural Crowfoot Wargaming Convention of '68".

They announced my stretch goal for Blades '68! Let's get to $390,000 so I can write about The Inaugural Crowfoot Wargaming Convention of '68 (which split of from the Charterhall Conference On Historical and Strategic Wargames that started two years before). www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

01.03.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 154 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5
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Compositions that go hard
(Faeries and Elves, 1984 - via archive.org/details/fair...)

27.02.2026 11:19 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
a painting of a capybara under a blanket drinking coffee and eating cookies next to a rat in the forest

a painting of a capybara under a blanket drinking coffee and eating cookies next to a rat in the forest

cozy capybara

27.02.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 221 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

We call them omang in our province. They are so cute

27.02.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

LOOK AT THIS WILD SHIT

27.02.2026 05:09 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Bloggies 2026 A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.

The Bloggies have concluded for 2026! Congratulations to this year's winners. You can find the results (and a whole slew of awesome blog posts) here:

www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/

27.02.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6
A store with a sign that says β€œADULT NOVELTIES - BJORK ALBUMS - MAGIC POKEMON YUGIOH - AIRSOFT GUNS”

A store with a sign that says β€œADULT NOVELTIES - BJORK ALBUMS - MAGIC POKEMON YUGIOH - AIRSOFT GUNS”

"thin places" are locations where the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is said to be particularly thin.

21.02.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 7487 πŸ” 2309 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 113
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Chris Bissette | Patreon creating dungeon games

The best way to support my work? Patreon. The best way to get exclusive content? Patreon. The best way to join a community of TTRPG weirdos? You guessed it. It's Patreon.

https://patreon.com/chrisbissette

22.02.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I'm a bestseller? Woah!
Adding it to my business card now.

20.02.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

A monumental release, you can now get Kala Mandala in most of the world! Step into a fantastical world of meddling busybodies and shoes-optional adventure!

18.02.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Illustration of a goblin with a crazy expression, bulging eyes and a big mouth

Illustration of a goblin with a crazy expression, bulging eyes and a big mouth

Coloring this little bastard I made for #goblinweek

#osr #ttrpg #illustration

19.02.2026 11:43 πŸ‘ 185 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Finished Of Monsters and Mainframes, so now thinking of reading Cloud Atlas or Invisible Cities

19.02.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Centaur Games Centaur Games

*Reposts appreciated”

My webstore heycentaur.com is finally up!
This took so many months of labour (mostly my partner’s), but it is all ready and running.
Physical copies of Kala Mandala are now available, shipping to most of the world.

18.02.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 241 πŸ” 163 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 16
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Tabletop Diversity Foundation iTDF

Applications are open for the IGDN 2026 Diversity Scholarship by the iTDF: itdf.games

We have 4 spots for marginalized and underrepresented designers to receive mentorship plus $1000 USD no-strings-attached scholarship!

Apply before March 17th, 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

18.02.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
A sketchbook spread,the left side orange and the right side blue, with little stalagmite and stalagtite ghosts with eyes. Across both a dark blue creature leaning,limp hands grasping, pale yellow eyes crying. It has powerline antlers.

A sketchbook spread,the left side orange and the right side blue, with little stalagmite and stalagtite ghosts with eyes. Across both a dark blue creature leaning,limp hands grasping, pale yellow eyes crying. It has powerline antlers.

Duality of Creachure
#fantasyart

19.02.2026 04:39 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Greek vase. A horn player, a naked man tip toeing, a stern guard

Greek vase. A horn player, a naked man tip toeing, a stern guard

that feeling when you try to sneak back in but your little brother plays his horn to wake up your parents

16.02.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Blades β€˜68 should have a 500,000 stretch goal to rename it to Blades β€˜69 and a 550,000 stretch goal to rename it to Blades β€˜67 and then alternate between them

16.02.2026 07:23 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
A black cat with a yellow donut around her neck. She blends in with the darkness.

A black cat with a yellow donut around her neck. She blends in with the darkness.

This little one is going back to the vet to get her stitches out. Happily, her spay site has healed up and she's back to her normal self.

16.02.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking for tabletop RPG work!
Editing: Copyediting, line editing, and proofreading. If you don't have a style guide yet, can help you come up with one.
Writing: Adventures, setting, flavor text, or other game elements (characters, monsters, etc.)

More about what I do at www.arisia.work

12.02.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A young black cat in a yellow floral cone wrestles with a bedraggled calico while looking at the camera

A young black cat in a yellow floral cone wrestles with a bedraggled calico while looking at the camera

Just another normal day

12.02.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A fun, colorful book cover depicting the title nestled between colorful shapes and fanged jaws.

A fun, colorful book cover depicting the title nestled between colorful shapes and fanged jaws.

Having a blast reading Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove.

As a starship's AI systems attempt to safely ferry its passengers to their destinations, they have to contend with... Dracula? A werewolf? More monsters?? In space???

Very fun read.

10.02.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This year's Bloggies Nominees Over 90+ blog posts. And a surprise category for 2026.

The Bloggies Nominees are here!

We are 1 week away from voting, so I need everyone's help spreading the word. Congrats to all the nominees and blogs submittedβ€”this last year was incredible. Forming the lists was equal parts rewarding and painful.

www.explorersdesign.com/this-years-b...

09.02.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 41
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Public domain art resources Using public domain art in tabletop game design

Feels like a good day to remind everyone that there's tons of human-made public domain art available for free. Perfect for TTRPGs and board games!

Where can you find it?

Right here!

Part 1: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom...
Part 2: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/more-publi...

#ttrpg

09.02.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 596 πŸ” 374 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 7

You're missing out! (I can give you a copy!)

10.02.2026 08:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If anyone has leads on a job, preferably in the non-profit sector or something similar, please send them my way.

26.01.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Somehow people can dance with knives in their shoes??

09.02.2026 11:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The danger in trying to do good is that the mind comes to confuse the intent of goodness with the act of doing things well.

09.02.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1