Will McNeese @willmcneese.bsky.social Game designer. QA. Believer in the power of video games. (He/Him)
willmcneese.carrd.co
Ben Hanowell @hanowell.me Writing a hybrid memoir + narrative science nonfiction book about the statistical paradox of competing risks and how it applies to my near-death. Posts are my own thoughts. This is a personal account. MEDIO·TUTISSIMUS·IBIS CUSTOS·VIAE·MEDIAE
Kristen M. Kareem 🍉 ☮️ @kristenmkareem.bsky.social ✍🏻 Writer 📚@HighlightsFound Scholarship Recipient (‘24) & Highlights Muslim Storyteller ('23) & We Need Kidlit Now Winner (‘24) 🧕🏻🍉 Muslim 👩🏫 Educator 🛶 MN girl 🏃♀️Runner 💗 Wife and Mama to three ✨ Writings here: https://linktr.ee/Sagasofsabr
Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Game Arts @ Pratt Institute
Founder of Essay Games (he/him)
https://essay-games.com/
Bundle of Joy (Narrative Wario Ware Dad-Simulator):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/Bundle_of_Joy/
Jess Haskins | The Game Editors @jesshaskins.bsky.social Game editor, narrative consultant, community organizer, educator. Adventurer and tea fiend.
Editor of IGF winner Titanium Court!
✨I elevate games with rigorous professional editing, narrative polish, and VO.✨
thegameeditors.com
jesshaskins.com
Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social Freelance Game Writer & Narrative Designer | NOW: Kinali Works & Stupendium Softworks | Hugo finalist, BAFTA, DICE, Future Class | UVW-CWA | "Queen of the Freelancers" | ♐️ 💜🤍🖤💚 | she/her | annacwebster.com
Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social I design & write stories about online society, virtual embodiment and the technocapitalist future. game dev, presenter, consultant et al
Everything is narrative design
mean lesbian 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
Ivan Lett @icylett.bsky.social Harlem-based poet and writer, book publishing veteran, now developing an organization dedicated to promoting the intersection of civic education and artists of upper Manhattan.
Lee Mitchell @lee-mitchell.bsky.social Avid reader, tech innovation in education and the workplace
Anthony @aww9.bsky.social Proud husband to @sarahhaan.bsky.social. Dad to two wonderful sons (and two kittens, too). Sometimes amusing (mainly to myself). #Charlottesville @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social
Booking Dreams by Tina Martin @tinytinafumo.bsky.social Travel does for the soul, what reading does for the mind.
Professor Xtra @depresseddeveloper.bsky.social Developer dude at depresseddeveloper.org
Bree, Captain of The Unreliable 🌌 @dhampirvampire.bsky.social Lover of Games, Star Trek, Ghostbusters, and many nerdy things.
Narrative and making silly voices are my love and Capture Artististy/Virtual Photography + breaking maps and games (QA) for fun.
John Brooks @eco-stoic.bsky.social Writer and student of philosophy wondering what happens when everything's connected to everything else. My curiosity gets stirred by complexity theory, Pyrrhonism, and—especially—stoicism as a political philosophy of nature. My blog: ecostoic.wordpress.com
Rob Cosgrove @rcosgrov.bsky.social a misanthrope who loves people
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
@bojangba99.bsky.social @bojangba99.bsky.social No parents wish to die and let your children’s suffer 🥲 the giver shall never lack
danielleri @danielleri.bsky.social Berklee College of Music game design lecturer, Volunteer EMT in NYC, BJJ Purple Belt 🤼♀️, hobbyist game dev and pixel artist, sometimes screenwriter, fitness dork. Post-bac science student with medical aspirations! She/her.
Diandra @mesaanasedai.bsky.social Narrative Director - iwot Games
She/They
Formerly: Crystal Dynamics, Blizzard, Aniplex, Carbine, Riot, BioWare
Co-author: The Definitive Game Narrative Guide
Opinions = my own
“I am the very model of a modern major general”
https://diandralasrado.com
deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social Editor & Narrative Consultant: Perfect Tides: Station to Station, NORCO
Editor & Designer: The Creation of Wonder
Designer: air light water moon shadow sky
https://bathers-library.square.site/product/air-light-water-moon-shadow-sky-by-matt-carney/
Andrew Alan Johnson @andrewalanjohnson.bsky.social Anthropologist at Stockholm University. Senior historian, Firaxis. Water, ghosts, ruins, games. สนใจเรื่องไทย แม่น้ำโขง
https://andrewalanjohnson.com
https://www.dukeupress.edu/mekong-dreaming
Ren (they/he) 🍉 @n0tcameron.bsky.social Narrative and Game Designer that sometimes programs
Open for work! Portfolio: https://renmakesgames.com/
Miguel Dobrich @migueldobrich.bsky.social Journalist and educator based in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Founder of Dobcast and Amenaza Roboto (@amenazaroboto.bsky.social).
2024 & 2023 Pulitzer Center grantee. Oxford Climate Journalism Network alum. 2018 Tow-Knight Fellow.
Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social The Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale advances interdisciplinary research to shape public policy and support democratic deliberation.
Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social Professor of Political Science; co-director, Ludwig Program on Public Leadership, Yale Law School; co-leader, Consortium on American Political Economy (CAPE); director, Yale American Political Economy eXchange (APEX); jacobhacker.com
Lucy Randall @lucyrandall802.bsky.social Senior Editor, Philosophy books and Very Short Introductions, Oxford University Press USA
she/ her
📚🏃♀️
Kathryn Yu #OpenToWork @kathrynyu.com Former Sr. Technical Game Designer at on Marvel’s Deadpool VR. @noproscenium.com Senior LA Reviewer & former Executive Editor. @immersiveexperience.org co-founder.
Los Angeles. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/kathrynyu
Sam Roberts @ashtonesq.bsky.social #GameDev. Curator, Educator, Designer. Co-founder @indiecade. Lecturer @ UCI Informatics. Churning.
Bully Pulpit Games @bullypulpithq.bsky.social We are an innovative tabletop gaming publisher. We make Fiasco, Star Crossed, Ghost Court, The Warren, Night Witches, Desperation, Zhenya's Wonder Tales, and Nine Space Games!
Eric @presenteric.com I’m a tech worker living in NYC. Occasionally I write a silly little larp.
Myr @myrdraws.bsky.social Art, Immersive Experiences, Puzzles. No AI.
https://myrthical.com/
https://myriambloom.com/
Geoffrey Golden @geoffreygolden.bsky.social • Narrative Designer
• Game Developer
• VCR Board Game Scholar
Portfolio: https://geoffreygolden.com
Newsletter: https://equipstory.com
Dustin Freeman 🧙♂️🇨🇦 @dustinfreeman.bsky.social Applied researcher with PhD in CS/Theatre. Working on something new {📸⏩🎞️} to cross the ML-HCI Chasm. Frequent digital/immersive theatre director. Bi 🌈.
dustinfreeman.org
IndieCade @indiecade.bsky.social Celebrating and supporting international independent game development. Submissions are open! https://indiecade.com/submissions/
PD Smith @pdsmith.bsky.social 📚City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age, Doomsday Men, Einstein, Metaphor & Materiality.
Now writing about cities, detectives and crime.
https://linktr.ee/pd_smith
Rachael Levay @rlevay.bsky.social Senior editor of sociology and anthropology at Princeton University Press. Cofounder Paths in Publishing. Running, books, kids, somewhere out west.
Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social Book worker, University of Oklahoma Press. Personal account. andrewb@ou.edu
Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social Teapot Queen | patriciamatthew.com
Race and Regency Lab | raceandregency.org
Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social Christina Sharpe. Writer/Professor/CRC. Ordinary Notes (2023). In the Wake: On Blackness & Being (2016). Monstrous Intimacies (2010). What Could a Vessel Be? (2027). Black. Still. Life. (2028) Agent: Jackie Ko/Wylie
Hopper (they/them) @faild3adly.bsky.social Professional Ttrpg & Tree dork. 
ManaPot Studios @manapotstudios.bsky.social A loose organization of East Coast roleplayers, GMs, and actual players streaming amazing games on Twitch! | Email us at: ManaPotStudios@gmail.com
Maria (she/they) @yayforbooks.bsky.social plays games, reads books, makes things | occasionally unhinged | 🔥🔥🔥 she/they 🏳️🌈🇵🇭💖
Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social Narrative Designer by day (Mass Effect, Dragon Age), Novelist by night (The Palace Job, Feeder). (they/them, views strictly mine, OC do not steal)
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. cannot overstate the degree to which this is a personal account
Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social Visiting prof @Stony Brook; fellow @Montclair State; emeritus prof @CUNY's Newmark School of Journalism. Co-host: Intelligent Machines, AI Inside. Author of Hot Type, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, Magazine, available at: https://jeffjarvis.com
Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social NYU Game Center faculty & Narrative design & game writing at Fiction Control. Media scholar, cinephile, puzzle head, mystery wrangler.
https://clarafv.com
Alexander King @literallyaking.com Game Designer, Economy/System Design. Adjunct Professor at NYU Game Center & Parsons DT. Staff Data Analyst for ACT-UAW Local 7902. Spreadsheet aficionado.
(He/Him)- E @emmafberry.bsky.social @emmafberry.bsky.social
Sarah J @sarahjay.bsky.social (she/her)- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Violet @momentaryhorrors.bsky.social she/her | 33 | several spreadsheets in a coffin
Vera Burd @ Looking For Work @veraburd97.bsky.social Looking for Narrative Design work!
27, She/Her, Writer, Modder, Trans 🏳️⚧️ Woman, Very Gay, opinions = mine. I post mostly about my journey into games!
TTRPG Safety Toolkit @ttrpgsafetytoolkit.com The #TTRPGSafetyToolkit is a free resource making TTRPG safety/support tools easy to approach and use | co-curated by Kienna Shaw and Lauren Bryant-Monk | ENnie winning | contact@ttrpgsafetytoolkit.com
D. Delorme @michifott.bsky.social Two-Spirit Red River Métis. Music and book lover, regrettably invested in urban politics. At least sometimes NSFW. he/him
@roddybug.bsky.social @roddybug.bsky.social 
benjamin frankenstein @fiercefully.bsky.social chloe/cloudie • any pronouns • would prefer you don't follow if we don't know each other! • 4 stars have been deducted for dabbling in the Occult.
Chloe @ Small Stories @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social "Hell, the worst I can get is life." Jack of several trades including TTRPG design, recipe writing, and photography. Any pronouns. Opinions now yours. website + blog both in progress at smallstories.io
Dillin Apelyan - EGOT hopeful Actual Play creator @superdillin.bsky.social Host of the One Shot podcast, 1/2 of Dorkspawn. As heard on The Atomless, Unprepared Casters, My First Dungeon, Critter Hug, Adventuring Academy, Party of One, and more. #ttrpg Game designer, #ActualPlay performer, werewolf enthusiast.
Gnome @gnomedic.bsky.social Just a transbro who likes stationery, cats, and tabletop RPGs. | he/him 🏳️⚧️ | ᓚᘏᗢ
Join my stationery club? 🥺👉👈CozyStationeryClub.com
Business: gnomedic.media@gmail.com
Lin Codega @lincodega.com author, journalist, game writer—PASHA THE STORM out now | co-founder @rascal.news, editor @fansplaining.bsky.social | WRA TVL S3—🏳️⚧️ they/them—a bit of a killjoy—there's a hugo here somewhere
Jeff Stormer @jeffstormer.gobirds.online Podcaster: Party of One, All My Fantasy Children, Yazeba's B&B
Designer: Anyone Can Wear the Mask, Mission: Accomplished!
I've played more systems on-mic than anyone in the history of Actual Play.
Moonlights as the Great Clown Pagliacci.
jeffstormer.com
Misha Grifka Wander @mishagw.bsky.social he/they | writer and game designer | american midwest
Lauren Bryant-Monk @starvingsoubrette.bsky.social Consistently Exceptional. Opera Singer, Game Dev and Co-Curator of the ENnie Award winning #TTRPGSafetyToolkit (She/Her)
www.starvingsoubrette.com
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Dylan Grinder is making Erstwild @anarisis.dylangrinder.com Game designer, artist, & all-around nerd. Co-Lead on Plotweaver: Erstwild. Author of Become: Artificial Investigation & Spoken Magic/Legends. Explaining design & narrative through play at twitch.tv/anarisis
—
She/He
—
📧 contact@dylangrinder.com
Sara Roberts @sararoberts.hypegoblin.com I'm your goblin's favorite goblin.
📧 Contact@hypegoblin.com
Find me everywhere #TTRPG are played or at https://www.hypegoblin.com
wasa @wasabotte.bsky.social they / she / he. 🖤🩶🤍💜 engineering. writing. gaymes. here for the bants 🍉. no ai.
Kris Giere @krisgiere.bsky.social Learner, #ttrpg Gamer & Designer, Educator, Cartomancer, & Nerdy Word Wizard. (He/They) Full of passion & compassion.
Kelli the Opera Geek @theoperageek.com Opera Singer • Aria-Slinging Mercenary • #TTRPG performer • Voice Actor • Technically Award-Winning Soprano • #ADHD • she/her • Ginger Menace • Streams: twitch.tv/theoperageek • wishlist: thronegifts.com/u/theoperageek
GM Connie Chang 🌈🐸 @byconniechang.bsky.social they/he/she/ta. chinese-american. ENNIE-winning game writer & narrative designer threading queer drama w/ black-hearted apocalyptica.
Game Master for @transplanarrpg.bsky.social.
Prev: Bungie, NetEase
🌟 byconniechang.itch.io
📧 byconniechang@gmail.com
Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
(#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Leona Neelam Maple 💛🍁 (she/her) @theleonamaple.bsky.social I am your sensitivity reader & DEI product specialist 💛 Watercolor hobbyist 🖌️ 🎨✨ Newbie wrestling fan & burly dancer | Performer, streamer, Desi af, demi-pan queer, cat gal, ADHD spoonie
theleonamaple.carrd.co
Laura Hirsbrunner 🍉😷 @laura-hirsb.bsky.social 🎲 ttrpg editor & designer
✍️ lead editor @ Cosmere RPG; also freelancer @ Daggerheart, D&D, MCDM, Twogether Studios & more; 6x adamantine bestseller
💬 opinions her own
🔗 https://laura-hirsb.carrd.co
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Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Please consider donating to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund —> https://www.pcrf.net
Aabria Iyengar @aabria.bsky.social she/her | @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social | your story friend on Dimension 20 // Critical Role // The Adventure Zone and more! |
LaTia has a ukulele @latiajacquise.com A Legendary Dragon/Psychic Pokemon. ...oh wait, that's Latias.
D&D Community Manager @ Wizards of the Coast & stationery nerd. Silken Windhound guardian. she/her, opinions mine. Personal account.
I have a website; check it out: https://latiajacquise.com
Women Of TTRPG @womenofttrpg.bsky.social Celebrating all the talented, diverse and awesome women in the TTRPG community since 2020. Join us as we share these inspiring people and their stories!
https://lnk.bio/womenofttrpg
🍉 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Ned Donovan | Encounter Party now on Amazon Prime! @neddonovan.bsky.social 🎭 He/Him • Actor • Singer • Producer
🐉 Exec. Producer / Cast D&D TV show #EncounterParty
🍿 Head of #AudioFiction #NJWebFest / #AFWC
🎙️ Host of #DailyTipsPod
James D'Amato @oneshotrpg.bsky.social Host of the ONE SHOT and Campaign Skyjacks Podcasts, Author of The Ultimate RPG Guides, Chicago's second best Illimat player, bone filled meat dice.
he/him
Andre Rivera Art @andreriveraart.bsky.social He/they, Latine artist and CRIT-award nominated TTRPG person.
https://linktr.ee/andreriveraart
https://andrerivera.art
Depthe @chaoticbonney.bsky.social Depthe | they/them | TTRPG performer and designer | Bite Your Friends 2022 | Neurodivergent & Queer ✨️
Hannah Rose 🏔️🌲✨ @wildrosemage.bsky.social Professional nerd • Cofounder & Editor-in-Chief at Wildmage Press • Other work includes: Worlds Beyond Number, Dimension 20, Wizards of the Coast, MCDM, Darrington Press, Critical Role • Game designer, editor, art director, druid enthusiast • she/her
Puja @puja.bsky.social TTRPG/Theater/Fiction/Movie/Comics/Gaming nerd | queer | south asian | she/her | attorney | http://pujavaarta.com