Afraid of Encounters (He/Him) @isaacisafraid.bsky.social Game Dev (Narrative Designer/Game Writer), Tabletop RPG Designer, 2025 Appx. N Jam's Audience Pick, 2026 Bloggies finalist. Writer of "The Knight Errant."
https://isaacisafraid.itch.io/
https://afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/
Indonesia
HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.social Y2k meets B/x!
:Sheboygan's Favorite Son:
Illustrator.
Game Maker.
Phantom Menace Defender.
Someone's Nu-Metal Older Brother.
-He/Him-
Ennies:🥇🥈🥈🥈⚖️
Cairnies: 1
No AI, No Nazis, No Jabronis
Commissions Open
Francisco Lemos @lemosfran.bsky.social lllustrator, Graphic Designer and Game Geek.
Originally from Argentina, currently living between Thailand, Indonesia and Japan.
https://lemos.itch.io
Rowan @dodo-decahedron.bsky.social Blogger & aspiring game designer in the NSR milieu: dododecahedron.blog
& sometimes carouse.blog
(he/him)
sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social Tabletop RPG writer, editor, graphic designer (for hire!). Corpselike academic. Brooklyn, NY. he/him
samsorensen.blot.im
These Games Are Not For Sale @notforsalegames.bsky.social A festival celebrating tabletop games with high artistic merit and no commercial intent
Coming soon to a PAX Unplugged near you
barenuckelavee.bsky.social @barenuckelavee.bsky.social Reformed gamer, blogging at https://barenuckelavee.bearblog.dev/
Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com Award-winning voice actor and journalist. Narrative designer. Pop culture consigliere. Podcaster. Writes The Full Lid. ‘Fantastic Frontal Everything'-Matt Wallace. On the board of the Cool Wives Club. Joy and spite.
https://carrd.alasdairstuart.com
TTRPG Rising Tide @risingtide.bsky.social We're a peer support community for those working toward becoming professional creators within any niche of the TTRPG space.
Join us: https://discord.gg/n6EyyrDhqJ
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TTRPGRisingTide
#TTRPGResources
Martha Wells @marthawells.com SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social Writer: Rosewater, Murders of Molly Southbourne, Far from the Light of Heaven, Making Wolf, Jackdaw and others.
Arthur C. Clarke and BSFA award winner, Hugo finalist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Etc.
Reading worm.
Opinions mine.
He/him
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!
@necropraxis.bsky.social @necropraxis.bsky.social 
internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social 33, he/him. #ttrpg designer - of the sort of spooky and sort of strange variety
🔗 ostrichmonkey.itch.io
🔗 patreon.com/OstrichmonkeyGames
📧 ostrichmonkey.games@gmail.com
Charlie / EX FIRST GAMES @ex1stgames.bsky.social 🔥 Independent game designer and publisher, based in Japan, and backed by a wonderful community! We sell luxury gaming dice 'CoinSides', card games, board games, lite RPGs, and award-winning PnP games.
arjecu @arcanejellycult.itch.io Gen Con ‘27?
Busy full-time Dad. Happy forever GM. TTRPG game designer & hype-man. Former educator. he/him.
formerly @sorcerer_blob on Twitter
Certified AI hater.
🎲 https://arcanejellycult.itch.io
🐉 https://rpg-trader.com/creator/118/arcane-jelly-cult
SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social COMMS: writing, editing, layout, design
http://kumada1.itch.io
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/16294/richard-kelly
Banner: Voidspiral. Icon: Cognoscor.
Mike Underwood @mikerunderwood.bsky.social They/he. 3x Gold ENNIE winner. Trans & non-binary Midwest Princex.
Author (Genrenauts, etc). Hugo & Stabby-Award finalist.
Game designer (Daggerheart, Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart, Candela Obscura, etc.)
patreon.com/michaelrunderwood
Mindy Messenger @messenmi.bsky.social Senior content designer with an information architect background. Writing about content design as systems work: governance, quality, ethics, and the parts of AI systems nobody staffed. Long-winded ruminations, heavy on the citations. mindalee.com
Murkdice ✒️ Inkvein @murkdice.bsky.social ENNIE nominated UK RPG duo. Writing, designing, illustrating, and editing. Makers of MurkMail (https://murkdice.substack.com/), a wicked RPG newsletter.
RPG Trader @rpgtrader.bsky.social A modern tabletop RPG marketplace built for the next generation of creators and players. TTRPGs from digital to print, made simple. No AI allowed.
https://rpg-trader.com/
Check out our latest RPG Trader bundles.
A platform by @TenAcreGames.bsky.social
Ask a Manager @askamanager.org Creator of Ask a Manager – home to all your questions about lunch-stealing bosses, coworkers who won't stop hugging you, and how much you can drink at work.
GoInvo @goinvo.bsky.social Boston area UX design firm creating beautiful software for clients in health, biotech, enterprise and government.
https://www.goinvo.com
Kyle Stewart @kylestewart.bsky.social UX design, research and strategy | accessibility | grocery rescue | board games | metro Detroit | UU
Kyle Soucy @kylesoucy.bsky.social Independent UX Research Consultant | Trainer | Speaker | Podcaster
Company: https://usableinterface.com/
Podcast: https://uxconsultantslounge.com/
Publication: https://makingresearchmatter.com/
jwmuk ⚖️ GrogLaw 17 Oct @jwmuk.bsky.social he/him
Tabletop Roleplaying Games.
https://theraspyraven.carrd.co/
@monsteratmydesk.itch.io @monsteratmydesk.itch.io He/Him/Dad, UX Product Designer, TTRPG designer (very part time).
Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press Creator of the ENNIE-nominated Exclusion Zone Botanist. Writer at Skeleton Code Machine: https://www.skeletoncodemachine.com 💀 #MÖRKTOBER
🩻 Get TUMULUS: tumulus.exeunt.press
🎲 Buy printed games: shop.exeunt.press
👀 Behind the scenes: omnes.exeunt.press
@quarnian.bsky.social @quarnian.bsky.social 
bisexual wario @1001cranes.bsky.social amanda. pushing 40, queer af, handcrafted meme artisan. not a top just a capricorn. you cannot misgender me in any way that matters. eldritch Victorian boat narrative enthusiast, 'too powerful, capable of great menace' - @juliankjarboe
Personable | Markus @personable.bsky.social Liker of things, RPGs, literature, video games, art, food, craft beer, post-punk.
Scandinavian in Germany, previously Australia.
Sometimes I make things: https://personable.itch.io/
I also sometimes blog:
https://personable.blog/
Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social Turning Passion into Great Games! Publisher of Fate, Monster of the Week, Blades in the Dark, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, and other games. www.evilhat.com
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
Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news.
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/
Laura Hazard Owen @laurahazardowen.bsky.social Editor of @niemanlab.org / a fun mom in Cambridge, MA
https://illberightback.substack.com/
Ebikes | Mysteries | Baking | Parent gossip | Public schools
Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social One of the leading transsexuals in emotion-drenched indie roleplaying game design. Hailing from Amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Treaty 6). she/her. I care about make believe and liberation. www.buriedwithoutceremony.com
Graham Walmsley 🎲 @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social I design games, especially tabletop roleplaying games (Cthulhu Dark, Cosmic Dark). I also write books on storytelling (Play Unsafe) and drift into interactive fiction (39 Steps) and LARP (Will That Be All).
And I love theatre, art and history.
J. Walton @ludopolitics.bsky.social He/they. I teach about Game Design, Technoscience, & East Asia at Carnegie Mellon. Indie game designer -- Indie RPG Award (2006), IndieCade Night Games (2015), Ennie Judge's Spotlight (2026). Comments my own.
Logan Dean @logandean.games Chicago
1975 Kumite Winner
Disgraced Head of Research
Award-Winning Game Producer
Ldeanwins@gmail.com
https://logandean.games
https://mega-corp.itch.io
Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social Read me: HamiltonNolan.com
My book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hamilton-nolan/the-hammer/9780306830921/
Email: Hamilton.Nolan@gmail.com
Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social jon
https://www.patreon.com/c/SecretBase
https://www.youtube.com/SecretBaseSBN
cavegirl @cavegirl.bsky.social Emily F Allen.
Indie RPGs. Horror & Whimsy. Owner of one Ennie Award. She/Her. Sapphic trans girl, Quaker, hard left, spider-lover.
@skipperwarson.bsky.social @skipperwarson.bsky.social 
Tomas | UX in Games @uxingames.com Designer sharing concise UX breakdowns of games I play.
What works, what doesn’t, and why.
Written by Tomas.
jhdale @jhdale.bsky.social TTRPG writer/editor
Rolemaster Unified line editor for Iron Crown Enterprises. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/461/iron-crown-enterprises/category/56292/rolemaster-unified
LARP enthusiast, especially Mythical Journeys in CT, US.
Keeper of koi.
designfactotum @designfactotum.bsky.social user interface design • mastodon: designfactotum@hci.social
Dan Morison @darkmechanic.bsky.social Illustrator, Concepts, Character Designs, Storyboards & Fanart. Creator of HELL-BENT & The Salted Heart
Work inquirers - https://www.danmorison.com/
https://linktr.ee/darkmechanic
Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social NYT bestselling writer. Newsletter and updates at maxgladstone.com. More or less updates-only on here.
Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com Author of the Eric Carter Necromancer urban fantasy novels. Narrative Designer / TTRPGs / Los Angeles
Repped by @lisarodgers.bsky.social
https://www.stephenblackmoore.com
https://www.patreon.com/c/sblackmoore
https://ko-fi.com/sblackmoore
Hipólita @hipolita.itch.io https://hipolita.itch.io/
Trans lesbian TTRPG designer, writer, consultant, editor and general spinner of plates from Argentina. I love my girlfriend.
Communist, sudaca and a bitch all in one.
Jacob Marks @jacobmarks.bsky.social I make rpgs, programs, 3d art, and other weird things...
My largest projects are the Vaarn Atlas, Exalted Order Of The Mystic Moose, and Penumbral Oasis.
Find those, and my other games at: https://siofragames.itch.io/
Blog at: https://jacobmarkshasablog
tália @taliautsch.bsky.social she her i made the tank one (working in the jet fighter one now)
th: 21.01.26
Glitched Tabletop @glitched-tabletop.bsky.social Sci-fi TTRPG enjoyer. Lifepath evangelist. My battle map keeps blue-screening. They/them
Blog: https://staggeredamusements.wordpress.com/
Itch: https://glitched-tabletop.itch.io/
Craig (Third Floor Wars) @thirdfloorwars.bsky.social Playing games, talking about games, streaming games, and being a father and husband. https://linktr.ee/ThirdFloorWars
Craig Schaefer @craigschaeferbooks.com Writes books, mostly about magic and outlaws. Making my nest in Providence. My latest, Catch and Kill, is available now. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJYPLXV3)
James Mendez Hodes @lulavampiro.bsky.social Cultural consultant (D&D, Magic, Jackbox, Daggerheart, Crooked Moon) and game designer (Streets of Jade, Avatar Legends, Thousand Arrows). I like religious studies, martial arts, hip hop, and orcs. He/him. jamesmendezhodes.com
Maggie 🇵🇸 @magathachristie.bsky.social (she/they) • fantasy author • ttrpg designer & player & talker • solo game enthusiast • librarian • crafter, musician, artist • exploring how we connect & how to take care of each other
Always up to something over at maggiefrench.itch.io and maggie.ink
Skullboy @betterlegends.bsky.social RPGs. Comics. Freelance Artist. Third guy on a two guy podcast.
bio.site/better_legends
https://betweentwocairns.com/
Chris B 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social Professional grump. Award winning RPG writer of The Wretched, Treasures Of The Troll King, A Dungeon Game. Co-designed Tunnels & Trolls: A New Age. Words in Pathfinder 2, Fallout, Discworld, etc.
loottheroom.itch.io
Email: chris @ loot the room .uk
Ethan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com designer, writer, roommate to two kittens. here’s my website: https://ethanmarcotte.com/
I think you deserve a union, and I wrote a book about that: https://youdeserveatechunion.com/
hi friend
(headshot by @elaina.bsky.social)
Dani Donovan 👩🏻🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com ✨ ALL THE LINKS:
https://linktr.ee/danidonovan
🎨 ADHD comic artist + TikTok creator
https://adhddd.com
📚 Author of “The Anti-Planner: How to Get Sh*t Done When You Don’t Feel Like It”
https://anti-planner.com
Juniper Harper Lark @juniperhl.bsky.social A confluence of influences; costume, props, photos, larp, writing, games, and anything else that keeps me busy.
Play my work here: https://juniper-h-lark.itch.io/
Read my (bronze medal winning!) blog here: https://thegardenbelow.blot.im/
elmcat @elmc.at Blogging about TTRPGs among other things.
SupernalClarity @supernalclarity.bsky.social Dreaming about games. Sometimes writing poetry.
You can buy my work here: https://supernalclarity.itch.io/conjur
cover photo courtesy of https://www.instagram.com/shroom.enough.for.both.of.us/ (my little brother <3)
Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
Heather Buchel @heather-buchel.com Sr. Front-end Engineer, Accessibility. Aggressive keyboard navigation tester. Fighter of bright ideas. Hater of delight. MMO gamer. Brooklyn. she/her. Opinions are my own.
Masto: https://hachyderm.io/@hbuchel
Web: https://heather-buchel.com
Peter Lewis @peterlewis.design 💚 aspiring neighbor, 👔 principal software designer in emerging tech for healthcare, 🛠️ tools & workflows nerd, ✍️ occasional poet
😎 peterlewis.design
📝 medium.com/@thispeterlewis
👨🏻💻 figma.com/@designneighbor
📸 vsco.co/peterlewis
The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. We also have a mighty fine prints shop.
https://publicdomainreview.org
halfminotaur farmer @johnerrwin.bsky.social (he/him) system-hopping DIYRPG enthusiast from #RPGSEA | No to Gen AI, NFTs, and Crypto shit
That's Eppy, to you. @epidiah.bsky.social Author & tabletop role-playing game designer, perhaps known for Dread, Swords Without Master, Vast & Starlit, or Wolfspell.
Suddenly, also a Clojure developer!
(he/him)
https://unwrittenearths.com
https://dig1000holes.com
💀
Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social #TTRPG game designer. Have written for WotC, Paizo, and many more.
Founder of Thoughtcrime Games. https://thoughtcrimegames.net
Emily Thorson @emilythorson.bsky.social Political science, Syracuse University
Information effects, misperceptions, egg sandwiches
My book is "The Invented State: Policy Misperceptions in the American Public"
Marcela Medeiros @marcelamarts.bsky.social Brazilian illustrator, featured in: DnD/ MtG/ Hit Point Press
Loves digital games, ttrpg and fantasy books
https://marcelamedeirosarts.com/
*that* Heather Hudson @artofheatherhudson.bsky.social Old School CCG/TTRPG/M;tG illustrator
traditional media, she/her
Illuminating monsters a speciality.
www.artofheatherhudson.com
No A/I, no N/F/Ts, no fascists
Bertdrawsstuff @bertdrawsstuff.bsky.social Illustrator for hire!
See my work at bertdrawsstuff.carrd.co
Check patreon.com/bertdrawsstuff for art for your fantasy project
warden @cairnrpg.com https://cairnrpg.com
https://cairnpress.ink
blark @blarkblarkblark.bsky.social slain by an elf
they
blarkbusiness@gmail.com
https://halforc.itch.io/
https://blarkblog.blot.im/
https://blark.carrd.co/
Jack Panic | DNGN CLUB @dngnclub.itch.io Analog Game Designer | THE GAS STATION, HOW'S MY DRIVING, INSTANT STARSHIP, BUREAU of CHRONOLOGICAL AFFAIRS, ROAD TO NOWHERE
Games, Merch and more at: https://dngn.club/
NO AI / NFT
Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social Reporter covering video games at Game File (gamefile.news). Previously launched games coverage at Axios and MTV News. Was Kotaku EiC. stephen(at)gamefile(dot)news he/him
I Love Typography @ilovetypography.bsky.social Shop thousands of quality curated fonts from your fav foundries.
ilovetypography.com
https://linktr.ee/ilovetypography
Anthony Clark @nedroid.com The cartoonist, not the “Yes, Dear” guy
Nedroid.com
@genevievetocci.bsky.social @genevievetocci.bsky.social 
Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social 📍Bow Market, Somerville, MA
📚 Sci-fi/fantasy books & indie RPGs from underrepresented folx
🤓 Boston’s only woman-owned game store
🗓️ https://linktr.ee/sidequestbooks
Clear Shakespeare @clearshakes.bsky.social Akiva Fox takes you through Shakespeare's plays, word by word. A read-along podcast for students, readers, and performers.
https://clearshakespeare.com/
Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social I try to be helpful. Bike-riding dog butler and mold connoisseur.
Use your employer's money to buy Just Enough Research: www.mulebooks.com/just-enough-research.
Enjoy clickens.chicken.pics when you need a break.
San Francisco. She/They/Friend/Sir
Kaylee | Marketing Manager and Freelancer @kayleemarketing.bsky.social 🤲working with businesses built to help people
Other interests: ux/ui, live music🤘, tech, D&D🧝♀️ startups, productivity🌱, camping, crochet
Truth about AI in business (webinar waitinglist): https://form.jotform.com/252474591114153
CLAYMORE @claymorerpgs.bsky.social CLAYMORE is the anomalous force behind FIST and other assorted tabletop esoterica.
https://claymorerpgs.itch.io
Galen Pejeau @nightjargames.bsky.social Illustrator & Occasional Game Designer
(Not taking commissions at the moment)
Find my games at https://nightjargames.itch.io/
Karly! @karlyanddd.bsky.social ✏️illustrator & dungeon delver🗡
she/her 🎏🏳️🌈
https://itch.io/profile/karlyanders
Foolish Endeavor | David Perry @foolishendgames.bsky.social https://foolishendeavor.games is how David Perry polishes & publishes Game Things, in a personally sustainable manner - iterative, meandering, and unbound manner (read as: very ADHD)
This account is mostly Write-Only.
Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social Human-powered book artwork. Book cover designer and character art illustrator for indie authors and small press publishers. Devon, UK.
BookCoversByJon.com
www.jonstubbington.com/my-links/
Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social Pés na terra e asas na mão | Freelance Illustrator from Portugal 🇵🇹 | she/her | https://linktr.ee/eleonorpiteira | FaB & MtG art | Clients: Digital Extremes, Del Rey, Tor, Orbit
✨ https://eleonorpiteira.squarespace.com/
No NF/Ts, No A/I 'art'
Alexandros Pyromallis @spectralmeat.bsky.social I draw complicated ink horror using hands, pens, paper and eyes.
Posting my artwork (and influences).
DM here or contact inkrituals[@]gmail[dot]com for inquiries.
[transphobic, homophobic, misogynist, genocidal, racist, cop, bootlickers stay away]
Aaron Radney COMMISSIONS OPEN (3/7 slots left) @aaronradney.bsky.social He/Him. Illustrator at www.aaronradney.com No AI or NFT. Patreon: http://patreon.com/aaronradney. commissions@aaronradney.com #Ha-Nahn
Email: aradney20@yahoo.com
HolBolDoArt🏳️🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social Holly! Artist. Illustrator. WotC. Musician. Writer. Poet? Spooky! #art #illustration
Four Legged Tripod and sheep enthusiast.
🏳️🌈 (She/Her)
Website: holboldoart.com
Prints: inprnt.com/gallery/holboldoart
Rowan Mysel Zeoli @rowanzeoli.bsky.social Co-Founder @rascal.news | Former @Polygon Writer | she/her
Jim Dagg @vagentzero.bsky.social Professional code monkey, amateur cook, hobbyist TTRPG dev of player-empowering, positive action-forward games. Find my work at vagentzero.itch.io!
Evangeline Gallagher @egallagher.bsky.social illustrator | Baltimore | repped by sari@levycreative.com | email evangelinemgallagher@gmail.com for work, I don’t check DMs!⭐️ they/them
https://linktr.ee/evangelinegallagher
Jack Edward @jackedward.bsky.social 🎥📝 YouTubing/Blogging about tabletop roleplaying, collaborative worldbuilding
🕹 Designing games
👥 Organizing and running TTRPGs in Brooklyn
https://jacke.substack.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@Jack-gs6sd
https://jack-edward.itch.io/the-roaring-age
Swordfish Islands @swordfishpress.bsky.social I write, layout, and publish table top RPGs.