Emberhold @emberhold.bsky.social Official account for Emberhold, a MUD-inspired daily RPG for Playdate
Mal Arky @dippyist.bsky.social I write about the board game Diplomacy and it's community, mainly at https://diplomaticon.com/
Dr. Mike Sellraiser III: Sell on Earth @profmikesell.bsky.social Digital Humanities, Playful Literatures, and Decision Education • English Prof, Indiana University of Pennsylvania • Founder of The Digital Storytelling Project • Unionized Faculty (APSCUF)
John McQueen-Scott ✨🧙♂️🤘 @rocketboot.bsky.social He/him. Your resident Dio scholar. Ecommerce warlock. Jack of some trades. Open to freelance opportunities! 🍁
https://exomagus.carrd.co/
Tab Creations @tabcreations.com Developer and publisher of roleplaying games and card games, including Shadows Over Sol, Age of Ambition, Against the Dark Yogi and more!
Website: https://tabcreations.com
Kickstarter: https://buff.ly/4dYdgi2
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tabcreations
Aaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social Anyone who ever had a heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it.
Anyone who every played a part, they wouldn't turn around and hate it.
@doloirgamegift.bsky.social @doloirgamegift.bsky.social We are a workshop that designs and manufactures dice for board games.
https://linktr.ee/doloir
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
LEXTER @welcomeworkshop.bsky.social Metal slug/BOOKS/MAKING MUSIC/ LEARNING LANGUAGE
Ishtar Vale @ishtarofthevale.bsky.social Lvl 30. Witchy Amateur Porn Actor in Training. Yes, I'm Trans. No, I don't care about your opinions on me. TERFS & SWERFS can fuck right off. Transbian. Demisexual and Autistic to boot. Gamer Gurl. TTRPG Fan. Writer. Beginner Linux user. Thelemite.
Andrew Hurley @hurley3d.bsky.social Game Developer | Unreal Engine Educator | Fitness Buff 💻🎮💪
Navigating life with a blend of technical expertise, creative passion, and a commitment to personal health.
Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole Con @tabletopbookshelf.com Play your story. 🎲
Solo RPGs & indie TTRPGs, megacorp-free.
Curated by a longtime GM & busy dad.
Milwaukee + online
Run by @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com ✌️🤓
Holidaylicious @holidaylicious.bsky.social 🎉 Celebrate food & drink holidays
🗓 365 days of the year with Holiday World
💌 DM for collab or tag
😋 #holidaylicious #holidaylish #holidays365
🌍 #myholidayworld #holidaychannel
🔗www.myholidayworld.com
🔗www.myholidayworld.com/instascale
Catlilli Games @catlilli.bsky.social
James York | ちーぷ @york.bsky.social Games, play, & language @ Meiji University | Editor of Ludic Language Pedagogy | Founder - York Game Lab | #和太鼓 | #PETSCII | #日本語 (N1合格) | #スマブラ | #chiptune | DMs open
Enid @mhm1.bsky.social Moments • Memories • Meaningful connections
Coffee, conversations & a little bit of chaos ☕✨
Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social The magazine for explorers of strange worlds & new horizons! Say hi press@wyrd.science
Made in Belgium. Published in the UK. Read Everywhere.
https://linktr.ee/wyrdscience
#RPG #TTRPG #Wargames #Boardgames #Fantasy #SciFi #Comics #CoolShit
@horhpodcast.bsky.social @horhpodcast.bsky.social Hollywood or History? Unpack fact vs. fiction in film. Great for teachers, trivia buffs, and history fans. New episodes every other week.
Available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube
https://youtube.com/@hollywoodorhistorypodcast?si=gNOPQUnVXde2_NZz
Astrarium Digital @astrariumdigital.bsky.social ✨🎮Helping indie games find their players! 🎮✨
We help indie developers grow wishlists & launch with confidence - games don't fail because they're bad, they fail because no-one sees them.
📅 Let's chat:
https://calendly.com/accounts-astrarium/30min
Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social 🌟I’m a 73 year old Humboldt hippie, feminist, socialist democrat. Proud mother of two grown men. No grandchildren, 5 cats and 2 dogs plus 3 grand dogs with 1 grand cat. A Sagittarius put on this planet in 1952.
🚫NO DM’s🚫Porn🚫Solicition🚫😱
Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social Artist publisher living in Chicago with Public Collectors, Half Letter Press, Temporary Services. Finds cultural voids; fills them. He/him www.publiccollectors.org, https://halfletterpress.com, www.temporaryservices.org, https://hardcorearchitecture.blog
Prof. Dr. Astrid Ensslin @astridensslin.bsky.social Professor for the Dynamics of Virtual Communication Spaces at University of Regensburg
nervous demon purveyor 🔥 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com Nathan D. Paoletta | he/him | Game designer, independent publisher and graphic artist. I make World Wide Wrestling 💪 Imp of the Perverse 😈 Annalise 🥀 and more good games for interesting people.
he/him | ndpdesign.com | unwrittenearths.com
Ben Kirman @ben.kirman.org Postdisciplinary games academic: Make/study/teach the playful, weird, wonderful and radical. (he/him)
#criticaldesign #speculativedesign #designfiction #gamedesign
Projects:
https://ben.kirman.org
WJPC-Playing Card Manufacturers @yanlan3127.bsky.social Custom Playing Card & Game Card Manufacturer | OEM & ODM for Global Brands | High-End Playing Cards, TCG, Board Games, Flash Cards, Oracle Cards & Tarot Cards | 20+ Years Experience | wjplayingcard.com
Victor Navarro-Remesal @vthewanderer.bsky.social Media Studies, Games scholar, Humanities human
Lecturer at TecnoCampus, UPF (Barcelona)
Founding member of @DIGRASpain
Director de la colección Ludografías.
Co-president of the History of Games conference.
I also do my own stunts.
www.vnavarro.eu
@alebrelle.bsky.social @alebrelle.bsky.social Pro Gamemaster, Twitch Partner, and all around just weird little guy. Queer trans autistic leftist. They/them alebrelle@gmail.com
@john-stavropoulos.bsky.social @john-stavropoulos.bsky.social
Neil Cohn @neilcohn.bsky.social Comics and emoji creating cognitive (neuro)scientist at Tilburg University studying language, brains, comics, emoji & multimodality (he/him). 😮💨🫠🫥🥹🫨
www.visuallanguagelab.com
Glaiza ✈️ Philippines 09/[REDACTED]-10/[REDACTED] @classicalglaiza.com GLY-zuh CHampēən (siya)
IT Guy| 🏆DJA EDP '26 Guy | Notion Guy: Find Out Productions | Co-Working Stream Guy | Power Ranger Podcast Guy (soon) | Writer Guy: Fantastical Geographic
🇵🇭 | 🇧🇳
Email: classicalglaiza@gmail.com
Web: classicaladventuresfor.one
Esther Wright @enwright.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital History @ Cardiff University. Historical video game marketing & Rockstar Games researcher. Co-convenor: @historygamesnet [She/her]. 🏴
Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social Award-winning author, analog game designer, filmmaker, graphic designer, and video game developer. Anarchist. Unapologetically radical.
Joe @thethirdjoe.bsky.social Writer, editor, professional GM. I post about my pets, X-Men, games, and occasionally DC politics. He/him.
Also thethirdjoe on Discord.
user_null @user-nu11.bsky.social TTRPG nerd and artist
🏳️🌈🇵🇱
DM for commissions or https://ko-fi.com/ineedcoffeeart
Artfight: https://artfight.net/~user_null
DMs are always open cause I don't have a life 🙂↕️
Make a Scene! Scenario Festival @makeascenemn.bsky.social North America’s European-style larp festival returns 2027 in Minneapolis. Make a Scene is the only stand-alone festival this side of the Atlantic that premieres brand new larps organized around a bespoke theme. www.makeascenemn.org
Aging-Longevity Expo 2027 @agingcongress.bsky.social Official account of the Aging-Longevity Expo 2027
Theme: “Redefining Aging: Innovation, Longevity & Quality of Life”
March 25–27, 2027, Singapore
https://agingnlongevity.com/
Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈Poet, Mother, Southerner
📜Archives, Material Media Studies, American Poetry, Artists’ Books
🎓MA, MLS, MAE, MFA, ABD PhD (C&IS)
👩🏼🏫Teach: Poetry, Gender Studies
🌐 https://linktr.ee/thedaybooks
🤐Posts don’t reflect my institutions
@noyonx2.bsky.social @noyonx2.bsky.social
Malcolm Craig @malcolmcraig.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in US History @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, historian of games, the Cold War, nuclear stuff, researching #ColdWar era post-apocalypse roleplaying games. #TTRPG designer. You may remember me from such games as #astaterpg, #ColdCity, and #HotWar
Hendrik is writing an ashcan about nuns @napel.itch.io I design tabletop games from my apartment in the Netherlands. (he/they)
Subscribe to my newsletter: https://buttondown.email/hendriktennapel
Sebastian Möring @sebomat.bsky.social (he/him) #gamestudies, media, and culture researcher, Prof. of Game Design at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences. Books http://bit.ly/3MWJ5vM and https://bit.ly/4yA52aj. Website: http://sebastianmoering.com.
AG Games der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft @gfmgames.bsky.social Interdisziplinäre Gruppe von Forscher*innen inkl. Studierende zum Thema #gamestudies.
Posts von @sebomat.bsky.social
#gamedev #mediastudies #indiedev
https://ag-games.de/
Eugen Pfister 🇪🇺 @eugenpfister.bsky.social Historian & Political Scientist / SNF Sinergia project lead #CH_Ludens / SNF Ambizione lead #HorrorGamePolitics / History / Games / Politics / History of Ideas / Opinion must not always reflect object. scient. analysis / AKGWDS
spielkult.hypotheses.org
The Wizard of Route 66 @0pensourceress.bsky.social public sector 🚌 private praxis 🌻 amateur gardener ☀️ professional communist
🔥 Tvlse, Indian Territory 🌪️
Stefan Köhler @fnwdhs.bsky.social Working at/bridging the intersections of #culturalscience, #gamestudies (expert on game #modding), #gamedevelopment (#narrativedesign) and #playfullearning in #education (as a #teacher and #lecturer)
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social Narrative Director for videogames at discoglobe.ca. MFA Creative Non-Fic student at UKC. Luddite in the historical sense. She/They www.jillmurray.com
Eoin Hayes TD 🌍 @eoinhayestd.bsky.social “That nice fella in the Social Democrats” Teachta Dála for Dublin Bay South. Passionate about housing, infra, economy, & political reform. He/Him. b. 346 ppm
Dooley @dooleymurphy.bsky.social Virtual experience designer and researcher. Tinkerer, artist, cyclist, knave, fool.
https://dooleymurphy.com/
Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social I am a helpful honking goose that loves game studies. I'll help you appreciate game studies through many memes of varying quality.
Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social Ennie award-winning TTRPG designer. Shanty Hunters, Ballad Hunters, Nations & Cannons. Historically grounded RPG content at http://MoltenSulfur.com.
U.S. Navy veteran. Minneapolis (ICE out!). He/him.
Jonaya Kemper @violetriotgames.bsky.social Assistant Teaching Professor of Playable and Participatory Media in Creative Technologies and Performance, Play & Design:Games @ UCSC. Award winning Game Designer/Artist. Afrofuturist. Opinions are my own.
jonayakemper.com
Asha Ence 🔜 PAX Unplugged @ashaence.bsky.social Cozy forest shifter🌿Eats everything🌮🍃Naps lots🥄 #Migraine ♿ #DID 🎮Community Tender🎲Ennie Nom. #TTRPG Designer✨LDS, Druidic✝️ #Weightlifter💪Bi🏳️🌈(she/they)
@riles138.bsky.social @riles138.bsky.social
WobbuPalooza @wobbupalooza.bsky.social Parlor game history, especially focused on early collaborative storytelling / roleplaying / Surrealist games but also forfeits and pre-1800 games in general:
https://wobbupalooza.neocities.org
jess banks @profbanks.bsky.social Hypercompetent polyglot know-it-all. Unrepentant SJW troublemaker. Neuroqueer teacher, mom, partner, Official Auntie, best friend, co-conspirator. An American in Aotearoa New Zealand. Always noncompliant. She/her/elle/ia
Georgetown University Wargaming Society @guws.bsky.social The Georgetown University Wargaming Society (GUWS) provides a venue for current and aspiring wargamers to learn more about wargaming and build their professional networks. 🔗 www.guwargaming.org
FinleyJinley (they/he) ╰( ・ ᗜ ・ )➝ AdventureX @finleyjinley.bsky.social 📜 finley-jinley.itch.io / finleyjinley.carrd.co
🏳️⚧️ they/he, solo rpg sicko
✨ TTRPG writer/designer
😔 UK Based (DMs ok but broken)
💌 finleyjinley@gmail.com
📝Aspiring Narrative Designer
🎲Dicemaker @shrimpfrieddice.bsky.social
🖼️ icon by @snavii.bsky.social
Jeremiah Tolbert @jeremiahtolbert.com Freelance Web Designer & Developer
TTRPG Enthusiast and Forever GM
Semi-retired SF/F Writer of no repute
https://www.clockpunkstudios.com/
https://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/
Douglas @dmgregory.ca Game design professor, math and science geek.
Did spreadsheety stuff for Splinter Cell Blacklist, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, and Far Cry 6. Moderator on gamedev.stackexchange.com
Formerly @D_M_Gregory on Twitter (he/him/his)
Brooks Barber @rollplusfun.bsky.social Tabletop game designer - mostly historical but not always. Designer of Sykes-Picot from Hollandspiele. Forthcoming games Threed, Spindletop, and Painkillers. Co-founder of Hawk & Dove Games.
https://www.hawkanddovegames.com/
Jerod Poore @jerod23.bsky.social Retired curmudgeon. Former mad overlord of CrazyMeds, Fringe & SciFi editor for FactSheet5, big iron coder, and zine publisher.
Jolie Braun @joliebraun.bsky.social Curator at Ohio State's Rare Books & Manuscripts Library. Thinking about zine history. Program chair for the Aldus Society, book reviews coeditor for SHARP News. ❤️s STL.
https://joliebraun.com/
Free Łink Puckett @puckett101.bsky.social Disabled. Old. Terminally grumpy. Kind. I'm basically the best parts of Capaldi's Doctor in a body that's falling apart. Still a white cat on the Internet. I love to learn new things. TTRPGs, comics, Hallmark movies, weird stuff. He / Him.
Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social Game Designer ❖ Writer ❖ Consultant
https://floaker.carrd.co
(they/them)
Avatar is a headshot of a white person w. shaved head, pink hair tuft, round glasses, and surreal collage background (no AI)
Thomas M, Full-time Rascal @newmadras.bsky.social He/him. Journalist at Rascal News. Interested in the art, history, and science of games. Makes the Indie RPG Newsletter and the Yes Indied Podcast. notrueindian@outlook.com
MartynJS @cllrmartynjs.bsky.social Grandfather Anti racist/fascist Marxist Psychotherapist, Cosmology and Astronomy ,Writer Philosopher Pagan European Cllr Eco Socialist United Ireland indy Wales and Scotland free Palestine [he,him, his] Republican political/cultural astrologer
Storygames Chicago @storygameschicago.bsky.social A community that centers roleplaying games and roleplaying game design in the Chicagoland Area.
Come join us if you’re in the area and looking for a game!
https://storygameschicago.com
sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social Tabletop RPG writer, editor, graphic designer (for hire!). Corpselike academic. Brooklyn, NY. he/him
samsorensen.blot.im
Maria Mison✨🌊🌱🌞🤲🏼🫶🏼👏🏼🎄🎋🤣🫨🥺🤸 @mariabumby.bsky.social here for compassion 🇵🇭 ttrpg, pedagogy, lyricgame, magick, transdisplinary art imma be real w you rn (also a nerd about layout)
📩 mariabumby@yahoo.com
http://patreon.com/mariamison mariabumby.itch.io
Chase @chkurk.bsky.social Chicago based award-nominated game designer, photographer and tea fanatic.
Host of the Gamestorm Podcast.
My Work: https://chase.kurkow.ski
Photography and Prints: https://chkabstractions.client-gallery.com
Part of @storygameschicago.bsky.social
@neversated.bsky.social @neversated.bsky.social
Pat Powers @hawaii5-0batman.bsky.social Gamer near Boston. Drinker of Tea. Thrower of said tea in harbor when needed. Resist. Vote. If we do not hang together, we shall most assuredly hang separately.
Nick Bentley Makes Games @nickbentley.bsky.social Posts about game design. Director of Game Design at Taco Cat Games (Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza), former President of Underdog Games Studio (The Trekking Trilogy), former Neuroscientist.
K Lam (she/her) @ladylakira.bsky.social Queer, scientist, analogue game designer, amateur origami artist 🦫🍁🌈
Game design is folk art
https://ladylakira.itch.io/
Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social Senior Game Designer at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). Designer of the "Littoral Commander" wargame series. Former US Marine. Opinions own.
Journal of Aging and Social Policy @agingpolicy.bsky.social The Journal of Aging & Social Policy examines the intersection of aging and policy globally. Issues regularly addressed include: long-term services and supports; employment and training; public programs; housing; transportation; family; and retirement.
Not a real doctor @simonb.bsky.social Lapsed-writer, ex-DJ, erstwhile larper, wants to be an academic again (is, in fact a real doctor) , old goth, larp designer, neurodiverse like light through a prism, poet before sunrise. Poster-child for burnout (Complex, Brooding, Challenging)
Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social Hobbyist ttrpg writer.
grumbleflap.shannonmcmaster.com
shannonmcmaster.itch.io
Possibly more fun on Masto. https://dice.camp/@shannonmcmaster
Sam Lane @samlane86.bsky.social
Liz Davidson @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social 🎲 Board Game Designer
📚 Historical Games
Creative Director at Leder Games
Come talk history, games, and culture with me:
YouTube.com/beyondsolitaire
Johannes @johanneso.bsky.social Game Designer, Story Games Enthusiast, veteran in roleplaying and larp.
https://jodao.itch.io
https://rpg-trader.com/creator/155/johannes-oppermann
Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social PhD Ancient History; Gaming the Past (2022), Musings, research, & pedagogies of history, education, games, game design & intersections; High school history teacher; Game Designer; fan of Buddhist compassion; jmc.hst@gmail.com
https://gamingthepast.net
Kristin Vermilya @kvermilya.bsky.social Audio producer/reporter based in PGH (she/her) | Past: BBC, iHeartMedia, Story Mechanics | currently working on a ttrpg documentary pod
kristinvermilya.com/links
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
Kevin Petker - Combat Philosopher - ☝️✌️🖐️ @kevinpetker.bsky.social Writer, Troubleshooter, Storyteller, Game Designer, Evil Genius, Editor, Dad, Comic, Ace. (they/them) Currently working on #PrincessWorld 👑 and #TheWardRPG 🩺.
https://kpetker.itch.io
Tactical Comedy Specialist
https://www.youtube.com/@KevinPetker01
Jesse Burneko @jburneko.itch.io Professional video game developer. Self-publisher of Gothic and psychological horror themed RPGs. Avid reader of early Gothics, mid-20th century fantasy, and crime fiction.
Bloodthorn Press
https://jburneko.itch.io/
Ong's Hat @ongs-hat.com Slate, Gizmodo, BBC, Audible Original, Why Files, etc.
Substack at http://josephmatheny.substack.com
More writing at https://josephmatheny.com