Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon 📖
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
✨ lauraehall.com
🔎 cfia.org
🎙️ secretlives.games
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @ Full Indie Vancouver @writnelson.bsky.social Running @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social Writer of video games, books, short stories etc.
A SPELL FOR MIDWINTER'S HEART out now
Rep: Aurora Fernandez @ Trident Media
Games: GW2, Tell Me Why, Halo, Rift, and more
http://www.lockhartwrites.com
Hannah Nicklin @hannahnicklin.bsky.social 15+ years of writing, game & narrative design. Recently worked on: Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione. Prev. Creative Director of gutefabrik.com. Author of writingfor.games. PhD in play as anti-capitalist practice. Bike person.
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social Award winning indie magazine, celebrating games as an art form. 📚 Est. 2016
www.apwot.com
Work With Indies @workwithindies.com A kind job board and inclusive community supporting careers in #indiegames.
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
Douglas Wilson @doougle.net 🎮 Mutazione, Saltsea Chronicles, Sportsfriends, JS Joust
🎓 Senior Lecturer (in Games)
🎭 Theater/clown w/ @melmcglensey.bsky.social
🎙️ Co-host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
🌏 Naarm/Melbourne (by way of NJ)
he/him
mastodon.gamedev.place/@doougle
Kait Tremblay (they/them) @kaittremblay.bsky.social Narrative Director on Ambrosia Sky @softrains.bsky.social.
Horror writer, former book editor, genderfluid and queer. Rep'd by Jake Babad, WCA
Also: Seasonala Cemetery, A Mortician's Tale, Grindstone, Watch Dogs Legion
www.thatmonstergames.com
Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social Play-Ability Cognitive Expert. Accessibility (LiS: Double Exposure / Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy) / Cultural Consultant (DA: The Veilguard). Podquisition. 2024 Journalism Impact Winner. 2024 GA Conf Best PR / Comms Winner.
LauraKBuzzOfficial@Gmail.Com
meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social narrative design |ALL🔥WILL🔥RISE - Thirsty Suitors - 80 Days | pleasures counter to capitalism-colonialism | technopolitics 🍞+🌹 liberation
Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
A Whole Damn Town! @im.a.whole.damn.town Images of people, places, scenes and things from Twin Peaks.
Crossplay @crossplayblog.bsky.social A newsletter at the intersection of parenting and video games by longtime games reporter and father of two kids, Patrick Klepek. Subscribe now at https://crossplay.news
Sam D @diceexploder.com TTRPG designer, podcaster, screenwriter. Be your own algorithm.
https://www.diceexploder.com/
https://sdunnewold.itch.io/
caro @seaexcursion.itch.io making theatre and games
Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social Comedian and writer, year-round iced coffee drinker.
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/
Solo September bundle now available 🌸
A platform by @TenAcreGames.bsky.social
Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social
👑 Creator of Perils & Princesses TTRPG
🎨 Vintage Illustration & Design
Fairy Tale Role Playing: Perilsandprincesses.com
Portfolio: Outridercreative.com
WSDOT @wsdot.wa.gov Official Washington State Department of Transportation Bluesky account. For road hazards and emergencies, please call 911.
Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com Known for Old Skies, Blackwell, Technobabylon, Primordia, Unavowed, Hob's Barrow, and more! Working on: Nighthawks, Gilt, [REDACTED], [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. Discord: http://discord.com/invite/kj2mkWs
Shaun Aitcheson @shaunaitcheson.bsky.social Indie Developer/Director @ Cloak and Dagger Games • The Excavation of Hob's Barrow (BAFTA longlisted), Sumatra: Fate of Yandi, Football Game and more • Working on TBA
UK based/NZ born • Folk horror nut • He/Him
https://linktr.ee/cloakanddaggergames
Hidden Door @hiddendoor.co Where roleplay meets fanfiction. Step into your favorite stories, or build a brand-new world to share.
SylvF @sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social Formerly a Senior Writer at BioWare. Worked on: Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadowbroker, Mass Effect 3, Dragon Age Inquisition, DAI Jaws of Hakkon, DAI Trespasser, Anthem, and Dragon Age Veilguard.
Cassi Mothwin 🧟♀️ @cassi.mothwin.com Award Winning TTRPG designer • Illustrator • Twitch Affiliate • SFWA • Email for inquiries • Dancing in the moonlight
🏳️🌈 (she/any)
https://cassimothwin.com/cassi-mothwin-links-copy/
Ken Lowery @kenlowery.bsky.social SATX-based writer and (ENNIE winning!) TTRPG designer who thinks about death the normal amount. VOID 1680 AM, No-Tell Motel, Lighthouse at the End of the World, Killer Ratings. linktr.ee/bannerlessgames
Avatar by @catie.bsky.social
Paul Czege @paulczege.bsky.social Game designer. Currently shipping a zine about how to play immersive journaling games:
https://www.paulczege.com/
On Masto as @paulczege@dice.camp
He/Him.
#JournalGaming
#ttrpg
Almost Bedtime Theater @almostbedtime.bsky.social 🎲Dad & creator of all-ages TTRPGs
📚CRIT Award winner: The Librarian's Apprentice solo RPG
🦋ENNIE-nominated: Song of the Scryptwyrm solo RPG
🎙️Family-friendly podcast of kids playing and reviewing role-playing games
🔗 http://bio.link/AlmostBedtimeTheater
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
Andy | Pandion Games @pandiongames.com The ENNIE-nominated indie TTRPG studio behind Midnight Muscadines, Substratum Protocol, Whispers in the Walls, & more!
Store: https://pandiongames.com
Discord: https://pandiongames.com/discord
Midnight Muscadines: http://midnightmuscadines.com/
Sam Leigh @goblinmixtape.bsky.social They/She. Award-winning TTRPG designer of Blinking Birch Games. Author of Anamnesis and Outliers. Freelance writer and editor.
Website: blinkingbirchgames.com
Itch: blinkingbirchgames.itch.io
Logo: @alderdoodle.bsky.social
PFP: @nebuleeart.bsky.social
Seraphina Garcia Ramirez 🔜 PaxU @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social she/her • Writer, Designer, Dev Editor • Upcoming host of Dice Exploder • trans queer woman of color • Judge for the 2025 Indie Groundbreaker Awards and The Awards 2026 • blog at https://seraphim-seraphina.itch.io/my-blog
Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social He/him. Designing indie ttrpgs
Newest Project:
SPINE - A dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book
https://backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine
https://www.backwardstabletop.com/
jay Dragon is sleepy @jdragsky.bsky.social 29 🌱 she/her 🌱 editorial director at Possum Creek, lead game designer at Steve Jackson Games, award-winning trans gay 🌱 wrote wanderhome, yazeba's b&b, seven part pact, and others
email: jay@sjgames.com
Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social Robotic solar system exploration, astrophotography, exasperating earnestness. My day job is impersonating your favorite planets and spacecraft on social media for your favorite government agency. Opinions are my own.
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social Writer of dictionaries and books about nerd fights at the dictionary factory (WORD BY WORD [2017]; TRUE COLOR [2026]; more TK). niila myaamia. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2106554/kory-stamper/
Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social Photo sharing bot for planetary and deep space images.
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Tabletop Bookshelf @tabletopbookshelf.com Handpicked tabletop RPGs and solo games delivered to your doorstep! Supporting indie creators and crowdfunded projects. Now with a one-of-a-kind gaming destination in Milwaukee, WI.
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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
Rourke Bywater @rourke.bsky.social Narrative Designer @ Hidden Door. lesbian. 💜 procedural systems, women, folk music + art with a touch of melancholy and bitterness. Organizer @ Roguelike Celebration
Hilary Mason @hilarymason.com Co-founder & CEO of Hidden Door. I <3 cheeseburgers and making beautiful things. I know a thing or two about AI, but it's people who matter. I am interested in many things.
NYC
MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social Mother of the Apocalypse, founded #PbtA. ALA & Morgan Ellis award winner. Museum curator. Material culture, leftist politics, kindness & appropriate levels of vengeful fury. She/her,☪️,🌈, breast cancer survivor. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lumpley
DriveThruRPG @drivethrurpg.com The Largest Tabletop RPG Store. DriveThruRPG is the best place to find, buy, and sell thousands of tabletop RPGs | Powered by Roll20
Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.social NYT-bestselling, Hugo Award winning monster and myth maker. Most recently, VERGIL! A Mythological Musical (Audible) , Beowulf: A New Translation, The Mere Wife, & many other items in the wondertale category & beyond. https://linktr.ee/mariadahvanaheadley
Stephen Granade @granades.com Science presenter, robotics researcher, fiction writer, interactive fiction person, award-winning Virgo. Co-editor of @smallwondersmag.com SFF magazine.
website: https://stephen.granades.com
Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
mothership.blog
alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social NYT-bestselling fantasy author in charlottesville va
Script Lock @scriptlock.bsky.social A podcast about storytelling in video games, and everything in between. Hosted by @maxfolkman.bsky.social & @nickfolkman.bsky.social
https://scriptlock.simplecast.com/
Sam Riegel's Drinking Vessel @samriegelsflask.bsky.social Doing my best to keep track of the drinking vessel used by Sam Riegel during the main campaign of Critical Role.
Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social Columnist, novelist, j-prof.
NYT bestselling novel, The Daughters of Erietown. Next novel: Because You Asked. On Substack at Hopefully Yours. I’m with Sherrod.
https://connieschultz.substack.com/
🌿Elaine Tipping🍃 @triaelf9.bsky.social ✨Comic creator✨ Pathways, Fates Errant & more ･ Dark Horse Comics, Critical Role･ 2026 Kadokawa WMC & KMA Award finalist ･ Rep'd by Au Literary Management
日本語ＯＫ• Japan,愛知県 • Parent, queer (name/they)🌈🜬/BiAce
✨ https://elainetipping.carrd.co/
Sam Riegel @samriegel.bsky.social #CriticalRole #TheLegendOfVoxMachina #MightyNein https://streamily.com/samriegel
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
Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social The home of storytelling around the table! From our Campaign 4 saga in Aramán to Daggerheart and beyond - join the actual play adventure on Beacon.tv, YT, & Twitch
Recombobulator Games is making Space Boat! @spaceboat.bsky.social 🐈Disabled devs making a sci-fi adventure!
😸Play our demo! http://bit.ly/3Q7qrSM
😽Join Discord! http://discord.gg/FmKVSGypfr
🐈KICKSTARTER: https://shorturl.at/hsIVY
INFO: https://spaceboat.ca/home/index.php/presskit/
Megan Piontkowski Illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social Illustrator, urban gardener, maker of zines
Zines and Stickers: https://linktr.ee/meganpiontkowski
http://meganpiontkowski-illustration.com
Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social Actor/Writer/Producer. ♿️.
DM/Dungeoneer.
Words: Candlekeep Mysteries, 2024 DMG, Haunted West, Dreams And Machines.
Art Description: Draw Steel.
twitch.tv/dreamwispjen
linktr.ee/dreamwisp
Accessibility in Gaming Resource Guide: https://bit.ly/3QSqfJE
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
Margaret Atwood @margaretatwood.bsky.social Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca
and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social Loves: Comics, Games, Travel, Writing, Greyhounds
Cyclops is so great
I write lots of comics, animation, games and more. Come join us, won't me?
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
🍉 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
David Gaider @davidgaider.bsky.social Co-founder and Creative Director at summerfallstudios.com. Canadian game dev who escaped the winter and is now living in Melbourne, Australia! He/Him
Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer. Musician.
Sometimes funny. 🏳️🌈
Join my sci-fi book club:
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nerd humor • space & sci fi • books
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
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
Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org We’re organizing against this fascist regime the only way that actually works — with on-the-ground, volunteer-led, communities of people power: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
Subscribe to support my journalism www.erininthemorning.com
The Elder Scrolls @elderscrolls.bethesdastudios.com Welcome to the official Bluesky home of The Elder Scrolls.
Bethesda Game Studios @bethesdastudios.com Developers of Starfield, Fallout, and The Elder Scrolls.
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
https://bookshop.org/
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
shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social Award-winning (2x Indiecade, Eisner, Ignatz, National Book Award finalist, etc) game designer, cartoonist, and puppet filmmaker in the practice of marionettes, fortune cabinets, kind rabblerousing, and Paul Bunyan facts. Little guy enjoyer. (they/them)
Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social Pronunciation: "Klay-tun Note-Styne" Designer. Writer. Educator. Tabletop games. Explorers Design. Pro-union and cooperatives. He/Him.
The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org The DEFINITIVE site for video game literature 📚 🇨🇦
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Over 15,000 Video Game Books catalogued❗️
New books added daily.
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EDGE GAMES @edgegames.bsky.social Founded concurrently in 1981 in London and SoCal, EDGE is both the oldest UK indie game publisher and one of the oldest US ones. New releases soon on iOS, Android, Steam, Switch, PS4/5, and Xbox.
www.edgegames.com
Talespinners @talespinners.co.uk Talespinners is a co-operative outsource writing studio for games and immersive experiences.
https://talespinners.co.uk/
Seattle Weather Blog @seattleweather.bsky.social Puget Sound weather in a nutshell
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Please consider donating to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund —> https://www.pcrf.net
Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social 🧢 CEO: Dropout
🎤 Host: Game Changer, Make Some Noise
🌸 he / him
Josh Ruben @joshruben.bsky.social horror making noise boy
Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social Rook, Rika, The Ghost of Yōtei | Worlds Beyond Number | D20, Dropout, Crit Role | BAFTA loser. Um, Actually CHAMPION | Gender🌊: all pronouns
Carolyn Page @jacuzzitubbs.bsky.social 🎮Senior Writer @ Epic Games🎮
🫨Comedian @ Dropout.tv🫨
🎤Actual Play @ Bitcherton Podcast🎤
Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com Maker of stuff that makes you laugh.
www.ifycomedy.com
Adam Conover @adamconover.net "Unlikable woke comedian" - the Daily Mail
Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social TV & standup & improv & podcasts, hardly any movies
paulftompkins.com/live
Aabria Iyengar @aabria.bsky.social she/her | @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social | your story friend on Dimension 20 // Critical Role // The Adventure Zone and more! |
Worlds Beyond Number @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social An epic, improvised storytelling podcast where four friends play games, build worlds, and embark on endless adventures.
www.worldsbeyondnumber.com
brian david gilbert @briamgilbert.bsky.social hello
Michael Meir Saltzman @saltzman.bsky.social Actor/Writer. Previously: Head writer / Fact Checker for Dropout’s Um, Actually… Jack Handey enthusiast. Yeah I was in that anti-Trump weirdo PSA.
Mike Trapp @mikewtrapp.bsky.social Currently, TV writer. Formerly, head writer of CollegeHumor. Futurely, sustenance for robot overlords.
Amy Vorpahl @vorpahlsword.bsky.social she/her
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amyvorpahl/shes-got-npc-energy-solo-dm-musical-and-album-by-amy-vorpahl?ref=4gpkah
Persephiroth @persephiroth.bsky.social Black Angelica Pickles 🏳️⚧️
Twitch.tv/persephiroth