You could be someone's light in the darkness. The dangling lantern of the anglerfish, drawing creatures to your toothy maw, or a dancing orb of witch-gloom in the forest, drawing folk to their mossy doom.
The she-devil you know. Schrodinger's brat. Vorpal blonde. Bisexual brainlicker. Prince of a Thousand Enemies. Expletive infixator. Award-winning game designer and writer. Fuck is my favorite word and I think you're amazing. www.shannagermain.com
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You could be someone's light in the darkness. The dangling lantern of the anglerfish, drawing creatures to your toothy maw, or a dancing orb of witch-gloom in the forest, drawing folk to their mossy doom.
are you ready for some big news? WE ARE OPEN for BIPOC subs for issue 100! and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body 💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖 find out more here: psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
Just another introvert being grateful for her amazing extrovert friends who get it when she says, "I love you so much, but I can't come out and play. I have to stay home and listen to myself think for a while."
Your social circle sapphic needs to be informed of this
Here's another shot of her, through the porch railing (I didn't want to get closer and disturb her). What a beauty.
One of the many, many reasons I re-wilded my backyard: cute coyotes stopping by to take a nap.
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The 50 oversized cards of the Divination Deck each feature a gorgeous image that inspires all sorts of ideas on the fly. Draw the Raven? It's a bad omen in the game, but the accompanying booklet also ties it to a cypher, a GM intrusion idea, an NPC, a creature, and more! mymcg.info/cypher
These books are sooooooo pretty. 100% human made inside and out so every product you buy helps support cool, creative people who give a damn about games, other humans, and the world. Thank you 💙 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... #RPG #TTRPG
I love Katerina's work so much. Delighted that we're still getting the pleasure of working together!
Whether you’re a diehard fan of classic dungeon fantasy games, or want to run sci-fi, superhero, horror, or any other genre, Cypher is about to be your new favorite game. Read more about Cypher here! And don't miss out on all the crowdfunding EXCLUSIVES we're making! mymcg.info/cypher
Art by the stunningly talented Massimiliano Bruni
Me too!
It's how we roll. People first. Creatively powered. No Thank You, Evil AI! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... #NoAI #Cypher #RPG #TTRPG
Looking for a new Fantasy ttrpg? How about Science Fiction? Magic? Historical? Horror? How about that perfect combination of all–of–the–above setting you’ve been thinking about for years? Monte Cook Games’ Cypher #ttrpg has you covered. Now on Backerkit: mymcg.info/cypher
Tonight on Twitch I'll be reading through The Devils Dandy Dogs RPG from @montecookgames.com and @shannagermain.bsky.social. I will be learning how it plays. Join me and learn along, ask me to show stuff or look things up for you as well! twitch.tv/Epic_Realms or EpicRealmsMedia.com
For YEARS people have asked for an updated version of #TheStrange … now it's a stretch goal for the crowdfund! At 2,200 backers we'll make a sourcebook for The Strange using all the upgrades & improvements from the new Cypher! (If you back at either of the ALL IN levels, you'll get it for free!)
Look at this beautiful Invisible Sun ring that player Chad Mitchell had made using our prop kit! I totally want one for my game. It's so cool. #RPG #InvisibleSun #TTRPG
CYPHER is NOW live on BackerKit! Join us tonight at 9:30 PM EST to walk through the rules primer they released and to continue the hype train. @montecookgames.com www.twitch.tv/cypherunlimi...
It's live—the crowdfunder for the new edition of the Cypher System! I'm one of the designers on this and I'm very very excited about how we're making the game better, check it out!
Cypher—the popular, award-winning RPG system for the fun, fast-paced campaigns just itching to burst from your imagination and onto your game table—is coming soon in a gorgeous and streamlined updated format. Sign up to be notified and receive a free PIN when you pledge! mymcg.info/cypher
Thank goodness there are still dogs. ❤️
if you can't handle me at my 💀, you don't deserve me at my 🦄 (QRP yours!) #art
Just two weeks before we launch our next Kickstarter! Help us offset the damage being done by Trumps tariffs and get you more great digital content and- A full-on actual play podcast series from @manysidedmedia.bsky.social and @talesyettold.com! Sign up: www.kickstarter.com/projects/coy... #TTRPG
How do you find time to stay active in midlife? Me: I mostly put necessary items down in random locations and then spend two hours running around the house trying to find them so I can leave on time.* * mostly on time *20 minutes late *tomorrow
Doing edits and touch ups for a reprint and PDF, I love this world and characters. Next year I am doing a #comicbook, and I will be working on a massive expansion of the entire #TTRPG setting and the racing rules to reflect all the changes to #Cypher being made by @montecookgames.com #CypherSystem
There are still 10 DAYS LEFT to win a FREE Drawing of Your Cypher Character from MCG! Monte Cook Games wants to commission a full-body illustration of YOUR character on your behalf—and all you have to do is share your character online to be entered! Read more here: gleam.io/X34Pc/win-a...
Kindness is active, not passive
Do you need some more spice in your life? Then join me this fall for Getting Spicy: Nailing the Art of Erotic Scenes We'll laugh, we'll cry, we'll co... ver all the topics about sex writing. Let's get spicy together! secure.clarionwest.org/np/clients/c... #Spicy #Romantasy #Erotica #Writing
WorldCon was amazing and wonderful and wild, and I had the chance to spend time with some of my absolutely favorite people. Now: home, where I spent an hour picking blackberries in the sun and hanging out with my new little friend.
Tomorrow at #worldcon, I'm teaching my class on writing for and submitting to anthologies. You can sign up for it here (or in-person at the con)! seattlein2025.org/program-and-... #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #fiction
Come and get my sweet, sweet signature in your books! I also sign babies, cinnamon rolls, and good vibes. (Okay, I've never actually signed someone's vibe, but I totally would).
A favourite from last year that I created for Monte Cook Games entitled ‘Other Worldly Rider’. I haven’t created many Western illustrations but I really enjoyed painting this one! It’s giving major Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, Eastwood vibes:) • © 2024 Monte Cook Games
Alas, no, but I'll keep an eye out!
i used to do a lot of charity fundraising through free patreon posts, but theyre now getting blocked for 'erotic contect.' SO BEFORE ITS TAKEN DOWN here is the project i did with @jamieloftus.bsky.social to raise funds for streetfood vendors affected by ICE raids www.patreon.com/posts/this-l...
My two personalities in my mid-50s: 1. Reclaiming my sexual and creative self 2. Wee! I'm riding a m-fing ant!
Hello again, tabletop RPG designers! The second Bannerless Games Tabletop RPG Grant is now taking applications! I'm looking to award up to 10 grants at $200 apiece. Applications open until the end of the month. Apply here: bannerless.games/grants
Hit the @pnwwitchesmarket.bsky.social yesterday with friends and picked up some lovely stickers from @craftedfromscratch.bsky.social! Which is also a reminder to use those stickers you love! Don't stuff them in a drawer waiting for the perfect notebook or event. You can always get more.
Oh, I'm so glad to hear it! I'm sure you are making it 1000x better with your GMing skills. <3
Visa says they're still drowning today! Payment processors think that we're not organized enough to keep this up but it's we either prove them wrong or submit to global censorship so it's. not much of a contest. Keep calling all 4!!
The main thing I learned is that in order to write a book, you have to write a book and there's nothing that's going to prepare you for writing a book until you write a book so you should write a book
The Old Gods of Appalachia RPG is back in stock at montecookgames.com! Head there now to enter the hills and hollers of an alternate Appalachia... Plus, grab a copy of Dig Your Own Grave—full of character options and choose-your-own-fate backgrounds—now on preorder! www.montecookgames.c...
A little dopamine dressing. Bringing joy and light to the darkness. #FashionOver50 #Thrift #Dopamine
Just a reminder that I'll be at WorldCon next month! Come and get any of my books signed on Thursday afternoon (along with such lovely luminaries as @terrybrooks.bsky.social, @seananmcguire.bsky.social, and many others).
<3 <3 <3
For #Pride, yall should read "The Poison Eater" by @shannagermain.bsky.social, and then you should get super into Numenera so there's more people in the world as obsessed as I have been for years, thank
(I'm going to be talking about this all day so be prepared.) We have less than 24hrs to make $7k!!!! It will take everything, sharing, all our connections, good vibes, and prayers to make this happen. But. It. Can. Happen! One last push! www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...
Are you a PoC creator attending Gamehole Con? @glyphtide.games & I are hosting an industry dinner (sponsored by Monte Cook Games ❤️🔥) to foster community and help POC creators connect w/ mentorship and opportunities! If you are or know anyone who would benefit, apply! Apps close 7/23: bit.ly/ghcpoc25
if romance + fantasy = romantasy then romance + science-fantasy = scantasy You're welcome and I'm sorry. #Romantasy #Writing
Forever aesthetic. What do we call it? Ray of sunshine sporepunk? Rainbow skullduggery? Manic pixie rotcore? Girl in the Creek by @wnwagner.bsky.social Bag by Little Dumpling Arts #writingcommunity #reading #booklover
Actually, I would argue that it's the huge companies of banks and payment processors we want to aim our ire at, and not the smaller companies who are trying to figure out how to survive. The banks and big businesses are the ones with the power here.
I've been fighting for porn and erotica to be normalized my whole life. If a sex creator has ever made your life better/sexier/healthier/more fun/safer, tell them. Be proud of it. Buy their books. Shout it from the rooftops. Support the shit out of them.* *esp true for queer/trans/BiPoC creators
Tried the Tidal Blades roleplaying game yesterday and had a blast. My players are a menace to Naviri! Also, the artworks are ✨ everything✨ @montecookgames.com
In case any of my fellow creatives also needed this reminder:
Who radicalized you? Bunnies.
Correct. Give me all the sweater-wearing, glasses-donned, tousled-haired cuties who pretend not to notice when I steal a sip of their coffee while they're reading.
Just over a week left to get your copy of the first all Black woman fantasy comic anthology!!!
A Mocha Dreams of Halloween
$475 worth of Ninth World content for just $25—the Numenera Humble Bundle is here! Explore the Ninth World with your companions in this engrossing true science-fantasy TTRPG. Discover creatures, cyphers, artifacts, and foes in an unforgettable setting. Adventure awaits! www.humblebundle.com...
Want to be among the first to learn about changes coming to the Cypher System? Sign up to be notified and get: 🧝 Exclusive advanced news 🚀 A notification when the crowdfunding campaign launches 🐉 An exclusive FREE pin! www.backerkit.com/ca...
Today, I am returning to work on one of my favorite settings ever, Invisible Sun. Poetry and magic and power and mystery. This world is my world. It can be yours too. #RPG #TTRPG #InvisibleSun invisible-sun-indigo.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Me, a mid-50s type A eldest daughter with a neurospricy brain just trying to work at home: OMG WHAT THE FUCK IS BEEPING?!?!?! Bag of broccoli I put in the microwave 5 minutes ago and totally forgot about: *whispers in terrified steamed vegetable*
Here's the 4th image I did for "Neon Rain", Monte Cook Games' cyberpunk book. This one came a bit later, and had actual art direction requirements for a vending machine and the "Pix3l sold here" sign. It can be fun to get more direction sometimes too! #Art #TTRPG #Gaming #Illustration #Cyberpunk
Wow, does that make me want to slide in under the radar and fuck some shit up. 😂
Beach wedding outfit! I watched people I love honor their love, reconnected with old friends, met some fantastic new people, met my ex's new partner (who is lovely), and rocked my bad-ass mid-50s self.
A great game of @montecookgames.com First Responders last night. Everyday heroes tackling a downtown fire and a toxic cloud. Thanks to Jim, Allan, Neil and Howard for playing—and to @shannagermain.bsky.social and @brucecordell.bsky.social for a great game.
Roll big or go home! Gather up your party for the ultimate TTRPG adventure with this Hundle Mega Bundle! Get legendary 50+ titles—including Cypher System, Tidal Blades, and the Devil's Dandy Dogs—for as low as $15! www.humblebundle.com...
Struggle is the point.
Gunslinger Knights is available for PREORDER! ⚔️ Face monsters emerging from otherworldly storms astride your loyal mechanical steed 🌪️ Explore Sancara, and learn of those who walked the world before humankind... 🛡️ Join the Order of Gunslinger Knights today! www.montecookgames.c...
It was a beautifully surreal day. Sometimes my life and job are so wonderfully weird. #RPG #TTRPG #Documentary
We had no idea. I wish we'd randomly run into each other -- we could have pulled you into the photos of us playing games!
What?!!? That's wild. We were there today!
Want to be among the first to learn about changes coming to the Cypher System? Sign up to be notified and get: 🧝 Exclusive advanced news 🚀 A notification when the crowdfunding campaign launches 🐉 An exclusive FREE pin! www.backerkit.com/ca...
the Strange Horizons Kickstarter is at $14,916 out of their $20,000 initial goal they have ELEVEN DAYS LEFT we CANNOT LOSE Strange Horizons!!! plus we want those rad fucking stretch goals! www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
One of my favorite systems and settings is Numenera! Amazing TTRPG deal, great cause, check it out!
Gamehole Con is hosting a POC Industry Dinner, sponsored by Monte Cook Games! Meet creators, find mentorship, and grow our diverse industry. Seating is limited. If you are attending GHC, are a POC, and create TTRPG content of any size–including self-published–apply! Apply by 7/23: bit.ly/ghcpoc25
Choices were made at both the farmer's market and in my own garden this year. Choices that required the baking of shortcake and the whipping of cream.
Support the ACLU and get some science-fantasy RPGs in your pocket! Numenera is currently on the Humble Bundle and it's a great deal that supports a great (and more important than ever) cause. #TTRPG #RPG
We all need a place where we feel safe… Goodnight everybody. Sweet dreams.
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✨TONIGHT✨ Join us at 4pm PT for a howling good time as we raise more money for Lambda Legal with a game of The Devil's Dandy Dogs by @shannagermain.bsky.social and @montecookgames.com ! Our Hounds have a difficult soul fetch ahead of them as they help someone in the name of love 💙
On Wednesday at 4pm PT, we have a bunch of good good doggos fetching souls for the Devil and helping raise money for Lambda Legal! Join our loyal canines in a game of The Devil's Dandy Dogs from @montecookgames.com and @shannagermain.bsky.social !
A while back I placed an order with @montecookgames.com for some #numenera and #cyphersystem #ttrpg books. I added this note: “(gollum voice) I wants, NEEDS more bookses!!” Later, when my order arrived, this was on the shipping box. I just love the crew over at MCG! 🥰
This consent-based vampire game looks like so much fun! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hig...
I am crying. 😂 This whole thing is wild.
MASSIVE good news for trans people in the United States. A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports. This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.
Not all of my rabbits are feral. Just two and a half!
I forgot to tell him I'm teaching an erotica class this fall, because his adorableness got me all flustered. Be like this man. What a cutie. #WritingCommunity #AllTheSexScenes
When I realized what he meant, I said, "Oh, I do write that stuff, but that’s not what I’m reading right now.” And he leaned in and was like, “I want to try writing that stuff for my girlfriend because she loves it” and he was all blushy and my heart!
At the coffee shop today, the barista was overwhelmed and there was a long line, so he was really apologetic by the time I got to him. I was like, “No worries. I’m just reading a book on my phone.” And he goes, “I’m afraid to ask what you’re reading” with a huge grin.
Hit the streets tomorrow. Be nonviolent. Be joyfully defiant. Be defiantly joyful. Ridicule him. Condemn fascism. Oppose I.C.E. Affirm diversity. Embody America. Love your neighbor. Refuse to be intimidated. Be safe. Be loud. Be encouraged. #NoKingsDay
On June 19 the folks at @cypherunlimited.bsky.social will be streaming a Gunslinger Knights one-shot GM'd by me! (A short adventure of my own creation, so you can watch w/o spoiling the adventures in the book.) Gunslinger Knights is now available for preorder! www.montecookgames.com/gunslinger-k...
amnesty international? donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/...
My hidden lover book! Er... books. Multiple. Working on my reverse harem of secret WIPs.
The #InvisibleSunRPG Indigo and Electric crowdfund ends today at 5pm PT, so I'm posting a bunch of inspirational links for your Invisible Sun narrative! Starting with the actual crowdfund link: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
If you signed up to be notified of the launch of Invisible Sun: Electric and Indigo, you can STILL claim your exclusive bonus reward—but only for the next 6 HOURS! ☀️🗝️✨ Don't miss out—once the crowdfunding campaign is over, these special wicked keys will disappear... mymcg.info/indigo
Also, if you need someone to stand with you at family or other events this summer, consider checking out Stand in Pride (I'm a member and will happily be the queer feral auntie at your side if you're in my area). www.standinpride.org
Happy June from me to you. And you. And you. We're stronger together, and we have so much to live and laugh for. (delicious sticker from transpainter)
Co-working with my Patrons is one of the things that keeps me on track. This month, we're doing hour-long write-in most days (times vary), including PJ Party on Sundays. Join us if you need to get some words done (or tackle anything creative)! #writingcommunity #amwriting
Hello!!! We are excited to announce that player interest forms are live now for BIPOC Vamp weekend !!! There are over 14 Games to choose from! We are asking for only BIPOC players to apply! docs.google.com/forms/d/1HJ0...