Tom Dowd
Game Writer, Designer, Storymaker, Gamer, Shadowrun guy, MechAssault, Educator, etc. Interim Director/School of Design Columbia College Chicago. Beyond that, your guess is better than mine.
(Header from a visual novel I'm working on.)
@farmersboy.bsky.social
Design engineer, history buff, modeller, bit obsessed with tanks. IC#3210.
@filmsonwax.bsky.social
“Film score expert” - Variety. Lover of robots. 🏳️⚧️-friendly. They/them. Over 40. Reylo. Live in Wales 🏴
@gliderpilot44.bsky.social
IC member, completely afflicted by SWW, Horsa glider is greatest aircraft, re-enactor Glider Pilot Regiment.
@clogfather.bsky.social
Editor in chief at Karwansaray Publishers, editor of Ancient Warfare. Easily distracted by dogs and books. Here for wargaming and nonsense.
@roguepink.bsky.social
Model builder, karaoke singer, cat mom, and playful hobgoblin. 🏳️⚧️ Married, polyamorous, demisexual, transgender.
@tardate.bsky.social
Code, music, books, scale models, or mixing genres with electronics and a microcontroller 🇸🇬 KM7ABZ https://linktr.ee/gallagher.paul
@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
@chasecarter.bsky.social
Co-owner of Rascal News. Tabletop and internet culture journalist. Avoiding unhealthy use this time around. ✉️: chase@rascal.news https://www.rascal.news/
@danarndtwrites.bsky.social
Board Game and TTRPG Journalist, Managing Editor at @TheFandomentals. Bylines at Polygon. Comics, Writing, and Goth Stuff. dan@thefandomentals.com He/Him
@christianlindke.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, MBA. Polarization, Socialization, Parenting. I Love Films, Tabletop RPGs, & Jody Lindke. website: http://christianlindke.com youtube: https://youtube.com/@ChristianLindke substack: https://geekeratimedia.substack.com/
@rowanzeoli.bsky.social
Co-Founder @rascalnews | Former Tabletop Writer @Polygon | Award-Losing Journalist | Post Modernist, according to some guy Email for press inquiries or story tips: Rowan@rascal.news | DM for Signal 🏳️⚧️she/her
@caelyn.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Huge fan of tiny giant robots. Miniatures games specialist at @rascalnews.bsky.social Freelance bylines at Eurogamer, RPS, EDGE, Polygon. Disabled and fat. Leftie. She/They. Email: caelyn@rascal.news
@aavoigt.bsky.social
Portfolio and contacts at aavoigt.com TTRPG Videos: https://youtube.com/@aavoigt Co-host: https://www.youtube.com/@mortifiedpod Games: http://aaronsxl.itch.io He/him
@belloflostsouls.net
Get your daily dose of tabletop games and pop culture at BoLS! Follow for the latest news and more. linktr.ee/bolsnews
@thegavinsheehan.bsky.social
Games Editor for Bleeding Cool (@bleedingcool.com). Chaotic neutral gamer, geek, journalist, writer, and diplomat. My stories and thoughts here are my own. Wackiness ensues!
@carolinethegeek.bsky.social
PhD. youth+tech+community+design researcher, UW iSchool Postdoc, TTRPG-er, moderator/ModSquid🦑, enjoyer of things. She/her. Profile pic by Ari! Yes, I'm here. On the job market!
@doctorkilmer.bsky.social
Researcher with Take This. Clinical psychologist using games in therapy with Respec Psychological Services. Opinions are all mine. (she/they)
@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.
@anitchang.bsky.social
Professor Univ. of Bonn. Director at FIW 🏛🌎🎓 and Study of Religion (he/him). Religion/cultural studies/documentary film/Southeast Asia/TTRPGs.
@mariakalberto.bsky.social
PhD English '24, University of Utah | she/her 🏳️🌈 | 📚 pop culture, #fanstudies, DH, Tolkien | diss: D&D, canon, & drow | header by galxrax (Unsplash)
@noizangel.bsky.social
aspiring Doctor of D&D, but not how you think @ YorkU • coined 'D&D industrial complex' • STS/Communications • recovering larp burnout • i love pizza and cats noizangel: literally everywhere https://linktr.ee/nicolewinchester she/her/any/all 🇨🇦🇫🇮🌈
@emwalz.bsky.social
She/her. Researcher/Lecturer at UCI. Editor-at-large @AnalogGameJrnl. Writing a book on ASMR. Occasional posts on tv, film, theater, & games. (opinions my own)
@scottdejong.bsky.social
Making and studying games about disinformation. Fulbright scholar. PhD candidate, Concordia University. FRQSC scholar. scottbdejong.ca
@jaakkostenros.bsky.social
Scholar of games and play, author or editor of eleven books, into comic books, role-playing games, and art. Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/ Email: jaakko.stenros (at) tuni.fi
@adriiadventures.com
she/they 🇸🇻 writing and studying rpgs 🎮 finally a phd candidate 😵💫
@drtanenbaum.bsky.social
I write stories, poems, essays, and music. I make audiobooks, actual play podcasts, undefinable games, & magical ink. Loudly trans, queer, & disabled. Pro mutual aid, anarchy, kindness & witchcraft. Anti capitalism & TERFs https://linktr.ee/MothMother
@melissainau.bsky.social
#academicsky HCI: boardgames & hybrids, interaction, evaluation, distanced play. Play. IGA Jury. OMG. Spiel. Shoes. Handbags. Random rants. This is all me, not work official. Dr. She.
@jamiemadigan.bsky.social
My book about the psychology of Dungeons & Dragons is out! See www.psychologyofdnd.com. I'm also the author of Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games. I write and podcast at www.psychologyofgames.com
@dashiellsteven.bsky.social
Research Asst Prof at Morgan State University - social scientist who studies discourse, masculinity, and disparities, specifically in male-dominated subcultures (like game communities and social media). Army veteran. UMBC grad.
@shellyjones.bsky.social
English Prof. Editor at https://analoggamestudies.org/ Writer, gamer, nature nerd. BLM Player Elimination out Aug 27 - Available for pre-order now. Updates at: https://shellyjonesauthor.com/
@easays.bsky.social
It’s a double first name! genderqueerfemme crip they/she studiatrix of all things disability, queer/trans, 18th and 19th century, and TTRPG.
@nicklalone.com
I research disaster, geospatial concerns, and history of technology at RIT. Will talk about games, tech, policy, history, social theory, and the politics of all those things. I am less diffuse than I seem. https://nicklalone.com/
@anterobot.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Stanford University. NCTE President Elect. Education. Speculative Imagination. Healing. Dad of twins. he/him/his lacuenta.substack.com
@emnk.bsky.social
Associate Professor @ Howard Explores how people imagined themselves in the past & how we (mis)remember them. I’ve a book on #c18 representations of the Ottomans, articles on Black Britons, teach gender/sexuality, & talk games with @friede.bsky.social
@pfwgames.bsky.social
UK academic researching games and the environment. Writing book on Blood Bowl. Co-director of the Manchester Game Centre.
@jennsutcliffe.bsky.social
Ed Psych/Tech Ph.D. student, MSU | Instructional Designer | TTRPG writer/designer, @ImmaterialPlane | Georgia (US) Wikimedia affiliate rep | Research: Game studies, social learning, learning communities, digital literacies ~ she/her
@rosgakori.bsky.social
PHD student at Tampere University Game Research Lab. Freelance writer. Feminist. Antifascist. Warhammer hobbyist. Poly Lesbian. Part-time Mancunian. Likes might contain spice. She/Her 🏳️⚧️ 33 https://medium.com/@aasa.timonen4 https://throne.com/aasat
@gregisonthego.bsky.social
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/central-michigan-university-press/keep-the-faith?ref=Gbsky Game designer (Ahoy, 2022; Bloc by Bloc: Uprising, 2022 w/ T.L. Simons; Keep the Faith, 2025). Asst.Prof. Game Studies & Game Design @HarrisburgU
@edmondchang.bsky.social
Teacher. Writer. Gamer. Associate Professor of English at Ohio University. Scholar of literature, games, & pop culture. Author of Tellings RPG & Archaea LARP.
@playingresearch.bsky.social
📚 PhD student on informal learning & fiction in board games 🎓 Experice lab (Sorbonne Paris Nord university) 📢 Ex research fellow at Game in Lab 💬 they/them Own opinions in 🇬🇧 & 🇫🇷
@persephone.blue
🔥 ludoarsonist 🕹️ media scholar 🎮 game maker AP of Experimental Game Design @UAlberta. Dir. @ https://darcmode.org + https://triptable.top. 🔍 trans play 🏳️⚧️ TRPGs 🎲 extremism 💀 & the ✨unplayable✨ 🌐 https://persephone.blue 🎲 https://gravesnail.itch.io
@illmare.bsky.social
UK-based game-maker, writer, university researcher and Green Party member. manchestergamecentre.org Tabletop Games, LARP, TTRPG, Horror, Gothic, Weird, Fantastika, Environmental Philosophy. Find stuff at frankandalex.itch.io and over at academia.edu.
@increment.bsky.social
Author of game histories, mostly wargames and role-playing games. Playing at the World, Elusive Shift, Game Wizards, Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana, Making of OD&D, Heroes’ Feast, etc.
@meganpsyd.bsky.social
Psychologist, cofounder of both Health Quest Innovative Therapeutics and Geeks Like Us. Author of Tabletop Role-Playing Therapy the Guide for the Clinician Game Master. I talk psychology and TTRPGs. Opinions are my own.