Blake Barton
@blakebarton.bsky.social
I like making games.
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We’re Bladework Games, a team of devs from all different walks of life.
After years of quietly creating something a bit chaotic and a bit off-kilter, we’re finally coming up for air. If you like competitive dungeon crawlers, fast combat, and sabotaging your friends.. stick around. More coming soon!
After years of quietly creating something a bit chaotic and a bit off-kilter, we’re finally coming up for air. If you like competitive dungeon crawlers, fast combat, and sabotaging your friends.. stick around. More coming soon!
September 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM
We’re Bladework Games, a team of devs from all different walks of life.
After years of quietly creating something a bit chaotic and a bit off-kilter, we’re finally coming up for air. If you like competitive dungeon crawlers, fast combat, and sabotaging your friends.. stick around. More coming soon!
After years of quietly creating something a bit chaotic and a bit off-kilter, we’re finally coming up for air. If you like competitive dungeon crawlers, fast combat, and sabotaging your friends.. stick around. More coming soon!
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Any answer other than “who gives a shit, republicans are using a dozen kids playing JV volleyball as a distraction from looting the county and covering for elite pedophiles” is cowardly horseshit
Talarico: "I oppose trans athletes playing in girls' sports if it endangers safety or fairness"
September 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Any answer other than “who gives a shit, republicans are using a dozen kids playing JV volleyball as a distraction from looting the county and covering for elite pedophiles” is cowardly horseshit
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Historical inaccuracies, poor costume design, terrible lighting, baffling omissions, incredible sexism, and a complete misunderstanding of the text ASIDE, Nolan's Odyssey's biggest crime is the fact that the script sucked complete ass
August 12, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Historical inaccuracies, poor costume design, terrible lighting, baffling omissions, incredible sexism, and a complete misunderstanding of the text ASIDE, Nolan's Odyssey's biggest crime is the fact that the script sucked complete ass
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The thing is that people who post on reddit with any regularity are insane and in a just society would be microchipped
July 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The thing is that people who post on reddit with any regularity are insane and in a just society would be microchipped
I want it burned to the ground.
June 8, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I want it burned to the ground.
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"let people enjoy things" is over. we must want things to be good
May 28, 2026 at 4:04 AM
"let people enjoy things" is over. we must want things to be good
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it fucks with me that i won't get to live a life in every city. there's so fucking much life to live and i will only ever scratch the surface of the city i'm in and it drives me crazy sometimes. I want to have seen all of it and I won't and I don't always know how to reconcile that
May 2, 2026 at 2:13 AM
it fucks with me that i won't get to live a life in every city. there's so fucking much life to live and i will only ever scratch the surface of the city i'm in and it drives me crazy sometimes. I want to have seen all of it and I won't and I don't always know how to reconcile that
I wrote a quick post last night about how much I enjoyed running the #ttrpg PUBLIC ACCESS for the first time. I originally put this on r/rpg, but I guess I liked it a little *too* much, because the powers that be took it down for "self-promotion".
Anyway, love it.
blakebarton.me/public-acces...
Anyway, love it.
blakebarton.me/public-acces...
Public Access: The One-Shot Turned Campaign - Blake Barton
I got hit hard by the Quinns Quest sales pitch on Public Access. Hard enough to back the Kickstarter and get a PDF of the original game, despite never having played a system primarily geared towards t...
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April 22, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I wrote a quick post last night about how much I enjoyed running the #ttrpg PUBLIC ACCESS for the first time. I originally put this on r/rpg, but I guess I liked it a little *too* much, because the powers that be took it down for "self-promotion".
Anyway, love it.
blakebarton.me/public-acces...
Anyway, love it.
blakebarton.me/public-acces...
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Blazing hot take but the desire to return to having unified and constantly new "mass culture" that is shared by most everyone is low-key the yearning for conformity, and it's a desire that we should subject to far more scrutiny than we do.
March 29, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Blazing hot take but the desire to return to having unified and constantly new "mass culture" that is shared by most everyone is low-key the yearning for conformity, and it's a desire that we should subject to far more scrutiny than we do.
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what's up gamers, I'm back with another blogpost about editing. this one's about development editing rather than line and copy editing, though, so the tips are all a little more vague and philosophical. hope you enjoy anyways: samsorensen.blot.im/ten-intangib...
December 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
what's up gamers, I'm back with another blogpost about editing. this one's about development editing rather than line and copy editing, though, so the tips are all a little more vague and philosophical. hope you enjoy anyways: samsorensen.blot.im/ten-intangib...
All this “rule of three” talk and Alan Wake 2’s Final Draft isn’t even on NG++.
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
All this “rule of three” talk and Alan Wake 2’s Final Draft isn’t even on NG++.
Updated my Tactician class for Shadowdark to beta 1.2.0 after some table testing. Check it out! blakebarton.itch.io/tactician-cl...
Update b1.2.0
Hello! After some real-world testing at the table and some helpful online feedback, I've once again updated the Tactician. This time to beta 1.2.0. Changelog: Removed
blakebarton.itch.io
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Updated my Tactician class for Shadowdark to beta 1.2.0 after some table testing. Check it out! blakebarton.itch.io/tactician-cl...
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Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Happy Halloween! Keeping up my momentum from yesterday with 10 magic items exclusive to my homebrew Tactician class for Shadowdark. Available for free on my itch page: blakebarton.itch.io/tactician-cl...
#shadowdark #ttrpg #homebrew
#shadowdark #ttrpg #homebrew
October 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Happy Halloween! Keeping up my momentum from yesterday with 10 magic items exclusive to my homebrew Tactician class for Shadowdark. Available for free on my itch page: blakebarton.itch.io/tactician-cl...
#shadowdark #ttrpg #homebrew
#shadowdark #ttrpg #homebrew
I'm making stuff! Today the beta version of my homebrew Tactician class for #shadowdark. Had a lot of fun with this one :) blakebarton.itch.io/tactician-cl...
![Version: Beta 1.0.0
Design: Blake Barton
Artwork:
Pixel Logo by Blake Barton
Menzel, A. (1913). War Signal [Illustration]. Retrieved from https://www.
oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/signal-war/.
Doré, G. (1854). They Fiercly Charged Forward [Illustration]. Retrieved from
https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/charged-fiercely/.
Editing: Emily Chang
Affinity Template: Shadowdark RPG Affinity Publisher Template by Sersa
Victory. Retrieved from https://sersavictory.itch.io/shadowdark-rpg-affinity
publisher-template.
The Tactician class is an independent product published under the
Shadowdark RPG Third-Party License and is not affiliated with The Arcane
Library, LLC. Shadowdark RPG © 2023 The Arcane Library, LLC.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l6jqv6sa5is6xowqma3y2nng/bafkreibthgv4m7nbge5pctjtxnh5pzo2dl3gl3ygsf5juhtmajsvz3zthm)
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm making stuff! Today the beta version of my homebrew Tactician class for #shadowdark. Had a lot of fun with this one :) blakebarton.itch.io/tactician-cl...
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2025 Political Rising Stars To Keep An Eye On
August 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
2025 Political Rising Stars To Keep An Eye On
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"But what about people who are bad at art? They should have a chance to join in too."
Yeah, by making BAD ART. Maybe it'll turn into Good Art with practice. Maybe it'll always be pretty bad art. The idea that we have to appear immediately good at everything even if we have to fake it is a sickness.
Yeah, by making BAD ART. Maybe it'll turn into Good Art with practice. Maybe it'll always be pretty bad art. The idea that we have to appear immediately good at everything even if we have to fake it is a sickness.
May 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"But what about people who are bad at art? They should have a chance to join in too."
Yeah, by making BAD ART. Maybe it'll turn into Good Art with practice. Maybe it'll always be pretty bad art. The idea that we have to appear immediately good at everything even if we have to fake it is a sickness.
Yeah, by making BAD ART. Maybe it'll turn into Good Art with practice. Maybe it'll always be pretty bad art. The idea that we have to appear immediately good at everything even if we have to fake it is a sickness.
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I didn't make this (I sadly don't know who did), and I don't know how I feel about the name, but despite that, this is an INCREDIBLE resource for finding free-to-use, public domain art for your games. The MÖRK BORG community has been using it for years, so should you.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I am not paying Nohr for the cover art (2.0)
docs.google.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I didn't make this (I sadly don't know who did), and I don't know how I feel about the name, but despite that, this is an INCREDIBLE resource for finding free-to-use, public domain art for your games. The MÖRK BORG community has been using it for years, so should you.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
A film that takes place where you’re from
April 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A film that takes place where you’re from
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YOU CAN POST THE DAICON IV OPENING ON BLUESKY NOW
March 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
YOU CAN POST THE DAICON IV OPENING ON BLUESKY NOW
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This is so devastating because it's absolutely true theonion.com/homesick-luk...
Homesick Luka Doncic Gazes Longingly At Photo Of Barren Dallas Office Park
LOS ANGELES—In the aftermath of a stunning trade that saw the point guard move from the Texas city to Los Angeles, a homesick Luka Doncic was reportedly spotted Wednesday gazing longingly at a photo o...
theonion.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is so devastating because it's absolutely true theonion.com/homesick-luk...
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tonight i hope every Oscar goes to the facial expression Ralph Fiennes made near the end of Conclave when the new Pope announced his Pope name
March 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
tonight i hope every Oscar goes to the facial expression Ralph Fiennes made near the end of Conclave when the new Pope announced his Pope name