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Deren, Adder Stone Games

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Creator of Legends of Avallen, an ENNIE nominated TTRPG inspired by Welsh Celtic mythology. Partnered with Modiphius. Doctor of sand physics. https://www.adderstonegames.co.uk/linktree

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Logistical Fun Kickstarter Update: Almost everything is out of the factory!

Why "Almost"? Why such logistical fun? I guess you'll have to read the update to find out

www.kickstarter.com/projects/leg...

#celtic #ttrpg #rpg #LoA #indiedev #DnD #5E #kickstarter

10.02.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A page is born... Congratulations, you have quadruplets!

#Celticfantasy #TTRPG #RPG #DnD #Kickstarter

02.02.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pre-order A Faeseeker's Guide to Avallen - A Celtic Sourcebook on BackerKit A Celtic tome of folkloric fantasy, clan origins, fae court pacts, faerie tricks, wyrd monsters, and adventure sites for LOA and 5E!

There's still time to pre-order and join the backer fulfilment wave! Check out our Celtic worldguide of legends, fae and faeseekers: a-faeseekers-guide-to-avallen.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

16.01.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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IT'S ALIVE! Look! Production samples.

In this Kickstarter update, I talk about the samples, changes being made to them and the production schedule.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/leg...

#celtic #ttrpg #rpg #LoA #indiedev #DnD #5E #kickstarter @modiphius.bsky.social

16.01.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
WE FINISHED OUR BOOK - Creating our Celtic Sourcebook - Adder Stone Podcast
WE FINISHED OUR BOOK - Creating our Celtic Sourcebook - Adder Stone Podcast This week we reveal the final version of our Celtic sourcebook, A Faeseeker's Guiide to Avallen, before it is sent to the factory! Plus our tarot deck, GM screen and more! We documented on video the…

WE FINISHED OUR BOOK!

This week we reveal the final version of our Celtic sourcebook, A Faeseeker's Guide to Avallen, before it is sent to the factory! Plus our tarot deck, GM screen and more!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDgm...

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #gamedesign #indiedev #DnD #5E

28.11.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Celtic history and myth collide in this Avallen world guide ENNIE-award nominated Avallen series' new folkloric sourcebook now available for pre-order.

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#celtic #5e #dnd #butalso #notdnd #ttrpg #rpg #loa #avallen #sourcebook

27.10.2025 14:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha, sounds like better than yours πŸ˜…

27.10.2025 14:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fae blessings are curses in another lightβ€”dare you seek them?

Prove your honour with A Faeseeker’s Guide to Avallen, an Iron Age sourcebook filled with #Celtic clans, fae, and quests!

Pre-order now to join our Backer fulfilment wave: gqr.sh/n5pF

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #DND #5E @modiphius.bsky.social

22.10.2025 16:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Update 22: IMPORTANT! - Your BackerKit Survey + Pre-Production Preview Β· A Faeseeker's Guide to Avallen - A Celtic Sourcebook Over the coming days you’ll receive an email from us with a special link to your BackerKit survey. It’s essential to respond to your survey as quickly as possible since we need this information to: Fu...

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Backer Surveys On Their Way!

Everything you need to know about the incoming backer surveys and the backer pre-production review PDF of A Faeseeker's Guide to Avallen!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/leg...

#celtic #ttrpg #rpg #LoA #indiedev #DnD #5E #kickstarter

21.10.2025 13:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
picture of the cover of the guild wars 2 cookbook

picture of the cover of the guild wars 2 cookbook

so excited to cook up a storm this weekend 😁

there's a salad section in here though. i thought it was illegal to eat sylvari ?

09.10.2025 09:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In your 30’s, It’s hard to find time to spend time with the people you love. I’m super thankful I got the chance to hang out with @voidburger.com , @chipcheezum.bsky.social , @shaodowmusic.bsky.social , @lotusjuice.bsky.social and @kaato.bsky.social in Tokyo this week, even if it wasn’t long.

08.10.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

01.10.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 25108 πŸ” 8334 πŸ’¬ 660 πŸ“Œ 2204
Introducing Our Next Game - Knock Off! - We Design a Bluffing Game - Adder Stone Podcast
Introducing Our Next Game - Knock Off! - We Design a Bluffing Game - Adder Stone Podcast YouTube video by Adder Stone Games

This week, we introduce our next game: Knock Off! A compact, card-bluffing game about selling dodgy merchandise and scamming your friends!

youtu.be/Joo9OMEVH8w

#gamedesign #bluffinggame #tabletopgame #boardgame #knockoff #kickstarter

06.10.2025 13:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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October Kickstarter Update - The Book Is Written!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/leg...

Still available for late backers. Check out our Celtic sourcebook inspired by Iron Age myths and legends!

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #indiedev #DnD #5E #kickstarter
@modiphius.bsky.social

01.10.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cool, yeah it works, nice piece

29.09.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, that's really cool. Sounds conniving to me.

29.09.2025 14:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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back to posting music snippets! today we have 小さγͺピース (little pieces) from the mahoyaku musicals. a funky tune that jumps between 5/4 and 3/4 with disjointed oompahs in the accompaniment lines means it is pretty difficult to plaまほステy, but really cool when it comes together πŸ§™ #まほやく #まほステ

29.09.2025 14:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

TTRPG Design VOD: This week, we show off why we've missed two weeks of videos. We've been working to finish the book AND IT'S ALMOST DONE! Here's an update!

youtu.be/B2Kkfb28goc

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #gamedesign #indiedev #DnD #5E

22.09.2025 11:01 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You right, can't imagine anymore than that. Wouldn't make sense.

19.09.2025 17:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

new light novel record swiftly broken πŸ’₯

19.09.2025 15:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Holy moly, guacamole! That's a lot of words!

19.09.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
white and tabby kitten grabbing the camera

white and tabby kitten grabbing the camera

give me the games on your phone

03.09.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Update 20: September Update - PDF Book Preview! Β· A Faeseeker's Guide to Avallen - A Celtic Sourcebook PDF Book PreviewOpening spread for the Pen Baedd Clan's player's guide, featuring their tree citadel, Dinas y Coed.It's so close now! So close in fact, I want to share a preview of the book with you.....

PDF Book Preview - A Faeseeker's Guide to Avallen - September Update!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/leg...

Still available for latebackers. Check out our Celtic sourcebook inspired by Iron Age myths and legends!

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #indiedev #DnD #5E #kickstarter
@modiphius.bsky.social

01.09.2025 16:35 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Bestiary - Making Horrible Monsters - Creating our Celtic Sourcebook - Adder Stone Podcast
The Bestiary - Making Horrible Monsters - Creating our Celtic Sourcebook - Adder Stone Podcast This week, I've been writing the bestiary, and on stream we give monsters hidden weaknesses! Check out the Kickstarter page for our Celtic sourcebook for late backers here:…

TTRPG Design VOD: This week, I've been writing the bestiary, and on stream we give monsters secret weaknesses!

youtu.be/E_n0kyImVrA

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #gamedesign #indiedev #DnD #5E

01.09.2025 13:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rogue warriors of the forest tribes are known to ambush travellers, not to steal wealth but to deter outsiders from entering their domain.

Art for our Celtic sourcebook, A Faeseeker's Guide to Avallen, by Martin Paz Romero

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #gamedesign #indiedev #DnD #5E #fantasyart #conceptart

29.08.2025 11:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TTRPG Design! We are live on Twitch, showing you a behind-the-scenes look at creating a TTRPG sourcebook for our Celtic-inspired Isles of Avallen! Feel free to ask questions

twitch.tv/adderstonegames

#ttrpg #rpg #LoA #gamedesign #indiedev #DnD #5E

28.08.2025 14:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm just repeating what you've taught me over the years :)

27.08.2025 13:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd love to read more rambles.

An example case study would be cool. You can translate a sentence 100 ways even with a dictionary but you need the sentences around to narrow down what ought be said, sometimes to something outside a dictionary.

You can't look up the context/culture in a dictionary.

27.08.2025 13:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think this speaks to translators not just needing to be excellent at understanding their source language but also be excellent writers in their target language.

27.08.2025 13:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Speaking as someone who mainly translates light novels (as opposed to other media that are constrained by space or character limits), I really value the cadence and tempo of a passage, so I try to preserve the same feeling I get when I read as when I write, but sometimes "dictionary-flipping"->

27.08.2025 12:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0