@jaymeantrim.bsky.social and I are pleased to announce the R’lyehwatch SRD! Based on the great Tricube Tales by @zadmar.bsky.social, the R’lyehwatch SRD includes everything you need to create a streamlined 3d6-based action-adventure game, all with a CC BY license. Check it out! rlyehwatch.com/srd/

Troika games take place on a series of Final Fantasy IX style pre-rendered backgrounds by the way.

I gave a presentation on writing RPG adventures, and it went well! But then last night I had a nightmare where I gave a presentation, and it *didn't* go well? So apparently I suffer from delayed anxiety.

I finally saw Superman. No spoilers, but it was very good and just about everything I hoped it would be. The casting was excellent and the film had heart. Highly recommend it as a theater experience.

Here's a card from Wallaby Task Force, a silly little RPG I made fun. Players pick a card from three decks and that makes up their character. It's like D&D, but everyone's an Australian animal mercenary. Also it's nothing like D&D. And there's wombats. Gotta have wombats.

Only day you can post this!

I don't know what they put in my coffee this morning but I just designed an entire TTRPG

PHYSICAL COPIES OF FIST AND MANDELBROT SET are available for preorder!! it's a limited print run so get in there soldiers!! LINK: www.claymorerpgs.com

I was thinking it'd be neat to design a #ttrpg adventure that would encourage people who played it to run it themselves. And after that, they come back and continue with some sort of bonus. But! If the folks who *they* ran it for ran it themselves wait, no, cancel that, I've invented a MLM scheme

Disappointed to learn that Stranger Things S5 is set in 1987, 1 year after S4. The could have embraced the fact the kids have aged, set it in 1991, have them wrestle with D&D changing editions on them while one of them (probably Lucas) discovers Vampire the Masquerade and enters his Goth Phase.

"Hi! I'm looking for a non-supernatural mystery TTRPG. Any suggestions?" "Have you tried Castle Cthulhu Dracula: Alien Abduction Cryptid Time Crypt? That's what we use. It's really not that much work to remove the Cthulhu Dracula Alien Abduction Cryptid Time Crypts from the game."

As I'm cleaning my room I keep finding crazy notes written in my handwriting. "Robbie Jones O.D.'d on the way to the junkyard, sister went missing a month ago," etc. It takes me a minute to realize they're notes from forgotten RPG sessions.

Today I am 46! And so are all my adventures! 46 cents, that is... Enjoy! Spread the word! #dnd #ttrpg #osr www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

Questioning my choices a little today. When I email-introduced them I thought Dracula and Frankenstein would get along great. And for the longest time they did. Rampaging through the countryside. Taking pics together. Now they’re fighting and everyone says it was inevitable. Guess this one’s on me.

I wrote Lonely Road out of a place of grief and hope - and I'm excited to get at least a version of it out in the open as a part of the Desert Dwellings Analogue Jam. For those who make the journeys, may you find yourself at the end. #improv #gamedesign #sologame #solo #ttrpg #rpg #tabletop

Inspiration comes from all places. For instance, my next TTRPG is directly inspired by Muriel's Wedding.

sometimes game prep is writing prose about a hot aquarium intern who gets changed into half-shark due to forces beyond his control and is now a minor local celebrity. sometimes that prep is for R'lyehwatch.

Here is this goblin which I am particularly happy with

Yesterday - a storied reporter from Sunset Hills took a news crew out to investigate the returned REDWOOD ISLAND, against warnings from all bodies of authority. Their signal went dark three hours after dropping anchor - and power to ALL of SUNSET HILLS abruptly stopped right after.

d100 - Wilderness Woes & Hinterland Hazards One Hundred Ideas for Perilous Places blog.d4caltrops.com/2025/05/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs

Look at this gorgeous map! Makes me want to explore the whole place.

You are a horrid little goblin, and this is a game about you. Well, a draft of a game, anyway. Okay, a bunch of stuff slapped together in the rude shape of a game.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of draculas.

This incredible ttrpg bundle of 467 games for 5$ is about to end today. This supports groups protecting trans folks right here in Ohio. Send them 5$ if you can! itch.io/b/2946/ttrpg...

Songbirds, the Complete PDF is now available on itch with nearly 100 pages of new stuff, including an entirely reworked dungeon section, lifepath character gen, extra house rules, and everything from both Red, Blue, and Green all jammed into one cohesive package. Should we do another Songbirds jam?

one of the best parts about spinning up new projects (APs, games, supplements, etc) is seeing the wide world of TTRPG creator just out there doing their thing. Your labor of love for your favorite systems, your fight with affinity publisher or audio quality? I salute it!

The Danish version of Cairn comes in a dvd case with a disc you spin to get a random number from the standard dice. The disc also has the pdf on it.

We're getting pizza and I'm obsessed with this slightly broken mural that used to be about eating with your hands but now it reads like Saruman's manifesto

Ran my second game of #ElectricBastionland, using the "The Sanctuary of Lost Birds" scenario. There were only two players but they managed to make it out alive thanks to the power of lackeys and dark jazz.

been thinking about this for years, now articulated:

signups are open for the FIST ANNIVERSARY JAM!! NO theme, NO judges and prizes, JUST vibes - and four whole months to make something cool itch.io/jam/fist-ann...

The two types of TTRPGs are Wanderhome and Mork Borg. All TTRPGs fall into these two categories. Fabula Ultima? Wanderhome. Forbidden Lands? Mork Borg. Troika? Wanderhome. Lancer? Mork Borg. Despite featuring anthropomorphic animals that wear clothing, Mausritter is Mork Borg.

I published my first update to my dice font, Polymath. Version 1.1 includes a couple of commonly requested features: 0 on d10: Show a 0 instead of a 10—perfect for d100 tables! Blank dice: Skip the number and just show the dice shape! hedgemazepress.itch.io/polymath-dic... #ttrpg #font

"We thought they could never read the scrolls. We were wrong." I love gameable news stories. :D

played R'lyehwatch RPG (rlyehwatch.com) and my players brought up... *checks notes* LMFAO, credit card fraud, the horrors of living with an EX, Explosions, Blues Clues, Cephalods, and the viral Vine Hot Tub meme. so 10/10 a great ttrpg experience, and this time, it was for charity on SPG! #ttrpg

Idea: Take all the ideas I have for TTRPGs and run them through a tournament ~~until only one survives~~ and make the winner first.

Oh you want to watch Dead Alive? Hmm... sorry. Hey, how about Walking Dead: Dead City: City of the Dead: Dead City Walking Season 2, streaming now on AMC+?

Protip: JustWatch is my go-to website to find out the movie you want to watch is no longer available anywhere for streaming.

Hey totally unrelated but why does sandwiched mean "squeezed between two things" why can't it mean "bestowed with a sandwich"?

Microblogging sites like Bluesky are a fun way for your friends to realize that *you believe* the amusing observation you shared with them earlier that afternoon is good enough to share with the entire world.

I was today years old when I realized that Electric Bastionland calling the GM a "Conductor" is a reference to electricity and not just trains.

Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days

This is the year I climb that mysterious staircase in the forest. No more getting stopped by the park ranger’s warning

I feel like more people should be aware of the potential of Anydice for crafting weird dice systems. One of my favorites: Roll 3d20. If the middle die is >10, use the highest die. Otherwise, use the lowest die. Just a very cursed distribution.

I've got two collections on itch now of some incredible games from even more incredible designers. First is the proudest games collection itch.io/c/1720029/pr... And the newest one is the unsung heroes collection itch.io/c/5217755/un... Check them out and support indie designers!

Welcome to the public domain, THE SKELETON DANCE (1929). 🎞️ 🎶👻 Walt Disney Studios' first Silly Symphony cartoon is a wordless masterpiece of synchronized animation & music featuring dancing skeletons in a graveyard. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025⁠

Bloody New Year (1987) is just the kind of chaos horror nonsense I need in my life. It's like British Hausu! Okay, so there are times I wish the scares were given room to breathe, but still. If you wished The Shining has the pacing of a frenzied haunted attraction, check out Bloody New Year.

Happy New Year! Please enjoy "New Year's Evil," a free holiday one-shot adventure for the R'lyehwatch RPG. brandoff.itch.io/new-years-ev... #Rlyehwatch #TTRPG

Putting the finishing touches on a brand new adventure scenario for the R'lyehwatch RPG.