Our Patreon has welcomed over 220 members in a month! We’re posting behind the scenes updates and industry insights every week. And there are memberships for our peers, whether you’re after help with crowdfunding or even promotion through our newsletter. Join today! www.patreon.com/hatchlingsga...

🔈🔈 Roll call! Looking for folks who are… – attending #UKGE 2026 – comfortable standing under the umbrella of ‘woman’ (however you choose to define it) – creatives who have been negatively impacted by AI – interested in sharing these experiences in public BIPOC/BAME women prioritised, as always.

ARE YOU LITTLE BUT FIERCE? Little but Fierce, the streamlined adaptation of 5th Edition for kids, is now live on Kickstarter! 

 Support the project to introduce TTRPGs to the next generation:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcb...

 #TTRPG #LittleButFierce

I just backed Little but Fierce: Streamlined 5E for Children of All Ages on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcb...

Hi everyone! I'm looking for a #ttrpg actual play group based in Australia to run an introductory scenario for Undead Paradise. In this scenario, a group of recently reawakened zombies are introduced to the new mutated world and are asked to help locate some missing people in a depilated city.

Dragon Dowsers is a solarpunk setting guide for @darringtonpress.bsky.social #Daggerheart. Inspired by Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, expect an epic sandbox campaign across 5 diverse biomes and a host of new features for extended play! #SelfPromoSaturday www.kickstarter.com/projects/tat...

After so much depressive news, my timeline this morning is full of 💚💚💚💚💚

Here’s the thing about folks speedrunning the creative process with AI: I could go to the beach every morning and put a grain of sand in a cup. They’d take their cup to the beach and fill it one day; but the point isn’t to have a cup of sand. It’s to fill my life with a thousand trips to the beach.

@hatchlingdm.itch.io is getting ready for Dragon Dowsers, a Daggerherat compatible game guide! Follow along on Kickstarter here during pre-launch to check it out and show your support! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tatteredbear/dragon-dowsers

There’s a big petlitical divide between Democats and Repuglicans.

Season Finale, part one, of my #CryptidCreeks game last night happened despite me definitely having caught the cold 3 passed around the house. It included throwbacks to characters from previous curses, insidious creeping dread, and also Muppets. I had a lot of fun running it. #TTRPG

I used to have a reoccurring dream that I could fly by flapping my arms really fast. They were frighteningly realistic and exhilarating.

Just took my daughter down a rabbithole of puppetry and we’re both in stitches. youtu.be/bb5Sm-89iLs?...

So many cool zines! We're a Canadian worker-owned game studio and just launched our first project, "Silusica: The Sea of Dreams". It's a system-neutral setting book about pirates, magic, and exploring strange islands. Compatible with #dnd and #daggerheart. Let us know what you all think! 😊

Hello! Thanks for the space. We’re launching our game on the 25th and showcasing zines live too on our yt channel. Come hang with us, y’all! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wei...

Last 33 hours of Veritable Tales, a minigame roleplaying game which is medieval mario party in ttrpg format! Play through various minigames, from duels and plagues to marginalia and noble censuses and each game is an entry in your very own illuminated manuscript! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sun...

Thanks Hatchlings, I'm funding a solo journaling bookshop simulator game. The Wanderer's Bookshop Where as the curator of a magical bookshop you junk journal your way through cosy caretaking and solving the mystery that brought you to the bookshop www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

Just a few days left on my Dragonbane project! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...

Live now, Adventures in the Afterlight! Back it if you want a #zine about rebuilding in aftermath of tragedy, hope in the face of a flawed world, and an excuse to throw down all your d6. All funds raised will go to supporting other creatives and making an awesome zine in the process! kck.st/4rWYWNU

In the last week for Blightfall, my ttrpg about doomed villagers infected by darkness, sacrificing their humanity for the power to protect their home. Funded and closing in on the final stretch goal! tinyurl.com/blightfalltt...

Like what you see? 👀 🐊 The Florida Men Folio is 85% funded on Kickstarter! 🏖️Grab 4 new subclasses, plus monsters, spells, & magic items that put Floridian Weirdness™ in your next TTRPG campaign! Show your support for this Zine Month project today!⤵️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/gre...

H.O.M.E.- Haven Of Misplaced Existence, cyberpunk horror tactical ttrpg on Backerkit, funded and going! You can order a copy starting from 3€ from the link in comments! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Happy Saturday, Rich! I want to shout out my ongoing Kickstarter for a set of Class Cheat sheets to make learning and playing D&D 2024 easier than ever! You can check it out and grab a free sample here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ica...

Saturday #ttrpgteaser! Post your indie #zine and #ttrpg project crowdfunds for @zinemonth.bsky.social below. - Like & Share this post - Showcase your games below - Back your favs! #Kickstarter #BackerKit #indie #selfpromosaturday #ZineMonth #ZiMo #zinetopia #ZineQuest

Small Prophets 🥰

In one of those weird serendipitous developments that make me feel the Cosmic Writers Room is just being lazy, shortly after whinging about there being no #ttrpg that reminded me of Friday the 13th: The Series I settled down to read Cryptid Creeks by @hatchlingdm.itch.io and discovered it is about

Wake Up Dead Muppet: A Sesame Street Mystery

Takes a side glance at the industry jobs on LinkedIn 👀 If we’re to continue producing high quality ttrpgs without the unpredictability of crowdfunding, we’re going to need your help. Join our Patreon for exclusive content, WIP, early playtests, and so much more! www.patreon.com/hatchlingsga...

Increasingly believing our 7yo is a brilliant artist! I could never hope to express this much character. We may make a ttrpg with her next year.

The more they push Gen-AI, the more incredible human artists I end up discovering! I think I’ve added like 3 a day on here since the New Year 🎨

A decade after the events of Cryptid Creeks, the now-adult Scouts must reunite to tackle an eldritch threat to their hometown once more. Inspired by Stephen King’s IT, Cryptid Cities launches on @backerkit.com this Halloween! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... Launch art by @/luseals.bsky.social

Amazing 🫖

We’ve loved designing using the Carved from Brindlewood mystery template. Hope this review introduces many more players to its unique and collaborative mechanics.

Big thank you to @soulmuppet.co.uk for their brilliant TTRPG catalogue and the inspiration to put one together ourselves! It’s something more designers and publishers should consider, especially if you’re considering approaching retailers and distributors.

Double ttrpg cover reveal at the end of the month! 📕 First is the new art for Dragon Dowsers by @willowsquest.co.uk. And the other is for a secret 2027 project and first collaboration with a great ‘Herbalist’.

Today, every creator who received my free crowdfunding advice last year successfully funded their projects for Zine Month. If you want inexpensive consultancy on your ttrpg project, join our Patreon membership ‘Hatchlings Designer’ to ensure the best launch possible! www.patreon.com/hatchlingsga...

Hey @cloakanddaggerg.bsky.social are you considering developing a new folk horror point & click? Hob’s Barrow is one of my fav ever games.

Dragonposting 🐉 @willowsquest.co.uk

The No ICE in Minnesota bundle has launched, raising funds for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Over 1400 items for $10.00! itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

Hey tabletop gamers, if you bought or were considering buying this bundle but got overwhelmed by the number of games to sort through, have I got the spreadsheet for you!! All 1,074 games tagged as "physical" sorted by play style, with language, engine, and genre notated to the best of my ability:

Everyone should play both of these at least once in their gaming lives. Heart is my all time favorite dungeon crawler and Cryptid Creeks has been an ongoing joy for the last year-ish thanks to @snarkandbourbon.bsky.social

Restocked! Cryptid Creeks Heart: The City Beneath (3rd printing) www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/

Hello all! If you're an Australia-based ttrpg designer looking for support to finish your first ttrpg, then have j got good news for you: 🎲 The ARC TTRPG Mentor Program is back for 2026! 🎲 We have 4 mentee spots open, so follow the link to submit your EOI! forms.gle/DgVQNrGuxVrF...

Brilliant video on where to find and work effectively with artists on your ttrpg. Some great insights from @talesfromelsewhere.bsky.social youtu.be/Mr-xYeBLT6c?...

i am Extremely late to the game but the solo ttrpg version of 'dragon dowser' by @hatchlingdm.itch.io is SO fun!! i am very excited for the daggerheart campaign frame and full intend on backing it once the kickstarter launches! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tat...

one thing I find ridiculous is that people claim to find AI so useful for "idea generation", when I and every other remotely creative person I know has more incredible ideas than they can complete in a few lifetimes. If you need AI for ideas, no you don't -- you need to be more creative.

Delighted to announce Hatchlings Design, a course for teenagers (starting locally), offering students an opportunity to write and publish their own solo TTRPG. The course will use the Carta system by @catlinggun.bsky.social and lean heavily into developing themes and improving literacy.

Starting in March, we've hosting our very own #podcast called Tabletop Touchstones. We'll be interviewing indie #ttrpg creators we respect to uncover the media influencing their current work and exploring the childhood passions that led them to RPGs. #TabletopPodcast #RPGPodcast #indieRPG #Tabletop

Mystery Snacks, a collection of easy-to-use, all-ages TTRPG mysteries by award-winning @ttrpgkids.com is funding now for #Zinetopia! The game features drop-in scenarios that serve up cozy, silly, and twisty whodunit vibes to your table. Follow the campaign here! tinyurl.com/MystrySnks1