Just a few days left to get 16 games for just 10 bucks.

Hello. It's my final week as a full time game designer, and as if to underline why I can't do this anymore, I currently can't afford to cover my bills at the end of the month. All of my work on itch is on sale. Tell your friends, buy something, thank you very much. itch.io/s/179351/jan...

New! Monster Truckers: Long Haul Into The Worstlands www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/

This is the new thing I am excited about. I got too tired to be invited on RTFM and so I made my own book club podcast. But it's not just me trying to say smart things about games. It's a two part show, with the second part being me engaging with audience feedback and comments!

In addition to @breathingstories.bsky.social's seminal Autobiographical TTRPG 'Logan: The TTRPG', are there any other explicitly autobiographical games that anyone can recommend? Feel free to suggest your own! This is for an academic research paper I'm working on

We also have a Showcase Zero 2025 bundle live now on itch.io/b/3476/showc.... Get 8 incredible games from @kobanya.bsky.social @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social @andrewgillis.bsky.social @cutestpatoot.itch.io @yanahn.bsky.social and me at over 50% off!

If you haven't checked it out yet, there's a bundle going on until the end of the month for games made by Playtest Zero community members, including two of mine!

We're looking for GenCon 2026 GMs! We won't be going ourselves, on account of the *fucking everything* right now. But if you're going, and fancy getting paid money to run multi-table games, please fill out this freelancer form. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Infinite Revolution: Overdrive designer, @gwencie.bsky.social, is the first subject to enter a new gauntlet, er-- recurring series: The Rascal 7. Seven extremely serious, hard-nosed inquiries meant to drill down to the core of a game. This time: mecha, magical girls, and the guts of dead designs.

This is part of how I'm planning to get more coverage of new games on the site and let designers talk about their work in a format I hope readers will find entertaining.

Been reflecting on my design process as a whole Found out it's nothing to do with analysis, knowledge, or my own ability Instead, before a game is made, I start feeling the physical sensations of the game experience itself within my body. When I'm deep into a project it's like entering a dream 1/

2025 was a really difficult year for me in almost every aspect, but in an emotionally and mentally drained 'fugue' state I managed to create NOT ONLY a GM-less transgenre detective/investigation RPG BUT ALSO a JoJo-style strategy duelling game using the same system It's all playtest ready!

Me, @ehronlime.bsky.social, and @aaronmfking.bsky.social have stepped from the shadows to make the Council of Aarons public. We pass judgement on 3 Harvests, and evaluate the course of 2025--at least in tabletop games.

My friends! The Apocalypse World 3rd Ed kickstarter ends on Friday night. We launched with a Q&A on Reddit and I think we'd like to wrap up with a Q&A here. Ask me anything! Ask @megueyb.bsky.social anything too! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

Colour me surprised though, when I found out Homi K Bhabha, Postcolonial Foundational Scholar, had a son and his son was the first evil ex in Scott Pilgrim

Got tired of postcolonialism a long time ago Postcol scholar Homi Bhabha in 'The Location of Culture' writes in the opening that postcol is about 'going beyond' In this sense, once a good understanding of colonial structures and effects had been developed in my lived experience... 1/

what is a game mechanic? maybe it's like the unified choreography of muscles, fibres, tendons, joints, bones, flesh, veins, and other body parts that twist, contract, and pull to drive and compose the hand and what is the hand but a tool of your intention and imagination?

Coming up to a year of working in play therapy The experience integrates nicely with intuitions I picked up over my game design journey: mainly the practice of creating 'systems of provocation, facilitation, and action' to choreograph feelings, experiences, and memories into language and play 1/

Been spending the better part of 2025 reflecting on what I've experienced over the past 5 years in regards to TTRPG design, art, faith, theology, critical theory, and general day to day things Now it feels like everything discursive outside of the 'making' and 'play' process is kind of pointless 1/

Roguelike Megadungeon is now available in print through my itch page, and is on sale for the holidays! Its supplement, the Roguelike Megadungeon Campaign Workbook is also available is print and digitally with all purchases! #OSR #TTRPG #CyberMonday proton31.itch.io/roguelike-me...

Part of a TTRPG mini-convention tomorrow, alongside @iglootree.bsky.social , @shop.peregrinecoast.press @laurieoc.bsky.social @babblegumsam.bsky.social and we’ll be doing a talk too (at 12:30pm) all at Westminster Uni, Harrow www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brent-bien...

Stellar Remnants 2 is the long-awaited adventure zine for stoner metal scifi Necronautilus! guest contributors @goblinmixtape.bsky.social @babblegumsam.bsky.social @gontijo.bsky.social @knightramen.bsky.social @jeremywgage.bsky.social @ehronlime.bsky.social illustrated by @chaoclypse.bsky.social

Calling all sickos: Some incredible new things are up at worldchamp.io/store today including Necronautilus expansion STELLAR REMNANTS 2, the spacefaring INSTANT STARSHIP by @dngnclub.itch.io , and new serial killer tees drawn by Dark Wizard Berserker! read on for more or just go buy right now.

I’m working on a thing: tell me about your favorite solo TTRPG, the more obscure the better. I’m going to have an opportunity to write about more TTRPG stuff in the future and I would like to do some specific solo RPG writeups

Got a new zine rack display from Joann's, which is going out of business (thanks @oddsandents.bsky.social for the hot tip) Games by @exeunt.press , @feralcharlie.bsky.social , @floodeddungeon.bsky.social , and @binarystar.games are seen (not sure if the other two game designers are on bsky)

I am nothing if not predictable.

Had a brief stint recently where I sincerely dabbled/flirted with fine arts, mainly as a way to develop my practice and figure stuff out Did a few exhibitions, didn't really feel it But I came out of that era with a new, nuanced, more compassionate approach to thinking, doing, and making 1/

🚨Hello any 3D Animation folks out there!🚨 A young person I'm working with is asking for some help with the following question: What are some best practices for demonstrating weight in 3D animation with a regular rigged model (e.g. moving a bone on the head) RT for Eyes!

“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”

HAWTHORN is what happens when some extremely talented developers from Bethesda, Naughty Dog, & BioWare get together to make their dream game: a mix of Skyrim, Stardew Valley, & the Redwall series. A successful Kickstarter will help make this dream a reality; please pitch in if you have the means!

Benj is doing amazing stuff in the Oddlike space: @goobernuts.itch.io Munkao's art is stunning, also making waves in Oddlike: @munkao.bsky.social Brandon's art is sick and expressive: @chaoclypse.bsky.social

I'll do Tony one better: reply with your favorite game, and I'll recommend a similar game by an Asian designer

Now that Wandering Blades is live our team wants to take some time this month to feature all the the amazing #RPGSEA & AAPI, SWANA & beyond creators we work with in the #TTRPG space. If you have an Asian creator you love, respect and admire tag them below! We want to shout them out all month long!

It's LUMEN's 4th birthday! I'm celebrating the system that put me on the map, and that still captures my attention today. Check out this thread for a reminiscent blog, shoutouts to favorite LUMEN games, and videos. Happy birthday LUMEN! gilarpgs.itch.io/lumen

Ant Man and the Wasp... Grossly underloved MCU movie that plays like a big budget episode of an animated series (like Avengers EMH) Personal stakes, small scale, and great performances from all

Looking for work! My skills: Event Management/Planning Community Engagement/Management Personal/Executive Assistant TTRPG Design/Writing Human Resources Grant Management LI: www.linkedin.com/in/basil-w-886191202

I’m sorry I’ve been so inactive!!! I did some stuff and I’ve posted a new video! You can find it on my Instagram 🫶🏽 It’s a cut from the live stream of Ithaca in the Cards with @ehronlime.bsky.social and @valiantdorian.bsky.social

Join us NEXT WEEK for the Mad as Hell Launch Party! 🎲Guided character creation from our very own Zach 📰A copy of the Radicals' Handbook, an in-world zine about radicalism, community and fighting demons. 🎶PLUS live music from queer folk-punk band @cheapdirtyhorse.bsky.social! lu.ma/2bsxpg5q

I've got spots available in April and May for some game design consulting or commissioned writing! If you need help with a project you're working on, reach out! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Hi Everybody, Today, I made the decision to resign from the studio I was working with these last few months, which means I am looking for work again! I am looking for remote Narrative Design and Game Writing work primarily but can consult as well. Here are some of the games I've worked on:

Adam is one of my favorite designers who constantly inspires me to get weirder mechanically You're seriously going to want Uneasy Lies the Head it's one of the biggest brain blasts, esp if you're a fan of some more game in your RPG!!

As a creative technologist and generative programmer, I'll be absolutely down to offer my skills to enhance your tabletop RPG experience; including: 🤖Procedural Generators for Characters, Dungeons, & Worlds (No AI used!) 🤖 Cross Platform Game Tool & Helpers MFA-Certified! #OpenToWork #SeekingWork

🚨 LOOKING FOR WORK! 🚨 Game Designer, Writer-Editor, Creative Technologist, Postcolonial Researcher ✒️Copy/Technical Editing 🎲RPG, Worldbuilding, & Adventure Design 🤖Creative Coding & Digital App Programming 🌎Sensitivity Consultant samuelclaricemui.carrd.co

I've been blessed to receive a number of messages recently, saying that my writing and words are affirming and benefitting Yesterday, it hits me For every smart or good thing I say now, I've said 500 far more foolish and destructive things in the past The process is discerning which was which

Cw mental health Currently relearning how to make stuff and do stuff without hyper focusing (which I've learned invariably leads to some level of burnout) Trying to do things effortlessly and "in flow and balance" in every moment without the burden of productivity...

Also, here is a link to it: gamesomnivorous.com/collections/...

The biggest regret I have entering my 30s is that I was not more graceful and loving to myself and others in our flawed human nature. But there is a great joy I live now now, that I know I can be and want to be more graceful and loving. So every day is a new start for the rest of my life.

I love games. I must never forget the sacredness of play and games. I must never let anything detract from my love of play and games as I've done before. The connection made between two or more human beings in play is one of the greatest things about our reality.

Less than 100???? Less than 100!!! Let’s get back, Jack!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...