third try cogwork dancers let's go (and made it to phase 3 on my first try!)

Also if your kerning is shit or you have a poor contrast ratio on readable text.

What print companies think people notice in your business card: - paper thickness - surface finish What I notice in your business card: - the domain name of your email address - whether I can instantly recognize and name every font you've used

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The power of ordering from an indie bookstore!

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It's ITCH'S CREATOR DAY! Time to support your favourite creators and, if you are one such creator, plug your projects! Comment below with either: (a) ONE game/supplement/hack on itch OF YOURS that you'd love to see more people playing! AND/OR (b) ONE of the above, but someone else's work! 💛

Finally made it home safe from PAX Unplugged

someone go update etymonline

I can hear a bunch of kids outside my parents' house teaching each other to sing the Star-Spangled Banner enthusiastically and off-key, and it's such an innocent contrast to the noise and madness within

Any recommendations for journaling-lite or journaling-adjacent solo ttrpgs?

Soliciting suggestions for solo journaling TTRPGs for someone who isn’t fully sold on the idea of journaling! They do enjoy strategy games and puzzles, so I’m looking for similar gateway games. I’ve already recommended SPINE by @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social & Dead Belt by @acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social.

My ongoing crusade to try to get my mom to stop buying me random items of clothing expecting me to find room in my luggage for them has hit an obstacle this year: the jacket she got me is actually really nice

Pickle is one of my oldest friends (we’ve known each other more than half our lives) and I highly recommend giving him a follow!

I like history, LARPs and other traditional RPGs, video games enhanced by spreadsheets, and democratic values. My current Big Artistic Project is a forum quest adaptation of a Discord RPG I played in 2021, which can be found here: forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/hell... .

Good morning, Bluesky. We’ve all made it through one heck of a weekend.

I’ll be at the TTRPG self-publisher meetup today! As always, you can identify me by the pins on my purse:

If you’re looking for me at PAX, this is my fit for today

So @sebastianyue.bsky.social described swapping business cards as the best trading card game and I just want everyone to know they’re so right

If you’re looking to pick up Galatea or any number of other cool indie TTRPGs this weekend, check out the Side Quest Books & Games booth in the PAX Together Intersection room!

Look it's a bunch of cool games! Mine is right there near them!

Keep a weather eye out, PAX Unplugged attendees! If you spot these pins on a purse strap, it’s me - stop me, say hi, and ask for a hug and/or a business card!

A reminder that I’d love to run out of the business cards I brought with me, so if you see me at PAX this weekend please ask me for one!

A perfectly normal middle-seat airplane pastime

I almost definitely have not packed warm enough clothes for Philly in November

Changing the return flight for just one out of two travelers, to a different day and a different airport, for a reservation that's already been checked in, is no mean feat. I am impressed by how much this travel agent is just taking it in stride

me two weeks ago: "I'll just pull a costume out of my closet for this PAX game" me now: handsewing black trim, brass buttons, epaulets, and a custom patch onto a jacket with color-matched thread, all of which were purchased within the past week

needlework

Christmas Eve will be the debut of CHILDREN OF HEAVEN, the brand-new solo drawing TTRPG I wrote for a GAST stretch goal! You play as a homeless child entrusted with a profound secret: God has been thrown out of heaven, and demons stalk the earth. I'm excited to see where GM Justin takes the story!

Have you ever been so desperate to procrastinate at work that you've vacuumed your keyboard?

We'll be in #Booth3701 at #PaxUnplugged2025 this weekend in Philadelphia. Here's a list of the 238 games from 119 member-publishers we'll have: www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/PAX-Un...

SEE YOU SOON, PAX U! Can’t wait to show y’all the incredible games we’re bringing along from new, micro, and marginalized creators. It’s such an honor to be in the PTI room and sponsoring Demo Days! Who will we see there??

A brief Kickstarter update for The Worldbuilder's Almanac is now available to backers, including a link to a preview of the full prompt for the King of Spades!

Good morning, Bluesky. We’ve survived yet another weekend.

My sibling told me that they had to teach several of their younger early 20s colleagues how to search for things with ctrl+f and i think about that often when people talk about how good ai is

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HAHAHA guess who added stuff to their stock art shop and then forgot to tell anyone about it 🫠 In definitely unrelated news - there're some new files in my stock art shop www.alderdoodle.co.uk/shop

For all those headed to PAX Unplugged this year, I made a quick cheat sheet for finding booths featuring TTRPGs in the Expo Hall :D If I missed any, let me know! #PAXU #PAXUnplugged

It looks like I'm getting a little spike of viewers on Avert! from Instagram today? Fess up, who's talking about their mutual accountability tools on Instagram?

I’ll be posting this again closer to PAX, but just so you know, I’ll be wearing these pins while I’m there! I don’t expect anyone to recognize my face on sight, especially behind a mask, so I figured I should try to look the way I do on the internet.

Presenting games #98 and #99 of our 99MORE series! It's been a long road, let's bring it home :D NOV 11 - "Last Train To Bremen (2024)" by @seaexcursion.itch.io NOV 18 - "Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern" by @noroadhome.itch.io Join us on Tuesdays, 830P EST on Youtube!

Good morning, Bluesky. We’ve made it through yet another weekend, most of us.

About to order some business cards for the very first time. I'm trying to convince myself that these will actually get used and I'm not over-ordering, so if you see me at PAX U please ask me for one! If you're feeling extra nice you can look at it, nod sagely, and jot a note down on the back of it

I am getting through this workweek fueled largely by the promise of large peach-orange boba teas and cupcakes from the local bakery, which incidentally are ways to force me out of my desk and into the fall sunshine

the southern orrery

Happy birthday, Kaden! I shall play Makin Biscuits a second time today in your honor

I just read the words "See you in 16 short days!" in an email related to PAX U, and my entire brain went "WHAT" I guess it hasn't sunk in yet that PAX U is so soon. It felt forever away! Oh yeah, I'm attending PAX U for the first time this year! If you're going, I'd love to meet up with you there.

you've heard of rent-seeking behavior, now get ready for dopamine-seeking behavior

Two. But they're going to be good ones

i would very much like to know if you are a creator that has made a TTRPG, whether it's 1 or 100 or 1,000 pages long, and if you are going to #PAXUnplugged this year ... for extremely exciting reasons that i will announce soon 👀 open to suggestions as well, please link your game!