Exploit tools of tyranny to support your rebellions and invoke ancient rites to escape this megadungeon with your closest rivals! Chain×Link: A semi-cooperative dungeon-defying RPG Buy it now! glyphtide.games/chainxlink/

"Wait, Ben Robbins is posting GMing advice? What year is this???" arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/48...

💯! I think there's a lot of potential for tabletop games to make those connections during setup. Have setup tell a story while associating the fiction with mechanisms as like, an example.

Another great article! I like to think my one-page RPGs, Six Arrows to Sunset (bluffing) and A Hymn for the Odd-Host (hidden asymetric rules) are both examples of Inducative Reasoning! glyphtide.itch.io

The proof copies of Uneasy Lies the Head & Hungry out of Habit are in hand & they look great. The digital release of Uneasy is coming next week. Preorder on backerkit to get everything pictured here & a code on itch as soon as it drops. uneasy-lies-the-head.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

A great interview where @lyla.bsky.social and I talk about the Gamehole Con POC dinner and the panels we are organizing. Thank you to Ben and Quarex for having us! If you are a POC attending GHC and want to connect with other creators, please contact us!

These are my buddies @glyphtide.games and @lyla.bsky.social!!! They're doing great work bringing a diversity dinner and panels to Gamehole Con. I couldn't be prouder of them 💜 Listen to this podcast and here what they're up to (and why!)

Gotta stop falling into the endless cycle of editing myself before I've finished a draft 😅

The Deluxe Edition of What Dust Remains is now out! 52 haunting pages for a game of legacy and sacrifice. In this sweeping narrative game, build the life of a Pioneer struggling to achieve meaning in their life. momatoes.itch.io/what-dust-re...

more 30-60 minute rpgs please. i'm not planning to keep my guy alive long enough to level up. I'm not going to schedule a second session. you get one hour.

Just appreciating the wordplay of a board game store with the motto, "Unplug, Interact, Reconnect"

Patrons now have access to my audio review of Deathmatch Island! Hopefully will get a full video out sometime next month, but this is one that's more focused on how the games structure and mechanics produce narrative possibilities at the table.

Sell me on the writing, sell me on the rules.

The perfect game for Solo September and Swordtember!

Todays the last day to preorder PREQUEL before it goes to printers! Especially proud of all the cool world building tables and seeds to help you convert your oneshot into a longer term campaign! (Reminder the preview linked below is still free so give it a look if you're still on the fence)

New for Solo September: Fetch my Blade by @glyphtide.games 🐕 A literal fetch quest, whimsical and serious. You are a noble warrior's canine. Use your stats, FIERCE and FRIENDLY, and undergo the journey to bring them their sword. Ponder loyalty, trust, and the long-term emotional impacts of violence

I have ALWAYS wanted to do this kind of layout. It is midnight, I need to sleep, but I feel excited to keep working on this.

Last day to preorder!

the digital release for Uneasy Lies the Head is coming soon, why not preorder it on backerkit today? uneasy-lies-the-head.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

All right, it's time to reveal who won the Bannerless Tabletop RPG Grant for September 2025! I got *240* applicants, and paring that down to 10 was rough going. There is truly a wildly diverse, crazy-cool body of work going on ALL around us. Here are 10 of my favorites!

In Ruins is a tabletop game where players use cards to craft a dungeon before they're forced to make tough choices about what gets to stay.

I've been planning a little "group project" for the @chimerahearts.com server, and I hope you'll join us! October 1 through November 15, we'll be making "tools" to help some of our favorite indie games find a wider audience. Sign up today!

We are only a few backers away!!! We have just one stretch goal for this project which will unlock alternate cover art for all Auspex tier backers. I humbly petition you to join us in the bog.

check PREQUEL out! pre-order store closes this week. Here's some details of my cover art, drawn to look like a precious ancient tapestry. What's it all about? check out the game and find out :-) #ttrpg

Help libraries add your indie TTRPG to their collection: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/game-catal... #ttrpg #libraries #publiclibraries #gamedesign 🎲✂️

Chain x Link by @glyphtide.games looks so good. Finally sat to read with full attention. Very well written. I want to take it to a table so bad. One of my new favorite Zine Club releases I’ve read. The art slays. Visually beautiful and rules look fun and interesting. glyphtide.itch.io/chainxlink

Reminder that we're closing the pre-order store this week!

My game of melancholy and legacy is on sale this September! All proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders. Let me use this thread to share why I love this game so much. itch.io/s/160185/wha...

Solo September, friends! Fetch My Blade awaits! 🗡️🐕

Our brand new drops for #RPGZineClun this month are Twilight Country by @fortofnovelty.bsky.social (our Adventure title) and Midnight in a Perfect World by @zohebmashiur.bsky.social (our Story title). These are available first through Zine Club! rpgzine.club Learn about them both in the thread 👇

My game Far From Home is part of the showcase/showreel at the 2025 Conference on BIPOC Game Studies. I'm not able to be there, partly because of my concerns around the state of border controls and deportations in the USA (ironically, since this is a game about immigrants). bipocgames.com/showcase/

Lasers & Feelings in the Financial Times. Let's go

We are a bit late but we are back with a new episode of Kids on the Stoop with @carrion-comfort.com Check out our episode on Zines and how they bridge the gap on accessibility in TTRPGs out tomorrow on YT but out now on our patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/kids-o...

(1/7) I call it "the snap" - game design that uses the right story and the right system to carry its meaning. It's what makes Glatisant work, and it's a core principle of Graftbound games. So here's why the Questing Beast and the Carta system snapped into this game of purpose, pursuit, and guidance:

Amabel Holland has designed board games that tackle the struggle to end slavery, women’s suffrage, and the highly personal topic of gender transition, referring to them as “political art.” What can board games say that other art forms can’t?

The three subtypes of Gith: Githzerai, Githyanki, Github.

Fun is a trap

I got a hold of my contributor copy for @ghostfiregaming.bsky.social's Enchanting Emporiums and I'm in love with this illustration of my beloved bat-symbologist, Krymkatuul!

In case you missed it @jpcoovert.bsky.social's recent video showcases Chain×Link, my semi-cooperative dungeon-defying RPG. Get your own copy here: plusoneexp.com/products/cha...

Arriving FRI - introspective games like 👁️I would love it if you noticed - @goosepoopgames.com, daily noticing practice 📖Hidden in the Margins - @goodluckpress.co, 10 solo+ lyric games 👣Endling - @mallenhall.com, the last human's final journey 🐕Fetch My Blade - @glyphtide.games, a literal fetch quest

A little less than two weeks until the PREQUEL Pre-Order Store closes on Sep 19! After that, we'll make final minor tweaks to the game before we send it off to the printers! Fight the Evil, recall your Quest, forge your Legacy.

JP did a dang ole Mail day video and talked a bit about ChainxLink by @glyphtide.games with art and layout from @tonytran.bsky.social and @andrewbeauman.com respectively. Check out the video and then check out the game in the post below! youtu.be/Hn43xh_IY_Q

I just added downloadable pregenerated Breaker and Faction sheets! With pregens and a starter Grave Level already in the book, the barrier to play this game is even lower than before!

The desire to make Drawn from the Wellspring a map-altering storygame but not wanting to write prompt lists. Does anyone have any examples of storygames that don't rely on prompt lists?

Surprise September sprint campaign for a little passion project. Please take a look at it and consider following along. I'll be running it very soon, up through and ending on my Birthday, September 20th. #ttrpgcommunty #ttrpg #duetgames

A treasure arrived today!! My Zine Club order from @plusoneexp.bsky.social ! This is the first time I've owned a book of one of my games published by someone else, it's such a beautiful thing.

This is good. The Bog God wills it.

Exploit tools of tyranny to support your rebellions and invoke ancient rites to escape this megadungeon with your closest rivals! Chain×Link: A semi-cooperative dungeon-defying RPG Buy it now! glyphtide.games/chainxlink/

Support the Latine Lounge and get a shot at a special edition #Daggerheart boxed set!!! www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-... Info: youtu.be/ip8GLLl3HIM?...

Shout out and eternal thanks to @deepdark.games and @adambell.games for playing A Hymn for the Odd Host! Always grateful when folks play my games, doubly so if they are designers I admire! glyphtide.itch.io/a-hymn-for-t...