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How much should I playtest? Where do I get art? What do I charge for shipping? WHAT IS A ZINE!? Tuesday the 20th at 8p et join Tony from @plusoneexp.bsky.social @samsorensen.bsky.social & Yeet from @9thlevelgames.bsky.social as we answer any & all #ZiMoQuestions! #TTRPG Twitch.tv/TonyPlusOne

Thought I'd solved my zine storage problem — I did not. But the theory's sound! Ho hum.

Want to make your own #TTRPG art for #ZineQuest or #ZineMonth but all you’ve got are photos? Have no fear, follow these ██ steps and you, too, can have some cool art without having to go anywhere near slop. youtu.be/gFMYiNA2bMk?... Many thanks to @chaoclypse.bsky.social for his previous tutorial!

Toe Beans is now live for sign up on Kickstarter! ☕🐾 Our 5e module returns in this magical cat café supplement for Daggerheart with cozy quests, enchanted drinks, magical items, real recipes, brand new art and an exclusive new story to play! #Daggerheart #TTRPG Launching Feb 2nd! shorturl.at/8pN1A

This is a great competition for your as-yet-unpublished prototype.

Also there is a real cool showcase zero bundle spotlighting real interesting rpg work from the server

#TTRPG Designers, players, & related nerds: @ttrpgcataloging.bsky.social is a group of Library & Information Science MA students are working on a research project focused on improving cataloging for TTRPGs — unbelievably important work! They’re seeking participants for interviews.

We are looking for Zine Month creators to feature on Talk of the Table! Please please please fill out this form so we can talk to you about your cool new game!

Anyway as a corollary to this, I've done variations of this in the past but here are my top tips for contacting and perhaps getting press attention around your game, podcast, novel, comic, toy, album fantasy themed coffee or tea etc etc etc. Following all of these won't guarantee you coverage but...

Ah! This is a lovely thing to be bestowed (a silver award!) and alongside some great company too! Thanks @idlecartulary.itch.io :D

Chairman Miaow wishes you a happy new year (I do too, HNY you)

Arsenic & Lies by Karolina Soltys went down well last night though still unsure how much it's okay just to make stuff up in larps vs what's supposed to be canon... might be that grey space between improv & theatre that throws me. Maybe just need to try more larps to find out? Or read more books?

Snuck a sneaky wintery edition of A Wonderfully Unexpected & Terribly Small RPG out before the year's end... brr, s'cold aethercorpgames.itch.io/wuats-this-a...

Strong start in the 'must play more games' game with Gingerbread Towers by @dissentgames.bsky.social

Eep! A review!

New expansion for 'A Wonderfully Unexpected & Terribly Small RPG' — identify relationships between your NPCs alongside their wants & impediments. Autumnally mushroom flavoured because I'm still playing catch up on my year. Happy solstice! 🍄 aethercorpgames.itch.io/wuats-this-a...

Well, there's no need for hideous truths at this time of day, I've not even finished my biscuit & coffee

Mud Ghost Estate Redux is a spooky Hong Kong folklore TTRPG from the creator of May You Fish in Interesting Times. 👻 A tumbling block tower represents the haunted estate, which traps the explorers when it collapses. 💀 The Kickstarter ends in less than 70 hours! ⌛ www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...

Friday night groove

Mine and @ratwave.uk 's new game, with art by @foletto.itch.io is in its last 40 odd hours. This game is gonna be pretty brilliant so I would recommend backing while you still can. A late pledge is a great pledge. Etc... www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

At the 12 Pins Press booth (A25-26) I got to meet with @yanahn.bsky.social, @ratwave.uk, and @aethercorpgames.bsky.social selling a collection of really cool zines. Not appearing in this picture: @laurieoc.bsky.social whose game Hieronymus you should still absolutely check out.

We're at Dragonmeet! Just to the right of the entrance. Come see our zine torture device!

Think I should go to bed. Just spent too long trying to work out where to charge my glasses. They're just normal glasses.

Almost finished making the shelves for #Dragonmeet — cat unlikely to be in attendance (sorry) Will be sharing space on the 12 Pins Press stand with @laurieoc.bsky.social, @ratwave.uk and @yanahn.bsky.social so do drop by and say hi

Very happy to see Whalefall's been released!

Many of my bobbins (alongside many other excellent works) will be at #PaxUnplugged this weekend on the @ipr.bsky.social booth 3701 for those that like riffling pages and looking at things (woop!). Send your friends!

Woop! 2026 calendars have arrived! Just one-sided this year but! meteor showers are marked up this time around. Will pop 'em up on the shop this evening.

Picking up one of these solo journaling games to give them a try since there's now a US store! I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for suspicious clouds. #ttrpg

See you there! (If there you'll be, if not it'll be far less likely, see?)

Aaand only two months behind schedule but finally got around to popping up a press release (thanks @rascal.news)... Field Agent Handbooks now available through @ipr.bsky.social or direct from me! www.rascal.news/get-out-play...

Can we get to 300 followers before launch? Thats 21 more on the backerkit. Share it, follow, and lets see if we can!

Oh dear, who hurt you WotC? jobs.hasbro.com/job/Renton-G...

🍐 3 DAYS REMAIN Preorder by Oct 7 (18:00 GMT) 🦋 Shrink to size & explore a labyrinthine world of bug factions inside a sapient pear tree, racing against the clock to shape the future of a dungeon that was never yours to delve & escape before you grow to full size! www.melsonia.com/products/pre...

+IWTPG! Update+ 85% of the games that were listed on Tiny Table Index have now been listed on iwanttoplay.games — the remaining 60'ish are uploaded but need images so not yet live, I'll be doing that when I get the chance. Was a far more manual process than I'd hoped but almost done now 😀

Time to break out the seasonal music 🎃 starting with a Mood... kyledixon-michaelstein.bandcamp.com/album/strang...

Been making props for a play we're running this week... been making silly plane noises too

New Episode out! We review DEATH GAME from @laurieoc.bsky.social, a narrative driven battle royale ttrpg where you fight for your life for the entertainment of the rich and powerful.

These calendars are far more organised than what I've got going on on my filing cabinet

#3 (of 3) Goodlooking Crowdfunding Things That You Might Like And I'm REALLY VERY MUCH looking forward to seeing this. I don't have a teen-era story to add to it, I just am. Although I did spend a large part of a night verrry closely watching a slug once. I'm not sure that counts.

#2 (of 3) Goodlooking Crowdfunding Things That You Might Like In my teens I also watched a lot of X-Files, Twin Peaks, Dark Skies, etc and if I wasn't currently on a non-essential spending embargo I'd be all-in on this one.

#1 (of 3) Goodlooking Crowdfunding Things That You Might Like When I was a teen I had a No Fear poster of a freeballing climber—y'know, when they're on a cliff face with no ropes, pretty sure that's the right term anyway—on my wall. But I did, I did fear. No poster will tell me what to do.

Now Live! 🏔 A tarot powered mountaineering RPG 🚠 Set on some of the world's deadliest peaks ⛰️ Inspired by your favourite outdoors documentaries 🐐These emojis feel a little pointless but I feel the need to inform everyone there ARE early bird discounts. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lau...

All these games (and many other wonderful ones too) can be found at Pax West on the @ipr.bsky.social table, #Booth4320, THIS WEEKEND! If you ever felt you should have been a 1920s pendulum-dowsing investigator or an 1860s orchid hunter, now your chance...

So, on 29th August, the US is ending de minimis treatment for parcels under $800 value globally. It's already done this for China; now it's going to come in for everyone. If you post parcels to America, this is going to affect you, in one of several ways.

—and I've never been more worried about getting a package so carefully to its destination before (and I've sent some pretty ridiculous things through the post)

All my bobbins are now available on another continent! Do poke your FLGS to see if they'll kindly stock them or order direct from the lovely people at IPR.

Sneaky sneaky...

First time making leather armour. Have realised the aim of leather work is not the end product but to finish the project with no more or fewer fingers than you go in with.

I'm not saying I'm needy but I've sent two messages to a Facebook Marketplace seller in the last 48hrs and they've not responded to either of them so I'm now trying to figure out just what is wrong with me, y' know, deep down, as a person—why don't they like me-eee??