NEW THIS MONTH: Field Agent Handbook - 1928 Colossus by @aethercorp.games 🗻 Love getting out into nature? Imagining fantastic beings? Giants once populated this land - find evidence them everywhere. A shoulder in the peak of a mountain, a face in a crumbling cliff, a knee in the curve of a hill

NEW THIS MONTH: Field Agent Handbook - 1927 Tempus by @aethercorp.games 🕰️ Want to spice up a dreary commute? Sharpen your noticing skills? Appreciate the strange, beautiful world around you? Learn to identify, measure, and notate Time Pools. They're all around us, objects around which time collects

NEW IN THE SHOP THIS MONTH: Field Agent Handbook - 1926 Communication from @aethercorp.games 🌿 Love plants? Spending time in nature? Imagining what non-human beings might want to tell us? Wander the verdant outdoors, be it hiking trail or neighborhood sidewalk. What will the plants there say to you?

FRESH IN THE SHOP: Field Agent Handbook - 1925 Leviathan from @aethercorp.games ☁️ A solo observe-and-journal notebook game. Love clouds? Spending time outdoors? Imagining strange creatures? Search the sky for the leviathans who soar there and bring some (much-needed) whimsy to your day

Stay tuned this week as we feature Field Agent Handbooks! The Ætherial Corporation is an investigative organization. In the 1920s they produced a series of Guides, each covering the year’s most pressing matter of observance. Thanks to @aethercorp.games these are available to us, now, in the present

and then looking forward to running ORCHIDELIRIUM from @aethercorp.games on Saturday, June 27 @ 15:30 CST as well as on @nerdswdice.bsky.social on Sunday, June 28 @ 19:00 CST

If you don't use AI in your work swing by our stand or Rowan, Rook & Decard's for a free sign for your table. Boycotting an event like this simply does not work to effect change I'm afraid. You have to do it at the floor level. Help us make the stance clear about AI in our industry.

Right #UKGamesExpo, I'm packed and coming for ya. In a bit. After a little lunch. And a trip to the petrol station. And then going back for whatever I've forgotten. But after that! Yeah, after that...

Further...

Need a full-on Go Outside break? Take an RPG! Try a Field Agent Handbook from @aethercorp.games Sky creatures, time pools, giants in the land, and chattering plants. Get exploring! You'll even practice "real" skills like drawing in perspective, cloud identification, and measuring distance and time

Soon to be found in Portland, OR!

The next three ✨collectors edition✨ cards of A Wonderfully Unexpected & Terribly Small RPG just showed up! (Obviously it's because I ordered them; the exclamation point is more because I *got around* to ordering them rather than suggesting surprise that they appeared as if from nowhere)

Hm...

Went camping, intended to write, did a paint sketch instead... it's like progress! But not. Slightly clearer head though so taking it as a win.

With all the UKGE AI stuff going round: if you are vending this year and would like a free NO AI used sign for your table, email me (link in bio) so I can vet and add you to the list for one. Lets make these lazy grifters real uncomfortable.

A Wonderfully Unexpected & Terribly Small RPG now has a Thing Tracker—TRACK ALL THE THINGS! Also added a new plain'ish-text PWYW version, y'know, for funsies aethercorpgames.itch.io/wuats-this-a...

Have you seen this!? 'Mazing

Field Agent Handbooks alongside some excellent company!

TTRPG about me First game: Star Wars Last game: A Wonderfully Unexpected & Terribly Small RPG Longest game: D&D 5e Favourite game: Can't choose Favourite mechanics: Usage dice, physical props Favourite art: Mouseguard

Now live on Twelve Pins Press: "Regime Change Super Soldiers" and Other Games. An incomplete anthology of smaller RPGs which comment on political violence, war and imperialism. Proceeds are donated to fund the revolution. Direct 🔗 in next post.

Highly suspicious sighting!! Field Agent Handbooks spotted on the @ipr.bsky.social stand at Pax East! Booth 12109 if you're there and would like to go hunting for more suspicious activity.

Pixel and Paper 0.0.1, markdown + CSS editor and PDF generator is live. Run it * in the browser, use app text editors * locally, use any text editor (Obsidian, VSCode...) Preview pixelppr.com Code and documentation github.com/the-coded-ty... #markdown #css #pdfgeneration #obsidian #vscode

Crowdfunding Carnival: Zine Month 2026 Welcome back to Crowdfunding Carnival! We’re more than halfway through February, and Zine Month is still going strong. As I covered a couple of weeks ago, Kickstarter’s Zine Quest and Backerkit’s Zinetopia are the key leaders of the month, with Kickstarter’s…

The handmade Toe Beans dice for #Daggerheart are Kickstarter-exclusive. Once the campaign ends on March 4, they’re gone for good! Each 9-piece set is crafted and painted by artisanal dice maker, @rollgothica.bsky.social Don’t miss them: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fis...

I've wondered about this for a while now so it's good to see some numbers. I've also wondered about how much the TTRPG space might mirror the local music scene (wherever 'local' is for you) with innumerable bands, most of whom will only ever play small venues and maybe release an EP of rough...

Keep chipping away at the to-play list — misunderstood the rules as written but enjoyed Nova Luna: nicely balanced with some light puzzling Do wonder if rule books now expect you to watch a 'how to play' video so they can avoid a couple more rounds of editing (might be a me problem though)

We’re so excited to be guest writers for our friends’ incredibly clever game Punderworld, now live on Kickstarter! Check them out - it’s sure to be a rewording experience. www.kickstarter.com/projects/twi...

One week left to apply 🖤

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.